I haven’t bought any new ones in the past 3 years. But I’ve abused quite a few and never had issues. High drops, spills etc. Could it be the model? (Not that it makes it any better)

What gives me lots of hope from this is then saying this is similar in size to outer worlds. Being more focused and compact the story shines through. Something more open world games should focus on rather than padding game time.

Same here. I’ve begun actively searching for communities forums, lemmy, etc that make me want to participate outside of lurking.

Your point about the depth of content/conversations is so true. The number of times you’d see the same post over and over again. Then dive into the comments for the top comments to be highly predictable copypasta or “unpopular” opinions that were actually super common made browsing very unenjoyable.

I used to grind Standard, but for the past few months been only doing drafts.

If i were new player i’d suggest just playing some casual/ranked standard and maybe dipping your toes into draft. Building a collection is far easier if you draft, but it can be pretty intimidating if you’re new to the game.

I think you’re going to know by one metric. Quality of content over the next ~3 - 6 months. Whether subs stay or go is one thing, that’s been part of Reddit for the 12 years I used it. What would get folks to leave is when the communities they are interested in aren’t supplying content.

So if you lose some lurkers, that’s not gonna matter because they didn’t post anyways. If you start losing power users, who regularly feed your community content, what’s going to drive you to stick around? If you ask me, I think the fact we are even having this conversation means Reddit is losing in this equation.

I am super excited seeing the game in motion. But procedurally generated content just really bums me out.

I just don’t see it turning out any other way except as hollow weirdly disjointed planets.

Really cool resource and helpful. I have been cooking for years but a guide that spells out what flavors to expect from my spices. Even if I can taste it seeing it written out helps me process and plan way better for dishes.

The way people would just dive onto any news simply mentioning China. Super super gross.