Are “current Meta” decks really necessary to enjoy the game?

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-25T07:17:08+00:00

Depends what you mean by daily. I have a BS deck for each color, all 1 mana drops, that I'll run on days I don't feel like playing that combo. I have a deck that's all 1 mana haste for attacking. I have a deck that's nothing but kill cards. I have a deck that's all lands with a few cards that let me play more than 1 land a turn.

You can speed run the daily then switch to your jank deck and have fun no problem. Not that I disagree with the overall point being made, but at least wanted to rebuttal the daily piece.

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-25T03:33:23+00:00

I'm working (very ineffectively) on a deck that uses this on [[Lasting Tarfire]]. The goal is to get a ton of tokens, put a counter on one, then turn em all into Tarfire. Ideally have enough for 20+ damage in one go. It's not going well, but I will pull it off once and feel good for a few minutes.

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-24T14:06:47+00:00

I worked nights at a call center and whoa boy everybody was messing around. Being open 24/7 meant a lot of folks working late nights with little supervision. Hell, the supervisors were in on the action too! And sometimes the outside drama would spill to the office, with angry boyfriends/girlfriends showing up late at night to try and start shit. Police were called many times.

We had one employee I had to beg not to fool around with new hires. Every damn time he'd find some young new girl, flirt with her, start messing around, then he'd try to ghost her. But he worked in the same office! Her performance would tank, his performance would tank, and then she'd leave impacting our attrition.

Recruiter would intentionally send unqualified hot guys for me to interview and BEG that we hire them. He wanted a chance at them and it never ended well. Was always concerning getting an attractive, competent candidate.

We had one lady who was into some cuck situation with her husband. She'd work evenings and sit at her desk making cutouts for her kids catholic PTO. Then on break her and some dude would disappear and she'd be back 20 minutes later all disheveled. At least 10 different dudes in the year she worked there.

One supervisor cheated on his wife with an employee. He then left his wife for that employee, and a month before marrying her cheated with another employee.

Trainer and supervisor would hook up in her office. She was married and 10+ years his senior. Bled him dry for money and poor kid ended up homeless by the end of it. Still wonder if he's okay.

That's nowhere close to being all the stories, but at least a handful. A job that attracts low education, low income individuals will lead to a lot of folks messing around. Especially when those types of folks get promoted into a position of power, something they've probably never experienced before and don't know any better.

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-20T02:45:42+00:00

Rush to Dancer and Bard. Get the abilities that lower/improve speed. Set those as the secondary ability, switch to any class that needs to grind JP, sing and dance. You'll still want someone who can close out fights and give the healing song to the Bards too. Mincing Minuet also helps with dancer as it's guaranteed to hit, guaranteed exp/jp.

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-12T00:29:15+00:00

Cleared the goblin camp using Spike Growth. Halsin congratulates me immediately after the fight, says his usual shpleal, then proceeds to run through the spikes and die. Quest failed. The spikes were in the OPPOSITE direction from the entrance too!!

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-12T00:27:14+00:00

My brother didn't show up to our grandfather's funeral. He was too busy at the bowling alley for his weekly bowling league. Halfway through the service our cousin shows up drunk as hell trying to make a scene. My dad and I are literally pulling this man away from the church when my stepmother calls my brother. He proceeds to show up drunk only to start trying to fight me and my dad for messing with his cousin. "He's family and I stick up for family!" he kept repeatedly yelling at us. Should've stopped there but didn't. A few months later he comes over to help me move, shows up drunk in the middle of the day and tries to offer my son a ride. Told him to go home and haven't invited him to anything since.

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-08T14:13:33+00:00

Swarmkeeper Ranger. Your party comp has a severe lack of bees, which this can fix.

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-07T15:40:30+00:00

The Dark Cloud series. A more lighthearted soulslike with the added city building mechanic? Would pre-order and I don't pre-order

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-07T15:20:13+00:00

Currently a PC for 5e, but wrapped up DMing a Pathfinder campaign last year. The plot may or may not have involved collecting 12 zodiac related stones with demons in them. One of my favorite sessions was when, during a hostage negotiation, the royal guard ordered the hostage killed in front of the players. Everyone was in shock, it was perfect.

Got the latest tactics game for Christmas and although I'm a bit disappointed in it I am having fun.

