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Why I'll never stop buying GME, and why you probably should
When I turned 18, there was a casino about 2 hours away on a reservation that I could get into. We'd get paid on Friday night, head to the gas station near us that would cash a paycheck, pile into my crappy little Ford, then make the drive. We'd get there a little before midnight and everyone had their own game. The second time we went, one of my friends was hypnotized by the craps table. There were 16 players standing around this sea of green, and every minute or so, you could hear them screaming at the top of their lungs like they just won a million dollars. On the way home that night, I taught him everything I learned from books I'd read about the different bets. "Smart" bets where the house edge was only 1.4%, all the way down to the risky ones where the house edge was over 10% (meaning that for every $100 wagered, you should expect to lose $10). The next time we went, we hung around the table, trying to figure out the right way to bet. It seemed a little complicated, so we tried other games. At the end of the night, I had the last $10 and he asked if he could borrow it to go place a bet. I handed it over, then went to the bathroom in preparation for the ride home. When I finally found him again, he had a stack of chips in front of him. He had been gone for about 5 minutes and already turned $10 into a few hundred. Well, if you can turn 10 into 100, you can turn 100 into 1,000 just as easily. We left empty handed that night, but I'll never forget the rush. I loved blackjack. I learned how to play at an early age from my uncle, who would always cheat and take my money. He'd say "I just taught you a very valuable lesson." He actually taught me two: 1) if you play against a casino, you may have a good night and win thousands of dollars, but if you keep going back, you'll eventually have nothing left. 2) My uncle was a scumbag who continually cheated and took my money, then told the family I was a poor sport and they couldn't understand why I hated doing anything with him. One of my earliest memories at the casino was running $100 at the blackjack table into $3000, which is more than I made in a month of bussing tables. I went home, paid my rent and blew the rest on useless things I can't even remember. What does any of this have to do with $GME? Well I'm still chasing the same high as I was when I was 18. I don't go to the casino anymore, but I've got something even better on my computer. I bought $2k worth of weeklies on Jan 25. Before everything crashed, they were worth over $100k, more than enough to fix most of the problems I've caused in my life. BUT, I was still standing around that craps table. The roller had just made his 30th point in a row, $GME was on fire and couldn't possibly roll a 7! I put my 2k back in my pocket and shoved the rest on the pass line. A few minutes later, the croupier inevitably yells "7 out!" and just like that, I'm back to nothing. Now I do what every moron around the table does. You reach back into your pocket, pull out the 2k and make a deal with your maker. "Just let it happen one more time. I won't be greedy THIS time and I'll stop when I hit 50k." I stop looking at the smart bets and start eyeing the center of the table, where hard ways are paying 10:1. Yeah, that'll be how I get back to 50k. A couple of those in a row and I can put a down payment on a house. 5 minutes later, I'm on my way out to the car and I feel like I've been punched in the gut. Again. Every one of you in this subreddit is another person sitting at the casino. Everyone has their game. The people holding $GME stonks right now? You're playing baccarat. If you've never heard of it, it's what James Bond plays in the old movies. It's about the most boring thing you can do. Two hands are dealt and you're betting on which one wins before anything happens. There's no actual skill and it's the same thing as betting heads or tails, while losing 1% of your bet every time. The people who cashed out and picked something else like $AMC or $BB? Those are the slot players. You had a big hit and now you're going to switch machines because the other ones are "due". You're looking for the exact same magic, thinking there was something smart in your play, when it was really just dumb luck in timing. The people saying "If Daddy Elon or Cowboy Cuban gets in, we can trigger a squeeze!" You're the guy who spent too much money in the first 20 minutes of the trip and now you're begging everyone else for a loan. Tldr: Nothing is happening with $GME. Stop saying "tomorrow is the day." Billionaires are not coming to bail you out. If institutional investors come in, they're waiting for this constant downhill slide to end at where the stock belongs, probably around $20. You can't trigger shit by holding. The HFs will outlast you. Edit: Screenshots from the worst 40 minutes of my financial life https://imgur.com/a/MlTRJmx Edit 2: JFC, some of you are takin WSB way too seriously. You should not be using reddit for DD. Also, this is not financial advice. Don't take financial advice from someone who tells you stories about chasing highs at casinos. Edit 3: This is WSB, my dudes. I'm glad most of you were entertained by my story. For the few of you who got that worked up by a random stranger on the internet telling you that he's a degenerate, you may actually have a problem. https://www.ncpgambling.org/help-treatment/
Source: https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/50040 This week at Bungie, we introduce Seasonal Challenges. Welcome to the second-to-last TWAB of Season of the Hunt. Many of you have been navigating the secrets of the Harbinger mission, uncovering randomly rolled Hawkmoons and earning the Radiant Accipiter Exotic ship. Content-wise, we’re coming to a close for the Season, and we’re incredibly excited for what’s to come in just a few short weeks. We’ve been covering some upcoming quality of life changes to Destiny 2, like the return of Umbral Engrams, but it’s almost time to take a peek at fresh content. Season of the [REDACTED] trailer goes live on February 2, 2021. Before we get there, we have a new feature to cover, Seasonal Challenges, and a round of weapon-focused sandbox changes to walk through. As a warning, this is a pretty large amount of information in a small space. We've joked about "meaty" TWAB's before, but this one may feel a bit overwhelming if you rush through it. Let's take it slow, step by step, and get through it together in one piece.
Introducing: Seasonal Challenges
Over the last year, we’ve been looking at ways in which we can reduce the amount of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) in Destiny 2. We’ve recently made some changes to Seasons and how Seasonal content is available throughout a given year of Destiny 2. This week, we’re looking to bounties and Bright Dust, introducing a new system not only to remove FOMO, but give fresh ways to earn XP and alternate rewards. To walk us through the ins and outs of Seasonal Challenges, we pass the mic to the Development team.
Dev team: During production of Beyond Light, we started looking at the problems of bounty fatigue and FOMO, as well as Seasonal legibility (i.e., “What is in a Season?” and “How to I engage with it when I log in?”). We created a few goals which we believe will improve the experience:
Provide a guide to new, returning, and veteran players for what to do today/this week.
Guide the player through the Seasonal content, week-over-week.
Encourage players to engage with complexities and nuances of the Seasonal activity and rituals.
Reduce the penalties on XP and Bright Dust for missing a given week.
To solve these goals, we are introducing a new pursuit type for players – Seasonal Challenges. The Seasonal Challenges live on their own page, are accessed through the Quest Log or Season Pass, and are separated by week. Image Linkimgur Here’s a quick breakdown of how this feature works:
Every week, for the first 10 weeks of a Season, between 3 and 10 new Challenges appear automatically for players.
Some of the Challenges deal with the Seasonal content.
Others push players to complete strikes, Gambit, and the Crucible, or to focus on non-activity focused Destiny rituals, like gaining Power, unlocking Seasonal Artifact mods, or improving guns and armor.
These Challenges can only be completed once per account, but once they become available, these Challenges can be completed at any time before the end of the Season, and do not need to be started or picked up from a vendor.
As an example, if a player doesn’t play for weeks 2 through 4, they can return on week 5 and have all of those Challenges waiting for them!
Completing each Challenge awards XP, contributing to your Season Pass ranks.
Other rewards could be Bright Dust, Seasonal currency, or other interesting items!
In moving away from weekly bounties, which were restricted to broad objectives tied to ritual activities, we have taken more leeway with creating some interesting or more difficult Challenges. These may be things you are already doing, or things that test your ability. Some examples include:
Defeating Primeval Envoys in Gambit
Defeating enemies in Nightfall: The Ordeal with Seasonal weapons
Gaining Infamy or Valor ranks
Acquiring the ritual weapon and its cosmetic ornaments
Winning rounds in Trials of Osiris
Completing a Grandmaster Nightfall
Not all the Challenges will require that level of accomplishment, but the harder or longer the Challenge is, the more experience it rewards. Challenges that focus on the Seasonal activity and ritual mostly need the Season Pass to complete, but most of the ritual focused Challenges can be completed without the Season Pass. Overall, roughly 60% of the Seasonal Challenges do not require the Season Pass. With the changes above, we are removing weekly bounties from the three ritual vendors (Zavala, Shaxx, and Drifter), Banshee-44, and the Seasonal vendor. These vendors will still have daily bounties which reward XP, and the three ritual vendors will still have repeatable bounties for those of you who want to pursue additional XP and Bright Dust. Lastly – most of the Challenges disappear after the Season they were introduced, and anything that isn’t claimed will be lost. We don’t add any new Challenges after Week 10 – which should give everyone a few weeks to clean up any Challenges they didn’t finish. Any Challenge that rewards unique or Seasonal items (currencies, lore books, Seasonal weapons, etc.) – can be completed as long as the Seasonal activity is in the game, but XP awarded for completing the challenge will only be available during the season it was introduced. Let’s Talk Bright Dust Back before Beyond Light launched, we discussed some of the goals around the changes to Bright Dust. As a refresher, we wanted to change the way you earn Bright Dust and move more towards account-specific paths to give players with only one character significantly more Bright Dust than they've been earning over the last year. In Season 13, we’ll be continuing to move toward these goals by adding Bright Dust onto Seasonal Challenges. Since you no longer have to purchase weekly ritual bounties, each of the strike, Crucible, and Gambit Seasonal Challenges will award between 75 and 300 Bright Dust. We are also introducing an end-of-Season Bright Dust bonus – if you complete (nearly) all of the Seasonal Challenges, we are awarding a single 4,000 Bright Dust pile. Additionally, each ritual vendor challenge (“Complete 8 bounties”) awards 120 Bright Dust for each character who completes it each week. And because this is prompted by the removal of weekly bounties, the only Seasonal Challenges that will be awarding Bright Dust are the ones that both Season Pass owners and free players can complete. Here’s a quick breakdown of how much Bright Dust you should expect to earn over the course of Season 13.
120 Bright Dust per ritual vendor, per character, per week
14,040 total if completing all required weekly Challenges over the course of Season 13
Additionally, we still plan to offer weekly and repeatable Bright Dust bounties for Seasonal events, giving you a bit more Bright Dust towards desired rewards. As a final note, please be sure to claim all Seasonal Challenges that award Bright Dust prior to the end of a Season. Once a Season ends, associated Challenges and their Bright Dust rewards will expire and can no longer be claimed.
It’s always exciting when we bring a new feature online for Destiny 2. We hope that the changes detailed above make it easier to create goals to complete each week. As always, we’re eager to hear your feedback once you start finishing your first Seasonal Challenges, so please sound off with your thoughts!
Back to the Sandbox
Image Linkimgur Every Season, we have a collection of changes to the Destiny 2 sandbox to spice things up a bit. This Season, we’re making some targeted changes to weapon archetypes that need some love as well as beginning some preparations for crossplay.
Dev team: In preparation for crossplay, coming later this year, we’re making some changes to the Recoil stat. Currently, several weapon archetypes have their Recoil reduced by around 40% (dependent on archetype) when using mouse and keyboard. This results in an issue where players on mouse and keyboard are able to largely ignore the stability weapon stat, creating unintended discrepancies in weapon performance between controllers and mouse and keyboard. The following weapon archetypes will have their mouse and keyboard Recoil adjusted closer to controller (reduced the difference from ~40% to ~20%).
Auto Rifle
Scout Rifle
Pulse Rifle
Submachine Gun
Hand Cannon
Machine Gun
In the case of Pulse Rifle, Submachine Gun, and Machine Gun, we will also be introducing some buffs. In some cases, these weapons will have less Recoil across both Controller and mouse and keyboard input methods compared to what’s in the game today.
Submachine Guns are largely outclassed by Auto Rifles at medium range, and by Sidearms at short range, with player feedback often mentioning how hard they are to control. To address this feedback, we’re introducing the following change:
Reduced camera movement from firing a Submachine Gun by 24%.
Pulse Rifles with the mouse and keyboard changes were kicking a little too much.
Reduced camera movement from firing a Pulse Rifle by 7%.
Machine Guns with the mouse and keyboard changes were kicking a little too much.
Reduced camera movement from firing a Machine Gun by 9.5%.
We will pay close attention to how these changes play out when they go live, and plan to revisit individual archetypes in a future update as needed. Outside of Recoil adjustments, we will also be tuning a few weapon archetypes in Season 13. Looking through backend data and community feedback, we landed on the following: Buffs
Rocket Launchers have fallen behind other Heavy weapons in most measures of effectiveness, we’re pushing them more into a burst damage role.
Increased Rocket Launcher damage by 30%.
Exotic Rocket Launchers have been adjusted individually and are affected by this change to different degrees.
Paired with the buffs to reserves from last Season, we’re hoping you’ll explode many more things in Season 13!
Fusion Rifle usage is very low, and they feel like an unreliable choice in Crucible compared to Shotguns.
Increased Fusion Rifle damage falloff start distance based on Range stat. (6% with 0 Range, 16% with 100 Range)
Reduced camera movement from firing a Fusion Rifle by 9.5%.
Breech Grenade Launcher usage is very low (outside of Mountaintop). We believe part of the reason is that the loop of "hold the trigger to arm, then release to detonate” is challenging to execute, particularly since projectiles can bounce off targets if the trigger is held
Breech Grenade Launcher projectiles will now detonate on impact with a character, even if holding the trigger.
Nerfs
While Sniper Rifle usage has dropped in Crucible, we’ve observed that it’s hard to challenge someone with a Sniper Rifle – even if you get the first shot on an enemy, they can often respond and win the fight.
Increased ADS flinch to Snipers when taking damage from other players
Swords are extremely dominant in PvE. At this time, 65% of players are using Swords for the majority of gameplay encounters in Destiny 2. While we are introducing a buff to Rocket Launchers to make them a bit more enticing, we feel that Swords do too much damage compared to other options.
Reduced Sword damage by 15%.
