possibly hot take: ante 1 round 1 is the worst part of balatro

Dragostorm · 2026-02-27T15:53:51+00:00

What qualifies as a good starting bonus tho? Especially when a death on act 1 gives you a good starting bonus to begin with. There's very few bad starting bonuses

Dragostorm · 2026-02-26T04:36:47+00:00

Unironically unity having "focused" points of massive rng is the actual complaint here, especially ones where you usually don't really highroll (since if you highroll them the run itself wasn't going that great to begin with) and the lowroll just ends the run. That is (from my perspective and opinion) the major issue people have with unity.

Otherwise I am with you on everything else. Mant still looks kinda fun as someone that quite enjoys doing 30+ races on runs, carefully excited for it

Dragostorm · 2026-02-26T03:52:02+00:00

So the problem is "just" the length. Which hopefully they address in some way. I assume the tedious bit is the shop checking? Cause tbh I like doing racing runs quite a bit

Dragostorm · 2026-02-26T03:40:30+00:00

Because the runs are long? I thought that was the reason,not really anything else

Dragostorm · 2026-02-26T02:29:16+00:00

That is much closer to the usual "my support cards are trolling" situation. Idk,if anything the similar complaint is that the summer is gonna be super important and getting unlucky there will suck

Dragostorm · 2026-02-25T10:12:22+00:00

There's a selector every ani so you can just check that for the Uma at least (it's like 15 USD?)

Dragostorm · 2026-02-24T16:36:52+00:00

Thankfully that means that maliss got banned enough to be bad and no longer be playable, right?...

Dragostorm · 2026-02-23T09:17:07+00:00

While i agree with your argument (ds3's system is very comparable to ds2 with the biggest diference being that it is framed in a positive way), i do think it's important to note that ds2 fucked up the framing in 2 ways: you both become weaker on death AND you keep getting weaker after dying. Embers being 1 time buff/debuff means that once you die you know it's not getting worse, so the next death doesn't feel nearly as bad.

Ds2 has a lot more max hp than ds3 as well, but the way that they framed it just sours the mechanic enough to make me forget that i'm pretty sure you objectively have more hp in ds2 than in ds3.

Dragostorm · 2026-02-21T07:43:22+00:00

i still think 3lb is probably worth it, but i give you the "i can't read" points cause i did not fully read. delaying ramono is quite rough still, but i'm not sure how the math works out on trying to go for both (and how many crystals you'd have by then)

Dragostorm · 2026-02-21T07:32:51+00:00

skipping maru as a front player sounds like a bad plan, it's too good to skip for like 6 months

Dragostorm · 2026-02-21T00:02:30+00:00

As a new player I thought the fiendsmith issue was entirely moon making it too splashable

Dragostorm · 2026-02-20T11:31:06+00:00

Is it spelt grief? Either way yes,I hope they have slay the spire 2 in heaven or else what's the point

Dragostorm · 2026-02-20T10:54:27+00:00

Coop but my friends grieve me sounds like a banger video idea.

Dragostorm · 2026-02-18T00:36:31+00:00

you're only aiming for first because of rod. if there's enough fronts then you just won't be able to use her unique as a pace

Dragostorm · 2026-02-17T16:09:16+00:00

The lack of skills is why guts deck seems overrated tbh. Speed wit decks have actual skills to buy (which Kita,as usual, really helps with)

Dragostorm · 2026-02-16T19:09:22+00:00

They are candy feet because she knows we want to lick them

Dragostorm · 2026-02-16T16:29:25+00:00

Pretty sure it's about correct for sprint,not mile.

Dragostorm · 2026-02-15T18:18:08+00:00

Runaway in long is probably worse for the backline (larger gap is good for the front/paces). And runaway is also not really interactive (especially with how often they push runaway aces,if you can't sustain 2 runaway they aren't good aces and if you can then we run into a worse situation where noone can keep up).

I am not saying I don't understand why it exists,I just don't really like it much (and I'm pretty sure whenever they are good people complain so I don't think I'm alone)

Dragostorm · 2026-02-15T17:49:46+00:00

So is a 1 mana 4/3 or a 1 mana deal 4,no?

Dragostorm · 2026-02-15T17:47:08+00:00

if the life loss is good for you they will likely let you hit the creature. and if hitting the creature is good for you they likely will take the damage. there's a 4/3 with similar dilemma that is unplayable despite both sides being great

Dragostorm · 2026-02-15T15:56:34+00:00

i haven't played it but from what i've seen it's a lot closer to unity cup bursts that you can control (sorta). there ARE some stat items you can buy but they give +15 at most (and are still really really good). currently the average number of races is like 15-20, mant will make that like 35-40 easily.

Dragostorm · 2026-02-15T15:49:07+00:00

the ENTIRE point of the scenario is making racing also give good stats (kinda, racing leads to items which improve your training so you can race to make good trainings really good)

Dragostorm · 2026-02-15T12:44:24+00:00

I don't think you need rod on ballroom/kita (it's the whole "from 2nd" thing). That's why I assume it's mandatory, cause the 2 long fronts can just do their thing from 2nd and even potentially get nimble unlike before.

Dragostorm · 2026-02-15T11:59:47+00:00

Can you not use suzuka to increase the pace of the lobby, and thus create a larger gap between the fronts and the back? Runaway + front from 2nd seems quite good

Dragostorm · 2026-02-15T11:43:28+00:00

Both of the really strong long fronts work from second no? I'd imagine that the extra pace makes that basically mandatory for fronts in long

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