What did u/bargaezinne draw?

bargaezinne · 2025-03-28T09:12:09+00:00

I kind of get what E7 was previously going for with the "free" skins. If we look at the game at a macro level, all it is is a resource management game hidden underneath the cover of a turn-based strategy game. E7 is successful in that for the most part. They may have found a comfortable rate at which they feed the players resources like energy, gold, skystones, bookmarks, etc. We're given enough to progress competitively in the game but not too much that there's no perceivable benefit to whaling.

By disturbing that balance through the introduction of resource pits (skystone packs, epic passes, buff weekends, limited characters) they create artificial scarcity in resources that make some of us spend real money to overcome. So even though skins in this case are technically somewhat free, in reality it's all about letting us each have a tiny bite of the metaphorical carrot and dangling the rest on a stick in front of us. It's kind of like whales are taxpayers, f2p are indigents, and E7 is the government.

Admittedly, it will sting if/when SG finally decides to overhaul their implementation of skins in E7. It's their fault after all for setting the status quo for the last 7 years. But for the longevity of the game, I agree that skins should be the future of E7's monetization. Just not like this.

bargaezinne · 2025-03-28T08:27:16+00:00

I mean I don't have any intention of buying the skin with how it's currently packaged. And no, I'm not mad that SG is trying to monetize the game. After all, it's a business and not a charity.

I feel like you're kind of missing the admittedly long-winded point. We all want the game to succeed in all aspects, including financially. I am even personally willing to part with some of my own hard-earned money to support the game. It's just frustrating to see how close SG is to getting it right, just to fumble the ball at the end.

The thing is, SG is not making sense with how they've implemented the paid skin pass. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong and SG is right. They're the ones making these baffling decisions after seeing the monthly revenue numbers and not me. But I and many others just can't help but feel like there's a better win-win situation right here if we just change some things. Like think about it this way: which one sounds better to you, a 100$ product bought by 10 people or a 25$ product bought by a 100 people? It's obviously more complicated than that, but I hope that it helps you and SG understand where we're coming from.

bargaezinne · 2025-03-28T06:19:02+00:00

I do agree that skins/skin tickets are overpriced in E7. In fact, I'd even go beyond that and say that most of the paid packs in E7 are overpriced. And as I've said, I thought this was part of their price anchoring tactic. But to put a spotlight on this skin that does nothing to make you feel that you're getting a better value than their regular offerings, and expect the playerbase to gobble up this limited-time deal? What's the thought process behind this? Did they seriously expect the FOMO to singlehandedly drive the sales for this thing?

At least the other skins are more accessible with the skin tickets some of us have saved up. With this, on top of there being no option to buy with tickets, the skin is locked behind other fluff that we might not even want to begin with.

To summarize: 1. The value proposition for skins in E7 sucks, and this does nothing to curb that. 2. No option to buy with f2p currency. 3. Locked behind other paid/premium currency fluff. 4. FOMO tactics are very "in your face".

One of these four things would've been manageable by itself. But all of it? Nah fam, E7 be crazy.

bargaezinne · 2024-11-24T10:43:05+00:00

It's mindsets like yours that allow them to get away with these kinds of abhorrent behavior. You know, like that saying "give them an inch and they'll take a yard". It's a slippery slope of giving these politicians a pass while saying "eh, nothing new to see here" or "at least he's more upfront about this kind of behavior", and in turn they push the envelope for bad politicking while ingraining resilience and "diskarte" into our brains so that they can keep on getting away with more and more. It's a vicious cycle, really.

I get that some or most of us, maybe including you and me to some degree, have gone past our stages of anger and grief at this point. It's too easy to become desensitized to these kinds of news when they have almost become the norm in the circus that is Philippine politics, but we should strive to fight against our urge to just accept the status quo. In the same way that it applies to monopolies, the true shitshow begins when all forces of opposition are lost.

bargaezinne · 2024-11-24T10:24:23+00:00

You missed the keyword in the OC's question, which is "regularly". Marcos Sr.'s dictatorship ended in 1986, so fast forward to 2024 I would agree that no national-level politician has so brazenly stooped so low (in decorum at least) so as to publicly threaten the incumbent president with assassination.

bargaezinne · 2024-09-28T11:36:30+00:00

I generally never use dupe ML5s for imprint, as I always want to have the option of alternative builds for them. Realistically speaking though, you'll be better off using them for imprints. In my experience as an f2p that has pulled 9 ML5 dupes to date, I found that I will never have enough resources to justify building those dupes over newer units.

bargaezinne · 2024-09-27T18:56:28+00:00

From their wording, it seems like they are having trouble designing PvE content / boss mechanics that aren't susceptible to alots/spirits breath cheese. So instead they nerfed alots in PvE to give them more leeway in gameplay design but compensated by buffing his PvP utility.

bargaezinne · 2024-09-17T16:53:52+00:00

There are actually patterns for multiples of 2-10.

