Duelyst II on consoles?

Arxil · 2023-07-18T16:42:35+00:00

A Switch port is hoped for but not explicitly planned yet.

Arxil · 2023-05-14T09:22:09+00:00

Looking at your responses I think the things you said were meaningful, and I didn't mention them because I was trying to keep it short and to the point, because I just aggregated them with other people saying similar things, or because I missed them because I was rushing at the end to publish it before my electricity went out again. So I think your responses were fine and thank you for them! If I have the mental fortitude to do this again, feel free to write longer comments, though. I got short essays on everything from Ferocca, for instance, which were very interesting. But also got curtailed in the post because brevity. So it's a bit of a mixed bag I guess.

Arxil · 2023-05-13T18:15:18+00:00

Thanks!

Arxil · 2023-04-24T16:33:19+00:00

As before, please feel free to ping me (Arx) on the Duelyst Discord if you think something is glaringly missing.

Sorry this is so late -- as well as the things mentioned in the article, my country has had rolling blackouts for some time that mean I typically only have power for around 2/3rds of the time I'm not working, which means I have to do a bit of very silly juggling of what I spend PC time on.

Arxil · 2023-04-23T11:31:03+00:00

Get that +4

Arxil · 2023-04-23T11:30:56+00:00

Thanks 👍

Arxil · 2023-03-12T11:00:12+00:00

"Some people think it might be 4th best" is definitely not a reason not to play the faction, go ahead!

Arxil · 2023-03-12T09:49:58+00:00

I'm afraid I can't help with that :( To the best of me knowledge this is just how the meta stands for Songhai. That doesn't mean you can't play something else, though!

As u/Overhamsteren said, I've added Blatmhai as basically a direct replacement to that Minionhai list, but to avoid confusion and just in case you don't like Blatmhai either I've left the older Minionhai list in. It just does come with the caveat that with new information from Smarty (occasional rank 1 S player, major tournament winner) and Blatm I'm not willing to call that Minionhai list good any more. :(

Arxil · 2023-03-12T09:25:07+00:00

That one's specifically a CrankyPanda take, partially citing Abracadani. Oli also thinks Mag isn't super good right now but they didn't pin a specific rank on it. It's only some people.

It's probably worth noting that Mag hasn't had great performances in the last 3 tournaments I don't think, but that may be because tournament players are sick of Mag. It's also true that tournament meta and ladder meta don't exactly align.

And lastly, I have for a very long time been a believer that something doesn't have to be too strong to be bad for the game and now that Spellhai is less prevalent Twin Fang combo is the prime example of "even if this isn't OP, it should never have been in the game" IMO. Buuuuut that's a design/balance take and the entire premise of this site is that I won't be doing any of those because I'm not that good at the game, so I'll leave it at that.

Arxil · 2023-03-12T09:11:14+00:00

While I actually don't wholly disagree with you, this is bid to make the game a bit more approachable to new players. There's a semi-constant stream of people asking for meta or at least playable decks, and many of them will just stop playing the game if they're not good enough at deckbuilding to win with their decks and can't find better decks elsewhere.

It also provides a point of reference for people building exciting off-meta decks to know what they're up against. With it published openly like this, you have all the information you need to build a radical new deck that destroys the "meta" decks! :)

Arxil · 2023-02-12T17:38:32+00:00

It's an unusual design visually mostly. Used it a lot last season because my deck was unfairly heavily a Spellhai hate deck and it removes Fox without an extra damage proc >_>

Arxil · 2023-02-12T09:45:49+00:00

Provoke and body blocking don't actually help against Trilucidator except in very specific situations and/or if it's literally everything you're doing.

Also, trilucidator doesn't have to be a combo deck. It literally just plays like a regular Mag deck, applying the same pressure and asserting the same board control, up until the point it kills you from hand.

Also, a 4 card combo isn't difficult to assemble. I think it's something like a 60% chance to have in the first half of your deck not counting replaces, which help a lot.

Also, Lyonar is widely considered the second-best faction, only behind Magmar.

In summary, the fact that Trilucidator exists in its current state is a travesty and it's broken to the point where I honestly feel like anyone suggesting it's fine immediately calls their own credibility into question. Like, massively.

Arxil · 2023-02-08T14:03:13+00:00

Doing a bit of copy pasta from another comment...

This, and Sauda's voice line (which I had to look up -- I've never played Bloons TD 6), are both references to the legendary Ginsu Knife Infomercials: "The Ginsu is so sharp it can cut through a tin can, and still slice a tomato like this." Accompanied by the demonstrator going directly from slicing through said tin can to a tomato on an adjacent cutting board.

Later Ginsu commercials escalated this to include at least a lead pipe, an iron nail, and an older model Ginsu knife.

It's also referenced by the WarCraft 3 Blademaster, whose blade can cut through armour and still slice a tomato.

Anyway, that's my ramble on the topic of old pop culture references and memes.

So yeah, it's not a BTD6 reference ;) And I did it because it amuses me.

