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I really like the alternate card style but not as an actual card, if that makes sense. If this was the era where special promo borders were few and far between, I think it would be great, but given how common this will be I don't think it's a good idea.

I'm reminded for example of the Amohnket Invocations which were even more illegible and got trashed for it. I liked the aesthetic and was okay with it due to the rarity, but we are at the point now where alt frames show up in every pack and you expect to see them constantly.

also Invocation series gave us Hazoret the Pervert and that's great

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https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/june-9-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement

Well, now we get to see for real if it's just Turns or if UR is too good

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Other stuff can be viable but WotC typically doesn't like it when similar strategies are so dominant at high-level events. This is basically the equivalent of the Pro Tour (I think?) and the meta tends to follow those

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It's not just the Turns deck that's the problem. 5 Turns decks in the top 8 is one thing but it's not just a case of pros being unprepared for that one deck. If you look at the meta breakdown, over 60% of the meta is split between Phoenix, Turns, and Control. It's very clear that UR(w) is far more powerful than other colors right now. If the meta doesn't settle around something else then I think it's inevitable that Brainstorm dies to knock all 3 decks down a peg.

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do you guys think brainstorm is good in historic

https://twitter.com/MagicEsports/status/1401656318121988103?s=19

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masterplum posted...

Not even in the same universe. Twin flashing in a land tapper is what made it so killer. You had to immediately burn your removal if you had it. You couldnt wait for them to go for it.

Yeah man that's what I said. It's much worse, that isn't going to stop people. The play pattern is the same.

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It would remind me a lot of Twin (even have the 4 mana sorcery now, more mana needed for protection) except losing the ability to "just go for it" without putting your library to 3 cards and be in danger of losing is a huge deal, as is the singleton aspect. And Tainted Pact it not itself an alternate wincon like Twin's creatures are. It's MUCH worse.

Still, much worse Twin is still Twin and people are gonna try and workshop the combo until it works. Combo/control decks are like crack to people.

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masterplum posted...

Define playable.

T1-T2, enough to still be a meta deck. Though you answer my question here by saying it isn't good enough to hit mythic.

Although it could be different for the tournament meta, I dunno. It was banned for having a 50+% metagame share in a pro tournament which is normally a fair call. I thought it was a bit premature but then I realized the championship is in two weeks and they clearly didn't want to risk Tainted Pact dominating the Historic matches if the meta couldn't adjust. This gives pros time to test the format without it. Plus, it's even more of an issue because HA5 drops soon. The players only have a few days to test that before locking in decks and from WotC's perspective they absolutely do not want Pact to overshadow their shiny new gold sink.

So I get the ban for the specific purpose of having this one tournament (hopefully) be more diverse and more fun to watch. But idk about it from a pure gameplay perspective, or what the actual pros think about it. It could be something to revisit after the championship.

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Is the deck still playable with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries?

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Oh okay, last I heard it was something that hard required two timeouts to execute which maybe isn't accurate.

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The Mana Sword posted...

That being said, I fully expect either Oracle or Pact to get banned in the very near future just because of the logistics of the win taking too long. I wish people would just scoop more often, but about 75% of games the opponent makes me click decline 40 times.

They've had this same problem with decks on MTGO before and not cared about it, though that's a bit of a different beast because

1) Historic is digital only
2) unlike Pact, the decks that did this were not "the best deck"

One alternative they could do is adjust the chess timer/rope to not tick down during it, since the main reason people do it is because there's a real possibility to time out during it which makes it "correct" to not concede if you care more about win rate than not wasting time.

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

How did you win?

It's probably less cool than it sounds. The board had stalled out but theirs was geared to win the long game with two 7/7s that kept growing. I had a solid defense with one of the 1/1 deathouch fliers and some medium-sized creatures but also a Vortex Runner that eventually put them on a clock. When it finally forced them to attack me and take extra turns I had an Arcane Subtraction that gave me insane blocks so on the second and third turns they had no follow up.

