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  1. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Seems more like patching a core design issue instead of fixing the core issue itself(boring maps, too many waystones). Hmmm, that feels familiar. Maps too big? More checkpoints. Too much backtracking? Sprinting. The "purely optional" response is used in discussion of Kingsmarch mechanics...
  2. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Perhaps I misinterpreted your original point. What did you mean by "tying it in with QoL"? Arbitrary's post said it better than mine. If they can avoid that feeling, good.
  3. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    The QoL with Kingsmarch mappers and shippers was never the issue. They were uninteresting mechanics that use mobile game incentives to keep you playing instead of actually interesting gameplay. Has that been addressed or are you going to be incentivized to login every so often to direct your...
  4. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    I hope that's where they end up. The passive tree pathing puzzle is one of the best parts of character planning.
  5. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Kingsmarch was one of the worst PoE1 leagues, even if you discount it lasting almost a year. It's a shame they're deciding to reuse this mechanic.
  6. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Claims from the same idiots that removed life from the passive tree but left %ES for multiple leagues in a row? Or is there a passive tree preview somewhere? It's concerning much footgunning is going on in PoE2.
  7. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    If they have a design space problem with crit chance(they do), it definitely needs addressing. I think this was the worst way to address it. The passive tree in PoE2 was already way too weak and this makes it worse. Player power was already skewed heavily towards items and this will make it...
  8. Deathwing

    Roguelite Enemy Hell/Bullet Heaven/Survivor catch-all

    Got its second DLC today. It's not exactly the same as most games posted in this thread(Vampire Survivors clones) in that there's no player power meta progression. There are unlocks. Which, I'd argue is a positive since it helps preserve build diversity. The original developer is no longer...
  9. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I honestly don't know. It's a fair question and I don't know why I'm not more insistent about sticking to regular working hours despite being sick of it. I've become more non-confrontational as I've aged and I don't like letting others down. Off hours work is often catching up on stuff I feel...
  10. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I'm still working through a significant backlog from the merger. None of our testing infrastructure worked with theirs, so I'm having to reimplement most of our test suites. We just got attachments back last week, after more than a year without them. Imagine diagnosing failures with the...
  11. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Yes, sometime during standup, but often during weekly meetings.
  12. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    We do the typical two week iterations, retrospective, and planning. It is on me to request work that can't fit to be moved out of my iteration, I need to do better there. Can AI be useful here? Quick and medium(like the two in my previous post) verbally communicated tasks get recorded as 1-2...
  13. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Work harder, not smarter. I could use some advice, books, youtube videos, whatever. I feel like I've been compensating for a lack of....high level?...organizational skills by just working more and more. At least a couple days per week, I'm pretty much working all day outside of eating and...
  14. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    I would really like to see some substantiation as I'm dubious of meaningful overlap.
  15. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I think it would be an improvement if AI was adversarial and called me a meatbag. Stupid idea? AI can't document your code, you have to as part of the review process.
  16. Deathwing

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    If you guys hate each other that much, why not just get divorced? Quicker and less painful.
  17. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Is there that could help guide someone on this the first few times? This sounds similar to stuff Matt Pocock cooks up, but he iterates far too much to follow closely.
  18. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Maybe. You're suggesting get the work small enough so that auto is more trustworthy?
  19. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Pull ticket and stick it in plan mode. Read plan, make corrections, ask questions. Stick it in manual mode, laboriously approve all operations so it doesn't blow past code changes. Read, understand, and correct if necessary said changes. If the change was substantial, spawn separate agent who...
  20. Deathwing

    Diablo 5

    You've normalized making such utterly retarded takes that I honestly can't tell if you're joking. So...good job?
  21. Deathwing

    Diablo 5

    Kinda disappointing to see Chris buying the hype. He should know better.
  22. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I've only worked with Claude, but I've generally been happy with Opus. People I work with have been comparatively negative about Codex, which sucks with the whole watermarking shit and DoD customers, which we have.
  23. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Perhaps that's part of the difference between our reactions. I don't think I've ever been a good programmer. Just yesterday a colleague was explaining different ways to design logging solutions and I'm just like...print()? Not that I don't understand the concepts when explained, I just don't...
  24. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I'm on the train, don't worry. At least somewhat. I upgraded to Claude Code Max last week so that I had the tokens to run automated test triage(fully replacing the idiot underling) while still having more than enough for the rest of my development work. Wrote my first skill a few days ago...
  25. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I can't seem to get comfortable with AI from a knowledge retention perspective. I will investigate, plan, read the diffs(in manual mode, no auto), ask for explanations and changes, review the final output, understand everything and then feel like a fraction of that was retained as opposed to...
  26. Deathwing

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Aren't trucks inherently mobile? I wonder if this will anger more people than the pedantry.
  27. Deathwing

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

  28. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    As a QA team lead, AI definitely speeds up parts of our work. We never had time for unit testing our test harness, now it's an afterthought as AI manages that for "free". There's definitely a blind spot there, I'm not reviewing the unit tests AI writes, so they could all be worthlessly...
  29. Deathwing

    MTG thread

    Oh, I doubt it's Commander then, I didn't know it required 4 people. It's just some after school club that meets once in a while. Perhaps one of those prebuilts would be better?
  30. Deathwing

    Diablo 5

    Fuck that. Until the computer industry unfucks itself, continuing to push graphical fidelity is harmful to a game's bottom line. PoE2 is probably going to push past 200GB with 1.0 because of how ridiculous their shaders are. I wouldn't be surprised to see games advertising settings that let...
  31. Deathwing

    Diablo 5

    The regression is that it took 3 years, $80 base game and 2 full $60 expansions to get back to D3.5. A sign that they want to create a good game first is continuing that path on D4. Instead, pay again for a new set of unforced errors. The discussion of value gotten out of a purchase should be...
  32. Deathwing

    Diablo 5

    "weaponized autism" and "parachuting" seem at odds with each other. If the former was true, wouldn't I be much more vociferous and persistent? People are more than welcome to join the PoE thread and discuss the game's flaws. I play a lot of the game but I would say I'm one of the game's...
  33. Deathwing

    Diablo 5

    The cheap burger is being made with rat meat.
  34. Deathwing

    MTG thread

    My son's been enjoying this in a very casual way and has an upcoming birthday. Would a couple commander decks be a good gift or is something more appropriate? Last I played, commander didn't exist.
  35. Deathwing

    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    Do we get a whole movie on how Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru are turned into crispy bodies by the door? Yes, it's stuck in your head now, you're welcome.
  36. Deathwing

    Diablo 5

    I posted after you but it was more to the thread in general. This thread is not nearly negative enough. Far too many "lolbrainlessarpg" and "itgotnotshittyeventually" replies.
  37. Deathwing

    Diablo 5

    What did D4 improve over D3 and/or its competition? And why do you have any faith D5 will continue that, even if eventually?
  38. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Support mercs are definitely more functional because you need far less to find a good one and your dps isn't shit without one, thus you can more reliably defeat that good merc when you find it. I can't even remember, wtf were they bitching about a couple leagues ago? It feels at odds with the...
  39. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    All done with 40/40. Ended the league Soulwrest Reliquarian. First time I've seen Bonemeld used, so it was an interesting build to theorycraft. Certainly overpowered as I was able to squeeze 80M boss dps out of 15D. The only clunk, and it's serious clunk, is that the phantasms can leave...
  40. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    How would you do this without significantly cutting into the productivity? Understanding and approving every command it wants to run can take more time than just doing it yourself. I've been having trouble determining when I should and should not use AI. I don't like getting to the end of an...