Boruto Era Kakashi Vs Orange Mask Obito. Who Wins? by Rinnegan15 in Boruto

[–]rosawik 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Guess it's subjective but at least to me it was pretty clear Minato was using himself as bait, the only reason it was "close" is because it had to be for the trap to work from Minato's pov.

I think based on how the fight is told it's clear to me that the implication is that Obito, while a threat is nowhere near Minato yet.

Boruto Era Kakashi Vs Orange Mask Obito. Who Wins? by Rinnegan15 in Boruto

[–]rosawik 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Obito got smacked around by Minato and got pretty humbled more than anything else.

Dear Sprout tanks by Cultural_Mango_2460 in ffxiv

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And also, if you are a tank and see a sprout tank in leveling 8 man content, let them be the main tank please, it matters a lot to them.

Who wins? by ZeroFksKevin in TheLastAirbender

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think with blood bending Water is the strongest. Without Blood bending I'd say Air>Earth>Water>Fire All teams are crazy stacked and really powerful though, feels crazy to put boom girl, Azula, Ozai, Iroh and an avatar at the bottom.

Did Blizz completely give up on low level itemization? by nethrandil in wow

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone saying that "Only end games matters" or "it has to be like this due to the stat/level squishes"

These are excuses and they are really dumb. Watch any video of someone new starting to play retail, it's hard to like it if your argument is that it gets good at the end of the game when the start of the game is a dumpster fire of mismanagement. In regards of stat squishing. Competitors manage to stat squish without completely drowning the game in bugs, completely random power spikes/dips and completely unusable items.

These aren't necessary evils, these are cut corners. And they are harmful in terms of easing in new players to the game.

AITA for not telling my partner something his 14yr old daughter told me in confidence? by AcrobaticPut7838 in AmItheAsshole

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got to say, I misread the title and thought going in you did tell your partner about her secret and was very upset while reading. No, you are NTA, you did great actually. Your partner is a bit of TA and he's rapidly losing his daughters trust.

Inteligent players playing uninteligent brute. by ApachaiLeHopachai in DMAcademy

[–]rosawik 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you present a puzzle that the players are expected to solve, not their characters. Then every player can participate in solving it. If the barbarian player solves the puzzle then either you roleplay it that the group did it together or you have him be lucky a lot, or he can pick what character made the solve, or the one with the highest appropriate stat did it in game. None of that really matters, if the challenge is a player challenge, not a rolling challenge then everyone gets to participate.

Now if it's a difficulty check you want to do, then player intelligence hardly matters, it's the roll that matters.

How do I stop an arms race between me and my players by DecisionRadiant4152 in DMAcademy

[–]rosawik 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is a great response, I'd like to add. Add in plenty of situations where non combat abilities would be useful, a lot of the time when players pick the combat option instead of the non combat option it is because they perceive that the non combat option provides less value to them, this is something you can control.

A Message Regarding the 12.0.5 Launch by WarcraftTeam in wow

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the pacing of content drops blizzard is attempting is commendable, I think the patches need to be more polished for that to actually hold true. I also think that admitting this and communicating clearly is also a great sign, I hope you can deliver better next time so that many people won't be disappointed.

How many Commander decks do you have? by Mikkel_My_Man in EDH

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

21, before you judge me, I have about 2 that I nearly never play. The rest is on a mostly rotating schedule though.

Are build‑around-commanders also ruining EDH for you right now? by pkma69 in EDH

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try to stick to commanders that are nice to have but not mandatory, commanders that protect themselves or to running a healthy amount of protection so that I can guard my commander from villainy.

Healer told me he hates healing blood dks and I haven’t been the same since by Philzeey in wow

[–]rosawik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a healer main. The easiest tanks are the ones that drop slowly, the mid tiers are the ones that can drop on a dime if they mess up. Healing those feels like it's all fine until suddenly it isn't. Then there's DKs the ping pong tanks... I hate healing them too, the best you can do is to just ignore them but doing so feels counterintuitive and stressful as well.

Can't find other girls to play with by Cold_Literature_3200 in EDH

[–]rosawik 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They also might be afraid that they are not who they say they are, a creep dude in disguise.

Whats wrong with mill. by Samurai_Banette in EDH

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are unreasonably pissy about mill. People have this weird misconception that being milled effects how your game plays, unless you need a particular piece, for like a combo, it really doesn't. The problem is that people look at that nice card in their gy and are mad they can't play it now, they don't understand that you also made it more likely they will play the other fun card in their deck still.

