The Bridge

user15026

4:00 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz O.o

user15026

I hope it is a nickname.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz Why is his neck so large in comparison to his head?

ickleislands

wow I totally need to invest in some form of cooling for this room

I wish it was as cool outside of my pc case as it is inside my pc case

James

@AshleyNunn Parents can be cruel

user15026

@James That's true.

Lazers

4:09 PM

0

Q: Is there a specific order to complete Saints Row 2?

Is there a specific order to complete SR2? This made me thing that I may have done something out of order.

saints-row-2

0

Q: Do chainsaw kills count as non-melee damage for Peace Medic?

The chainsaw benefits from the melee damage character skill, but doesn't benefit from the power fist. Can a chainsaw medic get the Peace Medic achievement (Heal 300 points of damage in a single mission without dealing any non-melee damage to the Swarm), provided they only use the chainsaw and mel...

alien-swarm

0

Q: GTA IV car's cheatsheet

Does anyone have a list with images of all cars in GTAIV (commenly called a cheat-sheet). I saw one once, but that was 2 computers ago, and i can't find it.

gta-4

fbueckert

@Lazers List question.

OrigamiRobot

The Warden (mini-boss)
General
Now has Fast and Molten affixes, in addition to Jailer
In Inferno difficulty, the Warden will also gain the Desecrator affix

Wipqozn

tortoise swoosh

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot Well then.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Bah.

It's like they hate melee.

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:13 PM

@fbueckert Pretty sure adding fast is a very anti-ranged move.

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz Molten and Desecrator are pure melee murder.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert Desecrator can be dropped at range last I checked

ickleislands

@OrigamiRobot what? lol. so they're making him anti-melee and anti-ranged while keeping jailer? dammit give him vortex as well so that it's more obvious that they're trolling

OrigamiRobot

Monks can now use spears, two-handed weapons, and two-handed swords

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz Since when do ranged units stand still long enough for Desecrator to work?

OrigamiRobot

4:14 PM

@fbueckert I can handle desecrator. Molten is murder.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot @fbueckert I wrote a thingy on the Monk. If you get a chance to read it, let me know what you think.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot We could use spears before, right? Does this mean we can use two-handed spears?

ickleislands

@LessPopMoreFizz yes, fast = anti-ranged, mortor = anti-ranged, desc = anti-everything in conjunction with fast but mainly aimed at melee

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert It punishes you for not paying attention. Same as it does if your melee.

StrixVaria

Also are full patch notes out?

OrigamiRobot

4:15 PM

@StrixVaria us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5871367540

user2334

Why would a monk use a two-handed sword?

ickleislands

It IS good that they're doing this in conjunction with reducing the damage they're doing

since they're making it more tactical rather than brutal

user2334

> Magic Find will no longer be considered when looting objects in the environment such as chests, barrels, vases, pots, and corpses

user2334

:(

ickleislands

what @ Skill Rune – Nether Tentacles Tentacles will now only hit each target once

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:17 PM

> Tentacles will now only hit each target once

Noooooooooooo

ickleislands

@LessPop_MoreFizz Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

OrigamiRobot

> Tooltips for items on the ground will now show comparison stats

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp Item farming much?

OrigamiRobot

Who even cares? Give me AH comparison!

ickleislands

I'm so glad that I have leveled lots of different classes

AH comparison > every change in those patch notes

user2334

4:18 PM

@fbueckert Not even farming, but it was fun to see nearly everything give me blues due to having a fairly decent magic find on my leveling gear

OrigamiRobot

> Resist values will now be taken into effect when calculating the Protection comparison stat (the Protection value is an average protection estimate of all your resists)

I have an answer to update

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

ickleislands

@OrigamiRobot finally

user2334

> Fixed a bug where The Lyceum in the Southern Highlands was not appearing

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp They were talking about nerfing lucrative farming that didn't involve killing monsters.

