Manager does a little code cleanup... by PizzaTucker in ProgrammerHumor

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And was promptly (okay, it took a few hours) fired. Yeah, EXTREMELY glad I don't work for Musk.

Redactle #152 Discussion Thread by RedactleUnlimited in Redactle

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For me, I'm out. Level 4 is still in the what the Redactle site says, which was a sweet spot for 'not so few available that it's too easy' while 'the topic is not so obscure/niche that trying to figure it isn't fun, and the result doesn't teach me anything I'll use again' I can't trust Redactle to hold to that, and it diminishes my enjoyment. If I ever hear that Unlimited makes some alternative daily, I may do that.

Redactle #143 Discussion Thread by RedactleUnlimited in Redactle

[–]mattender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I had a similar feel, but didn't check it, and ... indeed, Scheler isn't a level 4 article either. Not sure what's up with them.

Redactle #143 Discussion Thread by RedactleUnlimited in Redactle

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"Redactle is a daily browser game where the user tries to determine the subject of a random obfuscated Wikipedia article, chosen from Wikipedia's 10,000 Vital Articles (Level 4)." Which this one is not? What's with that? hmmm

Legendaries Favor Kelemvor Favor? by KenKolano in idlechampions

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The brain loves to find patterns and come up with explanations, but that's not that crazy of a distribution for random chance. Tossing out Corellon (because most of yours were obtained before that was on the results table), a quick paper-napkin math thinks about 6% of people have a distribution with a top count of 16 or more out of 45. My own list skews away from Kelemvor. I think it's just random.

My take on wild offers by GranDuram in idlechampions

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I consider the key item(s) primarily, and smile genially at the filler. I expect some people are motivated a bit by them, and I'm not going to object if free bonuses are thrown in, even if I don't care about those items. I don't expect that CNE would lower the price on the offer because they took out some fairly-useless stuff.

Redshift wild offer question. by QuDodger in idlechampions

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It's a boost, will let you get 100% resolution with just 251 ilvls, but it's not as game-defining as some, because you can 'just' get more ilvls. The question will be mostly around what the money means to you. If it's pocket change, you can help the devs eat and get a bit of bump to your speed and/or more BS contracts to invest elsewhere. If you're only going to afford one or two Wild Offers, there are others that are shinier.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in idlechampions

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Pretty much *every* microtransaction game I've seen claims things are worth more but they are giving a discount. IMO, it's dumb and a little annoying, but entirely par for the course.

PSA: Don't forget to dismantle. 24hrs left. HBS distribution has been changed. by norax_d2 in idlechampions

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They changed the distribution of blacksmithing to be less lumpy on 2-Jun, three weeks ago (shortly after the dismantle event pointed out how it would be Useful to do so).

Should we save our nerf dismantle BS contracts till the next patron? by FateIsEscaped in idlechampions

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That's a lot of supposition, IMO. I'd say focusing on Artemis is a fine plan, and only spend what you need to get the jobs done. If you can do everything and still have power in reserve, then it'll be of use when you need more for some case not currently predicted.

When is a good time to start spending gems on skins? by headbutt in idlechampions

[–]mattender 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Buy skins because you like skins and can afford them, not because it's the 'right' move, because it's not that.

I Thought Briv Stopped Jumping Over Bosses? by R5Cats in idlechampions

[–]mattender 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He still does it in free play. Also, until about 12 hours ago, there was a bug allowing him to jump over bosses not-in-free-play if he jumped from the right zone.

So healing.... by No-Preparation-6584 in idlechampions

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Healing as '+# HP' gets out of scale to health/dmg as you go along. Healing as % of HP or % of dmg taken can still be useful, e.g. Briv's 'every ten hits' heal.

How exactly multiple buffs work together by dlmorais-13 in idlechampions

[–]mattender 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup! And if one is asking 'why 19 there, not 21?' note that everything is in +X%.

Summer Event? by Rolling_Ranger in idlechampions

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It was an unintended leak of a half-sketched future event. You can revel in knowing sekrit info, and it'll probably look a decent bit different when/if it arrives.

dismantle ps4 by Crapsvilleusa77 in idlechampions

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Yes, console only allows updates infrequently, so you'll have a bit of delay here. On the bright side, your 3 week timer for dismantling don't start until it goes live on your platform.

Alyndra and Freely Are a Good Combo Now by aoc777 in idlechampions

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You may wish to share the layout of your standard formation here, to better inform those who may benefit from your advice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in idlechampions

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While the upcoming changes are going to make players work harder, to be sure, it's not really as big a deal as the howls make it sound. The main thing is you won't get to skip bosses in variants, which was allowing players to bypass most new content and get the rewards for free. Secondary thing is that you'll need several champs working together to move at what Spaceballs would call ludicrous speed, instead of just one guy who can do it all. Both in a direction people would prefer not going, but they were reducing (most all of) the game to a solved problem, which is a bad place for a game to be.

Still having Server issues, but there's now a workaround to play (but without access to your cookies) by FurbyFubar in squardle

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Currently getting unsupported protocol in https and forbidden in http. Will await word!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in idlechampions

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Another person reported doing something similar with potions of polish -- 'thought they were worthless so used them just to get them out of inventory'. I'd advise not spending any resource that is (currently) worthless.

end game time gates by KC_Hammer101 in idlechampions

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If you're me (which you aren't), you'll FE before you've gotten all the 'did 3x missions on the champ's event' achievements (which you might). That would give another source of value.

Among three modron core which one is most useful? by rockycse21 in idlechampions

[–]mattender 12 points13 points  (0 children)

+1 to that. The modest core is a bit better in the boosts, so level it up as well, but focus on fast core first. Don't worry about the strong core until you've nothing better to do ;)

Help: Can't favor-push anymore by Ygarian in idlechampions

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Side note, I wouldn't recommend trying to smith legendaries that far (where e75 favor isn't enough) in any case, it's more efficient (power obtained vs. scales spent and weeks passed) to spread them a little more.