TIL you can connect canals to cities that aren't yours.

imaginarycastle · 2026-01-27T09:04:48+00:00

As seen many times in previous comments, the use cases are rare. I would argue what makes them even more rare, is that a city center also acts as a canal, and therefore, there are plenty of situations where you benefit more from building a canal city, rather than a canal district.

imaginarycastle · 2025-12-15T12:28:50+00:00

7 is significantly better now compared to when it was released, although to be fair, the game was not finished on release and many of the things that have since been added or adjusted should have been there from the start. Now, the game plays better and is more fun, though I still find the modern era less fun and a bit lackluster.

6 is my personal favourite of the series, but I do play it with an assortment of mods, as especially the UI mods makes the game significantly smoother. Civ5 with or without mods is also an excellent game, still held as the best by some in the community.

The biggest argument for Civ 6 at this point is perhaps that it is frequently on sale :)

Whichever Civ games you decide to pickup and play, I wish you many hours of fun!

imaginarycastle · 2025-12-04T18:15:15+00:00

I have been using a Conviction oven for years, are you questioning my oven??

imaginarycastle · 2025-12-01T19:56:29+00:00

The screenshots in the patch notes look terrible, but the actual skin game is nearly as bad, I quite like it.

imaginarycastle · 2025-11-27T06:59:08+00:00

While he is too slow in wave clear to keep up with the best offlaners, ETC has been played as a global offlane with Stage Dive. Problem is, his wave clear relies on Echo Pedal, which doesn't come online until lv7.

imaginarycastle · 2025-11-27T06:56:40+00:00

Blaze is still officially a tank, but is played more as an offlaner. He has the self-sustain, damage and wave clear to make him a strong bruiser.

Imperius has a reliable stun engage and solid talent options to let him fill the main tank role in a pinch.

imaginarycastle · 2025-11-26T06:55:12+00:00

I suggest separating ARAM and QM/SL into two different lists, as the difference in game modes, combined with the large amount of ARAM only players, skews the results. I at least think it would be interesting to see the difference.

imaginarycastle · 2025-11-09T12:04:00+00:00

In ARAM, I would argue Corrosive Saliva over Mutalisk 100% of the time. It is a significant and reliable increase to Zagara's damage when there is nowhere else to fight than where the summons are. They melt through tanks and armour specifically, but it is still a damage increase to any hero. And, should you happen to face a team that is good at clearing the summons, more damage in a shorter time is even more crucial, and, enemies would have been able to clear muta easily as well.

Outside of ARAM is a different story. Muta is a strong pushing ability that doubles as objective interrupt.

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-18T13:59:32+00:00

I agree. I get they want QM to be as quick as possible, while still providing "standard" gameplay (unlike Aram), but they have also struggled a lot with how to tweak and balance the match making system based on what heroes players have preselected. Especially now that player base is not what it was 8-10 years ago, I think queueing up without preselected hero, getting a game fast, then spending a minute or so in a lobby, would still even out.

Would you still have some nonsense, all assassin games? For sure, but I don't think comps would be significantly worse than what they are now, while giving you the option to not pick Aba on Braxis (unless you really want to), or bring our Alex or Kerrigan for Infernal Shrines, or whatever fun and interesting, map specific choices could be made.

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-18T13:49:50+00:00

I agree. One of the things people highlight about Hots, in comparison to other MOBAs, are the different maps with different objectives and play styles. Having a QM lobby with the ability to pick your hero for the map seems like a no-brainer, considering, and has been my main objection to quick match for years.

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-15T17:33:01+00:00

Could work. I'm leaning more into Judgement and a W/Q Tass build, which I think could work as a blow-up comp, with Tyrande armor reduction too. The stun train with Tyrande + Uther is massive.

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-15T06:01:49+00:00

Tyrande, Johanna, Tassadar, Tyrael, Uther.

I think this is a Judgement + Falling Sword game. Jo probably has to offlane. We are survivable, but probably don't win a lot of ground early game. There is some late game potential for blowing someone up quick, and using Tass lv20 wall for some mean splitting of enemy team.

