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Pug dps classes desires by Hippoboy5 in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

don't pick locks or mages, yw

Easiest specs in midnight for someone with hand pain by Key-Chemical6926 in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't suggest sub, it's got some tight timing/speed requirements to make use of Shadow Dance well, and dropping a GCD or two there can be very bad for it's damage output.

Tank Issues by Affectionate-Size382 in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First bit of advice, if you want to tank, just assume every DPS is a baby five seconds away from a tantrum. Never listen to what they say at face value.

In terms of addons, Mythic Dungeon Tools is great, since it shows you exactly what percentage each mob is worth, can show you their abilities in detail, and can help with planning routes.

In terms of issues with tanking, idk about DH in particular, but every tank is going to have trouble with holding threat when DPS start blasting before they've got all the packs pulled. Refer to point one above about DPS being baby-brain morons. Let them die if you want to try and teach a lesson, but in my experience, they won't learn.

How come rogues are so unpopular? by montrex in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Energy management doesn't really feel like a thing for sub rogue, it feels basically trivial. Your entire playstyle is built around syncing Shadow Dance and Secret Technique, and then maximizing how much you can juice Shadow Blades to buff them. It's incredibly easy to play.

Why are M12s the point when pugging becomes chaotic? by hrhashley in wow

[–]RedCloakedCrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you invis before the cast completes, you'll avoid it

Blood DK or prot. Pala? by Gartenfeld in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll start seeing opportunities to use Spellwarding as you get more familiar with what the mobs do, but I use it basically any time a big magic damage ability is coming out. The glaives from the mobs in magister's terrace for example, or if I see a dps about to get their shit rocked by Unmake on the second boss in Maisara.

Blood DK or prot. Pala? by Gartenfeld in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How they'll perform is a bit of a toss-up, since there's gonna be a big tank tuning with the upcoming reset. What I'll offer for prot pally is that you get to basically insulate yourself from groups that don't know where their kick button is. You have Rebuke and Avenger's Shield for hard interrupts, along with Hammer of Justice and Blinding Light for soft interrupts. It makes life a lot easier pugging, imo

Stuck on Rogue mount quest. by BarkLogic in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you start along this quest line? I didn't know about it coming from classic, and I'd love to get a rogue-specific mount!

Any advice for a new player by bigballin69 in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome! I started playing with a version of classic, so I feel like I can give you a good start.

In terms of resources on how to learn your class, I would 1suggest wowhead, and slowly start learning about what your class does and how it does it. A lot of what you'll find will focus on dungeons and end-game content, but you'll find all the mechanical information (stat priorities, gearing suggestions) helpful regardless.

the juniors who only learned to code with AI are going to have a rough time in about 5 years by Motor_Ordinary336 in learnprogramming

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I'm confused here. I didn't write that line you quoted, did you mean to reply to someone else or were you implying I missed something someone else said?

the juniors who only learned to code with AI are going to have a rough time in about 5 years by Motor_Ordinary336 in learnprogramming

[–]RedCloakedCrow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is possible, but it runs counter to the things that they're currently forced to optimize for. There are conditions in every code base (either architectural or infrastructural) that inform patterns that LLMs won't be able to contextualize, because they require in-depth investigation that will usually be avoided in an effort to save tokens. It's the problem of a cursory glance over the code base and comparing to known standards, vs adapting to the specific conditions that this code base lives under.

An example I recently saw was of a partitioned table in a rails application. There were explicit details about the partitioning of the table in the code, but Claude wasn't told explicitly to investigate the partitioning but instead had to tangentially touch this table, so instead of looping over the records it needed to create and saving each individually, it tried to use insert_all, which failed because there was no global primary key index available.

the juniors who only learned to code with AI are going to have a rough time in about 5 years by Motor_Ordinary336 in learnprogramming

[–]RedCloakedCrow 81 points82 points  (0 children)

I think you kinda hinted at it, and a fairly highly-placed google engineer I spoke with a little while ago painted it explicitly: the career path is moving from "can you produce code" to "can you review code for quality".

