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Man, not sure I like NG+. Not so much the PVE side of it but every single person I fight is Defender Greatsword Havel, Lion's Hexer or Straid Mage. It's so boring. 
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May 1, 2014 23:29
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They're the new giantdads.
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May 1, 2014 23:30
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Kiggles posted:Just make it one ring. Simply being in the covenant should summon a blue bro when you are invaded, provided there is a viable blue bro wearing the only ring the covenant offers. Want to be invaded without help? Join a different cov. There should be some downside to easy moding every invader, and sacrificing a ring slot seems adequate. e: Apparently you can be summoned for bellbros form the FoFG Domattee fucked around with this message at 23:33 on May 1, 2014 |
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May 1, 2014 23:31
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What's the point of the "Enchanted" upgrade path? It seems like "Magic" but with worse scaling.
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May 1, 2014 23:31
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I watched a host in the belltower kill himself with whatever it is that makes you take damage when you cast hexes. Was he just not paying attention, or was it death before dishonor? Luckily that doesn't matter to whoever is handing out these chunks, and thus it doesn't matter to me.
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May 1, 2014 23:33
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Jay Rust posted:What's the point of the "Enchanted" upgrade path? It seems like "Magic" but with worse scaling. It does physical damage instead of magic damage, it's a way to get some physical damage on your caster. It's kind of weak but if you need something to get around elemental resists, there it is.
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May 1, 2014 23:33
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Nearly every melee character I've seen online has been using either a greatsword or this dumb twirly spear. They rely on killing you via stunlock. The spear in particular seems to be favored by the sentinels. Its really easy to dodge but if there's even a small amount of lag they'll hit you with the bullshit stunlock combo from across the room. Oh and everyone wears the Fraam armour for whatever reason. I'm surprised by how few shields I've seen.
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May 1, 2014 23:34
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And there I was, thinking my Defender Sword + King armor was clever and cool.
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May 1, 2014 23:38
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When am I supposed to attack again after the guard break for the riposte? I can't work out what the timing is. e: At 1.4 mil soul memory pvp is still rare and far between for bellbros. There are red summon signs and dragon signs everywhere though. RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 23:46 on May 1, 2014 |
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May 1, 2014 23:43
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RBA Starblade posted:When am I supposed to attack again after the guard break for the riposte? I can't work out what the timing is. When the ripostee falls flat on their rear end. You have a huge window, just don't attack them immediately after the riposte, let them fall to the floor.
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May 1, 2014 23:46
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The Crusher posted:When the ripostee falls flat on their rear end. You have a huge window, just don't attack them immediately after the riposte, let them fall to the floor. Thanks, I'll wait and see about that then. I guess I can't do it to humanoid npcs? They just stagger, but never fall over.
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May 1, 2014 23:47
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RBA Starblade posted:Thanks, I'll wait and see about that then. I guess I can't do it to humanoid npcs? They just stagger, but never fall over. The first and last time I performed a riposte was against the Forest of Fallen Giants hollows. After batting aside an attack with a shield or whatever, they eventually did fall over on their butt and you perform a dramatic stab through their chest.
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May 1, 2014 23:49
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The Crusher posted:The first and last time I performed a riposte was against the Forest of Fallen Giants hollows. After batting aside an attack with a shield or whatever, they eventually did fall over on their butt and you perform a dramatic stab through their chest. Parrying (L2/LT) is different from guard breaking (forward+R1/RB).
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May 1, 2014 23:50
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Umberger posted:Parrying (L2/LT) is different from guard breaking (forward+R1/RB). Oh, well guard breaking only works against enemies with a raised shield. So as far as NPCs are concerned, I think this only is really effective against spear weilding guys. But even then I don't think I've ever guard broken an NPC. With no shield raised they just stagger a bit with no real downside.
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May 1, 2014 23:52
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Welp, just fought a guy who took 5 great resonant souls to the face without taking damage.