OrigamiRobot

4:19 PM

> Fixed an issue where the corner panel fires in the Chamber of Suffering were doing twice as much damage as intended

That's nice I guess

user2334

Finally can finish the Act I lore and exploration chieves

OrigamiRobot

> Damage from monsters in Acts II, III, and IV in Inferno difficulty has been reduced

> Wasps in Act II, Mage Constructs in Act II, and Winged Mollocks in Acts III and IV will now run away less

Thank all the gods

> Leaders of Invulnerable Minions packs have had their health pools reduced

> Mortar monsters can now hurl projectiles farther, but their minimum range has also been increased by 100%

agent86

> Repair costs have been increased for item levels between 53 and 63

OrigamiRobot

> Fixed a bug where Sandwasp projectiles could sometimes become invisible

agent86

I think they said they were 4x now, this makes me sad :(

OrigamiRobot

4:22 PM

Fuck you wasps!

agent86

I die often in inferno, and trying to repair my gear afterwards is going to make inferno farming for me completely unprofitable if the costs have gone that high

at least they'll let me farm act 4 hell now, I guess? yay?

ickleislands

Fixed a bug where The Lyceum in the Southern Highlands was not appearing

ABOUT TIME

agent86

don't know if this has been noted, but thank god:

> Herald of Pestilence tentacle attack damage has been reduced

StrixVaria

> When comparing a two-handed weapon against two currently-equipped one-handed weapons, the game will now simulate the removal of both one-handed weapons (instead of simply removing the main-hand weapon, which resulted in an inaccurate comparison)

agent86

that thing was crazy OP

ickleislands

4:26 PM

yes

Heralds are currently insane

That is a beefy list of patch notes

agent86

yeah, well, glad some of that was fixed :)

ickleislands

I just hope they remain as vigilant with their fixing. I do like that the bosses are getting more mechanics, even if they are just reusing affixes in most cases

StrixVaria

Wait a second.

Did they not make crafting level 60 items at the Blacksmith cheaper?

That's the whole point.

ickleislands

no they made training to level 10 cheaper

StrixVaria

That's so stupid.

That is the opposite of the correct fix.

ickleislands

4:29 PM

well yes, since both of my artisans are already level 10

< sucker

that was a lovely 700k wasted

agent86

@ickleislands yeah, I did it too :(

StrixVaria

They made everything about the blacksmith that doesn't matter cheaper, and the only thing that I wanted them to make worth doing is unaffected.

agent86

I think they were more trying to make the blacksmith/jeweler worth using at low levels

rather than just AH'ing everything

ickleislands

I mean currently, leveling your jeweler IS worth it, just for the stars

StrixVaria

They should make it worth using at high levels.

ickleislands

4:29 PM

@agent86 the blacksmith gear is good for alts

OrigamiRobot

Better formatted patch notes

tiddy

...And my day continues, ignorant and carefree of all Diabloness

ickleislands

all of my alts have been using blacksmith gear to level

bwarner

@ickleislands They were getting ripped off. Were you ever able to sell something you crafted on the AH for as much as it cost you to craft it?

ickleislands

@bwarner yes but I was lucky with some of my receipe drops

since I found a couple of level 50+ legendary receipes on release day

and have been spamming those and gold AH'ing them for twice their build cost

agent86

4:32 PM

@ickleislands yeah, jeez, that gave you a leg up :P

ickleislands

and then sold 2 on the RMAH

bwarner

But that's different. I'm talking about the gear your alts are using to level.

ickleislands

@agent86 when I got them on release day I figured that the drop rates for that stuff was high

else I'd have AH'd the receipes

@bwarner I don't AH level 20 gear :p

waste of my time

I salvage it once I'm done with it and use it to make the next set of gear

I call it the (Nearly) Perpetual Gearing Initiative

bwarner

OK, so you don't have a point of comparison. The point is that some people do AH level 20 gear, and you'd get much better stuff there than from your crafting.

StrixVaria

Belial enrages after 3 minutes in his final phase.

@fbueckert @OrigamiRobot How long were we on his final phase last night?

