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"Microsoft? The PC people? Aren't PC games all porn?" - Japanese game devs until basically last week
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  Karma for Wind Waker
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May 7, 2016 00:35
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Dark Souls 1 is an easier buy when it's constantly at like 5 bucks for the last few years.
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May 7, 2016 00:49
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That ending 
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May 7, 2016 01:02
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I approve of the end of this video Also, apparently this bug doesn't exist any more, but a sadistic part of me wanted Geop to join the rock covenant because when the game first released (and I think up until the Scholar patch) there was a bug where once you joined that covenant, that was it, there was no way to bring the enemies back to their normal level. Had to abandon my first character because of that.
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May 7, 2016 01:03
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Nice use of Roundabout there. The Tower of Heide redesign has some moves that reek of "This is a hard game, losers  " The Knight shuffle is just a part of it.
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May 7, 2016 01:11
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Llab posted:The Tower of Heide redesign has some moves that reek of "This is a hard game, losers I dunno, to me it makes more sense that Heide Knights would also be found in Heide Tower of Flames. And they don't actually make the area any harder--the area they potentially make harder is the Cathedral of Blue which is no longer a critical, early access thing due to the re-shuffling of items. You have to kill exactly one Heide Knight, same as the exactly one most people probably killed up to that point in vanilla DS2.
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May 7, 2016 01:15
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Oh man I just figured out this LP was a thing! So happy. The last one was my company during some rough times, and got me to start playing this series I'm in love with now.
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May 7, 2016 01:19
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Geop posted:Karma for Wind Waker I could not even imagine what was meant by this until I saw it.
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May 7, 2016 01:24
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Oh yeah and it's HAY'D not HIDE.
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May 7, 2016 01:28
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I think Goonther would be able to kill the Ultimate Life Form by just setting himself on fire and giving him a big bear hug. That ending was so sassy, I love it.
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May 7, 2016 01:50
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Dabir posted:Oh yeah and it's HAY'D not HIDE. Hay'd is the more popular way to pronounce it in the community for sure. I'm not quite sure where the roots of the name are supposed to lie, but since I'm German my mind jumps to something that sounds somewhat similar to "Hide-uh". Which can be a female name. Or mean heathen. I don't think either of those tie into the lore of the place, though. Well, they can if you choose to interpret it some specific way, I suppose. IGgy IGsen fucked around with this message at 01:53 on May 7, 2016 |
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May 7, 2016 01:51
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IGgy IGsen posted:Hay'd is the more popular way to pronounce it in the community for sure. I'm not quite sure where the roots of the name are supposed to lie, but since I'm German my mind jumps to something that sounds somewhat similar to "Hide-uh". Which can be a female name. Or mean heathen. I don't think either of those tie into the lore of the place, though. Well, they can if you choose to interpret it some specific way, I suppose. It's pronounced in-game as Hay'd.
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May 7, 2016 01:57
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Geogeop part 2's looking good so far.
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May 7, 2016 02:00
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Llab posted:Nice use of Roundabout there. The Heide redesign doesn't make the first part of it any harder. It still has the same number of Old Knights, and the addition of the Heide Knights more properly sets the Cathedral of Blue and its significantly harder boss off from the player unless they're feeling particularly spicy. You don't have to go back to Heide's Tower of Flame, ever, if you don't want to, so you don't have to deal with the Heide Knights ever.
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May 7, 2016 02:15
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What a loving way to end the update. Out of all the changes this game made, my favorite is probably the message system. It's robust enough to convey complex concepts now, but you still have to get creative with it to get your message across.
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May 7, 2016 02:18
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I do like the turnaround with the Blue Sentinels where Crestfallen Saulden gets you into the covenant and tells you they are your friendly helpers. then you talk to Maughlin and find out the Blue Sentinels are basically the Mafia.
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May 7, 2016 02:23
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Fate is a fickle mistress, but Goonther will not deny her.
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May 7, 2016 02:32
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Sergeant_Crunch posted:What a loving way to end the update. lick but hole
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May 7, 2016 03:09
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the real dark souls starts here.
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May 7, 2016 03:27
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May 7, 2016 03:35
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I always thought the gate contraptions around Majula were there to keep the hollows out.
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May 7, 2016 04:38
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Fun fact about Heide: The view you get of Majula from Heide is not the same as the view of Heide you get from Majula. See, when you're in Majula, Heide appears to be sitting right in the middle of the ocean. When you're actually at Heide, however, the towers are right up against the mountainside. I can only assume this means the Heide buildings are sentient and were going for a swim.