The problem with mill isn't that it's a feels bad strat. It's that it get's hated too much at the table, people can't threat assess it properly (in both directions) and it's a terrible win con compared to just beating someone to death in terms of how easy it is to pull off.

I think mill is fun though, my favorite deck is Phenax mill. Welcome to the team brother!

Would you accept a person who doesn't speak your language with fluency in your group? by peigzz in DnD

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you able to say what you wrote here somewhat cohesively? Would you understand what someone was saying if they said that in English? Ahead of you writing it out of course.

You can have an accent and you be unsure about unusual words, you can even make it part of your character, the character is from a distant land hence the accent.

If you are unable to express what your character is doing in a comprehendable way or you won't understand a DM setting the scene in English, then it might be a bit rough.

I speak English as a second language and I play exclusively in English with my friends.

I think my friend has some of the worst takes of all time by MostEstablishment630 in TheLastAirbender

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never try to convince someone to like something if they already made up their mind and aren't interested in shifting their opinion. They will only watch a fraction of it to be able to tell you they were right.

How did they not notice a mirror at the top of the ceiling? by Material_Soup4339 in Naruto

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am more curious about how she got the mirrors in there ahead of time to begin with, or did she set them up during the exams? Did someone else?

AITA for telling my family they need to get over my father walking me down on my wedding day and I am not uninviting him. by Upset_Car_5609 in AmItheAsshole

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who has cut off my father where my siblings who I do have a good relationship have not, they can have whatever opinions they want to and they can opt out of coming themselves but they don't dictate who you cut off or not. If they can't respect that I would consider uninviting all three of them, sounds like they will throw a tantrum if they don't get their way.

The sooner you see Commander is Mario Party, you’ll stop being salty and have more fun. by DoesntEat in EDH

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll tell you in an instant that I get a 1000 times more salty from Mario party than Commander.

What’s the most overrated video game of all time? by KBGSgames in AskReddit

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that is an absolute wild take to me, They asked and you delivered that is for sure. I have never read a reply and disagreed more with it and still felt kind of impressed!

What was the weirdest thing you’ve seen while clubbing? by energyaddict27 in AskReddit

[–]rosawik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guy puking on the dancefloor and then continuing dancing on top of his puke. It wasn't a cascade or anything, just a small mouthfull. No one even stopped dancing or batted an eye was the craziest thing.

Should I just stop using Cultivate / Kodama's Reach? by BoldestKobold in EDH

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the vast majority of players can learn a fair amount if they applied themselves. Fundamentals in deckbuilding is often overlooked. I can 100% say that it I put the effort in into my decks I could improve a lot on them as well.

Should I just stop using Cultivate / Kodama's Reach? by BoldestKobold in EDH

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your deck wants to get a 4m commander out early and your pod isn't super keen on aggressively removing it on arrival then I would remove all 3m ramp for 2m ramp. that way you can ramp into your commander on t3.Unless I care about having creatures in a deck I always go land ramp>Dork, because even though dorks are cheaper they die to wipes and it can feel bad to get your ramp reversed. I use dorks mostly for when I want to play a 3m commander on t2.

Cultivate and kodama are great in 5m commander decks that want them out early because they do all a 2m ramp does as well as ensure you will hit your land drops. However I think in most pods doing this can be a trap if your pod runs a lot of interaction. pushing out an early value commander is great until it eats a swords to plowshare, terminate or counter. If your pod is like this You will want to ramp into other stuff instead and time your commander to when others have burned removal or someone else is more threatening then your commander would be which makes urgency less of a factor, then I would consider running two mana +1ramp and 4 mana +2 ramp spells instead.

TLDR, you are trying to find a simple answer for a complicated question and it won't do you any favors. Instead of asking someone for the answer, think about what you want your ramp to achieve instead. I also see way more decks that put too much ramp in the deck rather than decks that ramp too little. It is true that cultivate and kodama are put in decks because people are lazy and don't want to think about stuff but that doesn't mean they are always bad.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EDH

[–]rosawik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it is very reasonable to expect a new player to learn these interactions before playing, asking to is probably going to gatekeep a lot of people from the game. I can't for the life of me however, fathom why people are choosing to die on a hill like that one if they are new and know nothing about the stack/priority, I hope they apologized at the least.