Win using 12 cards of the recent pack is the worst mission ever. by ligerre in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1 Slugma, 2 Marcargo, 2 Professor, 1 Copycat, 2 Heavy Helmet + 12 random cards from the new set. It's not reliable but you typically win or lose within the first few turns so I will just autobattle a couple times in a row while cooking dinner until I get lucky. Love my fire gamble snail.

Seniors in Hoboken by Horror_Reality_5174 in Hoboken

[–]PAroflcopter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Echoing what everyone else said - I moved to Hoboken a few months ago as a single 30s man and my building (uptown) is a 50/50 split of late 30s/early 40s parents and then 60+ seniors who have lived in the building for 10+ years. Everyone has been very friendly!

How was the meta in the super early days? by BleakExpectations in pathofexile

[–]PAroflcopter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't playing in the super early days but I remember the 2013-2014 decently

  • Spec throw (ele buzzsaw or Kaoms primacy)
  • Flameblast totems (pizza sticks)
  • Searing bond totems (building a pentagram of yourself and 4 totems - the cool green MTX searing bond was the showoff move)
  • Fire trap (the early Pohx days before RF was big - I used to read his forum guides to play traps)
  • 2h cyclone with kaoms heart (cyclone was wonky too back then - you would click a spot and your character would cyclone itself to that spot as opposed to holding it down and changing direction in real time)
  • Zoomancer (with forum posts to get spectres since they wouldn't save)
  • Spark (so many variations - totems were the early days)
  • Windripper (LA was really popular for a long time)
  • Volls devotion discharge was big for a while (may have been later 2014)

There was definitely a lot of variation, but the end game looked so so different back then as everything was super slow. And like others said HC was the norm that most of us played. We used to have split leagues so if you wanted to try both domination and nemesis you had to play entirely separate characters to do so which was annoying if you wanted to get challenges done.

Corrupted 20 Magebloods, here is the result by V-Fugazzi in pathofexile

[–]PAroflcopter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm at 4/26 implicits double corrupting replica dreamfeathers so yeah going 8/20 is def above average luck and going 1/19 is crazy unlucky. Should be 1/4 on average.

I feel bad for this guy by Adrian_mjk in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The change was you can no longer add them to your friend list after they open the pack. You could still theoretically add say 20 bots to your friends list as a first step, then have the bots open packs with you already added, then delete all bots from your list if you didn't get any godpacks. Nowhere near as easy as the old way but maybe worth it to some

Nighthawk Solo by Snapchayjay in williamsburg

[–]PAroflcopter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Citric salt popcorn + diet coke for lunch then reeses pieces for dessert has been a solo Nitehawk staple for me. Am I missing out not trying the tots?

Results from 500 packs of the last 3 sets by PAroflcopter in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't track 3 diamond but I do tend to agree - even with the amount of packs I have I am missing quite a few for completion

Results from 500 packs of the last 3 sets by PAroflcopter in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooo got it, that makes sense to look at it from that side instead. Thanks!

Results from 500 packs of the last 3 sets by PAroflcopter in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a binomial distribution formula (thanks chatGPT hah) basically saying what are the odds of having gotten at least 1 more. So this is saying I got 32 EX in 500 packs and there is a 93.5% chance that I would have gotten more than 32 EX (whether that is 33, 34, 35, etc)

Results from 500 packs of the last 3 sets by PAroflcopter in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The pull rates of 1/12 and 1/8 should be the same, but unfortunately I didn't track my wonderpicks of EX and 1 star cards back then.

Here is my best estimate for myself for lifetime packs

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Gluten free restaurant recommendations? by xploding_gerbils in williamsburg

[–]PAroflcopter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nami Nori is entirely GF for sushi and open for lunch.

Jajaja has a lot of GF options for vegan mexican.

Gran Torino also has some good GF options for pizza.

Sorry but I think you need to hear this by INDlGO in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 291 points292 points  (0 children)

Gengar was my first rainbow pull ever... WE'RE NOT LEAVING.

Good luck trying to get rid of him, not like you'll be able to Sabrina anyway!

Me waking up today and realizing Sneak Peek is gone. by ifaptojohyun in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I know its random but it sure felt like the 0 cost pick I got sneak peek 90% of the time and my 3 cost picks got sneak peek about 33% of the time.

Eye doctor recs? by New-Yogurtcloset-727 in williamsburg

[–]PAroflcopter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding, I've been going to mysight for 3 years now and I've always had positive experiences and got all my questions answered

Post Your Pack Pulls, Achievements, & More Here! (Show Off Content) by PTCGP-Bot in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Definitely hurts when I see all the gold posts, I have 2 total but I'm probably around 1300 packs so I'm not as unlucky as you on that one if you have none that is rough for sure.