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May 1, 2014 23:55
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An hour and I only did five bell invasions. Blah. When should I expect it to pick up again? Soul memory 2 million?The Crusher posted:Oh, well guard breaking only works against enemies with a raised shield. So as far as NPCs are concerned, I think this only is really effective against spear weilding guys. But even then I don't think I've ever guard broken an NPC. That would explain it then, thanks. I've just been doing it to everything.
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May 1, 2014 23:56
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RBA Starblade posted:An hour and I only did five bell invasions. Blah. When should I expect it to pick up again? Soul memory 2 million? NG+, I expect.
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May 2, 2014 00:00
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poptart_fairy posted:Man, not sure I like NG+. Not so much the PVE side of it but every single person I fight is Defender Greatsword Havel, Lion's Hexer or Straid Mage. It's so boring. It gets worse. At 4M SM the only times I get called as a bellbro is someone (usually multiple people) camping the spawn with Fire/Darkstorm or throwing Lightning Bolts at the top of the ladder.
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May 2, 2014 00:00
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It looks like the knights are learning some new skills.
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May 2, 2014 00:01
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RBA Starblade posted:Thanks, I'll wait and see about that then. I guess I can't do it to humanoid npcs? They just stagger, but never fall over. There's two kinds of ripostes. One is if you parry an attack, the enemy staggers back and falls on their rear end. You can then give them a coup-de-grace while they're on the ground. The other is after a guard break (knock away shield), or IMMEDIATELY after parrying an attack. Get right up in their grill while they're still standing, and hit attack, and you should basically backstab them from the front. The trick to the guard break one is that when you knock the person's shield away, they also stagger backwards out of the range of the riposte, so if you're immediately following up with an attack you'll just do a normal swing. You need to close that itty-bitty bit of distance before attacking to get the actual riposte.
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May 2, 2014 00:04
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RBA Starblade posted:When am I supposed to attack again after the guard break for the riposte? I can't work out what the timing is. For guard breaks, just stop your combo. If you can move again, you're fine for the punish. For parries, excepting a couple of unique parry animations, you have to wait until they fall on their rear end.
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May 2, 2014 00:04
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Boy I sure love it when multiplayer desync makes both me and the guy I'm fighting die at the same time because we're clearly both seeing very different things. e: Damnit, I keep dying because the people I fight take damage way after my attacks actually connect. Doctor Zaius fucked around with this message at 00:19 on May 2, 2014 |
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May 2, 2014 00:13
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WirelessPillow posted:It looks like the knights are learning some new skills.  Speaking of which, anybody tried sniper-heavy/arrows&bolts playthroughs? Any fun?
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May 2, 2014 00:14
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SHOTGUN REGULAR posted:Duke's Dear Freja - Picturing a rat that uses a halberd and jumps really high up. This may or may not be derived from FFIX memories. As a fair and just ruler, OF COURSE the Rat King would have an agent with special discretionary powers to address the concerns of rat citizens. I'm not all the way caught up on the thread, but the misreadings seem to have gone down over time, and it saddens me to not see as many posts going quote:Started as Depraved with Bonfire Aesthetics, cleared Heidi's Tower of Flame and now I'm in Huntsman's Corpse...
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May 2, 2014 00:14
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Thanks everyone, I knew about parries and ripostes, but didn't quite get how the guard break worked. Meanwhile, I still cannot summon in the shaded forest or shrine of winter. Is it impossible for everyone else? I haven't burned an effigy and I can summon everywhere else.
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May 2, 2014 00:15
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RBA Starblade posted:Thanks everyone, I knew about parries and ripostes, but didn't quite get how the guard break worked. The foggy forest you can. Shrine of winter you probably can't because it's such a short area. You can check where you can summon by equipping your white sign stone and seeing if it is grayed out or not.
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May 2, 2014 00:18
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WirelessPillow posted:It looks like the knights are learning some new skills. I've seen royal swordsmen and hollow infantry do this too. I love this glitch a lot.
