The Bridge

10:00 PM

@James Always up for that.

@Arperum I usually just stick to using it once an hour, because I lose too much time if I don't use my skills to get past bosses

James

@Frank Until you get to Leon on a new world, do not upgrade anyone, just purchase the next hero (Unless you have a gilded higher than Leon)

After that consider getting 10 levels and the first skill of people and then move on to the next hire.

Frank

@James Why?

badp

Hell, on "new world plus" you can usually skip every other hero

Ktash

@spugsley So why are you bored?

badp

10:01 PM

(at least for the first dozen or so)

James

The rate of increase in DPS is better served that way from what I have seen

I am generally doing the first 30ish levels in about 15min going up that way

badp

@Chippies did you get the 250k clicks achievement?

I'm at 230k

James

That seems to be the point where the cost of the new heroes can get your previous one 2 skills... or close enough

badp

@James That's more like Athena

Chippies

@badp I had it long ago, because I used an auto clicker before my first ascension

GnomeSlice

10:02 PM

@Chippies .....

badp

@Chippies you slightly bigger cheat than me

Chippies

I still use it when I pop skills

James

@badp Maybe once I get more hero souls??? That does seem to scale up that swap over point

Im doing this run at 20 hero souls though and its fairly close to my 18 souls last time

GnomeSlice

Heh, I mapped click to my sidescroll wheel and spam that when I want to click the shit out of something.

Chippies

hell, if my mouse allows me to set up an auto clicker in less than 10 seconds then why shouldn't I use it? lol

Wipqozn

10:03 PM

@John Yes.

Chippies

Logitech G600 ftw

James

@Chippies Bragging rights :)

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice What is this?

James

No matter what you do, someone else will eventually do it and say they did so with out an auto clicker :D

spugsley

@Ktash idk. I just feel aimless today. Even though I need to pack, sweep and mop the floors, make something to eat and paint my nails. Buuuut I am just sitting here and not doing any of that and complaining

Chippies

10:04 PM

@James except no one cares enough for me to care :P

GnomeSlice

stupid clipboard

James

@Chippies You didnt say you had to care, just a reason not to :D

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Drachenfaust. And no I can't find it in English.

James

ROFL

badp

nevermind it's still worth it

James

10:04 PM

I am on level 74 awaiting to go to the 75 boss

GnomeSlice

It was one of the built in avatars on Days of Wonder's site (they make boardgames and shit). And I use it in Small World 2 online now.

James

and I only have Power Surge unlocked so far :D

badp

I'm on zone 188 and it'll take me one hour to get to the zone 190 boss D:

Chippies

I get to zone 200 fairly fast

Ktash

@spugsley Well how can I help entertain or motivate today?

Arperum

10:05 PM

@James WHat DPS do you have?

James

@badp 120???

@Arperum 569T

Chippies

around 180 I have to start using skills, although I can get past them without skills if I wait a bit and upgrade more heroes

James

But I am looking to double my main guy now

badp

@James I hope you've gotten Betty's and Alexa's upgrades

especially Betty's

James

@badp Doubtful

GnomeSlice

10:06 PM

Betty is the shit

spugsley

@Ktash tell me I am not worthless because I don't have a job? Ughhh the feels have been strong this week

badp

Betty's kind of garbage except for her upgrades

Arperum

@James SAme level as you, 1.394T DPS.

spugsley

so many applications. no callbacks.

Chippies

although my maxed out kumawakamaru ancient really speeds things up, even though I get less gold in the process

spugsley

10:06 PM

job searching sucks ass

applying to jobs sucks ass

James

@Arperum What hero are you up to?

Arperum

Yea, getting the skills from betty is super usefull.

Amenhotep.

Chippies

@spugsley I haven't had a job much longer than you (like, forever?) so there's that

badp

15 seconds to dark ritual

Batophobia

@spugsley I get the exact opposite. My phone never stops ringing

James

10:07 PM

@Arperum Ah, I do not have him yet :D

Ktash

@spugsley You are anything but worthless. You are amazingly talented, super nice, and awesomer than awesome

Chippies

Betty, Amenhotep and King Midas are my top priorities in early game

Ktash

Plus you are very pretty

Arperum

@James I level every hero to lvl 10 before proceeding.

