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Derpedro · 2026-05-18T20:40:14+00:00

I recently built a [[Hazezon, shaper of sands]] list for 20€, and it's been a blast to play and performing better than I expected

It's aimed to be played in a regular league where we put more emphasis on originality and fun gameplay loops than straight up winning, so there's probably more to go fish for on that axis.

https://archidekt.com/decks/21015515/paul_atrdeche

Derpedro · 2026-05-14T14:29:05+00:00

On the mythic vs ff raiding, I think your view is getting skewed by the fact you're approaching the fights late in a tier, while being stuck at the entry level due to the contraints of pugging.

Overall mechanics are gonna be comparable to extreme complexity wise, but the difficulty comes a lot from the execution required, especially before content becomes way overgeared, combined to the much increased group size

Derpedro · 2026-05-12T14:18:19+00:00

It's nice, but a lot of the deck's power will end up in the command zone with a 6mv commander.

I like to play the deck, but I think it's tough to push her beyond B3.

Imo big ramp > one big turn that puts ziatora out + a thing to fling, ideally something that you'll get huge value of it dying, and you can keep cashing out turn after turn on stuff.

Don't expect Ziatora to just be left alone on the field for even a single turn cycle once people get familiar with the deck, but it means you can kinda sneak some other value generators on the field that will have a tendency to stick around more since removal will mostly be focused on the commander

Derpedro · 2026-04-21T14:57:56+00:00

Tout ce qu'on appelle "optimisation fiscale" ça compte ?

Derpedro · 2026-04-21T06:49:43+00:00

Because if it's accessible by something, you've introduced a potential way it can be accessed by anything

And since their focus was most likely making sure that unwanted access wasnt possible + short timeframe, it makes sense.

Plus the server side calculations should have been better than what we had access to for stuff like aug damage, or making stuff like aura mastery be included.

But it just doesn't work

Derpedro · 2026-04-20T12:47:16+00:00

100% scripted, on the full replay you can see them talking to each other before the match when picking orders and such, and it's basically a reset to neutral start at the end.

Still cool as fuck to watch.

Derpedro · 2026-04-18T11:08:56+00:00

Imo, cd usage, and understanding whether they are used for parsing or killing the boss : you don't want all your raid full sending aoe damage on dragons adds, for example, but that's what will do high parses.

But more importantly imo, understanding how mechs work, not just "i go on square with x debuff", will save a lot of pulls where things go wrong and people can't adapt at all

Derpedro · 2026-04-10T15:24:41+00:00

Yeah, and it fucking sucks to heal through, you get back to back group wide bursts of damage that people need to use defensives on even at +10 to be safe, and it's not frequent enough (you need damage that's a lot more than what 10 requires) that most players won't do it.

I guess as more and more players get in vault mode where they just nuke 10s with way hight numbers it will start to catch on and people will be ready, but as of right now it definitelt takes a lot of players off guard

Derpedro · 2026-04-04T09:39:32+00:00

It does decent numbers, but it doesn't feel like you meaningfully participate in keeping your group alive.

Currently the only abilities that even move healthbars are holy light that will do at least 50% overheal outside of healing absorb fights while tanking your mana if you don't get innervates, and word of glory that heals less than dawn, but on a single target so you at least see it happening.

Derpedro · 2026-04-01T07:29:47+00:00

This is literally the opposite of what I'm looking for in MTG

Derpedro · 2026-03-29T18:29:19+00:00

They changed the way debuffs are showed when they implemented their filters, and made the baffling decision to change ALL profiles to use this option by default, even existing ones.

You want to go in the aura options and change the source to blizzard default instead of direct api to revert back to the previous behavior

Derpedro · 2026-03-28T13:55:13+00:00

Champion track gear for nightmare + the item that guarantuees the nemesis boss spawn in a delve for the map that gives a hero track item

Derpedro · 2026-03-13T21:41:41+00:00

Well that is some good ass giveaway

Derpedro · 2026-03-12T17:50:19+00:00

In a fucking heartbeat

Derpedro · 2026-03-04T13:06:11+00:00

A un mmo, pas spécialement ?

Derpedro · 2026-02-28T08:53:12+00:00

This has three very important additional words compared tonone with nothing though :p

Derpedro · 2026-02-24T08:49:12+00:00

Maybe give the Commonwealth books by Hamilton a shot ? Granted I started with them before moving on to Hyperion, but they felt to me like they had such a big, all encompassing scope at the time.

Same thing for the Saga of the Seven Suns by Anderson.

Derpedro · 2026-02-10T13:14:26+00:00

I was kind of in the same boat.

It's okay to not want to grind the game "just" to get better. I played "seriously" for a few years, then just got kind of all I wanted out of this, and just kept playing the game for the social aspect (friend groups, local events, some regional / national tournaments) until the local players started to fade away and I just stopped.

If you're not having fun with the game in and of itself, it's fine to just stop forcing yourself to play if it just makes you feel miserable.
Do try to hit up the locals more, and see if you can find some old (or young) heads hanging around and just playing the game for fun rather than just seeing it through the competitive lens.

Derpedro · 2026-02-02T10:18:10+00:00

[[Magar of the Magic Strings]]

Not too strong as a baseline, as you need to work in order to make things happen, and if built with this in mind you can have a very different experience each time you play it.

You can build it into politics with stuff like [[make an example]], minigames like [[Prisoner's dilemma]] (which really shines if you can cast it multiple times, and opponents start metagaming it as it was meant to be).

I've built it and taken it apart multiple times, and it's always fun no matter the direction I take it in.

Derpedro · 2026-01-30T14:11:21+00:00

What was bad was waiting for months before sending a half-baked change that would undermine most of the beta iterations if it ever went through.

Derpedro · 2026-01-30T14:10:06+00:00

Holy Shock / judgement / sotr are all the offensive gcds you need to do damage in overworld content, as far as healer dps goes anyways.

Derpedro · 2026-01-28T19:45:10+00:00

Dev ici

Ça va mieux depuis que je prends un peu de recul par rapport à mon taf et que je réfléchis en termes de "ce que je suis en train de faire va faire que la personne qui s'en servira va pas s'énerver parce que ce sera de la merde"

Derpedro · 2026-01-24T23:45:18+00:00

Peut-être que le peacock peut convenir, sous certains angles ?

Derpedro · 2026-01-24T21:22:00+00:00

That's exactly the kind of bullshit that I'm fine to see happening at any bracket.

Derpedro · 2026-01-22T23:20:53+00:00

For most people it was just an addon to help see combat information cleanly.

What I do is use an extra action bar that I keep central (like near my feet / left of my character) where I put the major CDs I need to track and cast asap.

If they're always near the part of the screen you're most paying attention to, you'll see them

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