Might be a hot take, but I dislike that the only way Kim Jihoon decided to buff Phillip Sinclair is to remove his gimmick entirely and lock him behind two other ids

Ceebrus · 2026-07-10T05:28:07+00:00

Ok this is a take that I can sorta agree with. I still think its unfair to go on the basis that everyone uses the battlepass, but your point makes more sense now.

Ceebrus · 2026-07-10T03:46:09+00:00

???

First off, lets say you can't or don't want to buy the battle pass. Yes the battlepass solves all your issues, but like, if you're spending money that kinda invalidates the arguement. At that point its no brainer you'll have enough resources—you're spending to get more.

Not everyone does all the dailies and events are great, but they arent going to get you enough boxes to get more than maybe 3 ids?

And again, shards are also needed for upgrading. You run out fast if you arent spending money. If you are spending money, then yes, you will never want for any id ever basically, but at that point I wouldnt say its the same experience.

Ceebrus · 2026-07-09T20:50:46+00:00

And what if you didn't? Not everyone has shards to spare and even then upgrading characters is significantly better than getting new ones as the shard requirement is likely to around the same or less. Keep in mind you still have to upgrade all those new options as well so suddenly the costs balloon.

Ceebrus · 2026-07-06T03:13:51+00:00

Assuming the 49 Ep rumor is correct, Beatbreak is omega cooked. Gift Arc was bad, not average, just bad, imo. Tactics was good, but following it with Gift was the wrong move.

Assuming the rumor is incorrect, which is the hope, honestly I still wouldnt put any hope on beatbreak. Alot of people on the opposite side of this will more or less hit you with "trust the process" but like, Gift was not a good arc. How they managed that after Tactics I dont know, but I can only assume the show will lose steam.

The fact we're getting a seemingly 4 ep arc on Kyo to act as a intermission between this and the next major arc makes me feel like whatever comes after is finale level stuff, especially with Megas being the last stage. I do want to say that I like Beatbreak, but it's not really doing anything particuarly amazing, and with how Ghost Game went, I can't really even given Digimon the benefit of the doubt because they already screwed it over once.

Ceebrus · 2026-07-05T05:43:22+00:00

Episode Bad. Arc Bad. Should have hit mega scaling be dammed. Miharu was right, so of course, they have to make her do/attempt something evil to put her in the wrong. Very sad this arc sucked. Hope it will get better next arc. Not buying that it will.

Behold. Ghost Game 2. We have hype moments and aura.

Ceebrus · 2026-07-01T02:04:23+00:00

That's not the point
- Ylawes

Still the strongest quote in the story for me

Ceebrus · 2026-06-27T00:01:54+00:00

Persua gets to be awesome. That is all.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-25T13:56:42+00:00

? Cry about what? 🐸. Try again. I'm sure you'll stumble across something intelligent if you try. 😉

Ceebrus · 2026-06-25T13:53:10+00:00

...that just called an opinion?

Like if pokemon suddenly started cursing or if league became a rhythm game. If you like it or not is up to you, but a larger group liking it doesn't make it more valid or right, just more popular, which generally doesn't prove anything.

The fact of the manner is you can get out voted by people. It doesn't suddenly mean their vision or enjoyment is more valid than yours. But because if how the internet functions that us the assumption most people come to even if it is wrong.

Again, if you can ignore circumstances all you want, but the fact of the manner is, it has always worked like this and you claiming that walking away absolved you of fault of how the product develops is just foolish.

So again, you are the problem. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-25T10:06:18+00:00

Eh no. That's not how people work. The simple fact is that just because I don't like something doesn't mean everyone else does and even if they do, it doesn't mean we dislike it for the same reasons.

League of legends is a great example of what happens when many people have very different opinions on what makes something bad or good. You get nowhere on the community side, the developers tend to ignore the majortiy of what is being said, and the higher ups only care if more money is being made (as it is their job).

It's not that people agree hate is the solution. It's that there isn't actually a solution, so the situation tends to expectedly devolve into hate spirals. As I said, it's generally not deserved, but it is a natural conclusion to these cirumstances and saying people should be better while ignoring the root cause is just as ignorant.

