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Manatee Cannon posted:As to the rest, I wasn't trying to force you to agree with me but I apologize if that's how I came off. But you really don't need to take an optimal path or know much anything for things to work out. Yeah, it doesn't allow you to upgrade everything you find (and I don't think it should, which is likely were we differ) but you do have the leeway to use more than one if you so choose, or even drop one you've sunk upgrades into without losing much. The materials are definitely there if you look for them.
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The fat lizards chilling at the bottom of a cave are substantially more dangerous than the giant flaming demon I fought an hour ago.
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Apr 28, 2014 23:55
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The Chariot is a really fun fight, wow. Went through with a phantom buddy who showed me what to do and we aced it! It's fun clambering for safety and kicking the skeletons out. I only saw one red spirit outside the door though. Wasn't everyone seeing three? Also I blew all my titanite shards on a mace and not the morningstar, gently caress. RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Apr 28, 2014 |
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Apr 28, 2014 23:56
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Cardiovorax posted:So why then can't I find enough stuff to upgrade even half my gear to a reasonable level even while reading spoilers? Are you using normal armor that requires titanite for upgrades? I used the Drangleic set plus a normal helmet for a long time, wasn't thinking about armor. Yeah if you're trying to upgrade a full set instead of one piece there really isn't enough to go around.
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RBA Starblade posted:The Chariot is a really fun fight, wow. Went through with a phantom buddy who showed me what to do and we aced it! It's fun clambering for safety and kicking the skeletons out. After I got done with Mr. Bone's Wild Ride I did not even go to the bonfire that was past it and immediately ran back out and set down a summon sign. This continued for like four or five hours into the morning. IT NEVER ENDS!
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Well, found my first hacker in Belfry Luna, a dude with an infinite range mace that always staggers you with every single hit.
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Apr 28, 2014 23:59
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I'm impressed with the ENB, but I might be even more impressed with the cestus. I heard they were good, but they have far surpassed how well I thought they would do. Punching the Skeleton Lords to death was great.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I'm impressed with the ENB, but I might be even more impressed with the cestus. I heard they were good, but they have far surpassed how well I thought they would do. Punching the Skeleton Lords to death was great. Yeah, caesti are really great pretty much forever, especially once you get your str/dex to 40 to max the scaling damage. And it's a lot harder to overstay your welcome since you're constantly having to watch out to find an opening in the first place.
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Apr 29, 2014 00:03
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The Cestus and discovering how to power stance makes me irked that titanite is hard to get, because I really want to experiment more with those weapons instead of just relying on my trusty clubs.
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nftyw posted:The Cestus and discovering how to power stance makes me irked that titanite is hard to get, because I really want to experiment more with those weapons instead of just relying on my trusty clubs. Getting the titanite vendor gives you 10 more shards to buy and the blacksmith restocked 30 when she showed up. Then you just go through the next 2 bosses and you can unlock infusing and an infinite stock of large shards.
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Are there any solutions I'm overlooking to staying within a soul memory range of your buddy for a first playthrough? I often find myself not wanting to spend souls so I can stay sort of close to him. Has the range been documented yet? How does it behave? Does the range get wider as you spend more souls?
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Zaphod42 posted:This is both the magic and the frustration of dark souls co-op. Honestly the voice chat isn't that bad, people rarely use it and when I have heard it it's been either very quiet or people being goofy and making incomprehensible sounds to themselves. Far and away people prefer gestures or those skulls that say things. This could probably change though. HellCopter posted:You could also have summoned the NPC phantom Lucatiel. She could probably solo the thing herself. This is a joke right? Cause when I summoned her for this the first time she was worse than useless.
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I got the PC version and recorded a couple of sessions of my run. Here's an edited version (in two parts) of what ridiculous or notable stuff happened. I only went thru NG once on PS3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFoA5ljieOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVO8zpsl0jw
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Alkydere posted:HAHAHA! I finally figured out the "trick" to Ruins Sentinels! It's so stupidly obvious I feel stupid for not thinking of it earlier. Ruins Sentinels are pretty easy if you have a Tower Shield (or a phantom with one). Two-hand the shield, use the strike to get a Sentinel's attention (greatshield strikes seem to act like an MMO taunt), and then just sit there getting wailed upon for no damage and only a small amount of stamina while the other guys murder the Sentinel 
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I swear guys, Lucatiel totally hulked up and wrecked all the bosses! Maybe that calibration is only on the PS3? Because original Lucatiel was less than useless. Now she has more health than the boss does.
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Which bonfire respawns Covetous Demon and the claw manikins? Lower Earthen Peak or the one back in Harvest Valley?Logan 5 posted:This is a joke right? Cause when I summoned her for this the first time she was worse than useless. She usually tanks the hell out of anything I summon her against.
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Considering how hard it is to get Twinkling Titanite early on, is there another staff I should use for early to mid game Hexing? Or should I just switch to Miracles/Sorcery until then
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Filthy Haiku posted:Can dual weild'd fist weapons be power stanced? Very yes. Volt Catfish posted:Considering how hard it is to get Twinkling Titanite early on, is there another staff I should use for early to mid game Hexing? Or should I just switch to Miracles/Sorcery until then Dark infused archdrake staff/chime work well for hexing til you get the high end stuff.
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HellCopter posted:I swear guys, Lucatiel totally hulked up and wrecked all the bosses! Maybe that calibration is only on the PS3? Because original Lucatiel was less than useless. Now she has more health than the boss does. Yeah, she's beefed up on the PC too. Had no problem getting her through Smelter this time.
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dis astranagant posted:Which bonfire respawns Covetous Demon and the claw manikins? Lower Earthen Peak or the one back in Harvest Valley? She's awful against Lost Sinner, it's not hard for her to die if you aren't careful. The wharf boss she could solo easily, assuming she doesn't fall off the pier and drown or get stuck on furniture and never enter the boss room.
