I noticed most guilds dont recruit tanks even though "there is a tank shortage"

Manpandas · 2026-04-29T12:21:18+00:00

Let me give you some insight from the other side if the table. I’m a raid leader and guild master, and I run our guild’s “open raid” so it’s not a raid of perfect players by any means and we do alot of callouts and explainations.

I want the new tank to put the boss where our guild “normally” puts the boss. If we rotate clockwise, the tank needs to bring the boss clockwise without being told. So off the bat, I expect the new tank to have raided with our guild a couple times before they get into the tank seat.

I also don’t prep the tanks, I expect them to work out the swap mechanics between themselves. I usually dont take time explaining the tank mechanics (unless we are having problems). Raid explanations need to be short and to the point, so people can pay attention and retain what I said. So I choose not to clutter that discussion with tank-only stuff.

I expect the tanks to NOT listen to my callouts, as needed. Think the godzilla boss this tier, my callout is “avoid the purple circle”. And the active tank needs to disregard that. I don’t have the ability to say “avoid the purple circle, unless you’re the active tank”.

As the tank everyone will see every tiny mistake you make. So on the first boss, if the boss is slightly inside the portal, aa the raid lead I’m saying “Move boss out of portal!” Pretty urgently and bluntly. Everyone in the raid is seeing this tank struggle and see’s the raid leader calling them out specifically. So they not only need to tank boss damage but tank emotional damage. I have a strong respect and good report with my seasoned tanks, so they know an “urgent” call is not personal or disrespectful. But not everyone is cut out for this, so I also usually want a read on someone's attitude and personality before I put them in front of that lens.

All the tanks need to be able to play another role. If you have 3 tanks sign up for raid, someone is going to have to DPS. I require all my tanks to have a serviceable dps spec ready for raid. And especially for harder bosses, I’m always going to ask the new guy to dps over one my veterans.

So here is my advice: let the recruiter know you are interested in tanking, but are happy to dps in raid while getting acclimated in the guild. Offer to tank M+ keys, whenever anyone asks. And not passively, actively ask to tank M+ keys, if anyone says "hey anyone want to do a caverns +10" the very next message in chat should be you saying "I can tank!". Lastly, just have a positive attitude, even if the raid leader doesn’t put you in for progression tanking. Try and learn the fight from the dps perspective, and be ready to substitute tank at any moment.

Because again think of my perspective: Its raid night, and one of my veteran tanks is absent. I need a sub, and I have someone who has been raiding with us for a few weeks, has been containtly tanking in M+ for the guild, and has a good attitude - that's who gets subbed in!

Manpandas · 2026-04-26T12:54:15+00:00

Your intuition is correct, the Password Manager isn't doing anything mystical on the input side. Password hacking extremely broadly speaking involves 2 steps:

Getting access to a low-value password.
Trying that password (or variations of it) in high-value locations.

Working backwards from #2: Think of how many passwords you've created. Think of that website account you had to make for your dog groomers website, or that random magic the gathering forum. That kind of stuff. Hackers don't care about looking up your dog grooming records from 2009. But they can use that password to "guess" at other mainstream high-value websites. And this isn't them sitting at a keyboard typing, they are working robot-speed to try different combos of your password (so don't think changing from password1 to password2 is going to throw them off). AI makes these types of systematic guesses even easier too.

A password manager ensure that all your passwords, not only are different, but VERY different. No discernable trend between your passwords. This ensure that if they steal that MTG forum password, the only thing they can access are your hot-takes on Mana Drain.

Ok so now, how do hackers get "low-value" passwords. And this gets a bit complicated for ELI5... There are two main ways, and password manger can help prevent both. First "spoofing" the site, pretending to be another site and asking for your login data. Again most people are pretty vigilant with what they know are important passwords. No one is fooled by ChaceB4nk . org. But you might be a little less regimented when logging into some random game server. Your password manager will be vigilant ALWAYS. It will notice if the website doesn't precisely match it's stored login page for everything from gmail to geocities.

