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21:02
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Q: What is this texture for?

Dutch ClarkHey so i was making a texture pack when I saw this: What is this texture for?

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Q: What is the preferred order of DPS stats for the Monk?

Tater596A little theorycrafting here, which attributes should a Monk focus on from a pure DPS perspective? Obviously in the case of Dexterity there are other effects to consider on the whole, such as the added chance to dodge and the effects that could be provided by passive skills in relations to that,...

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Q: What does this Icon over heads mean?

Klokworkk We have run across this skull in crossbones icon over a few enemies in Hell difficulty and we don't really know what it is. It doesn't appear to be consistent with effect names on elites. I did notice my character had a debuff in the screenshot (didn't notice it in game) and also has the skull ...

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Q: How do you pull out the tombstone while running from Dahaka in the tombs?

user9060In Prince of Persia Warrior within, how do you pull out the tombstone while running from Dahaka in the tombs?

Tags.
Are those okay?
This doesn't seem like a duplicate, one is asking how to rapidly switch a skill (as though he wants to combo multiple skills, the other acknowledges this and wants to know if you can go AoE to single-target or the like
@LessPop_MoreFizz Link?
@badp Can you not always see your own deleted answers?
@RavenDreamer paywall'd, but I explained the rationale in chat more or less if you keep reading.
@RavenDreamer I don't think so at all
wait. Answers probably
21:12
@LessPop_MoreFizz Elitist Jerks is behind a paywall?
I can't remember.
Oh, or just the one sub-forum?
@RavenDreamer Benefactors Bar
which has several sub forums.
I see.
Did not know that existed.
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Q: How do you pull out the tombstone while running from Dahaka in the tombs?

user9060In Prince of Persia Warrior within, how do you pull out the tombstone while running from Dahaka in the tombs?

Tags.
Are those okay?
21:14
@RavenDreamer It is for Benefactors!
@GnomeSlice No.
Should be one tag, not two.
Ithink there was a meta thread about that
Probably needs massaging to deal with
involving the 25-char limit.
@LessPop_MoreFizz The full name is too long.
but I haven't counted, so I could be wrong.
@GnomeSlice The appropriate solution to not fitting in the tag limit is never two tags.
FAE
FAE
21:16
@LessPop_MoreFizz still sad this meta tag got deleted
Well, that's just great.
My motherboard and PSU arrived today.
Which means I have all the parts to my computer... except for the CPU.
T_T
FAE
FAE
haha that sucks
Also, apparently I'm still getting scholarship suggestions from my university.
Thanks guys, but I graduated.
@RavenDreamer ongoing education!
maybe if it was free I might actually do that
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Q: How should we tag Prince of Persia?

Matthew ReadThe warrior-within tag was just created, and used in conjunction with the prince-of-persia tag. While the Warrior Within "subtitle" is unique to my knowledge, and fairly well-known, do we have a general rule for this? Obviously prince-of-persia-warrior-within is too long, but what about pop-war...

21:20
Maybe if they paid me
@LessPopMoreFizz So re: the int thing. Wouldn't that mean that sockets on armor are even less valuable because you want more of what you don't have than of what you already have scads of?
@RavenDreamer Masters Degree!
1 min ago, by Raven Dreamer
Maybe if they paid me
@RavenDreamer Quote from a professor "Nobody actually pays for a Master's Degree."
@OrigamiRobot Depends on the field.
Plenty of people pay for MBA's.
21:25
Well, this was probably referring to engineering
@OrigamiRobot As in, no one wants to pay extra for an engineer for a master's degree, no one cares enough about a master's degree to pay for it, or anyone who pursues a masters degree winds up not paying for it?
The real legitimate advice is that you should never pay for an advanced degree whose primary application is going to be a career in academia - because if you can't get someone to pay for it, you aren't good enough to get a job that requires it.
@RavenDreamer If I had to guess, it's as in "anyone who gets a masters degree is making somebody else pay for it."
@RavenDreamer The third one. Research grants and such.
@RavenDreamer I really hate how they make you pay for every little thing in Diablo 3... i pay to level the blacksmith, why should I pay a ridiculous fee to craft a crappy item?
(The most common route in Engineering being, I presume, by making your employer pay for you to go back.)
21:26
@Fluttershy because gold sink!
@LessPop_MoreFizz That too.
@OrigamiRobot PhD that makes sense. Masters, there are plenty of people that 'pay tuition' via an employer sponsorship.
@LessPop_MoreFizz SAS does do a great deal of that.
Not that I'm employed by SAS, just that I know about them.
@Fluttershy because items are, for the most part, reusable. It's the only way to keep the economy from spinning out of control.
I think the economy is still going to spin out of control.
Crafting is the primary sink, and everyone is saying that crafting is essentially worthless.
21:32
@RavenDreamer No, Crafting isn't the primary sink. Gems are the primary sink.
And Gems are far from worthless.
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Q: Where is the Ancient Waterway in the Dahlgur Oasis?

Ivo FlipseI'm in the Dahlgur Oasis and have to find the Ancient Waterway? I had previously explored the entire map, but I don't see where I should be going. Any suggestions for where I should be looking for it?

