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New set is great for draft, definitely the best draft set they ever released. I'll be playing Iyslander for PQ season again. Her Lexi matchup is not great, but I like her better than Uzuri right now because she somehow gets less hosed by Dromai.

They kind of did the opposite. While it's true most subclasses felt functionally similar to their counterpart at launch, that had changed pretty drastically by the launch of the 4th expansion (Kunark). Warriors: Berserkers got more AoE damage and threat tools, Guardians got more defensive tools...

In what delusion are you living where people rerolled entire classes in games due to balance changes that weren't just people overreacting?

Talents are a much larger balance issue than just having more classes because classes are discrete arsenals of abilities and stats while talents allow you to create multitudes of permutations of abilities (and sometimes stats). It is bizarre to me that you would argue that more classes are...

Pathfinder 2e is the mechanically superior system in the chunky fantasy RPG genre. As far as published books go... there's a lot of wokeism so I would generally recommend homebrew.

Also, cost of living is way higher now than it was in the 80s. The home price to household income ratio might be similar to how it used to be, but if we look at net household income after cost of living expenses, the ratio is way worse.

I don't even try to fight Barbs. It's pointless.

Harvestella is okay. I have a Steam review for it here: Steam Community :: Kriptini :: Review for HARVESTELLA

I like FanRoll, they have some liquid core dice that are really neat and also tons of metallic dice. The misfit dice bags are pretty reasonable and you can get some really neat stuff in those. https://fanrolldice.com/

I love the Bravely Default series. They are class-based like FF3 or FF5, but (most of them) have narratives that are as strong as FF4 or even FF6. You'll level up multiple jobs on each character, borrowing skills and passives from each to make cool builds, or there might be some fights where you...

I agree with you, the design is a little strange... but I'm having a good time just being a Goblin Greenie so I'm not super concerned about it. I'll play until I stop having fun.

We're so back!

I've been having success "playing" Rogue. Of course, when I say "playing," I mean going full rat mode, never taking an engagement (unless my advantage is so superior that there's no way I can lose), and portaling out at the first available opportunity. With a good ambush, I can kill most...

Keith Parkinson's art is fantastic! But if we're talking about brand recognition among normies, it's gonna be from the guy who did the cover for the red box.

The lore became a lot more solidified in EQ2 (even though it was a different timeline). I think the biggest value of the EQ IP comes from the iconic characters. Lucan, Antonia Bayle, Firiona Vie, Mayong Mistmoore, Nagafen, etc. Maybe people don't know Firiona Vie by name but everyone has seen...

Black Desert is huge. I don't like it, and most MMORPG veterans don't like it, but it's a pretty bespoke entry in the genre and it's lasted the test of time. RIFT had a great run. The game did not kill the studio, it was doing so well that the revenue from it allowed Trion to get investment for...

I disagree, we've seen a few MMOs in the last decade or so that have been brand-new IPs but still had a good run, like RIFT and Black Desert. It's more about having a strong studio.

There could be a fate worse than it getting cancelled, it could get made and then be really bad. EG7/DB needs to hire better talent if they want to do this right, their current life support team isn't gonna cut it.

It's not a free to play game, so the 20 cent fee really should ideally only apply once per customer. ...ideally, anyways...

Yeah I asked Ali about it the day of the announcement, here's what he said at the time.

I would really advise against playing 1e at this point. Even if your group is math people who love customizing characters and synergizing, there's still plenty of that in 2e, and it's a much better system. But if you're really dead-set on doing 1e, the best adventure paths are: Rise of the...

It matters because all forms of removal for this card are either at least as efficient or more efficient than playing the card itself. If Belle cost 3, this would be a different conversation entirely, but at 5 cost, it's backbreaking.

I haven't really been seeing the power creep tbh. People are pointing out the new Belle but I don't think it's that good. Here's what I wrote in another conversation: Belle dies to literally anything and coming out at 5 means it's either the end of the game or you've already lost because...

I don't think it's combative, you're letting the dice determine the results. I think it's more "combative" when everyone is metagaming low rolls on searches and knowledge checks.

This is baked into the rules of Pathfinder 2e: for checks where success/failure wouldn't be immediately apparent, we use "secret" checks where the GM rolls the d20 and then applies your character's modifiers. This can be really fun for knowledge cheks, because a critical failure grants incorrect...

I don't think the Banneret promos are particularly "dank." Maybe the Levia Redeemed mat will sell. James White wasn't there because NZ had their nats the same weekend but Francesca Volante (director of organized play for NA) was there and we chatted with her a bit, trying to get a ProQuest.

Went 0-3 drop in the PTI event, 5-0 in a commoner side event, and 3-4 drop in the Calling. All with Iyslander. I just don't practice this game enough to be able to compete at a high level, sadly. It also looks like Iyslander might LL this season. If that happens, I'll need a new hero... and...

I'm in Vegas! PTI event today and Calling tomorrow. Bringing Iyslander of course.

At least Din of Darkness scaling got nerfed!

Rogue bros... it's over...

This is what I've been thinking about building. In testing it does extremely well into aggro and pretty well into midrange but is about 50/50 into control. I might make some changes to help it into that matchup since it seems like Ruby/Amethyst is the deck to beat, but for now I'm gonna be...

I did. $250 is too low for the volume I wanted to move. Cost of shipping + time spent packing wasn't a better value proposition than just putting in more OT at my day jobs. $250 is above MSRP but that's hardly "scalper prices." I was expecting at least $350 per box, with ideally $500+.

Nexon's lawsuit against Ironmace in the US has been dismissed on the grounds of forum non conveniens. While this is partly good news for Ironmace, it also means that Nexon can re-file suit in Korean court. You can read the full decision here...

They've announced it on Discord as of 5 minutes after your post, though there are a lot of issues going on with the integration. I think the reason why they were waiting to announce it is because they were waiting to see if they got it approved in their home country of Korea, but the ratings...

64 boxes in wave one is impressive. I don't know the exact wave two allocation but my LGS told me that they received their wave two allocation and confirmed they would be able to fulfill my preorder of two master cases, as well as my friend's who also ordered two master cases. ...but...

Are people really going to pay scalper prices for boxes when there's no official play this year and the supply issue will be solved in a month and a half? I don't see it happening.

There's no "flipping," prices are barely over MSRP. At Gen Con you could by boxes from "scalpers" for 200. The singles market is already way below expected value. Maybe prices go up when we have the actual release and people realize that LGSes got boned when it comes to actual allocation but the...

I ended up taking Uzuri to Skirmish but my 75% winrate on Talishar did not convert into a win at Skirmish. I lost to a Kano because I didn't have the sideboard space for Oasis and I lost to a Rhinar because he got the nuts and made it a total non-game. Oh well, time to grind CC to get ready for...

Hmmm I don't remember too much of all of that... I definitely remember no PvP in the library though, that really sucked. Man, this is making me want to play again but I just don't have the time...

Yeah Hasla weapons at launch was weird. The area was essentially a no-go zone during neutral/war time (zerging prevented any significant amount of farming, even if you were winning fights), and during peace time, people were stealing mobs from each other and it really wasn't fun. Obsidian gear...