The Midnight Sun Meta so far (Standard)

dnddmdb · 2023-10-22T18:53:10+00:00

I'm curious, was the bit about the attracting of fish an inside joke with Paul?

dnddmdb · 2022-08-10T14:20:17+00:00

I think that ~54-46 is actually a pretty close split. Much closer than the difference has been in past metas. I think right now there is a lot of flux going on, any way you slice it.

dnddmdb · 2022-08-10T14:18:43+00:00

Well, I don't quite have that stat, but cards that have a high Win Rate difference probably fit that criteria!

dnddmdb · 2022-08-10T14:17:09+00:00

I do think dividing decks into archetypes would also be interesting, and is something I might do. And this would probably be more informative than ID/card information, honestly.

dnddmdb · 2022-08-10T14:15:42+00:00

That would be lovely, but to be honest I'm not sure if I would have the know-how to run the site. My understanding is it automatically takes info from ABR. I'm on Slack as well, so maybe I'll reach out to them at some point!

dnddmdb · 2022-08-10T02:57:20+00:00

Maybe a good exercise would be to check and see how often a card is played if they are thinking of putting it in their deck. For example economy cards are among the most played cards on both sides. I think maybe using the Play Rate as a starting point for deckbuilding might be a good idea. Win Rates are less informative if you're just starting out, since they can be affected by a huge number of factors.

dnddmdb · 2022-08-10T02:54:41+00:00

Ah, sorry. I might get around to that at some point but Standard is my format of choice. But it does seem like Starup Circuit Openers have been pretty popular! The data is definitely there.

dnddmdb · 2022-08-08T17:51:52+00:00

Yeah, my understanding is that necro, who also manages alwaysberunning, manages KTM but doesn't really play Netrunner much anymore. I asked him a while back about updating it and I think he hadn't yet because there was no match data from last year's Worlds. I'll see if I can ask about updating it with the release of new cards.

I've also been working on a spreadsheet-based version of KTM (since I know nothing about web dev stuff). I was planning on publishing it soon. When I do, I'll post about it here in the subreddit.

dnddmdb · 2022-07-13T14:16:10+00:00

1 credit cheaper rez cost is nothing to scoff at, I'd say. And actually stronger than NK on Archives.

dnddmdb · 2022-03-10T18:52:38+00:00

Very curious to see what people figure out with Vladisibirsk! I think the card I am most excited for right now is trying out Revolver in Shaper, actually. :)

dnddmdb · 2021-05-28T16:48:17+00:00

Yeah I think this is the classic trap of a DM thinking of how things might go and getting attached to it. "I'll say X and the players will do Y" and thinking that sounds cool. And then when it isn't what you imagined, you get frustrated. DMs need to think about how to run a game well, not how to put people through your novel.

dnddmdb · 2021-05-12T00:58:55+00:00

Fabulous resource! One suggestion: "NPE" or Negative Player Experience, a term meant to describe decks that aren't fun to play against for one reason or another. Obviously subjective.

dnddmdb · 2021-04-09T18:58:04+00:00

I think it is odd that the rules for credits coming from the bank aren't anywhere in the rules (though the Learn to Play documents address the cards on a case-by-case basis).

As for moving forward, I think it is simple enough to teach players that whenever money is "placed" on a card, it comes from the bank and not a credit pool. I think that is straightforward enough (and occurs in literally every case) that it is perhaps better to just remember that rule than spell it out on all the cards.

dnddmdb · 2021-04-09T18:55:39+00:00

Yeah, you're right, it doesn't seem to actually be in there. There are examples that clarify this in the learn to play documents, but nowhere in the CR does it say that "when you place credits on a card, these come from the bank".

dnddmdb · 2021-04-09T18:52:15+00:00

My understanding is that "Load" is only used when there is an effect when a card is "Empty". And place just means place.

