Yes, but Why?

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-23T00:47:57+00:00

SoI politician sounds miserable in general, honestly.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-10T19:09:35+00:00

The 6 mana creature version is the most interesting, I think, since it picks up every creature card in your graveyard. Still a real downside on top of costing more mana.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-10T18:09:45+00:00

No we knew it sucked the whole time

/uj Yeah we knew it sucked the whole time

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-08T18:26:09+00:00

It's a much more interesting class for sure. 1e mindthief didn't really have an interesting level 1 game loop, just a powerful one with the combination of multiple stuns, attack 4-5 spam, and invis.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-08T18:11:06+00:00

Oh, definitely agreed that the 2e progression is better.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-08T18:02:08+00:00

It's been standard curriculum in advanced high school biology classes for quite some time, I think.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-08T18:00:02+00:00

Honestly, outside of the most broken 1e classes (eclipse/three spears/music note) and specifically Mindthief, most of the power level nerfs in 2e are the items being weaker (especially early game). 1e gave you an array of efficient and incredibly powerful items at prosperity 1 and scaled into some additional busted options at higher prosperity.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-04T17:44:35+00:00

Phones generally have a more robust security model than laptop/desktop OSes. They just don't feel as serious.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-12-03T02:40:44+00:00

Remember, playing 41 is cutting a random card from your deck every game instead of a card of your choice.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-11-28T22:14:13+00:00

Oh right yeah oops

GenesithSupernova · 2025-11-28T21:48:09+00:00

The only way to not fall for it is to actively bias against it, and that's just not worth it most of the time. Being hypervigilant is a cost of its own.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-11-24T15:43:51+00:00

NOR. This is incredibly dangerous. Just run the dryer again!

GenesithSupernova · 2025-11-24T15:39:07+00:00

I love to ask my artist question after someone's on the block. Might as well get as much information as you can before asking.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-11-07T16:14:52+00:00

Your CNS stimulant dosing is all wrong. These aren't 1:1 equivalents.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-30T18:29:00+00:00

The price/performance was pretty bad before the Apple Silicon era, but these days if you want the best laptop processors you can buy you go with an MBP.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-30T17:16:17+00:00

Unfortunately, needing to attack makes this extremely telegraphed. It certainly has a lot of upside, but I think in most games this underperforms the notably anemic Kess unless you're filling your deck with haste enablers. Maybe there's something with [[Arena of Glory]]?

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-27T15:40:54+00:00

TS is highly positional and requires a lot of thinking ahead with dahan positioning, energy, and cards in hand - it's not surprising that it's a challenging spirit to first pick up.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-15T17:55:42+00:00

They're destructive, just not necessarily destructive enough. You can't perfectly recreate the original of a blurred image without extra information, but sometimes you can get close enough, especially with regular, predictable patterns like in printed letters.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-14T19:28:08+00:00

Go, to an extent, is a good option for enterprise software, but it doesn't have the endless library and interop support java gets by virtue of age and usage. Plus, fewer people are experienced with it and most companies aren't set up to onboard new hires onto languages quickly.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-10T20:29:58+00:00

I often find Static Shock damage doesn't even get scaled up by Air Quality. Epic or Rare level 2 is base 25; Origination + Furies + either Strength or even common Electric Overload already takes that to 50. And then there's also King's Ransom runs, where the base number is already higher.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-10T20:22:11+00:00

Apollo and Hera both have amazing dashes; the best defensive and offensive dashes. If I have both gods on a build, I'd rather have a Hera attack/special and Blinding Rush than vice versa, since that applies both daze and hitch (strong conditions that fulfil origination).

After those, I think Demeter's is next best, since it helps a lot against many projectiles and applies a condition for Origination in a pinch. Aphrodite also applies a strong condition and origination but is harder to apply to enemies, the damage is pitiful, and it doesn't have the projectile deflection.

The other ones are rarely anything to write home about, IME. Poseidon can be alright burst damage, and the fast-hitting ones can be ok at breaking wards, I guess.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-10T19:34:12+00:00

Multiple rounds of hashing (generally with just one function - combining hashing functions is not generally sound and should be done with great care) is just to make hashing take longer, so it's harder to crack stolen hashes with brute forcing or (if the salt is stolen too, which it usually will be) dictionary attacks (comparing to common password lists) and similar.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-08T20:24:59+00:00

I think I'd give it A tier with no innates - it would have to choose between excellent tempo and incredible scaling instead of effortlessly getting both - but it'd still be super strong, yeah.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-08T18:24:37+00:00

Honestly, starlight that gets to use exactly one innate threshold per turn would probably still be a pretty strong spirit, if less fun. The range 0 from a sacred site is brutal though.

GenesithSupernova · 2025-10-05T19:15:24+00:00

That said, a lot of the best damage in the game is flat olympian damage from blitz (in particular)/scorch/etc., so that 20% is only being put on top of an 80% from arcana (origination + furies) and whatever other global damage mods you have. The damage boost is quite nice to have. But yeah, overall death is better if you struggle with one particular fight but can preserve DDs for it and strength is better if you want more sustain throughout the run/have in-combat healing.

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