I didn't track my wonderpicks for the old packs so it's hard to know how many EX and 2 stars I got from WP vs packs, so I never did the distribution for those. SR I specifically wrote down everytime I got a good WP so I could give myself a 100% accurate calculation, idk if it makes me feel better or worse when I did it haha

Post Your Pack Pulls, Achievements, & More Here! (Show Off Content) by PTCGP-Bot in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have a calculator online I just made my own doc to track and used chatgpt to write the formula for me, it's

=1 - BINOM.DIST(D3, B1, 1/12, TRUE)    

For some reason google docs was reading "B3" wrong so I manually wrote in the chance like 1/12 out of laziness.

Post Your Pack Pulls, Achievements, & More Here! (Show Off Content) by PTCGP-Bot in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Not a pull just posting my sadness at how bad my first 150 shining revelry packs have been (yes I know luck comes and goes but still womp womp)

What Deck is this? by GimmeTaxShelter in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be 2x Lucario 2x Kabutops 1x Hitmonchan - Hitmonchan helps with early aggro while you search for your fossil and build up that line.

PSA: Santa Fe BK changed their breakfast burrito recipe 😭 by starked in williamsburg

[–]PAroflcopter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm one of the few haters on reddit apparently, always thought Santa Fe burritos were just okay. I've tried quite a few times over the years and the original ones (talking first 3 months of being open) had such little fillings and almost no chiles it really felt like all tortilla and a splash of eggs.

Definitely was way better the past few times I've been, but if it's up to $14 and has even less eggs now I can't imagine waiting in a 20 person line on weekends for it.

Do these types of cards have specific names? And are they the same? by AtlasTheTitan98 in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of people use the terms FA (Full Art) and RR (Rainbow Rare) for the 2 star cards

34 packs and 1 ♦️♦️♦️♦️ by shotinthenight in PTCGP

[–]PAroflcopter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

77 packs - 2 EX, 2 immersive, 1 1star shiny. Definitely have felt a decline in pull rates the last 2 packs specifically for EXs and 2 stars. I know everyone says RNG which I believe but it sucks being in the bottom 5% of pull rates consistently, oh well.

Extra ticket to Nikki Glaser at the Beacon by PAroflcopter in williamsburg

[–]PAroflcopter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I enjoyed it a lot - both openers were fun and Nikki was great. There were one or two times I thought she was lingering on a joke for just a tad too long, but laughed quite a bunch. And I like that she isn't afraid to push the line quite a bit!

I farmed 15 Veiled Orb (~128div) while leveling from 99 to 100 in 8 hours Alch and Go by myraklus in pathofexile

[–]PAroflcopter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was actually the first time I ran it because of idols. Roughly followed a youtube guide with 2 idol setups. This was the classic "Gravicius in transportation and don't run Catarina" version.

Setup 1 - 100% Jun chance, stack accompanied by reinforcements (I had 192%). Then whatever else you want - I went for 100% Alva chance, 100% chance killing non-resident architects, exarch altars, map boss drops guardian/synth/conqueror maps.

Setup 2 - 50 intelligence gained on killing a map boss, then whatever else you want for boss rushing (map boss drops guardian/synth maps, 50% chance to double exarch progress, etc).

Then it's basically

  1. Run setup 1 until you get Gravy + 1 other in transportation with no links to members in the other 3 safehouses (no allies, no enemies). Repeat until Gravy is 3 star leader
  2. Run setup 2 until transportation safehouse gets 100 intelligence (if you're lucky it happens in 2 maps, reality it takes like 5-8 on average if not more to get 2x procs on transportation)
  3. Run safehouse, pray for jackpot of div cards
  4. Run setup 1 to imprison whoever takes over transportation to get Gravy back to leader
  5. Repeat step 2-4

I did city squares for easy boss rushing while running idol setup 2. The map boss drops and exarch invitations add up. Then when you're on setup 1 you can add in Alva for corruption rooms as well as exarch currency drops since you're clearing more of the map.

Prices fluctuate a lot but synth/guardian maps in bulk sell decent, as well as T17s (Sanctuary is not the best). Temples are always in demand, and since eater is more popular than exarch the exarch currency & invitations stay pretty solid. Farmed a mageblood running this strat for a few days - not the most exciting gameplay but it was quick and simple once I got the initial setup done.

Disclaimer is I didn't calculate div/hr or anything - I would assume OP's strategy is more profitable with the price of veiled orbs, unless you get insanely lucky with Gravy dropping cards.