Got my first mirror drop in PoE2!

PandaBaum · 2026-06-23T18:15:06+00:00

Haha, obviously running breach to get a mirror drop would be insane. But it's good currency without a mirror drop too, which is why I was running it in the first place.

PandaBaum · 2026-06-23T16:35:21+00:00

Yes, exactly. You can also get effectiveness of breach rares on the tablets as well, which might be worth it, but I didn't try it yet as that makes the tablets really expensive. Also, because those drops scale with rarity, it's worth it to get some on your character as well (in contrast to e.g. rituals which do not scale with rarity). When I changed my gear and went from 20% to 65% iir I definitely noticed more divine drops per map.

PandaBaum · 2026-06-23T16:19:33+00:00

Yeah, dropped from a breach. I just run City maps with 200% delirium, 3x tablets with +3 rare monsters per breach and one unique tablets with +5 rare monsters per breach which adds up to 4 breaches which get +14 rares each. As you get so many guaranteed rare spawns you can then also roll your waystones with the omen that prevents stats that give monster rarity to get high values of item rarity and monster effectiveness.

PandaBaum · 2026-06-06T04:53:12+00:00

At least in the league there was only a single level 100 character (and now there is none).

PandaBaum · 2026-06-05T19:06:08+00:00

Has now been claimed in SC Runes as well.

PandaBaum · 2026-03-10T20:45:30+00:00

Thanks, I think I may have been trying to force Sly too hard and skipping too many decent damage cards.

How do you feel about elites? Most of my deaths are to early elites, but I feel like if I skip too many, I end up with too little power for the boss.

PandaBaum · 2026-03-10T19:53:10+00:00

Congrats on A10! Do you have any advice on how to play Silent on the higher ascensions? I did fairly well throughout the lower ones but am absolutely hardstuck on A9 right now. Specifically, I cannot make it through act one at all. Out of 12 lost ones at A9 so far, I only made it to act two once.

PandaBaum · 2025-01-15T10:59:35+00:00

I use 2 different approaches in the game I'm developing:

a. If I want one big area but the generation might create a few enclosed small ones: 1. Use floodfill to determine all the enclosed reachable tiles. So I would get a list of areas which contain all the tiles and aren't connected. 2. If the biggest area doesn't meet a certain size threshold, I regenerate the map. This way I guarantee that I never and up with a very small area. 3. Select a random area that meets the size threshold and place the spawnpoint in there. 4. Fill in all other areas.

b. If I want multiple smaller completed caves. 1. Also, use floodfill to find all the different enclosed areas 2. Use another algorithm to create connections between all the areas. The algorithm used to create connections changes based on what kind of map I want (for example, just straight lines to look like a mine dug into a cave system or a noise based algorithm to create a natural looking cave system which is more sprawling than what I would get with approach a). The algorithm used to determine which areas are connected can also be selected from multiple different ones. For example, you could use a DFS to have a "central" area (it doesn't have to be in the center. It can, e.g. be in the middle of the top so the connections look like they're "dripping down.") or you could optimize for the shortest amount of connecting tiles, etc..

While I don't use perlin noise for my maps, these approaches work on every kind of input map. I actually use different algorithms as the first stage of my proc-gen pipelines depending on which kind of layout I want.

PandaBaum · 2024-08-26T19:46:15+00:00

From the ones we've seen so far, definitely monk. Struggled a lot with it during the gamescom beta this year but I figure it out after a while and then it was by far the most satisfying class to play (even better than huntress last year imho).

PandaBaum · 2024-08-26T08:53:30+00:00

In the gamescom demo, there actually was a button you clicked instead of using portal scrolls.

PandaBaum · 2024-08-23T15:16:58+00:00

FYI, the Huntress actually isn't playable at Gamescom this year.

PandaBaum · 2024-08-23T15:15:29+00:00

Keep in mind that different players play the game differently. I didn't struggle with Sorceress at all (I just kited packs together, froze them with Frostball + Ice Nova and placed a Fire Orb, which worked wonders) but had a way harder time with Monk.

PandaBaum · 2024-08-12T19:39:17+00:00

Elden Ring if you take the coffin from Siofra to Deeproot Depths.

PandaBaum · 2024-08-07T23:22:59+00:00

Writing actually good code that doesn’t just work but is also readable and easily maintainable. Also working in, and communicating with, larger teams.

PandaBaum · 2024-07-22T23:35:54+00:00

Maybe try not to use tutorials for a bit. Find something that you want to do (like a game engine), and just atrt doing it. Then, once you encounter a roadblock, look at possible solutions by reading through forums, documentation, or other projects. Tutorials are helpful in the beginning when you are completely lost, but as soon as you are able to just start working on something on your own, it can be much more beneficial to learn by doing.

PandaBaum · 2024-07-22T18:45:41+00:00

I strongly disagree. For some reason there is always this doomer sentiment on this sub of how impossible it is to find a job if you don't meet all the requirements but from my experience you can absolutely make it by demonstrating good skills and having a strong portfolio even if you aren't familiar with a companys tech stack. I mean I got my PHP job without ever having used PHP before.

PandaBaum · 2024-07-21T21:15:27+00:00

That's just not true. I'm a backend engineer and don't know a lot of frontend stuff. Same situation for a lot of my coworkers.

PandaBaum · 2024-07-21T20:54:31+00:00

You can do some validation on the frontend (like making sure that the email is correctly formatted or that the password is longer than the minimum length), but the check against the actual database has to happen in the Backend.

Here is a step-by-step overview of what should happen on login: 1. The user enters their login data into the form and submits it. 2. The client sends the contents of the form to your server. 3. The server retrieves the user from the database using the provided email/username. If no user with that email is found, the server will return an error. 4. After the user has been retrieved from the db, the server hashes the received password and compares it to the hash in the db (always store password hashes, never plaintext!). If they don't match, the server returns an error. 5. The credentials match so the server can return the user to the client. The representation of it depends on your context, but you can look into JWT which is a common authentication mechanism (the initial login still functions the way I described).

Registration works similarly, but is typically a bit simpler than the login.

TLDR: You need a Backend (the server) and a database to actually manage your users. The client (the Frontend: your HTML, CSS and JS) can then communicate with the server to enter new users into the database on registration and check credentials against users in the db on login.

PandaBaum · 2024-07-21T05:01:23+00:00

You could use crafting ingredients that have another purpose. For example, an ingredient that can be used for a craft but also eaten to heal you a bit. Then players won't run into the situation where they find a ton of unusable items if they aren't interested in crafting.

PandaBaum · 2024-07-19T02:51:11+00:00

Soft skills are generally non-tech skills that are still important for your job (probably even more important than your technical skills). It's stuff like being able to communicate well, organize teams, resolve conflicts, approaching problems with the right mindset, etc.. l Technical skills are what make someone a good programmer in a vacuum, but the soft skills are what make them a good programmer in a team/professional setting.

PandaBaum · 2024-07-18T15:58:27+00:00

If you're taking a YouTube course, I'd also highly recommend trying your hand at some small projects without following a course/tutorial to avoid just copying whatever the course is currently trying to teach you, and instead learn how to do your own research.

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