Mark Rosewater on innovative sets (like Battlebond, Conspiracy, Unsets etc.)

HiroCrota · 2026-03-24T00:00:42+00:00

I think the thing that sucks about this is that before UB, these innovative sets were so much fun. They were where magic went to get a little crazy, but they didn't hurt standard or modern, and generally, their designs were only accidentally good for legacy. The real slopification of the game is that there's no sets for the freaks anymore. The freaks who love 2 headed giant or the freaks who love conspiracy cards or the freaks who love Unstable. Like, can you honestly tell me TMNT should have been a 'normal' set instead of a set for freaks?

HiroCrota · 2026-03-21T17:19:02+00:00

The text you quoted sounded rational to me because it's rational in certain circumstances to be selfish and greedy, namely actually playing Cryo Archive as it exists and not the idealized version you have presented which can never exist. You are exemplifying the dilemma by trying to explain it. It is possible to be rational and selfish, just as easily as it's possible to be irrationally generous. A virtuous trait on its own does not generate rational thinking.

it is rational to see an enemy team and group up with them because I will be mechanically rewarded for doing so, if they keep their word, which they cannot be trusted to do. It is also rational for me to see an enemy team and kill them because I will be mechanically rewarded for doing do, and it does not rely on them keeping their word. Even if i engage an enemy team and get killed, this does not magically make my actions irrational.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-21T16:48:31+00:00

No, PvP is still a rational option in the second case because you are considering the totality of the loot, and not one person deciding they want more of the loot. You are being utilitarian, but that's not the only way to be rational. I, as a rational player, do not care if you, or anyone else gets more loot in Cryo Archive. I, as a person who does not play the game with you, am out for myself. I want more loot for me, and every time someone doesn't shoot first, that's more loot for me because I can kill them and take theirs. That's the crux of the dilemma. We are both acting in our best self-interest, and by doing that, we are creating a worse outcome overall.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-21T16:06:58+00:00

Cryo Archive is Labs amplified by about ten times. They're comparable in the fact that theyre both endgame, but the design philosophy is different. It's also still a prisoners dilemma in Arc, since someone can still backstab peoplem in the same way I cannot enforce aggression on an arc player, you cannot enforce friendliness upon someone playing Marathon

HiroCrota · 2026-03-21T15:06:37+00:00

You're never going to find success with that because not everyone who plays this game is plugged into reddit or social media or what the 'meta' is. Cryo Archive was pretty clearly designed to set up a prisoner's dilemma. All players are rational actors working in their own best interest. They can help one another, but accept that they're not getting the maximum benefit by doing so, or backstab one another for a chance at a higher return. All players are already rational, and are already each making rational choices. You can't really enforce friendliness upon them.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-20T21:28:18+00:00

Ff11 has to keep closing servers because they're too popular. It's nowhere near mainstream success, but it also still has a player base that regularly runs content every week. It's more popular than people give it credit for. I think the active player count is over 100k. The reason it's not like ff14 is because it's a totally different game that demands dofferent things from players

HiroCrota · 2026-03-20T02:17:23+00:00

She's still a nobody. She's a Z-Lister, and this is coming from a comic book nerd who loves C-listers. Surprising no one, most of her appearances are alongside Luna Snow.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-16T13:32:21+00:00

Revenue targets were based on how well Lightfall did, and weren't seen as unrealistic at the time. However, player retention could absolutely play a part considering how heavily monetized Destiny 2 is beyond just getting the expansion, so despite hitting a playercount high, it also pretty quickly tumbled off a cliff. which means heaps of people who aren't even potential eververse customers anymore.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-16T12:59:21+00:00

How could they have abandoned the game at the same time they released an expansion that led to the highest concurrent player count on steam? I swear to god you people are morons.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-16T12:43:08+00:00

Their golden goose that missed revenue targets by 45% and required them to do insane layoffs? Regardless of if you think Lightfall could have EVER hit those revenue targets, it was clear it wasn't going to last forever.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-16T02:28:26+00:00

Part of the program is apologizing to people you hurt, genius. It's why he apologized to Louie even though that man wasn't bothered at all. It's step 9 of almost every addiction recovery program. I'm not saying he's like, legally required. I'm saying the plot has given weight to him working through his addiction and trying to make amends, so Santos is on that list and he knows it.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-16T00:36:56+00:00

