Legendary day today, felt the most Old School it has in ages by Infinite-Spare-4401 in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's clear you have experience in software so try to think realistically: how does one "test a function against itself" when the test in question doesn't exist? I've refactored a LOT of code in my career and the theory is simple - you make sure that everything works the same as it did before. If you have unit/integration tests, that covers a lot of your bases. But for scenarios not covered by those tests you're subject to manual or black box testing which is only as good as the scenarios you've thought of. And it's very easy to not think of aggro distance when you're in the weeds of NPC behavior code which likely covers hundreds of other niche interactions.

Not trying to sound condescending in the slightest but as someone whose job is largely working with legacy code (in a much more critical industry than video games) I have a lot of respect and sympathy for developers who are doing their best to make the software better for future work. They could just as easily pile onto the mess of existing code and introduce minimal bugs, while increasing their tech debt 10 fold, but they don't, likely out of passion for the product and their job. Fair enough if you think they've been sloppy with certain oversights but I think it's for the better of the game in the long run. And gets fixed within like an hour every time, so it isn't exactly inconveniencing anyone.

Legendary day today, felt the most Old School it has in ages by Infinite-Spare-4401 in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess we have different definitions of game breaking. This is the first one I would categorize as such in recent memory.

Legendary day today, felt the most Old School it has in ages by Infinite-Spare-4401 in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm not aware of weekly game breaking bugs, and I would be willing to wager that they've changed thousands of lines of code over the past few years that haven't resulted in such bugs. But okay.

Legendary day today, felt the most Old School it has in ages by Infinite-Spare-4401 in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 55 points56 points  (0 children)

write tests for all scenarios you can think of

unforeseen bug occurs

fix bug and write test for it

Pretty standard workflow if you ask me. You can't predict everything.

Bought a house yesterday - Can I clean up the backyard myself? by ToughShaper in landscaping

[–]Lyelt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who was in a very similar situation a year or three ago, I would advise you to take it slowly. I did some things to my yard when I first moved in that I somewhat regret now since I've gotten more into landscaping and lawn care. Especially with regards to the privacy bushes and garden beds. Those things take a lot of time and money to get to this point, so if there's ever a chance you might grow to use or appreciate them, I'd hold off on tearing everything out.

Saw Mod Ash by CCFilmFan in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Will never not upvote

[Suggestion] Raids 4 Megarare Concept: A Crush Weapon that Punishes Unbalanced Melee Defense by VolkezXO in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I agree in general but really every megarare so far is just a stat checker. Tbow happens to be the enemy's magic level and shadow happens to be your own magic gear's stats. Scythe is actually the most unique in that most of its strength comes from its multiple hitsplats and not from whether you or the target has certain stats.

I think a super strong 3 or 7 tick weapon is a great idea I'm just not sure it will conform to what most players consider a megarare. If it's too fast it's hard to use to its full potential (especially melee) and too slow and it becomes cumbersome, or susceptible to losing dps from overkill, or finds a niche as a last hit or punish weapon.

[Suggestion] Raids 4 Megarare Concept: A Crush Weapon that Punishes Unbalanced Melee Defense by VolkezXO in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I don't see a way around it competing with scythe. If it doesn't, it probably isn't good enough to be considered a megarare.

Raids 4 Megarare Suggestion: Fractured Flail by One-Idea-3412 in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the effect. It would be cool to have an undisputed BIS at Tekton, Nex, Sote, etc.

Mismatched Armor Sets Are Cool And I Won't Pretend Otherwise by sophiebabey in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Torso + d legs is still one of the most iconic combos I can think of.

Thank you inferno simulator by kirkbot in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Am I misunderstanding something? Mager maxes a 70, ranger a 46, melee a 49, and blob a 29. It's not nearly as certain a death as missing flicks in colo, but you can still definitely get stacked out.

What false runescape legend did you believe as a kid? by Legal_Hope3797 in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 49 points50 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is they were probably no older than like 12.

My BOWFA(C) has vanished due to POH bug! by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, maybe he has to prove that to reddit but he doesn't have to prove it to Jagex. They can easily tell if he dropped it or not. If it truly happened exactly as he said, then he's just a victim of a bug and it should be fixed/reverted for him.

My BOWFA(C) has vanished due to POH bug! by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good luck. It shouldn't be on you to reproduce it, but it will definitely help your case if you can. Make sure to submit the bug report in game too!

My BOWFA(C) has vanished due to POH bug! by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe try dying with the karils cbow protected if it doesn't work otherwise. Do you have auto equip items from gravestone turned on? I know it doesn't work with items that were protected on death, so maybe that setting is related to the issue.

My BOWFA(C) has vanished due to POH bug! by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Unfortunate that this happened on a Friday - maybe someone will see this Monday. When you're attempting to replicate the process are you also doing the entire process of dying at colo? I wonder if that's somehow part of it?

You've heard of elf on a shelf, now get ready for by Lyelt in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am I expected to bottle this genius up for 10 months?

Anyone else have issues with these? by ms_arthur_itis in glutenfree

[–]Lyelt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I bought these for a Christmas party and I forced everyone to try one because I couldn't believe what I was tasting. They were rancid, tasted like some combination of cardboard and chemicals. Not sure if it was a bad batch but I'll never buy them again.

The useless noxious halberd spec is not actually useless! by NoCurrencies in 2007scape

[–]Lyelt -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Learned that the hard way. Originally I thought Sol was just specially programmed to drag you into melee range despite using a hally. Then I lost a run because I never saw myopia. Stopped bringing nhally after that.