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RBA Starblade posted:Running back to Cale on NG now, I didn't know getting shot in the head killed all forward momentum you had in midair. That's really specific and really lovely in that area with all the water there. Especially since the hollow archers basically can't miss. Yeah, the same thing happens with greatarrows, too. I got headshotted and staggered off of a buttress in Anor Londo by an invader. Edit: While trying to jump up it.
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Ravenfood posted:Has there been some kind of patch in the last three days? My Binding Ring doesn't seem to be helping as much and some enemies are taking less damage than I remember. Also, I got hit by the dogs in the Gutter for the first time. Cool that they can hit you with their paw-slap before the animation starts. Ring of Binding hasn't been touched; what weapon/buff are you using that they're taking less damage?
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drat, Mytha's bent blade sucks! Can't seem to proc poison/toxic on anything. Got mine at +4, does something amazing happen at +5 or did I waste my dragon bones? I know it has decent crit damage, but I've got a shadow dagger which is way better.
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I'm still on my first play through of this game and I bought it on console release  been traveling a bunch and then when I hit Amana I kind of lost interest for a couple of weeks. So I've gone through all of Amana and Undead Crypt: Amana is an awesome area in terms of atmosphere. I had to mute the game eventually which was a shame because the PSHEW PSHEW drove me mad. Once you figure out how the area works it's not too bad - there are actually a lot of spots where you can snipe the mages but they can't hit you back. If you don't have a bow *Sorry Carving* The boss of that area did a good job of being creepy as poo poo. I had heard it was a "frog" and totally wasn't prepared for what it actually was. Undead thingy was cool. The reveal of Vendrick is awesome, loved the sad music and this giant guy lumbering around useless. The music sort of reminded me of the sad Gwyn theme in DS1 after all the orchestral stuff. The Throne Watcher/Defender fight was really neat. I love their designs. Can you get their armor? Throne Defender sword is pretty great, I usually don't like great swords. Unfortunately I can't use my brand new Sunlight Blade with it, only the inherent buff it has. I realize I went the wrong way
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Jun 10, 2014 07:43
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Yeah, you can get their armor sets. Maughlin should have them.
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Jaaam posted:drat, Mytha's bent blade sucks! Can't seem to proc poison/toxic on anything. Got mine at +4, does something amazing happen at +5 or did I waste my dragon bones? I know it has decent crit damage, but I've got a shadow dagger which is way better. Mytha delivers a fixed 300 toxic damage per hit. Toxic HP is over like 1200 on even the most basic enemies.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Throne Defender sword is pretty great, I usually don't like great swords. Unfortunately I can't use my brand new Sunlight Blade with it, only the inherent buff it has. The Defender's Greatsword buff is exactly the same as Sunlight Blade, it just doesn't last as long. It's basically an upgrade since it frees up a spell slot and most fights won't last long enough for the lower duration to matter.
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Jun 10, 2014 07:56
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:I'm still on my first play through of this game...  I'm just barely ahead of you and I pretty much agree with everything you've said. I really liked Demon of Song. Like, a lot. Seriously creeped me out when it jumped at me and took a swipe. Horrifying.
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Jun 10, 2014 07:57
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Tallgeese posted:Mytha delivers a fixed 300 toxic damage per hit. And on players?
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patch notes posted:All versions of Dark Souls II are planned to be updated shortly. Looks like the era of 20 minute speedruns is over.
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Jun 10, 2014 08:54
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The Iron Rose posted:And on players? Well, if mobs are vulnerable to toxic, they seem to be affected at about the same rate as players when using Toxic Mist. So I'd assume players have a similar amount of toxic resist.
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Jun 10, 2014 09:14
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If I'm trying to bypass shield DR with my Shotel, what's the best element to infuse on it? 
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Tallgeese posted:Mytha delivers a fixed 300 toxic damage per hit. Which is apparently not enough to toxic most enemies before the damage from the dagger just kills them, and as for players, have to hit them like 10 times. Pretty infeasible.
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Jun 10, 2014 09:45
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:
Yes, your pal Maughlin should have the entire set.
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Jun 10, 2014 09:48
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drangelic armor for life
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Jun 10, 2014 11:54
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Honest Thief posted:drangelic armor for life Disqualified from fashion souls. 
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but i got these cute gloves
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If I have 40 STR and 28 DEX (and at least 20 in all other stats), is it better to make my Shadow Dagger Mundane or should I leave it as-is?
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Jun 10, 2014 12:23
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Time_pants posted:If I have 40 STR and 28 DEX (and at least 20 in all other stats), is it better to make my Shadow Dagger Mundane or should I leave it as-is? With my lowest stat at... 45ish? 50? a mundane shadow dagger is only doing about 20 more damage than an uninfused one. With only 20 in all stats you're better with it uninfused.
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Jun 10, 2014 12:39
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So I guess it wasn't just me, after getting the Dragon Shrine you are basically told to get lost and stumble upon the Giant's. Then Nashandra just shows up with limited hints she was that evil. I did like her design though.