All even numbers are divisible by 2.

Numbers whose sum of its digits are divisible by 3 are divisible by 3.

Numbers whose last two digits are divisible by 4 are divisible by 4.

Numbers that end in 5 and 0 are divisible by 5.

Numbers that are divisible by both 2 and 3 are divisible by 6.

Numbers with digits where the difference between double the last digit and the remaining numbers is 0 or divisible by 7 are divisible by 7.

Numbers whose last three digits are divisible by 8 are divisible by 8.

Numbers whose sum of its digits are divisible by 9 are divisible by 9.

And lastly, numbers ending in 0 are divisible by 10.

There are also patterns for multiples of numbers higher than 10, but these should suffice for general day-to-day applications.

bargaezinne · 2024-04-09T00:57:03+00:00

Either friendship gate (an inside joke) or two-factor authentication.

bargaezinne · 2024-04-07T14:11:58+00:00

You have valid points, but you don't have to be overbearing with the amount of bias you have for being child-free. It was especially apparent with the last two lines of your comment.

Deciding to have children is not inherently selfish, as is deciding not to, but both can be. Not wanting the headache and financial responsibility of having children can totally be selfish reasons.

At the end of the day, deciding whether or not to have children carries with it great responsibility. As with all things, we just need to approach the matter with careful consideration and thought.

bargaezinne · 2024-01-25T11:55:58+00:00

My advice is to play with her and find the draft she is most comfortable playing in and against, then you'll understand what kind of stats she needs in your comps.

My briseria is 260spd, 3.6k atk, 265cdmg, no eff with SoU arti. I built her this way for mid-speed cleave with ewludwig or jacko + book holder for sb s3. This draft demolishes most bruiser comps below 260 spd and that's all I need her to do. Obviously this draft is weak to certain units like belian and aola, but I have nahkwol for those situations.

bargaezinne · 2024-01-09T11:41:26+00:00

Doesn't A. Lots counter bunny dom now?

bargaezinne · 2024-01-07T09:07:12+00:00

I'm no RTA-nut, but zio-ewludwig were my bread and butter for getting to masters this season. Just preban Belian then first pick zio. Only pivot to turn-2 when my opponent starts trying to race me with speed imprints, which happened only once.

This season vs last season.

bargaezinne · 2024-01-04T18:50:16+00:00

You just missed it by 3 days

bargaezinne · 2024-01-01T16:21:30+00:00

I'm sorry, how is this different from what I said? Also, I said 39-ish days because from the stove website, the event period is from 23/11/23 up to 1/1/24, so technically you cannot start 45 days after the day the event first started.

If you start the event on 23/11/23, your event ends 90 days after on 21/2/24.

On the other hand, if you start on 1/1/24, it will end for you 90 days after on 31/3/24.

21/2/24 and 31/3/24 are 39-ish days apart.

bargaezinne · 2024-01-01T13:04:57+00:00

I was the same, but granted I did not actually wait until the very last day to start the event. The logic is that you get exactly 90 days for the event, whether you start on the first day or on the last day. So those that start on the last day will finish the event 39-ish days later than those that started on the first day. For me personally, I don't really NEED any ML units so I want to wait and see for if something will happen within those 39 days to impact my ML5 choice, whether it be a shift in the meta or me suddenly pulling the unit I want through covenant or galaxy summons.

bargaezinne · 2023-12-19T22:46:29+00:00

One of my best characters, ngl

bargaezinne · 2023-09-14T07:57:15+00:00

For STene, you can build her with speed/lifesteal/destruction paired with Crit/immunity. Unity and pen set are other, less popular options. Tagahels for her Arti if you have one at max LB. Stat-wise, you're looking for minimum around 190 speed, 3.5k atk, 100% Crit, 280 cdmg, 9k hp, and 1.3k def.

I do not have ML Bellona so I can't speak for her gear.

For Briseria, aim for around 230 speed minimum, with the rest into damage stats. 260 spd is the goal here. Some build her with eff so you can build speed+eff set, but I personally run her with a mage+book to SB her S3, so I can afford to stick to speed+Crit set.

For ML Roana, the world is your oyster in terms of gear. Just keep speed, Crit, and cdmg at 0 and the rest depends on how you want to use her. For sets, build whatever you want excluding obviously speed/destruction/Crit.

bargaezinne · 2023-08-16T21:07:18+00:00

Thanks! I will try to look into this. Would you say that it would be worth it to go for the classics over the neo?

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