Exotic Changes and Bug Fixes
Some Exotic weapons lose their buffs when you switch weapons, which is intended. They would also lose their buffs when pulling out your Ghost Shell, which is not intended. Fixed that issue on these weapons:
Ace of Spades
Tarrabah
Hawkmoon
Borealis and Hard Light now have a custom (quite short) animation for switching damage type.
Duality
Increased damage falloff distance by 1.25m (while both firing from the hip and aiming down sights).
Reduced maximum buff stacks from 7 to 5, each stack now grants more of a damage bonus, extended buff duration slightly.
Sturm will once again reload any equipped Special slot weapon on kill provided the Special weapon's clip isn't full already and there's available reserve ammo.
Fixed an issue that was preventing Merciless from increasing its charge rate on non-lethal hits.
Ah, and before we go – we are planning to take a quick tuning pass on Arbalest. This won’t be ready in time for February 9, but we are expecting to have this touched later in Season 13!
Now, we know it can be difficult to understand the scale of buffs and nerfs without having these changes in your hands. Not to mention, there will be some new perks for you to hunt as you start navigating content in Season of the [REDACTED]. As always, we’re excited to see these changes out in the wild on February 9, and will be eager to hear your feedback.
Crimson Days
Each year, we look to February as a time to celebrate bonds of friendship throughout the community. Guardians have come to know this celebration as Crimson Days. It was one of our first “Seasonal” events in Destiny 1, a tradition that we carried to Destiny 2. While there was great enjoyment of Crimson Days, we feel that it’s been missing the mark in terms of quality over the last few years. As such, we have made the decision to discontinue Crimson Days moving forward. While we’ll miss the event, this move will allow us to maintain focus for alternate Seasonal offerings, ranging from quests to activities and more. We have quite a bit planned for Season of the [REDACTED] and our hope is that we’ve maintained, or even improved, the quality you’ve come to expect from this upcoming release. Some of you may be asking about the fate of Crimson Doubles, our once-a-year Crimson Days playlist. This mode is currently being shifted to the Destiny Content Vault but may return in the future. Many thanks to every Guardian who has joined us over the years for this event. Crimson decorations may not be hung in the Tower, but we have no doubts that you’ll continue to form Crimson Bonds over the years to come.
BugTrax
Image Linkimgur For those who may be new to the TWAB, welcome to the Player Support Report. This section is dedicated to known issues, active investigations, and pending updates for Destiny 2. Our Player Support team navigates the Help forum daily, collecting info on new issues and dishing out help articles. This is their report on the most frequently reported issues of the last week.
CRUCIBLE TOKENS AND FRAGMENT QUESTS Due to the updates to the vendor progression system, Crucible Tokens and Crucible Token Gifts are no longer needed and will be deprecated into Junk that will delete as a full stack starting in Season 13. Additionally, current Stasis Fragment Quests will be deprecated at the end of Season of the Hunt. Players are advised to turn in all Crucible Tokens and Crucible Token Gifts and finish all available Stasis Fragment Quests before Season 13 starts. KNOWN ISSUES While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help forum:
Stasis abilities can be difficult to distinguish between enemy and friendly for colorblind players.
The Double Trouble Triumph is unobtainable.
In the Deep Stone Crypt raid, the augment lockout timer occasionally resets during the final encounter against Taniks.
During the final fight against the Sanctified Mind in the Garden of Salvation raid, sometimes a shielded tether box can become tethered instead of the correct glowing tether box.
Hunter legs clip through the Ten-Grasp Sword Sparrow.
In the Last Wish raid, the Shuro Chi puzzle room plates don't work if a Titan bubble or Warlock well are placed on them.
The Titan Phenotype Plasticity Helm eye clusters no longer glow red.
Weekly and daily elemental kill bounties have stopped rotating off of Void.
When overcharging grenades while using the Voidwalker top tree subclass as a Warlock, Super energy stops charging.
For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.
[Bird Noises Intensify]
Image Linkimgur It’s been fun watching Hawkmoon clips and montages throughout the Season. With recently introduced random rolls, players have been pushing the limits of this Exotic, taking on 1v1 encounters in the Crucible that they may have otherwise avoided. This week, our top pick not only got a sweet roll on perks, but a killer roll on audio, too! Movie of the Week: Ting Ting Ting Ting Video Link Movie of the Week: Deep Stone Lullaby Violin/Piano Cover Video Link Movie of the Week: …That’s a lot of Hawkmoon Video Link As always, if you'd like to submit your creation to be featured in a future TWAB, make sure to create a post on the Community Creations portal of Bungie.net.
Credit Where It’s Due
Image Linkimgur Every day, we take a moment to scroll through various social media apps to take a look at community artwork. We’re always awestruck by the talents that many of you possess, and eager to share your works with a wider audience. Here’s a quick roundup of some sweet art, and direct links to their authors. Give them a follow if you want to see more of their stuff! Art of the Week: Art Sharing
Cheers, and make sure to tag your content with some form of #Destiny2Art so we can find you easily! That’s it for this week, folks. Season of the [REDACTED] is almost here. We’ll have some patch previews to cover in the TWAB next week, so stop by if you’re interested!
If this gets 7 likes we'll add a new LZ on Europa next Season. — Destiny 2 (@DestinyTheGame) January 27, 2021
We’ll see you again next week, bright and early on Tuesday morning. Cheers, dmg04
New Landing Zone added in Eventide Ruins for all players who complete the Beyond Light campaign.
Dreaming City
The Reverie Dawn armor set has been reissued with a new max power cap and the Combat Style mod socket.
The Waking Vigil, Vouchsafe, Retold Tale, and Sleepless weapons have been reissued with a new max power cap and new perk pools.
Dreaming City weapons that have reached their max power caps will no longer drop once you have obtained the item once, allowing collectors to fill out their collections while ensuring that subsequent item drops remain usable in difficult activities.
Fixed an issue where Petra's map icon could blink even when there was no quest to talk to her.
Fixed an issue where one-way connection or temporary connections between areas weren't accounted for by the waypoint system.
Fixed an issue where one of the portals to the Confluence was missing.
Fixed an issue where some Shuro Chi dialog lines could play twice when picking up a patrol beacon.
Fixed an issue where lighting would noticeably pop when moving between Rheasilvia and Harbinger's Seclude.
Malfeasance Quest
Fixed an issue where Taken Acolytes were missing their Void shields during the Malfeasance mission.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to fight the Ogre bosses without triggering the darkness zone.
Dark Monastery
Fixed an issue where some areas that were supposed to be private were, in fact, public, and fireteams could block each other's progress.
Fixed an issue where Toland could be missing from Ascendant Challenges.
Fixed an issue where patrol completions in Dreaming City weren't counting towards the "Wisdom of the Witch" Triumph.
Fixed an issue where Ahamkara Bones were failing to spawn in Agonarch Abyss.
Fixed an issue where Ahamkara Bones were failing to spawn in the Cimmerian Garrison.
Fixed an issue where the Lore of Luna Triumph was not progressing when completing Toland patrols.
Fixed an issue where the Run the Gauntlet Triumph wouldn't progress when completing the time trial in the Cimmerian Garrison Ascendant Challenge.
Cosmodrome
Fixed an issue where some rocks and grass were floating in the air.
Tangled Shore
Fixed an issue where some Fallen Skiffs could fly through the environment during public events.
Fixed an issue where one-way connection or temporary connections between areas weren't accounted for by the waypoint system.
Fixed a lighting issue in Hellrise Canyon where cracks in the environment were highlighted by a bright light emitting from behind a wall.
The Rider
Fixed an issue where the tank summon pad could de-spawn.
The Mad Bomber
Fixed an issue where a Dreg Pike driver would ignore the player.
Moon
The Dreambane armor set has been reissued with a new max power cap and the Combat Style mod socket as well as a dedicated Nightmare mod socket.
All three Altars of Sorrow weapons (Apostate, Blasphemer, Heretic) and the Premonition Pulse Rifle have been reissued with a new max power cap and new perk pools.
A Mysterious Disturbance
Fixed an issue where players could accidentally bypass a trigger volume and end up in a blocked state.
Fixed an issue where the first combatants of this mission had their Power Level scaled too high.
Fixed a bug where some players' weapons could remain up near Eris.
Fixed an issue where environment decorations were floating near the K1 Logistics Lost Sector.
Fixed an issue where players could experience the "Harp" error code when approaching Eris on the Moon.
Fixed an issue where a chest puzzle during Moon free roam would get stuck and not restart.
Fixed an issue where Fallen combatants would spawn from a Hive ship.
In the Deep
Fixed an issue where a Hive Cutter would pop into existence without playing its spawn visual FX.
Symphony of Death
Fixed an issue where the boss could get stuck in an immune state if the fireteam hard-wiped during the boss encounter.
Nessus
Fixed an issue where one-way connection or temporary connections between areas weren't accounted for by the waypoint system.
Fixed a floating patrol beacon.
EDZ
Fixed an issue where ambient squads could fire on the player before they finish loading in one of the Silent Fang missions.
Fixed an issue where one-way connection or temporary connections between areas weren't accounted for by the waypoint system.
Fixed an issue where the combatants from the final encounter could respawn during the end-of-mission countdown timer at the end of one of the Silent Fang missions.
Fixed an issue where some water reflections had graphical errors in cave areas.
Public Events
Ether Resupply
Fixed an issue where Fallen Servitor teleport attack was missing audio.
Fixed an issue where a Fallen Ketch could clip through the environment.
Glimmer Extraction
Fixed an issue where the Glimmer Extractor public event would occur too infrequently in The Gulch on EDZ.
Disrupt Vex Construction
Fixed an issue where Vex combatants wouldn't despawn after this public event ended.
Fixed an issue where the capture plates could remain after it was too late to achieve Heroic, but capturing them would do nothing.
Altar of Sorrows
Fixed an issue where the Altar of Sorrows’ music would play for players in the Sorrow's Harbor area even if they were not engaged with the public event.
Fixed an issue where Knight Swords could spawn too high in the air after killing the Knight that drops them.
Fixed an issue that was preventing the Altar of Sorrows bosses from rotating each day.
Defend the Warsat
Fixed an issue where the public event would not always count towards public event completions for certain bounties and quests.
Fixed an issue where an Ogre boss in the Skywatch area would sometimes teleport around the Warsat.
Cryo-pod Freeze
Fixed an issue where the orbs used to trigger the heroic completion would continuously spawn after one vent was broken.
Stop the Ether Ritual
Fixed an issue where all of the objects and combatants in this public event could suddenly disappear if no players had engaged them.
Taken Blight
Fixed an issue where the rally flag and public events would appear in different spots in the area.
Fixed an issue where the public event might not always happen if players had previously engaged with the rally flag.
Strikes
Warden of Nothing
Fixed an issue where a Minotaur miniboss would teleport to attack the players too early, before the shield that was supposed to block it came down.
Fixed an issue where the lift tube could close after the first member of a fireteam went through, preventing the other fireteam members from proceeding.
Fixed an issue where the strike boss was facing the wrong direction during some animations.
Fixed an issue where some combatants could pop into existence instead of spawning properly with animations.
Fixed an issue where players could progress too far without putting a lever, and then have to backtrack to find it.
The Insight Terminus
Fixed an issue where the fireteam could get stuck behind a locked door after a hard wipe.
Fixed an issue where the boss could fail to teleport away and players couldn't proceed, forcing them to quit the strike.
The Scarlet Keep
Fixed a bug where a line of dialog would sometimes not play.
Lake of Shadows
Fixed some bugs with waypoint locations.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to bypass a trigger volume and break the mission flow, blocking the fireteam from progressing.
The Corrupted
Fixed an issue with waypoint locations.
Fixed an issue where players could encounter missing environment objects if they backtracked to the elevator.
Broodhold
Fixed an issue where some combatants would pop into existence without showing proper spawn visuals.
Fixed an animation issue where a Hive barrier would briefly pop back into existence before despawning.
The Inverted Spire
Fixed an issue where platforms would despawn and players in a fireteam could get stuck in the Cistern area if their fireteam went too far ahead.
Exodus Crash
Fixed an issue where players should have been pulled to the boss room to join their fireteam but were instead seeing a countdown timer and dying.
Crucible
Crucible Tokens and Crucible Token Gifts have been deprecated.
Crucible Valor rank rewards are now visible on Lord Shaxx.
Maps
Bannerfall
Fixed an issue where the Bannerfall Crucible map would sometimes display the incorrect name.
Burnout, Wormhaven, and Midtown
Fixed an issue where map music would play too early, during the load screen.
Radiant Cliffs
Fixed and issue where the map name was missing from some screens.
Fixed out-of-environment issues.
Twilight Gap
Fixed an issue where players could get caught on invisible geo.
Exodus Blue, Javelin-4, Fragment, Midtown, and Deadcliffs
Fixed out-of-environment issues.
Gambit
Gambit Infamy rank rewards are now visible on Drifter.
Raids
Raid reward sources now include Masterwork materials as follows:
Enhancement Cores and Prisms now have a chance to drop from hidden chests in Last Wish, Garden, and Descent Raids.
These are on a weekly lockout, per chest, per raid (cannot be infinitely grinded).
Ascendant Shards are obtainable via a reward from a weekly director challenge connected to the featured raid.
Ascendant Shard Weekly Director challenge requires players to complete all encounters of the featured raid before paying out.
The Last Wish
Encounters and challenges should now award the intended standard XP amounts.
Fixed an issue where players could experience network desyncing.
Fixed an issue where some Knight combatants would spawn inside of wall.
Fixed an issue where too many Taken Captains were spawning during the Riven encounter.
Fixed an issue where Morgeth the Spirekeeper would pop into existence within view of the player.
Fixed an issue that allowed the fireteam to skip some platforming gameplay once the first player in the fireteam got through.
Fixed an issue where players could die after clearing the platforming encounter, and have to redo the platforming gameplay.
Fixed an issue where killing a second Eye of Riven at just the wrong time would break the encounter and force a restart.
Fixed a bug where a Drifter dialog line would play even if you hadn't activated the relevant wish.
Fixed an issue that prevented the Strength of Memory challenge from being completable.
