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If your entire OS is freezing consistently and the problem occurs across more than one program it's almost certainly either a hardware or driver problem.
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I've tried to keep up with all the posts, so sorry if I missed this... ...but the combination of boulder toss and whatever pyromancy creates the lava pool has turned out to be pretty money in PvP for me. The boulder has a hitbox that stuns for a moment, saving me from getting sword spammed, and if they take a direct hit they end up flat on their back, which let me blow them up fast after that. Surprised quite a few people on the post-pontiff dueling grounds last night.
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May 24, 2016 19:56
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RyokoTK posted:My favorite part about Dancer is the stupid lingering hitbox on her retarded grab. Nothing like safely rolling through her grab and then being vacuumed into her hand well after it's past you. yeah. now you can be literally behind the mimic when they grab and it'll still get you!
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May 24, 2016 20:00
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Sindai posted:If your entire OS is freezing consistently and the problem occurs across more than one program it's almost certainly either a hardware or driver problem. How do I figure it out.
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May 24, 2016 20:02
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BexGu posted:How accessible is this game if you've never played anything in the Dark Souls series? It's aggressively tuned for veterans of the series, and much of the story will be baffling without having played the first one.
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May 24, 2016 20:03
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Tykero posted:Unless you crafted the Yhorm's Greatshield or ate Yhorm's soul, you should still be able to craft the weapon as soon as you kill the Curse-rotted Greatwood. Welp knew I forgot something, I'm on the PS4 (PSN: Kamidamaru). I already crafted the greatshield for dick-value in pvp so it's either running through till profaned or hoping someone has a copy of it they don't need.
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May 24, 2016 20:07
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MonsterEnvy posted:How do I figure it out. 2) Check CPU and GPU temps to see if either is overheating (google for programs to show these.) If it is it's probably just a heatsink full of dust you need to clean out. 3) If it's only 3D games that cause the freeze my guess is some misc video card hardware problem. Try switching to your motherboard's integrated video or another card if you have one laying around and see if it goes away. If it does time to replace the card. 4) We have a forum for this that will probably give better advice than me: http://forums.somethingawful.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=170
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May 24, 2016 20:15
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MonsterEnvy posted:How do I figure it out. This question is probably beyond the scope of this thread but the good dudes over in SH/SC (specifically Haus of Tech Support) have helped me diagnose PC issues in the past: http://forums.somethingawful.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=22
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May 24, 2016 20:16
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Toady posted:It's aggressively tuned for veterans of the series, and much of the story will be baffling without having played the first one. to be fair, they story is pretty mediocre even when you've played every game in the series too. the real fun with dark souls is figuring out all the crazy ways you can break the game with interesting character builds & gimmicks. if you're expecting more from the story than "kill some monsters because reasons" then  one thing I'm realizing is that if you want to tear up low level pvp, you've got to play with builds that break the point investment mechanic that you normally have to balance with all of your equipment. things like the aforementioned anri's sword, where at a theoretical level 30 build, you could have a deprived start with 19 vigor and 35 luck (10 base + 20 levels + 5 hollow offhand) and have a weapon that can wreck other low level builds even with +0 or +1 enhancement, especially once you slap the carthus rouge on it. this is a pretty weird outlier, because most other weapon combos require that you invest a ton more ability points to get the same kind of damage output, which can limit how viable they are at lower levels. even something like a raw rear end with low enhancement (sat +2) and base STR/DEX lets you dump all of your points into vig/end/vit and now you can have a much more tanky build without really having to sacrifice your damage output (because the raw rear end still has straight sword superiority going for it).
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May 24, 2016 20:37
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RyokoTK posted:My favorite part about Dancer is the stupid lingering hitbox on her retarded grab. Nothing like safely rolling through her grab and then being vacuumed into her hand well after it's past you. Mimic hitboxes are still hosed in this game. Their grab attack has a stupid radius and somehow extends behind them. It took me a few deaths to the grab to realize just how broken it is. Its pretty silly since all their attacks will whiff if you just circle around them, but the grab will gently caress you over if you are remotely close to them at any angle.