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May 2, 2014 00:19
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turtlecrunch posted:The foggy forest you can. Shrine of winter you probably can't because it's such a short area. You can check where you can summon by equipping your white sign stone and seeing if it is grayed out or not. Yeah I just walked through and got past already. I was just concerned since it was two zones so far I couldn't.
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May 2, 2014 00:19
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so close  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aBLgFF8aRg
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May 2, 2014 00:28
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WirelessPillow posted:It looks like the knights are learning some new skills.  holy poo poo that's amazing. Its a shame you can't get those horse heads as a helmet though.
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May 2, 2014 00:28
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Can someone give me the skinny on ADP? I've seen people claim it's absolutely necessary, and others say it's the new resistance stat.
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May 2, 2014 00:30
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Winged Orpheus posted:Can someone give me the skinny on ADP? I've seen people claim it's absolutely necessary, and others say it's the new resistance stat. Without getting into the technicalities, ADP raises your agility and the more agility you have, the better. Agility gives you additional invincibility frames on dodge rolls and makes actions faster (like drinking estus).
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May 2, 2014 00:32
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Winged Orpheus posted:Can someone give me the skinny on ADP? I've seen people claim it's absolutely necessary, and others say it's the new resistance stat. It speeds up rolling, raising your shield and using items. It also gives you more invulnerability frames in your rolls.
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May 2, 2014 00:32
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Zaphod42 posted:Yeah its kinda frustrating. Whenever I see really stupid "secret door ahead" where there isn't one, I wish I could downvote it to keep the newbies from getting confused. Lazy trolling. My experience as a Dark Souls newbie hasn't been that bad. I'm guessing maybe 75% of illusory wall messages have been real. The ones that are fake usually have "Liar ahead" right in front of them. I think being limited to 10 messages makes people think twice about putting down throwaways that won't get upvotes, since they've gone back to the Demon's Souls mechanic of giving out heals for votes. I'm constantly pruning my message list and deciding if it's worth replacing one or not.
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May 2, 2014 00:34
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What do you guys recommend for breaking myself away from the Drangleic Armor set? I really wanna play fashion souls but I see all those red numbers and they scare me. Why did From make one set of armor completely OP (for poise/strength builds especially) and give it to you so early in the game? I like the aesthetics of the Elite Knight outfit (feels much more appropriate for sunbroing) but the stats fall ridiculously short, even after a few upgrades.
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May 2, 2014 00:34
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DrNutt posted:What do you guys recommend for breaking myself away from the Drangleic Armor set? I really wanna play fashion souls but I see all those red numbers and they scare me. Why did From make one set of armor completely OP (for poise/strength builds especially) and give it to you so early in the game? I like the aesthetics of the Elite Knight outfit (feels much more appropriate for sunbroing) but the stats fall ridiculously short, even after a few upgrades. The Vengarl armor set is also really good if you want to go for a barbarian look. Not bad stats either. You'll have to beat Brightstone Cove if you want to get the helmet, though.
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May 2, 2014 00:39
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WirelessPillow posted:It looks like the knights are learning some new skills. He's riding an invisible horse!
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May 2, 2014 00:40
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When you play Fashion Souls you pay the price. Seriously, giving up certain stats to look a certain way is how it goes. My caster wears random bits, when I know there are better things to be wearing.
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May 2, 2014 00:41
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FutonForensic posted:The Vengarl armor set is also really good if you want to go for a barbarian look. Not bad stats either. You'll have to beat Brightstone Cove if you want to get the helmet, though. No you don't, it's the other way around. You get the helmet early and the rest at the end of Brightstone Cove.
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Is there a trick to initializing bonfire ascetics? I burned one at heidi's tower, its gone now and when I go to travel there it says 2 instead of 1, but the mobs are not harder, the mace guy didn't respawn and the bosses are still dead. I've tried traveling away to no avail
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