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SurrealityCheck posted:Default dagger has 150 riposte damage damage (also the manikin blade) That is counter damage. The crit modifiers are still hidden.
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Jose posted:After fighting the Dragonrider its really obvious that I was supposed to go this way instead of fighting the Pursuer and going that way Yeah, I did the same thing. Took down the sentinels after that while wondering why this game was so much harder than ds1.
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May 6, 2014 18:32
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I am very slowly making my way through the Iron Keep, and one thing on my mind is: how do you walk on the fire surfaces? I'm sure it's a very obvious item/spell I haven't found yet, but I could be wrong. I definitely had a bit of a trial and error process getting that Effigy beneath the stairs, as seen below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Qp3zKnShA
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May 6, 2014 18:33
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:I joined a game as a sunbro, and this white phantom was loving merking me and the host. Is that a hack or is it possible to get the white ring's effects as a dark spirit? We could target and fight back but he was way too aggressive and killed us quickly with dark fog and other hexes. No tricks needed. White ring works as advertised when invading.
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May 6, 2014 18:34
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So this has probably been asked before, but how the flying gently caress does going UP from the top of Earthen Peak take me to a fiery castle halfway submerged in lava? :geography99:
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May 6, 2014 18:35
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zfleeman posted:I am very slowly making my way through the Iron Keep, and one thing on my mind is: how do you walk on the fire surfaces? I'm sure it's a very obvious item/spell I haven't found yet, but I could be wrong. Walking on fire is simply a matter of stacking as much fire resistance as you can. Roll through those urns or pharros pools that cover you in water, cast flash sweat, wear the red quartz ring, and pop a lifegem to counteract the health drain with regeneration, then run run run. edit: Orange burrs are good too but don't stack with flash sweat, so only use one if you have zero attunement slots or something.
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laplace posted:I thought it was like, Rapiers have Riposte bonus whereas daggers have backstab? Someone did damage testing on Reddit for it, but that was back near release. It might have been patched/modified, but that's what I heard. That's how it was in Dks (And even then, rapiers still got good backstabs). Here, rapiers do not seem to have any sort of crit modifier. Which does make sense. In Dks there was no reason to use a dagger since rapiers were both good as a weapon and a crit machine. SurrealityCheck posted:Default dagger has 150 riposte damage damage (also the manikin blade) That's the counter bonus. Crit modifiers are not shown anywhere.
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Kiggles posted:That is counter damage. The crit modifiers are still hidden. Ah, my bad! I thought that number was the damage dealt to somebody you'd parried.
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May 6, 2014 18:36
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One time I had a guy with the white ring invade me at the start of undead crypt (it was my first time on NG), he was polite and waved me over. I locked-on and circle strafed him to let him know I wasn't buying it. He uses the "nuh-uh" gesture and again beckons me to follow. gently caress it, I follow him inside. Of course he proves useless against enemies (red phantoms cant do you any favors) but he was cheering me on the entire time, watching me kill dudes. When I got to the boss fog gate, he bid me farewell and black crystal'd out. It was a very surreal experience.
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May 6, 2014 18:37
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Spiritus Nox posted:So this has probably been asked before, but how the flying gently caress does going UP from the top of Earthen Peak take me to a fiery castle halfway submerged in lava? :geography99: It probably has something to do with the elevator immediately after the Earthen Peak boss that takes you a long way down.
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May 6, 2014 18:39
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Fredrik1 posted:Yeah, I did the same thing. Took down the sentinels after that while wondering why this game was so much harder than ds1. I probably wouldn't have even gone that way except I used a small white soapstone to become human and the person went and fought him so its what I did. Had to get summons to beat him, ruin sentinels and the lost sinner which maybe should have hinted I should go the other way but I wasn't having any trouble otherwise and wondered if it was just because I'd been using spells exclusively for damage
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May 6, 2014 18:39
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Chomp8645 posted:It probably has something to do with the elevator immediately after the Earthen Peak boss that takes you a long way down. No, it doesn't. It takes you way up into the sky, where there is apparently a giant field of lava that is invisible from below.
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May 6, 2014 18:43
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Begemot posted:No, it doesn't. It takes you way up into the sky, where there is apparently a giant field of lava that is invisible from below. Ok, then it's a caldera. You're taking the elevator up to the rim.
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May 6, 2014 18:45
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Jose posted:I probably wouldn't have even gone that way except I used a small white soapstone to become human and the person went and fought him so its what I did. Had to get summons to beat him, ruin sentinels and the lost sinner which maybe should have hinted I should go the other way but I wasn't having any trouble otherwise and wondered if it was just because I'd been using spells exclusively for damage Yeah, well, my excuse is that I am pretty dumb.
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May 6, 2014 18:47
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Chomp8645 posted:Ok, then it's a caldera. You're taking the elevator up to the rim. Go take a gander at earthen peak from harvest valley. the elevator is completely nonsensical.
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May 6, 2014 18:51
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Chomp8645 posted:Ok, then it's a caldera. You're taking the elevator up to the rim. Except there is no rim there. Go to the second harvest valley bonfire and look up at the windmill castle. You take an elevator up from the top of that.
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May 6, 2014 18:52
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Kiggles posted:Go take a gander at earthen peak from harvest valley. the elevator is completely nonsensical. Who caaaaaaaaares.
