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THE PWNER posted:Anyone who can actually manage to swap to an item and use it to precisely aim with a controller and then swap back to other items is probably jesus. Doing this with Lightning Spears was the best part of the game.
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FrickenMoron posted:Pursuer exists to get you ready for pvp, check out those lagstabs! Man why would you roll towards a boss's weapon side? That's the hurty end! Ciaphas posted:I was given to understand that str/dex split weapons were kind of arse. I should just try it rather than listen to posts on the internet, I suppose! They're only lovely re: damage scaling from str/dex. Many of the "quality"(str/dex) scaling weapons have really loving good movesets and such that make them really worth using if you can find a way to amp up their damage a bit. Popular ways of doing this are elemental infusions, mundane, or raw in a pinch.
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May 7, 2014 16:29
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Ciaphas posted:I was given to understand that str/dex split weapons were kind of arse. I should just try it rather than listen to posts on the internet, I suppose! I went Str/Dex instead of pure Str because of Caestus'. Which are pretty amazing. But yeah I could probably optimize more. I might just be more of a melee minded guy.
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May 7, 2014 16:30
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I just want to say that I love being summoned in Grave of the Saints. Nine times out of ten I can dodge past some idiot and his "clever" ambush and strut to the fog door. It seems pretty rare that someone has both the traps set up and is bothering to defend the objective. I also think it has a more fun layout than Doors of Pharros.
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May 7, 2014 16:31
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Kanos posted:They're only lovely re: damage scaling from str/dex. Many of the "quality"(str/dex) scaling weapons have really loving good movesets and such that make them really worth using if you can find a way to amp up their damage a bit. Popular ways of doing this are elemental infusions, mundane, or raw in a pinch. Lightning Longsword on my pure faith character and Dark Claymore on my hex fighter hybrid are both absolutely wrecking things for me 
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May 7, 2014 16:41
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Broken Cog posted:Hexes are broken pretty much the moment you get GRS. Getting the chime from Drangleic Castle and the Abyssal Seal ring is basically just icing on the cake. Dark Orb makes trash stupid easy. GRS makes bosses stupid easy. Stillness of life for everything else. Kanos posted:Man why would you roll towards a boss's weapon side? That's the hurty end! Most bosses that 1h+Shield you want to do that so that you're not facing the shield when you finish the roll and can damage them. That being said, you usually want to roll towards the boss and the weapon side. deimos fucked around with this message at 16:49 on May 7, 2014 |
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May 7, 2014 16:46
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Zaphod42 posted:Lightning Longsword on my pure faith character and Dark Claymore on my hex fighter hybrid are both absolutely wrecking things for me Infusions make a huge difference on anything that doesn't scale with A/S. Infusion + weapon enchantment spell shame almost everything that's not S-scaling.
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May 7, 2014 16:48
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Contest Winner posted:I also think it has a more fun layout than Doors of Pharros. That's because Doors of Pharros isn't a fun trap gauntlet so much as it's a murderous wood chipper that is effectively impossible to complete if the rat dude is at the keyboard doesn't want to let you. Things like the starting room, the snake eater ladder where you have to climb in open view of a million easy sniper points, and the two foot wide choke point corridors basically mean they can pick any given point to stonewall you.
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May 7, 2014 16:48
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It's weird how the voice acting is really good and understated but these crow things sound like shrill anime retards. Sympathies if you forgot about them until you had a whole stack of smooth & shinies to offer. They aren't even secret, everybody's going to hear them within ten mins of starting the game. 
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May 7, 2014 16:51
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Captain Diarrhoea posted:It's weird how the voice acting is really good and understated but these crow things sound like shrill anime retards. Sympathies if you forgot about them until you had a whole stack of smooth & shinies to offer. They aren't even secret, everybody's going to hear them within ten mins of starting the game. Yah, yah. So nice, so smooth.
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May 7, 2014 16:58
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RBA Starblade posted:Yah, yah. So nice, so smooth. Yah, yah, silky smooth! 
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May 7, 2014 17:02
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Kanos posted:Man why would you roll towards a boss's weapon side? That's the hurty end! If there's one thing dying a million times to that guy before finally beating him taught me it's that hugging a boss and rolling opposite to his weapon side whenever he swings is a very good method for avoiding a lot of hurt from humanoid bosses in this game. Old Dragonslayer and that Dragonrider guy were really easy after all that practice with Pursuer.