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Jaaam posted:Which is apparently not enough to toxic most enemies before the damage from the dagger just kills them, and as for players, have to hit them like 10 times. Pretty infeasible. I had this same problem when I tried the poison route for PvE - even with maxed out poison infused weapons + Rat's ring, it just made more sense to whack 'em with my halberd. Having a poison rapier in the offhand was pretty groovy for (NG bellbro) PvP. It had decent poison buildup and low stamina lunging pokes, went well to keep people guessing when using a BKH in the mainhand. Also in NG NO ONE carried moss. RBA Starblade posted:e: In four games I've never seen Cale leave this cave either. Make sure you exhaust all of his dialogue and kill the skeleton in his basement!
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teh_Broseph posted:Make sure you exhaust all of his dialogue and kill the skeleton in his basement! I do every time. And in NG+ I killed several of them!
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RBA Starblade posted:I do every time. And in NG+ I killed several of them! Some folks have reported it bugging out sometimes, never heard anything specific figured out. Rumor goes to make sure you exhaust his dialogue before killing the Last Giant, and try ascetic'ing the bonfire (I assume Majula), kill the basement skeletons, rest at bonfire, cross fingers he's there.
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I got the Butcher's Knife from the Rotten's soul but it doesn't seem that great? I haven't tried it much yet but at +5 the damage is not much better than my Sun Sword, which weighs 19 kg less. It makes sense to go Raw on it because it only has E scaling in one stat, right?Honest Thief posted:drangelic armor for life Whix posted:
All I see are some filthy zombies. If you can't be bothered to use a human effigy for the ultimate fashion souls showoff shot, get out.
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Gestalt Intellect posted:All I see are some filthy zombies. If you can't be bothered to use a human effigy for the ultimate fashion souls showoff shot, get out. Exactly, I used my very last effigy just so I could get a pretty screenshot, there's no excuse.
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Attestant posted:Disqualified from fashion souls. The Drangleic set looks good though. Except for the hat, that thing doesn't match the rest of the set at all.
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Jun 10, 2014 15:29
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Manatee Cannon posted:The Drangleic set looks good though. Except for the hat, that thing doesn't match the rest of the set at all. Of course when I fought the Queen, she cursed me a bit too much, so I looked like jerky. And the cut-scene started without warning, so I couldn't even take a screenshot.
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Dreggon posted:With my lowest stat at... 45ish? 50? ah, I see you're going with the ol' dex/str/quality/faith/sorcery/hex combobuild, classic
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tonberrytoby posted:Yup I like it too. I went through almost all the game in the Drangleic set + the Heide Helm. Looks just right for a knight. And it is pretty strong, too. Hah, if you're talking about the one with the plume and not the bucket hat I used the same thing with the Drangleic chest for a while. It fits the armor a lot better.
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Manatee Cannon posted:Hah, if you're talking about the one with the plume and not the bucket hat I used the same thing with the Drangleic chest for a while. It fits the armor a lot better. Can you even get the bucket hat?
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Yes, you can get the complete Heide Knight armor set as drops from them. I've got three pairs of Heide Knight pants and a couple hats sitting in my high level character's inventory. I think the armor only drops in ng+ or if you ascetic a bonfire though since they have the weapon drops in the first run.
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The runtime error on game exit keeps Steam's screenshot uploader popup from automatically appearing. You can still pull up the screenshots from within Steam and upload them to the cloud from there, though.
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Jun 10, 2014 16:01
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Whix posted:
He's just mad he sat on his arrows.
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 Please, step aside for the fashion inquisition.  Granny Panties mandatory.
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Gestalt Intellect posted:I got the Butcher's Knife from the Rotten's soul but it doesn't seem that great? I haven't tried it much yet but at +5 the damage is not much better than my Sun Sword, which weighs 19 kg less. It makes sense to go Raw on it because it only has E scaling in one stat, right? The Butcher's Knife when made Raw has ~360 AR, which is average for an axe. It is heavier than most axes but it has the Butcher's Knife unique r2s and that makes it worth it imo.
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Are there any strike weapons without lovely vertical swings on the r1/l1? I miss like every loving attack. Why did they even have to make slash and thrust weapons so much worse for PvE? I really wish they would patch this poo poo so I could use greatswords for PvE as well.
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I want to make a gimmick invader named ICANTSEESHIT, leave him naked except for a Black Witch Veil and run off cliffs every time just to amuse hosts, but the name censoring kinda ruins it.  e: sp. Mystic Stylez fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Jun 10, 2014 |
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VisAbsoluta posted:I want to make a gimmick invader named CANTSEESHIT, leave him naked except for a Black Witch Veil and run off cliffs everytime just to amuse hosts, but the name censoring kinda ruins it. Would be better if you just swung wildly at the air whenever you were summoned until they sent you back.
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