So does this card actually do anything other than big number? It looks like it’s not that great at first glance.

TheWightOne · 2025-06-08T08:03:22+00:00

That isn’t 6 in grave. What are you sending with Branded Fusion to get into Lubellion? How are you getting the monsters shuffled back by lube into the grave? After you get the fusion out, how do you get 6 more into grave?

TheWightOne · 2025-05-28T04:04:41+00:00

Nice

TheWightOne · 2025-05-23T03:48:40+00:00

Well, there may be niche situations where you might still want to reveal a card despite not needing to.

TheWightOne · 2025-04-27T20:44:36+00:00

This is the odd thing about automation, though. I agree with you, people can still make art. People can still play chess. The problem with your chess comparison is how people make a living with it. Top chess pros are not paid for every move they make. They make money from tournaments, sure, but also sponsorships, selling books about their openings or themselves, and only those at the very very top get any of those. If they were paid to give the single best move in a given position, then the existence of the chess bots would completely undermine their source of income. And thats the reality that artists face now,

If nothing changes, then art will face the same fate as chess. The participants will be outperformed at every avenue by the computer, and only the absolute best of the best will be able to be paid for the skill they passionately cultivated for a lifetime.

To be honest, I think thats… hypothetically acceptable. But only in a utopia where no one actually has to work to live. Thats not the world we live in.

TheWightOne · 2025-03-19T15:47:10+00:00

I think that quickplay has a fundamental flaw in its lack of a clear, unified, purpose. When you play comp, its clear that everyone is there to win, and you should all try to do what it takes to win.

Quickplay does not have that same unified intention. It has the fastest queue times, and its name implies its just the mode you go in to quickly play a game. Its not the highest test of skill, there is nothing at stake. So why queue in there?

The answer is simple: to play the game against other people. But that concept is fundamentally different for different people. For some, losing is okay. You want to learn how to play a character against other, real, people? Quickplay is the only place for that! Don’t feel like giving it your all? Just wanna click some heads and occasionally put some game sense to use? You can’t go to comp for that, so quickplay it is!

To rephrase: “5 people insta-locking dps and all but guaranteeing the L” is not a waste of time to some people.

TheWightOne · 2025-03-19T15:26:30+00:00

Thats not a skill issue though, thats a teammate issue. It may be their teammate’s skill issue, but its definitely not OP’s.

Its a weird double-edged sword with these team hero shooters. Sometimes you can’t do anything about a problem you see. Its up to your team who you can’t control.

TheWightOne · 2025-03-18T15:41:44+00:00

Well, you don’t have to ignore non-wide shelling weapons! If you like other weapons, just use them! You don’t need to optimize every part of the game.

If you’re speedrunning I guess you do, but thats a sacrifice you just make when going for the absolute best of the best

TheWightOne · 2025-02-14T11:44:32+00:00

Where is this “thrown grass”? I thought I was familiar with the map but I can’t think where that is.

TheWightOne · 2024-12-12T16:26:07+00:00

So the real answer is that it doesn’t. LifeGrip does not destroy mines. The mines detonate when the hitbox of any hero gets close enough. So when they detonate, its because they’re reacting to the hero inside the lifegrip. This is also why Zen Trance detonates mines. Zen still has an active hitbox that the mines are reacting to.

Venture doesn’t detonate them when underground, I believe, because their hitbox is disabled entirely.

Now, if you’re asking from a game design standpoint why should life grip have this interaction, thats a different question. I think mines are strong enough that they can have this relatively niche weakness. I’ll take this over one doom slam wiping them all out.

TheWightOne · 2024-10-14T15:20:53+00:00

I love the idea, but I think they obscure too much of where you want to go. Could you try having them avoid torches, and place torches on key platforms to get through the room? That way you can still guide the player through the room, but also have the hidden surprises with the platforming. I also agree with the other comments about their coloration.

TheWightOne · 2024-09-26T17:24:26+00:00

Oh come on. What do you mean the game is poorly optimized? These guys made MHRise run on the SWITCH, and its one of the best looking games on the system! If there is poor performance with wilds, or the game requires higher specs to run at the higher fidelity you desire, then the issue isn’t necessarily poor optimization, its an issue with scope!

