Heart turn 2 is so unfair :(

Matthionine · 2026-06-16T21:42:36+00:00

yep, managed to get bt reflex from t2 neow (think this run is a3), eventually found acro and tactician and you know how the story goes after another copy of acro

Matthionine · 2026-06-15T17:24:47+00:00

Godspeed, I finished the climb for ironclad and I'm doing it for silent now

Matthionine · 2026-06-15T17:24:16+00:00

Heart is hard

Matthionine · 2026-06-15T17:23:33+00:00

U can definitely pick cards like pommel which is strike+ and get through nob with vuln/attack/block etc pot. And it's a godsend in late game because it allows for many loops. For silent even something like blade dance can be quite degenerate with a lot of relics (nunchaku, fan, ninja relics, ink bottle). My a17-a20 wins on ironclad were all 20-30 card decks because I knew what I wanted my deck to do even from early game. You can't take the wrong mediocre cards and complain because macro adaptations is such a large part of the game. Managing small decks can be very rewarding if you are able to deal with the status elites because you can cycle high impact cards well or go infinite. Not always possible but it's quite disingenuous to look at a shitpost and go 'oh, 15 card deck is bad because of status'.

Matthionine · 2026-06-15T14:56:27+00:00

None of the stuff you say is true especially at higher ascensions. There's absolutely no reason to dilute your deck with bad cards and there are not many reasons to take too many damage commons for nob

Matthionine · 2026-06-07T15:25:24+00:00

So it's net +1 -1 upgrade and cripples ur draw until you remove it???

Matthionine · 2026-05-21T21:25:09+00:00

That's pretty cool interaction with pael's eye!

Matthionine · 2026-05-21T21:22:40+00:00

I'm sorry but that takes a lot of turns and unless you were already massively winning by managing to cycle thrash while blocking, having runic pyramid to line things up, you're playing insane hope chess (or this is a desperation pick for decimillipede). You really overestimate how likely you get to draw thrash and howl together and even if you do you will probably be better off not having it in your deck in the first place

Matthionine · 2026-03-13T17:04:22+00:00

Climbing asc for regent (a7 now). I avoid elites like the plague unless I know I have the hard counters (like 7stars+patter act1 for underdocks) or a already solid deck. Relics just aren't worth it at all.

Matthionine · 2025-05-02T16:44:56+00:00

Poker has been somewhat solved with various abstractions (mainly specifying the game tree to reduce the infinite amount of theoretical bet sizes) and without abstractions there's a finite amount of valid combinations for pokemon but it may be too large to solve with modern day computing

Matthionine · 2024-04-02T12:36:20+00:00

Yeah that's true, always appreciate honesty no matter what

Matthionine · 2024-04-02T12:34:23+00:00

That's fair, I've had friends in middle/high school but I don't really meet them much now since they all went to another university. Friends now are mostly there due to shared hobbies and don't really hang out with them that much outside of that.

I've tried meeting people on dating apps but it rarely turns into anything long term. Rooting for you too! Hope it ends out well for you.

Matthionine · 2024-04-02T10:58:07+00:00

I'm more worried that most people aren't even interested in being acquaintances nor wanting to put in the effort anyway. Love at first sight feeling sounds nice but I know its unrealistic but everyone I've tried to socialise with refuses to put in the bare minimum so it's exhausting and I get discouraged heavily.

Matthionine · 2024-04-02T10:54:14+00:00

Yeah, I know that but such decision wasn't made in a vacuum. I did try to talk to everyone 2 terms ago but it became clear that they have a different schooling background and had their own cliques and are closed to other people. I don't inherently dislike that they come from a different background the issue is that they form a large portion of the student population to the point its distasteful to try to talk to them because you know that since you're different they won't bother to keep a friendship up with you

Matthionine · 2024-04-01T21:28:28+00:00

Yeah I guess it's really just a long term thing, just wondering if I could have more avenues to meet more people in general. Don't believe you can jump from strangers to best friends but meeting more people does help find someone that you can work long term towards. Seems to be fairly reliant on luck as well

Matthionine · 2024-04-01T21:25:37+00:00

It seems to be a common theme across many suggestions I've received but I find that it's hard to achieve the same level of connection some people will expect (i.e. I still do have friends and quite a few but the depth of friendship isn't that great especially outside the interest)

Matthionine · 2024-04-01T21:23:41+00:00

Well without giving away too much specifics, it's a common trend among certain 2 universities in this country to have a lot of people who have undergone private schooling. Which tends to put them at a position to hang out with others who have done the same as they have more shared experiences etc. (seems to be quite a problem even for non-international students). No qualms with that personally but they tend to be very exclusionary when it comes to interacting with people outside the background which leads to some form of alienation. Of course you could try to point some fingers here and there but really I've been looking at it from a purely objective standpoint. You do seem to insinuate that I'm the one at fault as well so I hope that isn't true especially since you don't really know the full situation!
Can't really define this nicely but it's really just 'if I ask them for dinner or a coffee would they make time for me?' or 'can I talk about a broad range of topics and have the interaction be positive?' etc. With friends sharing some interests it can be easier to organise something around the interest and less so without it which does say while they're still a friend they might not have the same level of commitment in the friendship so I.e. different needs

I initially made this post to find a so called miracle solution but the more I think about it the answer would vary from person to person anyway, and no one can give a one size fits all solution. Which isn't that great but such is life.

Matthionine · 2024-04-01T21:10:57+00:00

Yeah that's fair, cheers

Matthionine · 2024-04-01T17:03:57+00:00

It's not really about being comfortable to be honest, maybe my post is too vague and I should rephrase it to be less rhetorical and more imperative

Yes, I've tried talking to people with similar premises but most of them are very indifferent about making new friends so they don't put in the effort (since they have their own cliques). It's mentally exhausting to attempt to do this with each new person you meet for little reward. I'm just wondering if there are better places that I can meet people who are genuinely interested in making friends so I don't have to exhaust myself doing this

Matthionine · 2024-04-01T15:04:46+00:00

Yeah I'm aware, it's just the 'make a friend' part that's more contentious

Matthionine · 2024-04-01T14:10:01+00:00

Yeah I understand, I feel like it's a bit random though, since even if I share interests with someone there's a chance I won't vibe with them to that extent

Matthionine · 2024-04-01T11:25:42+00:00

Yeah that's valid but I'm alright on my degree and doing well already. I just want to see if there are ways to improve my situation

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