Hasbro laying off Wizards of the Coast staff is baffling

Post by rtkwe » Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 7:50 PM UTC

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> What's the point of buying packs? Draft is probably the best MtG style of playing. A lot of MtG turns into pay-to-win, since the best cards of the meta inevitably cost more. Drafting on the other hand, ensures that everyone has zero-cards upon the start of the draft and have to make due with the booster-cards that come in the draft. In many ways, drafting is cheaper. You don't have to worry about making the best de…

As a beginner, I think the drafts are a really unfriendly format that heavily biases experienced players (who know how different mechanics can combo each other, useful counters, deck balance, etc. by heart). I tried that with friends a few times but it was like trying to learn a new game every time, as fast as possible, so you can out-pick the cards before someone else grabs them. Personally I felt it shifted the gam…

Post by StableAlkyne » Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 7:55 PM UTC

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Layoffs during periods of strong performance really raise an eyebrow to me. You should have to prove some economic need to make those kind of layoffs similarly how you have to prove economic need for work visas.

Why do so many people think the economy is in a healthy position? Strong performance now means nothing. e.g., Department Store Sales 3-month average was $17B in 2008 and is now down to under $11B. It's a bloodbath. It has been steadily trending down since 2008. "Bill Ackman warns economy will fall off a cliff if the Fed doesn't hurry and cut rates" The Fed isn't going to cut rates for years. They're refusing to blink…

Post by imbnwa » Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 8:07 PM UTC

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If you ever want another huge, ancient labyrinth of a language that also kinda sorta runs everywhere, the Javascript world welcomes you with open tentaces! Here we're controlled by an evil older than Oracle itself (Microsoft and Typescript), with upgrades and crossgrades and cross compilers that deliver astounding 15% improvements in performance in exchange for a mere few animal sacrifices and a lifetime of misery. I…

Looking forward to the day Amazon buys Rust

Post by imbnwa » Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 8:15 PM UTC

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You didn't like the environmental interactions? I thought it was awesome how the "floor is lava" could quickly become "the air is now noxious gas / steam / full of lava elementals", how undead and the living react to elements different, etc. But it's really more that the action points system gave you a lot more tactical flexibility than the D&D "attack/cast + move" limits. Still, though, I loved the different builds…

I think the environmental effects were fun, but in longer or large battles, too much of the emphasis was placed on managing them. One thing I appreciated about BG3 is that you can use them to your advantage, but they’re not a primary focus of combat. I like the scale and variety of combat in DOS2 better overall, however. All the BG3 combat, outside a handful of battles, felt trivial and anti-climactic.

Post by rtkwe » Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 8:23 PM UTC

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Also their recent move to 3-book + DM screen sets is really annoying. They did it first with Spelljammer's rerelease into 5e and I think the oceanic thirst for Spelljammer content might have sent them the wrong signal about the popularity of the actual content which was pretty thin for the amount you paid for it with notable missing rules like long range travel... for the space setting.

The combat system is pretty piss-poor, too - to the point where many people have released their own, better, rulesets for combat to address these problems.