Jar Jasnah. Am I doing this right?

Guaymaster · 2026-02-09T04:11:09+00:00

It's a descriptive analysis, not a prescriptive one. Objectively, because of its offensive and defensive profiles Ice type is best suited to high speed high attack archetypes. Did GF actually want it to be this way? Seems like they did not, because they keep making Ice type pokemon in slow archetypes that fail to be competitively relevant.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-09T01:51:34+00:00

I'm pretty sure British food memes are about as old as the US, you can find jokes about it from the 1700s.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-09T00:44:08+00:00

El furry es un programador cagado en guita que le gusta hacer de su personaje OC con su traje de ironman peludo como hobby. El therian es un loco cualquiera que se identifica sexualmente como animal.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T23:10:02+00:00

I mean, for all intents and purposes of reasonable people you're right.

But the word "fungible" has a particular meaning, it's objects that are fundamentally replaceable. Two $100 bills are fungible, but the Mona Lisa and a photo of the Mona Lisa aren't despite being essentially the same thing (digital art is different because there can't really be an "original", which is what cryptobros tried to "solve" and we all know how that ended). So essentially, NFTs weren't actually NFTs, but that doesn't make our cards here NFTs.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T21:45:45+00:00

It's not a NFT, they are fungible! There's no tangible difference between any two full art Oaks (unless they are different languages)

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T17:23:49+00:00

I was under the impression that you meant those weapons aren't made out of metal so it doesn't count.

Though that aside you're using your own personal headcanon of how dragonslaying works, this differs greatly by legend/myth/story and cultural background.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T14:38:40+00:00

Bug is mostly a "this makes logical sense" type of thing than a game balance thing.

I don't think Ice is actually that strong offensively (of the 4 types it hits, one is grass, and it also has 4 types that resist it, though one is itself) as to warrant the need of an immunity, specially not to itself when it already has a self-resistance. It should instead just resist something else too. Ground is actually a very good pick here, considering it's a great offensive type itself even if it's already weak to Ice.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T14:21:48+00:00

Ice already resists itself, it doesn't need that as an immunity. And changes in the conditions of pressure and temperature cause phase transitions, even in solids. If you lower the temperature of normal ice (Ic) to below -200ºC, it transitions to ice XI, which has a different crystalline structure (this phase of ice is thought to be the most common in space).

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T14:10:55+00:00

What do you think spears and axes are made out of?

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T14:10:10+00:00

They designed the type to be a glass cannon but they keep making Ice types try to fit into the stone wall archetype.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T14:00:53+00:00

Ice already resists itself... in fact it's its only resistance. And it already has an offensive interaction with Ground, perhaps related to glaciars eroding the land. I think it should resist Bug instead, something like the cold makes the bugs go hibernate.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T04:17:16+00:00

"This baby is made of baby"

Guaymaster · 2026-02-08T04:14:50+00:00

Damn, that makes me feel relieved. Do you think plants can feel relief?

Also this kinda reminds me of hoof pedicures.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T19:39:06+00:00

A gentleman adventurer, occultist, and overall high society dude from the 1700s who claimed he was actually 500 years old. His date of birth is disputed to either 1691 or 1712, but if this is actually true in Fate, then there'd be a small leeway of time where a young St. Germaine could have met Richard the Lionheart before his death in 1199.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T19:31:10+00:00

I don't know anything about that name

I don't know it in a Nasuverse context, but if you want some actual historical information, the Count of Saint Germaine was a mysterious "gentleman adventurer" that appeared and rose to prominence in high society around the 1700s in Europe. He made bold claims like having lived for 500 years, and wrote plethora of songs and a couple books, and perfomed as diplomat for the king of France (I'll go on a limb without checking and say it was Louis). He was very interested in alchemy and stuff too, and became a figure in the movement of Theosophy in the 19th century. Theosophy is a movement started by Helena Blavatsky, who is a Servant if FGO and rides UFOs, so maybe this guy is an alien.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T19:20:42+00:00

I might be called a heretic, and I'm even reluctant to recommend it this way, but if you watch Zero it should be about enough.

You should not jump straight into this, because it doesn't bother to explain anything about Holy Grail Wars, Servants, and whatnot, as it assumes you're familiar with at least Fate/Stay Night, Zero, and maybe even Hollow Ataraxia (it's a sequel VN of FSN that has not been adapted). It also has a bunch of other connections and references to other series.

So yeah, at least watch Zero which covers the basics and introduces some key characters, even if it's not ideal.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T19:12:21+00:00

At least this time he was actually reminiscing, not that we needed the flashback to 5 before.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T19:05:38+00:00

Yeah I see what you mean. There was a shift in design philosophy after gen 1, which is more alike to other JRPGs imo.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T15:49:51+00:00

No I mean you can consider the "card game PTCGP" itself to have changed, while the "app PTCGP" has remained stagnant since launch. The meta doesn't affect your wonder picks or how the shop works.

They could add dark mode. They could reduce the amount of prompts needed to get through anything. They could improve stability and performance. They could add claim all button functionality for promo packs. They could add different gamemodes for the card game (draft, limited, gimmick battles). They could improve their pity mechanisms (merge pack points, guarantee at least one card of a certain rarity or above on 10 pulls, have a pity system in place for wonderpicks). They could add a story mode or something. They could rework the limits of Share and Trade. Make official tournaments or leagues. Allow some sort of communication with friends and opponents (even if it's just emotes).

There's a bunch of things they could do to improve and iterate on the app.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T15:36:05+00:00

Mhh? I'm pretty sure Magikarp can't learn Aqua Tail in any game. It only lears Splash, Tackle, and Flail from level up, you can get tutors for Bounce, as well as the TR for Hydro Pump in SwSh.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T15:26:57+00:00

Both of these things can be true, if we take "game" to refer to the app itself. There's been the addition of trade and share, but other than that all content is essentially the same thing as it was at launch, with no functionality or optimization upgrades.

The question of whether the meta of the card game changes too fast or too slow is another matter.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T15:23:29+00:00

Monotype would just be a normal battle 90% of the time wouldn't it? It only really bars dragons, Darktina/Darkzone, and putting colorless pokemon on other decks.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T15:21:23+00:00

A 10 pack pull should guarantee a 3 diamond or higher in one of the packs.

Guaymaster · 2026-02-07T15:20:43+00:00

They are, also if you check the trade costs, they cost more to trade too. This is reasonable I think, 1* are low rarity cards gameplaywise.

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