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Alan Smithee posted:What areas havent you done yet? Shaded woods has some good loot to be had I've just entered Shaded Woods for the first time now with the branch I got from Last Sinner - not 100% what other areas I might've missed other than the Majula well.
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Tonight I headed into the Brightstone Coves with 30 cracked red eye orbs in my pocket. The results: 29 kills, 1 death (shameful display). Here is a highlight video for you all! Stick around to the end of it if you want see how to take on a host and two summons with style (and no monster assistance). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMV_Psjk1dE I'll make another run sometime soon. Got 50 shiny new orbs from the arena.
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Doctor Albatross posted:I've just entered Shaded Woods for the first time now with the branch I got from Last Sinner - not 100% what other areas I might've missed other than the Majula well. You did Gutter/Gulch? That's all there is down there (thank God) besides the ratbro territory of course
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Chomp8645 posted:Tonight I headed into the Brightstone Coves with 30 cracked red eye orbs in my pocket. The results: 29 kills, 1 death (shameful display). Here is a highlight video for you all! Stick around to the end of it if you want see how to take on a host and two summons with style (and no monster assistance). Im curious what are your stats? Are you purely magic or did you pour some into melee
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Alan Smithee posted:You did Gutter/Gulch? That's all there is down there (thank God) besides the ratbro territory of course I'm having a lot of trouble finding the door to Havel's set in the Gutter. Is it near the bonfire at all? On the plus side, I think I'm starting to extinct some of the mummies.
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Mariposa posted:I'm having a lot of trouble finding the door to Havel's set in the Gutter. Is it near the bonfire at all? On the plus side, I think I'm starting to extinct some of the mummies. I never got it myself when I beat it on PS3, I just wanted to be done with the Gutter think this video shows where https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP3YZCEyF2A edit: apparently you gotta get the key in Gulch Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 07:40 on May 7, 2014 |
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Alan Smithee posted:You did Gutter/Gulch? That's all there is down there (thank God) besides the ratbro territory of course My bad on the silly wording; I meant that Shaded Woods is the only unexplored area I know of other than the well so far. I guess I'll try Shaded Woods and then when I hit a roadblock, go for the well.
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Alan Smithee posted:Im curious what are your stats? Are you purely magic or did you pour some into melee Mainly magic because the short sword obviously has very low requirements. Here are my current stats. Gear: Magic Shortsword +10 Sorceror's Staff +9 Bonelord's set +1/+3/+2 head/chest/legs Desert Sorceress' Gloves +10 If I wasn't lazy I could do a little optimizing. Namely dumping those faith points I currently use for nothing at all and either finding a way to dip under 30% equip load or piling up towards the 50% mark.
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May 7, 2014 07:43
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You can also go to Huntsman's Copse by paying Lucia in the room with the contraption along the way to Heide's Tower of Flame. You have to talk to her in by the second bonfire of Heide's before she'll move though.
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May 7, 2014 07:44
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Didn't even realize the gray phantoms in the Saints place were players. I kept going back there to use my lockstones thinking that had something to do with getting summoned. Oh well.
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Chomp8645 posted:Mainly magic because the short sword obviously has very low requirements. Here are my current stats. I Have Faith around 20-25 I believe, is that way too much for a magic user? Everyone seems to pump INT and I guess that's because of the wealth of spells that opens up for you
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Doctor Albatross posted:My bad on the silly wording; I meant that Shaded Woods is the only unexplored area I know of other than the well so far. I guess I'll try Shaded Woods and then when I hit a roadblock, go for the well. There's good loot down the well but other than the Ratbro territory (Grave of Saints) it's some of the least amount of fun you'll have in the game. You can save it for later if you want I'm assuming you did Heide's tower right?