Garden of Salvation
Fixed an issue where the finale music was not always playing at the proper times.
Deep Stone Crypt
Atraks-1's health bar should exhibit less rubber-banding behavior.
Free Roam Scanner augment will now be removed from players when starting the first raid encounter.
Dungeons
Shattered Throne
Shattered Throne chests will no longer drop items that have reached their max power caps.
Reverie Dawn armor that drops in the Shattered Throne dungeon will roll with higher stats, comparable to raid armors.
Dreaming City weapons that drop in the Shattered Throne dungeon can roll with perks that are unavailable from drops from other reward sources.
Fixed an issue where music might not play during the final encounter.
Fixed an issue where a door could get stuck locked and prevent players from progressing.
Pit of Heresy
Pit of Heresy chests will no longer drop items that have reached their max power caps; all Essence quests will still have a chance to drop from Pit of Heresy encounters.
Dreambane armor that drops in the Pit of Heresy dungeon will roll with higher stats, comparable to raid armors.
Weapons that drop in the Pit of Heresy dungeon can roll with perks that are unavailable from drops from other reward sources.
The final chest in Pit of Heresy will no longer drop a fully Masterworked Dreambane armor piece.
Instead, the Dreambane armor piece that drops will have 7 armor energy and is guaranteed to drop with at least a +16 in two different stats and higher stats overall.
Dreambane class items will not drop from this chest.
Fixed an issue where relics could have the incorrect visual effects.
Fixed an issue where audio was missing from some Hive barrier objects.
Prophecy
Fixed an issue where a boss combatant might not disappear properly after completing an encounter.
Fixed an issue where fireteam members who stay behind in the Drifter's ship could be locked out of the dungeon when their team progresses forward.
Fixed some issues where pillars of light could show progress on the wrong objects.
Fixed an issue where light pillar visual effects were offset from certain platforms.
Fixed and issue where the Kell Echo boss's teleport animation and VFX wouldn't sync up with the actual teleport, causing some odd animation.
Fixed an issue where player's Ghosts could appear in an inaccessible location if they died shortly after stepping through a teleporter, forcing them to wait for 45 seconds before respawning.
Fixed an issue where join-in-progress players would spawn way back near the beginning of the dungeon if they joined late.
Fixed a bug where players could pick up motes without receiving credit for it.
Fixed an issue where a Devoured Ogre would sometimes teleport to the players if they moved too far away.
Fixed an issue where two of the mote-gathering rooms would prevent players from respawning within them.
General
Fixed AI behavior bugs across numerous activities, where combatants could be found standing still, teleporting, or moving to the wrong location.
Fixed an issue where some Lost Sector combatants' Power Levels were too low, sometimes lower than the same combatants in the public free roam areas.
Fixed issues where the incorrect name was shown above the health bar for various named combatants in various activities.
UI/UX
General
Collection categories now allow players to mark all new items as seen to clear the new item indicator for that category.
Vault has a button with information about how to access the Destiny Companion App and others built by the Destiny community.
Menu header bars correctly stretch to widescreen monitors.
Logo updated for the BNOC team (formerly known as DOC).
Shout out to the folks who’ve kept our services running for years, and cheers to many more!
Fixed an issue where sometimes the Legacy Triumphs were displayed when first accessing the Triumphs screen.
Subclass toggle icon correctly displays inactive state when equipment is locked.
Updated Stasis Aspect Fragment display to correctly show zero slots.
Eververse/Economy
General
Weapon and armor ornaments will no longer be gated on player entitlement state.
Weapon and armor ornaments tooltips in the store now clearly indicate when a parent item is not owned.
Sandbox
Abilities
Fixed an issue where certain Arc and Solar grenades could apply their "hit" visual FX to animated doors and floors.
Fixed an issue where using Shiver Strike near Stasis crystals could send you into the stratosphere.
Fixed an issue where using certain abilities near Stasis crystals could push you through a closed door.
Fixed an issue where Sunbreakers would trigger Roaring Flames with Solar Sword kills.
Fixed an issue where Sentinel Shield single attacks via Heavy attack input did not consume Super energy.
Fixed an issue where players could be damaged by the shatter of their own Stasis crystals if the opponent had Whisper of Fissure equipped.
Fixed an issue where Wormhusk Crown and Vesper of Radius would trigger their perks upon breaking out of Stasis.
Fixed an issue where Duskfield Grenades can freeze Stasis crystals and barricades.
Improved reliably of Frostpulse Aspect when enemies were on different elevations.
While using Jumper or Cold Shoulders, Glacial Quake Super melee attack is now also mapped to LT/L2 for accessibility.
Decreased the height at which Glacier Grenades will launch the player who threw them.
Duskfield Grenades can now kill to prevent players from using it to continuously trap others in Stasis.
Iceflare Bolts no longer grants grenade energy when shattering a frozen target.
Ensured that Iceflare Bolts correctly tracks the number of seekers created before going on cooldown.
Stasis Freeze Breakout
When playing with a controller, the input for breaking out of Stasis Freeze is now double-press B/Circle for all classes.
The controls for the breakout action can be changed via controller remapping.
Stasis Freeze
Increased the damage frozen players can take before shattering from 100hp to 200hp.
When frozen by Stasis, players now take 50% less damage from Primary-ammo weapons.
When frozen by Stasis, players now take 50% more damage from Special-ammo weapons, Heavy-ammo weapons, and non-Stasis abilities.
Note: We're planning a more in-depth abilities tuning pass, but in the meantime, we've implemented this change to increase players' chances of surviving being frozen.
When frozen by Stasis, AI combatants now take 5% less damage from Primary-ammo weapons.
When frozen by Stasis, AI combatants now take 5% more damage from Special-ammo weapons, Heavy-ammo weapons, and non-Stasis abilities.
Withering Blade
No longer does critical headshot damage.
Increased base damage from 60 to 90.
Melee lunge range reduced by 1m when Withering Blade is charged. Allows players to more reliably use Withering Blade when up close.
Handheld Supernova
Reduced self-damage from 100% to 25%.
Armor
Reduced the cost of Deep Stone Crypt raid mods significantly.
With the Taking Charge mod equipped, you will no longer pick up Orbs of Power if you are already at your maximum Charged with Light stacks.
The Aeon Cult arms Exotic armor pieces for all three classes have been redesigned and now feature selectable, role-based perks oriented toward teamwork.
The Overshield buff timer granted from IceFall Mantle Exotic will no longer be refreshed when a Titan is shot by Allied players in PvE.
Damage from enemy combatants and opposing players in Gambit/Crucible will still refresh the buff's timer.
Fixed an issue where Dreambane armor wouldn't drop above 1050 Power until players complete the Shadowkeep campaign.
Weapons
Catalysts for the following weapons have had their sources and objectives updated to not be associated with Vaulted content:
Bad Juju
Izanagi's Burden
Sleeper Simulant
The Huckleberry
Worldline Zero
Polaris Lance
Telesto
Legend of Acrius
Skyburner's Oath
Fixed an issue with Sturm's Exotic perk.
Sturm will once again reload any equipped Special slot weapon on kill provided the Special weapon's clip isn't full already and there's available reserve ammo.
Bow weapon kills or multi-kills no longer incorrectly progress the Fusion Rifle Calibration bounty from Banshee.
Fixed an issue that was preventing Merciless from increasing its charge rate on non-lethal hits.
This also fixed an issue affecting the Exotic perks of Jade Rabbit, Eriana's Vow, Coldheart's perk not triggering when shot through a Citan's Rampart barrier, and Mulligan activating on hits when used with Anti-Barrier Rounds.
Fixed an issue that caused Line in the Sand to have broken gear and play the wrong reload animation.
Fixed an issue causing Thunderlord and possibly other weapons to not render their scope and/or reticle.
Weapon Archetype Changes
Rocket Launcher
Increased Rocket Launcher damage by ~30% against Miniboss tier enemies and above.
Exotic Rocket Launchers have been adjusted individually and are affected by this change to different degrees.
Fusion Rifle
Increased Fusion Rifle damage falloff start distance, by an increasing amount based on range (6% with 0 range, 16% with 100 range).
Reduced camera movement from firing a Fusion Rifle by 9.5%.
Breech Grenade Launcher
Breech Grenade Launcher projectiles will now detonate on impact with enemies, even if holding the trigger.
Submachine Gun
Reduced camera movement from firing an SMG by 24%.
Pulse Rifle
Reduced camera movement from firing a Pulse Rifle by 7%.
Machine Gun
Reduced camera movement from firing a Machine Gun by 9.5%.
Sniper Rifle
Scaled flinch from damage from other players while aiming a Sniper Rifle by 1.6x.
Sword
Damage against Miniboss tier enemies and above reduced by ~15%.
Perks
Demolitionist
Added a short cooldown on the reload effect.
Mouse and Keyboard Recoil Scalars
Reduced the recoil scalar on mouse and keyboard (previously mouse and keyboard had ~40% less recoil than controller, this change brings mouse and keyboard closer to controller).
Affects these weapon archetypes:
Auto Rifle
Scout Rifle
Pulse Rifle
Submachine Gun
Hand Cannon
Machine Gun
Exotics
Fixed certain Exotic weapons losing their buff when pulling out a Ghost Shell (they will still lose the buff if you stow them).
Ace of Spades
Tarrabah
Hawkmoon (final round only)
Borealis and Hard Light now have a custom (short) animation for switching damage type.
Duality
Increased damage falloff distance by 1.25m (in both hip fire and aim down sights).
Reduced maximum buff stacks from 7 to 5, each stack now grants more of a damage bonus, extended buff duration slightly.
Power and Progression
Updated Power bands
Power Floor: 1100
Soft Cap: 1250
Powerful Cap: 1300
Pinnacle Cap: 1310
When below the Soft Cap, increased the upper limit of Power upgrades dropped from weekly powerful sources.
Increased XP rewards for the Last Wish raid to match Garden of Salvation and Deep Stone Crypt.
Fixed an issue where the Power preview for some vendor items did not match the Power of the gear received.
Player Identity
Several title Seals now support Gilded Titles. After completing the base Triumphs and claiming the Seal, several gilding Triumphs become available.
Completing all the gilding Triumphs changes the Title to its gilded state, represented by new color and icon in menus and player waypoints.
The Title only remains gilded through the remainder of the Season, as gilding Triumphs will be reset at the end of each Season.
This functionality exists for these Titles:
Gambit - Dredgen
Crucible - Unbroken
Nightfall - Conqueror
Trials - Flawless
New titles were made for Conqueror and Flawless that support gilding. The base Triumphs within these title Seals can be completed in any Season.
Players who have completed Triumphs associated with previous version of the Flawless or Conqueror Titles will have those completions applied to the new versions of the titles' Triumphs where applicable.
Triumphs to complete flawless carries in Trials no longer require the person being carried to never have gone flawless, and now require that they have not gone flawless during the current Season.
Fixed an issue where players could acquire more currency for acquiring fragments than there were fragments in the game.
Bounties and Pursuits
The Exo Stranger has a new Stasis Aspect quest available.
Requires Beyond Light ownership, campaign completion, and acquisition of all prior Stasis Aspects from the Stranger.
Reduced the completion values for many Stasis Fragment pursuit objectives to be less frustrating.
Platforms and Systems
PC
Switching teams during a Private Match has been moved to Shift key.
Remove the notifications and sound options that didn't do anything.
Consoles
Removed voice chat volume slider setting that didn't do anything.
General
Season of the Worthy Eververse items have been added as potential drops in the Bright Engram.
Spider now sells Glacial Starwort and Spinfoil. Spider and the Gunsmith no longer accept Phaseglass Needle, Alkane Dust, Simulation Seed, or Seraphite.
Remaining Phaseglass Needle, Alkane Dust, Simulation Seed, or Seraphite can be turned into Spider for a small quantity of Glimmer.
Starter gear has been removed from Suraya.
Collections version of the Generalist Ghost Shell now has full Ghost mod and Masterwork functionality.
Riskrunner has been removed from Xur's vendor pool as it’s tied to a New Light quest.
Legendary Engrams can no longer be claimed from the Season Pass rewards when inventory and Postmaster are both full.
Wrathborn Hunt trail improved to better support colorblindness.
Fixed an issue where players could sometimes receive no reward from Dreaming City weekly bounties and Shattered Throne encounters.
Fixing this required the removal of very rare fixed-roll drops of the Dreaming City Scout Rifles and Sniper Rifles.
Localization
For Season of the Chosen, some of the localized voice actors were recast permanently or temporary due to ongoing challenges imposed by the pandemic.
Permanent Recast
Spanish Mexican voice actor for Ghost permanently replaced.
Temporary Recast
Polish Zavala voice actor temporary replaced for Season of the Chosen by sound-alike actor.
Russian Ghost voice actor temporary replaced for Season of the Chosen by sound-alike actor.
Brazilian Osiris voice actor temporary replaced for Season of the Chosen by sound-alike actor. We intend to return to the original cast as soon as possible.
https://steam.cryotank.net/wp-content/gallery/slaythespire/Slay-the-Spire-01-HD.png Slay the Spire (StS) has finally arrived to Android! For two years many of us dreamed for this legendary game to be accessible on their mobile devices, and finally the day has come. No need to talk about how awesome this game is, how it basically started a new genre of card-based dungeon crawlers (UPD: or roguelike deck-builders, if you prefer the term), and even about how well or poor it works on Android hardware in its current state (there will be lots of these posts during the days to come). What I wanted to talk about is the impact this game had on (specifically) mobile industry and how other developers were able to utilize this innovative formula in their own products. Personally, I am somewhat glad that StS release was delayed that much. This allowed a lot of "clones" to be spawned, many of which I enjoyed playing. Some of them appear to be straight rip-offs, but others introduced many fresh ideas of their own, some even surpassing the predecessor's greatness. What the heck am I talking about and how is this even possible will be revealed to you, should you decide to stay on a bit and read through the article below.
