Let's take a look at other classes before we look at our ranger homeboy. Always prepared. Always ready for survival.
At level 20 Bards have 22 spells known. Respectable. They drink and know things. Bards are cool.
Warlocks and Sorcerers have 15, seems a bit scant but Warlocks get Invocations (neat) and Sorcerers get metamagic. I know Sorcerers have their own laundry list of problems but at least you can sort of rationalize their numbers.
Arcane Trickster and Eldritch Knight get 13. Holy cow! Wow! A third caster gets over half the amount of spells known as the Bard, the highest spells known class. I don't think this breaks anything and really is just kind of neat. Having options is great, especially when your spell slots are so limited.
Limited spell slots...
Occupied concentration...
Oh no, I left out ranger. Well, that's OK! Certainly they have a fair amount of spells known. A level 20 ranger has... ... ... ... <checks notes> ... <one-thousand yard stare of disappointment>.
Eleven. 11.
#11
A ranger, at twentieth level, knows fewer spells than the Eldritch Knight. I know that the Xanathar Ranger's got cool stuff. That's great. But WotC has consistently said they don't want you to feel like you had to have any other resources other than the base version of the game to play. Well base version of our ranger bros know fewer spells than the Rogue who uses an invisible mage hand to give the BBEG a wedgie. 11. ELEVEN SPELLS KNOWN AT LEVEL 20?!
#WTF
They're already significantly harder to acquire than their regular counterparts , yet the odds of getting a terrible roll are exactly the same . Having a perk choice would make them far more desirable and would reduce the huge disappointment you feel once you get a zen moment celerity adept messenger . It's demoralizing and since the odds of having a good roll are exactly the same , you start questioning whether it's even worth it to go after adepts in the first place .
Ten NBA things I like and don't like, including the Paul George vengeance tour and Knicks competence
2. The Knicks' defense sustained
On paper, the Knicks' defense has hints of fool's gold. The Knicks give up tons of 3s and shots at the rim. If you estimated based only on shot location, the Knicks would rank 29th in opponent effective field goal percentage, per Cleaning The Glass. They foul a lot. They are average at rebounding and forcing turnovers. Mitchell Robinson, their most fearsome rim protector, has missed half the season.
I predicted the Knicks would slide from the top three in points allowed per possession and finish somewhere closer to No. 10.
With 16 games left, they still rank third. Only the Utah Jazz have allowed a lower effective field goal percentage. Head coach Tom Thibodeau can apparently defeat math and geometry by sheer force of will (and by shouting).
Even if the Knicks are punching a little above their weight, it appears to be only a little -- and they are doing it with effort in the sweet spot between precise and maniacal. That is most visible along the perimeter, where New York's (mostly) sturdy wings are flying around with hyper-alert synchronicity.
Watch RJ Barrett and Julius Randle on the right wing:
(OP note: a clip of RJ and Julius playing incredible weak-side D that makes me absolutely swoon is inserted here
Edit: Just realized I can paste the video clip links so here ya go: video clip)
Barrett clogs the middle and then runs Svi Mykhailiuk off the arc. Randle reads that, and slides off Saddiq Bey in the corner to wall off Mykhailiuk's drive. Without missing a beat, Barrett toggles to Bey.
The Knicks make this kind of jump-style switching and rotating look routine. Here's Barrett and Randle pulling the same trick after helping corral a pick-and-roll:
(OP note: RJ and Julius again. If I keep swooning this hard, I may just pass out
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This is a horrible UX/UI decision. Why would you do something like this?
My friend just pointed out to me that after the most recent update, the artist name is now crammed directly underneath a song's title. The artist's name was previously displayed in its own separate column, so you could quickly scan lengthy playlists and navigate to a chosen artist at a glance.
Now, you have to use the additional sorting options (at the upper right of the playlist) if you want to sort by artist and even then, you can't easily see where one artist's tracks end and next begin. And it makes it harder to tell which tracks are collaborations.
Yes, let's make one of the two most important pieces of information about a song more difficult to find and read. What a stupid decision. Anyone else insanely frustrated by this?!