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Q: How many XP do I get by killing monters?

RobertoI have some items that gives me +X experience points for each kill, or +X%, but how does this compare to the XP obtained by killing those monsters? I can't see how many points I get when I kill them.

@LessPopMoreFizz You think folks are more likely to sell an unauctionable item for gold than salvage it?
@RavenDreamer In a couple of weeks, the price of salvage mats is going to be roughly comparable to the vendor value of most items.
Arbitragers will see to that.
(Possibly not for Normal and maybe Nightmare Mode stuff, that market is heavily distorted by new entrants, as well as by existing across a very wide band of player and item levels, but that market is also, in terms of the economy as a whole and in terms of endgame, largely irrelevant anyway.)
@RavenDreamer The only alternative to the prices being comparable is if the demand for those crafting mats increases - which is also possible as people settle in at 60 and start turning to crafting as a reliable way to produce 15 pairs of gloves hoping that one of them is actually the right set of affixes - in which case, crafting mats will increase to a price higher than the vendor value of the items, in which case, people will melt them rather than salvage.
It is fascinating to watch, though.
@LessPop_MoreFizz one market (vendors) is fixed though, and do people really want to blow money on materials when they could just buy whatever direct on the AH?
the goods need to be useful themselves
21:39
@NickT Right, which is why equilibrium will either settle at = that fixed market, or higher if demand supports it.
@NickT As to blowing money on mats vs. buying directly on the AH, the higher end the item you're looking to produce, the less the AH is likely to be able to support you.
yeah, but you're gambling so heavily then, and the gold cost anyways make it pure chance you'll profit (and on average, like in Vegas, it seems you lose)
Funny thing about Vegas.
People still go there.
the thing I'm still trying to figure out is set/legendary items
they've come out and just said "the best items in the game will not be set/legendary," and yet the drop rate on set/legendary is still (I imagine) very low
I have a hard time seeing how set/legendary won't be utterly irrelevant overall
Because they're purrty and orange.
Also, ignorance is easy to profit from.
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Also because, realistically, the thing about 'the best items' in Diablo is that it's meant to be an unobtainable, platonic ideal. The whole point of Diablo is the struggle, the constantly picking up a random item that's slightly better than the totally random item it's replacing.
And in that rubric, legendaries fit in as basically 'rares with flavor text and a special model'.
The fact that the market currently prices them at a premium is the problem, not the fact that they aren't powerful enough to deserve said premium.
21:52
@RavenDreamer 15% gold is removed from the economy every time it's transferred. That in itself will cause stability. There will be some point where you can't farm gold faster than it is removed from the economy because it is a percentage.
@StrixVaria even if it's traded between players?
and not part of the AH?
@badp No.
Convenience is going to prevent that from happening often.
@LessPop_MoreFizz I know that, which is why I linked it in here.
If there's a sword I want for 100k gold, am I going to bother finding a private sale so I can get it for 90-95k? If I have the sword, am I going to sell it for 85k or try and find a private sale for 90-95k? Probably not.
21:57
Closing in on Hell!
never thought I'd be excited about that.
yay! hell is right around the corner for me!
user15026
@agent86 Congratulations? XD
@agent86 Good! I need people to go to hell with.
@StrixVaria all of you can go to hell!
Anyone want to finish out Act I normal with me? I started a new class.
nah, can't play right this second and I'll probably be re-rolling to play with a friend here soonish.
22:02
Unrelatedly
We should form a Super PAC
Because we can, and why not?
we can fund it with diablo gold and authentication tokens
22:12
@agent86 What an obvious attempt to get a star :P
@Wipqozn psh, if I was obviously trying to get a star, I'd shamelessly compliment you. Much easier, since you're so obviously awesome about choosing what needs to be starred.
@agent86 That's true, I am.
@LessPopMoreFizz Do you recommend an authenticator to log in to the game every time I play or just in general to have one for making account changes?
@StrixVaria are those separate options or are you asking how it works?
@NickT There was a checkbox for "make me authenticate every time I log into a game".
22:22
ah
I checked it to be safe, but I wonder what would happen if I left it unchecked, and whether that's "safe enough".
it might be checking some token and/or IP address to see if it needs to rechallenge for a new code
/shrug
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Q: What is an effective way of acquiring the Demolition Derby achievement?

James JiaoThis challenge requires you to get a chain of destroying 50 breakable objects. So far in the game, I have not been able to find any area that has that many objects close together. Is there a particular area that you find is good for getting this achievement? Any other tips?

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Q: Is stutter-step considered a bug?

ayckosterMany Blizzard games allow to cancel animations, so units can move farther while shooting. Warcraft (DOTA) and Starcraft are good examples where you can invest APM to make your units more effective. I found this video where some guy demonstrates this for the Deamon Hunter. It seems very effective...

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Q: Who are The Dwarves of the Pink Galley?

Anna The dwarves of The Pink Galley now know a few facts about eagle training. This message appeared after the Dwarven caravan (from The Rim of Perplexing) had left. Just before, I had trained an eagle from wild to semi-wild. Who are the dwarves of The Pink Galley, and who told them about my eagle?