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Alan Smithee posted:I Have Faith around 20-25 I believe, is that way too much for a magic user? Everyone seems to pump INT and I guess that's because of the wealth of spells that opens up for you There are many kinds of magic. Whether you want Faith or Int or both depends on which kind of magic you care about. A Hexer build is going to want both, probably up to somewhere between 30 and 35. A Sorcerer build is going to want to push for 50 Int (with a whooole lot of Spice set aside for Geyser). A Faith build is gonna shoot for 50 Faith. Pyromancy you don't really give all that much of a poo poo about Int or Faith because the scaling is negligible.
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I love the dragonrider armor. It looks so good on my chufty strength dude. Now if only it didn't take twinkling titanite. Oh well, grinding those priestesses isn't as bad as grinding clams was in DS1. Hopefully they add them to a vendor in a patch again.
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Alan Smithee posted:I Have Faith around 20-25 I believe, is that way too much for a magic user? Everyone seems to pump INT and I guess that's because of the wealth of spells that opens up for you Do you want to run miracles/hexes? they are also magic. I went to 24 faith, and spiced down Great Heal and Great Magic Barrier, also opens up some hexes but I haven't played much with them. FTH won't really help your Magic Damage but will boost your Dark and Fire if you plan to use either, and some minor casting speed which will probably go unnoticed.
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Captain Oblivious posted:There are many kinds of magic. Whether you want Faith or Int or both depends on which kind of magic you care about. Is there even any pyro worthwhile if you are a magic user with high level spells? When I did my DEX build I'd have a pyro spell here or there but it never made or broke PVP
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Alan Smithee posted:I Have Faith around 20-25 I believe, is that way too much for a magic user? Everyone seems to pump INT and I guess that's because of the wealth of spells that opens up for you I started off pumping INT, but eventually got FTH to 55 (you can get it to 50+ring, or use spices) to use Sunlight Spear. It's a much better boss killer for me than anything else I have; I just managed to beat the Royal Rat Authority, finally, by doing this. And since hexes use min(INT,FTH), unless you're going pure sorcery, having some FTH can't really hurt.
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Mariposa posted:I started off pumping INT, but eventually got FTH to 55 (you can get it to 50+ring, or use spices) to use Sunlight Spear. It's a much better boss killer for me than anything else I have; I just managed to beat the Royal Rat Authority, finally, by doing this. And since hexes use min(INT,FTH), unless you're going pure sorcery, having some FTH can't really hurt. Does the lock on distance get better with scale I forget? I feel like pure magic users lock on from crazy far away in PVP
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I have found the new meta. I have yet to trick anyone into falling through the big hole in the Lunar Belfry, but one day I will.
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Don't grind Amana. Use bonfire ascetics in the Dragon Aerie. The drakes are easy as poo poo to kill, and there are a crapload of crystal lizards. I think it's six or seven each of petrified dragon bones and twinkling titanite. Also slabs.
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Alan Smithee posted:There's good loot down the well but other than the Ratbro territory (Grave of Saints) it's some of the least amount of fun you'll have in the game. You can save it for later if you want Yep, long ago! I have to quit for an hour or so, but I'll be making my way into the foggy area of the Shaded Woods next. Eep.
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Alan Smithee posted:Does the lock on distance get better with scale I forget? I feel like pure magic users lock on from crazy far away in PVP I don't think so, but I haven't ever upgraded it by a lot at once, so maybe it incrementally has and I haven't noticed. In any case, I mainly use binoculars in PVE for sniping; the range is a lot farther on soul arrows and lightning than the lock distance.
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Elysiume posted:Is there any benefit to killing the first Pursuer early? Ring of Blades early, that's it souls money women power
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Doctor Albatross posted:Yep, long ago! I have to quit for an hour or so, but I'll be making my way into the foggy area of the Shaded Woods next. Eep. Take it slow, it's a decent sized area but if you keep your flanks to a wall or a tree you should at least be able to stand your ground. Couple of items/chests and a merchant there too
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Are great bows worth it for someone with 40 Strength? Is damage the only difference between greatbows and regular ones? Also, is it worth using a greatshield at 40 Strength or should I stick with a normal one? Finally, can you powerstance dual Crypt Blackswords?
