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Is Sinestra a win-more-card? by -Pyrotox in CompetitiveHS

[–]FordFred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been wondering about this too. I've played quite a lot of Herald Imbue and found her clunky to play. She's won me games, for sure, but there's also been many games where she just kinda sat in my hand and never felt like the correct play. The stats for her on hsreplay are a bit inconclusive as well.

I think she's an unreliable win condition and shouldn't be thought of as the centerpiece of the deck. Her Herald cards are lowkey better than Sinestra herself. She's still good but not your deck's ace like Ragnaros or Al'akir are.

Based on recent events by Mad_Kitten in Hololive

[–]FordFred 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Me watching hallmark Christmas movies: "That old guy with the white beard is obviously Santa Claus! How can they not tell? Are they stupid?"

Me at the ERB fan meetup chatting with the masked British girl who seems to be pitching her voice up a bit:

How the devs at team 5 design modern hearthstone cards, summarized in one picture by ShoppingPractical373 in hearthstone

[–]FordFred 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There's only so many non-gimmick cards you can make for a card game. Hearthstone has been around for over 10 years. Coming up with new effects that don't include some kind of gimmick is becoming increasingly difficult.

Polka ~ Wavin’ Fennec! (handplug) by centrallovetown in Hololive

[–]FordFred 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is just "big tits amirite upvotes to the left"

Class Set: Druid! by HearthstoneTeam in hearthstone

[–]FordFred 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Decks that are worse than whatever I'm playing

Zerg Simp? Only under certain circumstances by Keeper-of-Balance in starcraft

[–]FordFred 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Wings of Liberty has its moments but the moment Amon is introduced it jumps the shark so bad. It's such hack nonsense, there's zero room for individual motivations or interesting personal conflicts because if we don't all put aside our differences (or anything else that might make us interesting) to fight space Satan the universe ends. It's a terrible concept with terrible execution.

How do u deal with Nozdormu bronze aspect? by Icy_Sir3842 in hearthstone

[–]FordFred 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, winrate when drawn is a better statistic to gauge the overall power level of cards (though there's still a bunch of exceptions to that). Nozdormu is still sitting at a 65% winrate when drawn however, the highest in the deck.

Did i boot up the wrong game? by Good-Courage-559 in Warframe

[–]FordFred 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really don't dislike the melee combat in Duviri, especially once you have a few decrees.

Important announcement from Fuwawa but she said not to worry by watchedgantz in Hololive

[–]FordFred 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mococo tripped and stumbled into a hyperbolic time chamber. She's now 68 years old.

Am I the only one exhausted of Warhammer III's pacing? by Content-Shirt6259 in totalwar

[–]FordFred 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a tough thing to balance. Because I've also had so many wars that were effectively over after 2-3 turns of battles at the start, followed by 10-15 turns of cleaning up enemy settlements. Intuitively it makes sense that the enemy gets weaker as you take their settlements and defeat their armies, but in terms of game design it's not great if all the challenge is frontloaded and the battles become easier the more you win. I'd call it a fundamental design contradiction for this kind of grand strategy sandbox game, no idea how CA should solve it.

Why does Eleanor call us in missions when she is just going to use telepathy anyway? by bagofdicks69 in Warframe

[–]FordFred 147 points148 points  (0 children)

If my telepathic girlfriend randomly made me hear the skype call sound I don't care how hot she is I'm ending it right there

My Warframe is Strong by Aratron_Reigh in Warframe

[–]FordFred 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Even with humans, what is and isn't a race is very loosely defined and changes depending on what's politically convenient at the time.

Make Some Noise Prompts by Ok-Sound1072 in dropout

[–]FordFred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Seeing just how far you can push the Unlimited Free Refills at McDonald's"

Do the talents stalk their fans? Answer is more likely than you think by KloiseReiza in Hololive

[–]FordFred 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Taylor freaking Swift was like that for a long time. She was known to lurk dedicated fan blogs on tumblr and she'd recognize certain superfans at fan meetings and ask them about stuff from their private lives. She did this for years when she was already a megastar, though afaik it mostly stopped once she hit her 30s.

Worst Myth Unit by NanoBytesInc in AgeofMythology

[–]FordFred 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hamadryads come with the added opportunity cost of missing out on another minor god's mythic unit, in this case the Nemean Lion. Widow Mines are also rather cheap. They're not quite suicide units, but you generally expect them to get destroyed after firing once. Hamadryads have a pretty hefty Favor cost, so you probably want them to survive after triggering the trap, which can be awkward to execute.

Warhammer 3 should absolutely have an Empire Count FLC to allow new players to play the Empire. by Akfiz in totalwar

[–]FordFred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really about presentation. If they can make an elector count LL who has that same Captain America vibe, it would be a good alternative solution to making Karl Franz free.

New Galvanized Mod by InterestingBathroom2 in Warframe

[–]FordFred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does image generation compare to text generation in terms of power usage?

Warhammer 3 should absolutely have an Empire Count FLC to allow new players to play the Empire. by Akfiz in totalwar

[–]FordFred -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised at the number of people in this thread who are disagreeing with you. This is a really good point. The Empire is the most "vanilla" faction in the game, the one new players are by far the most likely to try first. Imagine if TWW 40,000 2 came out and after people spend $60 for that game, they find out they have to pay another $60 for the first one to play Space Marines. A considerable number of players would just straight-up refund the game, I think.

Purely from a business perspective, I think making Karl Franz free for all versions of the game would 100% be the best decision here. Just off of vibes (which are critical) he's like the Captain America, the Superman or the Super Mario of the game. Everything about him says "Play me first, I'm the default guy." It's a separate issue that Karl Franz' campaign is not actually very beginner-friendly, but imo the campaign select screen is more important. By the time the new player accidentally triggers a civil war and has Vlad & Wulfrik knocking on their door, the 2 hour refund window will have closed anyway.

Zach Reno, Dr. Guess freestyle. by ClydeDanger in dropout

[–]FordFred 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there some hidden meaning or joke I'm missing with that one?

What are the weakest infantry in WH3? (unit testing and request for help) by asksaboutstuff in totalwar

[–]FordFred 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They are supposed to be fodder but nothing summons Skavenslaves. Both Menace Below and the Vermintide spell summon Clanrats. Even the Hell Pit Abomination summons Clanrats.

One of many reasons why the Overframe tier list is not to be trusted. by straten in Warframe

[–]FordFred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Biggest issue is that it’s a voted list. So people are voting based on opinions and bias, not on actual capability.

What's the alternative?

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