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If you're a meelee character, don't bother figuring out a way to defeat all the flame salamanders in the forest and loot their treasure. It is not loving worth it at all. Its just a goddamn flame quartz ring 
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I was trying to figure out the keyboard and mouse controls during the intro area, because it's still in the controller thing, and I rolled myself right off a cliff into some water. RIP my first death in my first Dark Souls game. The keyboard bindings are real strange. Like you have to be sprinting to jump, and sprint is space and jump is F. Takes some getting used to, I guess. Also those messages people leave around are good, but I spend too much time running from one to the other to see what people wrote, instead of actually playing the game. And then I got to those first two big statue guys and died again. Can you just run past them or do you need to fight them with your lovely starter weapon?
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derriere demons posted:I was trying to figure out the keyboard and mouse controls during the intro area, because it's still in the controller thing, and I rolled myself right off a cliff into some water. RIP my first death in my first Dark Souls game. The keyboard bindings are real strange. Like you have to be sprinting to jump, and sprint is space and jump is F. Takes some getting used to, I guess. You don't have to fight those guys now, but any blunt weapon will wreck them. The more typical first area is back behind the bonfire in Mejula.
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Internet Kraken posted:If you're a meelee character, don't bother figuring out a way to defeat all the flame salamanders in the forest and loot their treasure. It is not loving worth it at all. There should be a greatshield down there too that goes up to 100% magic block with infuse. e: Actually I think the above holds true for every element for that particular shield. mirarant fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Apr 29, 2014 |
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Sanctum posted:
I believe if you make it through the fog wall while invading in the rat covenant you technically "win" the invasion. On the PS3 version I was summoned in the Doors Of Pharros, and made it through the fog wall. After a load screen I was returned to my world on the other side of the fog, lit the bonfire, and was free to fight the boss without having gone through the area.
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Hosts are being such jerks at the moment. I keep being summoned to kill wraiths, then sent back to my own world. 
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Oh my god the Twinblade  This thing is sick. The wide, rapid moveset can hit multiple grouped enemies at once and it seems to do a ton of poise damage. I can't infuse it yet, but I imagine the quick buildup from Bleed or even Poison will make it an amazing PvP weapon. Big downside is that it wears down rapidly since every swipe is going to smash into a wall about 5 times. Also, I seem to be in the minority but the Dark Souls Two world just plain works for me. It's creepy as hell - Lordran felt like no one had lived there in ages. Drangelic feels like everything died. Everything is rotting and gnarled, Harvest Valley is literally a poison factory  . All the friendly NPCs are quietly desperate, it almost feels like the "story" is about them, not the land itself.
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Something weird happened to me twice now. First I thought it was my controller bugging out. I was blocking constantly even without the button pressed, and there was an icon of a shield surrounded by a red box under the HUD health bars. Quitting and reloading fixed it. But now it happened again, this time with the dash button, and a new icon appeared of a running man, same red box. Is this an in-game effect? And if so, how do I turn it off? Edit: VVV You'd think by now I'd know to read the drat manual. Must have pressed X on my keyboard by accident. Thanks. Tuxedo Ted fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Apr 29, 2014 |
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Tuxedo Ted posted:Something weird happened to me twice now. First I thought it was my controller bugging out. I was blocking constantly even without the button pressed, and there was an icon of a shield surrounded by a red box under the HUD health bars. Quitting and reloading fixed it. But now it happened again, this time with the dash button, and a new icon appeared of a running man, same red box. Is this an in-game effect? And if so, how do I turn it off? It's a keybind, try pressing M, that's what it is for me.
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Was there a big-rear end patch released? Steam is downloading over 8 gigs now. And without reading any of this thread for fear of spoilers I loving love this game. Sure it looks like hot loving garbage every so often and the new block/dodge mechanics are a bit hard to get used to but I love the game world, the scope of everything, the new leveling system, and the fact that it actually encourages you to experiment with weapon upgrades and try different things instead of being afraid to burn any mats at all until you looked up in a guide what the best weapon was. It's not a perfect game by any means but the old crafting system was one of the things I disliked the most about Demon's and Dark 1 so I'm glad they've remedied it. Now back to playing. 
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Kinda disappointed by The mansion in Majula. I was expecting some spooky poo poo in there, I got pretty excited when I saw the basement and then kinda crestfallen when it was just some rando skeleton hanging out and guarding the chest.
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Red Crown posted:Also, I seem to be in the minority but the Dark Souls Two world just plain works for me. It's creepy as hell - Lordran felt like no one had lived there in ages. Drangelic feels like everything died. Everything is rotting and gnarled, Harvest Valley is literally a poison factory I like your impression, though. Lordran did feel abandoned. Drangleic feels ruined.
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Not a whole of people in the belfries today.  quote:Kinda disappointed by The mansion in Majula. I was expecting some spooky poo poo in there, I got pretty excited when I saw the basement and then kinda crestfallen when it was just some rando skeleton hanging out and guarding the chest. Skeletons are spooky! There's something very familiar in there also. It's a broken Lordvessel.
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It took me only about 40 tries but I finally killed the Ruin Sentinels  And amazingly enough, it trained me so well I managed to murder the Belfry Gargoyles in one go! Anyway, I'm in trouble now. I accidentally attacked Straid – can I de-aggro him somehow? I bought almost everything, but still...
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Manatee Cannon posted:She's awful against Lost Sinner, it's not hard for her to die if you aren't careful. The wharf boss she could solo easily, assuming she doesn't fall off the pier and drown or get stuck on furniture and never enter the boss room. She tanked both Lost Sinner and Smelter Demon with no problem for me. Like she was barely even missing any health and they both had her jammed against the wall the whole fight.
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