It had to be at least 5 minutes.

ickleislands

4:35 PM

@bwarner unfortunately, those people missed the point of the game. End game = level 60, until you get there you don't need any gear better than what the blacksmith can make. That is called wasting gold, which is why I have enough gold to fund the creation of a small country.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria I don't want to remember that fight

ickleislands

has all of the Belial achievements so is not bothered about any of the changes to Belial

bwarner

@ickleislands How is it wasting gold to get better gear for less money?

Only the really good gear on the AH is expensive. Everything else is ridiculously cheap, and still way better than what you can craft.

ickleislands

@bwarner the cost of level 20 gear is negligible, and you make more gold in the time it would have taken you to log out and check AH for 15 minutes for gear than the gear from BS costs

time is money, friend

I apologise, my outlook and methodologies are fundamentally incompatible with the way certain people think

each to their own

bwarner

Taking the opportunity cost of the time into play is fine, but I still think you're misleading yourself. The auction house doesn't take that much longer than crafting when used reasonably. And having better equipment makes me level up that much faster, so I think the time more than pays for itself.

I'm not saying you're doing it wrong, but I definitely don't think people using the AH are doing it wrong either.

ickleislands

4:41 PM

I never said 'wrong'

I actually said 'each to their own'

bwarner

I bought a socketed helm at the AH for 1000 gold so that I could put a square ruby in it for the 17% XP bonus. That was WAY worth it, and there's no way to craft a helm that is guaranteed to have a socket.

ickleislands

and tonight i get my fourth level 60

Lazers

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Q: What are the benefits of manning a subsystem?

In FTL, you can place crew members in various subsystems to gain bonuses. However, I don't know how to actually quantify those bonuses. The two that are least clear to me are: Manning shields increases shield recharge speed. Manning weapons increases weapon recharge speed. Do while I understa...

ftl-faster-than-light

ickleislands

so i don't think i've wasted time either

bwarner

I guess I equate "those people missed the point of the game" to "wrong"

ickleislands

4:43 PM

the hardest difficulty is always the end game, I don't classify one shotting everything in the other three difficulties as fun, and the point of games is to have fun

^ my opinion

Brian Colvin

The new favicon is great, finally people wont be thinking i have some retro dating sight pinned to chrome ++

Fluttershy

So... Anyone who is a fan of movies, watch Another Earth.. That is all.

QAdp

I want to support Gog so much, but they hardly have any games that makes me go "OMG WANT"

bwarner

So do all D3 sets have the best set bonus at one less than the full number of items? That just feels a bit odd.

fbueckert

> The chance for level 60 items to produce Legendary crafting materials when salvaged has been reduced

Answer updating time

user2334

4:50 PM

@bwarner Sounds like more borrowing from WoW. The justification in WoW is that they want you to be able to customize your character more without feeling like most of your slots are locked due to the set bonus

bwarner

@MarkTrapp I guess that makes sense. It allows you to choose which piece of the set you don't need to wear.

James

@QAdp Dungeon Keeper 2!!

OrigamiRobot

Does anyone see anything about removing the damage bonus per player in the actual patch notes?

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot That was hotfixed a week ago; shouldn't be in the 1.03 patch notes.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Oh, I never saw the hotfix notes

James

4:52 PM

Hey wait a second. When did my chat bar down here get turned blue!?

OrigamiRobot

I only saw it in the 1.0.3 preview

LessPop_MoreFizz

@James When the rocketship showed up

James

@LessPop_MoreFizz ... It was white when the rocket ship showed up originally..

LessPop_MoreFizz

@James No it wasn't.

James

Does anyone else remember the box we typed in was the blue we see on our messages but the bottom was just a white bar?

Fluttershy

5:03 PM

@James Nope... It was a light blue for me.

James

I remember us complaining initially that we had lost our bottom bar and things looked odd... @GnomeSlice had made an entire meta post about it.

user15026

I don't personally recall this.

ickleislands

keeping my answers updated like a boss

James

@AshleyNunn shrugs My interest in certifying my memory as correct or incorrect has already waned :)

Yi Jiang

Bortanicula's soundtrack, in case you didn't get the Humble Bundle release: dva2.bandcamp.com/album/botanicula

fbueckert

5:06 PM

@James gaming.stackexchange.com/a/73973/20456

OrigamiRobot

I only lost 2k DPS

Not too bad

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I sold my IAS gloves before the change; got 1.5 million for them.

