It seems like the best stat to buff (For Assassination Rogues) changes often so what is the best one to buff currently? With cooking I can buff a stat by 90 but which should it be Agil, Crit rating or Haste rating?
Thanks
> I would especially recommend you draw some mock "screenshot" of how the game looks like and upload it alongside your question, it can really help with finding the game
Technically, @LessPop, in terms of actually getting an answer, a mockup can help
Especially as color is one thing that isn't all too often put in text descriptions (except that one recent rainbow question, but...), but it can strongly help identify a game between whether things are a morbid set of colors versus a cheerful one
I am just starting out and it's expensive to buy guns just to find out that you dislike them. How can I determine what are the best guns for me in Call of Duty Black Ops?
(note, answering my own question)
This policy has been withdrawn from the running
Due to the overwhelming quantity of flaws that outweigh the positives of the policy Allow game-rec as Community Wiki if they are specific enough to only have a few answers, it is now withdrawn as an option. These flaws include but are not li...
when did community opinion go right out the window?
Was there a coup while I was gone and now we just remove opinions we disagree with?
I think it's more reasonable to give people a chance to reassign their votes than it would have been to allow that answer to "win" and then have disregarded it due to it being impractical as far as implementation and enforcement go. Naturally that tends to rub people the wrong way, but the intent certainly wasn't to piss on their opinions or anything, heh.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, this is unfortunately true. People's votes tend to flock towards "novelty" question content, like mock-ups..
Is it after searching a few times and not finding anything, or is it automatically marked after enough auto searches?
I know you can mark it while in the zone, but how do I know WHEN to mark it depleted?
I imagine that the poll wasn't restarted in favour of not dragging the process out any longer than it's already taking. I don't think it's wrong to suggest that perhaps that's a flawed set of priorities, though personally I think it's probably the more realistic approach (otherwise these things do tend to drag on forever). And, again, the post wasn't disqualified due to "Oh, I don't like this point of view", but rather its lack of potential as a maintainable solution.
Its potential as a maintainable solution is a matter of opinion. My personal opinion is that no Game-Rec solution is maintainable, but that doesn't give me the right to throw away other people's opinions.
If there is a problem with the vote the solution is not to disenfranchise the community as that is likely to have a greater impact than the vote itself
what's the use in worrying about your beard when they're cutting off your neck?
Gaming has maybe 400 active users
discounting 60+ votes is a sizable chunk of that user base
now we can argue those numbers all we want, but that fact remains that setting a policy dictated by a mock vote does not engender confidence by the community
especially when the option you're removing was the most popular one
@tzenes That may be true to an extent, but anything that relies on classification and moderator intervention beyond what moderators already do, on a frequent basis, is really unlikely to work in the long term. Especially when there's still plenty of room for people to argue over each question, which it seems the poll is designed to resolve in the first place.
@tzenes That's a fair point, it can easily cause problems with people. I hope that won't happen, though :)
Their opinions shouldn't be discounted, but they picked a non-option. The natural response is that they shouldn't have had a non-option to begin with, but in light of the fact that they did, and there needs to be a result at the end of the day, the situation has to be corrected somehow. Unfortunately in those circumstances every method of correction tends to involve letting down some portion of the people involved.
It's certainly not ideal any way you look at it, but I don't think it's productive to consider it a malicious action either.
Although @GraceNote may have been evilly laughing behind the scenes "Mwuahaha" style I guess. I have my doubts though. ;)
I'm drawing on my own experience with handling these kinds of situations to make that statement, but it's true that I don't know what their motivation was to mark it as a non-option.
I think they believed as you did, that it was not a real option, but I still consider that a qualitative assessment
if they felt it was a bad option they should have voted for an alternative
disenfranchising a section of the voting population should never have been considered
Hell, never having this vote in the first place and dictating a decision would have been better
or even deciding to declare the whole thing void and starting over
Deciding that people who voted for an option that was bad (even if it was bad) shouldn't get their vote counted undermines the entire purpose of the vote, it undermines our sense of community and it undermines user confidence. Its the worst of all possible worlds
actually, I guess and then implementing a worse option would be the worst of all possible worlds
Yeah, hrm...I guess we'll see what the general reaction to this is. I expect that many people will be (rightfully) upset, but hopefully that won't deter their contributions. :/
@tzenes really the worst case scenario would have been to have that removed option win, and then refuse to implement it, saying that we don't agree with it. Here, at least, the people who cast their votes have been given a chance to change them. Of course, most people who have cast their vote already probably won't check back in on the thread for a while.
@RavenDreamer You'll also find similar results for a number of DPS classes. The 80-85 rating decay hit stupidly hard, and the prime stats just didn't decay anywhere nearly as much.
Getting hit capped is a matter of item selection and reforging (and to a lesser extent, gemming because socket bonuses are stronger now). Using consumables for hit is just always going to be a raw deal.
Read the blue post carefully. They're okay with primary stats being better than all other stats. They want all the secondary stats to be roughly equal, but they're okay with hit and expertise being better than all the other secondaries until their cap.
