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Mr Dog posted:Does the permanent life protection on the three crowns The what?
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Dec 23, 2014 18:37
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If you collect all four crowns, and then go talk to Vendrick, they'll get a permanent, unbreakable life protection effect. You'll never hollow while wearing a crown.
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Dec 23, 2014 18:40
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And is this cued in game anywhere or is it one of those things you just have to know or stumble upon? I gripe but honestly I kind of like the ways in which Dark Souls hearkens back to the golden age of Nintendo, before gamefaqs, when playground hearsay about tricks and secrets was serious business. Like remember that amazingly persistent rumour about a hidden room by the blue sentinels bonfire? Magical.
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Dec 23, 2014 19:02
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Well, if you talk to Vendrick beforehand he'll tell you to retrieve the crowns and bring them to him. But I didn't even know you could talk to Vendrick until
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Dec 23, 2014 19:07
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Why would you talk to a big creepy monster? Giant monsters are for killing, as fast as possible.
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Dec 23, 2014 19:15
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The Ashen Mist Heart allows you to peer into the memories of the withered...
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Dec 23, 2014 19:16
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Defeating Vendrick himself is such a loving chore in its own right. Dodge his attacks 50 times and never screw up even once or he'll oneshot you. brb grinding 99 Adaptability
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Dec 23, 2014 20:11
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He usually two shots me. I don't know where people put stat points into but I hope it's not crap stats like faith or int.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:13
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Mr Dog posted:Defeating Vendrick himself is such a loving chore in its own right. Dodge his attacks 50 times and never screw up even once or he'll oneshot you. To be fair, avoiding his attacks is trivially easy. You don't even need to roll most of the time.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:14
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Same thing. It's usually two back-to-back crescent sweeps. First one staggers you and knocks out 80% of your HP, the second one finishes you off, and you can't dodge because you're staggered. I guess you could load up with Havel poo poo but then you're fatrolling and attacking very slowly due to constant stamina depletion. and uh there's no such thing as a crap stat. FAI+INT can give massive elemental damage bonuses on infused weapons even before you level your ATN and start casting spells. Sapozhnik fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Dec 23, 2014 |
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Dec 23, 2014 20:16
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Vendrick is just practice for the game's other optional boss, who will definitely oneshot you and who takes twice as long to kill while still having easily exploitable AI.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:20
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I thought the permanent protection from going hollow was a great reward since it basically finishes up the story why the player character went there in the first place (as opposed to sitting on some weird uncomfortable stone port-a-potty). On the other hand when you get it you don't really have any reason to use it anymore since you've done everything, it apparently doesn't carry into the next NG cycle, and it doesn't even protect your souls so you still drop them. So paying 3k for repairing the rings still sounds pretty good if you want to play carelessly.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:24
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If you say "dodge" and "Vendrick" together, then you're doing something wrong. You will never have to roll in that fight if you're doing it the right way (i.e. standing to the right and a bit behind him).
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Dec 23, 2014 20:26
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If you were brave enough to never dodge when he swung his sword, sure that it was going to hit you, then hats off to you.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:37
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RoadCrewWorker posted:it doesn't even protect your souls so you still drop them This is why I don't even bother to wear the crowns. I like to keep a stockpile of hundreds of thousands of souls on my endgame/completist file because I never know when I'll want to go buy fifty cracked eye orbs or fully-upgrade a weapon I've never used. It used to be millions before I realized there was no point in refusing to level to 250 or something. Ring of Life Protection for Power-Up of the Year.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:48
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Just give me a portable bench like I think DS1 has that lets you repair the rings at any bonfire and we're good. Actually that would be a really handy Cheat Engine script: deduct 3000x souls from your balance and repair all x of your broken life protection rings with one click. Being next to a bonfire while you do it would be an honor system thing I guess. Sapozhnik fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Dec 23, 2014 |
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Dec 23, 2014 21:02
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There's no reasonable way to do that, sadly. I mean I could make an automatic repair script if you sit at a bonfire and have it deduct the souls if you have enough, but that's the limit of my ability.
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Dec 23, 2014 22:09
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Mr Dog posted:Defeating Vendrick himself is such a loving chore in its own right. Dodge his attacks 50 times and never screw up even once or he'll oneshot you. If you take him on immediately after beating Velstadt, he won't have the insane defense and attack multipliers regardless of how many giant souls you have. This is what I did on my first playthrough and he was a complete pushover, and I was wondering why everyone thought he was super tough.
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Dec 23, 2014 22:31
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White Phosphorus posted:I don't give a poo poo about HD, but the new version will have completely separate servers essentially killing whatever multilayer is left. I bet you the duel-honor sperglords will play the original. The new game lets like six people into one world or whatever, that'll drive them batty since it allows too many chances for people to invade randomly. The base game will probably still have a really small, dedicated PVP base on iron keep's bridge.
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Dec 24, 2014 01:20
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Nuebot posted:I bet you the duel-honor sperglords will play the original. The new game lets like six people into one world or whatever, that'll drive them batty since it allows too many chances for people to invade randomly. The base game will probably still have a really small, dedicated PVP base on iron keep's bridge. Nah. People like to talk about honor to justify their losses, but I bet most people aren't big enough honor spergs to actually go that.
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Dec 24, 2014 01:35
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Where's the easiest spot in eleum loyce to farm for the ice rapier?
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Dec 24, 2014 05:57
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The one I did was the very first bonfire. You can kill the first two enemies quick before they gang up on you, and by then you shouldn't have triggered the third until you're ready, and the fourth is easy pickings, and if you want to go further in there's an additional two guys, although I don't think one of them (the spear guy) drops the Ice Rapier.