Edit: Oh they had also tried to go off earlier on me which probably would have won it for them, but I had Divide By Zero to stall a turn and was able to stall harder afterwards (I think by making a huge fractal with the Lesson they had to get rid of first, which they did, but wasted time)

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This format is so crazy. My last draft run I beat someone who took 3 turns in a row by recurring Time Warp! I've never seen a format like this.

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pyresword posted...

Based on what I've heard from others, I wouldn't be surprised if just getting to mythic at all in limited is enough to be in top 1200, since the number of players getting to mythic in limited is much less than in constructed. (ie. If there are less than 1200 players who get to mythic in limited it doesn't matter how much you play now since you can't drop out of mythic)

The only meaning the numbers have right now beyond bragging rights though is just that 1200 is the cutoff for entry to that one (constructed) tournament, so if you don't care about that then just play as much as you want. (It is free entry though, and if nothing else you'll get gems if you win a match)

My friend tried to get top 1200 not too long ago, for entry into the last tournament (around the Sealed Open that did the same I think?). Despite the less populated limited ladder, there were still enough people for it to become VERY competitive in that last week. Rank decays pretty aggressively, and you have to maintain pretty high WR to make the cut. They fell out of ranked trying to maintain 1200 status from 800 and couldn't do it.

I dont know the tournament schedule so that could change if it's a lower-stake one. And 400 is a pretty high starting rank. Things could be different, idk.

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sickness must be purged

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

BOY these area maps are not great. I feel like they just have gotten good feedback on fewer, larger maps in Heavsward, and then took it too far? So much huge, empty space.

There's one map that isn't mostly empty space but don't worry they compensate by splitting the map in half, making it obnoxious to navigate, and eventually connecting the two halves with some empty space.

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I've never gone past 100 in PotD because it's kind of a pain. Do you guys typically do it solo or run with a premade?

HoH I don't even think I've completed the normal mode story lol (30 floors? idk)

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

This mother fucker has a disc swapper for swords.

Prepare yourself for the best worst villain of all time

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Mac Arrowny posted...

Final Alexander fight maybe the coolest boss in FFXIV

may I introduce you to The Epic of Alexander

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rilYJDTNpPU

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trdl23 posted...

Minfilia is a driving force who does nothing useful until after she dies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5k8ZQsZJpk

note: minfilia died on the way to her home planet

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I think that moment would have been more hype if I didn't play it at release and like 3/4 times it was just certain death that sent you back to the start of the fight, lol. I've never really thought about it like that as a consequence

Ahk Morn definitely slaps though

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Dels posted...

i'd be less worried about the gil cost and more the time cost of constantly slotting them in and out of gear that you change in 2 levels anyway. for almost no benefit.

I mean with crafters this takes 10 seconds, nor do I change gear all that often unless it's being handed to me or I'm really spamming dungeons.

I dont even do this all the time nor did I say it's necessary for leveling. But I definitely think people should be slamming grade 6s into more shit and I disagree about ignoring materia until you're in current patch gear. That's why I recommended messing around with it at 70 if you're curious about learning the system.

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I was gonna say Grade 6s are free and there is no reason NOT to slot them into filler gear once you can but then I remembered it actually does cost gil to do that if you don't have crafters leveled. Whoops!

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LtMplusCATS posted...

I've yet to use any Materia. It sound like I have to level a DoH class to slot them?

No, there are NPC melders you can use to slot materia into gear that isn't crafted (so most gear). Still, it isn't a huge deal until level 70/80 where you have access to Grade 6/8 Materia which can give tons of bonus stats. IIRC the Stormblood MSQ throws a bunch at you so you can mess with it then if you want.

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Dels posted...

Oh. I thought it was just because spell speed doesn't affect your melee combo, so you'd rather have stats that affect all your skills, not just the magic ones.

