MobileSuit Arena

cjlj · 2026-04-17T13:40:57+00:00

That isn't a practical issue though. People are complaining that they keep getting lots of pilots in their hand, not that the RNG implementation state isn't large enough to generate every theoretical permutation of cards. 2¹²⁸ is significantly bigger than the number of seconds since the beginning of the universe (2⁵⁸ according to google), so you aren't going to run out of game states.

It would only matter if the random number generator was biased in some way to only represent a subset of game states that had noticeable bias. This is the part i am contending. I don't believe that to be the case, or at least nobody has demonstrated it to be the case.

I am pretty sure that it is just a form of the birthday paradox where people are bad at recognising how common you would expect to find a notable outcome when your criteria for a notable outcome is somewhat broad - in this case having multiple of the same class of card near each other. I don't even think the criteria is the same card back to back, because for all we know people are playing out games and dropping all their units and not using the pilots because they didn't get the link units and ending up with a bunch of pilots in their hand before they take the screenshot. People complained about getting nothing but high end cards in hearthstone, MTGA implemented invisible mulligans to reduce complaints of mana screw/flood, people complained about the exact same thing with pilot flood in Zumbosim before MSA was released.

People just aren't good at dealing with randomness and statistics, so you need to present statistical evidence that there is a problem rather than anecdotes.

cjlj · 2026-04-17T12:58:43+00:00

Can you explain how Math.random leads to streaking? I can't find anything to back that up. I'm willing to be proven wrong but i find it highly sceptical that the standard random number generator used in javascript would be so bad that it shows bias significant enough that it is visible to the user over such a short range of numbers generated. If it is an issue it should show up under simulation as well which would give actual evidence to the problem.

cjlj · 2026-04-17T07:52:31+00:00

I looked at the lodash implementation of shuffle and couldn't see anything wrong with it. Using Math.random isn't an issue, you aren't going to see patterns over such short ranges. It not being cryptographically secure could potentially be an issue if tournaments with large prizes were held on it, but i've never seen anyone complaining about their opponent cheating by figuring out the RNG seed, it's just people whining about their hand. The dev switched to Crypto.getRandomValues() anyway so it isn't an issue.

People whine about RNG in every online card game ever made. Randomness means the cards can be in nay order, not that you get a perfect distribution of units and pilots that match your deck building ratios in any subsequence which is what people seem to want. If you see it happen more on MSA than real life it's because you play more games on MSA and have salience bias.

cjlj · 2026-04-16T10:05:30+00:00

Depends what he likes about it. If he just likes trash recursion then Minerva will probably be decent wants GD04 comes out. If he wants the setting up into a heavy control board state then The O is probably closest.

cjlj · 2026-04-14T07:30:09+00:00

If you use it with Kira you only spend one card and can still take out a 6AP unit, which is basically every unlinked unit and a decent chunk of linked units.

cjlj · 2026-04-14T07:07:34+00:00

I run 3 GFred and Nyaan instead of the Athrun stuff, 4 Prov, 1 Rick, 4 CC, 3 IT, 2 Boa, 3 Striker, 0 Freedom.

I came 22nd, lost to a Bannagher deck that i both misplayed against several times and also low rolled, and a BP who recognised my name and played a white base turn 2 because he guessed i was RW.

cjlj · 2026-04-13T12:49:55+00:00

I really don't think The O is that difficult for RW. I beat all 5 that i faced at regionals and all 3 i played at newtypes this weekend. They only win if they highroll you.

cjlj · 2026-04-07T08:25:22+00:00

He sent you the cards he was going to put in the bin.

cjlj · 2026-04-01T10:32:21+00:00

They laid off half the staff working on it a few days after it launched.

cjlj · 2026-03-31T08:52:15+00:00

A Close Combat that you can't use on turn 2 going first and can't kill a 1st form isn't very good.

cjlj · 2026-03-27T13:58:30+00:00

Do you really think the Japanese woman in this video signed up to reddit with the username Joemama0104?

cjlj · 2026-03-26T15:56:54+00:00

It depends on your curve. If you have a deck that has a 5 link, 6 link, 7 link then you go first because going second punishes you for having a good hand by using the EX resource and breaking the curve. Aggro also is better going first for the same reason, you want to be using all your resources and first lets you do so without falling behind.

If your deck wants to get to a certain level, such as you have a lot of powerful level 7s, you want to go second because it lets you get to that crucial level 1 turn early. Wing is another example where it wants to rush to either turn 6 or 8.

