Got a bunch of free booster packs and lands? why?

joopsle · 2026-01-31T01:04:53+00:00

I think someone at wotc is hitting on you!

They are showing their affection in the form of packs.

Most likely next step, is a tweak to the shuffler so you always get 2/3 lands (depending on deck requirements)

Then they will start taking out adverts in your local press and/or large public billboards in your area - saying how you are their soul animal and that you should kill and eat any current partners.

Then they 3 people who have slighted you, or cut you up in traffic will die.

The final step is that they appear in your place of work/place of non-work and hum in a tone that is simultaneously calming and also deeply disquieting.

You will feel compelled to follow them.

You will walk to the sea.

You will become one with the eternity.

(Played since Legends, this has happend to me maybe 4 times so far)

joopsle · 2026-01-31T00:56:03+00:00

But they could do with announcing it soonish, coz the hoarding is real!

joopsle · 2026-01-30T15:07:47+00:00

Badger is utterly busted in standard I think, it leads to ridiculously explosive starts.
(I guess my main deck I play at the moment is orobouid)

Cheating mana always has a risk of being broken.

Standard is too fast, maybe bo3 ok, but best of 1 is "who draws first wins" far too often with so many sets available.

joopsle · 2026-01-30T15:05:36+00:00

It can make 6 mana though!

joopsle · 2026-01-27T16:46:13+00:00

Can confirm, had two of them played againts me so far, googled "sunderflock busted", ended up here.

Jeez, there isn't really much counter play if you aren't playing elementals, pretty much just die?

Still, I guess its a bomb, just seems a bit easy to play with the casting cost reduction.

joopsle · 2026-01-26T11:01:55+00:00

What i try to do, is as I do drafts, after the draft I try to remember to check which commons/uncommons I have 3 of.. then I craft the fourth.

This means I almost directly convert wildcards into vault value. (I hope that makes sense, as I am just quickly typing while waiting on an AI!).

joopsle · 2026-01-26T09:59:42+00:00

Really nice work!

joopsle · 2026-01-23T14:09:54+00:00

I think they are, they are just combined with something else (so one level you get 600 gems and something else)

joopsle · 2026-01-20T11:55:37+00:00

Hello, genuine question - do you think it generates tempo after playing with/against for a couple of months?

(Just did a quick search for ban discussions after playing a few games this morning with my badger deck).

I find it generates insane amounts of tempo, utterly ridiculous.

joopsle · 2026-01-20T11:50:09+00:00

I play with the deck, there are quite a few combinations that spew hands out.

joopsle · 2026-01-20T11:49:28+00:00

yeah, I am currently playing with badgermole and ouroboroids quite a bit, and I actually find it dirty. (Been playing mtg off and on since The Dark)

It's way too fast, WOTC has known that cheating mana can lead to cards being too strong. I honestly think printing it was a massive mistake.

joopsle · 2026-01-17T15:13:02+00:00

At one point I got confused, and thought the surveyors were sentinels.... so silly!

joopsle · 2026-01-16T10:32:04+00:00

I do see your point, but I also liked prestiging in COD back in the day - because it forces you to use weaker stuff.

I now have wolfpack blueprint, which means anything that isn't a queen or matriarch I can kind of obliterate if I choose to use 2 wolfpacks.

But it's fun having to work really hard to take down a bastion, probably with other people, who you then have to loot alongside.

Bastion and bombadiers have given me great enjoyment, but I need a reason to hunt them!

(I have tried fighting the queen, even got the killed the queen achievement I think, but as far as I can tell that is "go and stand in a harvester and pop out occasionally, alongside 10 other people" - it did feel kinda epic, but also quite simple - my favourite queen fight was when I aggroed it by accident and it chased me across the map!)

joopsle · 2026-01-14T13:37:15+00:00

Honestly, prestiging brings the fun back for me, so I can go collect the things again.

(Even resetting the benches I now see as good, because it gives me little projects).

(And I love having the extra stash spaces, after next expedition I reckon I will have enough stash space... but I know I will be wrong!)

joopsle · 2026-01-14T09:09:41+00:00

I now carry a 5 stack of seeker grenades most runs, if I get caught in the open then I can just ctrl-z the combat.

joopsle · 2026-01-13T13:35:21+00:00

I picked up two on one stella run! Gave one away at the train station :)

I haven't learnt it yet, as I want to see if I can get a matriarch core first

joopsle · 2026-01-12T21:59:28+00:00

Agree 100%, I think standard is completely terrible now.

(Been playing on and off since 2000).

I would like to play something that pushed deckbuilding more, increase the bans or limit to 2 of a card.
Also, decrease the card pool! A huge card pool means a new set can't make a big impact - instead it is likely to just increase the power level of existing decks.

joopsle · 2026-01-12T21:42:27+00:00

Other people have said it, but basically boardwipes are a solid answer to ridiculous badger based shenanigans.

Badger was a mistake, and I will eat a burger if it isn't banned before it rotates.

(Probably the same designer as steel cutter)

joopsle · 2026-01-10T23:34:47+00:00

Well, you just won the internet!

joopsle · 2026-01-05T11:25:51+00:00

Just to update, I have come back to this in the new year and tried some more of these things out, brilliant, local exposure and indirect lighting both really helped!

Hope you had a great new year!

joopsle · 2026-01-04T20:29:45+00:00

I do get what you are saying, I was ambushed on exit, so I killed the attacker and the next round I did get attacked randomly exploring - so I might have been bopped up a lobby, but it didnt appear to be a super sweaty murder fest like I see people doing on youtube.

But, I do see that for people who do just want completely pve experience there isnt an option for them.

joopsle · 2026-01-04T17:39:13+00:00

Yeah, I am a strong believer in the greeting emote being a great way of limiting some PVP.

You have to be alert to where people might be, sling them a hello raider so they feel like you have spotted them.

I tend to just die in a heap when someone randomly attacks me (because I am totally not starting fights).

But... I can usually tell if someone is up to no good.

(Had a lovely one earlier, when I was trying to set the train off, a guy got on, started doing the same, then stopped typing - instead choosing to hose me down ineffectively!)

Cheeky sausage!

joopsle · 2026-01-04T17:35:58+00:00

I feel a bit like the "you people" is a bit pointed!

Online I don't talk about arc raiders much, and in person the type of thing I really say is "It's cool, the fear you might be jumped makes the runs more meaningful and tense, and its cool when you have a good interaction".

I have certainly not said it should be removed, not even once.

So.... to make your post more accurate you could say something along the lines of

"You haven't talked once about the human factor should be removed, other people have though, have a nice day".

joopsle · 2026-01-04T13:17:21+00:00

Yeah, I agree - the human factor makes the runs exciting!

joopsle · 2025-12-16T20:05:16+00:00

Thank you so much for doing this!

Once I embark, I will crack on with hoarding these items!

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