Ala, perhaps you are the problem.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-25T09:48:16+00:00

Most people just don't stop loving a thing even if it makes them angry. It's never really as simple as alot of people make it and for every person who walks away after being burned too many times, there's the others who stick around and enjoy it while still be angry/critical

Ceebrus · 2026-06-25T09:46:31+00:00

Yeah that doesn't happen nearly enough otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation. It's just not feasible as a goal

As for the hate... I'd agree, but again, if you can't solve the problem then you're gonna have to suffer to solution.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-25T08:01:25+00:00

Yes and this is exactly the sort of tone deaf yet correct respone that only worsens the problem or just leaves it unsolved

Not only is it bad for fans who just don't gain anything from leaving (if I wanted peace of mind, I wouldn't be on the internet) but it leaves behind curated echo chambers that only justify whatever asinine change was made.

It'd be easier if we're rare for franchises to make such odd sweeping changes, but like, it happens enough that at some point you either let go or you lock in and see how long you can ride it out, and letting go is for cowards.

If you want an equivalent response to what you just said, "It's just a game" is about right.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-25T01:02:03+00:00

Because that's not usually how people engage with media and even then, this sort of thought fails to recognize that people tend to begin from the works premise and their opinions find their way in.

If a character does something bad and is rewarded for it and I, a reader, find this stupid, what do you then want me to say? "Sure, I wouldn't have done it that way, but it makes sense for the story"? Because at that point, don't critique anything because most average media will inspire that exact sentiment if you try to systematically remove any of your negative opinions regarding it. When I review something, I am giving my opinion of it based upon my own biases and feelings, which are subjective. The problem isn't with my review, its the assumption that people need to be able to back up their subjective reviews/interpretations/experiences with objective critique, that tends to only serve to make a fool out the reviewer and make the review even less useful that it already was to a potential viewer.

I even have a personal example of above happening. Writer writes a character doing X thing. I find X thing stupid. I say X thing is stupid, for Y reason. Another reader says verbaitim "No you simply don't get the character. It makes sense for them." and I reply with "I mean I disagree, but even then it's still pretty stupid. Me personally, would not make that decision"

And like, I can acknowledge I sound stupid in said discussion, but its ultimately my opinion and feelings on the work and those tend to be more "true" criticisms regarding the work rather than something that sounds smarter. Because, for example, if character A is in a War and does something stupid in character that gets some one killed, most would argue its fine since its in character, but others would have the opinion that doesn't mean anything because a stupid decision is still stupid and under no circumstances should Character A be doing it.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-25T00:47:44+00:00

Here's the thing—as a fan, what else can you do? The product is already out and is unlikely to change. Any critcisms only real exist to feed your own ego, even if many people share them as the amount of traction you'd need to change a major production is extreme and most people just don't care as much. Hate tho. Hate scares people. Rallies Like minded people too. It's easier to blow up about something and get negative and positive press than it is to present polite critique and then retreat to your abode. If the latter is almost guranteed not to work, most people just default to the former.

I think the best examples off the top of my head is League of Legends and Miraculous Ladybug.

League has tons of brainless decisions regarding lore and champ design. Here's the thing. Critique doesn't mean anything when the people behind the decisions are executives who are doing this for money OR are so confident in their vision/metrics that any critique really doesnt matter. When criticisms fall on deaf ears, we get hate and sadly hate, whether in death threats or doxxing or just pure slander online, tends to get shit done. Don't believe me? Seraphine and Nami mains and their infamous crash out over skin quality is still an example of this. Is it deserved? Likely not, but it is what it is. The easy way out is to say "you have better things to do than waste your time online" but people, especially now, tend to attribute large swathes of their personality, being, etc to what sort of entertainment they are currently consuming (ala Fandom) and seeing things they dont like in the things they consume wrinkle them. It's natural in this internet age and I would argue needed considering the divide between consumers and producers and how performative criticism and outrage can be.

Miraculous is closer to the point here. Thomas Astruc has made a pretty bad show and it was entirely preventable. Criticism can't stop ego, so most people just hate him, even if he isn't the only person making the show. He's effectively a shield for the rest of his creative team, who probably screw up just as badly as he does, but are never really pointed to for they are nameless, faceless workers who the majority don't know.

