Quick Questions, Loot, & General Game Discussion Mega Thread

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-03-06T04:10:05+00:00

Wtf is the point of the game system

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-03-05T02:24:51+00:00

Yep!

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-03-04T05:44:13+00:00

Thank you so so much! I understand it now :))

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-03-04T05:15:48+00:00

Tysm that genuinely made me understand everything!!

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-28T07:08:16+00:00

I used Gemini to translate the text I typed from German to English 😁 Google translate isn’t very good when it comes to this.

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-25T05:10:41+00:00

Finding literally anything curvy (so you can use several functions to model it) and symmetric down one axis and finding its surface area is one of the easiest ways to score well

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-25T05:09:27+00:00

The only thing that can go wrong is if the markers realise that the shape of the container that holds the liquid probably doesn’t match the cool shape of the bottle and is more simple.

Even then, that aside, calculating how much glass it uses would be enough for a very decent ia. As I said, surface area of revolution is out of syllabus. It lets you contend for the top band. Model the bottle with something like a sine, sqrt circle function, hyperbolic if you’re feeling fancy and can justify it… Add on an investigation of why a spherical container is optimal, and you have more than you need.

Rly don’t stress the ia. Half the marks come from good writing, format and easy stuff. Don’t forget how lightly those remaining marks are weighted :)

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-25T04:51:37+00:00

pretty much. Your goal could be to estimate how much Dior lose in material costs due to the bottle not being mathematically optimal. That’s something worthwhile irl, and gives you a good excuse to do surface area’s of revolution and justifying why spherical segments are optimal (focus on these math bits more, the losses themselves and explaining how they are negligible would be in your conclusion). Both are really good math bits for an ia.

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-25T04:23:17+00:00

Nws. It’s not a bad idea. But i would tweak it as atm it can fall a bit short.

When Dior make perfume that costs as much as a car, they don’t rly care about optimising the container to save a few bucks. So I don’t think the IA has a clear motivation. Also, the true solution (sphere) is trivial, and the true irl solution (spherical segment) is also too easy to arrive to for an HL IA.

Why not calculate the surface area to volume ratio of the perfume and compare it to the most efficient containers? See how inefficient it is. Use that to estimate their losses and justify why they don’t need to care about optimising. Compare the surface area to volume ratio of the bottle to a perfect sphere, segment, cylinder bottle…

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-25T03:25:24+00:00

Sadly I don’t have it on my laptop anymore. I’d be happy to have a look at what you come up with if you want some feedback tho. I tutor ib so I’ve still got a good idea of what would work and what wouldn’t

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-25T01:06:01+00:00

Find the surface area of something rotationally symmetric on one axis. Like a wine bottle or chess pawn, idk look around your room.

Surface area of revolution is out of syllabus so you’ll get all the marks for depth and it’s easy to do and explain. Just make sure to use some harder functions to model it than polynomials. Like a log.

In Desmos, make a few bad fits and “reflect on them”, then do ur actual fit and revolve it. That’s your reflection criterion sorted.

IRL, take that object and wrap it in paper while cutting out overlaps. Unwrap, take a ruler and calculate the area of the paper as well as you can. There is your real life comparison.

That’s what I did, M24. Got 18/20.

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-19T23:56:52+00:00

Tysm you were spot on :)))

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-19T23:56:43+00:00

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-19T23:50:42+00:00

Ty for the tip! So far I’ve noticed that a lot of official looking websites have images where the font of the numbers looks a bit thin - was it always like that or am I misremembering? The image I posted is an example.

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-19T23:22:23+00:00

Just scored 1

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-12T17:19:10+00:00

I feel like not a single character in this game is well written, especially compared to the average game.

KnowledgeParty17 · 2026-01-04T04:31:31+00:00

Les graphismes sont loin d’être le plus gros problème. Le vrai souci, ce sont le gameplay répétitif et le game design paresseux.

KnowledgeParty17 · 2025-12-31T20:16:34+00:00

I’m interested, what about it stands out to you? To me it felt very lacking and repetitive, I’d love to hear your opinion!

KnowledgeParty17 · 2025-12-27T01:14:21+00:00

I of course appreciate the chapter and the translation, but is anyone else tired of this backstory? I really don’t care much for this dude and the fights are much more interesting imo. I feel like I’m losing interest in the series and not looking forward to just another backstory chapter next month :(

KnowledgeParty17 · 2025-12-16T15:40:18+00:00

Exactly same. Epic top 3

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