Maybe I'm too easily swayed to other people's opinions. When I heard that the answer had been struck from the voting process I was quite pleased and praised the decision, yet now I'm full of doubt.
@LessPopMoreFizz Ha, so you know which one I'm talking about. It's just, theres also been blue posts saying that they like Hit being so valuable because it is ultimately cap-able.
the whole reason for the change is because it lets them make character power fairly predictable. every item of ilvl X is going to have exactly the same amount of agility, barring sockets/bonii, which is going to make tuning content easier for them
Well its clear there are conflicting incentives here. On the one hand game-rec going away is a good thing. On the other hand rigging a vote is a bad thing.
While I'm happy to see game-rec go away, this is a price I am unwilling to pay
Hello all,
I've a problem when I try to play a LAN game on C&C3 TW for MAC.
I've a MacBookPro 2009 with snow
leopard 10.6.5
My cousin has a MacBookPro 2009 with
leopard 10.5.8
we both have the same game, same patch (1.9), different keys.
When I try to start a LAN game we can both see e...
if there was a pro-game-rec on par with the other two, that might be considered reasonable (though I'm not sure I would think it so), but as things are its completely unreasonable
I have often felt that all the crazy exceptions are what give a language the majority of its "personality". English has the wonderful combination of French and Germanic influences.
Didn't I read something regarding an e-mail address for any/all sites that was team@this->domain? I just got a notification that my message to team@this->domain hasn't been accepted.
Does it exist?
Is it functioning?
Has it blocked Google/GMail?
Who does it notify? SE Staff and/or Moderators Pr...
Let me put some more background here, @tzenes. I have been gunning for 4 months to try and stop this specific policy (narrowness due to quantity) from ever being in the running. I have been trying to arrange discussions with Juan and Oak for 3 months to work on the available policies so that we can avoid policies which are problematic. When Oak proposed this new policy-making method, I tried to explain to him why this specific policy is a problem. All which ended up for naught.
When the policy was first proposed, I have been working to convince Bruce of the issues, a task which had failed many times before. It is not my position to simply remove a policy just because I don't like it, and as long as he disagreed with me, I would have to live with the policy as it gets implemented. I would not even be allowed to argue against it post-implementation.
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There's a big difference between a policy which causes problems (which both unconditional policies can be said to be) and a policy which in itself is problematic (which this one is). I didn't oppose this because of it being pro-rec (and in honesty, the policy is actually very anti-rec due to how much it blocks, you know full well how easy it is to break it). I opposed the policy because the actual rules of the policy do not work, and that there is a humongous hole that can be exploited.
Ultimately, I did convince Bruce to agree with me (although I think badp called it strong-arming or something similar, comparing it to the FRAPS war of attrition). This still doesn't justify that I can remove the post. I had to ask him if he believed that the policy was too dangerous to even allow as an option anymore, to which he accepted the offer.
The rest is in the comments on that post. I reiterate that if it comes down to it, I'm perfectly fine with restarting the vote. It isn't my intention to remove pro-rec from the running and ensure the victory of anti-rec. Honestly, I was kinda hoping to see a spurt of support for the unconditional allowance of game rec. I hope you can understand why I took the actions that I did.
I've always wanted a gaming console. I figured I wanted a ps3 but when I look into it it seems like xbox 360 have more games that supports couch coop ( = 2 player on the same console)
The games that I'm looking into is:
xbox 360
Gears of War 1/2
Halo reach
Halo ODST
Left 4 Dead 2
Eart...
I know this is kind of a far fetch, but every once in a while I have a game where I'm destroying my opponent base while he is destroying mine, and it all comes down to who does it first.
Of course if one of us gets a worker out and builds something far from his enemy's army this is all pointless....
> I don't actually think it's an unfair comment - I went full force on both this policy and your unfortunate instance, as far as the argument is concerned. I accept responsibility for arguing, and I take that kind of criticism in stride. – Grace Note♦ 37 mins ago
Duly noted, although I admit there's really no alternative.
I'm a fan of monster-breeding/raising games like Dragon Warrior Monsters games (GBC).
When monsters are bred, they get + attributes (sometimes). How exactly does the +'ing work for breeding monsters? I can't quite seem to figure it out.
For example,
beast + +3 spot slime = +3 spot slime
+2 ...
I must have dozed off when the game was explaining it to me, but I have no idea what the point of mastering weapons is.
As such, I can't figure out if I should be using a weaker weapon till I master it, then selling it, etc.
I've been trying out the drifting in Gran Turismo 5 and I'm finding it ridiculously hard to get a good drift going. Does anyone have any tips or hints on how to play this game mode?
I'm using stick controls and an automatic gearbox, if that matters.
I use regular rechargeable Ni-MH AA batteries in my Xbox360 controllers, which I charge in a regular AA battery charger. Since the Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit batteries are just Ni-MH batteries, just like the ones I'm using, can I use the Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit cable to charge those b...