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May 7, 2014 17:06
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Anybody have a spare Bat Staff? What would ya want for it?
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May 7, 2014 17:06
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Is the whole "enemies ignore 50% of your attacks" supposed to be the gimmick of Dark Chasm? Edit: And blocking also randomly stops working. Asehujiko fucked around with this message at 17:15 on May 7, 2014 |
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May 7, 2014 17:12
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Asehujiko posted:Is the whole "enemies ignore 50% of your attacks" supposed to be the gimmick of Dark Chasm? You're not giving us a lot to work with man. Ignore your attacks how? "Stop working" how?
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May 7, 2014 17:16
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Captain Oblivious posted:You're not giving us a lot to work with man. Ignore your attacks how? "Stop working" how? Large Club -> Not-Havel's head => no damage to Not-Havel, I get pasted by Not-Havel's counter attack Sword Phantom hits my shield => my health now at 100%, stamina at 95% Sword Phantom hits my shield => my health now at 100%, stamina at 90% Sword Phantom hits my shield => my health now at 100%, stamina at 85% Sword Phantom hits my shield => my health now at 50%, stamina at 85%
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May 7, 2014 17:25
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Asehujiko posted:Large Club -> Not-Havel's head => no damage to Not-Havel, I get pasted by Not-Havel's counter attack Is he using the same weapon or animation for all of those attacks? Do you recognize the weapon? A few swords have shield-piercing strong attacks.
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May 7, 2014 17:27
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I'm pretty sure the phantom with the Ricard's Rapier can pierce your shield with the R2 flurry. That will kill you dead if you don't avoid it.
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May 7, 2014 17:29
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Connoisseur posted:I'm pretty sure the phantom with the Ricard's Rapier can pierce your shield with the R2 flurry. That will kill you dead if you don't avoid it. It sure as gently caress can! That thing is a real bitch.
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May 7, 2014 17:29
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Also getting hit sideways by some stuff bypasses your shield. I never block against player phantoms because my god they love to guard break.
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I'm trying to figure out what to soul vessel my guy into, right now hes basically a mage because i was giant lord farming and found it alot faster/easier. Not a huge fan of mage though, are melee faith builds any good? I guess I should also say that prior to switching to mage, I was a mundane avelyn/santiers guy. Basically the worst. Might go back to that now that I'm 60 SL higher. Tabletops fucked around with this message at 17:43 on May 7, 2014 |
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May 7, 2014 17:36
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Is the lore/story as generic a dark souls clone as it seems at first glance? It doesn't seem like nearly a quarter as much effort went into it as the previous game. Item descriptions, item locations, npc dialogue, npc activity, all of just seems extremely low effort in comparison.
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Tabletops posted:I'm trying to figure out what to soul vessel my guy into, right now hes basically a mage because i was giant lord farming and found it alot faster/easier. Ignore spells Infuse weapon with the element appropriate to your stats Apply appropriate weapon buff Profit! Faith/Int builds deal more damage melee than strength/dex builds as long as you don't run out of uses for your buff, and even then the damage is only slightly worse.
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May 7, 2014 17:41
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Domattee posted:Ignore spells Faith int? Like a lightning infused moonlight greatsword?
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May 7, 2014 17:47
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Will Steam/VAC throw a fit if I use a trainer to go through the Dark Chasm because the whole place is just unfun bullshit.
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May 7, 2014 17:51
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Tabletops posted:Faith int? Like a lightning infused moonlight greatsword? Dark infused anything if you're split Faint/Int equally. +10 Dark Great Club + Dark Weapon (spell) 
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May 7, 2014 17:52
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Someone on Reddit figured out the Shrine of Winter tablets are from A much larger mural in the Dragon shrine. which seemingly directly relates them to Aldia, Shanalotte, and the dragons. Cool poo poo.
