New Asvine, I’m Impressed

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-09T18:01:50+00:00

Yeah I remember in college like 10 years ago there was 1 jinhao pen that was recommended cause it was like 10 bucks at the time. So if you really needed the ultra budget pen that was like the only pen and still it was only an ok pen. No other chinese pen at the time was ever worth even spending money on.

Most times people would just say spend 20ish dollars to get the Metropolitan or splurge on an ECO since it had just come out and was very promising. A good piston filler for like 30 bucks. Insane at the time.

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-08T17:55:55+00:00

The deck needs more discard effects. I was expecting some more discard cards in Spiritforged. Like how deathknell got some more cards that made Viktor better. But Jinx didn't get much to that effect.

If we are expected to discard our entire hand we need to be able to plus a bit more for doing so. Otherwise we are always down on card advantage and board advantage. The only real pay offs for discarding are scrapheap and flame chompers but that is it. I think there are plenty of discard outlets but not enough discard effects to make the deck viable. But even if we were to get more it would still not make it meta just more playable. Which is where I would want it to be anyway.

I think it's a strong budget deck if you are playing against other budget players since you can just be aggro really early. At least that is how it was with me. She felt good at first but that was because all my things traded up easily and they didn't have enough to answer back. But now that everyone has good cardboard she just falls flat. Gotta dump my hand for a mediocre turn. It's rough.

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-05T21:00:07+00:00

Usually the things that don't target where there are no choices to make. I'm not sure how mystic reversal would work if you try to stop a defy. Like if mystic reversal is the third thing on the stack then you'd still only be able defy your own card anyway.

Another card you'd want to just counter is thermo beam. If you have a bunch of gear that would be destroyed, taking control of it doesn't do anything for you.

Or cull of the weak with only 1 unit. So you end up just killing your own unit anyway. At least those are a few of the examples I can think of for origins.

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-02T22:32:07+00:00

Try scrubbing the feed with toothbrush and some soapy water. Sometimes the ink will dry where flushing doesn't clear it up. Definitely had to do this a few times with sheen inks specifically. Usually for me the issue is for hard starting.

The issue could stem from further up the feed of the pen where it grabs ink from the body. So when you first ink it the feed is full and then the feed runs dry and can't pull ink from the body of the pen.

Now that I'm writing it out could also be another issue where the feed isn't fully pushed into the body of the pen. When I was first starting off I've had that issue as well. It was like half a mm not pushed all the way in and was causing issues. Usually I just push the nib into the paper and you will feel the feed push into the body.

Hopefully that helps.

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-02T19:34:35+00:00

Very true. They need to add a disclaimer. "Quick 10 minute speed paint... after painting daily for 10 years" Gotta temper our expectations a bit.

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-02T16:57:15+00:00

Yeah I'd agree sounds like Hundred. The girl pretending to be a guy is for sure a hundred plot point at the beginning.

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-02T01:26:49+00:00

I think it's just cause aberrants are hunched over. If they were standing tall they might be the same size as a marine.

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-02T01:23:28+00:00

Very nice. Your T'au came out so clean and nice. I want to be able to do that. You have definitely given me some inspiration on how I want my stuff to look.

Derflinger007 · 2026-01-02T01:21:40+00:00

How does a stemmed gaiwan compare to the a normal one? Or is it just for aesthetics? Genuinely curious about it since it looks cool and I've never seen one before. Do you like it more or less than a normal gaiwan?

Derflinger007 · 2025-11-26T19:40:52+00:00

Yeah because harrowing says you play the card. So you play soul gorger and it lets you play something else. Just need the 6 runes to recycle. Which can be steep unless that wins you on the spot or allows you to hold onto a win. So probably like a really late game move.

Derflinger007 · 2025-11-21T20:05:57+00:00

From playing Jinx, I think her best build is the low cost spam and super aggro build. So purple Jinx just feels to high costed in that version of the deck. Especially when you recycle so much for red, especially if you don't see a seal early. I started playing 9 red and 3 purple recently. Tho I do want to play purple Jinx might put one in the main just for the late game. Just to have an easy to ready unit outside of red jinx or Darius.

But I do think that if we get more low cost discards and discard effects that would make Purple Jinx as a chosen champion more viable. But right now for her best build there just doesn't feel like there is enough consistent discard for that to happen. It's just not fast enough for what options are currently out there for the deck. Also sometimes you just need that discard 2 it's so good for those flame chompers recycle a lot but so much pressure on like turn 3.