General info
First and foremost, let's clarify the important thing: card based dungeon crawlers are not Collectible Card Games (CCGs). Even though they share the same ideas, and some of them (StS included) even have a feature to permanently improve starting cards, or a mode to play with pre-constructed decks, this is not the case for the genre in general. There is no place for multiplayer and PvP battles here: a turn-down for the most, but an undeniable advantage for the rest - only though-out puzzle-like single-player experience which we can pause at any moment and continue when the time is appropriate. Thus, there will never be troubles with downtime, matchmaking, ratings, overpowered builds and other PvP stuff, as there will never be a satisfaction of crushing your opponents with the power of your mighty intellect... The fun of discovering interesting synergies between various card combinations is still present, though. With this being said, let's quickly look through the core features of the genre, which will be relevant for almost every game we review below: - we must explore a dungeon, which (usually, but not necessarily) consists of three floors with increasing difficulty; - we have limited control over the order in which to face the challenges; - there is a powerful boss in the end of each floor; - we battle using deck of cards, usually drawing new cards from deck to hand each turn; - there is a limitation on how many cards we can play during our turn; - we start with a weak basic deck, but get new cards as rewards for fighting enemies; - there is a possibility to permanently remove (weak) cards from the deck; - successful gameplay strategies revolve around utilizing the synergies between different cards; - there are several character classes, each with their own cards and tactics; - there are often additional items to acquire in the dungeon, providing bonuses and emphasizing specific types of play; Before Slay the Spire (StS) came out, there was another card-based dungeon crawler called Dream Quest (DQ), which considered by many to be the first game of the genre (at least the first one to make a significant impact). Not sure if the former drew inspiration from the latter, but certain parallels can easily be drawn: in fact, all of the features mentioned in the list above are valid for DQ the same way as it is for StS. The rich plethora of card based dungeon crawlers (both PC/Console and mobile) originated from some combination of the two. StS, however, can not be considered a clone of DQ, as it introduced a lot of original ideas and spawned its own line of descendants. It is always interesting to analyze each new title to see which of two games was the biggest inspiration, and to group them accordingly. For me the main criteria lies in the core difference in battle system: - in StS, enemies (usually multiple) show their intentions at the beginning of each turn, so we know what to expect and what to play against; - in DQ, the enemy (usually single) draws and plays cards the same way as we do, often using the same abilities and synergies we ourselves can use. Introductions aside, let's finally get to the interesting part - the games! (Note: Games are listed in alphabetical order to not give any privileges to one over another. For my personal preferences see the comment section).
Dream Quest clones
Call of Lophis takes us on a grim journey through infested lands full of deadly monsters, dangerous traps, and one of the most ridiculous card art I have ever seen. It's surprising to see how dark fantasy elements combine with the humor and gags this game presents. From the gameplay point of view, there is enough card variety and interesting synergies, but it will take a long time to reach the interesting parts. Really: this game just does not know when to end, forcing new and new dungeon locations onto us with basically the same monsters and same approaches to dealing with them over and over. Its the boss battles which crank the difficulty up to over 9000, and if we don't have the right deck by the time we reach them, there is nothing we can do to pull it off. Plus there is some shady business going on with monetization schemes, where even paid version of the game makes us spend money to unlock additional classes and grind a lot to buy permanent improvements. Only truly dedicated players will be interested in dealing with all this nonsense. [...] UPD: Haven't checked on it for a long time - maybe the situation improved somehow. Crimson Deep is still in early alpha and was not updated for a long time. But the development hasn't stopped, and there is a new major release approaching in the nearest future. It makes no sense to talk about the game till then: the version in the store is too raw to provide any significant gameplay experience, but it would be interesting to see where it goes in the end. Dimension of Dream is probably the only game that has the same grid-based dungeon layout as DQ itself. This time with full 3D and a possibility to fight only limited set of enemies before facing the final boss (which allows to moderate difficulty as we go, either defeating tougher enemies with better rewards, or to save HP and fight only the easy ones). This game has one of the most interesting battle systems and 6 truly unique classes with deep complex strategies unlike anything we have ever seen (not only the cards themselves, but the order in which we play them greatly affects the outcome). Unfortunately, the English version was pulled from Google Play, leaving only Chinese version for Asian people to enjoy. UPD: Apparently, the game was re-released under different publisher with the title Dreaming Dimension, so there you have it. [...] Meteorfall: Journeys offers the streamlined approach to dungeon crawling, where all our decisions boil down to Reigns-like "swipe left / swipe right" operation: picking the path, encounter resolutions, and even battles are simplified to utilize this binary choice mechanic. But don't worry: these specifics do not affect the gameplay, still providing enough strategic depth to appeal even to hardcore players. Add here a neat visual style, lots of character classes and their variations, cool card combos, and you get a true masterpiece, which is Meteorfall. [...] Night of the Full Moon offers a fresh take on a fairy tale of Red Riding Hood, but adding darker elements to it (including werewolves, zombies, mad scientists and cursed cultists). It demonstrates an amazing production quality with top-tier art, beautiful audio support, and intriguing storytelling. Gameplay wise, we have the closest thing to DQ, safe for the grid-based dungeon maps, which were changed to just picking the encounter out of available three. Some people may argue that the game does not offer enough strategic variety, only suggesting a single best build for each class, but you will still get different runs due to the randomness of card and power-up drops. Another argument of it being too easy is completely nullified on higher difficulty levels. Wish the story would develop in a different direction, though. [...] Spellsword Cards: Origins provides the gameplay similar to the Night of the Full moon, but focuses more on role-playing character development part. Aside from choosing a class, we also get to pick race with unique traits, and a school of magic, greatly affecting which cards will be available to us during the run. The problem here, though, is that monster encounters do not demonstrate a lot of variety, forcing us to fight the same enemies over and over, and the difficulty is rather high, with starting cards doing almost nothing and enemies quickly run out of hand with their devastating attacks, whereas good cards are hard to come by, and even then you will still be devastated on later stages. [...] UPD: Or maybe I am just bad at this game (welcome to comment section for valid strategy suggestions).
Slay the Spire clones
Blood Card offers a unique possibility to construct the dungeon ourselves, providing a pool of encounters of different types: regular monsters, elite monsters, events and shops. We pick a desired encounter from the pool, deal with it and then move on to the next one. Another interesting feature is that our health is defined by the number of cards in draw pile, which limits our tactical possibilities, but is compensated by the fact that we get multiple copies of cards as rewards for fighting enemies. There are a lot of interesting mechanics related to moving cards between various piles, as well as other neat features (like: the Death inevitably arrives in three turns and starts whacking everyone on the field with increasing persistence), but I'll leave them for you to discover on your own. Card Crusade seemed like a cool idea of mixing classic "roguelike" dungeon crawling with its "deck-based" counterpart, where we explore the dungeon the same way as we do it in Hack, Angband, Pixel Dungeon and other similar games, but use cards to fight actual enemies. In reality though, this implementation just adds a useless abstraction, as the adventuring does not provide any tactical benefits and is only there to inter-connect battle sequences (heck, even breaking pots and chests does not give us any coin, of which developers themselves warn us at the very beginning!). The cards are not very interesting, with next to none cool synergies, and new classes (which should be unlocked by performing specific actions on previous runs) do not provide any major difference. [...] Card Quest takes us on an epic journey through fantasy lands, where we will perform great deeds as one of the classic RPG hero classes (fighter, wizard, rogue, ranger), each with their own equipment and fighting disciplines. The interesting part is that the cards we use during runs are defined by said equipment, and if we find some new pieces during our adventure, we get to keep them for further runs. Also worth noting that defense cards are played not during our turn, but during enemy turn, which requires us to plan ahead a bit. This being said, the game is extremely hard - it will take a lot of unsuccessful tries to finally reach the end. But the variety of dungeons and possible builds will keep us occupied for long. Dungeon Tales for a long time was the closest, yet simplified copy of StS mechanics (up to similar cards and gaming strategies), but without certain elaborate features, like upgrading cards or using potions. The basics are left intact though: we still build our deck along the way and face the powerful boss in the end. There are only two characters available yet, but each has a couple of viable builds, so it can keep us invested for quite some time. [...] Endless Abyss is a close StS clone with very similar character classes (only two so far) and a lot of cards with exactly the same effects. Graphically the game looks very good, but angry monetization, lots of grinding, and forced ads make it almost impossible to fully enjoy. [...] Heroes of Abyss is a predecessor to Endless Abyss with basically the same core gameplay, but very simplified dungeon crawling part. There is no floor map with choosing our path, nor there are elaborate adventure events: just a series of battles with the boss in the end. The spoils we get after each battle go into improving our starting deck and unlocking new difficulty modes with higher rewards. What makes the game unusual, is that we chose the preferred build right from the beginning with appropriate set of starting cards, without the need to rely on the randomness of card drops. It may be interesting to unlock and compare all the 6 available builds, but once the task is done, there is almost no reason to play the game further. Heroes Journey provides a different setting for a change: this time we will play as space explorers, who crash landed on an alien planet. Thus, instead of familiar swords and bows, we will be wielding blasters and energy shields: the rest remains the same, up to the majority of cards straight up copied from StS. Unfortunately, this innovative idea was completely ruined by repetitive grinding and angry monetization, forcing player to make dozens of identical runs with the same small card pool, until something adequate is unlocked. Oh, and the game is long abandoned by the developers. Pirates Outlaws is an amazing rework of original StS ideas in a pirate setting with some changes to gameplay mechanics, such as introducing persistent charges needed to play certain cards, and different buff/debuff statuses that replace each other. There are also some questionable features, such as ship stamina that deteriorates over the course of the journey and leads to game over if not repaired in time, or a quest system, where quests can not be completed in parallel, but instead picking the new quest resets your progress in the current one. Some may also argue that new classes take long to grind for, or expensive to pay for, but with permanent booster pack this should not be a problem. Anyway, the game is highly recommended for any StS fan. [...] Rogue Adventure offers a twist to usual mechanic: our hand is limited by 4 cards, but each time we use one of them, a new card is immediately drawn to its place, thus we never run out of cards to play. Non-starting cards are common for all classes, but are grouped by type (or race), giving huge synergies depending on how many similar cards we have. Aside from this, the game offers diverse gameplay by providing a lot of different classes, each with its own unique strategies and dynamics, and some interesting items to work around. The developers constantly provide updates with bug fixes and new content, but be warned that new mechanics may break what you are already accustomed for. Royal Booty Quest started as a straight rip-off from StS with the same classes and abilities, and even cards having the same names. And absolutely atrocious pixelated visuals, which were not possible to look at without eyes bleeding out. Over time, though, it developed its own unique mechanics and interesting card combinations, but the art style did not get any better. However, if this is not a problem, the game is enjoyable to an extent, but since it was not updated for a long time, I doubt it will keeps anyone's interest for long. [...] Tavern Rumble adds an unusual strategic element - a 3x3 grid, on each units and enemies are placed. The core gameplay remains the same (we still see what opponents are planning to do each turn and adjust our own strategy accordingly), but the addition of the grid introduces another tactical layer: not only we should maximize the damage output, but also plan the layout for our troops to provide the effective delivery of said output, while at the same time establish enough defense to minimize the damage to ourselves. There are a lot of cards and classes to play around, different play modes and a lot of features that are still being constantly added to the game. Some may argue about simplistic pixel graphics or long repetitive grinding, but it is easy to unlock everything within reasonable amount of time, even without paying. [...]
Other Games
Of course, my criteria does not work 100% of the time, as some games are way too different from anything else to confidently enroll them into one of the categories. They either demonstrate traits of both, or implement entirely unique mechanics of their own (which I like the most), while still maintaining the basic dungeon crawling ideas (so a lot of the games you might think of will not end up in the list). What I have in mind is the following: Dungeon Reels removes the cards from card-based dungeon crawler - why bother, right? Instead, it provides some kind of a slot machine, where each turn three rows spin independently to pick available actions based on what slots we have in our reel. Winning battles awards us with new, better slots to add, each with their own specifics and synergies. Enemies also randomize their moves with slots of their own, but the most satisfying mechanic is the possibility to spin a jackpot with three identical slots for some powerful effect. It is interesting to see this concept developed further, but the game has not been updated for a long time. Iris and the Giant takes us on journey through imaginary world, inspired by Ancient Greek mythology. Each battle takes place on a grid, where various enemies advance in huge numbers. We play a card from our hand, usually dealing damage to nearest enemy, and then everyone who is still standing and can reach us deals damage in return. There are cards that target multiple enemies at once, as well as ways to play more than one card during our turn, so most of the time we will be deciding which card to play at which moment. The deck has limited size, and if it becomes empty we lose, so new cards should be constantly acquired. There are a lot of interesting mechanics to discover, but the game is very hard and luck based, requiring a lot of trial-and-error to finally reach the end. [...] Phantom Rose Scarlet has the same basic core, but with completely innovative battle system, not seen in any other game. On each turn there are four positions for cards to be played in strict order, where two of them are randomly filled with opponent's cards, and the remaining two are left for us to fill. Instead of drawing the hand, we have our entire deck available right away, but playing cards puts them on a cooldown, which does not reset between battles, so we constantly face the strategic choice of playing our best cards right away or keep them for later. The game is in active development, providing new mechanics and further developing the story, which is quite captivating here. [...] Void Tyrant is a bit of a stretch, but still a "card based dungeon crawler", in which we basically play BlackJack against our enemies by dealing card with numbers from 1 to 6 one-by-one from our deck until we stand or bust. Whoever has the highest value wins and deals damage to the loser. There are various supporting cards on top of this mechanic, allowing us to either jinx the outcome in our favor, or to perform various other metagame manipulations. The only downside of the game is the lack of content, as it quickly runs out of interesting things, and since it was not updated for a long time, it is unlikely that anything new will be added in the future. [...]