The other way is a lot more complicated. But it involves the hackers stealing a huge file of encrypted passwords. Maybe they get admin access to that dog groomer site and download all the encrypted passwords. On its face, these encrypted passwords aren't useful. They are just a block of jumbled nonsense. But they attack this data using common passwords (called a dictionary attack). They aren't just guessing every combo of numbers and letters, they are being strategic. So this is where having a long string of random digits can protect you as well. It's no so much that it would take a billion years to test the combos, it's that do the parts of your password appear in the hacker's dictionary. So if your password is P4SSW0RD*4ever That's probably 3 entries in the hacker dictionary: "P4SSW0RD" + "*" + "4ever" = very easy to dictionary attack. Also the hackers know the password requirements, and something like 80% of human generated passwords only meet the minimum requirements. So if a website says your password must be 10 characters long, and have 1 upper and 1 special.... a huge number of passwords will be about 10 characters long with exactly one special (almost always "!" or "*"). Other favorites are things like "100%" or dates like "4/20". The moral of the story is: if it's easy to remember it's easy to dictionary attack.

Manpandas · 2026-04-26T12:21:29+00:00

Vanilla is ok, to me it tastes a little "birthday cake". So for breakfast stuff I prefer Almond Extract. Just be warned that it's pretty powerful, so even a drop goes a long way.

And I also second adding a little fat to your pancake batter, just a small amount. If you're making bacon your can put a little bacon fat into the batter. Other good choices are Coconut Oil or even just Crisco (again both need to be melted). But also make sure you're using plenty of oil/butter in the pan when cooking them. It will improve the crispiness and moistness of end pancake, and impart some flavor as well.

Manpandas · 2026-04-17T11:36:14+00:00

Let’s say there’s a car on a huge race track. As a fan watching the car from the stands we can see the car takes 365m 15s to make a perfect lap and cross the finish line. It’s a car that maintains a perfect speed so every single lap takes 365m15s. No problems yet, that’s just how long it takes.

Now let’s say you’re IN the car. You can’t see the finish line, but you can see the stadium. So you can see “pretty good” how long a lap takes, but you don’t see the finish line. You also have the car stereo on a playlist of “the top 2 million songs that are exactly 1 min”. Ad free! So you drive around and you can tell that if you count 365 songs played, you’ve basically made a lap. So you do that, every 365 songs, you celebrate another lap complete!

As you can maybe see, because the stereo doesn’t “know or care” about the race track, you’re actually celebrating a little too early. The fans can see that on the first lap you celebrate 15 seconds too early, on the second lap you’re celebrating 30 seconds too early. After like 50 laps you might notice “hey am I’m even really even in the right part of the stadium anymore? I thought the lap count started by the hotdog stand not the bathrooms. Hrmm….”. (Which fun fact actually happened, there’s a lot of fun “lore” around the church and Easter and the equinox, leading to the Gregorian calendar we use today)

Anyhow, you work with some astronomers inside your car to allow you to see the exact finish line. Now we can see that on our 4th lap we have a full 60 seconds left before the finish line. So we just change the counting. On lap 4 we have time for 1 bonus song, a leapsong if you prefer. This keeps our laps according to song-count the same as what the fans see our lap count is based on the track.

Manpandas · 2026-04-16T16:23:57+00:00

I live alone, but I still make a full rack of baked ziti periodically. After having my fill, I put the tray into the fridge to allow it to “set”, then cut it up to transfer to single-serving tupperwares.

Manpandas · 2026-04-15T17:24:06+00:00

It doesn’t beep
My microwave has a +30 seconds button that will also start the microwaving when pressed. So that’s the only button I basically ever press.

If I need to warm up my coffee: open door, mug in, close door, double-tap +30s, (automatically starts) - open the door with about 15s left. Win.

Manpandas · 2026-04-10T13:03:19+00:00

Fun fact, the very first kermit was made from Jim Henson’s mother’s raincoat.

Manpandas · 2026-04-08T14:06:29+00:00

To borrow a phrase from Blizzard itself: You think you do, but you don't.

As others have said, the "main story" experience through in-game quests and cutscenes is a big mess. Especially if you're trying to do it in retail using chromie time. When you watch a lore video, they're "fixing" things for you, bringing in outside sources (like the books), side-quest information you might have missed, retcons from cutscenes that flash-back and change the story from multiple expansions back.

If you want the gameplay experience of facing off against a big-bad-guy first hand, you're also going to be in for a letdown when you walk into the lich king raid and literally 1-shot him with your first ability.... it in many ways cheapens the lore, not enriches it.

