FIRST RANKED MATCH!! Dune Imperium Digital Live Play 46

[@ArekŁukaszewicz]

5th round you could use Guild Accord to infiltrate Foldspace, take the 3 solari bonus and have 8 for the 2nd turn swordmaster

[@bludgeontv]

Yeah that might have been better. I was excited to get a 4-spice Heighliner and win that Conflict, but maybe not worth it.

[@PatrickHarvey-hs2nl]

Just a theory, maybe Ix forces you to prioritise the solari conflicts to scrounge income, since shipping is too busy to be reliable?

[@bludgeontv]

Interesting. They were already valuable in base game, but yeah maybe even more important in Ix!

[@leaveme1313]

hey man, watched all your videos at least! ))) waiting for new ones to come)

[@bludgeontv]

Wow, that's amazing, thank you!

[@leaveme1313]

@@bludgeontv I see how you play the rise of ix and how it is different from the base game ( and that you like base game more, and I understand that ) but don't give up with trying cause I really like how you handle base game, I think there is a lot of fun here as well ❤️‍🩹

[@betondur]

Ranked is on another level ;) GGs

[@bicyclops420]

Woohoo ranked! Climb those leaderboards 😃

[@PatrickHarvey-hs2nl]

GG still. Leto played the game of his life!

[@RafaelPereira-rp7uq]

i normally win 3 out of 5 games i play (i don't play with NPCs) I played 2 ranked games and got 3rd and then 2nd, definitely more challenging

[@bludgeontv]

That's kind of how I feel going from base game to Rise of Ix... my win rate has tanked haha!

[@its_robintv]

I hope you reach the top 100 💯

[@bludgeontv]

Thanks! It's going to be hard to get enough games in though, the season ends in 15 days!

[@zachschutte8160]

Leto's moves only hurt you. Was this a live playthrough?

[@bludgeontv]

The game wasn't streamed. It was a bit frustrating for me, but hard to argue with the results!

[@pFe1FF]

Feel like they forcing the deactivation of animations in ranked :(

[@bludgeontv]

The thing is, the only thing you can adjust in the settings are "opponent animations", which are the pop-up animations showing what your opponents do with their Agents, what cards they play and acquire, when they use their techs, etc. It doesn't change the animations for VP, Solari, Influence, etc which are what causes the problems.

[@pFe1FF]

@@bludgeontv really? Thats a bummer. I thought it's all animations. I think they have to a 2 timers 1 for chosing card and space an 1 for benefits

[@Orcallo.]

Double voicing same spot should not be possible. It effectively negated the effect for you.

[@bludgeontv]

I think it's the first time I've seen it happen. It was a real heartbreaker, but totally legit! The Voice doesn't say "you're guaranteed access to that space next turn", it just says "opponents can't go there on their next turn". So he couldn't go there on his next turn, then I couldn't go there on mine.

[@PinikRahman]

Its kinda annoying to watch a streamer spend more time complaining about rules and game mechanics instead of strategizing

[@zachschutte8160]

I don't feel like this is fair. His base game content is not that way. He is still learning Ix and the animations are more of an issue with the tech track.