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I dropped wb a bit after the first set, came back for skybound dragons and have stayed since, but ever since I could swear the only archetype that dragon has had that was truly strong has just been ramp, am I misremembering or just forgetting something?

Like, discard was a thing, but even when it was around last set it needed fan to really do much, and I wasnt playing when disdain was relevant I believe

But since coming back it seems like ive seen different archetypes fully for other classes except dragon that just kinda falls into some variation of ramp?
For example portal of course has AF and egg, forest (had) combo and evo, abyss with evo and mode (kinda annoyed at how many decks were just evo) but the closest split I thought of for dragon ive witnessed was Fennie (which is literally just ramp into fennie into strong discounted followers) and Evo (which wasn't particularly good either and of course was just yet another evo deck)

It seems like they just have a problem committing fully to a separate playstyle for dragon other than ramping

Not to be negativity posting but it has me considering just going back to playing egg, at the end of last set it was super fun to make the different pieces and plan ahead, along with gundam, scarlet/myuu, or beta spam as different wincons depending on how long you expect the match to go
Managing handsize with fusing a bunch and preparing turn 5 copy spell with artifact catapult + yogg really felt fun to me

now though with catapult especially gone it really feels like you dont have enough generators to fuse into gundam, or even have much variety, and your gameplan is pretty much only scarlet/myuu now as finishers

chances are I might just not be understanding how to play it now, but I didnt realize how fun karula and especially catapult made AF fun to play for me until they were gone....well, at least until I decide to grind unlimited

tldr it feels like in terms of options AF got gutted and it makes me sad. maybe ill just play pawn or rally this set

I remember it absolutely dominating for a time, but then at some point I could swear it just...stopped existing?
Was the nerf to the 1PP 3 damage + draw if fused really that bad for it? Or was it also a combination of losing albert?
The current meta seems like its slow enough to where sincero would do fine, so im kinda curious on if there are particular reasons

Does anyone have a list of JP channels on yt, any decks work, I just know shadowverse in general is more popular there and want to expand the ones I check out

I finally hopped on shadowverse with WB (after taking a break past launch until the gbf set. I still regret not getting el.) and have stuck with it since coming back, so I am super excited for the first anni for this game

So far, my expectations arent high, but it would be cool to see a big surprise

My main thoughts are:

- Chunk of pulls (if they just give out a bunch of intro cards ill fight someone at cygames myself)
- Nio in shop (since its been a year since the first BP, assuming they ever plan to make BP leaders available again, I THINK Nio was the first BP leader...?)
- Larger set size (This meta has overall been pretty decent but since we lost a bunch of cards, not much better time to make a bigger set than with anniversary)

Unlikely thoughts:

- New class/abyss split (I know they introduced portal a year into OG shadowverse, but I cant really see them doing the same here considering abyss' existence, unless they just thought the identity and aesthetics between the two was too close...? Either way we would need a REALLY big set for it I think)

I have no clue why but every time I use my main, within a few posts I get shadowbanned (replies are unavailable to anyone else, friends stop getting notifications for me when they normally do)

So far ive tried twice, ill stop using my main for around 2 weeks, post there for a bit again, then within a day I get shadowbanned again and my replies cant be seen by anyone! Any clue how to avoid this or is this just a consequence of elon's masterful website management

Im not familiar with rotation formats in card games, but currently I enjoy playing egg and trying to learn AF, but I was wondering how often did old archetypes get completely left behind in the OG shadowverse for a long while? Currently I know puppet is dead in rotation, but is there any idea how long they usually wait to bring archetype support back?

Im not the biggest forest player to start off with so maybe I am missing the mark entirely here, but I always found roach really cool, and this set they seem to have shifted to a different variation for combo (or buff) that wants you to consistently make 3 combo in order to buff up cards in deck, but it always has felt inconsistent to me

The idea is turn 4/5, drop thestae, evo her and get a 1PP card out to activate the buff, and then from there every turn the cards in your deck get buffed by 1/1 for 3 turns

The issue with the strategy (to me, at least) is that of course you cant actually control what cards you draw
Say I draw fencer immediately, I shuffle her back around turn 4 with one of my two options to return her to deck, and from there 1 of 3 things happen

