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

    Yes, sometime during standup, but often during weekly meetings.
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    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...
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    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...
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    Path of Exile

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