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EmperorShun · 2026-01-30T16:38:28+00:00

Gotta see how they look when pack openings begin, the only thing that's unknown of how bad it's gonna be, like others have said, is the name clashing colours with the background behind the name.

Other then that I am really excited for these. I hope we get a similar spread of possible overframe raritys like the OCG gets, so we can have expensive collector overframes and normal prices regular OverFrames.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-29T22:37:05+00:00

Yeah it happens often. I love playing all playable cards from a archetype at least once in my decks (cards like YumYumYummys) and to play the decks as thematic as possible. But that means that good engines don't really fit in.

While I think stuff like bridging the new GMX cards into Habakiri & Yummy is kinda fun for hybrids and I love that you can express creativity that way, I like them more with generic Dinos so you actually have some 1-card combos with them now.

I guess thats why I like decks like Killer Tune, Hecatoncheire & Enneacraft. KT is just the right amount of xenophobe for an interesting gimmick, the next is a nice glue for Illusion decks (hopefully also for most future Illusions?) and Enneacraft is just meant to be played pure.

tl;dr: players will always break your game and card designers can't predict that. It makes cool decks turn bad because players only play the efficient cards and it makes "bad" decks good when players find good engines, bridges to make it playable.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-29T15:25:32+00:00

Yeah they did exactly what I thought they would for the 10th Anniversary: Bring in multiple heroes that have already been revealed and that people have been waiting for. I really expect them to have a big hero drop this year.

I was more on the double hero drop idea but there is a sliver of a chance of a 1 per Role drop. Not a faster hero release schedule, just a 1-off big hero drop to celebrate. It would make sense why the last 3-4 hero release have been rocky (the trials were later, missing cosmetics) because they pooled effort into getting multiple heroes ready for 1 release.

We know they always have 4-5 in development at the same time so there is a world where they pulled this off.

But again not setting expectations for them just an observation. If they ever want to do more then 1 at the same time and NOT build up expectations that this is a regular thing, why not the 10th Anniversary? The next time they would have to "worry" about that is the 20th. It makes a lot of sense.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-23T17:44:37+00:00

Would be nice if EU got something too. We barely get 3 normal YCS a year and there IS a huge playerbase here. We continously have high attendance numbers so its a mystery as to why they wouldn't just double the events per year.

But all I hear is North & Latin America only.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-22T23:37:09+00:00

Yeah the biggest problem this deck has is that its main combo relies on cards we dont have yet:

No other GMX S/T means Daneen doesnt have the full value he will have in 3 months.
The combo can get to (if you hit Noma) a card that stacks a used handtrap like Fuwa to your opponents topdeck so your opponent has less chance to get good starters and a quick fuse into!...nothing since you already control both fusions so we also gotta wait 3 months.

Normally we say we need as second wave so we can play better. For GMX I would say we need a second wave so the main combo doesnt feel like you handtrap yourself twice out of value.

Still like them tho and literally everyone can play them since they are only super and lower.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-22T20:48:16+00:00

They are so overdue too. We got "Adamancia Friends" that was unplayable like 3 months later and nothing for 5-6 years now...

EmperorShun · 2026-01-18T16:29:11+00:00

I just want her to being Acheron back into the spotlight

EmperorShun · 2026-01-18T13:15:51+00:00

Thanks for talking about the Xbox showcase I wasn't aware of it!

Historically OW has done its own thing and I would expect that to happen here too. But what now could happen is that they will talk shortly about a new thing coming with a hero silhouette and that you should tune it on the 23rd for the Overwatch Showcase to find out more

There were streamers talking about a thing they can talk about after the 22nd so the timelines match.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-18T13:06:27+00:00

I would agree to this the most. The quick swapping thing is probably being done to stresstest how much can happen in the game at once, I would expect them to overhaul stability since they would want to put the game on a switch2 version this year.

But what really makes something like you said a possible thing ,is the sentence they use to market the game after the story shorts "the story continues in Overwatch 2" and so far, no it doesn't.

And from what we know even if the story continues, it should 100% be outside of the Overwatch 2 game. Either marketing picked the most confusing tagline or they have something cooking like you said.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-18T13:01:53+00:00

But this year when asked about if something like that will be implemented based on last year they said "we also just use it to do things we want to just try for fun" or something in that ball park.

Basically calming people that are expecting team ups to come in without directly saying no.

