User:Blueeighthnote/Predictions/July 2018 Results

Time to review my predictions!

One thing I did not know is that there are so many collaborations this year......

Introduction

 * Gloats: Primal Greek PR, Investiture of Heavenly Kingdom receives AR, Crash Fever was one-time collab, Rise of Machina teams, new Dragonware, anime collab...
 * Chokes: Version Numbers, date of when Crash Fever even starts, Investiture of Heavenly Kingdom receives AR, number of Black Diamond cards, Companion Beasts getting anything, Frigg released, Dragonware on Dragons and Witches, fusion boosts, Re:Zero collab...

For the ones nailing correctly (or partially):
 * Primal Greek PR is very predictable. It's surprising how some of them turns out to be very great since I did not even touch on how they would be changed (for the better).
 * Investiture of Heavenly Kingdom receiving AR is also predictable, but it is interesting how AR is delayed for them to version 15.2 instead of handing to them in 15.1. Maybe Madhead is late on implementing changes?
 * Crash Fever was certainly a one-time collaboration, as expected. Though, I do not expect so many new Machina teams from there.
 * Machina teams are rising in viability very quickly. They are now ultra powerful, especially Pompeii.
 * Dragonware was a half-fail. The new dragonware is actually on Egyptian Gods and Valkyries.
 * Anime collab eventually happened (in fact there are TWO), though it was not Re:ZERO as some people were speculating. HunterxHunter and Yuyu Hakusho are excellent, of course!
 * Egyptian Gods received VR, and they are excellent.

For the ones failing ridiculously:
 * Shouldn't have predicted weird version numbers. Only reason I did that is that I thought Madhead would change version orderings to make collaboration versions sound cooler.
 * Black Diamond Cards are not even at its 10th; there are only EIGHT Black Diamond cards so far! At the time of writing, I was expecting Madhead to release two new Black Diamonds during Chinese New Year and not just Tang Sanzang and Rakshasa re-release!
 * Companion Beasts do not receive PR nor amelioration yet. How sad!
 * Frigg is not released yet.
 * Fusion cards do not get any boosts yet. Though, there are a lot of new characters with EP system (switching) that are really good.
 * PR and amelioration did not complete in July. Companion beasts have yet to receive both of them.
 * There's no Italian Chef drawings. I made it up completely!

1. MR (Molecular Reconstruction)

 * Chokes: All

None of them happened, sadly. Although, I expect Madhead to do something for these Paladins, so I am still hoping for some changes!

2. Dark Human Team

 * Gloats: Dark-Human (actaully Demon) team, teams being replaced one version after (Faraday)
 * Chokes: Avoiding damage with 8 combos and sth, "Food" mechanic

First of all, the trait "strong healing and reduces damage from enemies" turns out to be gifted to many Hunter x Hunter leaders, as well as some Yuyu Hakusho leaders. Nowadays, this is quite an important characteristic for teams to survive.

For the Dark Human part, it turns out it is a Demon-centered offensive team (Hiei). There is a defensively-inclined team similar to Yvette+Khaos (Yoko Kurama), but with none of the same properties described. The team is not being replaced yet, but.....Faraday (Light Human Team), a Crash Fever collaboration card, was superseded by Hunter x Hunter's Light Human leader, Kulapika. This is interesting since many players were very disappointed with the strength of Crash Fever cards (especailly Machina ones), and the only passable Light Human team has now been replaced. What a bummer.

3. The 10th Black Diamond: Baldr, the son of Odin

 * Gloats: Lu Bu being outclassed, correct prediction of Dark/God leader (Lu Dongbin)
 * Chokes: Black Diamond Pattern (Mobius broke it), actual Black Diamond Card info.

Wow, I actually got basically the description of Lu Dongbin correctly, except that he is not a black diamond! The real black diamond is Pompeii, a powerful Machina leader that fortunately go a redesign to make him stronger before being released due to complaints that it is too weak. He is now the face of Machina teams.

Some players are indeed upset that they spend too much diamonds on trying to get Machina leaders of Crash Fever, only to find out that the Black Diamond is better in every shape or form.

As for the Black Diamond Pattern (where a Black Diamond only appears when there is one Water rare or two Light rares), it looks like Mobius broke the pattern.

4. Companion Beasts PR, finally PR is complete

 * Chokes: Not even happening yet!

Crap! What is taking Madhead so long?

5. The Fallen Haloes PR

 * Chokes: Not even happening yet!

Still waiting! However, this is the one I am very optimistic of, so take your time desigining them, Madhead developers and programmers!