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May 24, 2016 20:38
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I think the most frustrating thing about Dancer is how god drat worthless her boss souls weapon is. Especially for as dangerous as she is to fight.
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May 24, 2016 20:44
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Having defeated Aldritch and a nice progress I'm feeling a bit lost. I backtracked to the Demon Ruins but after getting my poo poo pushed in repeatedly by Tsorig I decided I didn't like being 1-hit-killed, I ended up back in Lothric to fight the Dancer, except they also one-hit kills me with their stupid grab attack  I think I need to go to Irythyll Dungeon but those flamer knights and a billion invisible backstabbing mooks is just kill.Am I doing something so horribly wrong? I don't want much spoiled on my first play through, but I'm going quality build and have +2 Farron Greatsword, +5 Exile Greatsword (and a +6 Giant Club) which are doing piss all damage (130-ish to above boss) and I'm getting ko'ed by pretty much any attack I'm SL65ish with points 5:4:3 into STR/DEX/END.
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May 24, 2016 20:51
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Boogiewoogie posted:Welp knew I forgot something, I'm on the PS4 (PSN: Kamidamaru). I already crafted the greatshield for dick-value in pvp so it's either running through till profaned or hoping someone has a copy of it they don't need. I am about to have a spare Yhorm's soul I can drop you. If that's not allowed, I can craft the weapon and drop that. Shoot me a message as a reminder, but I won't be online until 730-8 this evening. PSN: Monkrocker
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May 24, 2016 20:52
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Southern Heel posted:I'm getting ko'ed by pretty much any attack
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May 24, 2016 21:02
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So whats the stat progression people are going with for Bleed builds? Figured i'd try it out
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May 24, 2016 21:07
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HaB posted:I am about to have a spare Yhorm's soul I can drop you. If that's not allowed, I can craft the weapon and drop that. Shoot me a message as a reminder, but I won't be online until 730-8 this evening. Sounds good! I think I might have to clarify though that I am a filthy EU goon so 7:30 I assume is in one of the American timezones? Just so I have a notion of when you will be available!
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May 24, 2016 21:23
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Invade someone near the end of the catacombs, was having what I thought was a good fight. I noticed the host was trading estus with me, only healing if I did, so I kinda felt bad about using it. She might have won, until... ...she got stuck by somehow rolling in a cluster of stalagmites right by the bridge. No matter where she moved, she couldn't get out. I felt bad so I tried to drop an ember for her, but every time I got close she took a swing at me, which was understandable. Besides, I don't know if she would have been able to reach it anyway. On her third swing, she got stuck in a permanent falling animation which instakilled her after a few seconds. 
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May 24, 2016 21:27
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Reminds me of the host that rolled in to a wall in Farron Keep, clipped through it and fell to the ends of the world...easiest tongue I ever earned.
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May 24, 2016 21:31
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TheHoosier posted:So whats the stat progression people are going with for Bleed builds? Figured i'd try it out 40 LCK, with END/VIG/VIT to taste. Get a weapon with decent inherent Bleed like the Spiked Mace, the Barbed Straight Sword, the Warden's Twinblades, or any of the Grave Warden curved swords and infuse it with Hollow. Note that you get +5 LCK at max Hollowing when wielding a Hollow-infused weapon, so you can leave your LCK at 35 base (or 30 if you've got a Hollow weapon in your offhand) and still hit the softcap just fine. It's not a really great build until you can finally get to Irithyll Dungeon, unless you're willing to kill Anri early and use their sword with some Carthus Rouge for bosses. Bleed, however, is ridiculously powerful in both PVP and PVE once it does get going. Vermain fucked around with this message at 21:41 on May 24, 2016 |
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May 24, 2016 21:36
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SgtArseCandle posted:I'm in the same boat as this here good person. Anyone successfully running a bleed build? I've tried out a SL60 luck/dex/bleed build with warden twinblade and it was extremely inconsistent compared to my other SL60 glaive quality build which just wrecks everything in PVE and PVP. With the twinblades, sometimes I would demolish phantoms in a single combo, sometimes I would struggle a lot. It feels like I sacrifice a lot of raw damage for a chance of bleed, but even with the bleed it barely breaks even with the quality build. To a large degree I put this down to the fact that the range on the twinblades is just very short and before I can lay down the hits I get estocced/darksworded into Swiss cheese or cleaved in half by an UGS. Perhaps bleed builds become much more competitive at later levels with highly infused/reinforced hollow weapons? I want to like bleed builds because of reasons (fashion factor mostly) but it seems like the standard quality builds are just much more reliable and well rounded. Quite possibly I'm just rubbish at the game Tell me more about this glaive build. I just max leveled the black Knight glaive and started new game.