Now I'm under 10K DPS again. sigh

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I'm still above 20k :P

James

@fbueckert Ugh.. Do not mind me /facepalming a question that means they couldnt look at the tool tip... besides the game is in closed beta why isnt the question closed?

fbueckert

@James There's a tooltip?

I'm actually serious; I've tried hovering over the little head icons, and I didn't see anything.

QAdp

5:09 PM

@YiJiang Yeah, but I had to really dash away so I had no time to research

James

@fbueckert Yeah put your mouse over the little guys and it says 'Manning this will charge your weapons faster' or 'Manning this will recharge your shields faster'

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I bought a better weapon with higher life on hit and raw DPS, but it's a downgrade, as my current weapons have crazy amounts of dexterity and vitality in addition to the life on hit.

Yi Jiang

@QAdp A lot of drama since then, hmmm

fbueckert

@James I must not have gotten the right area, then.

QAdp

I noticed the stuff on meta

dunno if much else

James

5:10 PM

Just hover on the area, its just part of the normal tool tip

user15026

Aw, crap, asked a question, and it's a dupe. :(

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn It happens. Don't worry about it too much.

Remember, duplicates are not inherently bad.

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn How could you? We are through!

user15026

Its just annoying. I usually check first, and today I did not

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Aw, no! Don't leaaaave meeeeee

user15026

5:12 PM

I will ask better questions! I promise!

user15026

Also, I am disappointed that coins in Cardinal Quest are useless.

OrigamiRobot

Jun 14 at 2:56, by OrigamiRobot

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Now I am sad.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn No -1 for you!

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn You should be. BMO is a catch. :P

user15026

5:14 PM

@fbueckert Haha yay

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I know! This is why I am filled with much sadness

fbueckert

lajekahr

1

diablo-3

This guy has posted no less than three answers saying the exact same thing.

ickleislands

I'm sure that I once found a page related to my profile that told me my progress towards various badges but I can't find it now, was I high or does this actually exist?

user15026

There is construction happening a floor above the lecture hall I am in and it keeps sounding like the place is going to fall down around my ears

Yi Jiang

@AshleyNunn How's Cardinal Quest? I've just played the Flash version on Kongregate and it's sort of meh

agent86

5:19 PM

Yi Jiang

@ickleislands The review sidebar has some progress bar for editing and reviewing. @agent86 also created StinkingBadges for that purpose

user15026

@YiJiang I am playing it on Android. It is pretty simplistic, but for me this is a good thing.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn Completely. Though they won't be in Cardinal Quest 2.

user15026

Like you dont have to manage your gear or anything.

ickleislands

@YiJiang ah yeah, that's what I saw, ty

user15026

5:20 PM

@GnomeSlice Well, that does me no good now ;)

GnomeSlice

@YiJiang It's exactly the same as the flash demo, in fact, can't you play the full game there now?

Yi Jiang

@AshleyNunn I don't know, I have nethack on Android, and it's pretty good

user15026

@YiJiang I don't know anything about nethack

Yi Jiang

The interface is better on a tablet actually, since I don't have to dive for help to even know how to move

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert He's advertising, clearly.

@YiJiang ...Arrow keys.

Oh, you're not talking about CQ.

Yi Jiang

5:22 PM

@GnomeSlice Nope :P hjkl home row

user15026

@YiJiang There are various versions of nethack on Android, apparently. Which one would you suggest?

Yi Jiang

@AshleyNunn Let me find the one I got

This one has a tileset bundled with it too, so you won't have to look for what each ASCII symbol means

user15026

@YiJiang Oh, nifty. :D

Yi Jiang

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbd.NetHack

user15026

Okay, that is the one I was considering.

fbueckert

5:23 PM

> Mortar monsters can now hurl projectiles farther, but their minimum range has also been increased by 100%

user15026

....how the crap does it know what phone I have?

