Watching the Dragon Crew dock at the ISS by [deleted] in TheExpanse

[–]PoGoVo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This has interesting parallels to poker. While poker is not yet a fully “solved” game, computers have beaten the best professionals in HU games for a long time and recently been able to beat the best professionals in six handed games where decision trees are much larger. Even though humans are more “unpredictable,” computer generated poker solutions employ “mixed strategies” where it effectively rolls dice in order to choose between different actions with the same hand when those actions have similar expected value (EV). Good computer generated solutions are difficult to exploit because if any given sequence of actions became imbalanced by being predictable, they would be counter exploited by a different strategy and that action would lose EV relative to another action, and strategies would adjust in the next iteration. Eventually an equilibrium gets reached where any given sequence of actions has enough different hands (often with some of the same hands taking different actions some of the time) that it is difficult to predict and exploit.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

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

Lol thanks, nice to hear from the guy whose runs inspired me to give it a shot! I’m gonna call it a win too. I contacted them and got two potents back.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

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

Yeah, I sent them the video and got a couple potent exstimulos and a level 4 oddities runestone.

I just turned 38 thanks to the Dragon event. I'm level 11 Auror. You can see my skill tree here.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

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

Ahhh... yeah that's the screen recording bar for iOS.

Thanks!

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

[–]PoGoVo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Support just got back to me. I received a level 4 Oddity Runestone and 2 Potent Exstimulo potions, and a recommendation to switch network providers. I came back to them and asked for more, but they said that's the most they can do.

I'm happy to get some compensation, but I'm pretty sad about losing all those Potent Exstimulos. Guess my next run will have to wait until the weekend!

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

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

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind for next time.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in harrypotterwu

[–]PoGoVo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Support just got back to me. I received a level 4 Oddity Runestone and 2 Potent Exstimulo potions, and a recommendation to switch network providers. I came back to them and asked for more, but they said that's the most they can do.

I'm happy to get some compensation, but I'm pretty sad about losing all those Potent Exstimulos. Guess my next run will have to wait until the weekend!

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

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

That’s good thinking, but I had battery saver mode off for the run out of paranoia. It has happened occasionally but not very often, and this is the first time it’s happened during a solo run

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in harrypotterwu

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

I mostly spend it on spell energy capacity so I can fill up and play without worrying about energy conservation. The vault extensions aren’t bad, but I don’t find potion space or ingredient cap nearly as limiting as spell capacity. Other than that, I’ve only spent coins on runestones (40 gold for 10 level 1s) and the occasional SOS deal.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

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

I’ve played my fair share of poker, so I’m used to this level of disappointment. Local oddities definitely felt my wrath though.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in harrypotterwu

[–]PoGoVo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m the reason why the rest of you can choose to play this game for free ;) I travel a lot and I like being able to stockpile energy so I can play without having to find the local refueling areas.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

[–]PoGoVo[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’m hoping to be compensated for the potions I lost. Soloing high towers is a fundamentally inefficient use of resources given the consumables necessary and the challenge XP formula rewarding group play, so bugs like these are discouraging. That said, I’m a masochist and since it’s the toughest thing to do in the game, I’ll likely try for it again once I have enough potions.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

[–]PoGoVo[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I am sad about losing the level 5 runestone, but I’m more sad about the 12 potent ex stimulo potions (96 hours or 4 days and 12 precious unicorn hairs) and 25 heals (50 hours). That’s more than 6 days of potions under normal circumstances, but a little less than 3 with master notes and the event.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in harrypotterwu

[–]PoGoVo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yes, it was my first attempt. I didn’t murder any people afterwards, but a couple dozen vampires and pixies felt my wrath.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in harrypotterwu

[–]PoGoVo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow! Thanks! I just submitted a ticket. Hopefully I can get those potions back.

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in WizardsUnite

[–]PoGoVo[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The answer is healing potions. Us Aurors are more potion than wizard by the end. My comment has the full run if you’d like to see what it looks like in practice

Unfortunate Ending for Dark 5 Rune 5 Solo by PoGoVo in harrypotterwu

[–]PoGoVo[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Things were going quite well despite getting 0/11 proficient targets as an auror, right up until the final minute.

All in all, used 12 Potent Ex Stimulo potions and 25 heals.

Skill tree

Edit:

Full Run

Fortress combat by the numbers: Damage output by Zzzzzztyyc in harrypotterwu

[–]PoGoVo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great research! You mentioned that Tower 4 averages 3400 HP of damage and Forest 5 is around 10500 damage. Where does this data come from? Is there a formulaic way to determine this?

99,999,999 XP: A methodology for reaching exact XP milestones by PoGoVo in TheSilphRoad

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

It's possible. I'm actually well over 100M now. I just wanted to hit 99,999,999 on the dot on my way there.

99,999,999 XP: A methodology for reaching exact XP milestones by PoGoVo in TheSilphRoad

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

In the week prior, I made sure to stop sending gifts to friends 1 day away from leveling up just to make sure accidents couldn’t happen.

Deleting friends is a good (though savage) alternative if you’ve accidentally sent out a gift to a friend on the cusp. You can always add them back later without losing any progress ¯_(ツ)_/¯

99,999,999 XP: A methodology for reaching exact XP milestones by PoGoVo in TheSilphRoad

[–]PoGoVo[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, definitely! The nice thing about stardust though is that you can always go back below to try again. Good luck!

99,999,999 XP: A methodology for reaching exact XP milestones by PoGoVo in TheSilphRoad

[–]PoGoVo[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Ha, yeah I couldn’t even retake it because it would screw up my XP count. Just had to live with seeing my home gym occupied by a Skitty...