Conclusion
As you see, there is a lot to play besides StS, so even if you are not hyped by its long-awaited Android release, but appreciate a good intellectual dungeon crawler, you will find something to suit your needs. I hope, even with StS release, new games of the genre will continue appearing on mobile phones, and I will gladly review them and add to the list. If you know any hidden gems (or even trash) that was not highlighted in this article, please share the names and/or links in the comments. I am also open to any discussions on the topic, as I am obviously able to talk a lot about my favorite genre. Good luck to everyone in all your endeavors. P.S. I am well aware of games like Dungeon Cards, Card Adventure, Dungeon Faster, Meteorfall: Krumitz Tale, Card Thief, Maze Machina, Cube Card, Card Hog, Fisherman, Relics of the Fallen and other "grid-based puzzles", but do not consider them to be a part of the "family".
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I love the energy behind this movement! WSB has become a decentralized hedge fund the likes of which the investment world has never seen before! But all of you new guys arriving here over the past few days need to understand something: I walk into a casino, sit a slot machine, pull the handle and hit a jackpot. I tell you to try it, so you pull the handle and hit a smaller jackpot! It seems that this particular machine is paying out! Now there are a crowd of people all taking turns, pulling the handle and getting paid! The casino manager sees this, he closes down the casino to investigate. Upon reopening the casino, the slot machine is no longer paying, but people are still trying. All of us here, all of wsb and reddit are just the customers in the casino. Even our combined buying power is just a drop in the ocean compared to the leverage that institutions can access. The GME story caught them off guard, it was a unique situation that is not easily repeatable. Now that the hedge funds have had time to analyze and understand the situation, the algos have been adjusted and with every passing day the odds of the little guy winning here are dropping dramatically! u/diamondhandthotslyr posting 💎GME💎🤲🏻💎🚀🚀💎🚀🦍🦍🚀 and getting +1000 upvotes may feel all warm at fuzzy at the moment, but it is not sound advice!!! No amount of diamond hand emojis change the actual fact that more retail were selling than buying last week: https://i.imgur.com/rz8I3Vt.png (source: https://www.bloomberg.com./opinion/articles/2021-01-29/reddit-traders-on-robinhood-are-on-both-sides-of-gamestop ) Short squeezes can, and do end as fast as they begin. Go look at the NOK chart to understand. You new guys, do not feel as if you are going to miss out if you don't buy GME! There will always be more opportunities, be patient, take time to watch and learn!
Detailed guide for 3F & 9F priority list - dated Feb 2021
https://preview.redd.it/9jh54vddsmg61.jpg?width=703&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f410113b246a29f291162f0df3c7bce6087d26df Hi everyone last time I've brought you the SI30 priority list, now I've received some PMs asking for furniture priority list too. Soo.. here is my guide on the furniture priority wishlist. Again my guide caters to beginners or monthly subscribers, whales can do whatever they want. Furniture can only be equipped to ascended characters so in some form of way this guide will also reveal my priority of ascending characters as well. Let me set some expectations: 9F takes about 6 months of f2p pulling and that is if you don't have below average luck. So there are some heroes that you will want to put in at the start even if you don't have them ascended so that they will be ready when they are ascended in the midgame. My strategy is to always reserve 2 to 3 slots in the wishlists for 9F priority heroes because they take such a long time. Early Game (when you just unlock the inn, priority to put them in your wishlist) 9F (priority, always keep these in your wishlist because they take very very long to get):
Ainz - definition of game changing 9F
Lucretia/ Talene - pick the one that you wanna ascend after twins. Don't put both unless you are a whale. Be patient with these cards they will pay off when you ascend lucretia or talene around chapter 30 to 31
3F (priority)
Eironn - Ignore defence. Most OP
Daimon - amplify 40% damage
Skirath (aka chicken) - Most game changing furniture in the game. Enable the 5 pull team
Tidus - increase healing, less likely to get cc-ed and increase atk. WOW
Tasi - Teleport more, very good
Lyca - 2 arrows are better than 1
Rowan - Heal better and stats help him tank better in the frontline
Farael - recently buffed. very very strong
Gwen (higher priority in this list if you main her) - Gwen best waifu
Mid Game (after you finish the beginner priority list, should be around chapter 25 to 28 till chapter 32) 9F (Priority, put them in your wishlist because they take very very long to complete):
Izold (situational): if you are gonna run izold cheese team, then his 9F is an awesome investment for ultra dps and tanking. If not don't bother. Depends on AE meta, if izold becomes a meta in AE final boss again then more people should consider putting him in the wishlist.
Lyca - her 9F let her do double damage, as well as double defence break. Machine gun damage dealer
Grezhul - for boss content such as TR or AE, difference between diamond 1 and legend scores. And for top 50 guild to recruit you during AE. Although Grez will be ascended quite late in priority since there are too many GB heroes, you want him to have 9F when he is ascended
Lucretia/ Talene - the other one that you are gonna pull for in around chapter 32. Start preparing for her furniture now after you completed the above.
3F (Priority list)
Twins (you should be close to ascending her if you ascend her on first priority
Saurus - for the stats and better survival
Thoran - (only if you plan to run thoran cheese) 3F is useful but SI30 is more important
Silas - to buff izold (ignore if you don't run izold)
Khazard (situational) - if and only if you prioritise khazard and ascend in for the 7x combat power khazard wilder team, then you have have have to give khazard 3F it's OP
Albedo/ Ezio (situational) - if you run Ainz then give them 3F, if not don't even bother with them
Nara - great team wide CC. Only priority if you are running her with daimon in your main campaign team
Pippa - becomes an energy drainer when paired with tasi. Only priority if you are running the 7x combat power khazard wilder team
Skreg - enable the invade comps. Mostly for mauler towers
Roseline - for a bit more stuns. Looks good on paper but just ok in actual battle. I only put her in because I know everyone and their moms are gonna ask me why I didn't include her in the list.
End Game (After chapter 32, when you realise you have most of your relevant heroes with 3F. More for luxury heroes) 9F (Priority, put them in your wishlist because they take very very long to get):
Ferael - his 9F turns him into a debuff god, your enemies will be slowed so much they can hardly attack or move
Eziz (you should be close to ascending him after a year plus) - 3F is buffed to have previous 9F effects. 9F enable him to pull one more guy. Plus he needs all the stats for survival. Very worth it in my opinion.
Tasi - Even more teleporting. If you don't have anyone to put in your wishlist then her 9F furniture is still very strong
Skreg - 9F is a gamechanger but still skreg is still not widely used in campaign PVE or normal PVP. So if you have no one to put in your inn in the end game you won't regret taking him to 9F. Who knows if lilith will release an invade character that makes skreg meta?
Oden - His 9F makes him become OP energy drainer. The enemy team will not be able to cast any ulti because they won't have mana. Too bad he is a GB hero and there are too many better heroes to ascend before him. But I have faith in oden that one day he will be part of a super strong meta PVE team because the 9F effect is too strong to drain enemy energy. If that meta team emerges I'll shift his priority upwards
Eironn - main carry of many players all the way to chapter 31, his 9F is just 15% more damage but together with the stats might be worth it. Popular but luxury
3F (Priority list)
Brutus - His invulnerability last for 10secs now. Quite important to protect Daimon for as long as possible
Raine - of utmost importance in the TR meta. But considering people put raine 5th or 6th in heroes to ascend. I usually borrow from a friend with 3F raine and ignore ascending her till late game
Arthur - to protect gwen or ainz. Also sounds good on paper but only protects a single hit. But one hit is better than nothing when you don't have any other heroes to put on the wishlist
Satrana - very strong effect for anti-healing, but you should be ascending at least 5 other maulers before her
Whales/ Super End Game Players section: 9F (Priority, put them in your wishlist because they take very very long to get):
Rosaline - 9F makes her the second machine gun damager dealer after lyca. Recommended only if you use gwen team alot. User in comments section says her 9F is bugged and not as good as advertised. In addtion, sadly her presence in TR meta is slowly decreasing recently
Alna - 9F makes frontline teammate invulnerable for 9 secs. How OP is that. But most people put alna 4th or 5th in stargazing which makes sense to only pull for her furniture after chapter 33.
Orthros/ Zolrath - both celepogean for late game pvp (f2p should not put them into your wishlist because usually players only consider ascending them unless they are a whale or they have been playing the game for close to 2 years.
Zaphrael - Zaphrael with his paper thin survivability is really only OP when he get his 9F. Also mainly for pvp so f2p can just skip him
3F (Priority list)
Flora - 3F ability is great but most people will only ascend flora after 1.5 years
Estrilda - 3F is needed for TR evil sheep high scores. So you are getting her 3F strictly for that. Useful if you are running estrilda in gwen teams too, although estrilda is rarely used in gwen teams after chapter 34.
Shemira - Although a god in early game, her only relevance is TR evil sheep for high scores. So you are getting her 3F strictly for that
Now for the most important section. Here are 3 common mistakes that beginners make. Please avoid them.
Placing early game characters into the wishlist: I know when you just unlock the inn, you only have like 3 characters ascended and you rush to quickly put them into the wishlist but please don't do this. Commonly some early game strong heroes such as Berlina, Shemira and Lucius will never be used in late game so it will be a waste to give them furnitures
Also remember to take out the heroes that reached 3F so that you don't accidentally pulled a 4th furniture and waste your POE coins
Take note of characters that has 5 or 6 furnitures that they do not have 3 furnitures already in any of the "small, mid or large" categories. You might pulled a 4th in a specific category and waste that furniture. It's recommended to use mythic cards to fill out the rest of the 9furnitures for 100% no duplicates.
You didn't mention them character xxx. What about their priority? Ans: If I didn't mention them most likely they are either:
not meta (used in very very niche scenarios) or
their furniture sucks or
they are some celepogean that only whales will take to 9F or
I honestly forgot about them
If they are your favourite character and you are just raising them to 3F feel free to do so. But 9F will be a big investment please consider my priority list before engaging **Conclusion:**I welcome any feedback to see if there's anything I'm mistaken or missed and will try to add them into the guide. Love this community so I decided to give something back to it. Hope this guide will help all beginners to mid game players with your furniture investments. I'll try to update this guide every 3 months to include new heroes that came out. Edit after feedback:
moved eironn 9F priority to end game
removed daimon 9F priority (very luxury)
added estrilda 3F section
added rosaline 9F section
shifted authur 3F priority down
shifted lyca 9F priority up and ferael 9F priority down
If I have to see another fucking message about today’s drop I’m going steal some $ROPE from all the $GME bagholders so I’m going to address some questions here. FYI Part 1 and Part 2 of this autistic $BB diatribe here and here, not going to keep answering the same questions. As many in the #BANG GANG have always known, $BB becoming a meme stock has been a mixed blessing, to say the least. to say the most, it's fucking sucked. Look at this chart. Look at this fucking chart. I don’t need to run a regression, let’s be just as retarded as all the candle-stick reading dipshits with a Bloomberg terminal (#Ben Graham GANG# FOREVER AND ALWAYS) - Look at the lines, and how they’re moving together. Try to wrinkle that smooth brain of yours for a second. https://preview.redd.it/kf5jctzfa4f61.png?width=685&format=png&auto=webp&s=5748958438ce497898a3701dfb76b33779fd8f54 Why THE FUCK would an (a) Endpoint / digital security company, a vidya retailer (yeah, sure they sell funko pops too now great ), a movie chain (half of you morons have 3 streaming subscriptions and last I checked you’re not allowed to watch in your underwear while getting tendie crumbs everywhere @ AMC), and some Fininsh 5(g) provider (I don’t know a fucking thing about NOK) move in tandem other than just being meme stocks on this fucking board? By the way - There's been a ton of great technical analysis posted on the others in $BANG. the short squeeze on GME was real and a once-in-a-lifetime catch and i respect the hell out of it (and am also a sad bagholder of a few shares). It's just that the reasons for liking each of the stocks is different. For better or worse - There was a post, I can’t find it but somebody else can, that showed the Robinhood dashboard that basically said the three most commonly held shares in any given account was, you guessed it $BB, $AMC, and $GGME. As you know, Mark Cuban took a break from his busy calendar of being the least retarded Sharktank (No offense Daymond John, I have a soft spot for FUBU but my wife’s boyfriend no longer lets me rock it) and touching tips with Luka Doncic to answer some questions. Somebody asked why $GME was taking a nose dive off of Mt. Everest. Per Cuban - Supply and Demand, but in this case it literally could be because the source of demand has been crippled . When RH shut it down, then cut it back, lets put aside why, they cut of the greatest source of demand. They created a RobinHood Dive. No RH buyers, means sellers lower their price to find buyers. And they keep on lowering it till they find buyers. Keep the most natural buyers out of the market and the price keeps on FALLING. Then that drop accelerates because the more the stock falls the more owners who bought on margin get margin calls. When that margin call happens, its brutal. They just take your stock, send you a fuck you note and sell your stock at the market price, no matter how low. They just want to get your cash to pay back the loan. So. Two things re: $BB’s volatility.
#1 Stopping buys (but allowing sales) tanked $BB, just like it tanked the other meme stocks. The tin foil apes can keep hawking about citadel etc. but the truth is likely that RObinhood is a tech-focused firm with shitty financial controls and even shittier risk management (GUH). Never ascribe to malice what is usually (and always with that shitshow of an excuse of a company) incompetence. Those dumbasses had a liquidity problem and solved it in the worst way possible. I hope their IPO fails and Vlad steps on a lego.
#2. The current free fall of $GME / $AMC is still dragging $BB down. Why? What happens when people get margin called? Their entire account sells off some or all of a portion to satisfy the account. For those of you more discerning retards you know that the same thing happened to the hedge funds last week.
