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Man, invading in the Saltfort is just mean. Everyone's terrified to come down to the water giants.Batigh posted:Crystal Soul Spear has 3 shots at 50 attunement, it probably gains a fourth at somewhat higher attunement, but I don't know what the breakpoint is. It only takes one spell slot, though, so I highly encourage you to run Freja multiple times via Ascetics for more copies, and might as well get an extra one for the MLGS while you're at it! Sure, spider-stomps will one-shot you almost for certain, but that's part of the fun! Not after last night it's not. But I think I will anyway, since that's the Dark Souls way. Moonlight would almost certainly be better than the Watcher Greatsword for 50 int/50 att/18 str/ 18 dex right?
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RBA Starblade posted:Man, invading in the Saltfort is just mean. Everyone's terrified to come down to the water giants.
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May 30, 2014 21:30
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You can't enchant the Moonlight Greatsword so probably not.
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May 30, 2014 21:30
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Even without enchantments it still kicks rear end. On a whim I tried it out on endgame NG+ opponents and unupgraded it still beat their asses. Note that the character using it was not a mage, but a mostly pure melee build.
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May 30, 2014 21:33
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Speaking of water giants, I'm not sure if the ones in Saltfort are outright immune to certain magic (pyromancy in particular) or if the way they're half-submerged in the water just interferes with the spell hitboxes and such.
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May 30, 2014 21:33
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I've been terrorizing the same guy for the last fifteen minutes. I haven't killed him yet, just his phantom. I keep retreating to the water. He's afraid to follow.  e: There's a time limit? Awwwww I got two more of them but the host was too afraid to show!
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May 30, 2014 21:38
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RBA Starblade posted:I've been terrorizing the same guy for the last fifteen minutes. I haven't killed him yet, just his phantom. I keep retreating to the water. He's afraid to follow.
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May 30, 2014 21:41
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neetengie posted:Yeah, time limit for all phantoms. The duller you get means you don't have much time left. Shades have the lowest amount of time to work with. I was a box so I couldn't tell.
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May 30, 2014 21:52
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Colapops posted:Speaking of water giants, I'm not sure if the ones in Saltfort are outright immune to certain magic (pyromancy in particular) or if the way they're half-submerged in the water just interferes with the spell hitboxes and such. Backstabbing them is also wildly inconsistent I've noticed. Sometimes I do 900ish damage, other times I do 2000+. 
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May 30, 2014 21:52
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Kaldaris posted:Backstabbing them is also wildly inconsistent I've noticed. Some days, they just don't feel like unliving.
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May 30, 2014 22:00
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Wow, so that's what you guys meant about NG+'s lead up to the chariot. My phantom bailed out and all the red phantoms attacked at once. Soul Greatsword only just barely managed to take care of them. The final phantom at the fog door went down as easy as ever though.
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May 30, 2014 22:04
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Colapops posted:Speaking of water giants, I'm not sure if the ones in Saltfort are outright immune to certain magic (pyromancy in particular) or if the way they're half-submerged in the water just interferes with the spell hitboxes and such. The way I always cleared out the water enemies in the Saltfort was to raise the elevator, dance around in the water to attract some attention and then lure them back over to the elevator room so they can tail sweep or roll themselves right into oblivion.
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Did you know the headless guys in Earthen Peak can distort the trajectory of GRS? It curves around them. e: Boy I wish this effigy would wear off. It doesn't stop npc invaders does it? RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 22:20 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 22:14
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scamtank posted:They could've just as easily had the King's soul and armor set be looted from the pile of stuff he has lying in the corner. Or they just wanted the set to be a reward for killing Vendrick? I'm not saying that there is no evidence for the whole regular vs super size argument (I think the small throne itself where you get the soul and set is legit) but I highly doubt the armor has anything to do with it.
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Hikaki posted:Or they just wanted the set to be a reward for killing Vendrick? I'm not saying that there is no evidence for the whole regular vs super size argument (I think the small throne itself where you get the soul and set is legit) but I highly doubt the armor has anything to do with it. I mean yeah, they want the set to be a reward, but think about it from the other side of the coin: if that were the case, why bother showing a heap of entirely different armor by Vendrick himself?
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May 30, 2014 22:21
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I ran a 'refresh' in goddamn windows 8 under the pretense that all my files would be preserved, but my ~70 hour character got wiped anyway. Any hope resurrecting ol' Sven? 
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May 30, 2014 22:28
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Vendrick actually has one armor for normal wear and another set that covers his PvP hitbox. It's canon and how he made king.
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May 30, 2014 22:29
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Lesson learned: All the Way of the Blue peeps hang out in Dragon Aerie/Shrine in NG+. Getting summoned every five seconds to stomp dickwraiths owns. Also: Beginning to suspect my Sentinel ring makes me literally immune to invasions because I still have yet to be invaded at all ever, ever. 8m SM
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May 30, 2014 22:35
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Captain Oblivious posted:Lesson learned: All the Way of the Blue peeps hang out in Dragon Aerie/Shrine in NG+. Getting summoned every five seconds to stomp dickwraiths owns. That's also good to know as a bloodbro. I'll know where to invade to actually attempt to get some covenant progress. At some point, I guess; that's really deep in the game.
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f#a# posted:I mean yeah, they want the set to be a reward, but think about it from the other side of the coin: if that were the case, why bother showing a heap of entirely different armor by Vendrick himself? I think this comes down to whether you think armor in this game has any significance to the story. I don't think it does or ever did in this series. The heap by Vendrick is his real armor, and the King's set that you get is just a video game reward. It was mentioned before but there are plenty of cases where you'll pick up some equipment and it somehow fits you perfectly despite the enemy being a different size. Also when NPCs give you their weapon/armor; do they just strip down right there? If not then why are they carrying multiple perfect copies of their stuff? It doesn't makes sense within the story.
