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So after you get to Dragon Aerie and see the gigantic dragon at the back of the castle and speak with it, are you supposed to fight it or what? I'm kinda unsure about what to do next.
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May 26, 2014 18:24
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I've seen enough of desert tilesets to last a lifetime playing Diablo games. I'll pass on that one!
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May 26, 2014 18:25
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I think I had Int and Faith both > 50, which didn't leave that many points to spare once I'd put enough into Attunement stamina. I had faith at 50 and int at 51. Why were yours so high? I had enough spices to attune every spell I wanted after also using the ring of knowledge for +5 int to attune soul geyser twice. Not that I used it on vendrick since it cast way too slow
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May 26, 2014 18:26
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GreatGreen posted:So after you get to Dragon Aerie and see the gigantic dragon at the back of the castle and speak with it, are you supposed to fight it or what? I'm kinda unsure about what to do next.
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May 26, 2014 18:26
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GreatGreen posted:So after you get to Dragon Aerie and see the gigantic dragon at the back of the castle and speak with it, are you supposed to fight it or what? I'm kinda unsure about what to do next. The safest approach is to leave and go back to the Forest of the Giants and do stuff there. The harder and completely optional approach is to kill it, which does get you another Giant Soul. It's a hard fight though. Jose posted:I had faith at 50 and int at 51. Why were yours so high? I had enough spices to attune every spell I wanted after also using the ring of knowledge for +5 int to attune soul geyser twice. Not that I used it on vendrick since it cast way too slow
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May 26, 2014 18:26
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Fuzz posted:... we've never had a good desert. Deserts in general are something you really don't see in these sorts of games, really You don't really see many deserts in any game and there's a good reason. They're really hard to make anything other than extremely boring/confusing/tedious. 
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May 26, 2014 18:26
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Cool thanks guys.
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May 26, 2014 18:27
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They had enough stuff to make a desert area... hell tseldora had a few 'deserty' set pieces as well. I mean take the desert sorceressesseses, the scorpian men and I dunno, some kind of Egyptian style mummy all gross with scarab beetles, have some flowy sand, dank egyptian crypts and an oasis and you're done. Your Computer posted:You don't really see many deserts in any game and there's a good reason. They're really hard to make anything other than extremely boring/confusing/tedious. Serious sam had some cool deserts... Also spec ops the line...
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May 26, 2014 18:27
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Your Computer posted:You don't really see many deserts in any game and there's a good reason. They're really hard to make anything other than extremely boring/confusing/tedious. Motherfucker posted:Serious sam had some cool deserts... Also Anachronox and the first Guild Wars.
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May 26, 2014 18:33
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Your Computer posted:You don't really see many deserts in any game and there's a good reason. They're really hard to make anything other than extremely boring/confusing/tedious. Breath of Fire 3 anyone?
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May 26, 2014 18:33
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Uldum in WoW is pretty too.
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May 26, 2014 18:34
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All videogame deserts are confusing and tedious but the Vendrick boss fight is fine and good.
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May 26, 2014 18:34
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Motherfucker posted:All videogame deserts are confusing and tedious but the Vendrick boss fight is fine and good. Lmao you're really upset people didn't agree with your anime boss fight idea
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May 26, 2014 18:37
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Journey is nothing but desert for most of the game. Vendrick isn't terrible, he just has too much health and it becomes tedious fighting him because of how bad he is at actually hitting you.
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May 26, 2014 18:40
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FFXIV ARR has a pretty great desert.
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May 26, 2014 18:42
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Red Crown posted:I caught the Emerald Herald just kinda hangin' out. She was sitting on a rock kicking her feet back and forth like she was bored. Is there a chart showing the hidden crit modifiers on weapons? I know the regular dagger has one, but I haven't seen much about whether other daggers or thrusting swords do.
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May 26, 2014 18:43
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Manatee Cannon posted:Journey is nothing but desert for most of the game. His hitbox from the one safe spot being just beyond what a lot of weapons can actually hit is pretty obnoxious too. After a few attempts on my battlemage with a longsword or a mace I just gave up. Spells can't hit him and only one attack in the longsword could. The mace was worthless. And because he keeps getting caught up on the walls and can occasionally do any attack from anywhere, hugging the leg and slowly grinding him down didn't really work when I could take two hits before dying, and he just fucks you up if you try and heal after taking one. I had no idea he could curse you though, what attack does that?