@StrixVaria You'll probably be fine if you leave it at the default setting (only ask sometimes) -- it'll always ask if you log on from a different IP address, or a new client install.
@Brant Cool thanks.
Windows just blew my mind.
I just unplugged all my monitors (I have 3) and then plugged them all back into different jacks on the back of the computer, and get back up and everything still looks fine.
22:47
@StrixVaria The monitors have Ids in them, the computer remembers em.. not that you can see this :)
@James Thanks. I actually unblocked you a while ago.
I found more things to get worried about than strangers on the internet :)
@StrixVaria Ah Ha! I Knew it! :)
@StrixVaria So uh Hey, how's it going?? :)
I was mostly surprised because 2 of the monitors are the same model and everything.
@StrixVaria Haha, I have 3 Samsung monitors, all identical, and it can remember where they are when I move them, which annoys me a bit when I don't put them back up in the right area :D
I think the end result of this monitor swapping experiment is going to be that I have to buy a new video card.
sigh
22:54
@StrixVaria What are you trying to accomplish? (And you should just swipe @RavenDreamer's :D)
@James My "good" video card has some physical issues (I'm not sure what because I know barely know than which part is which) that cause crashes and stuff.
My "not so good" video card has a little trouble running Diablo 3.
@StrixVaria Ah, so its just card dying time it seems.
23:11
alright, time for some testing, see if this works: agent86ix.github.com/stackapps/d3
tracking tool for the current promo, a la the ME3 tools I made
@agent86 cool (but oof re: font)
@IanPugsley not a big fan of the body text font?
hmm
@agent86 Its just very unclear reading wise at certain sizes.
user15026
@agent86 The font is hard to read a bit
@badp so where was that school bombing relative to you?
23:16
@NickT a thousand kilometers away or so
Does organized crime still make news routinely in Italy or are they pretty boring nowadays
This one bit of crime apparently seems pretty fucking weird. The guy who activated the detonation was caught on several CCTVs in plain sight
you can see him press the button and all
So I dunno how organized it was
it was either poorly organized or diabolically organized.
Either way organized crime's been on the quiet side of things for a while now
which means they must be getting their way? I dunno.
Wasn't it on the 20th anniversary of some Cosa Nostra thing?
Nah, not Cosa Nostra. Borsellino's death or something - I'm not quite sure.
It's really late
23:21
@James @IanPugsley @AshleyNunn - this font any better? google.com/webfonts#ReviewPlace:refine/Collection:Mate+SC
user15026
@agent86 yes, much clearer
@agent86 the small caps are too big :\
also, wow
the country names on Google Maps are now super obnoxious
@NickT well, I mean this is for question titles, so...
This Tex vs. Word vs. Writer post turned me into a typographic snob
23:23
trying to find something gothic that doesn't look like crap is tricky. I could just use a simpler font, I suppose.
@agent86 that's still what I mean (see link)
@RavenDreamer Well, I just assume you will be winning one of the graphics cards to go along with your monitor as well :D
bah. screw this. I'll just pick something relatively serif-y
@agent86 Much clearer.
23:26
I missed this one design
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Q: What's the name of the current settlement?

AnnaHow to find the name of the current settlement? The Dwarven name is in the civilizations screen ("Imports from ..."), but I can't see the translation anywhere.

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Q: Is there anyway to check a recently sold item's stats?

RapidaI've been putting rares I've found on the auction house for cheap prices, which usually results in them being snatched up relatively quickly. Afterwards, I'd love to know what sold for the particular price to help gauge how much I can charge for future rares. Is there anyway to see the stats of...

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Q: How do you get the "Savior" achievement?

Mccxiv"Save players from death 250 times" What are the mechanics? What methods can I use?

So um.. I just got a little blue icon over my avatar thingy.
@James Chat flag.
everyone over 10k rep sees them
@agent86 Oh, and for chat its combined rep but for the sites its individual rep?
@badp what's that mean?
23:29
@NickT I have no idea
did they absorb this group or something?
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Q: Where did all these posts come from?

Robert CartainoAs part of the process for creating the Jewish Life & Learning Stack Exchange, mi.yodeya (an early Stack Exchange 1.0 site) has agreed to provide a jump start to this community by migrating their content to this new platform. All the users and content have been migrated to this site — t...

nite
@James yep
@agent86 Thanks kindly, as always.
23:37
no small caps, not too terribly hard on the eyes, still a bit serif-y enough to look diabloesque
@James Hi!
@agent86 Easier to read than the original, looks almost the same to me as the previous one
[tag:hides-from-@RonanForman]
Haha, I didnt think it would tag that :D
@James It doesn't, for me.
@James T_T
I'm really not asking much.
@RonanForman I think he's being silly
23:43
@agent86 I keep forgetting to upload video four :( And I have no good reason as to why I keep forgetting!
Do it now!
@RonanForman Yeah, and I would, readily.. if I were not at work, hehe.
What happened to th post it note?
@RonanForman Probably in the box still
Anyway it's late.
@James VIDEO!!!!
Night.
23:45
@RonanForman G'Night man
mkay, once more with feeling - agent86ix.github.com/stackapps/d3
@agent86 Much more readable after a refresh

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