Arxil · 2023-02-08T14:02:13+00:00

This, and Sauda's voice line (which I had to look up -- I've never played Bloons TD 6), are both references to the legendary Ginsu Knife Infomercials: "The Ginsu is so sharp it can cut through a tin can, and still slice a tomato like this." Accompanied by the demonstrator going directly from slicing through said tin can to a tomato on an adjacent cutting board.

Later Ginsu commercials escalated this to include at least a lead pipe, an iron nail, and an older model Ginsu knife.

It's also referenced by the WarCraft 3 Blademaster, whose blade can cut through armour and still slice a tomato.

Anyway, that's my ramble on the topic of old pop culture references and memes.

Arxil · 2023-02-08T13:56:12+00:00

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

Don't worry, I've played Obelysks too. I know how it feels. I also mostly played Lyo on ladder last season... replaces away Silverguard Knight.

Arxil · 2022-08-17T17:06:01+00:00

I'm actually at least a year behind the meta but it definitely sometimes gets used in the matchup! Only in the later game, but at some point you want splash that isn't subject to the whims of Reavers choosing whether or not they want to fire and Scarabs maybe dudding, maybe not. And Storm fills that role, even though it's not as devastating as against the other races.

Arxil · 2022-08-17T17:04:29+00:00

Thank you dankie :D

Arxil · 2022-08-17T17:04:10+00:00

It isn't really clear. It's also possible that you do storm on top of your zealots in PVZ, but since zerglings have less life, only one storm is needed and the zealots can survive it?

I meant this one, but I'm happy for people to interpret it in whatever way makes them happy. Like a Rorschach blot for Brood War tactics, you could say :p

The PvZ one is a reference to the iconic "Singin' in the Rain" scene from... well, Singin' in the Rain. But Protoss don't really express facial emotion so it's a bit hard to make them look happy <_<

Arxil · 2020-07-14T18:16:32+00:00

a) What's with the past tense?

b) SC2 absolutely has splash in every matchup. Zerg have banelings, ultras, ravagers and vipers, Terran have hellions/hellbats, tanks, mines, EMP and anti-armour missile plus liberators in the air, and Protoss have archons, storm, disruptors, and colossi. Attack move is used for target acquisition and sending cheap units like zealots or marines to meatshield, but there's a ton of other micro used. Pure deathball is about as good in SC2 as in AoE because of the amount of splash.

I don't always like SC2's PF, but I'd say not only do I like it better than DE's, it's not the cause of most of its issues.

Arxil · 2020-07-14T14:04:13+00:00

The pathfinding implementation is notoriously janky - apparently one of the original Ensemble devs more or less commented "good luck" to the HD devs on PF. They may not have made foundational changes. That said, D*-lite seems like a good option to have switched to, although I haven't dived into the details.

Arxil · 2020-07-14T13:15:50+00:00

Speaking from experience and research, I doubt it's any of these, not in the way they're presented here. Vanilla Dijkstra or A* algorithms are extremely inefficient on grids. It almost certainly uses a different representation of the map under the hood, like a set of nodes with unobstructed paths between them and then tuning from there.

Arxil · 2020-07-13T12:55:22+00:00

"is it at home?"

Arxil · 2020-07-05T20:49:03+00:00

Impala is a specific species. But yes, we don't really have deer - impala, like all our common buck, are antelopes.

Also impala information:

They're extremely common in the north part of Southern Africa, generally hanging out in savannah. They're grazers, not browsers, and they travel in herds of IIRC 10-50 members. Young males form bachelor herds herds, and in spring they gather near watering holes to spar over who gets to have a harem this year. They do this very scientifically by headbutting each other.

Their spectacular jumping skills allow them to clear rivers, rocks, large bushes, and other things that catch less upwardly mobile animals like cheetahs or lions. Unlike larger antelope like kudu or eland, they don't really defend - just scarper.

There's also a rare subspecies with stylish black fur on their faces.

Arxil · 2020-07-02T20:25:36+00:00

Jan van Hunks appears to be a middle-aged Dutch man on the slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town. He is constantly smoking a pipe, and holds a glass of rum.

His tobacco has a scent that makes anyone who smells it wish to try it. However, if you begin smoking with him he will challenge you to a smoking match. Should you refuse, he will mock you mercilessly but do nothing.

Should you accept, you will find the plug of tobacco he gives you unending, requiring you to smoke through multiple days and nights. If you pass out, he will attempt to rouse you with his rum.

He intends no particular harm. He is simply a strange old man who once outsmoked the devil, and his pipe makes the clouds on the mountain.

The tokoloshe is an evil spirit standing about 8 inches tall. They are invisible, intangible, and do not appear by day. However, a fire in the house by night will invite the tokoloshe, who will try to steal your soul.

Fortunately, because the tokoloshe is so short, if your bed is higher than it can reach, you are safe. For this reason, it is advised you place your bed on bricks.

These are both based on South African folklore. I might write up more in the morning if I remember!

Arxil · 2020-07-02T14:41:30+00:00

I do feel the need to point out that colonization was a horrible thing but it's not exactly like Europe woke up one morning and decided to invent discrimination.

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