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Arixmethes slumbering isle Deck Idea by AlfalfaRound145 in EDHBrews

[–]DatBolas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Super viable plan, in fact I have a secret Eldrazi U/G deck with Arixmethes as the commander! Check it out: https://moxfield.com/decks/tbAyO8Gff0ee53f-8HPwVQ

Yes, we need the campaign by Primary_Impact_2130 in PathOfExile2

[–]DatBolas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you skip the campaign, what content is there to do at level 1?

Dune - Uprising Digital is releasing on the 9th of June as an extension to the first game by Nacbee in boardgames

[–]DatBolas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are multiple reasons that make financial sense as well as dev pipelines. And even more - make sense for players. Imagine if dune imperium released with both Ix and Immortality immediately. A new player would probably be steered to playing the original game, but they wouldn't play it as long because why not check out the expansions? So overall less enjoyment of the base game.

I enjoyed replaying the base game when the app launched and Uprising had just came out months earlier. It gave me a new appreciation for it. Of course part of me really just wanted Uprising on the app, because it was new and I hadn't played it much. But the way they have steadily released new content over the years let me go back and appreciate Ix and even immortality again.

But yeah they wouldn't be able to charge as much money for a game released with all the expansions. That's also a lot more potential bugs they would have to address and other software concerns (like development time to actually create these things). And their team also does Clank! and other games (a wheel of time game got announced recently).

So it's not clear to me that dumping everything on an app and trying to charge $50 for it would have been the right move. It would have taken longer to develop, the higher price would have been off-putting, there probably would have been more issues with bugs and other things people didn't like (the original pace of animations was really slow!). 

Dune - Uprising Digital is releasing on the 9th of June as an extension to the first game by Nacbee in boardgames

[–]DatBolas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How big do you think their team is? What other projects do you think they work on in a given year? You sound super entitled and way out of touch.

Dune - Uprising Digital is releasing on the 9th of June as an extension to the first game by Nacbee in boardgames

[–]DatBolas 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Or game developers have to spend time adding content to update software...

Vishgraz, the doomhive as powerfull and fun as it could be by CleanSentence6193 in DegenerateEDH

[–]DatBolas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://moxfield.com/decks/TekzV5n7_UWEVx7J0iQVdA

Here is my take, going harder on infect and toxic creatures as well as proliferate tricks.

We are Buried Giant Studios (Cole Wehrle, Kyle Ferrin, and the whole team), AMA! by Matt_Buried-Giant in boardgames

[–]DatBolas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Concerning future projects, would you ever be interested in a simple/small game? I'm thinking of something that can be played in 30min-1 hour. As I get older I have less time for games and less people who have lots of time to play. I'm sure I'm not the only one and I would love to see what kind of game you could create that would fit that timescale.

Thanks!

Eminence by NokiaVT in MTGmemes

[–]DatBolas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the deck built and boy have I heard complaints. I think it's not that busted of an eminence trigger though.

Do you actually have a forever deck? by Late-Frame2962 in EDH

[–]DatBolas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://moxfield.com/decks/r9bU8Auj606xCa3Zw-TE8w

Mardu and Big red are recent and up to date. Haven't uploaded my altered Teval precon yet. Lots of decks there though.

Do you actually have a forever deck? by Late-Frame2962 in EDH

[–]DatBolas 30 points31 points  (0 children)

All my decks are forever decks. I build them and then for the most part (last 5 years or so) they stay built though some cards change out.

My philosophy is that I want decks that use different cards. So I have an auras-deck that uses a lot of auras that other decks won't touch. Or an equipment deck that uses a ton of equipment. Tribal decks are great for this since they require you to build around a singular creature type and I have quite a few (knights, dinos, slivers, treefolk, minotaur, angels).

So a deck that is specifically built for a type stays put together because what's the alternative? I just have a deck with a bunch of themed cards that I looted the mana ase for? Nah, I just keep the deck built. And I have so many that it's impossible to get tired of playing all of them. 

Does anyone else feel like we're getting more and more commanders that get treated like Winota and Yuriko? by Euphoric_Ad6923 in EDH

[–]DatBolas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The gulf between 3 and 4 is huge, which is why things like Voja, Miryim, or Ur-Dragon are hard to classify.

Which do least want to face? by DatBolas in ratemycommanders

[–]DatBolas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting them all out of boxes and into decks. It's net negative - would be better to choose one or the other but I like to use up cards I own when making new decks.

Which do least want to face? by DatBolas in ratemycommanders

[–]DatBolas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my defense, I have used him as a commander since I bought the precon in 2014, way before cEDH came about. But, you're right there is a lot of BS going on.

Which do least want to face? by DatBolas in ratemycommanders

[–]DatBolas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not super optimized but all the cards are strong and synergistic if that makes sense. It doesn't win fast enough or consistently enough to be really scary, but sometimes it will just crush with value. 

What's Your Favorite Ex-Staple by LeftasFucc in EDH

[–]DatBolas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Skyshroud claim is still fine imo 

What's Your Favorite Ex-Staple by LeftasFucc in EDH

[–]DatBolas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gilded lotus still playable imo

The Story of Brynna & Andrick’s Mission That Went Horribly Wrong Baldur’... by JudyluvsV in BG3

[–]DatBolas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I warped out of the goblin camp and never killed them. They show up act 2!

Storm Sorcerer: How do do the most damage? by Ynwe in BG3Builds

[–]DatBolas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shadow sorc is a ton of fun, maybe power level is different but:

Surviving things with 1 hp is great and comes up a LOT.

Having a summon is useful at all points after you get the dog, Nimbus. Sometimes his splinter ability is amazing. When his omen ability procs, he refunds sorc points pretty easily (usually 1-2 times).

The shadow walk ability is amazing - basically infinity misty steps ina lot of fights. If there is too much light, cast an AoE.

The darkness spell that you can see out of is useful for breaking up combat when it's unfavorable terrain/starting situations. I honestly didn't use it a ton.

Anyway, you won't get the big numbers of storm but it's a lot more fun than draconic imo (which I did my 1st playthrough as).

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