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I actually found pyro to be really ineffective in 2 compared to 1. Maybe I was using it wrong but it barely did any damage, even upgraded all the way to +10.
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Suspicious Dish posted:I actually found pyro to be really ineffective in 2 compared to 1. Maybe I was using it wrong but it barely did any damage, even upgraded all the way to +10. Magic, including Pyromancy, was overpowered in Dark Souls. In Dark Souls II it's just about right. It's useful without trivializing everything you use it on. In Demon's Souls Magic was downright broken, if you had sufficiently high stats there were a lot of bosses you could three shot easily without overleveling. They nerfed it a bit with each game.
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It was even more broken in DS1, there are videos on Youtube showing how to one-shot every single boss in the game.
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Geop posted:I'd prefer that Goonther just be *really* flexible Confirmed Max Agility build for goonther, you heard it here first.
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IGgy IGsen posted:Magic, including Pyromancy, was overpowered in Dark Souls. In Dark Souls II it's just about right. It's useful without trivializing everything you use it on. Everything has resists for everything in Dark Souls and those resists follow a theme. This can also factor in to the feeling that magic seems ineffective since you could get that magic and try it out expecting it to be great but it turns out your hitting an enemy in one of their highest resists 
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EponymousMrYar posted:Everything has resists for everything in Dark Souls and those resists follow a theme. This can also factor in to the feeling that magic seems ineffective since you could get that magic and try it out expecting it to be great but it turns out your hitting an enemy in one of their highest resists
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Geop posted:I mentioned it earlier in here and in an earlier ep (when I first got it) but 10% additional protection isn't a big deal to me, especially given how blocking seems to largely not be as effective in DS2 =\ I'd have to put in some more strength and account for like 3 more units I think? Just not worth it from what I saw. totally reasonable on both counts! a jack-of-all-trades build is the most fun way to play dark souls if you're not planning to do multiple runs through the game. hopefully at some point your friendly game companions will guide you to the Land of Titanite, so you can play around with more weapon types. might be a while, though...
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Geop posted:More than min-maxing, I'd prefer that Goonther just be *really* flexible in what he can use. Just tape another Goonther to his back.
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Lizard Wizard posted:Just tape another Goonther to his back. I imagine one will be using spear+shield while the other is powerstancing claws.
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Goonther must go on a quest to find the Flexile Stone. It's like the Dragon Torso Stone from the first game, except it doubles up your torso and turns him into Flexile Goonther. And they're both powerstancing Greatswords. And the special attack is using all of those swords like helicopter blades to fly.
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Two Goonthers bound together, but only one may win Lucatiel's heart. I mean, if he's her type. He really hopes so.
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"M'Lucatiel" *Tips onion helmet*
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PSWII60 posted:Not sure why some people hate Lost Bastille, I thought it was one of the better made and more memorable areas in the game. This
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If only Goonther had been wearing his Falconer helm... Then his brilliant plumage might have caught her attention!  After all, Lucatiel is obviously a classy lady who appreciates a fine feathered hat.
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Personally I found the level architecture really boring to look at. Square blue-ish white room followed with blue/white corridor followed by square room ... there needed to be more variety in both environment design and color palettePSWII60 posted:Not sure why some people hate Lost Bastille, I thought it was one of the better made and more memorable areas in the game.
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double nine posted:Personally I found the level architecture really boring to look at. Square blue-ish white room followed with blue/white corridor followed by square room ... there needed to be more variety in both environment design and color palette Yup, its all boxes and right angles. Awful.
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 MGlBlaze posted:And they're both powerstancing Greatswords. And the special attack is using all of those swords like helicopter blades to fly.
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That's fantastic!
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Ah, so did they finally remove the exploit with the Dual Zorens? I stopped playing before the melee update, so most of the melee weapons I cared about were quick weapons for air-dashing/big weapons like the Galatine to hit like a truck/gimmicky weapons like the Jat Kittag. In the old days of the game, before the melee update, this thing could be charged to spin like a faster version of the halberd 2HR2s in the Souls games. And with appropriate weapon mods, you could make it spin really fast.  Edit: Holy poo poo, I didn't realize that the game has gotten big enough to support its own (small) loving convention. vv That was exactly the point. NGDBSS fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Jul 20, 2016 |
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It was one of those rare iconic bug-turned-mechanic-turned-slightly-fumbled-philosophy-shifts. And yeah, Parkour 2.0 was when they replaced coptering and extreme range airdashing with a universal easy speed system. But before I put yet another thread onto the Warframe train again, uh... Didn't the ship chest use to be on the other end of the room, and got moved in SotFS because basically everyone immediately poked the astrolabe thingie?
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geop you've gotten a lot better at this game. Yet the poor Drangleic shield sits in goonther's bag, alone and forgotten.
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I absolutely hated the Lost Bastille for spoilery reasons. gently caress this place.
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 I didn't realise that the water rose or that flexile sentry was a lizard  The correlation coefficient of try jumping to deaths is currently around -0.17, which I THINK means that Kuvo is actually helping? (Statistics is not my strong point)
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Grizlor posted:There are a few areas now that are very "that's scholar for you!" All my experience was pre scholar so maybe that influences my opinion of the place somewhat.
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PSWII60 posted:All my experience was pre scholar so maybe that influences my opinion of the place somewhat.
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That would imply that the more Kuvo says "try jumping", the less geop dies, so yeah he's helping in theory But a correlation coefficient with an absolute value that low is barely any effect at all, so
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Geop posted:Yeah, I figured as much! Yeah, that's exactly what Pyromancy is good for with low stats. In exhange for not being quite as OP as it was in Dark Souls 1, DaS2 adds a bunch of new spells to the mix. Including some great non-offensive utlity spells! Some of them can be pretty hard to find, but hopefully your cohorts will aim you at their direction.
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Wow, that statue is a dick move. Wow, that thing was also a dick move. Dick move Scholar. Dick move.
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I can't help but remember that rear end in a top hat Nelo Angelo from Devil May Cry 1 whenever Pursuer shows up after the initial boss battle, it's a neat fight and all but it gets old fast.
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I appreciate the pursuer being true to his name in Scholar. He's also a chump and is worth some good souls, so it's generally worth your time.
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Welp, that was new. And a dick move. And great. I don't remember the mummy jailer guys having pyromancy before. I never saw them use it in vanilla DS2. Did they add it in Scholar?
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I dont know what it is, but the area between 7.00 - 9.00 just looks so poorly constructed.
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Slaan posted:Welp, that was new. And a dick move. And great. No, they always had it. Additionally, they can drop a certain pyromancy but it's a pretty rare drop. *E* Hahahaha, Geop finds the Pursuer again!
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Slaan posted:Welp, that was new. And a dick move. And great. I was surprised that it took the Pursuer so long to show up in the courtyard. His spawn trigger is somewhere around the opposite end, so by his nature he's designed to catch you off guard if you're fighting the dogs and being unwary. But luckily, while wandering "out of bounds" will despawn him it's possible to respawn him by resetting at a bonfire. And this sort of thing was the original plan for the Pursuer, that by showing up beyond just the Forest of Fallen Giants he would be legitimately pursuing you. It should also be noted that this particular spawn started out with the red-eyed glow, and that's not just for show.
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"One of those seems super interesting but because of the way all the mechanics works it just sorta sucks." Oh Dark Souls 2. If you noticed the Pursuer also went away because you led him off the grass. Guess he hates cobblestones?
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