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Dec 24, 2014 06:16
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Azuth0667 posted:Where's the easiest spot in eleum loyce to farm for the ice rapier? Just going through the zone because you'll probably get like six
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Dec 24, 2014 06:19
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Why do you want it anyway? It only seems to do marginally more damage than the regular Rapier. Also gently caress everything to do with Ivory King. jfc I loving hate this entire DLC.
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Dec 24, 2014 07:09
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Mr Dog posted:Why do you want it anyway? It only seems to do marginally more damage than the regular Rapier. Length, also pvp suprise zap also can't the poke and zap hit together also doesn't it scale well with cmw also looks rad also
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Dec 24, 2014 07:27
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Harvey Mantaco posted:Length, also pvp suprise zap also can't the poke and zap hit together also doesn't it scale well with cmw also looks rad also This is why I want it, making a sorcery user that focuses on thrusting swords because mlgs is garbage. I don't hate any of the dlcs and ivory king has one of the best end boss fights in the game but, whoever thought that it was a good idea to deviate so much from ds1 drop rates can suck anything that remotely looks like a dick. I hate this farming poo poo. Azuth0667 fucked around with this message at 07:45 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Dec 24, 2014 07:31
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It's also just a good sorcery weapon in general even if you don't do the zap poke.
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Dec 24, 2014 07:43
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I just wish the ice lance gave you all those special moves, too.
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Dec 24, 2014 07:45
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Mr Dog posted:Why do you want it anyway? It only seems to do marginally more damage than the regular Rapier.
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Dec 24, 2014 08:25
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I'm halfway through the game (just cleared iron keep) and still haven't stumbled upon a single weapon that scales with int other than the fire longsword I got way back when. What's the deal? Do I need to go somewhere specific and farm, or did I completely miss a chest somewhere?
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Dec 24, 2014 14:06
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Bhodi posted:I'm halfway through the game (just cleared iron keep) and still haven't stumbled upon a single weapon that scales with magic other than the fire longsword I got way back when. Aren't that many normal weapons that do it normally, you've got to infuse them. Did you get the ember from the Keep? Because if you did you can go to the blacksmith in the Lost Bastille to infuse weapons now. A bunch of Boss weapons scale with magic too. You should have found a Magic Mace in the Huntsman's Copse though. Flytrap fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Dec 24, 2014 14:09
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I got the ember, which unlocks infusion but I guess I need magic ore now. I think it was a mistake going mostly pure mage; Unlike in the previous games, being a caster isn't the auto-win button it used to be. It was nice in the keep, but I'm seriously re-thinking my dedication to sorcery. I'm still using the staff I started with! I feel like my 45 int I've got should been put into real stats, because I feel like I've really struggled through the game. I even went faith+int to try out hexes but they pretty much suck. At least at the point I'm at. I did get the hexer's hood! Of course, the bonus on that plus the ring that gives me more spells still only gives me 3 spears per slot. Frustrating. I just glanced at the wiki; seriously ridiculous. Why would you put ALL the magic poo poo in undead crypt which is basically 3/4ths through the game? Seriously bad game design. Looks like I'd have to farm it from sorceresses. I wonder what 'rare' means with coins? Edit: you're right about the mace! I think I missed it. I think it was in the middle of a status effect or something, I figured I'd go back for it and never did. Bhodi fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Dec 24, 2014 14:37
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The halberd you get from the dragonrider's soul scales with magic and is pretty decent, but then again I'm a big halberd fan. It also has almost the same str/dex requirements as the MLGS, so it's a good holdover until you get that.
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Dec 24, 2014 14:50
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I don't have the stats to use it yet, and didn't even know the MLGS existed until I looked it up. I'll start leveling str and dex and try it out and use the mace until then. The longsword animation is getting pretty old.
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Dec 24, 2014 15:01
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Bhodi posted:I don't have the stats to use it yet, and didn't even know the MLGS existed until I looked it up. I'll start leveling str and dex and try it out and use the mace until then. The longsword animation is getting pretty old. Keep in mind you will have to either use an ascetic on a boss fight or get to NG+ in order to obtain it.
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Dec 24, 2014 15:18
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Bhodi posted:I even went faith+int to try out hexes but they pretty much suck. What? No. How high did you take faith? I'm only on 25 and dark orb does 250-300 depending on enemy resistances (with a +8 staff mind you)
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Dec 24, 2014 16:15
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So ... I've been part of the way of the blue covenant, and ... I haven't been summoned, ever? Is there something you need to do?
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Dec 24, 2014 17:20
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double nine posted:So ... I've been part of the way of the blue covenant, and ... I haven't been summoned, ever? Is there something you need to do? The way of the blue summons other people to help you if you get invaded. The Blue Sentinels are the ones who GET summoned. Also in either case I think you have to be wearing the ring(s) for it to work. In either case I don't think it will probably happen often, as it didn't occur very often even if the very early days when there was probably 100x the population playing.
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Dec 24, 2014 17:23
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The blue covenants have been dead since the day the game came out. No unlimited red eye orb means invasions don't happen often enough for anyone to bother putting the blue rings on.
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Dec 24, 2014 17:38
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Also there's a lot of restrictions on the summon triggering, since both people have to be wearing the rings and be close in SM and be in the same area i think. So it's probably more likely to stumble on a regular/sunbro sign when you get invaded and get help that way much faster. I've played hours in both covenants and never had a single match-up happen.
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Dec 24, 2014 17:49
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