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KieranWalker posted:Less 4, and more For Answer specifically. 4 did some strange things from what I hear; For Answer is basically a classic Armored Core game what lets you actually do all that fancy maneuvering and poo poo most of them have in the intro cinematics. 
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Rubberduke posted:Same for me. The reward is the journey you had along the way. Also, the covenant puts you at the top of the invasion queue and you can get covenant items from killing invaders, so the two do have something to do with each other.
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Paracelsus posted:[...] I did not know about the invasion queue. Not that it actually did anything for me back then. I got my first invasion a long time after I abandoned it.
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Jul 7, 2016 17:41
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Rubberduke posted:Same for me. I think you poke the rock if you want to get your balls stomped, not for shiney prizes.
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Jul 7, 2016 18:20
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poke the rock, shiny prizes, got it
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Jul 8, 2016 06:33
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There is a shiny prize behind the rock, because if it's associated with a covenant of course there's a shiny prize involved. But actually getting said shiny prize involves a bunch of farming, as that's another thing about covenants in the series. I've been satisfied with the prize myself, but I can understand why others might not be. 
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NGDBSS posted:There is a shiny prize behind the rock, because if it's associated with a covenant of course there's a shiny prize involved. But actually getting said shiny prize involves a bunch of farming, as that's another thing about covenants in the series. Oh God, the farming in DS2 is not good
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Jul 8, 2016 09:45
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Whamukars posted:Oh God, the farming in DS2 is not good
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Jul 8, 2016 09:52
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Farming for souls can be pretty easy if you have a friend. I've been playing though DS2 again with a friend who just got it and we summon each other constantly. We are both over leveled and crushing everything. The only bad bit is the soul memory means the invaders tend to be much more skilled than we are and wreck us.
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Jul 8, 2016 16:58
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sleepy.eyes posted:Farming for souls can be pretty easy if you have a friend. I've been playing though DS2 again with a a friend who just got it and we summon each other constantly. We are both over leveled and crushing everything. The only bad bit is the soul memory means the invaders tend to be much more skilled than we are and wreck us. Getting summoned in general is a really handy source of souls. Human Effigies being usable anywhere is probably a big part of this (since you don't risk humanity on the run-up to a boss), along with the frankly enormous list of NPC summons. And you can reverse all your hollowing the moment you get summoned, so you often get summoned by players that helped you out moments before. It's a good system, with much stronger incentives towards use. tbqh the Jollier Co-operation is my favorite part of DS2 compared to the first.
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Jul 8, 2016 21:34
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I enjoy trying to teach other players how to fight the Pursuer for a bit with any new PC to build up souls.
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Jul 9, 2016 02:22
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the pursuer sucks and i hate him
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Jul 9, 2016 02:29
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Geop, behold the arm monsters. The creepiest fuckers in the entire game.
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Jul 9, 2016 02:42
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YOU ALMOST MURDERED THE gently caress OUT OF GAVLAN WHAT THE gently caress Also way to just casually walk over that pharos' lock, did you notice it?
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Jul 9, 2016 02:55
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 Oh wow, you almost angered the best NPC. If you do manage to get him pissed at you, he grabs his ancestral battle axe and his other ancestral battle axe, and oh dear is he mean with them.I've never done such myself, thankfully, but I've heard tale of others getting on his bad side. SynthOrange posted:Also way to just casually walk over that pharos' lock, did you notice it?
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Jul 9, 2016 02:57
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HOW DARE YOU! All Gavlan wants to do is wheel and/or deal and you attacked him. You monster
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Jul 9, 2016 03:00
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I'm playing along (just a bit ahead) and while I didn't attack Gavlan, I did give Cale a good whack by accident Cale shouldn't bend over
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Jul 9, 2016 03:04
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Well one of the commentators murdered him without realizing he was an npc. vOv
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Jul 9, 2016 03:06
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I'm a little disappointed geop didn't give those arm monsters the non-stop, pop pop, and stainless steel
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Jul 9, 2016 03:11
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I got through No-Mans Wharf from start to end in one life, then died five times in quick succession trying to find the ghost ship switch  The mace strong attack/strong attack combo is really good at stun-locking the dark stalkers (and a whole lot of other enemies)
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Jul 9, 2016 03:30
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drat, you took off a third of his health and he didn't mind. Gavlan's drinking the good stuff.