It also doesn't affect your ogcds which are a large portion of RDM damage, so it's pretty trash

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Can we just get this Neera Tanden shit over with so we can move on to some other aspect of the internet that has poisoned our brains?

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periodic reminder that cuomo sucks ass

https://medium.com/@lindseyboylan4NY/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e

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It's good to know that it's probably just one bad GM and not a mandate handed down by Squeenix, because that's remarkably stupid

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

This reminds me...no idea what Limit Break is. The bar is always full at the end of every dungeon, pretty much. I have a Linite Break button I've tried hitting but it doesn't do anything even when the bar is yellow.

You play a caster, right? On caster it makes a targeting reticule on the floor you have to select to confirm before it will cast. No idea how that works on controller!

Once you figure it out, I recommend using it in higher level dungeons on big pulls with lots of mobs to hit.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I see the Shire accessories now, but there's basically no point in buying them now it seems with what I have. Is there going to be a Stormblood set that uses Poetics as well?

What accs do you have? The 270 stuff is dramatically better than normal quality vendor crap and will last you at least until 65.

Unless you are hungry for alt jobs gear I'd say go ahead and grab them. You should be at the point where you have plenty of roulettes to grab poetics from so as others say the game should be throwing them at you.

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As someone who does uses macros when they craft, Expert recipes are pretty fun. What is not fun is the sheer amount of them you have to do to get top 12 or max every tool, so miss me with that.

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Are you some kind of Ruby Sea apologist

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tcaz2 posted...

The stuff on Othard is generally more well liked.

The stuff in the Steppe is well-liked, literally every other part of the story is fairly divisive

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No, damage speeds it up, that's just how they are able to make such a chaotic fight that is more winnable than it looks at first.

BTW the weapon you're talking about is a crafted primal weapon. The drop you need to make it comes from an Extreme trial, and is likely making up the bulk of that cost. At higher levels it is relatively trivial to get a group together to farm lower level Extremes, and if you can manage to get the drop you might be able to find a crafter to make it for you for cheaper.

Or you know just buy it now because fashion is more important than gil

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There's a fun trick to Diabolos. At the very end of the fight he's actually killing himself slowly and boosting his damage while spamming all of his mechanics at once, but all you have to do there is survive and you will win.

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Oh, if you want actually difficult/engaging but still normal mode alliance raids, you should give Delubrum Reginae a shot! I haven't been in since week 1 so it's likely improved as people farm for relic, but THAT was some clown fiesta shit.

How does "get hit once and you have damage down, get hit twice and you get instakilled" sound?

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The Mana Sword posted...

Did Puppet's Bunker today for the first time. Very meh. The 5.0 alliance raid tier has been pretty disappointing. Hopefully the 3rd wing will be better.

It was better at release, the Nier raids are pretty easy to farm since they're mostly dodging weird aoes that absolutely fuck you up, and also gear is so much better now.

I honestly don't know if I prefer that to the design of the Ivalice raids, which have better designed mechanics but are still cursed as hell because you can still get groups to this day that don't know what the fuck is going on.

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Bozja might fail as a persistent zone to grind in but as someone who only really was doing it for the story and skipped Eureka it's a success on that front. Like, I get the feeling that their goal with it was to make a Eureka less people ignore, and they did that at the expense of its longevity. I may pop back in here and there for relic or exp but it's not the type of thing I want to grind to have fun grinding.

Also from what I hear it's actually worth doing Bozja now for the latest relic steps after that hotfix

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Soap is a recent invention in Ishgard.

I'm not even joking - this is basically the lore.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I may be rembering wrong, but when Austin Walker was playing this on Waypoints I seem to recall everyone saying he would love it once he got to Stormblood, but I don't think that ended up panning out. Other than that, yeah that seems to be the vibe.