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn I assume your phone tells it.

fbueckert

Fun fact: Walls count as projectile limits. This makes Waller Mortars very dangerous to melee characters.

ickleislands

useragent

Yi Jiang

@ickleislands Actually, no

user15026

5:24 PM

@GnomeSlice but I am looking at the page on my laptop.

Yi Jiang

The Google Play app ties in with your account

So if you're logged in the Google Play website also knows which phone you have

GnomeSlice

Latest Apple Maps Omit Mass Transit

user15026

@YiJiang Ah. That makes sense, I suppose, but is a touch creepy. I am not used to things playing together so neatly.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn Weird.

Yi Jiang

The only complaint I have for the app is that < and > are not included in the shortcuts, so to move up or down stairs you need to open up the full soft keyboard

@AshleyNunn You can push apps to your phone remotely too

user15026

5:26 PM

@YiJiang seriously?

GnomeSlice

Also, this advertisement is sweet.

What a neat idea.

Yi Jiang

@AshleyNunn That install button you see. Press it, and your phone will start downloading the app

user15026

@YiJiang awesome, awesome, awesome.

agent86

wow, @ashley's going to play nethack? that's on the "hardcore" end of the scale even for me! good luck!

StrixVaria

Oh no not Nethack.

I wish I could play Crawl on my phone.

user15026

5:29 PM

@agent86 I figure it is worth a try. Gives me something to futz with on my phone. I dont know if it is something I will like or hate, but it is halfway intriguing

LessPop_MoreFizz

Slaughterhouse Five is now a browser based video game. Welcome to 2012. Cyanide pills can be found down the hall and on the left.

agent86

@AshleyNunn try not to eat any rotten corpses!

user15026

@agent86 O.o

Yi Jiang

Ah, the most celebrated question on our site

GnomeSlice

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James

5:31 PM

@fbueckert my crew have skill levels!?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn You have Pocket Clothier. That should keep you going!

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz For serious?

fbueckert

@James Didn't read my answer, did you? :P

James

@fbueckert I think this proves I just did

user15026

@fbueckert Haha this is true. Although I am hitting my usual point of Kairosoft games where it is a lot of waiting.

James

5:32 PM

Had to figure out why a 'what does the tool tip mean' took so long to explain :P

fbueckert

@James I can be longwinded, and wander off topic, but this was not one of those times. :P

GnomeSlice

►

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Click the link.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Did, just waiting for this song to finish, since it starts music playing.

James

@fbueckert I still find it odd that a question about a game in a beta isnt being closed :)

fbueckert

5:35 PM

@James Too localized?

GnomeSlice

@LessPopMoreFizz Can you turn?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice q/e

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Yes, it is.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Somebody never played wolfenstein back in the day

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Dergh, missed those.

James

5:36 PM

@fbueckert Just thought it was against sight policy/stance was all

fbueckert

The D3 open beta provided many questions that could be answered; if a game is in a "final" state, I don't see why they should be closed.

James

@fbueckert Cause its not an Open Beta :)

fbueckert

@James Hmm. True.

James

@fbueckert I mean who plays FTL besides you me and @Sterno??

GnomeSlice

I think I'm missing the point of this game, the dead guys keep getting up and shooting me, then floating away.

Yi Jiang

5:38 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Huh, Shaun Inman

fbueckert

@James @agent86 would, if he had the time, I suspect.

agent86

@fbueckert I probably would, indeed.

James

@agent86 Time? Its a very short game.. Go Naow! :D

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang He does good things.

agent86

@James someone had a beta key and someone gave it to someone else (of course, this was after I turned it down, so someone is kind of off the hook)

anyhow, this someone can't play FTL until it is released, sometime later.

James

5:40 PM

I actually still have a second key just sitting here doing nothing

agent86

@James I thought you gave it to someone?

FINE then. gimmie.

James

Nope I had to check with someone first but [shrug]

agent86

don't say I never did anything nice for you

fbueckert