It’s calleddegrossing, and is what caused the broader market to perform inversely to $BANG. BTW - It was really fantastic for me to watch my MSFT calls get fucked because of the morons of this sub. Satya Nadella daddy dicked earnings and the stock (along with the whole fucking market) was down…Live by the retard, die by the retard. But look at the bounceback this this week, when all the hedge funds looked around and said – Wait, J. Powell is still printing money like Zimbabwe and stocks only go up. What do you think will happen once things calm down, the stimulus checks hit, and retail investors start looking around again for stocks they might like? So now what? Well, I REPEAT, wrinkle that smooth brain of yours. What does #1 and #2 have to do with theactual reasonsthat #BANG GANG likes $BB? If you said – "Huh, not much" then congrats you’ve evolved slightly beyond a retarded monkey playing at a slot machine and shitting out sub-par memes. TLDR - $BB WENT DOWN TODAY BECAUSE OF FACTORS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITS STATUS AS A MEME STOCK. $BB $BANG GANG EATs WILD DAILY PRICE SWINGS FOR BREAKFAST. THE BIGGEST LESSON OF GME / AMC IS THAT RETARDS TOGETHER STRONG. ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT ENOUGH RETARDS BELIEVE, IT EVEN HAS A CHANCE TO ROCKET AGAIN IN THE SHORT TERM. TLDR the TLDR - $BB #BANG GANG IS IN FOR THE LONG HAUL. WE’RE TERRAFORMING MARS, AND TAKING MATT DAMON WITH US. POS – balls deep in $BB shares, planning to buy more today Disclaimer – I am not a financial advisor and retarded Mandatory edit for kids who can't read good and want to learn how to do other things good too - 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀
note - crossposted to WSBherego upvote if you like the stock or don't i'm just a retard do what you want If I have to see another fucking message about today’s drop I’m going steal some $ROPE from all the $GME bagholders so I’m going to address some questions here. FYI Part 1 and Part 2 of this autistic $BB diatribe here and here, not going to keep answering the same questions. As many in the #BANG GANG have always known, $BB becoming a meme stock has been a mixed blessing, to say the least. to say the most, it's fucking sucked. Look at this chart. Look at this fucking chart. I don’t need to run a regression, let’s be just as retarded as all the candle-stick reading dipshits with a Bloomberg terminal (#Ben Graham GANG# FOREVER AND ALWAYS) - Look at the lines, and how they’re moving together. Try to wrinkle that smooth brain of yours for a second. https://preview.redd.it/v11byiemb4f61.png?width=685&format=png&auto=webp&s=cae6839ad9f731f036d544ed749e57cb85e1a6d8 Why the fuck would an (a) Endpoint / digital security company, a vidya retailer (yeah, sure they sell funko pops too now great ), a movie chain (half of you morons have 3 streaming subscriptions and last I checked you’re not allowed to watch in your underwear while getting tendie crumbs everywhere @ AMC), and some Fininsh 5(g) provider (I don’t know a fucking thing about NOK) move in tandem other than just being meme stocks on this fucking board? By the way - There's been a ton of great technical analysis posted on the others in $BANG. the short squeeze on GME was real and a once-in-a-lifetime catch and i respect the hell out of it (and am also a sad bagholder of a few shares). It's just that the reasons for liking each of the stocks is different. For better or worse - There was a post, I can’t find it but somebody else can, that showed the Robinhood dashboard that basically said the three most commonly held shares in any given account was, you guessed it $BB, $AMC, and $GGME. As you know, Mark Cuban took a break from his busy calendar of being the least retarded Sharktank (No offense Daymond John, I have a soft spot for FUBU but my wife’s boyfriend no longer lets me rock it) and touching tips with Luka Doncic to answer some questions. Somebody asked why $GME was taking a nose dive off of Mt. Everest. Per Cuban - Supply and Demand, but in this case it literally could be because the source of demand has been crippled . When RH shut it down, then cut it back, lets put aside why, they cut of the greatest source of demand. They created a RobinHood Dive. No RH buyers, means sellers lower their price to find buyers. And they keep on lowering it till they find buyers. Keep the most natural buyers out of the market and the price keeps on FALLING. Then that drop accelerates because the more the stock falls the more owners who bought on margin get margin calls. When that margin call happens, its brutal. They just take your stock, send you a fuck you note and sell your stock at the market price, no matter how low. They just want to get your cash to pay back the loan. So. Two things re: $BB’s volatility.
#1 Stopping buys (but allowing sales) tanked $BB, just like it tanked the other meme stocks. The tin foil apes can keep hawking about citadel etc. but the truth is likely that RObinhood is a tech-focused firm with shitty financial controls and even shittier risk management (GUH). Never ascribe to malice what is usually (and always with that shitshow of an excuse of a company) incompetence. Those dumbasses had a liquidity problem and solved it in the worst way possible. I hope their IPO fails and Vlad steps on a lego
#2. The current free fall of $GME / $AMC is still dragging $BB down. Why? What happens when people get margin called? Their entire account sells off some or all of a portion to satisfy the account. For those of you more discerning retards you know that the same thing happened to the hedge funds last week.
It’s called degrossing, and is what caused the broader market to perform inversely to $BANG.
BTW - It was really fantastic for me to watch my MSFT calls get fucked because of the morons of this sub. Satya Nadella daddy dicked earnings and the stock (along with the whole fucking market) was down…Live by the retard, die by the retard. But look at the bounceback this this week, when all the hedge funds looked around and said – Wait, J. Powell is still printing money like Zimbabwe and stocks only go up. What do you think will happen once things calm down, the stimulus checks hit, and retail investors start looking around again for stocks they might like? So now what? Well, I REPEAT, smooth out that wrinkled brain of yours. What does #1 and #2 have to do with the actual reasons that #BANG GANG likes $BB? If you said – "Huh, not much" then congrats you’ve evolved slightly beyond a retarded monkey playing at a slot machine and shitting out sub-par memes.
TLDR - $BB WENT DOWN TODAY BECAUSE OF FACTORS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITS STATUS AS A MEME STOCK. $BANG GANG EATs WILD DAILY PRICE SWINGS FOR BREAKFAST. THE BIGGEST LESSON OF GME / AMC IS THAT RETARDS TOGETHER STRONG. ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT ENOUGH RETARDS BELIEVE, IT EVEN HAS A CHANCE TO ROCKET AGAIN IN THE SHORT TERM.
TLDR the TLDR - $BB #BANG GANG IS IN FOR THE LONG HAUL. WE’RE TERRAFORMING MARS, AND TAKING MATT DAMON WITH US.
POS – balls deep in $BB shares, planning to buy more today Disclaimer – I am not a financial advisor and retarded Mandatory edit for kids who can't read good and want to learn how to do other things good too - 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀
New Landing Zone added in Eventide Ruins for all players who complete the Beyond Light campaign.
Dreaming City
The Reverie Dawn armor set has been reissued with a new max power cap and the Combat Style mod socket.
The Waking Vigil, Vouchsafe, Retold Tale, and Sleepless weapons have been reissued with a new max power cap and new perk pools.
Dreaming City weapons that have reached their max power caps will no longer drop once you have obtained the item once, allowing collectors to fill out their collections while ensuring that subsequent item drops remain usable in difficult activities.
Fixed an issue where Petra's map icon could blink even when there was no quest to talk to her.
Fixed an issue where one-way connection or temporary connections between areas weren't accounted for by the waypoint system.
Fixed an issue where one of the portals to the Confluence was missing.
Fixed an issue where some Shuro Chi dialog lines could play twice when picking up a patrol beacon.
Fixed an issue where lighting would noticeably pop when moving between Rheasilvia and Harbinger's Seclude.
Malfeasance Quest
Fixed an issue where Taken Acolytes were missing their Void shields during the Malfeasance mission.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to fight the Ogre bosses without triggering the darkness zone.
Dark Monastery
Fixed an issue where some areas that were supposed to be private were, in fact, public, and fireteams could block each other's progress.
Fixed an issue where Toland could be missing from Ascendant Challenges.
Fixed an issue where patrol completions in Dreaming City weren't counting towards the "Wisdom of the Witch" Triumph.
Fixed an issue where Ahamkara Bones were failing to spawn in Agonarch Abyss.
Fixed an issue where Ahamkara Bones were failing to spawn in the Cimmerian Garrison.
Fixed an issue where the Lore of Luna Triumph was not progressing when completing Toland patrols.
Fixed an issue where the Run the Gauntlet Triumph wouldn't progress when completing the time trial in the Cimmerian Garrison Ascendant Challenge.
Cosmodrome
Fixed an issue where some rocks and grass were floating in the air.
Tangled Shore
Fixed an issue where some Fallen Skiffs could fly through the environment during public events.
Fixed an issue where one-way connection or temporary connections between areas weren't accounted for by the waypoint system.
Fixed a lighting issue in Hellrise Canyon where cracks in the environment were highlighted by a bright light emitting from behind a wall.
The Rider
Fixed an issue where the tank summon pad could de-spawn.
The Mad Bomber
Fixed an issue where a Dreg Pike driver would ignore the player.
Moon
The Dreambane armor set has been reissued with a new max power cap and the Combat Style mod socket as well as a dedicated Nightmare mod socket.
All three Altars of Sorrow weapons (Apostate, Blasphemer, Heretic) and the Premonition Pulse Rifle have been reissued with a new max power cap and new perk pools.
A Mysterious Disturbance
Fixed an issue where players could accidentally bypass a trigger volume and end up in a blocked state.
Fixed an issue where the first combatants of this mission had their Power Level scaled too high.
Fixed a bug where some players' weapons could remain up near Eris.
Fixed an issue where environment decorations were floating near the K1 Logistics Lost Sector.
Fixed an issue where players could experience the "Harp" error code when approaching Eris on the Moon.
Fixed an issue where a chest puzzle during Moon free roam would get stuck and not restart.
Fixed an issue where Fallen combatants would spawn from a Hive ship.
In the Deep
Fixed an issue where a Hive Cutter would pop into existence without playing its spawn visual FX.
Symphony of Death
Fixed an issue where the boss could get stuck in an immune state if the fireteam hard-wiped during the boss encounter.
Nessus
Fixed an issue where one-way connection or temporary connections between areas weren't accounted for by the waypoint system.
Fixed a floating patrol beacon.
EDZ
Fixed an issue where ambient squads could fire on the player before they finish loading in one of the Silent Fang missions.
Fixed an issue where one-way connection or temporary connections between areas weren't accounted for by the waypoint system.
Fixed an issue where the combatants from the final encounter could respawn during the end-of-mission countdown timer at the end of one of the Silent Fang missions.
Fixed an issue where some water reflections had graphical errors in cave areas.
Public Events
Ether Resupply
Fixed an issue where Fallen Servitor teleport attack was missing audio.
Fixed an issue where a Fallen Ketch could clip through the environment.
Glimmer Extraction
Fixed an issue where the Glimmer Extractor public event would occur too infrequently in The Gulch on EDZ.
Disrupt Vex Construction
Fixed an issue where Vex combatants wouldn't despawn after this public event ended.
Fixed an issue where the capture plates could remain after it was too late to achieve Heroic, but capturing them would do nothing.
Altar of Sorrows
Fixed an issue where the Altar of Sorrows’ music would play for players in the Sorrow's Harbor area even if they were not engaged with the public event.
Fixed an issue where Knight Swords could spawn too high in the air after killing the Knight that drops them.
Fixed an issue that was preventing the Altar of Sorrows bosses from rotating each day.
Defend the Warsat
Fixed an issue where the public event would not always count towards public event completions for certain bounties and quests.
Fixed an issue where an Ogre boss in the Skywatch area would sometimes teleport around the Warsat.
Cryo-pod Freeze
Fixed an issue where the orbs used to trigger the heroic completion would continuously spawn after one vent was broken.
Stop the Ether Ritual
Fixed an issue where all of the objects and combatants in this public event could suddenly disappear if no players had engaged them.
Taken Blight
Fixed an issue where the rally flag and public events would appear in different spots in the area.
Fixed an issue where the public event might not always happen if players had previously engaged with the rally flag.
Strikes
Warden of Nothing
Fixed an issue where a Minotaur miniboss would teleport to attack the players too early, before the shield that was supposed to block it came down.
Fixed an issue where the lift tube could close after the first member of a fireteam went through, preventing the other fireteam members from proceeding.
Fixed an issue where the strike boss was facing the wrong direction during some animations.
Fixed an issue where some combatants could pop into existence instead of spawning properly with animations.
Fixed an issue where players could progress too far without putting a lever, and then have to backtrack to find it.
The Insight Terminus
Fixed an issue where the fireteam could get stuck behind a locked door after a hard wipe.
Fixed an issue where the boss could fail to teleport away and players couldn't proceed, forcing them to quit the strike.
The Scarlet Keep
Fixed a bug where a line of dialog would sometimes not play.
Lake of Shadows
Fixed some bugs with waypoint locations.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to bypass a trigger volume and break the mission flow, blocking the fireteam from progressing.
The Corrupted
Fixed an issue with waypoint locations.
Fixed an issue where players could encounter missing environment objects if they backtracked to the elevator.
Broodhold
Fixed an issue where some combatants would pop into existence without showing proper spawn visuals.
Fixed an animation issue where a Hive barrier would briefly pop back into existence before despawning.
The Inverted Spire
Fixed an issue where platforms would despawn and players in a fireteam could get stuck in the Cistern area if their fireteam went too far ahead.
Exodus Crash
Fixed an issue where players should have been pulled to the boss room to join their fireteam but were instead seeing a countdown timer and dying.
Crucible
Crucible Tokens and Crucible Token Gifts have been deprecated.
Crucible Valor rank rewards are now visible on Lord Shaxx.
Maps
Bannerfall
Fixed an issue where the Bannerfall Crucible map would sometimes display the incorrect name.
Burnout, Wormhaven, and Midtown
Fixed an issue where map music would play too early, during the load screen.
Radiant Cliffs
Fixed and issue where the map name was missing from some screens.
Fixed out-of-environment issues.
Twilight Gap
Fixed an issue where players could get caught on invisible geo.
Exodus Blue, Javelin-4, Fragment, Midtown, and Deadcliffs
Fixed out-of-environment issues.
Gambit
Gambit Infamy rank rewards are now visible on Drifter.
Raids
Raid reward sources now include Masterwork materials as follows:
Enhancement Cores and Prisms now have a chance to drop from hidden chests in Last Wish, Garden, and Descent Raids.