I don't think I remember Austin's specific takes but the absolute most brutal criticisms of Stormblood I've seen are from that sphere of games criticism twitter and journalists, lol

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I still haven't figured out that fight against the magician guy in Crystal Tower, I should really look it up. I've run it 3 times now and still completely lost.

There's a lot of bullshit but the only mechanic that still matters is that some players get frozen, the people who get frogged go around unfreezing MOST of them, and one or two people will remain frozen and the party will hide behind an icecube.

There's some other stuff with the adds that people tend to ignore and just kill/ignore the adds as needed. There's a debuff that explodes that healers are supposed to cleanse and don't and just heal through it. Sycrus Tower is extremely trivialized by gear.

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Lightning Strikes posted...

I actually think the raids are better in ARR, but the dungeons are better in HW.

Well the 24-mans have much better designed fights that hold up better than Crystal Tower (well, the first one falls apart about as bad) and the important thing about the 8-man raids is that they actually have a playable normal mode so <_<

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

One thing that was in the ARR post-game raids I also hope is done for is that thing in one of the crystal tower raids where everyone split into one of 3 teleporters of their choosing to fight a miniboss, and it doesn't do anything to even the teams. When I ran that one one of the teleporters only had 4 guys go on it, it was a mess. Would much rather something like that force teams.

They do this in the 24-man raids starting at 70, but there's nothing at 60 nearly as messy as the Atomoses in Crystal Tower.

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xp1337 posted...

Did he though? I don't think Biden ever promised to abolish ICE.

He promised to halt deportations during his first 100 days, and he has now gone back on it. I'm not trying to do any complicated gotcha here!

I've read that his updated guidelines where he backtracked on this contain less restrictions on certain deportations that are entirely unrelated to the court battle, and certainly in that case he receives negative points. The argument goes that he lost one fight in court, and then in response has ceded even more power to ICE. As you note, he could be doing more.

If ICE officials are sad about it then good, but I would need to know what specifically they are mad about since by all accounts Biden isn't meaningfully stopping them from doing their main job of detention and deportation.

Edit: I guess really what I'm upset about is that we just got through 4 years of watching Trump obstruct, strongarm, and dismantle whatever federal agencies he want through executive action and firing people with zero consequence, but now that Biden is in we have to play by the rules when we have an actual justifiable reason to do these things. I know that sounds bad but I think we all have to get over the fact that our government is completely dysfunctional and any attempts to correct it are going to come across as aggressive regardless.

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Fine, that is more accurate.

He abandoned a progressive campaign promise instead of fighting ICE and making it a major issue. It's not totally on him but he is in no way blameless.

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Well hey if it doesn't he could actually just do the halt on deportations he lied about.

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After a quick search I may have identified your problem.

So there are multiple types of aoes in that fight. You might have to make sure you don't bait any normal aoes on her, because she might not dodge them very well.

But there's also a stack marker which I realize you absolutely have not ever seen before because it first shows up in a level 60 trial you obviously are unable to see! It looks like a big orange + sign that pulses on someone. You actually have to share it with her, or else she'll get destroyed.

Although, the stack marker isn't even explained in that trial so it's also a big lol, but what happens there is that the one person who doesn't know what it is runs away and eats shit and the other 7 people are totally fine. The fact that stack markers are never explained to new players in-game is a big meme in this game.

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Also, there is a good RDM hat in the job gear at 70. I believe it's the set the trainer is wearing, if you can hold on until then. The 50 set is a crappy knockoff of it.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I'm betting to toggle with delad, but it won't let me target since she nor actually in a party. I can softkock, but when I go to heal it just held me.

Seeing someone recommending a gear score of 220?? Guess being level 60 isn't enough! Mine is 129.

Lmao yeah are you still mostly in Ironworks? You can buy Shire gear now, from Idyllshire. If you don't know where that is you should really do the MSQ!

Though, it still be plenty doable without the absolute best gear, so I'm not really sure.

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It's only fair since the left has to deal with Obama impersonators like Buttigeig.

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