Hey guys - thanks a lot! Hope it helps at least somebody somewhere!Honestly, it is absolutely unnecessary. Off the bat, using only basic TFR curves (or values), which is really the only tricky part maybe, and without tinkering any further you can get a great vape. A fantastic one, actually. This is the vape that you can get on any decent TC mod, such as the RX200 or the VTC.In analogy to atty coils, however, even though you can get an absolutely great vape from stock coils, it gives you great satisfaction when you are able to squeeze just a little bit more through building your own coils. Similarly, even though other mods can give you an absolutely great vape, with the DNA200 you are able to get just a little bit more, whilst totally satisfying any need for tinkering.The "little bit more" is actually not a lot. I think, for the most part, you will be able to just as much (with even almost as much tinkering) on an RX200. What I love about the DNA200 is the fact that you canthe physical properties of your coil. Honestly, I got such a greater understanding of what is happening during TC (and to what extent) when I was able to see it on graphs. And, with us humans on average so visually dominated, once we can see something (even if it i just a graph) it becomes much easier to conceptualize, after which we can tweak it much, much easier and more effectively!So no, it is not necessary to follow these steps at all - you can get a great vape with minimal effort. But you get so much satisfaction this way!Thanks for the compliments @Silver , and thank you even more for reading through the whole lot of it!To answer your question, I actually do not. Thought I would... but generally, once a profile has been set up, it just stays the same for me! (Granted, it might be because it is such a schlep to change anything on the DNA200 directly on the mod...)The one nice thing with the setup described above, is that (once you know your vape profile as a function of time, so to say) you can actually change a big part of the vape by changingthe wattage or the temp. Want a stronger kick, right from the beginning? Up the wattage. Want more flavour? Up the temperature. Want to have longer puffs, but with the same vapour/flavour? Drop the wattage...Now, I know most decent TC mods can do this... and do it considerably easier than the DNA200. But since you don't have nearly the same information (again, as to how your vape changes as a function of time), tinkering with the wattage/temperature/kick is more playing around than informed decisions. It is for this reason, I think, why I used to tinkerwith temp and wattage while I was vaping on previous mods.I would really love a larger bank of profiles (or even sub-profiles, with the same general TFR curve but different watt/temp/kick properties), and would really, really appreciate easier control over the wattage/temperature on the mod directly!