GnomeSlice

I ascended yesterday and I'm backup to Shinatobe already.

Level 94

Jason Berkan

10:07 PM

@spugsley Jobs don't make you worth something.

Frank

@badp Shouldn't you be farming the highest level you can?

James

@badp No to Alexa but yes to Betty (She has a lot of + to others)

spugsley

@Batophobia ...umm well thanks?

badp

@Frank Yes.

James

@Arperum I do 10 or 25 after I get past Leon

Batophobia

10:08 PM

@spugsley I have several years experience though. First time I looked for a job I was the same

James

Some exceptions are Midas who is just a flat rate DPS boost for ever (which is awesome :D)

Frank

@badp Ah.

I thought you were farming a lower area for some reason.

spugsley

I've been graduated more than a year :/ something's gotta give eventually

James

@Frank He said he was on level 188 but took an hour to kill boss on level 120 or something.. it was confusing :D

Or in an hour he could kill the boss on 120?

Batophobia

@spugsley What field are you looking at?

Ktash

10:10 PM

@spugsley To be honest, selfishly I hope you don't get something so you can keep being your awesome self and have more time to write stories and take pictures and such

badp

Well in an hour I'll be done unlocking the next zone and I'll be able to take the zone 120 boss without losing 40 minutes

so THERE

Ktash

But I understand the desire

GnomeSlice

@badp 120?

badp

@GnomeSlice yes, if I wanted to.

or the zone 5 boss, IF I WERE SO INCLINED.

GnomeSlice

isn't there a 30 second cap?

spugsley

10:11 PM

@Batophobia anything. My degree is in English Studies but I'm not only looking for writing, editing, etc positions

James

@badp We are confused man cause you are 60 levels above that guy already?? Or atleast I am confused

Frank

130 will get me another gild, then blow all the cash I can for as many hero souls as possible.

spugsley

I have experience in medical front office, customer service shit, and photography too

Frank

Then ascend.

badp

@James It's called a typographical error

Batophobia

10:11 PM

@spugsley Area?

James

@Frank I still urge you to consider 140.. the jump in difficulty from 130 to 140 was minimal to me

badp

6 mins ago, by badp

I'm on zone 188 and it'll take me one hour to get to the zone 190 boss D:

It was corrected six minutes ago

Chippies

@Frank the moment you get frostleaf, at level 1 he doubles your dps

badp

Get on with the times :P

spugsley

@Batophobia Charlotte, NC. Our job market is notoriously shitty right now

James

10:12 PM

@badp Well you have made it 3 times... Oh you edited the original to say 190.. Got ya :D

Frank

@James I have to head out the door soon, so perhaps.

@Chippies Yeah, without gilding, he kinda makes all other heroes obsolete.

Chippies

@Frank well, you do have to get to him, so they aren't necessarily obsolete... but once you get frostleaf, he makes them obsolete. Until he reaches 100 and lvl1000 treebeast gives more dps

James

@Chippies Ive still not achieved a level 1000 tree beast.. it is very expensive

Batophobia

@spugsley You'll find something. Sounds like you have a wide skill set. Just research the places you apply for and avoid mentioning your more controversial pieces if the company tries to avoid them.

Arperum

Yea, lvl 1000 treebeast is insane. I got lucky with my latest gilding. got him a second gilding!

James

10:15 PM

@Arperum Second!?

Chippies

@James I usually get level 100 frostleaf before I start over with treebeast and others

James

Niiice Id love a gilded that low in the tree

Arperum

@James Yup, first one was from regilding some super crappu gilded hero.

Chippies

I think treebeast was my first gild, but I have not been able to get more than 2 gilds on it yet

James

@Chippies When I am bored, and well ahead, I will jump guys forward 100 levels at a time

Chippies

10:16 PM

my masked samurai has 3 gilds and he's really good

Arperum

My first gild was broyle, second the guy before him, third, broyle again.

