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You got unusually bad phantoms. Every time I've summoned people we steamrolled him.
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Verviticus posted:holy poo poo, is velstadt just a loving murderer boss or something? after a few tries i took him down and decided "i want the better ring" so i summoned dudes left and right to kill the velstadt + 1 version and they CONSTANTLY DIED. i think i burned through like two dozen sunbros before finishing him Parry him.
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Mar 27, 2015 07:01
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Verviticus posted:holy poo poo, is velstadt just a loving murderer boss or something? after a few tries i took him down and decided "i want the better ring" so i summoned dudes left and right to kill the velstadt + 1 version and they CONSTANTLY DIED. i think i burned through like two dozen sunbros before finishing him He hits pretty hard but he's not that difficult? I guess the +1 version would be pretty bad because more or less all his hits would presumably stagger you, but he has a fairly predictable pattern. Generally I would expect you to either have a good enough shield to tank him, or be fast enough to dodge him. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Mar 27, 2015 |
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Mar 27, 2015 07:03
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OwlFancier posted:He hits pretty hard but he's not that difficult? I guess the +1 version would be pretty bad because more or less all his hits would presumably stagger you, but he has a fairly predictable pattern. i eventually upgraded my shield and it wasn't so bad. put on a great shield so i wasn't getting staggered every hit + sta ring and all was good it was more about the phantom friends. usually i find they know what they're doing but id summon two at a time sometimes and they'd just run in and get loving creamed before i even got to the dark phase. hey assholes, i have you FOR THAT PHASE so we can burn him down 
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Mar 27, 2015 07:11
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It could be a connection issue? If they're lagging out a bunch it can make fights kinda difficult because the boss tends to teleport around and attack weirdly.
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Mar 27, 2015 07:13
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yeah it might be are there any weapons with the same moveset as the ds1 halberd? that was my favourite weapon and they hosed it up in ds2 > 
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Mar 27, 2015 10:26
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Verviticus posted:yeah it might be Syan's Halberd is the closest one I think.
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Mar 27, 2015 14:32
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Verviticus posted:i eventually upgraded my shield and it wasn't so bad. put on a great shield so i wasn't getting staggered every hit + sta ring and all was good parry parry parry parry parry He's actually really easy to parry, and unlike basically every other boss it staggers him for a while. Use a buckler or target shield for their extra parry frames if you're feeling unsure of yourself.
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Mar 27, 2015 15:25
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Verviticus posted:i eventually upgraded my shield and it wasn't so bad. put on a great shield so i wasn't getting staggered every hit + sta ring and all was good Just get 33 adaptability and never get hit by any of his attacks.
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Mar 27, 2015 16:27
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Replace the word parry in those posts with "roll" and hooray there you go. Velstadt doesn't change much in his second phase besides maybe swinging more often and also that magic attack. The thing that gets me the most often with him is when I roll through an attack and then get whacked by his hammer on the opposite side of his swing. I guess it has a force field around it or something 
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Mar 27, 2015 22:19
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Can you actually parry velstadt normally or do you need to use that dagger and a bunch of buffs?
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Mar 27, 2015 23:17
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Hbomberguy posted:Can you actually parry velstadt normally or do you need to use that dagger and a bunch of buffs? Attacks are either parryable or not parryable. The exact parrying instrument and any buffs you might have are all irrelevances. Velstadt's thrust attack cannot be parried. Everything else can be.
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Mar 27, 2015 23:19
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Hbomberguy posted:Can you actually parry velstadt normally or do you need to use that dagger and a bunch of buffs? What do you mean "normally". A parry frame is a parry frame no matter what you do. You just get more or less of them, and the difference is like max 2x or so I think. Just farm the Syan Knights to death, and run in there and LEARN TO PARRY YA PRISSY LIL BITCH.
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Mar 28, 2015 00:45
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I just had no idea you could parry a boss. Wow. This is now the perfect game.
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Mar 28, 2015 00:55
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Velstadt and Pursuer are the only bosses where it's worth doing. Most (but not all) other bosses can be parried but it just boils down to a pointlessly riskier dodge for them, they recover immediately.
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Mar 28, 2015 02:18
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You can parry a lot of stuff. You can parry dragon riders too. Go and try out partying on lots of guys, I don't suggest trying it on stuff like freyjas laser or the demon of song frog jump attack though. I mean you can try sure, but I have a bad feeling about it.
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Mar 28, 2015 03:06
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So with Scholar of the First Sin coming out in a few days, have they said if there are new weapons and items, or is it pretty much just mixing up what's already there (plus the graphics and netcode)? 20 bucks seems a bit steep to me just for that.
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Mar 28, 2015 15:14
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RBA Starblade posted:So with Scholar of the First Sin coming out in a few days, have they said if there are new weapons and items, or is it pretty much just mixing up what's already there (plus the graphics and netcode)? 20 bucks seems a bit steep to me just for that. The only "new" content they're touting, aside from the already delivered story stuff, is "map shortcut changes". What that possibly means 
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Mar 28, 2015 15:27
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There's a new invader who can drop his gear, so that may be new. Also, some of the AI improvements seem really fun, like patrolling enemies.
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Mar 28, 2015 16:00
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Is there some use for bear/boar/wolf asses, or should I just sell them?
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Mar 28, 2015 16:09
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I suggest using them to build a fort.
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Mar 28, 2015 17:30
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Edit: Nevermind. Excited about SotfS next week, haven't played Dks2 yet except for a few minutes of the beginning so it's the perfect time for me to pick this game up!