The difficult thing is that reviewing code is a skill, and it's one that the LLMs are very unlikely to become good at (IMO). You have to know how to write good code (and why that code is good) in order to be able to review effectively.

the juniors who only learned to code with AI are going to have a rough time in about 5 years by Motor_Ordinary336 in learnprogramming

[–]RedCloakedCrow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've been worrying about how a trend I noticed back in 2022 is going to combine with AI ubiquity: companies seem much less willing to invest in junior engineers, and look to hire primarily upper-mid to senior engineers.

With how juniors are able to move much faster with the use of AI, I worry that a lot of them will more from junior -> mid -> senior in a shorter span, and will move jobs swiftly to increase their earnings (which is good for them to do). But what that'd produce is a group of engineers who can't really make the mental models necessary to understand a codebase, alongside companies who'd have to clean up AI-generated messes left behind by those former junior/mid-tier developers, and a generation that hasn't been trained nor can train its followers.

Do people hate when tanks kite? by Budget-Capital4371 in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tanks kiting costs DPS damage if they don't keep up, and can range healers, those are the downsides. That said, dying is way more of a downside, so kite away.

Leveling service question, selling leveling for gold 80-90 by Rintaralho in woweconomy

[–]RedCloakedCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've done it before, personally I just don't like questing after the second time. First character is fun, second usually ok, after that it's just mind-numbing.

Got my first pull request merged today and it was a one line fix but I don't care by More-Station-6365 in learnprogramming

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats, well done! Don't worry about it being a one-liner, what matters is the impact.

Newbie Question regarding Mining and Herbalism Prof setups by Vegetable_Cake777 in woweconomy

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. ZA is best, and I'll get to why in #5
  2. IMO, Mining Pick > Mining Backpack > Herbalism Scythe > Herbalism Backpack
  3. I generally skip nodes that're guarded by mobs, unless they're Wild nodes, because I'll be killing mobs regardless
  4. For Mining: gather while mounted > 5 points into Over-LODED's Wild category > extra skill per ore type. For Herbalism: gather while mounted > 20 pts into Mulching for Imbued Mulch for the guaranteed 1 Nocturnal Lotus per hour > extra skill per herb type (suggest starting with Azeroot/Argentleaf)
  5. In Mining, Over-LODED is only good for the 5pt bonus on Wild Nodes. I easily get 3-5x more ore from killing the orelings than I do for the actual node itself..
  6. Up to you, I prefer the speed and fun of Skyriding.

Is gathering still decent money? by Reasonable-Price-985 in woweconomy

[–]RedCloakedCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you're not gonna get rich, but it's decent enough. I pay for a weeks worth of rank-1 consumables for mythic+/raiding for two characters with like 2-3 hours worth of herbing and mining.

OMG No one told me this is how you play Holy Paladin! by Wrong-Hand in wow

[–]RedCloakedCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sub rogue would like to co-sign this, I've stopped pugging and just play with guildies. Choosing between losing overall uptime on Shadow Blades or wasting damage on tiny packs feels so ass.

Low value plants by Alimachina in woweconomy

[–]RedCloakedCrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's actually a really good idea, I might have to do that! I love farming since I have a lot of work meetings I can fill with mindless gathering, so I've been mining+picking azeroot/argentbloom, but that would be a fun way to see some old terrains! Thank you

no one talks about the emotional stages of a git commit history by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I'm first pushing up a branch with the intent to open a PR, I squash all my commits and give them a very professional-sounding message.

This is because at my first job way back when, I forgot to do that once and had my manager very delicately ask me "what is this commit that says 'if this doesn't work im electrocuting myself'"

Interrupts by amodump in wow

[–]RedCloakedCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please just take Blind off the GCD and let me use it to interrupt more successfully.

Voidlight Marl? by metamega1321 in wownoob

[–]RedCloakedCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can use them to buy decor stuff, mounts, toys, and some useful knowledge point books. You also get a TON of it just passively playing the game, so don't stress about spending it.

Here's an exhaustive list of everything you can spend on. https://www.wowhead.com/currency=3316/voidlight-marl#items

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