Bored Druid Thread: The Next GenerationFollow

Aeth, only the first 3-4 significant figures matter, anyway. We're used to filtering anything that's irrelevant on a log scale.

Also, I've been doing binary long division in number theory. My result is an inconvenient sum, though, so it's not brought me closer to a result, really.

Even computers and calculators do (usually) have fixed precision, so you end up with dropping digits toward the end, anyway.

Yeah, I'm not nearly drunk enough for this ****.

I'll be back later.

Even fish can do those calculations.

There have been studies.

I can't be bothered to find them.

(Essentially, thinking in orders of magnitude is natural once you're past... 15 or so.)

I'm not a fish, though.



I don't think about how I think, I just do it. Still not drunk enough for math like above.

I swore to myself I wouldn't buy a 3DS...

And I bought a 3DS. The lure of the upcoming Pokemon game was too much. Particularly when I found out I could start with Bulbasaur...

They didn't do it before MoP because of player backlash, really. Players didn't want to suddenly be a lot less powerful. The difference this time around is twofold: First, they have to do it or something similar. They can't have another expansion of growth. The second is they've been talking about an item squish for a long time at this point, so it's not going to be anywhere near as sudden as it was when they first talked about it. Players have had a lot of time to get used to the idea.



Hey! What's that supposed to mean?

I must confess, Blastoise' mega-evolution almost swayed me. But...



I may have resubbed just so I could share that picture.

I grabbed FE:A with the 3DS (blue Pokemon XY edition). I'm really enjoying it so far. Granted, I'm SUPER early, but it's fun. I chose the "death is permanent" option, and I'm going to try and hold myself to that.

I don't get it. It's just a pokemon game, in essence the exact same game you've already played half a dozen times with virtually no change. How is that worth, what, $150?

Because BULBASAUR!

BLASPHEMY!

Bulbasaur's the best. First two gym leaders? Rock and Water. By the time you hit a gym you'd be weak to, you already have a decent spread of types.

Plus, Bulbasaur is awesome. It's a dinosaur with a plant growing on its back. Awesome. The only downside is that you don't have any point to use Oddish. But you get Growlithe or Vulpix instead of Charmander, and instead of Squirtle you can grab a Psyduck, Seal, or Krabby.

The game's a lot more dynamic, in general, now. And it'll really depend on how you like to play which will decide which starter you want.

Because now the game has a more balanced (in general) spread of typing pros/cons, more balanced stat balances, and the attack/defense stats are split into Special/Regular, with each type having attacks in both areas.

Generally speaking, your fire types are going to end up more like glass cannons, and they're going to go down even faster if they don't have a stat-alottment advantage (as in, they are focusing on special attacks and have low defense, but their opponent is high in special defense and average in attack).

Your grass types tend to be more of a support/defensive type. Bulbasaur is going to debuff your enemy and cause general mayhem. And as you increase the number of pokemon (because the games now have 2/3x2/3-pokemon battles), it's going to get much stronger. Plus, because they're defensive, they tend to be under-prioritized. But that could be horrible for the opponent, because if my Bulbasaur inflicts both Leach Seed and a Bad Poison effect, the damage of both of those effects is going to increase each turn (and heal whatever pokemon is in the space Bulbasaur occupied), making it a really effective way to support myself in a situation where just one pokemon isn't going to cut it.

Fire types, as glass cannons, tend to get far weaker in situations where they aren't the faster pokemon, or when there are more pokemon on the field. If the other team can toss a few moves its way in one turn, it's really going to struggle to stay alive in general. And because so much of its effectiveness is built into its need for successful attacks, debilitating attacks (like ones that cause Blindness) work really well against it.

Sure, if all I'm doing is taking out random pokemon in grass, a fire type is going to get me through it faster in general. But a grass pokemon will get me through trainer battles and gyms without nearly as much over-leveling required, plus fewer trips back to the pokemon center.

Plus, because move sets tend to change, and because it's very rare for early pokemon to be something you want to keep in your party for any extended period of time, the fact that grass types are more common early on doesn't matter as much. Because it's not until you start encountering Fire pokemon that you start encountering Grass types you'd actually want to train.

Also, I just found out I missed Baroness coming to the Netherlands (2 days ago)... I could kick myself for missing them...