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May 7, 2014 17:53
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Tabletops posted:Faith int? Like a lightning infused moonlight greatsword? I think he means faith or int, either is better than str or dex. Although dark weapon and fire weapon are great too if you're doing faith and int. Asehujiko posted:Will Steam/VAC throw a fit if I use a trainer to go through the Dark Chasm because the whole place is just unfun bullshit. Yeah probably. I'd do it offline if you had to, but you really don't want to risk a VAC ban because that poo poo's permanent and irreversible. Tabletops posted:I'm trying to figure out what to soul vessel my guy into, right now hes basically a mage because i was giant lord farming and found it alot faster/easier. Paladin builds are wicked strong. In general if you play your stats right, spellswords are insanely powerful and are still super fun to play, where wizards IMO are powerful and fun mostly because they're just very different. Melee is the way to go, but magic melee is amazing.
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Asehujiko posted:Will Steam/VAC throw a fit if I use a trainer to go through the Dark Chasm because the whole place is just unfun bullshit. Most likely. What is your build? Which Dark Chasm are you doing? For faith the Drangleic Castle is the easiest: 1. (sunlight|great lightning) spear snipe (Binocs) Not-Havel 2. Charge the caster ghost and melee it 3. (sunlight|great lightning) spear Not-Ricard from behind (the path that goes to the ghost caster doubles back into Ricard's nook. 4. Light the cauldron (do not do it before killing Not-Ricard because it seems to make him active and start patroling) 5. (sunlight|great lightning) spear snipe (Binocs) Scythe Phantom at the end ~~ FIN ~~ Do not let Not-Ricard or Not-Havel get close to you. They loving love shield break and Havel actually parried me once. deimos fucked around with this message at 18:02 on May 7, 2014 |
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Asehujiko posted:Will Steam/VAC throw a fit if I use a trainer to go through the Dark Chasm because the whole place is just unfun bullshit. The only answer anyone has is "maybe", so it's definitely a risk. However, allow me to suggest two alternatives... 1) If you really hate it, just don't do it. It's obviously not a mandatory zone. 2) Don't be such a baby.
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May 7, 2014 18:01
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Question, does Bat Staff affect lifedrain patch?
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May 7, 2014 18:05
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daspope posted:Is the lore/story as generic a dark souls clone as it seems at first glance? It doesn't seem like nearly a quarter as much effort went into it as the previous game. Item descriptions, item locations, npc dialogue, npc activity, all of just seems extremely low effort in comparison. It isn't as spoon fed but it is there. I personally found the lore quite interesting, about equal with the first game.
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May 7, 2014 18:06
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Man why even bother putting a sign down to get summoned by the mirror knight if you are just going to hack and be invincible? Also, I wish FROM did anything at all to prevent cheating.
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How do I get to the boss of No Man's wharf? I've met Gavlan, found some pier where someone left a message with boss ahead on what I assume is the boat but going everywhere I didn't notice anything to get it to dock. I mean I'd not have fought the boss anyway most likely since I was down to 1 soul arrow, 1 great soul arrow, 4 dark orb and some lightning spears. At least I found someone selling spells so I can replace lightning spear Edit: Is there much difference between heavy soul arrow and great soul arrow? Jose fucked around with this message at 18:18 on May 7, 2014 |
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May 7, 2014 18:13
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What's the second best chime for lightning miracles? The dragon chime is awesome but the 50 faith requirement is really steep and I'm thinking of putting some of those points elsewhere.
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May 7, 2014 18:14
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So why did From think it was a good idea to have SM matter in NG+ and beyond? Also, no infinite twinkling titanite when beating the final boss? 
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Jose posted:How do I get to the boss of No Man's wharf? I've met Gavlan, found some pier where someone left a message with boss ahead on what I assume is the boat but going everywhere I didn't notice anything to get it to dock. I mean I'd not have fought the boss anyway most likely since I was down to 1 soul arrow, 1 great soul arrow, 4 dark orb and some lightning spears. At least I found someone selling spells so I can replace lightning spear There's a bell you ring up at the very top of the buildings on a wooden deck. Bobnumerotres posted:Also, no infinite twinkling titanite when beating the final boss? Buy them from Chloanne.
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Wiseblood posted:What's the second best chime for lightning miracles? The dragon chime is awesome but the 50 faith requirement is really steep and I'm thinking of putting some of those points elsewhere. Lightning Priest's Chime +10 I think.
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Yodzilla posted:Buy them from Chloanne. Doesn't she only sell three? She gets infinite chunks after killing the final boss. I just get mine from clearing the Shrine of Anime and asceticing the Aerie.
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Well none of the above matters any more because the Dark Chasm went and stopped functioning when I tabbed back into the game:
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