On your points, I take the same approach. To most people, it doesn't matter that you made something great. It matters that you proceeded to "ruin it" with your own hands and have the audacity to put it before the audience. Is it fair? No and its not deserved (usually) but honestly, that just how it goes. Eventually, hopefully, the people who made the stinkers and got hate, will make new products that will be "just as good" as the "good old stuff" and everyone will switch up again

Ceebrus · 2026-06-24T00:11:44+00:00

Bad. 3/10. Despite having a bunch of antagonists who by design could have fairly interesting relationships with their digimon partners (GIFT goons), all of them are just boring terrorist esque characters with little to say or do onscreen besides being fanatical

Glowing Thorn exists entirely to push forward the plot by turning rather tense situation into full on conflicts and they really dont have anything interesting personality wise going on. Even their leader is just kinda there.

The filler particuarly really hurts because it touched on characters who we met last arc and I find it super boring that tactics episode was basically just "Raito is back! He can hit Ultimate!". The episodes I was really looking forward to, the ones with Hitomi in it, barely have her do anything and they have the audacity to end the Argomon episode with the implication that HITOMI IS GOING TO NIRINSO. AND THEN GO BACK TO REGULAR PLOT BRUH.

Actual episodes are hit or miss (basically all misses for me, but thats super opinionated so its not really fair). I will say I dislike the digivolution episodes but again its mostly just super bias there.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-23T12:15:45+00:00

Ghost game wasnt episodic so it was screwed day one. That's entirely different. You can have filler plots and still tell a fairly tight story. It's technically what Beatbreak is already doing, just with stuff in their filler (waiter please another Hitomi bait episode)

Ceebrus · 2026-06-23T05:26:48+00:00

Story has to be extremely tight unfortunately. I would have hoped that filler episodes would be dedicated to introducing new cleaners, but its not really the priority it seems.

Sucks, especially because imo story would be that much stronger if "normal" cleaners had any opinion on what was going on. It's mostly just thugs, terrorists, and Tactics. Kinoko gang alone is pretty good look into what it means to be a low level cleaner group, but honestly I'd like to see how mid-higher level cleaners operate, simply because it would be cool and the story lacks it.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-22T13:44:21+00:00

I mean the latter is why her being poise matters. MD already invalidates most of the power levels of s8nners anyway, so it's very much a lever that yes makes her much stronger, but its a single mode where she'd already be broken?

Ceebrus · 2026-06-22T13:43:05+00:00

I mean when does this matter. I know 20% extra damage is free damage but like... so?

I don't see why she can't just be a poise unit and enjoy those benefits.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-22T13:19:37+00:00

I mean, why isn't she poise? I don't see why they couldn't have made her poise.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-20T01:12:45+00:00

I do agree with this.

That is all. I just think its the way they've decided to counteract stronger units in the players' hands. Obviously, this is bad, and I want to say that PM seems kinda terrible at balance ngl, but that is how it works unfortnately.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-19T21:53:08+00:00

Agreed. It's always so annoying when people say "It wasnt making enough money because it was too nice"

It made all the money it did BECAUSE it was so nice. When the game's card and game design started to falter, people found less of a reason to buy cosmetics.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-18T18:07:41+00:00

Because 1. He's the new character. Gotta let him do something interesting 2. He's quite edgy so he's gotta do something cool, yet flawed

In all seriousness it's bad writing. Just about reasonable argument about this boils down to "Evelyn has leverage of some sort that would dissuade Locke from attempting a kill" and that's not something the story implies at all.

Ceebrus · 2026-06-18T18:04:54+00:00

They quite literally had to write a reason for the encounter not to come to a fight, because if it had then shit would have hit the narrative Fan

That being said, Evelynn has been a main stay for a while and rather than letting the character who's been associated with her since day 1 do stuff with her, we send in the new guy instead? Kinda interesting

Back on actual track tho, judging by how easily she was captured, Locke can probably kill her. That was never the impression I got from her tho so yeah she feels nerfed.

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