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il serpente cosmico posted:Poise doesn't do anything, so heavy armor isn't necessarily the best way to go. It reduces damage, but the difference between medium armor and heavy armor isn't going to be noticeable to the average player. Wear whatever allows you to stay under 70% equip load (or 30%, if you want to go for a fast-roll build). Saw this after I posted so I'll 2x. I was parrying a lot b/c my first souls game was blood borne but I kept getting F-ed for the trouble, so now I've been raising my shield with R1 like a parry's timing but it has a much more forgiving window. Usually, enemies bounce hard enough I can get a hit or two in. Or, when I see its a big swing I'll roll. But again not very far so maybe everyone will start swinging through me or hitting too fast in the future. I tried a 2 hand claymore build but found it too cumbersome, even when I was connecting well it took longer to kill b/c I had to be very conservative versus sword and board where I can afford a miss more easily.
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Greater Magic Shield is over powered as gently caress, why yes give me 100% block to everything and so much stability that 3 kicks in a row still doesn't break my guard. Just pop on the extended spell length ring and Bob's your uncle, invaders don't know what to do with you being all up in their grundle.
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Apr 25, 2016 22:57
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horsehoof ring is what we do
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Apr 25, 2016 22:58
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Can you parry all of Sully's attacks or only some of them?
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Apr 25, 2016 22:58
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nevermind I was exploding the wrong miniboss thing. Krinkle fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Apr 25, 2016 |
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Apr 25, 2016 22:59
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Fereydun posted:are you using the sorc. boosting rings, magic clutch and dusk crown? i was using the dusk crown, the two sorcery boosting rings and the scholars candlestick. didnt bother to buff the staff or clutch ring because i have other stuff to ring slot.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:01
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Babe Magnet posted:horsehoof ring is what we do Okay 2 kicks to break my guard but I just start swinging after the 1st kick.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:07
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xian posted:Orbeck just vanished from my game because I didn't give him scrolls before beating the abyss watchers. Am I screwed for sorceries or do they appear somewhere else? Pretty much! You can recruit someone else later who teaches you dark sorceries but the scroll ones are forever lost to you. Enjoy! So I just fought Yhorm with Siegward. Siegward didn't make it.  Everyone says he trivializes the fight but I just could not get my stamina up fast enough (even using the stronger green shrub) to stormruler him fast enough to prevent Yhorm from murderkilling him. I think I need a break from Dark Souls. And a drink to toast.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:08
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The King of the Storm is a real badass fight with a real bad camera. I feel bad for murdering it though. 
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Apr 25, 2016 23:09
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il serpente cosmico posted:Have the devs said anything about the whole Poise thing? It's a little crazy to me they would have included it as a stat (and even added a ring that increases it and does nothing else), and then intentionally turned it off. I guess it's possible that they tested the game with poise off and liked it better, but why keep the stat at all, if that's the case? Conventional poise would help balance PvP a bit. theyre nameless faceless japanese zaibatsu employees you will never hear anything about it, ever. Melanion posted:So I just fought Yhorm with Siegward. Siegward didn't make it. don't feel bad he dies afterwards anyway
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Apr 25, 2016 23:10
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Melanion posted:So I just fought Yhorm with Siegward. Siegward didn't make it.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:11
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CSS is a faster cast than GHSA but is still pretty easy to see coming so you pop homing soul mass and then walk away from the dude, start casting CSS and then target midcast to turn around and blow him up. Works surprisingly well! Best CSS moment was when I was a purple and killed a red invader, the host and his sunbro with the same cast 
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Apr 25, 2016 23:11
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So, question. In the Irithyll area just before Anor Londo, there's a ladder behind an illusion wall. And down that ladder is suffering in its purest form. So, how are people solving that? Because I'm just a sword/board/archer and I am goddamn terrified.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:12
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Spudd posted:Okay 2 kicks to break my guard but I just start swinging after the 1st kick. jokes on you, the parry's coming out now good game my friend, i'm using the applause emote right now
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Apr 25, 2016 23:13
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Mortimer posted:
If you're a pessimist, sure 
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Apr 25, 2016 23:14
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I pvp with a great club and i'm incredibly powerful
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StrangeAeon posted:So, question. I came back at the end of the game at level 85
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Mortimer posted:theyre nameless faceless japanese zaibatsu employees They patched the previous games to fix huge problems tons of times. Moonlight greatsword was the best weapon in DS2 because you could buff it with resin and it shot that laser super fast. They fixed those problems. Last giant used to one shot you, they made his stomp do a max of 80% of your health to be friendlier to new players and let them survive one whoopsie. Bloodborne had an item duplicating glitch that they patched out by taking the game servers down until they figured out what was up. They're very responsive I don't know what you mean that nobody will ever fix a problem in the game?
