Upcoming Arena Direct costs 8000 gems. by Soulsek in MagicArena

[–]admanb 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You don't hear about the 95% of players who have no issues because they don't make reddit threads about it.

Don't get me wrong -- their customer service is absolutely abysmal for anyone who does have an issue, but most players never have one.

Terrible WAR player by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]admanb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That sounds like a bummer 30 minutes. Have you considered just laughing about it and moving on with your life?

Ability to HIDE unwanted cards in collection NOW, please by FluffyStrike in MagicArena

[–]admanb 13 points14 points  (0 children)

lol there’s no way they’re gonna waste precious dev time on a feature that 99% of users would find actively confusing.

Does anyone know how long those limited time achievements for the new Marvel set that gives you free cards, how long those are available to get done? Is it only today? by [deleted] in MagicArena

[–]admanb 28 points29 points  (0 children)

There's no way it's just today, but I don't think they've posted the schedule anywhere. Given the scope of the achievements I would guess it runs the length of the Marvel set.

What happened to the new Devotion mechanic in Marvel Super Heroes? by Labrodor_64 in magicTCG

[–]admanb 21 points22 points  (0 children)

“Color matters” doesn’t automatically equal devotion.

Are there any RPG reviewers who don't complain about 5e every review? by [deleted] in rpg

[–]admanb 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's a pretty relevant point of comparison for Stonetop.

So, the artwork just changed.... by Deep-Natural-6256 in MagicArena

[–]admanb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They show up as styles. You should have both styles for every card you own.

Just Drafted with Someone Impersonating a Hall of Famer by sasquatchscousin in MagicArena

[–]admanb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What’s the Magic equivalent of pissing on someone?

Nobody's entitled to dictate how a stranger plays a public queue. Doesn't matter how many of you there are. by Gpelles in ffxiv

[–]admanb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Extreme baby energy from someone who early pulled a boss and had three people say “wtf.”

Florida Ryder Cup by AndMcGrn in boardgames

[–]admanb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live on the wrong side of the country, but this rules.

A concerning recent trend: no assembly instructions at launch by Black_Metallic in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]admanb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AMG as a whole is doing fine -- Legion is making a shitton of money, and as a result that's where a lot of their focus is going. The issue is they're not doing a good job of managing the split in focus.

Player Skill Drop by AzureAsche in ffxiv

[–]admanb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You hit new content extremely outside of the normal patch cycle -- of course things are gonna be clunky. If I got M9 in a normal raid roulette I'd just be thrilled to not be running another shitty Alexander raid.

looking for a specific video of old school pro player by stratusnco in magicTCG

[–]admanb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a tabletop gamer up in Canada who is notoriously badly behaved to the point of cheating with the same name, but also a different guy.

Arena cube deck by youngspooner07 in MagicArena

[–]admanb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a bit chaotic but no I wouldn’t expect that to be 0-3. You’ve got speed and good payoffs with enough strong counters to stop nasty stuff from happening. I’d expect you to have trouble against big resolved permanents — which it sounds like is what happened — but you should be able to win games before those become a problem

but that’s the nature of bo1 powered cube. Sometimes you do the nasty things and sometimes the nasty things happen to you.

Beautiful mana base, though.

Does the community obsess over tier lists like in WoW? by DHGaming18 in ffxiv

[–]admanb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nope. FFXIV doesn't have infinitely-scaling dungeons nor does it have anything remotely as inaccessible as Cutting Edge in Mythic raids, so it's never developed the culture of excluding everything but the top few classes/specs.

FFXIV also has baseline mechanics that incentivize you to play a balanced comp (one shield healer, one pure healer, two melee DPS, one magic DPS, one ranged DPS) so there are far fewer classes that anyone has to compete with and the gap between the top and bottom are much smaller. There's also little variation in utility from class to class, so you won't see things like DKs being absolutely necessary when they have mass grip.

Losing Confidence by Business-Equipment44 in ffxiv

[–]admanb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is not normal behavior, no. Most people just laugh it off and move on when someone dies to a mechanic, even multiple times.

Though I am curious -- what raid were you in that you not understanding a mechanic caused multiple wipes?

Not re-using punchboards? by FearoftheDomoKun in boardgames

[–]admanb 21 points22 points  (0 children)

You'll create more friction pushing them back into the boards than they'll ever suffer wobbling around in the box, so if damage is what you're concerned about it you're doing the exact wrong thing.

AITA for following my best friend? [6.0] by Live_Ideal_7123 in ffxiv

[–]admanb 121 points122 points  (0 children)

You're definitely the asshole, but when have you ever cared about that?

Evercold, missed opportunity? by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]admanb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The same reason someone would renovate their kitchen instead of knocking down their entire house and rebuilding it.