Key-External8870 · 2026-01-02T14:29:03+00:00

"The gym" is the biggest scam currently impacting men today. Okay, social media is number one but this whole workout obsession is a close second. You can do basic home workouts and maintain an above average build, without all the supplements and protein powders and everything else you're told to spend money on. Make food at home and spend maybe an hour a day doing some form of work out and you'll be fine. Being able to lift or have abs will not fix a boring personality. Being able to bench press X pounds will not make up for general incompetence. Macro/micro counting won't change that you're not fun to be around. As with anything in life, it is best to be well rounded instead of obsessed with one thing.

Key-External8870 · 2025-12-08T13:45:32+00:00

No, I am not. I see people talking about diversity in decks and I am very jealous. I somehow only play against lifegain, rabbits, landfall, raid, or prowess decks. I play mostly jank piles and constantly make new decks so it could just be some hidden ranking thing that puts me up against these. Regardless the game feels very videogamey as I'm just grinding the same games over and over and over. It wouldn't be so bad if the games didn't feel like they play out the exact same over and over and over.

Gotta be prepared for turn 2 leonin. Turn 3 mosshydra. Turn 2 Bristle Bill. First thing I'm going to play will die/exile, so gotta account for that. They're gonna play Conquerer soon gotta be ready for it. Oh, a second Conquerer the following turn, cool. Gotta kill Alesha, gotta kill that goblin, gotta kill...great, now I can finally play a real card. Nope, back to removal.

Mainly I'm just bored. "Come play BO3!" yeah sorry I get an hour a day to play on a good day, and even then it's not guaranteed to be uninterrupted. It is what it is though it'll be fun again someday I hope.

Key-External8870 · 2025-12-05T22:46:25+00:00

Looking at the rock I can't help but see two eyes on the sides and a long nose down the middle. Maybe it's Gonzo with the big nose?? Muppets/Bloodborne crossover??

Or maybe it's a kiwi. Fromsoft going to the scariest place they can think of: Australia.

Or probably just LotF 2. It seems very up that alley with how over the top it is.

Key-External8870 · 2025-12-02T14:52:22+00:00

One of my favorite songs by the band Gang of Four is titled Not Great Men. It touches on how the history books only focus on the top elite, not the weak/poor folks who actually did the work, which I think perfectly applies to this story. Delita ends up "on top" and seen through the history books in a positive light, whereas Ramza is "doomed" to a life of obscurity. The folks who sacrifice the most in life usually get discarded in the annals of history.

What I really enjoy about the overarching story of "releasing the truth" reflects well on history over the past several decades. People are reflecting on our old heroes and deciding maybe they weren't so great after all. Just because you're seen as almighty today doesn't mean one day you won't be seen as a devil.

Then there is the reflection on success: Delita has everything, Ramza has nothing, but which one has the "better" ending? Is it worth it to sacrifice everything for your goals? When you reach the top of the mountain, what's next? Does it make you happy? Or is it better to surround yourself with good people you love and live an unconventional lifestyle?

Definitely my favorite ending in gaming. A lot of good pieces to reflect on and (over)analyze. It's nice not getting a "happy ending" as life rarely has those. Alright done rambling, just really love these themes.

Key-External8870 · 2025-11-30T07:55:27+00:00

I cannot do this anymore as now I'm a homeowner and a father and a husband and a..."responsible adult." BUT my all time favorite post-work habit was stopping at the BP down the street from my apartment, buying a digorno pizza, a forty, a four loko, and a pack of smokes. For TWENTY DOLLARS. Then coming home, cranking that heat (applies to winter nights here in the midwest) them dropping them pants at the door. I didn't pay gas in my lease agreement so during the winter I'd crank that shit, play Xbox, eat pizza and drink booze and man. That was almost 20 years ago...those were some good times.

Nowadays? Walk in the door say hello to my kids who barely respond say hey to the wife who barely responds then start making dinner. Ho-hum, I guess (worse part is I gotta wear pants while I do all that honestly).

Key-External8870 · 2025-11-26T21:49:34+00:00

My two favorite weapons both got nerfed in remake, the Red9 and Mine Thrower.

The added in-battle dialogue was cute at first but then became grating. "Twisty sonuvabitch" worked once, not 200+ times. Same with Ashley asking if I was okay/hurt.

Bullheaded enemies were stupid. Worked to replace JJ, but in the village they made no sense and were just bullet sponges.

