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hunts
United States2113 Posts
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rebdomine
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
On May 30 2014 11:32 Drazerk wrote: So what you are saying is that you stopped pokemon because they found an actual way to prevent power creep without creating stupidly broken pokemon as a result? (admittedly mega kanga / gengar are somewhat broken...) Gen 1 pokemon suck. I know its hard to hear it but without the stat boosts they've gotten in gen 6 they would be worthless and unusable. mega evolution help bring back life to those dead pokemon and that is a good thing from a game design perspective. Or they could have just... like... buffed them the normal way, without introducing a silly digimon mechanic. It's not exactly hard. They've already retconned in fairies etc. Also, making outrageous changes to old stuff, however you do it, is the very definition of giving in to power creep. I'm not sure how you think megas are preventing it. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
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rebdomine
6040 Posts
On May 30 2014 12:38 WolfintheSheep wrote: Someone needs to make a Midas thread. Only one post every 90 seconds allowed. But every post gives you 190 gold? | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
Also requires creep. Tell mods to blow horn so creeps can spawn. | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On May 30 2014 12:38 Belisarius wrote: Or they could have just... like... buffed them the normal way, without introducing a silly digimon mechanic. It's not exactly hard. They've already retconned in fairies etc. Also, giving outrageous buffs to old stuff is the very definition of giving in to power creep. I'm not sure how you think they prevent it. You can't prevent power creep. Its impossible it was a poor choice of words you just circumvent it. And how the hell is it digimon? The entire series is based on evolution and stones have been in since gen 1. This is just more interesting due to actually having to be used as a held item | ||
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HighTimeDotA
Canada1412 Posts
digimon released sometime in the 200x, I watched the first season of it and own some digimon cards. It's sort of like pokemon besides the fact that digimons are more free and more like humans than just pet monsters. | ||
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On May 30 2014 12:49 HighTimeDotA wrote: If that the case you should be able to get hero kills too. I press R I get 275 gold yay. digimon released sometime in the 200x, I watched the first season of it and own some digimon cards. It's sort of like pokemon besides the fact that digimons are more free and more like humans than just pet monsters. Gatomon <3 | ||
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Jaaaaasper
United States10225 Posts
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
On May 30 2014 12:41 Drazerk wrote: You can't prevent power creep. Its impossible it was a poor choice of words you just circumvent it. And how the hell is it digimon? The entire series is based on evolution and stones have been in since gen 1. This is just more interesting due to actually having to be used as a held item It's digimon because they change and then go back, like the digimon did in their anime. I just think it's silly, and a huge departure from the steady progression that was such a fundamental aspect of pokemon. Even from the design perspective, I don't really see what it brings to the table except producing pokemon that can't use held items. In most cases the original forms have no purpose compared to their mega, so they may as well just have evolved normally. | ||
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HighTimeDotA
Canada1412 Posts
That thing turns into a half naked angel, makes no sense but hey. the one i remember the most is machinedramon, badass dinosaur robot. | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On May 30 2014 12:57 Belisarius wrote: It's digimon because they change and then go back, like the digimon did in their anime. I just think it's silly, and a huge departure from the steady progression that was such a fundamental aspect of pokemon. Even from the design perspective, I don't really see what it brings to the table except producing pokemon that can't use held items. In most cases the original forms have no purpose compared to their mega, so they may as well just have evolved normally. Red's Eevee in the original Kanto manga / alternate forms in general / abilities. There are lots of cases of pokemon reverting back their form before gen 6. As far as what it offers in a design perspective: Mega Garchomp vs Garchomp - The wall breaker vs the Sweeper Kangaskhan is still useful due to scrappy and can make for interesting decisions / plays. The same goes for Moxie pinsir Charizard / Mewtwo have suddenly become unpredictable in their own rights. The original pokemon themselves are super viable but at the same time their mega evolutions are actually scary and require a different skill set to stop them. Do you go for the mega counter or do you counter the normal pokemon? That is why mega evolution are cool. You have to work and think around what a pokemon can do. I ran a Blazekin normally but everyone thought it was M-Blaze due to it being uber tier so didn't accommodate correctly and generally lost as a result. You cannot get the same results with just normal evolution. | ||
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Acritter
Syria7637 Posts
On May 30 2014 12:54 Jaaaaasper wrote: So it seems that nadota's pet doxxer has found proof of eg kicking fear. nadota.com Mason has repeatedly stated that he doesn't want to be a full time progamer, but no way he turns down a shot at that prize pool. I'm not all that surprised. Fear's injury really has been hurting him. It's just sad if we have to see the old man finally retire, right when he put together the best squad that's been on EG in years. | ||
dravernor
Netherlands6192 Posts
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andyrau
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based off a teamchange on dota client on top of all that? | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On May 30 2014 13:38 dravernor wrote: Is Ash still twelve this generation? I dunno they aged the playable character from 12 to 16 in B/W so maybe he is around that point now? | ||
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Acritter
Syria7637 Posts
On May 30 2014 13:40 andyrau wrote: r u guys rly taking a na dota thread srsly based off a teamchange on dota client on top of all that? It's something to talk about. | ||
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
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