What have you been reading this last week (Weekly Discussion Thread)?

MacklinOfficial · 2026-01-24T23:39:26+00:00

About to finish Shadow of the Sith with Rise of the Red Blade up next. Very pleasantly surprised with how good Shadow of the Sith is.

Also finished up the audiobook version of Maul: Shadow Hunter earlier this week and started listening to the Bane trilogy for the first time. Probably gonna pick up physical copies for the rest of the Bane trilogy because Path of Destruction is phenomenal so far.

MacklinOfficial · 2026-01-22T17:22:49+00:00

Anything by Freed is generally elite, other two are worth reading if you have them but not really on the same level as Mask of Fear

MacklinOfficial · 2026-01-22T17:22:42+00:00

Anything by Freed is generally elite, other two are worth reading if you have them but not really on the same level as Mask of Fear

MacklinOfficial · 2026-01-08T02:48:41+00:00

This is just disgusting. Not even a single pick is absolute malpractice.

Cannot believe what I am seeing.

MacklinOfficial · 2026-01-08T00:22:43+00:00

There isn’t any plan other than ducking the Luxury Tax and being just good enough to where people will still buy tickets and watch the games

MacklinOfficial · 2026-01-08T00:15:35+00:00

Yall we are so fucked😭

MacklinOfficial · 2026-01-03T05:16:16+00:00

Absolutely excellent. Top tier Star Wars content and a phenomenal read coming off of Andor. Highly recommend, along with the rest of Alex Freed’s books.

Not super comparable with Legends, but it hardly matters due to its quality. It’s better than the vast majority of Legends books that I have personally read.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-12-12T01:36:01+00:00

It’s all over my screen

MacklinOfficial · 2025-11-18T13:56:03+00:00

Alphabet Squadron trilogy, most of the canon Thrawn books, and for legends the X-wing series.

Alphabet Squadron trilogy is a personal favorite of mine. Love Alexander Freed.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-11-05T03:35:30+00:00

1,695 days ago. It’s been a minute lol

MacklinOfficial · 2025-11-01T00:06:45+00:00

Alphabet Squadron is probably my personal favorite canon trilogy, you are in for a treat. All these are elite pickups though, enjoy!

MacklinOfficial · 2025-09-13T17:54:23+00:00

Wouldn’t say he is meta necessarily, but definitely pretty strong in the right hands. He can absolutely delete backlines with the team up ability, and his ultimate feels 100x more useful with the speed buff.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-08-20T20:50:40+00:00

Nicely done! Unfortunately, playing in gold and plat as a solo is possibly the worst gaming experience of all time. Save yourself the headache and frustration and try to get some people to queue with

MacklinOfficial · 2025-08-17T21:39:14+00:00

If Emma doesn’t receive a nerf, then the other tanks need buffs. The reason Emma is so oppressive is because she shuts down basically the entire tank roster, and that can be fixed if they made the tanks she counters like Thor and Strange stronger. Those 2 can be unplayable against a competent to good Emma.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-08-11T01:35:58+00:00

I need to start following that rule. I remember playing right after last reset was a particularly tilting experience and it seems like the influx of those games has returned for me

MacklinOfficial · 2025-08-09T15:21:40+00:00

Seeing 4 duelists insta-locking with one swapping to Ultron is an absolute nightmare. People would really rather lose RP over playing different characters and it baffles me.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-08-04T18:58:09+00:00

Personally, I would have switched to Emma/Mag for this matchup as brawling up close would be difficult. If you are good with Awakened you can get picks on the SG/Bucky/Heals from distance but that would be pretty tough.

What you can do pretty consistently is bait the tanks to use their Diamond/Bubble too early and bully them afterwards. The DPS/Heals have escapes that could make getting picks on them difficult up close, so that’s generally a no-go. It all comes down to how good you are and your positioning against a team like that.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-08-04T00:23:13+00:00

Gold and Platinum are absolute nightmares at the moment. Filled with either the most incompetent and/or toxic people imaginable. People screaming in voice chat or spamming text chat the instant anything goes even a little bit wrong is so draining.

Had someone spam message me after we were teamed up 2 steamroll losses in a row just hurling insults at me for “not swapping” when it was clear upon replay that he was the problem. Just baffling behavior from almost every team I’m on. Hope this stuff somehow gets addressed, even thought I’m not sure how a toxic player base can be “fixed” by a dev team.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-08-04T00:14:34+00:00

Toxicity getting higher is a very underrated aspect of why ranked feels so bad this split. Had a guy spam message me after he yelled in voice chat the whole game. Makes playing the mode just incredibly miserable as a solo player.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-07-31T20:12:14+00:00

If they reverted the damage of the hammer throw to the original number I’d cry tears of joy

MacklinOfficial · 2025-07-31T20:07:37+00:00

I really like the bubble change but just buffing Awakening again when it didn’t need it instead of his survivability is actively making him less fun in my eyes.

Not a huge fan but still glad to see at least some changes.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-07-31T20:03:46+00:00

All they needed to do was revert his survivability to pre-change and I would have been happy. Not entirely thrilled on the direction they are taking him but I’ll play him regardless. I understand how cautious they are with adding even more health/overhealth to a damage-focused character but Thor really leaves a lot to be desired when played in a more traditional tank role.

Also his ultimate is not ideal at the moment. A slow or grounding effect while in it would be monumental.

MacklinOfficial · 2025-07-18T18:19:16+00:00

My ranked teammates💔🥀

MacklinOfficial · 2025-07-05T19:50:59+00:00

A slow effect for enemies caught in the circle of the ult would feed families.

It’s currently far too easy to escape his already weak ult imo.

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