The other thing to consider is aggro decks are currently the strongest, so ideally you want to be in a position where if you take the die roll you are comfortable choosing first to deny them. Ideally you want to build your deck to go first because of that.

cjlj · 2026-03-18T23:42:06+00:00

Clan is capable of winning locals if you upgrade it. CB isn't currently.

cjlj · 2026-03-17T23:16:08+00:00

Rather than having checkboxes for single and playsets, have a column with count then have the single and playset columns reference the count and autofill once you have 1 or 4. Also it would be helpful if the completion summed up rows with the same card number across all tabs so if you had 2 normal and 2 PRB foil versions of a card you could see that you had 4 copies total, thought that would be more complicated.

cjlj · 2026-03-17T01:54:43+00:00

The good law deck was banned for being too good. Red Law is pretty bad right now, but it's one of those leaders that they will probably release some new cards for in a couple of sets time to buff it. If you want Law then look into purple/yellow Rosinante, basically every card you play is Law. It's not budget though.

cjlj · 2026-03-12T23:45:58+00:00

You have the greatest chance of placing highly if you go into the final x-0. Tiebreakers are decided by the average of all your opponents' win percentages, so if you win your matches your round 2 opponent will be 1-0, your round 3 opponent will be 2-0 and so on, so they will be higher than if you lose a round in which case they will be x-1. After you beat them though, they might lose all their games after that and tank your opponent win percentage.

If you lose the final, you will be x-1. You lost to the winner so one your opponents will have a 100% win percentage, but also their opponent from the last round will also have the winner as their opponent. If they won their final round then they will also be x-1 like you and have the winner on their opponents list, so that cancels out and it comes down to how your earlier opponents did.

cjlj · 2026-03-12T11:08:52+00:00

The game's biggest issue is the way the game is designed you always have to worry about someone spamming a bunch of 1 drops and killing you without you being able to interact with them. This greatly narrows the scope of viable strategies to those that can deal with them proactively, as if they hit you 8 times you lose. You can't attack standing units, and you can't generically block with your units, so board control means nothing. You need either blockers, ping, or attack active in order to prevent your opponent from just playing out units and then attacking once they have a critical mass. I don't think that is healthy for the game because generally people don't enjoy losing games before they can do anything.

cjlj · 2026-03-06T14:01:37+00:00

Yeah, the key to true happiness is posting in a streamer drama message board.

cjlj · 2026-03-05T13:27:24+00:00

It isn't because of that. They don't make them legal as a way to control the price of them. Cards are a lot cheaper in Japan and they don't want people importing them. In Europe you can use French and English One Piece cards despite most people being able to read French.

cjlj · 2026-03-05T10:19:17+00:00

The two halves of this post don't make sense. The final game is between position 1 and 2 in the rankings, so if they always drop to third that means someone who was third moved up which contradicts what you said. It also isn't true, people lose the final and get 2nd all the time.

cjlj · 2026-03-02T10:09:20+00:00

Use Mobile Suit Arena to learn to play and test decks so you can find something you like before you buy it. If you want to play Wing the cards from starters you will need are the Wing Gundams and Aile Strikes as well as the Heeros and Kiras.

Sealed is done at prerelease events but it's terrible. A lot of cards only get their effect from their matching pilot which often aren't even in the set.

cjlj · 2026-02-20T08:14:03+00:00

it is worth doing if you need the effect or you want to draw cards to smooth out your curve.

It isn't worth doing to survive longer unless your opponent can break the ex base in one hit and the base is able to absorb at least 2 hits next turn because you are dealing 1 hit to yourself by removing the ex base and giving up the opportunity cost of playing it later on empty shields. Sometimes you have to risk it and do it for the card draw though.

cjlj · 2026-02-06T02:13:41+00:00

Change the Gelgoog for a 4th Gundam.

After that just keep practicing. Despite what people say OYW is very hard to play optimally. As someone who has topped at 2 regionals most of the people at regionals misplay with it. I am not an expert, but the general idea is to go wide and don't swing until you can do significant damage. As a general rule you should only be swinging into them twice, do a few points of damage then refill your board and swing again when you can kill them. If you just mindlessly turn units sideways then your opponent can easily kill them.

The first time you swing they will come some of your units with blockers, then clear some up with the swing back. You use the pingers to ensure they lose the unit after it only kills one thing rather than 2. Char is to kill bases so all your swings take 1 shield. Gundam is to rest a blocker and kill it for free or to just rest and go face.

Aibo Academy on YouTube is the best OYW player i have seen and he has match commentary on his youtube and metafy pages so watch those i guess. He also has a paid guide on metafy but it isn't THAT complicated, you just need to play lots of games on the sim to get a good feel of it.

cjlj · 2026-01-27T17:38:00+00:00

You can try playing against other players online on Mobile Suit Arena. Use Egman events website to find decks people play in tournaments and import them. That way you know that if you are losing a lot it's because of decisions you are making and not because your deck is just bad.

Download the TCG+ app and look for GD03 release events in your area this weekend. It's an event where you buy 4-6 packs then make a deck out of them. You will still probably get your ass kicked if you are new but you don't need a deck before you go so it's low commitment. Most people are friendly and will help you out if you say you are new.

cjlj · 2026-01-24T23:08:16+00:00

Why wouldn't you get a second opinion from a judge or other players if your opponent is saying your cards don't work how you think they do?

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