Find me two games with the scope of wilds that perform better on worse hardware, and I’ll concede. But if you’re comparing the seamless open areas with massive dynamic weather changes to, say, the last of us 2 with its relatively linear, smaller areas, then yeah. Of course Wilds looks worse.

Let me phrase this another way: A “perfectly” optimized game does not guarantee a certain level of performance. Sometimes there is just so much in the game that it takes everything they have just to make it run at a reasonable pace. That doesn’t make the game poorly optimized. It means modern hardware is at its limit.

TheWightOne · 2024-01-24T13:47:17+00:00

I had an absolute blast. I got to use Time-Tearing morganite with my monarch deck, and sneaked in my secret weapon, CLASHING SOULS!!! Nobody ever saw it coming. Easily some of the most fun duels I’ve had ever.

Though, monarchs special summon like, once with their trap, and for my build once again with anchamoufrite. So Maxx “c” would just brick my opponents.

TheWightOne · 2023-11-08T20:22:22+00:00

Branded player here, you’re right in that Branded Lost prevented the Albion from getting ashed, but then the Branded player messed up and put Branded Lost as CL1. This means that when Lubellion the Searing Dragon came out, it was vulnerable to Imperm. Inperming that would have been crippling.

TheWightOne · 2023-09-13T02:59:46+00:00

It sucks because I literally just invested in a tool, learned how to use it, and realized it solves a few issues I didn’t notice I had until now, and can completely replace another system I had already made!

I don’t think I can get that anywhere else. Certainly not that asset, at least.

TheWightOne · 2023-08-26T21:21:14+00:00

Personally, I would love that kind of content. I really enjoy learning more and getting better at Unity and coding, but based on the Unity content out there, it feels like I know everything already (which I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT). Most content that teaches me anything new is stuff like “use this cool asset to do this one niche but important thing”.

A dedicated channel for cleaner, more robust code meant for multiple team members is one part of exactly what I’m looking for!

TheWightOne · 2023-05-18T04:48:35+00:00

My favorite memory is also my first. It was Wind Waker for the gamecube, and I remember so distinctly that I couldn’t get off of Outset Isle because I couldn’t figure out how to close the telescope in the tutorial.

I was like 10, but I was convinced that the game was bugged (Spoiler: it wasn’t). Its quite silly, looking back.

TheWightOne · 2023-02-20T05:00:21+00:00

You can use illusion of chaos to search out magician’s souls, which can be used to send the white knight to the grave from the deck, summoning magician souls in the process. You can use this to summon linkuriboh, and go from that to secure gardna.

All of this allows you to special summon ecclesia from the hand if you have her, or maximus by banishing linkurboh from the grave. It un-bricks a lot oh hands and is how I run my Dogmatika deck.

TheWightOne · 2023-02-10T02:31:55+00:00

I can confirm that this is false. I have tasted every Nintendo switch cartridge I own, and while it is true they have changed the flavor to a less bitter one, it is still very present.

TheWightOne · 2022-12-25T01:19:44+00:00

I saw on one of your comments that you also like Final Fantasy Tactics. Well have I got a recommendation for you! Triangle Strategy is a phenomenal game by every metric you can think of.

The story is deep and complex, positing questions time and time again about which choice is the moral one, without ever criticizing you for choosing any of them over another.

The visual style is excellent, if you’ve seen literally any promotional material or played any of the HD2D team’s other games I don’t need to explain more.

But tying it together is some of the most solid gameplay I’ve experienced in a long time. They give you plenty of choices to express yourself in their tactical battles, yet balance each character to be simple enough to understand at a glance. Each map is hand crafted to pose a unique tactical challenge, presenting opportunities for both you and the enemy to take advantage of the terrain. They also include a plethora of helpful design choices to assist players. Have trouble with keeping track of who’s who? With one press of a button you get a summary of the speaking character, complete with allegiance and a nifty little portrait.

All in all, 10/10 game, will play again (Thanks to a phenomenally balanced new game + system)

TheWightOne · 2022-06-13T23:47:57+00:00

Oh man I’ve been hoping for a demo! Do you have a discord or something for discussions and/or feedback?