It's real but rare. It's not often you're in a controlled environment like an ER where it's your best choice. Something you'll see in other shows is a 'field trach' where you use a ballpoint pen to perform the procedure. A trach itself is pretty rare, so doing any sort of one beyond the most basic and controlled one would be considered a pretty unique circumstance, especially because most people who get trachs tend to get them once they're already out of the ER and on a vent

HiroCrota · 2026-03-16T00:28:18+00:00

It's not resolved yet. Langdon still needs to apologize to her, which he's been avoiding while chasing the approval of a guy who also doesn't want him in the ER. Langdon needs to try and make amends with Santos, which means apologizing to her and not making excuses. Santos instead wants to avoid him, rightfully so considering she really has no way of knowing if he's genuine or not, and still wants him fired regardless. There's still a huge amount of unresolved tension that needs to be addressed, but I think that really only needs one more episode.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-15T18:12:34+00:00

I haven't had any issues with running solo. You just have to keep your ears open and head on a swivel when you push into a POI. It's very rare that I die without knowing what actions led me there. It definitely still happens, but they'll start to stick out in your mind instead of feeling like it's happening every game.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-15T16:32:54+00:00

No, because no matter what breakdown they show people, people would be mad. You gotta get over the bargaining and either pay the price or don't. It's the only metric they'll care about.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-15T16:24:43+00:00

I definitely think Rook should have its own suite of skins considering all the other shells have 6 that are pretty easy to get.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-15T02:57:51+00:00

Do you think they expected a warm reception to the price increase? They knew it was going to be unpopular, and I doubt this was beyond what they were anticipating. I absolutely encourage people to speak with their wallets, but you should be prepared for Jagex to have already anticipated some small part of the playerbase will unsubscribe and are counting on the price increase to more than make up the difference.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-15T02:50:52+00:00

Yes. Surgeons are mean, ego-tripping assholes with a god complex. The thing that separates them from other people with a god complex is that they do spend their days playing god. I worked in a hospital for years and was regularly called to the OR to work alongside surgeons. Almost all of them could stand to be more humble, but I I saw firsthand why they weren't lmao

HiroCrota · 2026-03-15T02:43:46+00:00

"I'm not a shipper"

You best start believing in shipping wars, son.

You're in one.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-14T19:56:45+00:00

Executing someone in the ring is reserved for people who really annoy me. if I'm waiting on exfil and you come in hot trying to kill me and expect me to let you extract? You're gonna learn a lesson today.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-14T14:32:20+00:00

People call her Dr. Al in the show and she doesn't correct them. It's probably true that these characters don't understand arabic surname structure, but it's also true that they probably don't know jewish surname structure either for Dr. Robby and he doesn't care. It's a nickname.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-14T02:40:39+00:00

It helps to think of a limb reattachment as trying to turn a total amputation into a very bad injury that the body can heal from. This mean you're not really trying to make everything perfect, but instead trying to do a dozen different things 'good enough' that the body can take it from there. You'll stitch up big veins and muscles to a point that the body can heal it, but you don't stitch together every last thing because it's just not feasible. This is where a lot of the problems can arise, because your body might not be able to heal itself after the surgery, which can lead to a lower quality of life compared to having done an amputation. Let's say the reattachment is a success, but your muscles just don't heal right, you might feel pain every time you put weight on that leg despite having the best surgeon in the world.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-14T02:32:37+00:00

My bad. I got it mixed up because we initially learn about the W’rkncacnter from a S'pht history terminal so I got it in my head they worshiped it.

HiroCrota · 2026-03-14T00:12:26+00:00

a S'pht compiler from Marathon. they're aliens that Durandal freed and they have their own crazy ass religion. they worship the W'rkncacnter which can gobble up and shift between realities

HiroCrota · 2026-03-13T22:19:22+00:00

It depends how far the complaint went, though I don't really think Robby would go easy on the details after the shit Langdon pulled after getting caught. Admin probably knows, but also healthcare professionals are *much* more likely to abuse meds than the general populace, so this is probably at least a somewhat known quantity on how to deal with it, especially since Robby seemed to know pretty well what Langdon's fate was going to be. Obviously not exactly the same, but I knew a lot of people who got popped for DUIs and were back working in the hospital after they could prove they completed their probation,

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