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Tetracube posted:The item codes being released recently really shows. 1/3 of the people I've invaded have used the seed of a tree of giants and I'm now getting invaded by redbros every five minutes instead of bluecops. Item codes and item copying have been available since more than a month ago.
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May 29, 2014 06:50
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Genocyber posted:I believe that was a 54' run by Noobest. Didn't he still skip the Shrine of Winter with the pathing glitch?
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May 29, 2014 06:58
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The fastest runs that don't use any glitches seem to be just over an hour (getting 1M souls is apparently quicker than doing the 4 bosses).
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May 29, 2014 07:02
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Doctor Spaceman posted:The fastest runs that don't use any glitches seem to be just over an hour (getting 1M souls is apparently quicker than doing the 4 bosses).
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May 29, 2014 07:21
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Makes sense but it seems pretty boring.
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May 29, 2014 07:59
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The All Bosses runs are more interesting to be honest.
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May 29, 2014 08:12
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Ekster posted:The All Bosses runs are more interesting to be honest. Yeah, speed runs that do the same things that I do but much faster and better are always the most interesting.
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May 29, 2014 08:14
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I generally prefer skill speedruns but bug exploit ones can be pretty crazy and fun to watch
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May 29, 2014 08:15
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I mean, at this point, most of the all-boss speed runs are just dudes spamming hexes at bosses. In my opinion that's not as interesting as watching someone take the game to its absolute limits and show off the inner workings of the game a bit by totally ripping it apart. It certainly depends on the game though, DkS2 any% speedruns aren't quite at the Pokemon Yellow level, where I think the fastest run is literally 0:00 because you can use a save glitch to skip to the credits in that game.
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May 29, 2014 08:32
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Ekster posted:The All Bosses runs are more interesting to be honest.
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May 29, 2014 08:33
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Nahxela posted:I don't think all bosses is that much greater, since it's largely just a GRS montage. It's not the boss fights I like in an all boss run, it's seeing how much they get through the actual levels. I can sometimes learn things I'd actually use from that kind of run, rather than finding out where a specific wall-glitch works.
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May 29, 2014 08:37
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El Golden Goose posted:Don't know if anyone's posted this yet, but this happened today: Duping bug 15 minutes in too, was that known? First time I hear about it.
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May 29, 2014 08:56
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Yeah, it's been known prior to this recent glitch.Doctor Spaceman posted:It's not the boss fights I like in an all boss run, it's seeing how much they get through the actual levels. I can sometimes learn things I'd actually use from that kind of run, rather than finding out where a specific wall-glitch works.
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May 29, 2014 08:59
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Duping's been around for a while, yeah. Not a huge thing given there's no real economy in the game.Nahxela posted:There are a couple of neat jumps, like ember jump, the giant tree jump, aerie jump, etc, but that's a small fraction of the entire run. The rest of it is just running past a lot of things and minimizing encounters, which isn't particularly interesting or revolutionary to me.
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May 29, 2014 09:05
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Encountered my first hacker today, so that was fun. In the Earthen Keep at around 500K~ SM, guy had infinite health and tons of stamina. As expected though, really really awful. Sadly he eventually killed me, (my plan was to dodge his attacks until the invasion timer ran out, he was that bad) guess I got sloppy. Thought about trying to knock him off a ledge but that probably would have ruined my SM and I was co-oping with a friend.
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May 29, 2014 09:37
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I have work in 3 hours... why did I just stay up fighting the same gargoyles for 5 hours straight? I wound up beating them with a two-handed shield, I bumped them all to death.
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May 29, 2014 09:39
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Gargolyes are more akin to the 4 Kings than to the gargolyes from dks1, most of the challenge is a dps race to avoid having to fight 4-6 at once. I really hate that they put a ring as useful/important as the gold serpent +2 on the intensity 2 version. I usually end up trying to get a phantom for it since I try and get the serpent ring with the first ascetic of a given run, but they usually die tragically. Best advice I can give if you want to do it with a build that doesn't have a good ranged solution is to use urns, since they have an aoe blast and the gargs usually end up stacked up on each other (I like holy water, but one of the others might work better).
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May 29, 2014 09:50
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Uh, guys?Recent Dark Souls II Changes Added posted:Dark Souls II - DLC 1 Depot The DLC we have is known as DLC 5. What is this now? Tallgeese fucked around with this message at 10:01 on May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 09:56
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The gargoyles don't spawn over time, they appear at certain points in the boss's total health bar. You want to only damage 1 at a time so that you won't activate more gargoyles. If you stick to one gargoyle at a time you should never have to fight more than 3 at once. AOE attacks are a bad idea unless you think you can kill them all that quickly.Tetracube posted:The item codes being released recently really shows. 1/3 of the people I've invaded have used the seed of a tree of giants and I'm now getting invaded by redbros every five minutes instead of bluecops. This would explain why I've been invaded in NG about 8 times now after being told how rare it is. The last time was when I was just going to infuse something with McDuff, an area where I'd already killed all the bosses. It's incredibly stupid that being hollow and killing bosses makes no difference in whether you can be invaded now. Once people start doing this regularly the only way to be invasion-safe will be to burn effigies, ie shut off online completely. Owl Inspector fucked around with this message at 10:04 on May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 09:58
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If there's a duping bug, can you dupe Petrified Dragon Bones? gently caress farming this nonsense.
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May 29, 2014 09:58
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Have to CE it.