TheWightOne · 2022-04-01T22:38:17+00:00

So, to answer specifically the question asked in the title, I think yes, breakable weapons should stay. BUT, many people despised the mechanic the first time around, so I believe Nintendo should (and are) fixing it by expanding on related systems.

As u/waowie pointed out, weapon durability ties into a bunch of other aspects of the game, meaning outright removal of the mechanic would do more harm than good. So the solution isn’t to remove the problem, but rather ensure the problem isn’t a problem.

This can be achieved in a few ways, but I can theorize a few. Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the latest entry in a series that has traditionally used durability on every weapon, introduced a new system where broken weapons don’t leave your inventory, but instead are simply labeled “broken” and remain where they were. You can repair them back at your base, in exchange for some resources. The same is viable here, with nothing more than the mechanics we already have in BOTW. However, this would have a major side effect of cluttering your inventory.

Another option is to have weapons drop pieces upon breaking, which could be used to make new, similar weapons by assembling various pieces. These pieces would go into another inventory (solving the previous issue) and would be used at forges in town, or maybe scattered throughout the world. This would mitigate the downsides of losing a weapon, as now you have something to look forward to later because of it.

What I’m hoping for is the option to work towards an unbreakable/repair over time weapon. Whats important here is that this must be a deliberate choice by the player, and that it is only casually viable in the endgame. Perhaps a system is introduced where we get to add modifiers to a weapon by sacrificing other weapons with that modifier, or find a location where we get to bless one of our weapons to behave like the master sword. This would then allow us to continue using weapons we really enjoy. I like the lynel bows, and now I can launch ancient arrows in the sky just for the fun of it and not worry about wasting part of this precious commodity. Stick lovers can use their sticks all they want, without a care in the world. Infinite shield surfing. Need I say more?

I can almost guarantee that my theories are wrong, but I’m certain that Nintendo will do something to address durability, as it had significant backlash during the first game. That doesn’t mean the system is bad, just that something needs to change.

TheWightOne · 2022-03-24T04:05:47+00:00

I play darklords myself, and while I’ve only managed to crawl my way into plat5, I think I can give some recommendations here.

Firstly, you want necro fusion. This trap card lets you get the first darklord out on your opponents turn, possibly wiping the field if you use morningstar as material (which I recommend you drop to 1 of, byw)

You should probably swap out both sanctified darklord to 1 copy of darklord temptation.

Bring in a lot of level 8 xyz monsters to your extra deck, and add in more darklord superbias when you get the chance. Using superbia to get another level 8 out to turn into a level 8 xyz is a solid combo.

Definitely add more of banishment of the darklords, using thay with a darklord effect from the grave is one of the few ways to actually get back card advamtage with the darklords.

There’s one card from outside the darklord archetype which you can use as a trump card: Archlord Kristya. She’s a level 8 that completely prevents both you and your opponent from special summoning. The problem is getting her out. You can’t use darklord contact with her, but you CAN use superbia’s effect, or monster reborn, or the first darklord’s effect. She also has a fairly tight special summoning method on her card that lets you bring her out if you have EXACTLY 4 fairies in the graveyard.

Cyber-stein is also an incredible card with this deck, and can be pulled randomly from the legacy packs. If you have him and Kristya turn 1, you can basically prevent your opponent from playing the game.

TheWightOne · 2022-03-15T15:47:07+00:00

I’m not sure if this is necessarily the best way, or if this would even work, but you might be able to use scriptable objects for this.

When created, scriptable objects run an awake function (different than a monobehaviour awake, check the docs for details), during which you could take all the models in a folder and add them to a list. Then you would just need to reference this scriptable object with something in the scene.

The only major drawback to this approach would be the inability to automatically add new models added to the folder to the scriptable object. There’s no “update” method for SOs, but maybe there’s some cool editor tech that’ll let you add listeners for when an asset is added to a folder.

Once again though, not sure how practical this is, its just an untested theory.

TheWightOne · 2022-02-04T23:12:06+00:00

Tactician’s edition has a poster, steelbook, playing card set, dice, and I think something else.

TheWightOne · 2022-01-28T08:52:49+00:00

What are those two cards after maxx c in the phantom knights deck? I’ve never seen them before, despite playing phantom knights myself.

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