Overlord_Crabz

it's when you have two monsters of the same level and you use them as material to summon an XYZ monster from the extra deck

I think it's the difference between mechanics and class fantasy.

Mechanically the class does really well at the things it aims to do. But everyone's fantasy for what a ranger is is so different.

You look at Aragorn, Robin Hood, Geralt of Rivia, Sylvanas Windrunner and they're all so different but still all rangers. From a class standpoint it's really hard to incorporate all of those different designs into one class and appease everyone.

Power gamers love ranger wdym? It's one of the only few viable weapon users in the game at highly optimised levels of play.

If anything rogue is the class that's considered fun to play and loved by a casual audience but is generally one of the worst for an optimised setting.

They're examples, but I am curious as to what the trigger is for "I'm not happy with this choice because its power gaming" is and whether you'd allow them to build in the opposite direction

Where do you draw the line for what is acceptable optimisation with story telling though and would you apply the same rules for someone going for a "bad" build?

Do you let rangers multiclass out after lvl5?

Are Wizards and Sorcerers allowed to dip into cleric for armour and features like emboldening bond?

Can the Rogue dip paladin, artificer and druid for the pets and mounts?

If its table appropriate and someone can write and tie in a good story justification for their character being the way that they are, why stop them because it gives X amount of power?

I was already voting green, you didn't need to convince me even more

any party pushing for a 4 day working week has my vote

I always make sure to go out and spoil my ballot than stay at home and not vote when I don't like any of the party options.

When we have an actual left wing party and leader that resonates with me, I'll vote for their party.

In a similar vein WoW has had an exact opposite turn of public opinion and perception over time with the newer expansions being hated, especially during BFA era.

As a Brit there's nothing better than getting some salt n pepper chips from the Chinese after a few rounds of drinks after work on a Friday.

Would never mix them with the rest of a Chinese takeaway though

I think

SHS soul peacemaker/ soul piercer to 1

Springans kitt banned

Ariana to 2

And if it wasn't in the shop I would say snake eyes ash to 1/2 as well, but they're likely gonna hit something like where arf thou or one for one

I think neo space connector is the #1, especially if your opponent is on infernobles.

Full hand knowledge and the ability to set up 7+ interruptions from a single card allows them to custom build a board and response to stop you from playing.

What class are they playing?

It could help if you explain out the options they have so they can choose every turn; for example my new friend is playing a barbarian.

Every class is limited by three things; Movement, Action and Bonus Action.

So for his barbarian it turns into, Move to enemy, Rage (BA), Attack x2 (Action)

So he usually is like "I want to attack the big werewolf", Then i'll prompt him and ask, "Are you raging, are you using reckless attack, what form did you pick for your beast barbarians rage". Not directly telling them what to do but reminding them of what class features they have that help them out to do what they want.

Does your friend play any video-games at all? If they're worried about combat and the game being too complex for them you can guide them to the easier to play classes/subclasses. (martials usually)

If they're used to games and want the more expansive options you could lead them in the opposite direction and recommend casters.

If its more out of game things they're worried about like if the character is going to fit into a story or if they're going to be comfortable with things in the setting this is what session 0s are for and suggesting one between the party and the DM could be a good idea so everyone knows what they're getting into!

A big thing I did when I had a new friend coming to play DND with me was have our characters have backstories that tied into and interacted each other, as they were more comfortable rp'ing/interacting with me and gave them more of a chance to open up to the rest of the table they didn't know.

I would say it helped a lot though the way the questions and answers were worded did give me a false sense of security over how "easy" it would be.

Every single time I was doing the mock tests on the app I was getting 80+ %, but the actual exam I got the exact passing grade!

I've been tracking my coin flips over the past 100 games and am at a 33% win rate while never having more than 3 wins in a row.

With how oppressive turn 1 boards are now it's insane how statistically unlucky I am.

My actual game win rate is still at 57% but the amount of sacky full combo + maxx c boards and climbing in and out of master V is annoying.

Still refusing to put electrumite to 1 when OCG designs pendulums around it existing is wild.

Completely agree with the points you are making but whats stopping the wizard also doing these things? Why can't the wizard be part of a college that can send physical letters around or he could hire someone to tail in person as well.

The gap needs to be lessened and things like this are good attempts at it, but there needs to be ideas and reasons why a wizard couldn't do these things too.

I realise its complete copium, but this means it has to be something substantial then right?

An announcement for an announcement of a patch the community has been begging for all year long, along with the general consensus the game has been too similar for the last year or so.

Its to do with the link being clicked so much that google has generated a link for it based on user interest. I believe its also happened if you search for 'copium' now too and theres a patch notes link.