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Mar 28, 2015 21:12
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SotFS isn't anywhere on the Steam store that I can tell, I'm not sure if the post saying it's going to come out on April 1st was in jest or not.
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Mar 29, 2015 01:45
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I thought it came out 4/2.
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Mar 29, 2015 01:58
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Mr Dog posted:SotFS isn't anywhere on the Steam store that I can tell, I'm not sure if the post saying it's going to come out on April 1st was in jest or not.
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Mar 29, 2015 02:00
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I googled sotfs on steam and got some Japanese steam website where I could buy it I guess if I was in Japan. So I assume it'll be any day now.
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Mar 29, 2015 02:00
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DarthJeebus posted:I thought it came out 4/2. They said April 1st 3PM PST on the stream, which means it'll already be April 2 in Japan while Europe is looking at a roughly midnight release depending on location.
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Mar 29, 2015 12:46
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So apparently there is some machine gun rapier?
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Mar 29, 2015 21:33
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Filler Bunny posted:So apparently there is some machine gun rapier? You mean Ricard's Rapier? That was in DS1, too. If you want to try it out, it's in a chest in that pit at the start of Huntsman's Copse.
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Mar 29, 2015 21:36
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King of Solomon posted:You mean Ricard's Rapier? That was in DS1, too. If you want to try it out, it's in a chest in that pit at the start of Huntsman's Copse. Didn't realize that was it. DS1 had that rapid attack thingy too? It was very poorly used on me in the arena (no status effect behind it)
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Mar 29, 2015 21:42
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I managed to ring the bells in Belfry Luna. Any idea how I might summon people for the gargoyles without getting overrun with invaders while waiting for summoning signs? I assume you can't summon anyone from the servant's quarters bonfire and just head down from there, since it's a PVP area
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ulvir posted:I managed to ring the bells in Belfry Luna. Any idea how I might summon people for the gargoyles without getting overrun with invaders while waiting for summoning signs? I assume you can't summon anyone from the servant's quarters bonfire and just head down from there, since it's a PVP area Correct, that area gets walled off when summoning from Servant's Quarters. The least lovely option is to survive long enough to get invaded by a second invader. It's fairly doable if you just keep running around in circles, they'll have a difficult time taking you down. After you've had two invaders in your world at the same time you'll get a 15 minute invasion cooldown. Alternatively just don't bother with Belfry Luna or the gargoyles because the Lost Sinner fight is easy enough even without the extra lockon range and you don't really get anything else worthwhile for doing it.
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ulvir posted:I managed to ring the bells in Belfry Luna. Any idea how I might summon people for the gargoyles without getting overrun with invaders while waiting for summoning signs? I assume you can't summon anyone from the servant's quarters bonfire and just head down from there, since it's a PVP area You can't summon from inside the bastille door in front of that tiny bridge but you can usually park there and wait to see summon signs pop up. If you stand right in the doorway you can still see summon signs and messages and stains but you can't get summoned into anything or invaded. Alternately get chameleon and hide in the bottom area you have to drop down into right by the exit. Wait until you get two invaders then go jump off the bridge. You'll have the timer delay on invasions after that. Last option: build a melee character and go farm up the +3 attunement slot ritual band from Bonfire +2 scorpioness. Farm up a pair of lingering flames from the halberd prisoner dudes who I keep thinking look like they have something to do with birds and attune both copies (you'll need 1 additional attunement slot) Then just hide on the bridge with the door closed and drop lingering flames just behind the doorway when you get invaded so that they'll explode as the door gets pulled open. Stab people for their last sliver of health through the door they just opened and close the door and wait for your next invader. It works on literally everyone once. TheSpiritFox fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Mar 30, 2015 |
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Azran posted:Also, some of the AI improvements seem really fun, like patrolling enemies. Whoa, what a feature. Anyways, I got this game and all the DLC, now there is this overpriced patch coming out but there isn't any way to preload it or purchase it or.... what's the deal? Searching steam for Dark Souls 2 doesn't bring it up. I mean, they are asking money for it so shouldn't it be there? Not that I'm gonna get it right off the bat anyways, or not before I get some reliable insight on what it actually holds, because the more I hear about it the less convinced I am that it is worth any amount of money. I don't know, I guess I just aren't too excited over them changing enemy locations around and asking 20$ or whoever much it is for it. Where the enemies are right now is the least of this games worries.
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From what I understand, it's not available for pre-order and won't be listed until it's actually released in a few days.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:48
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It sounds like the new stuff won't be worth your money, so I wouldn't bother. They already released the patch for it like two months ago, and the new version contains a handful of largish things. If the videos that have been released previewing some of the zones and how they've been changed don't make you go "this is worth twenty bucks", then probably the rest of he changes won't either.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:07
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drat. I don't know what the occasion is but the Blood Arena is bumping today. Fought something like 13 different people, 17ish wins and 3 losses. I've never had my ranking rocket up that fast in a single session. Incidentally there surely has to be some better way of keeping track of your net win rate other than having a Notepad open in the background, right? because that's really annoying, not to mention error prone.
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Mar 31, 2015 02:13
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New patch coming out the 4th. http://bandainamcous.tumblr.com/post/115061637131/we-want-to-thank-you-for-your-continued-patronage quote:We want to thank you for your continued patronage and support of Dark Souls II! This message is to inform you of the changes coming in the next calibrations (1.15) update.
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Mar 31, 2015 04:21
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WOW. They choose to buff katanas instead of nerf them. Stay free pvp.
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Every ultra-greatsword buffed except for the ones I use  cool changes all and all, it seems like they cranked up poise damage on just about everything. Did they ever fix poise btw? I haven't played more than occasionally since last summer.
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