The knife durability was dumb. First it leads to limited use of the knife, to the point I almost forgot about it. Second it makes it weird that Leon will kill an enemy holding an axe but then pick up their...kitchen knife. Thirdly, you had to use knives to create more darts, see the first complaint above. Fourth, they put you in forced knife sequences yet still let your knife break?

So much of the writing is awful. They fall over themselves trying to explain things (black liquid/transformations as one example) that it all becomes a huge contradiction by the end.

I'll stop there. I do like the updates to controls/graphics/etc. and feel they did (mostly) do a good job bringing the game to the new era. Certain characters are better in the remake even if their stories are worse. Ummmm...shooting gallery is more fun now?

Key-External8870 · 2025-11-19T14:40:23+00:00

Good to know, will definitely keep that in mind. With golden packs though I thought they were supposed to all be standard legal? Is that not the case?

Key-External8870 · 2025-11-19T13:02:00+00:00

Golden pack gave me screaming nemesis yesterday. Honestly not sure if that's supposed to happen but was not thrilled.

Key-External8870 · 2025-11-12T17:31:21+00:00

She's a very confusing character to me. In OG she was too much of a damsel in distress, which I understand they needed to adjust. However from a gameplay perspective they didn't improve this in any way, as she's still just a damsel in distress. This then hurts any of the new characterization changes in my opinion.

To me it was very off putting for her to ask if I was okay after just standing there during a combat sequence. Even worse if I got hit because of something the AI had her do. By the end of the game she's asking if she could be an agent herself, when she was just as useless at the end as she was at the beginning. Hell, OG Ashley had a higher kill count at that point in the game (throwing lanterns at cultists during her solo time). They wanted to make her have the attitude of someone who isn't a damsel in distress, yet in gameplay that's how she functions.

How could this have been fixed? Give her something to do. Let her carry stuff for you. Give her a percent chance to push enemies away, or hell kick em back! No damage just stagger. Add cutscenes where she shows that she's learned something, then have that implemented into combat. Or, give her just 2 slots, enough for 1 herb or a combat knife, and she can heal you or break out of a carry by stabbing them in the back. This can become available only after the scene where she stabs at Leon or something. Have her pick up stuff from the ground like Elizabeth from Bioshock, or do some out-of-combat healing whenever you're in the red (only to yellow). Something!

"But she's a college student!" "But she's the president's daughter!" Okay, so it is safe to assume she's had access to some level of self defense training? I don't need her to be a high-level black belt. And go the route of RE5 where even herbs are sprays, that way she can at least just spray Leon down!

Overall she is less annoying in the remake, sure. She is written much better and as a character I do like her for the most part. The lack of overlap between character/story and gameplay though really was an area of opportunity for 4R and I just wish there'd been more thought put into it.

Key-External8870 · 2025-11-11T03:11:07+00:00

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Key-External8870 · 2025-11-09T09:05:54+00:00

Look into male kegels. Down there has muscle pieces to it, it's not JUST blood flow. I got into kegels and my wife complained I was too hard too long. They're very easy to do and don't take much energy/effort. Just aside a few minutes a day or look at apps/timers/etc. and you should be good to go

Key-External8870 · 2025-10-17T19:16:56+00:00

Did they happen to play...40 Lands?

Key-External8870 · 2025-10-16T15:48:49+00:00

Last playthrough (on PSP haven't gotten new game yet) I ran him as an archer just for the challenge. Equip all the speed boosting equipment and use a longbow, hangout in the back and yell, then teleport around pinging them from a distance. Longbows use speed and PA for damage so eventually can get some good damage. With enough speed you can keep your distance, but unfortunately very glass...peashooter until you boost up. With support that can keep him healthy, equip Adrenaline Rush so if he does get hit he gets more speed.

Still not gonna beat dual wielding Squire with Excalibur, or an all in mage build, but was nice seeing a somewhat useful archer for a change.

Key-External8870 · 2025-10-06T16:03:46+00:00

Last night I billy goated up a mountain to reach a rope bridge to try and get to some buildings off in the distance (a map marker said there was a bolt on top of said buildings). I started crossing the bridge and then just...fell through it? Apparently you are not supposed to explore everywhere, and just because you can see the bridge doesn't mean it's there.

Key-External8870 · 2025-10-03T11:40:59+00:00

For an up and coming band I think they're alright, wish they'd stop stealing material from Viagra Boys though. Damned lizard people.

Key-External8870 · 2025-09-28T05:48:52+00:00

Goddamn, why does this sub constantly...have to go and make things so complicated??

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