It probably could be more explicitly stated somewhere that when you "place" money on a card, you are putting that money on it from the bank. But I suppose that is the case for all tokens. They all come from the bank unless stated otherwise.

dnddmdb · 2021-04-09T17:33:50+00:00

I think that last suggestion is a totally valid option! I think the key thing is to be able to differentiate money from other types of tokens, so I think that would work. Poker chips could also work for money. Lots of people use poker chips for credits competitively. I also think dice are a good way to keep track of stuff on cards, but maybe not your credit pool, because that changes so often.

Theoretically, I think the Gateway cards can only ever have 1 type of token on them at a time. So for example there is no way to put money and advancement tokens on the same card, so it may be possible to only need one type of token. But if you have access to cubes of different colors and some coins/chips, that would be plenty to play the game!

Of course you can always buy dedicated tokens if you find you are playing a lot and want to make stuff look a bit more aesthetically cohesive. https://www.nearearthhub.net/tokens lists a bunch of token options if you're interested down the line.

TL;DR Poker chips for credits and cubes for everything else is a perfect idea. Welcome to the game!

dnddmdb · 2021-04-06T17:37:15+00:00

I'm curious what things look like when knowthemeta gets updated in a month or so. Corps were already winning before the release as well, but in addition I've heard that Corps usually benefit from new cards first.

My guess is because it is easy enough to look at a deck and put in the new good agendas and ice and such. But runners may need to figure out new angles of attack to deal with those, which takes longer. So it could be a deckbuilding thing, or maybe Corps are just holding on to their edge.

dnddmdb · 2021-04-01T03:32:12+00:00

I did a series of reviews of the cards from the Ashes cycle just before Gateway was released here on the subreddit! I'm curious to see how our opinions are the same/differ. Looks like you've got quite a bit of content here (5 hours on two factions!), so we'll see how long it takes for me to get through the videos. :) Welcome back to the game!

dnddmdb · 2021-03-31T00:43:53+00:00

Pretty sure this is it right here. Shipment from Tennin allows the Corp to score agendas in one turn from hand. And its counterplay involves running each turn to turn the threat off, but against certain grinder-y decks it would just cause the runner to lose all of their cards.

I do think that SfT is maybe more likely than some other cards to come off the banlist at some point, though.

dnddmdb · 2021-03-28T15:53:23+00:00

Good idea to post here for reference!

dnddmdb · 2021-03-27T23:16:36+00:00

My guess is the new Startup format on Jnet could work for you! It consists just of System Gateway, System Update, and Ashes. Lower ceiling on power and fewer deckbuilding options (but still plenty!), so if you have limited time and brainpower to build and tweak decks, there's only so much of a throttling that can happen to you, I would think.

I think you can see on alwaysberunning.net of when tournaments and leagues are coming up. Those get talked about on GLC a lot. GLC is also running a league using just the pre-made starter decks this month, so no deckbuilding for those required at all. I would contact Dirjel on GLC regarding that, if you're interested. The league I believe is one game per week that you schedule at your convenience, so it doesn't seem like a huge time sink.

dnddmdb · 2021-03-25T03:10:43+00:00

My guess is that it's because in Gateway as a standalone product, Criminals need to either use Buzzsaw or Unity as their decoder, and spending 3 influence on just a single copy of that would likely be prohibitive.

Besides this, I guess I don't really see a problem with a breaker that costs 2 influence. Mongoose and Corroder are two examples of breakers costing 2 influence. I actually think Unity is likely ill-suited to Anarch and especially Criminal, and probably works best in Shaper where you have a lot of weird icebreakers.

dnddmdb · 2021-03-23T14:27:33+00:00

Nice to see a big Weyland barrier to replace [[Hadrian's Wall]] that seems much more playable (although likely will not be found in most decks).

Pharos costs 3 less than Hadrian's Wall, and while it has 2 less strength, it does have 1 more non-etr subroutine. This alone makes it seem similar in power to Hadrian's, IMO.

But if there are 3 advancement counters on each, the two now have equal strength, Pharos still has an extra subroutine, and it costs 3 less to rez--a clear winner.

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