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May 26, 2014 18:43
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Internet Kraken posted:If he actually pulled out fancy tricks and did crazy stuff then the fight wouldn't feel the same. I had an idea that if you died to him, he should absorb your souls/bloodstain and the next time you fight him, depending on how many souls he absorbed, he would gain new attacks/awareness. Reinforces the idea that maybe he should just be left alone.
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May 26, 2014 18:45
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Paracelsus posted:She's also idly kicking the dirt in some of her standing poses. You get the feeling that her unending life of waiting around the Majula bonfire for a chosen undead to actually succeed is intensely boring. I do have to say that I really like her costume design; there are a lot of nice little details yet it doesn't descend into Nomuran excess. Yeah I like her outfit, which sucks since its one of the few outfits you can't get. Motherfucker posted:All videogame deserts are confusing and tedious but the Vendrick boss fight is fine and good. For the most part yes. Glad we could clear this up.
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May 26, 2014 18:48
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Stokes posted:Reinforces the idea that maybe he should just be left alone. With this fandom it would enforce the exact opposite idea.
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May 26, 2014 18:50
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Stokes posted:I had an idea that if you died to him, he should absorb your souls/bloodstain and the next time you fight him, depending on how many souls he absorbed, he would gain new attacks/awareness. Reinforces the idea that maybe he should just be left alone. Oh cmon losing all your souls happens all the time. If anything I'd kill him to see if I could get my souls back / recoup my losses.
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May 26, 2014 18:59
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RBA Starblade posted:His hitbox from the one safe spot being just beyond what a lot of weapons can actually hit is pretty obnoxious too. After a few attempts on my battlemage with a longsword or a mace I just gave up. Spells can't hit him and only one attack in the longsword could. The mace was worthless. And because he keeps getting caught up on the walls and can occasionally do any attack from anywhere, hugging the leg and slowly grinding him down didn't really work when I could take two hits before dying, and he just fucks you up if you try and heal after taking one. I had no idea he could curse you though, what attack does that? The safe spot is his entire back, just roll back when he does the sweep. You won't have any problem hitting him that way and it's really obvious when he's going to use any of his three attacks so you'll always know when to get out. Even the big leaping stab is easy to bait and dodge if you aren't trapped in a casting animation or something. That's his whole gimmick, he doesn't do a lot and takes forever to kill so he lulls you into complacency and then takes off most of your health in one hit.
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May 26, 2014 19:02
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I've seen enough of desert tilesets to last a lifetime playing Diablo games. I'll pass on that one!
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May 26, 2014 19:02
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I really like the Dragon Aerie. Dragon Shrine on the other hand... it's really those stupid hammer knights that keep doing for me. You assholes shouldn't be able to swing that huge thing so fast and so continuously.
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May 26, 2014 19:12
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Motherfucker posted:They had enough stuff to make a desert area... hell tseldora had a few 'deserty' set pieces as well. I am glad your armchair developing doesn't impact the game.
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May 26, 2014 19:34
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That loving jump to the manikins with claws will be the end of me.
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May 26, 2014 19:36
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Haha, have you guys seen the parry glitch? It lets you run on air, through walls and stuff. Speedrunners' delight. Noobest and Distortion are currently trying it out and Dist managed to grab the King's Ring without killing Velstadt etc. It's pretty crazy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOnV6VGwTy4
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May 26, 2014 19:42
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Cowcaster posted:So I keep a +10 dagger in my pocket as a backup weapon/for backstab and riposte purposes. At 50 int and only 22 dex, is this the one singular circumstance in existence where the enchanted infusion would be worthwhile? Nobody answered you Cowcaster. But, yes. It's 0.5 Weight and it's a difference of almost 300-500 damage with most weapons for a riposte/backstab/frontstab. My Mirrah Greatsword does about 700-900 damage (42 str/dex) My Dagger does about 1100-1400 damage.
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May 26, 2014 19:45
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Wow, strong magic shield and the throne defender's shield makes magic a non-issue in pvp. I was able to tank an opponent's affinity like it were nothing. He wasn't so lucky (we were on a staircase so neither of us could dodge). Just how much DR and stability does it add?