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More of my first ds2 playthrough starting in a couple minutes here: http://www.twitch.tv/gos_jim
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GOONS ARE MEAN
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aegof posted:Relevant, and with spoilers: The main thing I got from this video is that I miss the chainmail not being in the game, cause now I can't be Scott Steiner.
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You get to wear enemy armor like Smo&O's because honestly who didn't look at them and want to murder them and then put on their clothes? (or Marvellous Chester or Lucatiel etc) If From cared that almost all the armor you wear should be way bigger than you and wouldn't let you get it, it would limit your options which would be a bad thing in a fashion and dressup simulator such as Dark Souls. Incidentally when I thought armor mattered I tried to figure out Poise because it didn't make any sense compared to how simple it was in Dark Souls 1, and the wiki pages on it are absolute madness. Play Fashion Souls forever and never look back. Owl Inspector fucked around with this message at 22:48 on May 30, 2014 |
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Hikaki posted:I think this comes down to whether you think armor in this game has any significance to the story. I don't think it does or ever did in this series. The heap by Vendrick is his real armor, and the King's set that you get is just a video game reward. There's plenty of videogame sizing and magic replication, sure, but this is different from usual practice. I argue this because modeling all of the king's weirdly big belongings strewn about in his cell was significant extra effort. A chest with the plot item in it would've done fine, and usually has. (i think all the sperg is bled out now) scamtank fucked around with this message at 22:53 on May 30, 2014 |
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It's certainly possible that Fromsoft was trying to tell us something important with the second little room with Vendrick's clothes, but if they were it wasn't a very good idea because, as others have said, armor size has always been inconsistent in these games. It's impossible to say for sure that this case is more significant than the others. But hey, this game has a lot of clumsy storytelling in it! Just look at the small pile of rubble the shrine of winter lets you go around.
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Is the mace of the insolent as lovely a catalyst as it looks? Dark infused and at +9 it has a dark value of 120 or so, scaling included. I've kind of stopped using Blue Flame too, if only because I can't be bothered to keep using CMW on it.
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May 30, 2014 22:58
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Captain Oblivious posted:Lesson learned: All the Way of the Blue peeps hang out in Dragon Aerie/Shrine in NG+. Getting summoned every five seconds to stomp dickwraiths owns. That sure must be nice. I spent the tail end of NG pretty much getting dickwraithed every half hour or so from Amana straight through, sometimes more. 1-1.5M SM ish. Aaaand they've all but stopped again since I hit NG+. Irony! Maybe I saved myself some headache by skipping out on the other two giant memories. Once I got the King's Ring, I went to Giant Lord, then straight to Nashandra. Completely by accident, of course, as I in no way spoiled myself on which giant memory was the mandatory one. I'm already regretting not finishing out the optional content before I made the plunge. I never found the NPC who lets you trade in boss souls for fun poo poo, either.
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Last person talking about smelter might have been a few pages back now, but I just want to say that while there were some trolly people saying that holy water urns would instakill smelter (it won't of course) they are still really good on the fight if you are pure melee in NG. It takes about 20-25 with two phantoms, and while I've not tried holy water solo, it would follow that it would take maybe 10-15 without phantoms. So it's a viable option if you're having a ton of trouble.
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Toadsmash posted:That sure must be nice. I spent the tail end of NG pretty much getting dickwraithed every half hour or so from Amana straight through, sometimes more. 1-1.5M SM ish. Aaaand they've all but stopped again since I hit NG+. Irony! Perhaps if more people were committed to JUSTICE you could have been helped. 
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Why defend the weak when you can bask in glorious incandescence together instead?
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Everyone knows that the truest way to be grossly incandescent is via Blue Sentinel Rank 2/3 auras.
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Thank you to whoever posted the memory watching trick for farming the mad warrior. Works like a goddamn charm. 
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I wonder if Vendrick is a first name or a last name. I bet its his last name. I'd like to know the first. Steve. Steve Vendrick.
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oldpainless posted:I wonder if Vendrick is a first name or a last name. I bet its his last name. I'd like to know the first. Maybe Rick. That was his wrestling name, Rick Vendrick. The best in all of Drangleic.
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Captain Oblivious posted:Everyone knows that the truest way to be grossly incandescent is via Blue Sentinel Rank 2/3 auras. Rank 3 Bloodbro aura + Redeye Ring.
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Kaldaris posted:Thank you to whoever posted the memory watching trick for farming the mad warrior. Memory chain?
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Jamfrost posted:Maybe Rick. That was his wrestling name, Rick Vendrick. The best in all of Drangleic. That's why everyone has silly hats and masks, Drangleic is actually the secret ancient home of Lucha!
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Jamfrost posted:Maybe Rick. That was his wrestling name, Rick Vendrick. The best in all of Drangleic. Tag team champions with Victor Velstadt.
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The Protagonist posted:I ran a 'refresh' in goddamn windows 8 under the pretense that all my files would be preserved, but my ~70 hour character got wiped anyway. if it's not in the save location (which the game would read if it was there) or backed up anywhere it's gone. there's no steam cloud support.
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The Protagonist posted:I ran a 'refresh' in goddamn windows 8 under the pretense that all my files would be preserved, but my ~70 hour character got wiped anyway. http://www.gamesave-manager.com/ and link it to your dropbox.
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