I found I was slow to start because it seemed a bit intimidating, as there was so many variables that were obviously going to confuse each other. (This was part of why I looked at Threat Level, since it was something I could actually solve). Once I got going, there was plenty to consider but not enough time, which is OK. Maybe some more obviously low-hanging fruit could help people get into it.
A minor formatting preference: if you would add a unique ID to each row, this would help identify a particular row in a way that is preserved through sorting of the data.
On my particular solution:
I didn’t realize I needed all three of Fighter, Ranger and Mage on Dragon. I should have looked at class combos on Dragon in more detail; that should have been discoverable. Meanwhile, the optimal choice on Goblin Warrens was (by sheer coincidence) going to be my second choice, but even if I had chosen it, I would still have been behind abstractapplic who got the proper Dragon combo as well as a good Goblin party. Congrats abstractapplic.
I explicitly contemplated the idea that cleric might restore resources, not from the data but from priors, but didn’t look into it (are Clerics good at easy-but-long dungeons would be one possible line of approach). I also would have eventually looked at the relative importance of different classes being high level if I had enough time.
Thanks for making the scenario.
I found I was slow to start because it seemed a bit intimidating, as there was so many variables that were obviously going to confuse each other. (This was part of why I looked at Threat Level, since it was something I could actually solve). Once I got going, there was plenty to consider but not enough time, which is OK. Maybe some more obviously low-hanging fruit could help people get into it.
A minor formatting preference: if you would add a unique ID to each row, this would help identify a particular row in a way that is preserved through sorting of the data.
On my particular solution:
I didn’t realize I needed all three of Fighter, Ranger and Mage on Dragon. I should have looked at class combos on Dragon in more detail; that should have been discoverable. Meanwhile, the optimal choice on Goblin Warrens was (by sheer coincidence) going to be my second choice, but even if I had chosen it, I would still have been behind abstractapplic who got the proper Dragon combo as well as a good Goblin party. Congrats abstractapplic.
I explicitly contemplated the idea that cleric might restore resources, not from the data but from priors, but didn’t look into it (are Clerics good at easy-but-long dungeons would be one possible line of approach). I also would have eventually looked at the relative importance of different classes being high level if I had enough time.