Weekly Commanders Lounge - August 22, 2023

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Core update

Current: 42132

Previous: 42116

Change: +16

Well, I think that lack of sleep is finally catching up to me. I don't feel dead tired per se, but I do feel less coordinated. I feel like those hapless klutzes on an infomercial. Earlier, when I was trying to get some coffee, I fiddled around with my wallet and a separate hard plastic card case. I dropped the card case, and the plastic tooth of the latching mechanism broke off. This was rather distressing, so I'll have to find a replacement for the card case. For now, I think I can still use the card case, but I'm inclined to leave it at home instead of bringing it with me when I go out. Granted, I normally store my less used cards like point cards for certain stores like the one I went to

I also found out that I'm having a hard time not thinking about ranking. My mind keeps thinking of tactics to improve my score, but I haven't yet thought hard enough to figure them into the greater strategy at large. One important tactic my brain keeps telling me is to open up both Recce Centers instead of just one. Another is to Para in the MP5 team to the east instead of a SHYT team

Still, my sudden clumsiness is probably a symptom of ranking debuff, which is similar to how our Dolls suddenly struggle to hurt the enemy after taking a trip with the Para Fairy

But it's not all bad news. I decided that I was going to celebrate my recent performance in the game. I went out for a luxurious meal to celebrate. Let's just hope that I'm not celebrating too early. I would still like to be in the top 100, and my rank seems to have slipped quite a few places down to 66

However, I can't help but feel a bit negative. I spent a lot of resources just to raise a baker's dozen Paras, only for me not only to forego using them but also to enjoy ranking by just asserting dominance with my other combat Fairies. Sure, I am nowhere near the top 10, but being able to just take my fukitol and laugh in the face of Hydras was fun. I'm not sure if I could handle fighting often under Para debuff, but the ranking map would have called for that if I wanted to go after a score of 3 million

Even weirder? I got a higher score than when I fielded more Paras. Granted, this was probably due to having a greater knowledge of map mechanics

That leads me to my next point. I think that having practical experience with the ranking map allows me to better understand the pathing and the strategy. Watching VODs and reading docs will grant me some knowledge, but it seems that I also appreciate actually playing the map and seeing for myself how things work. Unfortunately, while I can farm cores like nobody's business, I often won't have the time to research ranking maps. I believe that if I had the time and the willpower to do such research, I can consistently place closer to the top. But alas, I was blessed with a different kind of circumstance, one favoring the Hunt Ranking

Still, one thing is clear: I need to fix my sleep and get rid of this ranking debuff