1: I draw her again too early for her to be buffed much or useful
2: I DONT draw her again until its far too late
3: I draw her at the right timing to push for damage

In 2/3 of these scenarios I get screwed entirely by luck to an even greater degree, not to mention im still having to actually upkeep the thestae buff during this time. ALSO there is the chance that by reshuffling i simply get cards I don't want in my hand that I want to be buffed anyway

There are tools to resuffle back into the deck but of course to my knowledge no way to actually search the cards you shuffle when needed so its just up to god on if you get it too early, late, or right on time

Currently the main strat i see people run with buff forest is to just try to last until t9 to drop a bunch of congregants that they probably cant clear by then but it doesnt feel particularly strong up to that point in the first place

My main thought that comes to mind that would make things more consistent is of course have Thestae buff all cards in hand AND deck. but I have no clue on card game balancing and if something like that would absolutely break the game. What are other people's thoughts on the deck?

Hello hello, I am new to this subreddit and am making my way through the games (starting ch.5 on D2 currently) and was wondering what people felt about the use of 3D models from 6 onwards compared to sprites?

Coming from fighting games, personally I have a huge preference for sprites compared to 3d models for the most part, comparing older GG games to XRD onwards while I do think the 3d models can be cool, I just find myself appreciating the older titles a lot more, so I will probably end up feeling the same when I eventually make my way to D6

I decided to binge the disgaea games specifically because I think usalia is adorable and thought "why not start from the top?"

Beat disgaea 1 and starting 2, but then I noticed that at least on steam 3 isn't listed at all while every other one was, I know there is 1 complete on switch but was unable to find anything for 3, did I overlook something or is 3 just not available for purchase on modern devices?

Mostly just thoughts that came to mind but I started thinking about how weird (positive) granblue is in terms of how it handles its characters and the ones that are a focus but also seems to still have normal stuff you'd anticipate from an anime game

In general, typically most anime fans I notice these days tend to be into different camps. Some dislike older tropes and thinks they should do away with them completely, others embrace these tropes still, and one thing I also notice is that these groups tend to be pro/anti lgbt (at least the louder parts of them)

The thing is with granblue, it seems to unapologetically stick to older tropes and character design types as well. An easy example is the "loli" design trope. I don't think genshin really has those sexualized, but then you look at some of granblue's (wind lily) and its pretty obvious its a design trope that they arent too shy about creating.

There is also archetypes such as yandere (Nier, Lobelia) that are popular and prevalent for gbf, that can be seen as cringy in more western spaces these days.

https://preview.redd.it/e6fbhyzcqb1h1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=38e21485b60d4b3c46a830df18ba62a5d65c3555

https://preview.redd.it/pjstju1dob1h1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=fbcea6fc3b605a054ffb1461a34a791bb16c0da2

On the flip side though, you also have designs like spinnah. Thats just straight up a black guy. Hairstyle and all.

The thing is, gbf doesnt do these often for obvious reasons, but the existence of them and going all the way is also appreciated. There is another leader in shadowverse thats actually designed to BE black instead of simply having dark skin when considering cygames other games, as well as the recent JP uma stuff.

https://preview.redd.it/aryqho1jpb1h1.png?width=480&format=png&auto=webp&s=54e7a0e90714e4e7f62f59c2122fd07caea79a9d

There is also lgbt rep as well, people generally agree Ladiva and Cagliostro are both transgender with Cag being a very popular character overall. The thing is, both of them are very different types of ways to approach trans people. Ladiva can be seen as stereotypical, but cygames treats her generally pretty seriously, and shes well liked on the cast, even with an explanation on WHY she wants to keep her body. Even Cag mentions she could give Ladiva a different one and Ladiva just simply refuses for her personal reasons.

All in all I think gbf is really interesting. It includes more progressive mindsets with some of its designs, not enough to say that they actively 100% push for them (especially in spinnahs case, not many full on black characters among cygames rosters), but they also seem to both want some degree of inclusiveness, while also not abandoning common tropes in the anime

Ill sometimes see talk about "gatekeeping" these days and granblue seems to me like it fits in a weird spot where it gatekeeps itself by both being a bit more progressive compared to other gachas, while also still showing its age in a way. Anyway rambling over