Chippies

@James I usually put all heroes up by 100's until they reach 2 price tiers under what I currently have

Arperum

@James I almost always level everything with ctrl click once you get a couple heroes ahead. keeps me a nice and round hero level number.

Chippies

i.e if I have xxxN gold, I level everyone up so their next 100 levels cost xxxS or xxxO if I'm feeling rich

spugsley

@Ktash yeah it really comes down to the pay I guess. I'd really like to make some money and actually contribute to living haha

Chippies

10:17 PM

also, keep your hero levels in increments of 25 once they are above lv200

every 25 levels gives 4x increase in dps

and the 24 levels in between don't really add much

James

@Arperum Yeah I go back and polish my heroes off to 100s as well :D

But I do it a bit farther back than that is all

@Chippies Oh, I dont level em for DPS, I level em for Hero Souls and/or skills :D

Arperum

@Chippies So much this. and lvl 1000 gives a x10. WHich is pretty damn awesome.

Ktash

@spugsley Yeah. I can understand that. Have you been writing more articles?

Chippies

@James well, skills is a given, I level everything to 100 asap and 200+ as soon as frostleaf reaches 100

I don't bother with hero souls until I'm ready to ascend

I pushed for the 25k hero level achiev today

spugsley

@Ktash the last few weren't used so it has me a little disheartened

James

10:20 PM

@Chippies as mentioned I get bored :D

Chippies

that was a bit expensive, but I managed

James

@Chippies 25,000 hero levels combined?

Chippies

@James yeah

there's an achievement for that, as well as 50k, but that's way out of my reach for now

Ktash

@spugsley It happens to the best of 'em. You are an amazing writer, so don't get too disheartened.

James

Oh yeah i see it, I have 1% :D

Ktash

10:21 PM

Harry Potter was passed up by 6 publishers remember ;)

Arperum

I got to 16k hero levels right before I ascended.

Chippies

I just figured I was at 24k and the achiev is 5% dps, so I spent an extra half hour idling for more gold before I ascended

spugsley

@Ktash I'm hoping to go away this weekend, feel refreshed, and get back to it <3

Ktash

@spugsley That'll be good :)

Batophobia

butts

Yuuki

10:28 PM

@Batophobia Silly fart, your verses don't rhyme.

Batophobia

I don't think it was meant to be a poem. Flatulence is bad at writing culturally high-end pieces

They prefer things like "Beans, beans, the magical fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot."

Lazers

0

Q: Why are games more expensive in the EU compared to US?

Example: Smash Bros 3DS US: $39.99 EU: €44.99 which is $57.02, 43% more than US UK: £39.99 which is $64.57, 61% more than US Where is the money going? EU taxes? Shipping? Localization?

3ds

Arperum

cc @Frank this just dropped.

Also: TIL that pressing shift will get socketed gems out of the dps comparison.

spugsley

11:13 PM

healthy salad dinner because casino buffet tomorrow night yummmm

@Batophobia onion miasma bahahahaha

Chippies

0

A: Why are games more expensive in the EU compared to US?

In the UK you have this thing called VAT which NISE had to fix up separate versions of the products on their site for counties which don't have VAT, this includes Shin Megami Tensei Persona Q for 3DS however another problem with NISE is that they're doing a $1 = £1 conversion from NISA which is...

would this be considered promotion or spam or something?

I'm not even sure if it answers the actual question that well

tbh I'm not even sure if the question itself is really on-topic for arqade

3ventic

@Chippies I have to agree.. I don't think currency conversion/taxing/reasons behind the pricing of video games are really something we're experts at..

But in case of Finland the reason is pretty clear... 49.99 USD is 48.90 EUR after the 24% VAT is added

DemCodeLines

I know it's off-topic, but what would be a good name for a question-answer website about school stuff? Kinda like openstudy.com?

badp

11:28 PM

@3ventic don't forget currency conversion fees

3ventic

That would probably cover the rest

badp

anywhere between 1% and 3%

DemCodeLines

anyone?

badp

our VAT is 22% but it does cover the rest :(

@DemCodeLines plz2sendteh.homewor.kz, clearly

DemCodeLines

i was serious...