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Apr 25, 2016 23:15
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StrangeAeon posted:So, question. Draw one with a bow and fight him next to the ladder. If you kill one and die to the next, the first one won't respawn.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:16
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The Cestus Art makes you completely immune to knockback.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:17
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StrangeAeon posted:So, question. The right one can be pulled with a bow without aggroing the other. Really a bow/crossbow is pretty much essential in this game for pulling enemies from a distance. You don't even need to meet the stat requirements for them.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:17
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StrangeAeon posted:So, question. Try pulling the left one with the bow and hitting it in its mouth while it charges, that usually stuns it for a bit and you can take a few swings. They don't respawn so if you get one of them but die you'll only have to fight the other one next time around. e: beaten
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Apr 25, 2016 23:18
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StrangeAeon posted:So, question. Summon someone like I did, or alternatively you can aggro just one of them as long as you shoot him with an arrow and never move past the initial little square you start in.
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Apr 25, 2016 23:18
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StrangeAeon posted:So, question. there's no good exploit. you can pull either one into the corner with the ladder and fight it there, and they don't respawn once you kill them. you basically have to fight one of them in that small space, kill it, and then you can fight the other one in the bigger room area. as for beating those lizard dogs, i finally did it when i ignored trying to play defensive and just went as aggro as they do. dodge the first combo it launches at you and then hit it back, hopefully hard enough to stagger, and then hope your next full combo is enough to kill it. i used a nice 2H weapon, if you can add carthus fire weapon or greater magic weapon or a resin, even better. edit: at that point in the game, they are definitely the hardest non-boss encounter. it's really a get gud moment because there's not much you can exploit to just bypass them without having to fight them straight up
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Apr 25, 2016 23:21
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How do I buy decent crossbow bolts and where is the best place to farm heavy gems?
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Apr 25, 2016 23:21
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On fashion souls chat here are my two favorite sets so far: Pharis hat/Mirrah Vest/Nameless Knight gloves + Leggings turns you into one of the three musketeers. If I wasn't doing a bow-run this file I would definitely use a rapier with it.  Xanthous crown/Deacon Vest/Court Sorcerer gloves/Archdeacon Skirt is a fun combination set I use when I host fight-clubs. the robe physics in this game are amazing.
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Invading High Wall at SL 15. Host wearing Drakeblood armor at the first bonfire after Firelink shrine? Seems legit. In any event...i've discovered that 3v1 is much harder to manage at low levels than high levels. And, let's face it; if a guy is playing Cindered up he's not leaving a bonfire without his personal armed escort. better trolling opportunities later on in the game. In the end, that's probably a good thing.
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Desperate Character posted:the robe physics in this game are amazing. Only when you are using the jailer's robe and a loincloth.
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the funniest thing in this game is luring an invader up to the winged knights and using rapport on them.
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KaiserSchnitzel posted:Invading High Wall at SL 15. Host wearing Drakeblood armor at the first bonfire after Firelink shrine? Seems legit. there's a chance they had a friend help them mule the gear onto a new character, but either way, who cares? jump off a roof if it's that upsetting and invade someone else. also low-level invading is pretty poo poo. imo invading before road of sacrifices is just an exercise in frustration.
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I really like the dual katanas battle art, seen around 1:45 min mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ECVQsKU3N0 I know the Wolf Knight's Greatsword has a similar weapon art. Any other weapons?
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I got bored and made a Warrior mostly for PVP purposes and oneshot the entire tutorial area and Iudex Gundyr without even blinking. Playing as a melee sorcerer really was hard mode eh
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homeless poster posted:there's a chance they had a friend help them mule the gear onto a new character, Why is this even a thing in this game? Twinking a character used to be about overcoming massive challenges at low level, now it's just a matter of getting your friend to dump gear on you.
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Brannock posted:I got bored and made a Warrior mostly for PVP purposes and oneshot the entire tutorial area and Iudex Gundyr without even blinking. yep since you got all those stat points free now you can just pool all of it into vigor and laugh at how enemies you had to be super careful around before due to getting 1/2 shotted just fall over and die when you can sit there mashing r1 at them trading hits
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Is there any way to zoom out? Here's my Fashion Souls entry I guess: 
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Melanion posted:
The first time I got Siegward he destroyed Yhorm no prob because I didn't go for the Stormruler - Yhorm was trying to hit me and Sieg was fine. The second time I went for the Stormruler and he just murdered Siegward right away. I think the way to keep him alive is just to be bait.
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So... when is the canonically correct point to be able to do Dancer without being turned into a bloody smear? I just got to Irythyll, story-wise, and decided to detour back for her, and holy poo poo, ow. Also: beat the Old Demon King, bwa ha haaaaaa yessssssss. As for fashion chat: Drang set or bust.
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Krinkle posted:80, was invading in the archdragon peak 2nd bonfire area, saw blues all the time protecting the guys hiding down there, but can't be a blue apparently. Basically, assume it doesn't work for you unless you see otherwise, which is a bummer. I'm one of the apparently very few lucky ones who can get summoned and I have no idea what I'm doing differently.
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i never do parrying in these games (apart from bloodborne) but holy poo poo is chain parrying champion gundyr the funnest.
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strangemusic posted:So... when is the canonically correct point to be able to do Dancer without being turned into a bloody smear? You'll know, because the game will literally teleport you there. Edit: Well, you know when it wants you to do it, as far as when you'll be able to do it...
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