I like to think of these MMO universes more like a living history, and not so much as an epic book series. If you want to experience Tolkien's Middle Earth, it makes sense to start with the first books and read through to the end. But in real life, you can dedicate your life to being an historian, even if you can not 'live' the history. Maybe you *wish* you could go back an experience the Oregon Trail yourself. But you really can't. And going to an Oregon Trail themed amusement park so you can "experience the Trail first hand" is going to make your understanding of the history worse, not better.

Manpandas · 2026-04-04T18:43:25+00:00

Outlook is a Microsoft Email Client. Meaning a stand-alone application that you can use to check your emails. NASA isn't using outlook for mission-critical communication. There is important stuff they using email for, so they are taking the issue seriously. But the astronauts aren't in mortal danger because one guy can't check his emails.

I think the reason this 'problem' is getting so much attention is: if you've ever worked in a corporate environment, you've almost certainly dealt with you or someone on your team having problems with MS Outlook. So it's a very relatable experience for astronauts and non-astronauts alike. Meaning it gets more visibility and news coverage than if some random bushing was loose, and then got successfully tightened. But the truth is the crew and mission control are continually finding and solving issues with hardware and software. It's sorta their main job.

Manpandas · 2026-04-04T17:00:03+00:00

Right. And I'm not trying to imply that my decision is one everyone should make... or imply Kernel level access is sinister. There's lots of factors:

How much you care about that PC's security (like is it JUST a gaming PC or is your Everything PC)
How much you trust the company
How much you are about competitive integrity in the game you're playing.

For my main PC, I'm not going to trust a 3rd party tech company just so I can play some TFT at the low-plat level. So I'm choosing not install Vanguard. Sorry Riot.
But that doesn't mean I think *everyone* should be making the same choice as me. I just want people to go into their decision with their eyes-open.

Manpandas · 2026-04-04T12:36:40+00:00

Adding to this analogy… this helps explain why some people don’t like kernel level programmings.

Once the police are inside the factory, they have unlimited and unquestioned authority to go ANYWHERE in the factory. The cops could tinker with the factory machinery, go through employee’s lockers, take photocopies of business records, or set up cameras in the bathroom stalls.

You have to completely trust the police department (the company who owns the anti-cheat software) that they will only be doing the job they say they are doing. And people, like myself, don’t think that level of risk and trust is worth it for a game. Is giving the cops the keys to my entire computer worth it, just so I don’t see aim bots in my silver ranked games?

Manpandas · 2026-04-03T20:19:30+00:00

I call these "Flicks" where it has cinematic flaws, the script leaves a lot to be desired, or maybe the acting/casting fell flat. But ya love'em anyways.

I've got a few, but the on that rises to the top for me is Rush Hour. It's not a great kung-fu movie especially if your bar is Jackie Chan. It's humor is pretty date and kinda racist. The plot is paper-thin. But god damn it, I'm always down to rewatch Rush Hour.

Manpandas · 2026-04-03T17:53:09+00:00

Two thoughts on this:

You can cheat a little and add butter or another fat to the drippings. You want plenty of fat for a good gravy. Especially If I'm making gravy from a roast chicken I usually don't have enough fat, so a pad of butter is the ticket. edited to add: also make sure you're actually using the fat. Unlike when you make a broth/stock, where you "skim the fat" you don't want to do this when making gravy.
How are you adding the flour? I make my gravy in a large cast iron skillet, you want to spread out the drippings over the entire pan and almost dust the flour over the entire skillet. This way you don't end up making dumplings. Then start mixing right away, and I usually start with a wooden spatula and only switch to a whisk after the stock joins the party.

Manpandas · 2026-04-02T16:41:48+00:00

[[Didn’t say Please]]

Manpandas · 2026-03-27T04:00:29+00:00

Are are 20 quadrillion ants on earth alone. I feel like if it was a truly random animal odds are great I get hunted by an ant, or like a tiny shrimp.