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Dragon Aerie does a drat good job of making you terrified the whole way through despite not really having a whole lot that actually fights youTime_pants posted:Are great bows worth it for someone with 40 Strength? Is damage the only difference between greatbows and regular ones? You can powerstance literally anything if you have the stats for it. Greatshields have way more stability than other shields so you should use them constantly if you have the str. Greatbows are better for one off sniping jobs, they use tons of stamina per shot and root you to the spot while firing. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 08:18 on May 7, 2014 |
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Are there really no decent upgrades to the short bow until you hit the Iron Keep-ish?
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Elysiume posted:Are there really no decent upgrades to the short bow until you hit the Iron Keep-ish? Sea bows drop in No-Man's Wharf.
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Elysiume posted:Are there really no decent upgrades to the short bow until you hit the Iron Keep-ish? Burn some coins and murder some archers in FotG or No Man's Wharf and you might luck into a longbow or seabow, respectively. The other alternative is freeing Straid and getting the Dragonrider bow which is decent but has a long draw time.
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dis astranagant posted:Dragon Aerie does a drat good job of making you terrified the whole way through despite not really having a whole lot that actually fights you Too bad the wyverns are chumps, it would've been my favorite area otherwise.
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The amount of bosses in this game with extra little minions to make it more difficult is ridiculous, and the concept behind it is dumb. If you can't make the fight a fight hard and interesting without having to throw swarms of enemies at you, take another year and go back to the drawing board. I know Dark Souls 1 had boss fights with multiple enemies, but the far majority were 1 on 1's.
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dis astranagant posted:Sea bows drop in No-Man's Wharf. Control Volume posted:Burn some coins and murder some archers in FotG or No Man's Wharf and you might luck into a longbow or seabow, respectively. The other alternative is freeing Straid and getting the Dragonrider bow which is decent but has a long draw time.
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Alan Smithee posted:Is there even any pyro worthwhile if you are a magic user with high level spells? When I did my DEX build I'd have a pyro spell here or there but it never made or broke PVP Forbidden Sun comes out pretty fast and does a chunk of damage, but its 3 slots for 1 cast unless you go to 43 ATN, use Saint's Hood, or Black Witch Hat. Greater Combustion is pretty decent punish for people all in your personal space bubble. Chaos Storm was pretty fun but leaves you pretty open. I don't think I've tried any of the fireballs. edit: Hexer Hood for that bonus cast as well Nezkar fucked around with this message at 08:27 on May 7, 2014 |
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Elysiume posted:The sea bow has slightly higher base damage (72 vs. 65) but way worse scaling on dex (C vs. A). The main benefit is way more range, 65 vs 45. Dex scaling sucks rear end anyway. Nezkar posted:Forbidden Sun comes out pretty fast and does a chunk of damage, but its 3 slots for 1 cast unless you go to 43 ATN, use Saint's Hood, or Black Witch Hat. Greater Combustion is pretty decent punish for people all in your personal space bubble. Chaos Storm was pretty fun but leaves you pretty open. I don't think I've tried any of the fireballs. Fireball and fire orb are terribad. Their damage is on par with basic soul arrow but they take ages to cast and don't get very many shots. Lingering flame and flame swathe are really good once you get the timing down. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 08:30 on May 7, 2014 |
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The longbow isn't going to be a hugely amazing upgrade compared to the short bow anyways so don't worry if you don't get it. The blackbow is the only real bow that's worth a drat in the game.dis astranagant posted:The main benefit is way more range, 65 vs 45. Dex scaling sucks rear end anyway. These are bows we're talking about, they need every point of damage they can get.
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Well that's a shame. Guess I'll stick with the shortbow for a while, unless I feel like farming the Wharf. I really do hate that zone, though. Also apparently if you summon large phantoms for the early Pursuer it doesn't count as a boss kill and then there's no way for them to get a reward. Sorry, Kvothe and Cucumber.
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Elysiume posted:Is there any benefit to killing the first Pursuer early? You get Some of the best armor in the game early on, and a really good shield. Easy to kill with phantoms by using the ballista.
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