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May 24, 2016 22:02
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Also, with regards to SgtArseCandle's post: the Warden's Twinblades aren't that great in PVP. Get the Spiked Mace, put Carthus Rouge on, R1 -> L2 -> R2 and whoever you're fighting is dead 90% of the time unless they're running Denial.
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May 24, 2016 22:03
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Boogiewoogie posted:Welp knew I forgot something, I'm on the PS4 (PSN: Kamidamaru). I already crafted the greatshield for dick-value in pvp so it's either running through till profaned or hoping someone has a copy of it they don't need. Just get the regular great machete from the big dudes in undead settlement. No one will know.
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May 24, 2016 22:19
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Tokyo Sex Whale posted:Just get the regular great machete from the big dudes in undead settlement. No one will know. Does it have the amazing heavy attack after you arts? That thing is like half the reason I want it (that and the atk boost on the arts for even dumber damage).
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May 24, 2016 22:22
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homeless poster posted:to be fair, they story is pretty mediocre even when you've played every game in the series too. the real fun with dark souls is figuring out all the crazy ways you can break the game with interesting character builds & gimmicks. if you're expecting more from the story than "kill some monsters because reasons" then I haven't tried it yet but with the recent changes the raw dragonslayer's axe is pretty drat efficient, the moveset and range are kind of rear end but slap a lightning resin on it and it'll do some serious damage for a tiny stat investment. Alternatively, 2 hand a heavily strength scaling weapon with 27 strength. The Spiked Mace falls into this category and has its bullshit combo and bleed as well! 
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May 24, 2016 22:23
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Boogiewoogie posted:Does it have the amazing heavy attack after you arts? That thing is like half the reason I want it (that and the atk boost on the arts for even dumber damage). No. 
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May 24, 2016 22:24
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homeless poster posted:one thing I'm realizing is that if you want to tear up low level pvp, you've got to play with builds that break the point investment mechanic that you normally have to balance with all of your equipment. things like the aforementioned anri's sword, where at a theoretical level 30 build, you could have a deprived start with 19 vigor and 35 luck (10 base + 20 levels + 5 hollow offhand) and have a weapon that can wreck other low level builds even with +0 or +1 enhancement, especially once you slap the carthus rouge on it. this is a pretty weird outlier, because most other weapon combos require that you invest a ton more ability points to get the same kind of damage output, which can limit how viable they are at lower levels. even something like a raw rear end with low enhancement (sat +2) and base STR/DEX lets you dump all of your points into vig/end/vit and now you can have a much more tanky build without really having to sacrifice your damage output (because the raw rear end still has straight sword superiority going for it). Figuring out how to cram everything into as few points as possible is the most fun thing for me. My current favorite build is https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/28456 It's sl52, so since wolves is -20 I can still get hits there. I actually crystal out if it's a single phantom because it's so unfair. I think profaned GS is my favorite non-dueling PvP weapon. Hyper armor with unparryable 2h horizontal r1's and thrusting r2's
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May 24, 2016 22:26
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RyokoTK posted:My favorite part about Dancer is the stupid lingering hitbox on her retarded grab. Nothing like safely rolling through her grab and then being vacuumed into her hand well after it's past you. Yeah Dancer's grab is a real bitch. The funny thing is that it's super easy to avoid if you just back roll away from it, its range is pretty short and there's a huge tell when she's winding up to do it. But everyone at this point (myself included) is so conditioned to instinctively roll through/toward everything that it's completely infuriating when you do it and she just snatches you out of what should be your iframes without giving a gently caress.