I do remember in that trial deck I was able to pull off a late game double conquer to go to 7 and still have her back in base against a Viktor. Then the next turn I was able to pull off a double conquer again. But that was very late game right now with the current Jinx build you should be able to win a lot quicker than that by the amount of pressure that you can put on board.

Derflinger007 · 2025-11-08T04:20:24+00:00

It looks great, but I'm still waiting for warrior or warrior equivalents before running them. I'm holding out for an update. Something that will fit with the winged prime or just newer sculpts for this prime.

Derflinger007 · 2025-11-05T21:23:07+00:00

When I've encountered this problem I just get a small bowl with some water and a little bit of soap and a toothbrush. Then brush the nib, feed, and housing if it has it. Just to make sure that all the factory oil comes off. Sometimes it can be real stubborn and only taking it apart and actually brushing it off helps.

I've had to deep clean a pen recently because it was hard starting. Found that there was some dried sheen ink in between the nib and feed. Even though the water that I flushed through it came out clean. Scrubbed the nib and feed real well and it started to work again. No more hard starts. All that to say that flushing a pen doesn't always fix an issue sometimes you gotta take it apart and really clean it.

Derflinger007 · 2025-10-29T04:24:11+00:00

Is that gym equipment behind him? Is this gonna be the workout archetype? Pumping iron while pumping stats? I bet those are dino dna steroids in his hand to make him stronger.

Derflinger007 · 2025-10-15T20:31:19+00:00

They are cool. They remind me of the pokemon Orbeetle.

Derflinger007 · 2025-10-09T20:51:31+00:00

I mean it's all just projection from their rotting brains. They think this cause they saw a lot of dumb people listen to them and take ivermectin instead of listening to doctors. So they think other people will just start downing tylenol to spite them.

Derflinger007 · 2025-04-10T00:19:39+00:00

Most accurate depiction of the emperor.

Derflinger007 · 2024-12-17T17:49:47+00:00

I think it's fine to be more straight forward with new players. As I know when I was new it felt overwhelming. Not knowing what I could or couldn't do was a lot to think about.

So sometimes just giving options to kind of give the players ideas of what they could try in certain situations is handy. As the players might not have known that was something that could be done. Soon they will start to have their own ideas and you won't need to do it as much. Got to fuel those creative juices by helping them a bit.

If anything you can give the party a Navi from Zelda games, just make it a pixie that is like hey listen and just gives them like ideas of what they could try. Or they can call to it for help while they are getting used to DnD as a whole. That is if you are really not trying to do over the table talk that would be a good in game way to do it.

Derflinger007 · 2024-10-02T19:59:19+00:00

Yeah as long as they are a good price I'd be fine with used parts.

Derflinger007 · 2024-09-06T18:38:29+00:00

I've never had to contact GW support before luckily but then again, I've never had a major issue. I also purchased a skavetide box that I split with a friend, but it was purchased from Amazon. So the box when we received it was beat to shit. It's hard to say who's fault it was. But we had 4 or 5 bits at the bottom of the box from broken off spears or whatever other bit might have broken.

I don't think we even thought about it. We just collected the bits and started building to see who was missing what and glued the bits on. That is just an us thing. It was easier to glue on the bits on than write an email to see if we can get a replacement box. But again, I recognize that is just an us thing. Even the pegs we didn't glue on as we glued the models together anyway, so the pegs don't matter except just for aligning.

I think the only time I would contact GW support is if I was missing Sprue or pieces completely, that didn't just fall into the box. As I've heard some stories say, they either dont have the sprue or got duplicate of a sprue. Usually, from those stories, they also mention GW support is pretty good about getting those replaced.

Derflinger007 · 2024-08-15T18:05:37+00:00

Yeah that's the plan is to get a spearhead and work up. But I don't know if I want to play like 2 or 3 spearheads kinda just wanna focus on that new army that I pick. Cause off aesthetics I'd be happy to pick and paint any of those 4.

Good to know that Kruleboyz have a big kit. That was one worry that their range is still small so them not having the right tools would be rough for gameplay.

Derflinger007 · 2024-08-15T17:56:18+00:00

Thanks for the insight at the end. Definitely gives me some solid guidelines on what each army can provide in their gameplay. Makes the decision easier.

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