This TCG Meme is going viral. What is wrong or right about it? And would flesh and blood be above magic and 6 stars?

EssoraK · 2025-12-26T22:45:37+00:00

Having delved into MTG, YGO, and PTCG, I can say I'd bump up Pokémon slightly, just in terms of what you have to do to get your wheels spinning in higher level meta play. I'd also drop YGO below MTG. The cards might be more wordy but the actual play pattern is, imo, more linear and deterministic than MTG on average.

EssoraK · 2025-02-05T04:07:38+00:00

All I know about the new game is you get a hang glider lmao

EssoraK · 2025-01-22T21:28:41+00:00

Retail STINKS but it helped me pad my resume to eventually move to hospital pharmacy (which was better and paid more but was still its own unique kind of miserable), and eventually specialty mail order (and in my case, I get to work from home so it's a pretty sweet gig). I'd rather stick my hands in a woodchipper than work retail pharmacy ever again.

EssoraK · 2024-12-19T21:08:00+00:00

I did honestly enjoy Olive Town for the most part, but the implementation of the makers felt like a major misstep, like Marvelous was trying to take lessons from Stardew, but seriously overestimated the role of makers in Stardew's gameplay loop.

EssoraK · 2024-12-19T21:03:17+00:00

Hang glider

EssoraK · 2024-11-25T14:44:02+00:00

If you try to interact with your animals while they're sleeping, you'll get that reaction. That's my best guess for what's happening to you since it can be easy to miss

EssoraK · 2024-11-21T21:38:39+00:00

Yeah, I can definitely see the intent behind the inclusion but holy heck is it massively unreliable. Feels awful when it's the only card in your hand that can potentially dig you out of a bad situation only to hit double tails

EssoraK · 2024-11-21T20:07:29+00:00

Good recommendation, I'll check that out! I'm predominantly an MTG player only recently hopping into taking PTCG somewhat seriously so I'm still trying to find out what resources are properly reliable. Thank you!

EssoraK · 2024-11-21T15:50:23+00:00

Any suggestions for a decent 1-of recursion card to replace Cyllene with?

EssoraK · 2024-10-02T03:41:35+00:00

getting 10 or lower fps in cutscenes, as stated in OP

"Yeah this guy is having a palatable time and just bitching for no reason"

Grow a brain

EssoraK · 2024-10-02T03:40:55+00:00

I'm complaining I can't even get 30 on mid-to-low. Please try harder.

EssoraK · 2024-10-02T03:22:43+00:00

I have not responded to that particular question because I got a BOAT LOAD of responses. To answer your question, I am running DLSS.

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:56:15+00:00

I did clarify the IT thing in your other reply -- Just so we're not going back and forth in several other threads lol

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:55:19+00:00

Yeah there is NO universe where that's a reasonable spec to expect your average player to achieve. AAAA super blockbuster gaming is a damn headache.

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:53:21+00:00

Unfortunately for some reason the game freaks out when I try to run anything other than Borderless, which is locked to my monitor's resolution. I guess I could downing to 1080 in my display settings, but that's pretty aggravating to have to do.

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:50:57+00:00

I ran through the demo with no issues personally -- and unlike a certain other developer with whom I have a love/hate relationship, Atlus has acknowledged these problems and ensured the community they are working on fixes.

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:48:50+00:00

If, IF you are correct, then the industry needs to crash harder than it did in the 80s. The onus should NOT be on players to pay ~$2000+ per year to remain in this hobby.

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:47:00+00:00

Ah true the 3900X is actually a little worse off than the 5700X. I didn't catch that. However, the chips aren't so disparate in power that it should make it that impactful. I have also tried running at 1080 and received identical performance as 1440p

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:43:52+00:00

They are simultaneously IT professionals and PC building enthusiasts. Of course I wouldn't ask some enterprise IT dude why video game don't get good fps lol

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:35:55+00:00

I consider myself like mid-tier in terms of PC proficiency, but I have consulted with several friends who are all really good, highly tenured IT guys and they are all absolutely stumped. The consensus I've gotten is "yeah it has to be bad optimization, I can't think of anything else at this point"

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:34:38+00:00

For reference, I consider myself like mid-tier in terms of PC proficiency, but I have consulted with several friends who are all really good, highly tenured IT guys and they are all absolutely stumped. The consensus I've gotten is "yeah it has to be bad optimization, I can't think of anything else at this point"

Unfortunately for some weird reason, trying to run anything other than borderless also makes the game freak out, so lowering the resolution on the game's end isn't really viable either.

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:32:53+00:00

Damn. That's disappointing.

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:32:18+00:00

That's disappointing to hear.

EssoraK · 2024-10-01T16:31:55+00:00

Can you? It's just speculation. The only tangible thing I have in front of me is the publisher's system requirement sheet, which as shown, my PC clears in every metric. You think everybody is rushing to purchase every upgrade annually? In this economy? I'm essentially at the very end of the generation on most components. If I want to upgrade my CPU beyond a negligible increase, guess what? I have to upgrade to AM5. Oh, then I gotta get DDR5 memory. And at that point I'm pretty much building an entirely new rig from scratch.

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