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May 29, 2014 10:02
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FlyinPingu posted:If there's a duping bug, can you dupe Petrified Dragon Bones? gently caress farming this nonsense. The duping exploit in that speedrun video seemed to involve getting the item out of your inventory before the use animation finished, so who knows if it would even apply to upgrade materials.
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May 29, 2014 10:03
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TheRagamuffin posted:The duping exploit in that speedrun video seemed to involve getting the item out of your inventory before the use animation finished, so who knows if it would even apply to upgrade materials. It has to be something you can both use and drop, neither of which applies to any upgrade material.
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May 29, 2014 10:15
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Does anyone know how substantial the boost to Poison damage is with Dex? Could I easily shift over to a Poison build/set of equipment even if my stats are geared towards Strength/Faith? Edit: Given how little attributes seem to matter in most cases of scaling, I think it probably wouldn't matter that much at all. One or two poison attacks more to proc the poison, if that. Artificer fucked around with this message at 11:04 on May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 11:01
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I'm starting to think I should just not bother defending myself against dark spirits for the time being. My previous invader ended up giving me several million souls and royally loving up my SM on my new character. The cheat engine makes me sad.
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May 29, 2014 11:13
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I see youre still a cheating little prick Tallgeese. Doesnt keep you from blowing up yourself with a barrel.
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May 29, 2014 11:16
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Zero Initiative posted:I'm starting to think I should just not bother defending myself against dark spirits for the time being. My previous invader ended up giving me several million souls and royally loving up my SM on my new character. Well, that's something. I suppose offline it until you get your desired pvp build before going online again, if that's a goal.
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May 29, 2014 11:17
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FrickenMoron posted:I see youre still a cheating little prick Tallgeese. Doesnt keep you from blowing up yourself with a barrel. Honestly, I have to say that it's silly to get so mad at a video game. As an aside, I certainly could prevent that if I changed my Wrath of God's damage to pure physical like Licia's. This said, the occasional "I forgot that was there, ha!" is too entertaining to give up. Tallgeese fucked around with this message at 11:59 on May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 11:35
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Glad to see there will always be socially retarded goons in the threads for multiplayer games.
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May 29, 2014 11:41
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I'm beginning to feel that backstabs, after a certain point, aren't worth it. Maybe it's because I'm wielding big fuckoff spears and greatswords rather than daggers, but I feel like a backstab takes off less than a comparatively easier to land frontal combo does.
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May 29, 2014 11:43
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El Golden Goose posted:Don't know if anyone's posted this yet, but this happened today: This is my new favorite speedrun. This game is brand new and this guy breaks it like it's Mario 64 or something.
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May 29, 2014 12:01
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:I'm beginning to feel that backstabs, after a certain point, aren't worth it. Maybe it's because I'm wielding big fuckoff spears and greatswords rather than daggers, but I feel like a backstab takes off less than a comparatively easier to land frontal combo does. Spears should be quite good for backstabs - halberds are at least, and have a fantastic animation for it.
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May 29, 2014 12:02
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The animation is very cool, it's just that a single backstab takes off maybe 60-80% of an enemy's health, but the animation is so long and clumsy that in that time I could just hit the guy twice from the front and kill him that way, and have enough time left over to slice up another guy or two rather than open myself up to a stagger combo coming out of the backstab animation. It leads me to actively avoid backstabbing enemies later in the game, which is hella weird.
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May 29, 2014 12:07
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VodeAndreas posted:Spears should be quite good for backstabs - halberds are at least, and have a fantastic animation for it. What he's really saying is that the effort required to kill someone via backstab is a bit higher than simply killing them from the front. Due to that little "shove" animation you have to finish to execute the stab, assuming lag is not in your favor I'm inclined to agree.
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May 29, 2014 12:11
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killstealing posted:Glad to see there will always be socially retarded goons in the threads for multiplayer games. Yeah I know, complaining about cheaters in a multiplayer game? What a retard, cool guys cheat, brag about their cheating and go "U mad?" if someone calls them out on it
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May 29, 2014 12:11
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Small and Blue posted:Yeah I know, complaining about cheaters in a multiplayer game? What a retard, cool guys cheat, brag about their cheating and go "U mad?" if someone calls them out on it He was agreeing with you. Your ire is misdirected.
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May 29, 2014 12:19
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I don't think Tallgeese's hacked barrel is upsetting the delicate Dark Souls PvP balance.
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May 29, 2014 12:19
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Internet Kraken posted:I don't think Tallgeese's hacked barrel is upsetting the delicate Dark Souls PvP balance. I somehow doubt wearing a barrel was what caused Frickenmoron to complain about his cheating.
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May 29, 2014 12:26
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I really do have to figure out a good title. Barrel King Tallgeese? Tallgeese of Barrolia? The possibilities are endless. EDIT: I just ran into a King Rendal cosplay who was all "What the hell is this?!" and just stood there staring with binocs.
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:The animation is very cool, it's just that a single backstab takes off maybe 60-80% of an enemy's health, but the animation is so long and clumsy that in that time I could just hit the guy twice from the front and kill him that way, and have enough time left over to slice up another guy or two rather than open myself up to a stagger combo coming out of the backstab animation. It leads me to actively avoid backstabbing enemies later in the game, which is hella weird. Ah, I get where you're coming from. One of the reasons I liked backstabs was it seems to get around the durability issue at times, whereas the overhead chops from the Mastodon Halberd seem to wear it down faster when it clips into the ground. With lots of strength scaling and the blade ring backstabbing was still a one shotting guys for me through NG+, but too risky with multiple enemies as you say.
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