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DOOP posted:The mace strong attack/strong attack combo is really good at smashing Gavlan's face
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Jul 9, 2016 03:34
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Slaan posted:HOW DARE YOU! All Gavlan wants to do is wheel and/or deal and you attacked him. You monster  He seriously looked like a new, chufty variant of them viking dudes to me at first though 
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Jul 9, 2016 03:37
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The lack of bonfires is why I dislike the area, it's the only area in the game (outside of one exception) that I really had durability trouble.
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Jul 9, 2016 03:38
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One of my favorite messages was in front of Gavlan. It was "need wheel, but try bargaining". I'm like, 'now where to I get this wheel?', then Gavlan told me what he was all about.
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Jul 9, 2016 03:41
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That gasp of shock and horror that Vicas made when you started laying into Gavlan was priceless. Also, fun fact about those creepy long-armed guys: you can backstab them! It took me a few playthroughs to figure that one out.
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Jul 9, 2016 03:42
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Never discredit a message until you try it! My favorite thing about the bell switch is that you can actually ring the bell from a distance with a Crossbow or the like and it still summons 'The Boat.'
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Jul 9, 2016 03:42
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The arm monsters are designed to be annoying. Completely through hitbox muckery because oh boy them arms is long, they inflict bleed and have some element attached so you take damage from them even with a 100% physical shield. They're also an enemy I would say swords and other slashing weapons have an easier time with due to range and hitboxes being what they are. Gavlan is the best npc. Like Frampt, Gavlan is the only npc that you can sell items to. He also generally follows the same rules (mostly turning useless equipment into a few more souls to buy supplies with.) Unlike Frampt however, you are safe with killing Gavlan (you monster) since he's just another shop npc.
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Jul 9, 2016 03:46
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In all fairness, as I was watching the video, my snap judgment also assumed that was another viking guy with his back turned I would have laughed my rear end off if Gavlan's hostility threshold were lower and geop triggered it
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Jul 9, 2016 03:47
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Geop posted:First it's "be more aggressive"! Now it's "Geop don't murder innocent NPCs"! I swear, you guys It's ok, Gavlan is apparently very forgiving. I had no idea he'd let you take off nearly half his HP without going aggressive.
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Jul 9, 2016 03:47
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"Try torch? That's stupid, torches are useless!" was the funniest thing yet. Almost spit beer all over my laptop.
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Five Apples posted:"Try torch? That's stupid, torches are useless!" was the funniest thing yet. Almost spit beer all over my laptop. I'm thinking that goonther will just blunder out of the area without even trying out a torch. Actually with that change to the layout, new players dont get a demonstration of why a torch is useful here.
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SynthOrange posted:I'm thinking that goonther will just blunder out of the area without even trying out a torch. Somewhat. The torches' usefulness is still being alluded to, but this version is much more obtuse.
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Ok, to go back to Pursuer chat for a minute, i promise this will be the last. Part of the reason i hated him so much was that i tried to get my cousin into Dark Souls 2 but we couldn't get past The Pursuer. He was having connection issues, so we couldn't get summon help, and he didn't invest any points into HP so any hits destroyed me. (He started as a mage and put almost every single point into intelligence) Well today i found out why everything was terrible. He wasn't having connection issues at all, instead he actually had joined the Company of Champions and forgot about it. That's why that rear end in a top hat boss and even the Dragonrider were hitting like goddam trucks and we couldn't find any summon signs. Fuuuuck!! 
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Jul 9, 2016 04:37
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I also almost killed Galvan the first time I came through, despite technically having foreknowledge of him It's really dark ok
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Jul 9, 2016 04:39
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Geop you killed the torch friend and then you almost killed Gavlan you monster!!!!
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Jul 9, 2016 04:43
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When you got to the door with the bloodstains i was at the edge of my seat hoping that you would open it. So glad you did, that was a really fun surprise when i did it! Frionnel fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Jul 9, 2016 |
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Jul 9, 2016 04:50
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Frionnel posted:Well today i found out why everything was terrible. He wasn't having connection issues at all, instead he actually had joined the Company of Champions and forgot about it. That's why that rear end in a top hat boss and even the Dragonrider were hitting like goddam trucks and we couldn't find any summon signs. Fuuuuck!!
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GEOP STOP PLAYING DARK SOULS 2 WRONG No for reals though, attacking Gavlan made me curl up in my chair in anguish.
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Jul 9, 2016 04:57
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oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...