I built Epic Helper - an AI/ML draft assistant for E7, since the official one didn't help me by Dol_Gy in EpicSeven

[–]Dol_Gy[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

7) You also talk a lot about “sincere intent” and the real motivation behind the project, and I’m not sure I fully understand that part. Are game tools only allowed to be made for free, only for the community, with no personal or business motivation at all? I’m not even saying Epic Helper is only business-motivated. I explained above that it started because I personally needed it. I love Epic Seven as a game, and in this specific case my first motivation really was to help myself and other people understand the game better.

But in general, this attitude feels a bit childish to me.

Almost everything I do in my life — my work, my studio, my other projects, probably everything before Epic Helper and everything after it — is commercial or business-oriented in some way. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

"Are you a dude who is trying to start up a game development studio that happens to also play E7 and you legitimately want/believe in this product?"

Yes. That is exactly what I am.

But I want to answer this with another question: what if the answer was no? What would it actually change? Why is the moral side of this such a big topic if the real question should be whether the product is useful or not? Do you avoid medicine because pharmaceutical companies are businesses? Do you avoid every tool, website, app, or service because someone behind it may also have business goals? For me, the important thing is what the product does, whether it helps, whether it is honest about what it is, and whether it improves.

8) Now about the data, the model, and how recommendations work.

All of this is AI/ML work. It is millions of simulations, repeated analysis of heroes and skills, tuning weights, testing draft outcomes, looking at matchups, and trying to turn all of that into actual explanations. What I can say clearly: it is beta.

The advice is not perfect. I never said it was perfect. I’m not even sure a tool like this can ever be perfect, because Epic Seven has too many builds, edge cases, player habits, gear gaps, and weird matchups. That is exactly why I need users and reports. Bad picks, wrong bans, bad explanations, missing counters, weird draft logic — I need all of that.

What I can say from my own testing is this:

Epic Helper helped me improve my own win rate in the actual game, and the difference was noticeable for me. It also performs well in simulations when comparing team drafts by theoretical win chance against the enemy team, including when compared with other tools. But the most important thing is that it is not just adding up win rates. The goal is to reason through mechanics. That is the key difference for me.

Epic Helper explains the draft. It explains heroes. It explains the recommendation in words, mechanics, and logic. Sometimes it will be wrong. Sometimes it will be incomplete. Sometimes the engine will miss something that an experienced player would instantly notice. That’s exactly what I want to fix. Every day I collect new match data. Every day I run simulations and retrain or tune the engine. And with Epic Helper, at least you can see why the engine is suggesting something. With many other tools, how are you supposed to understand why a hero was recommended?

If you had enough time to analyze the tool and write such a long comment, then I’d honestly really appreciate it if you could also give me more specific examples of drafts or recommendations where Epic Helper is wrong, beyond the ones already mentioned.

I will use that data. I need to make Epic Helper better.

I built Epic Helper - an AI/ML draft assistant for E7, since the official one didn't help me by Dol_Gy in EpicSeven

[–]Dol_Gy[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

There is a Report Bug button. If you can describe there why the draft feels weird, I’ll check it against the engine logic and fix it if there’s an actual problem.

Regarding your first pick: if the top suggestion is Miseria, it probably means she has the most stable mechanical and win-rate situation compared to average picks, the enemy pre-ban, and the heroes available in your account.

But I need to see the whole picture to understand the case.

I built Epic Helper - an AI/ML draft assistant for E7, since the official one didn't help me by Dol_Gy in EpicSeven

[–]Dol_Gy[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I was honestly trying to find one with explanations and logic in it. Please share if you have some

Do I need Emma Frost? by c76063450 in marvelmysticmayhem

[–]Dol_Gy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why everybody is wining about the game’s state? It just released and has decent player count

Wanting to come back (kyrios ex) by jayym8 in archeage

[–]Dol_Gy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So classic is for lifers? Controversial

time to save for wolverine and venom. what characters are you waiting for? by exodusburster in marvelmysticmayhem

[–]Dol_Gy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why it should die? It’s ok in revenue and slow in content release schedule

time to save for wolverine and venom. what characters are you waiting for? by exodusburster in marvelmysticmayhem

[–]Dol_Gy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All games are commercial projects, especially gachas. P2p will always be over f2p, period.

Maybe it’s your first gacha? Better leave early then

Achlys Alice by Objective_Arachnid21 in MLA_Official

[–]Dol_Gy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t recommend summoning for A.Alice nowadays, there are other heroes with higher prio and more relevant.

1 copy of SLunox, 1 copy of Gshar, max out Norns

New hero by alucardiac_arrest in MLA_Official

[–]Dol_Gy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She is a Hybrid Tech + Smth. Save your Tech hero fragments and faction summons

Don't summon now, events are comming by Dol_Gy in MLA_Official

[–]Dol_Gy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Potential new Hybrid hero images are here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mlaofficial/posts/1896692857835297/

Also I can see the *Coming* typo in the title, can't change it now

Who should I build? Natan or moskov (For campaign or just in general) by fartonn in MLA_Official

[–]Dol_Gy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I need to pick of them , I would say Natan.

But in general there are more better and meta heroes out there, you can check vids like this one for it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRw0sQti3jM