@badp Oh, while playing NFS Hot Pursuit yesterday I realized that occasionally it does to that annoying "out of car" thing, where it warns you about spike strips and stuff (and then it drives for you and you can magically go through roadblocks and such)...not as bad as some versions, but it does happen. I didn't realize it before.
but then a couple of guilds logged in on launch night and were level 2 in 15 minutes (with it's attendant +5% XP boost), and they freaked the hell out and knee jerk removed the guild xp from achievements.
So now, every guild in the world with about 10 active members is going to hit level 25 at the same time on April 24th.
@Oak so we can now ignore answers, but not the whole poll? Then I have a simple solution: let's just ignore every answer and decide the poll hasn't decided anything
@LessPop_MoreFizz As usual they have issues of scale
it's clear that 'that' option, was not an option for solving this discussion. It's replacing a grey area with another grey area. What are the criteria for allowing questions if that becomes the policy?
Honestly, I think the biggest problem was just assuming users would come forward and coherently post poll options. There really should have been an effort to pre-populate the question (by coordinating a time/date of posting or whatever), with strong reasonable answers ahead of time.
The problem is that the users who voted in favor aren't the ones that will cause problems. They understand the different shades of grey and what they shouldn't ask. The problem users are those that come after them and don't have this knowledge and start asking 'similar questions' with the wrong shade of grey. They won't sympathize with our arbitrary rules for allowing certain question, but rejecting others
@tzenes I'm reading the newest discussion between you and grace now, in those comments. And you say Grace doesn't have the right to remove (or heavily edit) a post without the consent of those that upvoted it. But won't that be the same about canceling the whole idea - as it would ignore the votes of anyone who voted for the original idea?
no it shows that those users either don't understand that they are a problem or that they don't think it's a problem. Either way, it means their 'opinion' will hurt the site and that shouldn't be allowed
@Oak its wrong to ignore one set of votes and not another
drawing that line is wrong
@IvoFlipse Again, an issue I expressed with our voting mechanism before we started this poll, and something no one else felt the need to address at the time
too bad we don't really hear whether they're actually implementing them until they land, though I guess there's no use to that other than still our curiosity
When I help someone solve a programming problem, they often express their gratitude for the solution (yay!). Generally, this takes the form of one of the following:
"Think you!"
Sometimes, people offer to hire me for further work. (Generally, stay away from these folks; they've been hiding thei...
I am just starting out and it's expensive to buy guns just to find out that you dislike them. How can I determine what are the best guns for me in Call of Duty Black Ops?
(note, answering my own question)
This policy has been withdrawn from the running
Due to the overwhelming quantity of flaws that outweigh the positives of the policy Allow game-rec as Community Wiki if they are specific enough to only have a few answers, it is now withdrawn as an option. These flaws include but are not li...
Is it after searching a few times and not finding anything, or is it automatically marked after enough auto searches?
I know you can mark it while in the zone, but how do I know WHEN to mark it depleted?
Hello all,
I've a problem when I try to play a LAN game on C&C3 TW for MAC.
I've a MacBookPro 2009 with snow
leopard 10.6.5
My cousin has a MacBookPro 2009 with
leopard 10.5.8
we both have the same game, same patch (1.9), different keys.
When I try to start a LAN game we can both see e...
Warning - newbie - just got PS3 a few days ago. "Send car to a friend is an option but is grey and can't be selected.
Is there a way (cheat and/or mod, savegame) to unlock all secondary classes from the first gameplay?
Didn't I read something regarding an e-mail address for any/all sites that was team@this->domain? I just got a notification that my message to team@this->domain hasn't been accepted.
Does it exist?
Is it functioning?
Has it blocked Google/GMail?
Who does it notify? SE Staff and/or Moderators Pr...
I've always wanted a gaming console. I figured I wanted a ps3 but when I look into it it seems like xbox 360 have more games that supports couch coop ( = 2 player on the same console)
The games that I'm looking into is:
xbox 360
Gears of War 1/2
Halo reach
Halo ODST
Left 4 Dead 2
Eart...
I'm a fan of monster-breeding/raising games like Dragon Warrior Monsters games (GBC).
When monsters are bred, they get + attributes (sometimes). How exactly does the +'ing work for breeding monsters? I can't quite seem to figure it out.
For example,
beast + +3 spot slime = +3 spot slime
+2 ...
I must have dozed off when the game was explaining it to me, but I have no idea what the point of mastering weapons is.
As such, I can't figure out if I should be using a weaker weapon till I master it, then selling it, etc.
I've been trying out the drifting in Gran Turismo 5 and I'm finding it ridiculously hard to get a good drift going. Does anyone have any tips or hints on how to play this game mode?
I'm using stick controls and an automatic gearbox, if that matters.
I use regular rechargeable Ni-MH AA batteries in my Xbox360 controllers, which I charge in a regular AA battery charger. Since the Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit batteries are just Ni-MH batteries, just like the ones I'm using, can I use the Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit cable to charge those b...
How much xp does one get for a guild boss kill in cataclysm? I can't find a guide for this anywhere.