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May 26, 2014 19:47
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Jessie Tanner posted:Haha, have you guys seen the parry glitch? It lets you run on air, through walls and stuff. Speedrunners' delight. Noobest and Distortion are currently trying it out and Dist managed to grab the King's Ring without killing Velstadt etc. It's pretty crazy. http://www.twitch.tv/distortion2 Convenient links. Look at people run around out of bounds.
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May 26, 2014 19:48
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(Distortion is better at it.)
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May 26, 2014 19:54
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In NG+ the fire longsword and morningstar are losing their pizazz. For a replacement sword, should I go with broadsword, varangian sword, or drakekeeper sword? At under 16 strength what can I find as a better strike weapon than the morningstar? I do have the mace of the insolent and blue flame but I kind of want to keep my heavy attacks, and keep to using the black witch's staff.
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May 26, 2014 19:56
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I can't believe how much better Strike damage is than any other melee. You're basically hamstringing yourself by using any other weapon. Almost every enemy is vulnerable to it, the weapons scale off STR so that you actually get good damage and it does reasonable poise damage. Doing my Space Marine run has been a total breeze with just the Club / Large Club, I can't wait to get one of the big hammers to be my real Thunder Hammer.
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May 26, 2014 19:58
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RBA Starblade posted:In NG+ the fire longsword and morningstar are losing their pizazz. For a replacement sword, should I go with broadsword, varangian sword, or drakekeeper sword? At under 16 strength what can I find as a better strike weapon than the morningstar? I do have the mace of the insolent and blue flame but I kind of want to keep my heavy attacks, and keep to using the black witch's staff. Also very interested in this. I like 1-handed weapons but all the talk on interwebs are about Ultra Greatswords (go figure). The Broadsword seems nice, the Varangian loses durability too quickly. I think the Craftman's Hammer might be good? Red Crown posted:I can't believe how much better Strike damage is than any other melee. This. When I finished the game on my first character, I tried out dual Caestus and completely out-damaged any of my other weapons. That was an eye-opener for sure.
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May 26, 2014 20:00
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Manikin log: Day 1 I've farmed these headless clawed bastards to extinction, only things I've managed to scrounge from them were a pair of old boots and three poison throwing knives, I will now attempt to resurrect them with something the old hags called a bonfire ascetic, hopefully it works. Fate is truly cruel.
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May 26, 2014 20:02
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The drakekeeper sword is the best. Highest damage tied with the varangian, but with double the durability and more range than the broadsword. Still, none of them will do that much more damage than a longsword.
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May 26, 2014 20:02
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Red Crown posted:I can't believe how much better Strike damage is than any other melee. You're basically hamstringing yourself by using any other weapon. Almost every enemy is vulnerable to it, the weapons scale off STR so that you actually get good damage and it does reasonable poise damage. Doing my Space Marine run has been a total breeze with just the Club / Large Club, I can't wait to get one of the big hammers to be my real Thunder Hammer.
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May 26, 2014 20:03
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Haha, someone's hacking in the Belfries. They gave themselves infinite health and infinite seeds of a tree of giants.
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May 26, 2014 20:05
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Internet Kraken posted:And games aren't allowed to have compelling stories? The fact is, you're complaining about a completely optional fight that you don't have to do and are never even prompted to start. The fight perfectly sums up the story of Vendrick and is an excellent moment where gameplay is used to tell story. If they'd turned it into the idiotic fight you described it would have none of that impact. I don't care if it would be fun, it would lack significance. This false dichotomy bullshit needs to stop. Vendrick is cool thematically but dog poo poo AS A FIGHT to play IN A GAME. A better developer would have reconciled these two things. That's the fundamental challenge of videogames versus novels, you have to reconcile gameplay and story. There was no reason it needed to be a boring lovely unfun fight, yet here we are.
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May 26, 2014 20:05
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RBA Starblade posted:Haha, someone's hacking in the Belfries. They gave themselves infinite health and infinite seeds of a tree of giants. Does the seed affect the mad warrior? If so that would be hilarious 
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May 26, 2014 20:08
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