Sepia Lazers

11:30 PM

0

Q: Placing bounties and accepting answers

If I answer my own question, then think "Oh what a clever boy am I!" and decide to put a bounty to award the answer, can I? My initial belief would be no, because it's redundant. However, if I place a bounty on another person's question, which they (the original asker) then answer, can I award t...

discussion bounty

RPi Awesomeness

Playing VVVVVV

Egad! A random diamond mod has appeared!

Lazers

0

Q: Pokemon Y Cartridge Save Transferred to a Digital Version

I lost my Pokemon Y cartridge recently (I'm really sad) I wanted to know if I actually need the physical copy of the cartridge to transfer the save to the digital version? It makes sense that you do but just wanted to confirm it

3ds

0

Q: What does "Your death has been avenged" mean?

Today when I started up Shadow of Mordor, it told me that my death has been avenged by one of my friends. What does this mean? How can I avenge my friends' deaths?

shadow-of-mordor

Unionhawk

@Lazers A wild @Uni question appears!

That doesn't happen often

RPi Awesomeness

@Lazers @Uni I'd guess it means that one of your friends has killed someone or something that killed you previously...

Hmm...VVVVVV doesn't seem to want to start...

Unionhawk

@RPiAwesomeness Yeah, I figured that out. I guess the real question is "How do"

RPi Awesomeness

11:44 PM

Kill someone who killed your friend?

I dunno

Chippies

@Unionhawk did it actually mention a "friend"?

Unionhawk

@Chippies Yep.

Chippies

because the game remembers who kills you and you can kill them back

or so I heard from TB's video

Unionhawk

Yeah, that's a thing. They get stronger every time they kill you, so that's something to keep in mind.

spugsley

Floors mopped, dinner made, laundry started. Seems like I can function like an actual human being sometimes

Unionhawk

11:49 PM

Like this asshole who's been sneaking up on me and destroying me, yep. Gets stronger every goddamn time.

Ktash

@spugsley Yay!! :D

spugsley

:3

Unionhawk

Ambush and Sneak are the worst qualities in an orc captain >_> I hate them so much

spugsley

@AshleyNunn Should I paint my nails crimson or navy blue? :3 I can't decide

Lazers

0

Q: How do you get hearts?

in Pyraplex, what is an efficient way to earn hearts, I can never seem to earn enough of them.

the-pyraplex

RPi Awesomeness

11:54 PM

@Unionhawk lol

Unionhawk

@RPiAwesomeness It's like "Oh, I have low health, eh, it's just 2 guys, I should be able to--" "HELLO AGAIN" "OH FUCK RUN"

Plus he's immune to all the things anyway

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk Ugh

Unionhawk

So that's fun

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk And he says "HELLO AGAIN!" to you too? :D

Unionhawk

@RPiAwesomeness Pretty much.

RPi Awesomeness

11:57 PM

lol

spugsley

I almost almost almost went to get another tattoo today.

I think I have a problem

RPi Awesomeness

or not lol, depending on how look at it

spugsley

but then I realized I was leaving on vacation tomorrow and I didn't want gross itchy skin the whole weekend

Unionhawk

His suffix is "the Rhymer", so he usually does it in the form of poetry, too.

You know, orc poetry

RPi Awesomeness

Oops...so, I loaned my friend access to my Steam account since I wouldn't be using it for a long time (or so I thought) and now he's on...

lol, I hadn't expected to get a computer for several months

spugsley

11:58 PM

@Unionhawk if this is true, it almost makes me want to play

user15026

@spugsley Mine are plum, if that helps any. I think the navy could be fun.

Chippies

@RPiAwesomeness you can give him family sharing privileges on his own empty account

Unionhawk

@spugsley I mean, you'd have to come across a "the rhymer" - since the captains are randomly picked per playthrough.

RPi Awesomeness

@Chippies oo..hadn't thought of that

Chippies

that way you can always use it when you want and you have the priority and he can use your games when you're not on

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