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Spiritus Nox posted:So this has probably been asked before, but how the flying gently caress does going UP from the top of Earthen Peak take me to a fiery castle halfway submerged in lava? :geography99: The real answer is that Earthen Peak and Iron Keep both occupy the same space on the game map if I recall correctly. The story explanation is 
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Vanderdeath posted:The real answer is that Earthen Peak and Iron Keep both occupy the same space on the game map if I recall correctly. The story explanation is Pretty much this. Just like how time is convoluted in DS1, it's quite possible that geography is now also twisted about in DS2
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May 6, 2014 18:56
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Orv posted:Who caaaaaaaaares. Once the fire is linked, souls with flourish anew, and all of this will play out again.
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May 6, 2014 18:57
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I haven't beaten (or gotten to) Freja yet, because I can't do enough damage to the damned lions in the Shaded Ruins and got frustrated, so I went to Drangleic Castle. I have the other 3 big boss souls, though. I will be able to go back and do the areas I haven't finished before some kind of "game over", right? Are there any hidden pitfalls to doing this out of order?
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May 6, 2014 18:57
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Genocyber posted:Once the fire is linked, souls with flourish anew, and all of this will play out again. We've certainly get enough Dork Lords in here.
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May 6, 2014 18:59
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Even after beating the final boss, you only move on to NG+ when you explicitly choose to do so at the Majula bonfire. Do whatever you like in whatever order you like.
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May 6, 2014 18:59
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Spiritus Nox posted:So this has probably been asked before, but how the flying gently caress does going UP from the top of Earthen Peak take me to a fiery castle halfway submerged in lava? :geography99: I believe the story reason is that iron keep was loaded with so much iron that it sank whatever mountain it was on. Transition is still kinda jarring with the close proximity to the poison factory.
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May 6, 2014 19:00
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I think it's pretty clear most of the long sprint/elevator sequences in Dark Souls 2 are just representing something else. The elevators especially feel like something out of Metroid, where going 100 feet up or down will have you wind up in a drastically different world cut off from everything else. It's a video game. It's just that going up for lava when you were very high up already goes against everything I believe in.
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May 6, 2014 19:01
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Mariposa posted:I haven't beaten (or gotten to) Freja yet, because I can't do enough damage to the damned lions in the Shaded Ruins and got frustrated, so I went to Drangleic Castle. I have the other 3 big boss souls, though. A) You have to explicitly trigger NG+, even after beating the final boss, so you have complete freedom to go back and do whatever. A "point of no return" does not exist. B) If you think you're going to finish the game at Drangleic castle you're in for a big suprise.
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My explanation of how poo poo is so close together is that your memory is all hosed from the curse and you're losing the bits where you're moving around. You walk through a long tunnel that to the player is really short because your character is losing it. Or, they were just trying to save on space on the map size 
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What are the equipment weight percentages that change how far you roll while dodging?
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Vil posted:Even after beating the final boss, you only move on to NG+ when you explicitly choose to do so at the Majula bonfire. Do whatever you like in whatever order you like. This is important to remember for NG+ and beyond. You really can't get any stronger so you might as well go wacky with the game's order, getting to the final boss asap is actually really convenient because it'll unlock infinite ores and stuff at shops.
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After carefully going through the Huntsman's Copse for the first time for what it felt like hours and beating those four guys at the gate, I killed myself against the phantom by backing out in the bridge without paying attention to the holes  Jose posted:What are the equipment weight percentages that change how far you roll while dodging? It's gradual, but 50% and 70% are the most perceptible. Mystic Stylez fucked around with this message at 19:11 on May 6, 2014 |
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Genocyber posted:Once the fire is linked, souls with flourish anew, and all of this will play out again. There must always be a Lich King.
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Jose posted:What are the equipment weight percentages that change how far you roll while dodging? 70% is the barrier between fat roll and regular roll. According to one of the wikis you get incremental improvements to the distance of your roll for ever 20% below that mark (so 50%, 30%, 10%), but who knows if that's the reality or not.
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May 6, 2014 19:08
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I just bought the archdrake staff but got given the sunset staff by the same person it seems. Which is better? I've not used any hexes so far just magic
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May 6, 2014 19:18
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Chomp8645 posted:70% is the barrier between fat roll and regular roll. According to one of the wikis you get incremental improvements to the distance of your roll for ever 20% below that mark (so 50%, 30%, 10%), but who knows if that's the reality or not. Based on experimenting, there seems to be incremental upgrades, plus a few animation checkpoints like 70 and 50. Less than 50 seems to be the new fastroll, and getting way below that means you move much faster with rolling. Otherwise it's just invulnerable frames.
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So, my favorite thing to do on my hexer is to go to the second ratbro area, use chameleon to turn into a statue, then wait by some mobs so I can blast people in the back.
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zfleeman posted:I am very slowly making my way through the Iron Keep, and one thing on my mind is: how do you walk on the fire surfaces? I'm sure it's a very obvious item/spell I haven't found yet, but I could be wrong. Actually the easiest way to survive walking on fire is to get yourself wet. There are many ways in which to do so, like breaking a vase with water in it or using a phaaros lock stone on those fountains to get them to fill with water. This reduces damage much more than the fire resist armors and gear.
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Chomp8645 posted:70% is the barrier between fat roll and regular roll. According to one of the wikis you get incremental improvements to the distance of your roll for ever 20% below that mark (so 50%, 30%, 10%), but who knows if that's the reality or not. I can definitely tell a difference between rolling at 65% and rolling with nothing but the Desert Sorceress outfit on.
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Man, the loving gargoyles are the sentinels only ramped up to absurd levels, the sentinels have the courtesy of having easily telegraphed attacks and, you know, there's only 3 of them in the room.
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Control Volume posted:Man, the loving gargoyles are the sentinels only ramped up to absurd levels, the sentinels have the courtesy of having easily telegraphed attacks and, you know, there's only 3 of them in the room. Look on the bright side, next Souls game will have 12 at once!
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