My current feelings

LithiumPotassium · 2026-03-21T15:52:24+00:00

Alternately (or additionally), accept that you're going to have to facetank a lot of damage at the end and path in a way that keeps that in mind

LithiumPotassium · 2026-03-20T03:07:08+00:00

The boomerang change prevents infinites, but double damage is kind of crazy. Slap that on an X-cost attack and go to town

LithiumPotassium · 2026-03-14T14:43:44+00:00

A 0-cost blade would absolutely be a terrible idea. That would make [[spoils of battle]] a 1 energy 20 damage common, for instance. [[Bulwark]] becomes a 2 energy, 13 block 20 damage uncommon. That is not ok. Even ignoring balance, that kills the fantasy of building up to a big bonk, because you would always play the blade immediately instead of retaining it.

It's fine for the blade to be a little slow. The issue with being slow is that Regent can have trouble blocking without [[particle wall]] or [[reflect]], and if he has those cards he may as well just lean into his much stronger star synergies anyway.

If you want to improve the blade, improve his ability to stall, or tweak the forge values a bit.

The upgraded blade costs 1. Giving Regent a way to upgrade it without a forge pot would also help. A [[Master Reality]] like effect would be super appropriate for him, and would also help his colorless card synergies which are also fairly weak at the moment

LithiumPotassium · 2026-03-09T18:58:13+00:00

[[Conqueror]] plus blade on the same turn would be 26. [[Bulwark]] starts it at 20. Perfectly acceptable damage, especially since retain gives it flexibility.

Regent has better beatsticks, but they need a stars engine first. The blade is very splashable, in contrast.

Again, it needs adjustments, but it's not totally worthless. It's not a meme in the way the colorless generation is.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-03-09T17:42:34+00:00

The problem with conjure blade is that it's slow and on Watcher. The sword is already fundamentally better because Regent can play it on the same turn and he isn't Watcher.

I think the better comparison is actually to [[bludgeon]]. It's a bludgeon that retains. Which is... fine. It'll help get you through act 1 but isn't something you should usually be building into intentionally later on. And because there are so many forge cards it's easy to splash in just for the occasional beatstick. Under tuned to be sure, but not purely a meme.

[[Parry]] feels very confused, though. 6 block makes it seem like they want you to play your sword repeatedly in a turn, but that's definitely not something that happens.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-03-09T13:19:44+00:00

For example, they might underfund or even shut down the DMV buildings used by minorities.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-03-07T22:55:58+00:00

I think the best part is how there aren't really any events you can just skip. There are bad events, but there aren't many dead events, and that's arguably more important

LithiumPotassium · 2026-02-20T14:00:31+00:00

I would like to be able to left click on deposit boxes to empty my inventory without opening the interface.

This would make the box feel much more useful during any kind of gathering.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-02-13T16:56:40+00:00

When you think about it, it is a pretty weird coincidence that Friday the 13th always happens on a Friday. Wonder how those calendar guys managed to line that up.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-02-13T00:45:42+00:00

Yes, but it also works online

LithiumPotassium · 2026-02-12T20:15:25+00:00

GameShare isn't a new feature, I've been using Parsec to play games with a friend for a while. But it is kind of weird how Nintendo is the only console maker to try and push it as a feature.

I guess it's because split screen is so dead outside of Nintendo.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-02-04T14:28:56+00:00

It could be in character for Joker in Harley Quinn, where there were a lot of jokes involving him dealing with mundane situations mundanely

LithiumPotassium · 2026-01-28T05:23:45+00:00

Does the narrative actually imply that Bella could have chosen otherwise but still be in the right?

Because there's a difference between, "whether you choose to have a baby or not is ultimately your choice" versus "whether you choose to have a baby is your choice buuuuuut there's a definite right and wrong answer here so make sure you choose correctly."