These are on a weekly lockout, per chest, per raid (cannot be infinitely grinded).
Ascendant Shards are obtainable via a reward from a weekly director challenge connected to the featured raid.
Ascendant Shard Weekly Director challenge requires players to complete all encounters of the featured raid before paying out.
The Last Wish
Encounters and challenges should now award the intended standard XP amounts.
Fixed an issue where players could experience network desyncing.
Fixed an issue where some Knight combatants would spawn inside of wall.
Fixed an issue where too many Taken Captains were spawning during the Riven encounter.
Fixed an issue where Morgeth the Spirekeeper would pop into existence within view of the player.
Fixed an issue that allowed the fireteam to skip some platforming gameplay once the first player in the fireteam got through.
Fixed an issue where players could die after clearing the platforming encounter, and have to redo the platforming gameplay.
Fixed an issue where killing a second Eye of Riven at just the wrong time would break the encounter and force a restart.
Fixed a bug where a Drifter dialog line would play even if you hadn't activated the relevant wish.
Fixed an issue that prevented the Strength of Memory challenge from being completable.
Garden of Salvation
Fixed an issue where the finale music was not always playing at the proper times.
Deep Stone Crypt
Atraks-1's health bar should exhibit less rubber-banding behavior.
Free Roam Scanner augment will now be removed from players when starting the first raid encounter.
Dungeons
Shattered Throne
Shattered Throne chests will no longer drop items that have reached their max power caps.
Reverie Dawn armor that drops in the Shattered Throne dungeon will roll with higher stats, comparable to raid armors.
Dreaming City weapons that drop in the Shattered Throne dungeon can roll with perks that are unavailable from drops from other reward sources.
Fixed an issue where music might not play during the final encounter.
Fixed an issue where a door could get stuck locked and prevent players from progressing.
Pit of Heresy
Pit of Heresy chests will no longer drop items that have reached their max power caps; all Essence quests will still have a chance to drop from Pit of Heresy encounters.
Dreambane armor that drops in the Pit of Heresy dungeon will roll with higher stats, comparable to raid armors.
Weapons that drop in the Pit of Heresy dungeon can roll with perks that are unavailable from drops from other reward sources.
The final chest in Pit of Heresy will no longer drop a fully Masterworked Dreambane armor piece.
Instead, the Dreambane armor piece that drops will have 7 armor energy and is guaranteed to drop with at least a +16 in two different stats and higher stats overall.
Dreambane class items will not drop from this chest.
Fixed an issue where relics could have the incorrect visual effects.
Fixed an issue where audio was missing from some Hive barrier objects.
Prophecy
Fixed an issue where a boss combatant might not disappear properly after completing an encounter.
Fixed an issue where fireteam members who stay behind in the Drifter's ship could be locked out of the dungeon when their team progresses forward.
Fixed some issues where pillars of light could show progress on the wrong objects.
Fixed an issue where light pillar visual effects were offset from certain platforms.
Fixed and issue where the Kell Echo boss's teleport animation and VFX wouldn't sync up with the actual teleport, causing some odd animation.
Fixed an issue where player's Ghosts could appear in an inaccessible location if they died shortly after stepping through a teleporter, forcing them to wait for 45 seconds before respawning.
Fixed an issue where join-in-progress players would spawn way back near the beginning of the dungeon if they joined late.
Fixed a bug where players could pick up motes without receiving credit for it.
Fixed an issue where a Devoured Ogre would sometimes teleport to the players if they moved too far away.
Fixed an issue where two of the mote-gathering rooms would prevent players from respawning within them.
General
Fixed AI behavior bugs across numerous activities, where combatants could be found standing still, teleporting, or moving to the wrong location.
Fixed an issue where some Lost Sector combatants' Power Levels were too low, sometimes lower than the same combatants in the public free roam areas.
Fixed issues where the incorrect name was shown above the health bar for various named combatants in various activities.
UI/UX
General
Collection categories now allow players to mark all new items as seen to clear the new item indicator for that category.
Vault has a button with information about how to access the Destiny Companion App and others built by the Destiny community.
Menu header bars correctly stretch to widescreen monitors.
Logo updated for the BNOC team (formerly known as DOC).
Shout out to the folks who’ve kept our services running for years, and cheers to many more!
Fixed an issue where sometimes the Legacy Triumphs were displayed when first accessing the Triumphs screen.
Subclass toggle icon correctly displays inactive state when equipment is locked.
Updated Stasis Aspect Fragment display to correctly show zero slots.
Eververse/Economy
General
Weapon and armor ornaments will no longer be gated on player entitlement state.
Weapon and armor ornaments tooltips in the store now clearly indicate when a parent item is not owned.
Sandbox
Abilities
Fixed an issue where certain Arc and Solar grenades could apply their "hit" visual FX to animated doors and floors.
Fixed an issue where using Shiver Strike near Stasis crystals could send you into the stratosphere.
Fixed an issue where using certain abilities near Stasis crystals could push you through a closed door.
Fixed an issue where Sunbreakers would trigger Roaring Flames with Solar Sword kills.
Fixed an issue where Sentinel Shield single attacks via Heavy attack input did not consume Super energy.
Fixed an issue where players could be damaged by the shatter of their own Stasis crystals if the opponent had Whisper of Fissure equipped.
Fixed an issue where Wormhusk Crown and Vesper of Radius would trigger their perks upon breaking out of Stasis.
Fixed an issue where Duskfield Grenades can freeze Stasis crystals and barricades.
Improved reliably of Frostpulse Aspect when enemies were on different elevations.
While using Jumper or Cold Shoulders, Glacial Quake Super melee attack is now also mapped to LT/L2 for accessibility.
Decreased the height at which Glacier Grenades will launch the player who threw them.
Duskfield Grenades can now kill to prevent players from using it to continuously trap others in Stasis.
Iceflare Bolts no longer grants grenade energy when shattering a frozen target.
Ensured that Iceflare Bolts correctly tracks the number of seekers created before going on cooldown.
Stasis Freeze Breakout
When playing with a controller, the input for breaking out of Stasis Freeze is now double-press B/Circle for all classes.
The controls for the breakout action can be changed via controller remapping.
Stasis Freeze
Increased the damage frozen players can take before shattering from 100hp to 200hp.
When frozen by Stasis, players now take 50% less damage from Primary-ammo weapons.
When frozen by Stasis, players now take 50% more damage from Special-ammo weapons, Heavy-ammo weapons, and non-Stasis abilities.
Note: We're planning a more in-depth abilities tuning pass, but in the meantime, we've implemented this change to increase players' chances of surviving being frozen.
When frozen by Stasis, AI combatants now take 5% less damage from Primary-ammo weapons.
When frozen by Stasis, AI combatants now take 5% more damage from Special-ammo weapons, Heavy-ammo weapons, and non-Stasis abilities.
Withering Blade
No longer does critical headshot damage.
Increased base damage from 60 to 90.
Melee lunge range reduced by 1m when Withering Blade is charged. Allows players to more reliably use Withering Blade when up close.
Handheld Supernova
Reduced self-damage from 100% to 25%.
Armor
Reduced the cost of Deep Stone Crypt raid mods significantly.
With the Taking Charge mod equipped, you will no longer pick up Orbs of Power if you are already at your maximum Charged with Light stacks.
The Aeon Cult arms Exotic armor pieces for all three classes have been redesigned and now feature selectable, role-based perks oriented toward teamwork.
The Overshield buff timer granted from IceFall Mantle Exotic will no longer be refreshed when a Titan is shot by Allied players in PvE.
Damage from enemy combatants and opposing players in Gambit/Crucible will still refresh the buff's timer.
Fixed an issue where Dreambane armor wouldn't drop above 1050 Power until players complete the Shadowkeep campaign.
Weapons
Catalysts for the following weapons have had their sources and objectives updated to not be associated with Vaulted content:
Bad Juju
Izanagi's Burden
Sleeper Simulant
The Huckleberry
Worldline Zero
Polaris Lance
Telesto
Legend of Acrius
Skyburner's Oath
Fixed an issue with Sturm's Exotic perk.
Sturm will once again reload any equipped Special slot weapon on kill provided the Special weapon's clip isn't full already and there's available reserve ammo.
Bow weapon kills or multi-kills no longer incorrectly progress the Fusion Rifle Calibration bounty from Banshee.
Fixed an issue that was preventing Merciless from increasing its charge rate on non-lethal hits.
This also fixed an issue affecting the Exotic perks of Jade Rabbit, Eriana's Vow, Coldheart's perk not triggering when shot through a Citan's Rampart barrier, and Mulligan activating on hits when used with Anti-Barrier Rounds.
Fixed an issue that caused Line in the Sand to have broken gear and play the wrong reload animation.
Fixed an issue causing Thunderlord and possibly other weapons to not render their scope and/or reticle.
Weapon Archetype Changes
Rocket Launcher
Increased Rocket Launcher damage by ~30% against Miniboss tier enemies and above.
Exotic Rocket Launchers have been adjusted individually and are affected by this change to different degrees.
Fusion Rifle
Increased Fusion Rifle damage falloff start distance, by an increasing amount based on range (6% with 0 range, 16% with 100 range).
Reduced camera movement from firing a Fusion Rifle by 9.5%.
Breech Grenade Launcher
Breech Grenade Launcher projectiles will now detonate on impact with enemies, even if holding the trigger.
Submachine Gun
Reduced camera movement from firing an SMG by 24%.
Pulse Rifle
Reduced camera movement from firing a Pulse Rifle by 7%.
Machine Gun
Reduced camera movement from firing a Machine Gun by 9.5%.
Sniper Rifle
Scaled flinch from damage from other players while aiming a Sniper Rifle by 1.6x.
Sword
Damage against Miniboss tier enemies and above reduced by ~15%.
Perks
Demolitionist
Added a short cooldown on the reload effect.
Mouse and Keyboard Recoil Scalars
Reduced the recoil scalar on mouse and keyboard (previously mouse and keyboard had ~40% less recoil than controller, this change brings mouse and keyboard closer to controller).
Affects these weapon archetypes:
Auto Rifle
Scout Rifle
Pulse Rifle
Submachine Gun
Hand Cannon
Machine Gun
Exotics
Fixed certain Exotic weapons losing their buff when pulling out a Ghost Shell (they will still lose the buff if you stow them).
Ace of Spades
Tarrabah
Hawkmoon (final round only)
Borealis and Hard Light now have a custom (short) animation for switching damage type.
Duality
Increased damage falloff distance by 1.25m (in both hip fire and aim down sights).
Reduced maximum buff stacks from 7 to 5, each stack now grants more of a damage bonus, extended buff duration slightly.
Power and Progression
Updated Power bands
Power Floor: 1100
Soft Cap: 1250
Powerful Cap: 1300
Pinnacle Cap: 1310
When below the Soft Cap, increased the upper limit of Power upgrades dropped from weekly powerful sources.
Increased XP rewards for the Last Wish raid to match Garden of Salvation and Deep Stone Crypt.
Fixed an issue where the Power preview for some vendor items did not match the Power of the gear received.
Player Identity
Several title Seals now support Gilded Titles. After completing the base Triumphs and claiming the Seal, several gilding Triumphs become available.
Completing all the gilding Triumphs changes the Title to its gilded state, represented by new color and icon in menus and player waypoints.
The Title only remains gilded through the remainder of the Season, as gilding Triumphs will be reset at the end of each Season.
This functionality exists for these Titles:
Gambit - Dredgen
Crucible - Unbroken
Nightfall - Conqueror
Trials - Flawless
New titles were made for Conqueror and Flawless that support gilding. The base Triumphs within these title Seals can be completed in any Season.
Players who have completed Triumphs associated with previous version of the Flawless or Conqueror Titles will have those completions applied to the new versions of the titles' Triumphs where applicable.
Triumphs to complete flawless carries in Trials no longer require the person being carried to never have gone flawless, and now require that they have not gone flawless during the current Season.
Fixed an issue where players could acquire more currency for acquiring fragments than there were fragments in the game.
Bounties and Pursuits
The Exo Stranger has a new Stasis Aspect quest available.
Requires Beyond Light ownership, campaign completion, and acquisition of all prior Stasis Aspects from the Stranger.
Reduced the completion values for many Stasis Fragment pursuit objectives to be less frustrating.
Platforms and Systems
PC
Switching teams during a Private Match has been moved to Shift key.
Remove the notifications and sound options that didn't do anything.
Consoles
Removed voice chat volume slider setting that didn't do anything.
General
Season of the Worthy Eververse items have been added as potential drops in the Bright Engram.
Spider now sells Glacial Starwort and Spinfoil. Spider and the Gunsmith no longer accept Phaseglass Needle, Alkane Dust, Simulation Seed, or Seraphite.
Remaining Phaseglass Needle, Alkane Dust, Simulation Seed, or Seraphite can be turned into Spider for a small quantity of Glimmer.
Starter gear has been removed from Suraya.
Collections version of the Generalist Ghost Shell now has full Ghost mod and Masterwork functionality.
Riskrunner has been removed from Xur's vendor pool as it’s tied to a New Light quest.
Legendary Engrams can no longer be claimed from the Season Pass rewards when inventory and Postmaster are both full.
Wrathborn Hunt trail improved to better support colorblindness.
Fixed an issue where players could sometimes receive no reward from Dreaming City weekly bounties and Shattered Throne encounters.
Fixing this required the removal of very rare fixed-roll drops of the Dreaming City Scout Rifles and Sniper Rifles.
Localization
For Season of the Chosen, some of the localized voice actors were recast permanently or temporary due to ongoing challenges imposed by the pandemic.
Permanent Recast
Spanish Mexican voice actor for Ghost permanently replaced.
Temporary Recast
Polish Zavala voice actor temporary replaced for Season of the Chosen by sound-alike actor.
Russian Ghost voice actor temporary replaced for Season of the Chosen by sound-alike actor.
