tozededao
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I would like to share some information on some zones based on my experience in order for future profiles, obviously when we have a XP/Hour counter it will make it a lot easier to compare zones.
Feel free to add any ideas, brainstorming is always good.
Act1
The Ledge - Pretty straight forward zone. There isn't any challenging farming this zone so any character can do this. It is probably a good idea to skip Kuduku(the unique ledge totem monster) due to not worth the time doing it, unless you can kill him in like 4/5 seconds without the risk of dying.
The Coves - This zone is good, but I'm not sure if the bot will be able to maximize the farm on this zone. Basically there is a specific tileset(big fossil near Cavern of Wrath Portal) that will always spawn a Champion Pack, a Rare Monster and a lot of whites. The best way to do this is to Teleport to Cavern of Wrath WP, exit to Coves, and find the fossil which is on the inland, after you clear that big pack you teleport to town and repeat the process. This is a rough place so don't go there unless you know you can do it.
Chamber of Sins 1 - This one is tricky. The tileset for this zone is always the same, unless it spawns the Large Chest but that's just an extra room that doesn't affect the rest. The only thing that is random is the stairs that take you down to the level 2. There are 3 specific places where these stairs can spawn, 2 of them will always spawn Champion Packs, what you want to do here is chase the Champion Packs, both specific on stairs and the ones on the way to there which will probably be detected by the bot. Then you go to the level 2 or Crossroads, whatever is closer, and reset.
Fellshrine Ruins - I personally don't like this place due to the monsters being really far away from eachother. The packsize and the amount of chests make it good for weak characters that are starting on that league. Since the bot will be able to detect where the monsters are and hunt the champion packs because it can detect them from far away it might become a good place to farm.
The Docks - The most known zone, basically the best non-risky zone to farm/grind. It can be really rough if you dont have enough Fire Resist due to fire dogs, but you can't ignore the fact of skeletons Ice Shot so you need Cold Resist aswell, and enough HP or Armor to deny the physical portion aswell.
Lunaris 3 - There isn't any big difference between this zone and Docks XP wise, yet since the zone is 68 and not 63 you have a chance to get better items. On the other hand you have a bigger challenge, and it can be really rough if your char isn't ready for it.
Obviously these are all hypothetical but based on my PoE experience those are the zones where the profiles should be focusing.
As far for plugins I've never tried to develop any plugin for buddy software even though I could easily understand the plugin's code. I've developed some software both but never game related and I will probably start doing it for ExileBuddy.
ItemScore - I was thinking about a really smart way to evaluate item score by having multiple stat weights each for the most common builds(Which will also cover other builds) and having an individual score for each build, and when it would evaluate an item it would print for what builds the item would be better and its score.
Currency Per Hour - Basically it would convert all currency you loot into a specific currency(based on presets 1 Eternal = 3 Exalts = etc = etc) and it would print based on user defined (Chaos would probably be the default) the amount of Chaos Equivalent you are getting per hour.
Feel free to add any ideas, brainstorming is always good.
Act1
The Coves - This zone is good, but I'm not sure if the bot will be able to maximize the farm on this zone. Basically there is a specific tileset(big fossil near Cavern of Wrath Portal) that will always spawn a Champion Pack, a Rare Monster and a lot of whites. The best way to do this is to Teleport to Cavern of Wrath WP, exit to Coves, and find the fossil which is on the inland, after you clear that big pack you teleport to town and repeat the process. This is a rough place so don't go there unless you know you can do it.
Act2
The Forest - Pretty straight forward zone. There isn't any challenging farming this zone so any character can do this. The only problem is that the monsters will run away from you if you dont 1/2 shot them. Due to that you have to consider going here based on your type of build (ranged/melee).
Chamber of Sins 1 - This one is tricky. The tileset for this zone is always the same, unless it spawns the Large Chest but that's just an extra room that doesn't affect the rest. The only thing that is random is the stairs that take you down to the level 2. There are 3 specific places where these stairs can spawn, 2 of them will always spawn Champion Packs, what you want to do here is chase the Champion Packs, both specific on stairs and the ones on the way to there which will probably be detected by the bot. Then you go to the level 2 or Crossroads, whatever is closer, and reset.
Fellshrine Ruins - I personally don't like this place due to the monsters being really far away from eachother. The packsize and the amount of chests make it good for weak characters that are starting on that league. Since the bot will be able to detect where the monsters are and hunt the champion packs because it can detect them from far away it might become a good place to farm.
Act3
City of Sarn - Similar to Ledge, there isn't any major challenge here, except for Perpetus (the unique monster that casts Bear Trap and Ethereal Knives). So once again it is probably a good idea to skip it.
The Docks - The most known zone, basically the best non-risky zone to farm/grind. It can be really rough if you dont have enough Fire Resist due to fire dogs, but you can't ignore the fact of skeletons Ice Shot so you need Cold Resist aswell, and enough HP or Armor to deny the physical portion aswell.
Lunaris 3 - There isn't any big difference between this zone and Docks XP wise, yet since the zone is 68 and not 63 you have a chance to get better items. On the other hand you have a bigger challenge, and it can be really rough if your char isn't ready for it.
Obviously these are all hypothetical but based on my PoE experience those are the zones where the profiles should be focusing.
As far for plugins I've never tried to develop any plugin for buddy software even though I could easily understand the plugin's code. I've developed some software both but never game related and I will probably start doing it for ExileBuddy.
ItemScore - I was thinking about a really smart way to evaluate item score by having multiple stat weights each for the most common builds(Which will also cover other builds) and having an individual score for each build, and when it would evaluate an item it would print for what builds the item would be better and its score.
Currency Per Hour - Basically it would convert all currency you loot into a specific currency(based on presets 1 Eternal = 3 Exalts = etc = etc) and it would print based on user defined (Chaos would probably be the default) the amount of Chaos Equivalent you are getting per hour.