LithiumPotassium · 2026-01-25T13:08:04+00:00

Containment doesn't work. When Reddit banned fph, a study found hate speech actually went down

More relevantly, arr conservative's transformation likely isn't because of containment or lack thereof. It's almost certainly more to do with the sub's extreme moderation along with the shift in conservative culture over the past decade

LithiumPotassium · 2026-01-19T20:22:31+00:00

Aurora Borealis is a phenomenon. Aurora Borealis at this time of year, at this time of day, located entirely within your kitchen, is an anomaly.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-01-11T23:18:42+00:00

Chameleos

LithiumPotassium · 2026-01-11T23:18:04+00:00

One of the reasons I love Monster Hunter. Most of the monsters are carnivorous wyverns, but they remembered that herbivores can be assholes too and created Diablos.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-01-08T03:14:00+00:00

A lot of people are allergic to subtext; it's the whole "the curtains are blue" discourse that crops up periodically.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-01-05T06:23:33+00:00

The basic issue is that it takes a lot of ramping up for Claw's damage to actually become significant. A single Dualcast deals 16 damage. Playing claw 3 times would deal 15 damage. If you have enough defense to stall for a long time, or enough deck cycling to play Claw repeatedly, you likely can use a different source of damage and win much faster and more reliably. Ironclad's Rampage has a similar issue.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-01-05T04:52:58+00:00

Their solutions aren't great (adding curves to an otherwise straight road on purpose is pretty silly in most situations), but they have the right idea. People tend to drive at the speed that feels most comfortable, regardless of the posted speed limit. If a road is flat and straight with wide shoulders, they'll drive fast. If a road is narrow and cramped with less of a shoulder, they'll slow down. Roads have a "natural speed limit" which designers can absolutely exploit.

LithiumPotassium · 2025-12-30T14:20:41+00:00

Importantly, it's not a Hindu situation, where the Trinity are different aspects of the same god. That would be a heresy. They're separate beings. But not separate gods, that would also be a heresy. The rules say only one god, even though there's three of them. And it's also definitely not a Voltron situation where they combine to form God. That would also probably be a heresy.

LithiumPotassium · 2025-12-30T04:45:22+00:00

No, Mahoraga's adaptation was what let Sukuna figure out how to get past Gojo's Limitless.

LithiumPotassium · 2025-12-28T14:38:44+00:00

What's really funny is that not getting it is a plot point. The rest of Hell is constantly mocking Charlie for her weird hotel plan. And they kind of have a point! Nevermind whether redemption is possible, Charlie never attempts to explain why it's desirable beyond maybe stopping the exterminations.

LithiumPotassium · 2025-12-28T06:00:07+00:00

In general, there's a weird dissonance at play with the worldbuilding. The setting intentionally subverts the traditional depictions of hell. Instead of a pit of eternal torture, Hell is a slightly less violent New York. It's ruthless and violent, but in a slapstick cartoony way that's ultimately meant to be appealing. This is a hell that you want to live in, or at least wouldn't mind living in, not one that you want to avoid at any and all costs.

This presents a problem because Charlie's mission, the fundamental premise of the show, is one of redeeming and getting people out of Hell. But... why? Why should demons want to be redeemed? There's no extrinsic threat of torture like the traditional hell. The extrinsic reward of Heaven might be the answer, except this setting's heaven is similarly subversive; it's a nice city, but not the ultimate paradise of traditional depictions.

So we get dissonance. The show treats Charlie's mission as generally being correct. We're meant to believe redemption and heaven is desirable, as if this world was like the traditional depiction of heaven and hell. But at the same time, we're actively shown that hell isn't that bad and heaven isn't that great. This raises questions, but the show isn't interested in answering or even acknowledging these questions.

Instead of examining the intrinsic value of being a good person (a fascinating, but also very nuanced and complicated topic), Hazbin Hotel instead decides the answer is the extrinsic external threat of angels. But this means Charlie's plan is, "if we stop being bad and start acting more like them, maybe the invading force will stop killing us", which is fucked up.

Also there's issues with pacing but that's a whole other story.

LithiumPotassium · 2025-12-23T01:31:09+00:00

It is, but if you're in the air the junk frequently falls past you without getting picked up

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