Brazilian Osiris voice actor temporary replaced for Season of the Chosen by sound-alike actor. We intend to return to the original cast as soon as possible.
Welcome back to my Rookie Mock series! The college football season has concluded and draft season is officially upon us. As an NFL Draft fanatic, this is my favorite time of year, and we are going to be absolutely spoiled here in 2021 with one of the better draft classes in recent memory. This will be a five-round 2021 rookie mock for a 12-team, superflex, PPR league. Individual player analysis is provided for the first two rounds. The final three rounds will have summaries that highlight a few of the players within the tier. Keep in mind that seniors have the option of an extra year of eligibility available to them. The deadline for them to decide if they’re declaring or staying in school is March 1. Let's get it. Round 1: Note that in parentheses, it is the player’s ranking within his position group, followed by how much that ranking has changed since the last mock. A link to my first mock will be provided at the bottom to compare how draft position has changed. 1.01 - Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson (QB1, --) Lawrence is almost certainly going to a dysfunctional Jaguars franchise with a head coach I don’t believe in. While I have my doubts that he will live up to the borderline insane expectations fans and the media (myself included) have placed on him over the years, even approaching 90% of that image still easily makes him the top quarterback in this class. 1.02 - Zach Wilson, QB, BYU (QB2, +4) My tune has changed toward Wilson greatly since the last mock. I finally got a chance to research a little more and catch up on his film. I like what I see. A lot. Wilson has a really high floor and is as close to bust-proof as a QB can be. Strong arm, accurate, generally makes good decisions. I have a great feeling about this kid becoming a top 12 dynasty QB in time. 1.03 - Trey Lance, QB, North Dakota State (QB3, +2) Got your attention? Good. Lance is in possession of the highest fantasy upside of any QB in this class. He’s also the biggest wildcard. Incredibly talented, but incredibly raw, similar to Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes. Based on talent, I want Lance over Fields. The beautiful thing is that you will not have to pay up 1.03 to get him. Realistically, you could wait until 1.06 or later. 1.04 - Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State (QB4, -2) Fading Fields a little here in favor of Wilson and Lance. Fields is not ready. Point blank. Neither is Lance, to be fair. The fact he is still here at 1.04 is a testament to how talented he is. If he booms, Fields has Deshaun Watson-like upside. There’s also a solid chance he never lives up to expectations. Beware of organizations with a poor track record of developing QBs. 1.05 - Najee Harris, RB, Alabama (RB1, --) As far as pure runners are concerned, I honestly prefer Travis Etienne and Javonte Williams. But it is what Harris brings in the passing game as well as on the goal line that separates him. If used correctly, Harris could be a 50 reception kind of running back who totals 1500 yards and 15 scores consistently. He also feels like the least landing spot-dependent RB in this class. 1.06 - Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson (RB2, --) Etienne, to me, is at about the halfway mark between Ronald Jones and Chris Johnson. He’s a 1500 yard rusher in the right situation. The total yardage Etienne can put up might exceed Harris. The main separator between them concerning fantasy production will be touchdowns and PPR points. Both look the part of backs who will produce top 12 RB seasons though. 1.07 - DeVonta Smith, WR, Alabama (WR1, --) Heisman Trophy. Biletnikoff Award. 1st Team All-American. Virtually every receiving record in Alabama history. Smith broke the SEC receiving records set by Ja’Marr Chase last year in fewer games. Despite his slender build, Smith will be the #1 receiver for whoever drafts him. The shades of Marvin Harrison are strong with this one. 1.08 - Ja’Marr Chase, WR, LSU (WR2, --) Chase opted out of the 2020 season to prepare for the NFL Draft. Considering how LSU’s season panned out, that opt out actually helped Chase in the end. If this is your guy at WR1, you aren’t wrong. Neither he nor Smith is the wrong answer. They can both be good. That outcome is entirely possible, and it doesn’t get said enough in this conversation. 1.09 - Javonte Williams, RB, North Carolina (RB3, +1) The cat is out of the bag on Williams now. A relative unknown at the beginning of the season, Williams has risen his stock to be mentioned among the top running backs in this class. If you want to land this angry-running, tackle breaking machine who will receive all the goalline work, you will be paying at least a late 1st. Worth it. 1.10 - Mac Jones, QB, Alabama (QB5, -2) Jones is a better quarterback prospect than Tua Tagovailoa. This slight fade is less about anything he did and more about the “Konami Code” upside and overall potential of the QBs ahead of him. Jones is going to come into the NFL with a decently high floor and I like his chances to fetch 1st round draft capital this April. That should get him at least a two-year audition as a starter. 1.11 - Jaylen Waddle, WR, Alabama (WR3, --) Remember when Henry Ruggs was the first receiver drafted in 2020 and people thought he was going to be good? Waddle is what people were hoping Ruggs would be. He’s a do-it-all receiving threat with legit 4.3 speed who can always get open vertically, as well as do some of the dirty work over the middle. After the catch, few are as dangerous. A steal at 1.11. 1.12 - Rondale Moore, WR, Purdue (WR4, +2) You ever go so long without seeing a guy play that you forget how good he is? Moore is that guy for me. This dude is the prototype for what the modern NFL slot receiver should be. He can be that rare slot receiver who is also the team’s #1 target. This is one of those late 1st round picks that will easily outperform the invested draft capital. Round 2: 2.01 - Kyle Pitts, TE, Florida (TE1, --) If any tight end is worthy of this type of selection in a non-TE premium league, it’s Pitts. Tight ends tend to take a few years to really pop but Pitts is capable of making an impact immediately as a mismatch nightmare from day one. This will likely be the cheapest you’ll ever acquire him. 2.02 - Terrace Marshall Jr., WR, LSU (WR5, +2) Priority 2nd round target. In almost any other class, Marshall is easily a top 3 receiver. He just happens to be in a class with a Heisman winner, that Heisman winner’s teammate some suggest is actually better, 2019’s Biletnikoff winner, and a dude who caught 114 passes as a freshman. 2.03 - Rashod Bateman, WR, Minnesota (WR6, -2) Slight fade of Bateman, still a very good prospect. This is a receiver I have been on about for a while now. He is a really good athlete and has a well-rounded skill set. This will contribute to Bateman being a solid producer early on. He will develop into a team’s #1 receiver in time. 2.04 - Kenny Gainwell, RB, Memphis (RB4, -1) Gainwell gives me Austin Ekeler vibes. He will see the majority of receiving work among running backs on his team, and his fair share of carries, but he will never be the three-down featured back. If Gainwell is 80% of Ekeler, you aren’t disappointed with this pick. 2.05 - Pat Freiermuth, TE, Penn State (TE2, --) As great as Kyle Pitts is, the most well-rounded tight end prospect in this class is Freiermuth. The Penn State product is a good blocker and is also no slouch in the receiving game. They don't call him "Baby Gronk" for nothing. He looks every bit the part of a good 10 year starter. 2.06 - Kadarius Toney, WR, Florida (WR7, oversight) Toney was a pretty egregious oversight in my last mock. This guy is at least a 2nd round talent, and I’ve been hearing some potential 1st round chatter. He’s quick and explosive and is a dangerous deep threat. I like the upside here a lot. Could be a steal at this draft position. 2.07 - Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, USC (WR8, -3) St. Brown feels like a strong PPR option from the slot with his crisp route running and great hands. He won’t be a consistent 1000 yard receiver, but looks the part of one who’ll regularly get you 800 yards on 70 receptions. Throw in 5-6 touchdowns, that’s a solid fantasy option. 2.08 - Kyle Trask, QB, Florida (QB6, -2) Of the big name quarterbacks in this class, Trask is the least desirable as a dynasty asset. While I can still see a world where he is drafted at the tail end of the 1st round this coming April, and he can be a starter in the right system, his chances are the lowest. Alas, this is a superflex mock... 2.09 - Tylan Wallace, WR, Oklahoma State (WR9, +2) Don’t sleep on Wallace. He came back after a torn ACL in 2019 only to ball out again in 2020. While he probably won’t ever emerge as a #1 receiver, I love his prospects as an eventual high-end #2 target who should produce at around a 700 yard level as a rookie. 2.10 - Michael Carter, RB, North Carolina (RB5, +2) Much like Gainwell, Carter doesn’t profile as a three-down back in the NFL. But that’s not to say he won’t have fantasy value. This is an explosive runner with some decent receiving chops. He will likely be heavily involved in a committee and provide RB3 or flex production. 2.11 - Trey Sermon, RB, Ohio State (RB6, unranked) It’s disappointing he got hurt against Alabama, but what Sermon did against Northwestern and Clemson in the games previously really shook things up for this class of running backs. He was JAG status before that Northwestern game, but definitely has people’s attention now. 2.12 - Chuba Hubbard, RB, Oklahoma State (RB7, +1) Full disclosure, I’m not a big fan of Hubbard. Maybe I’m missing something, but he feels one-dimensional to me. He’s fast though, and will break off big runs. His college production can’t be ignored either. Might be great for bestball, but I’m not expecting a lot of consistency. Round 3: 3.01 - Dyami Brown, WR, North Carolina (WR10, -1) 3.02 - Seth Williams, WR, Auburn (WR11, -1) 3.03 - Brevin Jordan, TE, Miami (TE3, --) 3.04 - Jermar Jefferson, RB, Oregon State (RB8, -2) 3.05 - Demetric Felton, RB, UCLA (RB9, unranked) 3.06 - James Patterson, RB, Buffalo (RB10, -5) 3.07 - Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, Oklahoma (RB11, unranked) 3.08 - CJ Verdell, RB, Oregon (RB12, -2) 3.09 - Elijah Moore, WR, Ole Miss (WR12, +5) 3.10 - Sage Surratt, WR, Wake Forest (WR13, --) 3.11 - Tamorrion Terry, WR, Florida State (WR14, -2) 3.12 - Khalil Herbert, RB, Virginia Tech (RB13, --) Jordan is an interesting option in the 3rd. He’s a freaky athlete and is one of those receiver-like tight ends who can be moved all over the formation to create athletic mismatches. He will also receive day 2 draft capital. Felton gives me Antonio Gibson vibes, just 30 pounds lighter. Like Gibson, Felton is a converted receiver who had relatively few touches in college. Will lightning strike again? And finally, keep Moore in mind around this range. He’s going to be a solid slot receiver and outplay this 3rd round status. Round 4: 4.01 - Zamir White, RB, Georgia (RB14, --) 4.02 - Elijah Mitchell, RB, Louisiana-Lafayette (RB15, +5) 4.03 - Kylin Hill, RB, Mississippi State (RB16, -7) 4.04 - Marlon Williams, WR, UCF (WR15, +6) 4.05 - Anthony Schwartz, WR, Auburn (WR16, unranked) 4.06 - Trevon Grimes, WR, Florida (WR17, unranked) 4.07 - Amari Rodgers, WR, Clemson (WR18, --) 4.08 - Malik Willis, QB, Liberty (QB7, +2) 4.09 - Javian Hawkins, RB, Louisville (RB17, -6) 4.10 - Rakeem Boyd, RB, Arkansas (RB18, -3) 4.11 - Dax Milne, WR, BYU (WR19, unranked) 4.12 - Hunter Long, TE, Boston College (TE4, +2) Williams is built like a running back and is very strong after the catch. He looks like the kind of guy who can emerge as a starter and I’m targeting him in the 4th round everywhere in rookie drafts this offseason. Also keep an eye on Schwartz and Grimes, a couple of talented SEC receivers who were overshadowed by bigger-name prospects. White might be the most recognizable running back in this group, but Mitchell might be the one most likely to become a starter. Smaller school, lesser known guy. He’ll fly under the radar, just keep that name stashed away in your mind. Round 5: 5.01 - Tutu Atwell, WR, Lousiville (WR20, -5) 5.02 - Jamie Newman, QB, Georgia (QB8, --) 5.03 - Matt Bushman, TE, BYU (TE5, unranked) 5.04 - Kenny Yeboah, TE, Ole Miss (TE6, -2) 5.05 - Kellen Mond, QB, Texas A&M (QB9, unranked) 5.06 - Dazz Newsome, WR, North Carolina (WR21, -5) 5.07 - Jonathan Adams, WR, Arkansas State (WR22, unranked) 5.08 - Nico Collins, WR, Michigan (WR23, -3) 5.09 - Spencer Brown, RB, UAB (RB19, unranked) 5.10 - Chris Evans, RB, Michigan (RB20, unranked) 5.11 - Racey McMath, WR, LSU (WR24, unranked) 5.12 - Shi Smith, WR, South Carolina (WR25, unranked) Atwell is a notable faller for me. I acknowledge that he is getting some 1st round draft buzz, and while he's a fun player to watch, I just don't see it. He strikes me as a KJ Hamler type, but smaller. He will be better for an NFL team than a dynasty squad. Unless Newman gets 1st or 2nd round draft capital, this is where to expect to draft him. Adams is another name to keep an eye on, too. At 6-3, 220, he has that prototypical “X” receiver build, and he really stands out on film, even if he is just beating up on lower level competition. It’s hard to tell where to rank him but he could be a sneaky late-round jackpot. As there are only 60 slots, a number of guys had to be omitted. If I missed anyone glaring, let me know. Edit (1/24/21, 3:08 pm): A commenter pointed out that Zamir White went back to school. I should have checked a couple extra sources. Everyone just shifts up one spot and 5.12 becomes Kylen Granson, TE, SMU. Edit (1/24/21, 6:47 pm): It turns out CJ Verdell has also returned to school. This one was much more recent (2 days ago) and fell under my radar. Again, everyone shifts up one spot and the new 5.12 is Jaelon Darden, WR, North Texas. You can find me on Twitter @thedevydirtbag and here on Reddit u/thedevydirtbag. Another mock will be on its way closer to the draft. The plan is for that one to be in the form of a YouTube video. If you want to compare this mock to the one from early December, you can find that here: https://www.reddit.com/DynastyFF/comments/k97ltz/2021_rookie_mock_draft/ Thanks for reading!
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