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May 7, 2016 05:04
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Xanderkish posted:Fun fact about Heide: The view you get of Majula from Heide is not the same as the view of Heide you get from Majula.
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May 7, 2016 05:14
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Geop posted:Or maybe we're visiting during the Heide Tide Just lock this now
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May 7, 2016 05:16
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NGDBSS posted:The 360 releases were international only, since the console has markedly low popularity in Japan. But oddly enough, the PC port was available in Japan just like the PS3 releases. MS did everything in their power to get the Japanese interested in the 360, they just didn't bite. Blue Dragon, Tales of Vesperia, getting the Lupin guy to do the cover art for Crackdown, etc.
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May 7, 2016 05:23
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Microsoft just hasn't done well marketing its consoles to the second most populous island in the world, which really makes you wonder. Hell, it's bad enough that (relative) blockbusters like Tales of Vesperia could actually cause a significant change in purchasing habits.
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I like the weird topography of Dark Souls 2. It felt like it was designed to resemble movement in a dream.
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May 7, 2016 05:30
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Out of all the times I've gone through DS2 I've never actually gone to Tower of Heide first except an aborted hard mode run. I wonder how rough that is going to be in Scholar with those changes.
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May 7, 2016 05:32
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RBA Starblade posted:Out of all the times I've gone through DS2 I've never actually gone to Tower of Heide first except an aborted hard mode run. I wonder how rough that is going to be in Scholar with those changes. Well if you have a strike weapon like a mace or something it's not that bad. Otherwise the end of the latest video happens way too often.
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May 7, 2016 05:35
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havenwaters posted:Well if you have a strike weapon like a mace or something it's not that bad. Otherwise the end of the latest video happens way too often. Yeah the choice in the early game is similar to dark souls 1 in a way. If you pick cleric who starts with a mace, theres nothing really stopping you from going to the cemetery place in dark souls 1. Similarly if you pick cleric here who starts with a mace you can just kill all the giants here easily.
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May 7, 2016 05:46
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It''s a good thing to notice how they don't bleed at all. The typical doctrine is "slash it if it's made of meat, stab it if it's wrapped in metal", but there's no use poking holes into the armor if it doesn't seem there's anything to hurt inside it. On my deprived runs, I spared my dagger's durability by just two-hand-bashing them to death with the little wooden shield. Did about as much damage as a single slash, just took a little longer.
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May 7, 2016 05:51
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Strike weapons in general are kinda overpowered in this game. On the down side, this means dex builds tend to be weak. On the plus side, this means that fist builds are awesome. 
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May 7, 2016 05:53
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Actually the doctrine is "just smash it. Smash it good" strike damage op
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May 7, 2016 05:54
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as someone who only played scholar, where were those knights before? why would they be in another area?
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May 7, 2016 06:07
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Mazed posted:Strike weapons in general are kinda overpowered in this game. Dex builds are the opposite of weak, they just need you to play more carefully - dexterity weapons on average have a high counter damage modifier, so you have to get used to hitting things when they're going to take the extra damage. You can royally gently caress things up this way. Suspicious Dish posted:as someone who only played scholar, where were those knights before? why would they be in another area? They were just kind of scattered around and didn't do anything except have guaranteed lightning damage weapon drops. They didn't have any significance to the game and it didn't really make much sense for them to be in other places like they were, but not in Heide's Tower of Flame, the area they were named after.
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May 7, 2016 06:11
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They'd be in another area because this is a starting area and you know what they do.
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May 7, 2016 06:12
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e: actually no that's probably a bad idea
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May 7, 2016 06:13
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huh. are there a lot of instances where they move enemies into an area that now makes sense in scholar?
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May 7, 2016 06:17
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Mighty Dicktron posted:Dex builds are the opposite of weak, they just need you to play more carefully - dexterity weapons on average have a high counter damage modifier, so you have to get used to hitting things when they're going to take the extra damage. You can royally gently caress things up this way. I oughtta have said they feel weak, as it's easy to slip into the same habits as you would with more solid weapons. The other issue with them is how quickly they wear down, and though that was partially due to a bug (which I think was fixed), it's still necessary to use one of the rings that slow breakage if you plan on taking them for any long hauls. There's incentive, though, aside from the counter damage. Paired curved swords and the newly-introduced twinblades are super fun with the improved combat movesets this game brought.
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May 7, 2016 06:24
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Suspicious Dish posted:huh. are there a lot of instances where they move enemies into an area that now makes sense in scholar? yes
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May 7, 2016 06:36
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