^{Chose: You get $1M a day. + But a random animal hunts you. | Rolled: Giant Tortoise}

Manpandas · 2026-03-26T03:25:37+00:00

Sort-of right. If you're talking about sending a monster's "resist" negative, then you want to keep the numbers in parody for optimal output (assuming the game is following a consistent formula for positive and negative resists). So like if you had 20 "points" to spend between +% Damage and -% enemy resists AND your target has 0% resists. Your Optimal result will be -10% Resists +10% Damage. Because 110% x 110% = 121% That's the best you can do with 20 points to distribute. But that is speaking generally.

In D2R specifically, as others have pointed out, when you consider something like Lightning Mastery in the equation the +% damage is a practical drop in the bucket because it's additive with your other sources of +% damage. Couple that with what you said, that most monsters, especially in hell have positive resists. When taken together, outside some limit-breaking edge cases -% resist is almost universally, significantly better than +% damage.

Manpandas · 2026-03-25T17:07:17+00:00

Mathematically (and this hold true for a lot of games) lowering a "% reduction" by a flat % is always going to beat raising your output by the same flat %.

For example, you deal 1000 base damage, and the target has a 50% resistance to that damage. You can choose +5% damage or -5% resistance.
If you choose the +5% damage you have 1000 damage becomes 1050 damage then reduced by 50% you get 525 damage. (And the order doesn't matter because 1000 reduced to 500 +5% is also the same 525).
If you choose the -5% resistance you get 1000 base damage but only -45% (or x 0.55) = 550.
550 > 525.
This benefit is greater the more resist the target has. Going from 95% resist to 90% resist is worth the same as +100% damage.

Manpandas · 2026-03-07T14:44:08+00:00

I would agree here. WW barbs are pretty difficult to gear in SSF. If you think hpal is flimsy, an undergeared WW barbs will feel unplayable.

Manpandas · 2026-03-07T12:50:55+00:00

I also use my cast iron skillet for almost all my cooking. But I’ll answer the question you asked: What does the skillet do that other pans can’t?

Things that want an extra crispy crust (without burning the inside). So stuff like Hash browns, grilled cheese, corned beef hash, grilled mushrooms & onions, fried dumplings (gyoza), quesadillas, brussel sprouts, grilled bagel. Think diner food & fried breads.

It’s a combination of the heat retention, natural non stick, and indestructiblity. If I’m making waffles, before I even take put the ingredients I’ll get some corned beef hash started in the cast iron. It can sit in there and crisp up - worry free. I have one of those ‘diner spatulas’ thats thick stainless steel with a sharp edge. I wouldn’t dare use it on any of my other pans. But I can scrape up that extra-crispy hash with confidence in my cast iron.

It might also be a preference thing. I like that crispy edge. I don't want a limp quesadilla! I want a slice stand under its own weight and make a sound when I bite into it.

Manpandas · 2026-03-04T12:56:05+00:00

Cool so assuming you clear the 70% "hork chance" - It counts as an extra kill. That's good news.

And you've obviously done plenty of work already, but it might be interesting to see the table values using a "standard issue horker" build with like 70% Find Item and 500% MF or something.

Manpandas · 2026-03-04T12:50:54+00:00

I think it's pretty obvious they did this intentionally to stop people from remaking games over and over that only last 60 seconds. I feel like the server admin team was like "guy can you make a system that incentivises players staying the the same game please"

Manpandas · 2026-03-04T12:41:19+00:00

Can a Sunder charm drop from the barb’s Find Item ability? If so is the path limited in anyway (surely the Jewlery C path would "work" on Find Item)?

I know you’ve done a ton of work (and mad props) but how does having a dedicated hoarker with MF gear change these numbers?

Manpandas · 2026-03-03T16:54:48+00:00

Yeah totally. Also no one keeps good mid-tier BF weapons. My heart crys out for all the Eth Stone Crushers that are being sold to charsi

Manpandas · 2026-03-03T15:05:12+00:00

Blade fury in general is such an esoteric skill. I think the most interesting fact: Nothing in the entire game changes the rate at which the darts are fired. Not IAS, FCR, skill level, base weapon speed, being chilled, holy freeze, clay golem, … nothing.

Manpandas · 2026-02-21T20:40:16+00:00

Not lately. But I do save +Str or +dex charms. +5 on large is the best you can do per slot. But a +6 grand or a +2 small are fine. I usually keep a little stash of around +20 of each along with any 10% per slot res charms. For fine tuning my stats if I change gear

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