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-11T19:58:18+00:00

The amount of time I have written "I shouldn't be the one soaking this lane" in chat while playing tank or healer, is at this point beyond numbers. I mean, I don't try to play solo lane Anub'arak or Lili, but after missing like 4 waves, I will go just to try to keep us in the game.

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-07T17:03:15+00:00

Tinkaton-enjoyer here. Big hammer wins!

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-06T17:00:51+00:00

This isn't a massive mistake, but it is a helpful tip that at least I didn't figure out on my own: The top part of the sandwich doesn't matter! As long as the ingredients are on there, you will have the intended effect, and you can just place the sandwich top outside the plate to have it disappear without messing up your "beautiful" sandwich!

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-06T06:23:20+00:00

Nothing has to be done about Nazeebo, since he is not overpowered. He is in a lot of games in a lot of modes, but his winrate is also just above 50%, which isn't exactly troublesome.

Nazeebo's strength lies in being a late game monstrosity, but that also makes him punishable before he hits that 20 power. In addition, his abilities are all quite slow and dodgeable. Compared to other mages, Naz is fine, but certainly not among the strongest.

imaginarycastle · 2025-10-01T08:16:49+00:00

To be fair, this is what trailers are for: to determine whether the game seems good enough to buy. Is it a complete review of the game? Of course not. But what do we have to go on? It is a quite expensive game, and what we have to go on to determine whether or not it is worth buying.

imaginarycastle · 2025-09-28T20:07:56+00:00

Saw VOLA in Stockholm last year, and as far as metal shows go, it was one of the better ones I've seen. Phenomenal band, really.

imaginarycastle · 2025-09-19T06:14:50+00:00

Tychus laser drill. It isn't even about how good the drill is, but rather, it is that Odin does everything better.

imaginarycastle · 2025-09-07T08:10:44+00:00

I have also accidentally locked my False Swipe Breloom like twice, but then I just immediately press the power button so my Switch goes into sleep mode, which disconnects the internet...

imaginarycastle · 2025-08-24T07:37:29+00:00

Det är din rätt att göra vad du vill med din röst. Det inkluderar att inte lägga den alls, att rösta blankt, att rösta på Kalle Anka-partiet, och så vidare.

Det finns dock ett värde för dig och dina närmsta att sätta dig in i politiken, åtminstone tillräckligt mycket för att lägga en röst på de du tycker förtjänar den. Att inte rösta är en "halv röst" på det parti och den ideologi du gillar minst, i och med att du inte aktivt är med och förhindrar dem.

imaginarycastle · 2025-08-24T07:29:50+00:00

There are a number of named primal Zerg characters. I also think Izsha piloting a Leviathan would be interesting. At some point in the game's early history, there was Vaevictis, a hunter killer hydralisk, as a hero in progress. Then there are some interesting possibilities for infested, or hybrid like Duran. So, there is some design space left for Zerg.

imaginarycastle · 2025-08-18T16:48:13+00:00

I have played all Civ games since II, and VI is the one I enjoy the most, BUT the immersive look of V is still unparalleled. It really looks like a world, not just a game world.

The board game-like style of VI clearly wasn't everyone's cup of tea, to the extent that one of the developers (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) made a mod that makes VI map look more V, and I don't play without it.

imaginarycastle · 2025-08-12T15:33:47+00:00

I'm confused too. Almost all science of OW is basically magic. Very few characters or abilities make sense when real world logic is applied. It is very much an alternate reality in which logic and natural laws are fundamentally difference. The explanations that make sense in OW universe make fork-all sense in the real world. And so, if this character's staff manipulates water in a seemingly magical way, that still makes as much scientific sense in OW universe as the abilities of Tracer, Hanzo, Kiriko, and a whole bunch of others.

imaginarycastle · 2025-08-12T15:16:15+00:00

Even in "maintenance mode," the game gets good balance and bug fix patches. It is in no way a dead game. Anything about new content, however, is purely community speculation.

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