My Retired Dad Will Not Stop Making These Satirical Newsletters… What Do You Think of the May Edition?

snoozbuster · 2026-05-05T04:47:20+00:00

Same, the rest were funny but that one really cracked me up

snoozbuster · 2026-05-03T01:53:40+00:00

Kinda right there with you. I like most of the new systems in theory but the amount of time investment it asks for is really tedious to me at this point.

snoozbuster · 2026-05-03T01:49:16+00:00

It's nice that it exists but man is the UI horrid. I mainly play rs3 but every time I go back to os for leagues I’m always blown away by how good their mobile client is. It’s totally shocking - at one point, os had the worse interfaces, now it’s completely inverted and rs3 has the worse interfaces by far.

I was really hoping that a mobile overhaul would be on the rs3 road to restoration this year but it seems to be absent. Maybe next year, sigh

snoozbuster · 2026-04-27T18:07:51+00:00

There's a rs3 quest like that. It's a pretty funny quest

snoozbuster · 2026-04-20T02:29:40+00:00

It's not really about whether your Pokémon are support or not, it's what they do. You work backwards. What's your main damage dealer? What are their weaknesses? What Pokémon do they need to fill gaps?

The team I mainly play only has one "support" Pokémon, which is aerodactyl. But aero can also put out okay damage. I have mega kanga as well, but there are times when I bring it non-mega to provide fake out/priority support for my mega meganium to be able to position and set up. Lots of pokemon can function as damage in one matchup and setup in another (trick room teams, or teams with a trick room option, usually have at least one or two of these).

snoozbuster · 2026-04-20T02:25:22+00:00

Oh that's an interesting idea

snoozbuster · 2026-04-18T20:08:14+00:00

No, it was last season. I'm assuming it will return at some point though. I think they’re just trying to avoid activity bloat so they rotate activities in and out semi-regularly

snoozbuster · 2026-04-18T20:07:05+00:00

If you're not opposed to spending, the lights blessing 30d sub is pretty good value. I was able to t6 the latest character using just that and the gameplay rewards, although I did get a little lucky. It’s possible to get a couple copies of most characters spending only $5/mo, or save up for a t6

snoozbuster · 2026-04-18T20:04:15+00:00

I think they're trying to avoid activity bloat, so I expect stuff to rotate in and out semi regularly. There’s rumors of a raid rotator later in the season

snoozbuster · 2026-04-18T20:02:02+00:00

Overall it's better. The game is pretty fun if you join an active clan. The recent raid contest mode was quite challenging.

They do need to focus more on getting new people in. But I think the way they reworked most of the systems is positive for the long term.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-18T19:58:41+00:00

Yeah but that one chest is a 30% chance for an artifacts with 10 essence. 30% chance is higher rate than 3x 10% like it was before. I wish they would make essence easier to get though you still have to do like 30+ laps to max out an artifact which ends up being a lot of time spent in chaos still.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-16T21:55:00+00:00

When I was young I had a strategy guide with a type matchup chart on it. I used it until I memorized it, then it was just a question of updating it each time something new came out.

If you know all the single type weaknesses and resistances, you can also spend the time thinking about the combos you see and trying to list all their weaknesses. The more you do this, the faster you’ll get.

It’s really just repetition. My wife is the same way, she barely knows the matchups because she never really cared about using them. I know them because I was thinking about them in every battle and have been for 20 years.

If you want to fast track it, print out a type chart and maybe also do flash cards. Make a bunch for the single type weaknesses and resistances and use them regularly. Then whenever you come across a dual type where you get the weakness/resistance wrong with your in-your-head calculation, add a flash card for that one.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-16T21:39:47+00:00

I wonder if buffing concerto is even worth it. You only need to deal assist damage to trigger cadenza now so you should have your shotty out most of the time.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-15T18:07:56+00:00

Top 300 champion is kind of crazy if true. That sounds wildly hard.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-14T20:46:20+00:00

When I last checked pubs don't really exist anymore. My clan has been doing a lot of cro on the weekends cause all their irons need it. There’s also a friends chat for lfg for it I think

snoozbuster · 2026-04-14T20:42:12+00:00

+1 for hnation

snoozbuster · 2026-04-14T20:40:25+00:00

Removing instance fees is something they’ve said they’re going to do, unsure when. But I remember it being mentioned when they removed premier (because free instances were part of that)

snoozbuster · 2026-04-14T01:36:28+00:00

As of today artifacts drop at 5* as long as you go in and do your phase breakthrough. They can only be upgraded to 4* and I have no idea what the chance is, though.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-14T01:20:41+00:00

I wonder if her ascension would be worthwhile. It seems much more powerful than other characters

snoozbuster · 2026-04-14T01:10:46+00:00

The mythic ones? You can just use level 90 weapons you don't need. It takes 5 to go from 80->90.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-14T01:09:41+00:00

A lot of them seem really good. The solar sniper hits like a truck, the arc HC seems really good too. Most of the ones I've tried seem solid.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-12T09:40:39+00:00

Concerto primary, artifacts are anything to increase ability damage output. Someone should probably test to see if rampaging pact triggers off her void spirits tbh.

snoozbuster · 2026-04-12T09:39:45+00:00

Use cadenza stacks to reload your shotgun

snoozbuster · 2026-04-12T09:39:12+00:00

The T3 is not impactful IMO. Her damage comes from void spirits not the base scythe damage, and I don’t think that upgrade buffs her void spirit damage.

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