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May 24, 2016 22:30
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There there...we'll be fine. 
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May 24, 2016 22:47
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I really like that video of Lorian escaping his room lol. I kind of wish they'd made the level that way, with Lorian divebombing you periodically instead of lovely ol crystalman, and you can't permakill him but you can skip phase 1 of the boss if you do defeat him early. Except i'm glad they didn't because now I'm going to rip off that idea
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May 24, 2016 22:47
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The thing about Lorian escaping his room that nobody mentions is that you can be invaded while doing it. So what do you think will happen if you use a Seed of Giants...?
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May 24, 2016 22:50
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swamp waste posted:I really like that video of Lorian escaping his room lol. I kind of wish they'd made the level that way, with Lorian divebombing you periodically instead of lovely ol crystalman, and you can't permakill him but you can skip phase 1 of the boss if you do defeat him early. Except i'm glad they didn't because now I'm going to rip off that idea Tallgeese posted:The thing about Lorian escaping his room that nobody mentions is that you can be invaded while doing it. wait, what are you referring to?
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May 24, 2016 22:54
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Tallgeese posted:The thing about Lorian escaping his room that nobody mentions is that you can be invaded while doing it. They mentioned this in the video and the invader can neither see nor be damaged by Lorian.
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May 24, 2016 22:56
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I found a pretty good message at Pontiff's bonfire.
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May 24, 2016 23:02
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Southern Heel posted:Having defeated Aldritch and a nice progress I'm feeling a bit lost. I backtracked to the Demon Ruins but after getting my poo poo pushed in repeatedly by Tsorig I decided I didn't like being 1-hit-killed, I ended up back in Lothric to fight the Dancer, except they also one-hit kills me with their stupid grab attack That Tsorig guy can be a bit of an rear end in a top hat. You have to treat him like a PvP fight - he has finite stamina, but he will use stances and can combo you if you're not careful. If you watch him, you'll eventually realize when he's out of stamina (three one-handed swings, at least) and then you can basically range bait him into swinging three times.Then, you can punish the poo poo out of him before he can put his shield up and even if he does you'll probably guard break through it since his stamina is so low. You also want to try to deplete his FP so he can't surprise wreck you with his stance (which he will use to combo you to death, but his biggest tell that he'll use it is when he two-hands his sword), so you can basically bait him into blowing those attacks. Alternatively, you can go back to Firelink Shrine to everyone's favorite recurring vendor, buy the horsehoof ring, and punish him every time he puts up his shield.
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May 24, 2016 23:06
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Hidden body is crazy good for pve stuff. I'm a god drat ninja mage.
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May 24, 2016 23:07
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To the guy with crashing issues - it's not just you. For whatever reason I'd been playing this no problem with the latest patch, and then after a few day hiatus booted it up today. 3 straight black screen crashes at various points, I haven't even been able to get back to firelink. I don't know what's going on
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May 24, 2016 23:17
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Happy Hedonist posted:Hidden body is crazy good for pve stuff. I'm a god drat ninja mage. I'm constantly taunting monsters and yelling at them. "Yeah you can't see me huh can you now motherfucker, you don't know where i am!" *dances around lothric knight*
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May 24, 2016 23:29
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Humans Among Us posted:I'm constantly taunting monsters and yelling at them. "Yeah you can't see me huh can you now motherfucker, you don't know where i am!" *dances around lothric knight* I like to back stab them, walk away for a sec and let them ponder wtf just happened before returning to their post, and then back stab them again. Also, raw rear end. Jfc, raw rear end.
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May 24, 2016 23:40
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Xenothral posted:I found a pretty good message at Pontiff's bonfire. I saw one of those floating in midair in Firelink, with 9999 ratings  e: hey Tallgeese can just touching one of those things gently caress someone up, in theory?
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Knowing From, probably. And then they'll ban you for it. I think I'm going to embrace my ban and just go hog wild. I mean I was punished for something I didn't do so I might as well do it now. Get my bans's worth.
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