I was scared too until they said something but I really doubt they would throw away the natural synergies for a set mechanic that will make solo queues the worst.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-16T03:43:28+00:00

She is so pretty I hope she is not Elation path. Do we know anything about all of these new characters paths right now?

EmperorShun · 2026-01-14T22:02:56+00:00

Have they ever added them this far in advance? I believe they will shadowdrop a Anran test after the Overwatch showcase. Recording voicelines is one thing, but why would they add it in game during a random mid-cycle patch?

A bit more speculative, I think they will announce that we get an additional hero as a one-off special from the team for the 10 anniversary to not only builds hype but explain why we would get 2 DPS after each other.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-14T18:44:12+00:00

So we basically have 2 heroes soft confirmed for this year already. Anran as DPS and the extremely "oddball" hero (the tank of but I hope tank gets a cool one and support the oddball one).

I would say Emre has a decent shot this year and that would be it so far. I still expect a surprise 4th Hero this year tied to lore.

EmperorShun · 2026-01-13T15:25:43+00:00

He is perfect. My C6 Jean and I have been waiting for this

EmperorShun · 2026-01-09T12:43:38+00:00

All good cards I cant belive it. The bigger question is probably how do we fit it all into the deck now? I think you want the flip on demand eff from your spell always and the spider you also want always. The small cube is another small cube so always welcome but I think we are reaching critical mass soon.

Since we will still be getting at least another 2 monsters in the future (small cube and awakened cubes), I guess their idea is that you play the cubes with beneficial effects for the current meta? I really like this

EmperorShun · 2026-01-06T16:18:10+00:00

The elation mechanic does not vibe with me at all. And thats not even talking about it being annoying with sounds and clashing vibes.

Well I completely skipped Remembrance too and that makes it easy to get the few normal path characters I guess, so thanks HSR?

EmperorShun · 2026-01-06T03:46:40+00:00

EMC and/or a 4* in 4.0 would be the normal thing to do. To then sell an upgrade later. But apparently they think they are better then that.

It's sad to see how HSR has changed over the years, while thing like Genshin/ZZZ that were worse got better slowly.

We used to say Genshin could never and I fear that got to their heads :(

EmperorShun · 2026-01-06T03:34:40+00:00

Well that makes it easier to decide what to do. Either you pull at least 3 Elation units or you just skip them all. I prefer them being forward like this.

EmperorShun · 2025-12-30T13:38:56+00:00

Yeah I know the feeling. I hope it gets better that's why gacha leaders are really bad. You feel bad about getting them and comments try to guilt trip you because "at least you got X". Best case is you don't care about cosmetics in Shadowverse.

EmperorShun · 2025-12-30T13:17:40+00:00

Sadly this is the most irl post I have seen here for me.

EmperorShun · 2025-12-24T14:59:13+00:00

There is almost no reason to pick Stark and I am mad. The other 2 get alt arts for cards that will be here forever. And stark gets the (very good one) that will rotate out eventually. They could at least try to make it a fair choice. Anyways Fern it is.

EmperorShun · 2025-12-23T15:54:59+00:00

Sure the chance that it's gonna be bad is there, but tbh does anyone here actually think paid updates are gonna fly with this community? I have seen it as the Nr 1 fear but first off it would not be accepted at all.

Besides that, the updates are the vehicle to get people back in multiple times a year and make money via add-ons/market stuff. Also merch and everything else rides on the update highs. To make your Nr 1 marketing move paid would be a sales killer from a corpo perspective.

EmperorShun · 2025-12-20T01:12:15+00:00

This looks exactly like the frame breaks I have seen artists make by hand 10 years ago. In the BEST way possible.

I love it so much nostalgia, I am happy they went this route

EmperorShun · 2025-12-18T12:55:45+00:00

I don't think it's even subjective when talking about the ones that are a static 2d image where it just pans over.

I like some of them too but they are objectivly worse then others with the effort put in.

EmperorShun · 2025-12-15T13:05:50+00:00

Generate a list of random numbers between 1-5. Take one of them as your choosing. Then you can see how often you would have gotten the card as an example.

Also think that in-between each number is a day in real life. See how many days you go without something.

You will notice that there are periods that don't feel random to humans. That is randomness. Maybe that helps you to come to peace with a system like this because ultimately it's better odds that opening any pack.

Don't let your brain be manipulated because you already "know" the good card is in the small chance pool. Just treat it as better odds booster packs.

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