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CJacobs posted:Smough also a contender because he's a creepy fucker. I am so sorry Ornstein. Imagine being this noble knight captain who was once head of an entire army of dragonslayers and you fight these monstrous immortal creatures at the beginning of time and there's fire storms and plagues and lighting going off over your head 24/7 and then in your twilight years instead of being like Gough and retiring somewhere quietly you have to put up with this cannibalistic fatass to guard the daughter of the guy you serve and revere.
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Thankfully for the poor soul, Dark Souls 3 reveals that it wasn't actually him. Smough was real, Ornstein was not, he was too busy loving off to beat up the rest of Gwyn's family.No Wave posted:Solaire's arc is bad. I disagree. Seeing the poor guy get slowly crushed over the course of the whole game is exactly what DS1 needed to reinforce the hopelessness of the journey and how the exact moment when you give up is the moment you cannot recover from.
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May 11, 2017 23:08
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What happens if you kill Gwyndolin before Ornstein and Smough? IIRC you can get a ring in the Catacombs that dispels the illusory wall near the Darkmoon Tomb bonfire that then leads to his boss door. Does that work at all?
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May 11, 2017 23:15
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Ornstein and Smough are best friends and I'll hear nothing to the contrary. Jay Rust posted:What happens if you kill Gwyndolin before Ornstein and Smough? IIRC you can get a ring in the Catacombs that dispels the illusory wall near the Darkmoon Tomb bonfire that then leads to his boss door. Does that work at all? Nothing changes.
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May 11, 2017 23:19
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Jay Rust posted:What happens if you kill Gwyndolin before Ornstein and Smough? IIRC you can get a ring in the Catacombs that dispels the illusory wall near the Darkmoon Tomb bonfire that then leads to his boss door. Does that work at all? Nothing changes. Through hacking you can fight them in dark Anor Londo though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBhfdCygLbg The lordvessel will just be sitting on Gwynevere's chair for you to pick up iirc.
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May 11, 2017 23:23
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Oh I see. I thought it was disturbing Gwyndolin that caused Dark Anor Londo. Would've been a pro way to skip the silver archers at least.
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May 11, 2017 23:25
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Ornstein definitely seems sad when Smough dies(while on the other hand, Smough just gleefully crushes Ornstein's corpse) so I would assume he respects Smough(but I think that's a one way street)
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May 11, 2017 23:26
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Jay Rust posted:Oh I see. I thought it was disturbing Gwyndolin that caused Dark Anor Londo. Would've been a pro way to skip the silver archers at least. Nope, Anor Londo will stay light until you kill Gwynevere. Even then, there was a hinky bit when the game first released where Gwyndolin would contact you even after his death to let you know you hosed up. No idea if it's still in the game as it is today. 
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May 11, 2017 23:27
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Jay Rust posted:Which Dark Souls NPC has the best laugh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do6evG7s9bA
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May 11, 2017 23:39
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skasion posted:I still have no idea what the blue moon sword plot point was even going for apart from maybe "thought you could get an op weapon early by merking this guy? Lol nah". It's like an insanely drawn out joke on the poor guy that isn't in any way funny. They don't play up the irony at all, he keeps on using the sword without any problems or getting even slightly discouraged. He's just wrong, and you can't even break his heart by letting him know that or anything. One of DS2s themes is that so many cycles have passed no one knows any longer what is real and what is an imitation.
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May 11, 2017 23:54
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I think ds3 communicates that idea better
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I don't recall that coming up in DS3.
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Maleh-Vor posted:Also you guys are forgetting that if you save Solaire, he gets sad in some pit, but you can summon him for Gwyn, which means he at least got to that point. I like to think he linked the first flame and became his own Sun. That's only one possible outcome for Siegmeyer (or actually a merging of two of them). At that point he can either a) die. B) live with less than half health, give you a ring and then die from poisoning. C) live with more than half health and get to kill one of those plants, in which case he moves on, eventually meeting his daughter who tells him his wife died which drives him hollow and so she puts him down. Or d) the four chaos eaters are dead before he jumps down in which case he gives you a ring, decides he sucks at this adventuring lark and gives up, disappearing, as he realises you are a hero and he is a sucker. Oxyclean posted:Solaire hollows out? by accomplishing his "goal" - so you help him by stopping him from doing that. Solaire doesn't hollow out either way, he just goes crazy. That's why he's still chatty when you run into him. If he doesn't get the bad end, he makes it all the way to Gwyn, becoming his own sun.
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May 12, 2017 00:18
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I just picked up DS3 and I can't get enough. How good are Faith Builds? I cruised through DS1 using Katanas, miracles, and parrying dudes.
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And Tyler Too! posted:I just picked up DS3 and I can't get enough. How good are Faith Builds? I cruised through DS1 using Katanas, miracles, and parrying dudes. Full faith isn't great, but there are lots of great supporting miracles if you want to go DEX/FTH.Try the classic 40 DEX, 30 FTH with Sunlight Blade, Tears of Denial, etc.
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May 12, 2017 00:39
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Shoutout to my main dude HaB for helping me farm Vertebrae Shackles
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Internet Kraken posted:The entire point was From trolling the player on the meta level. They give this perfectly friendly guy a sword that the player thinks is badass. It tempts you into killing him to get it. If you actually go through with it, your reward is a plastic piece of trash. From enjoys loving with people on a meta level like that. Similarly, how Pate seems very Patches-like, but tells you straight up that you're walking into a trap, and isn't responsible for it. I mean, I guess he leaves the chest trap for you if you off Creighton.
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May 12, 2017 00:45
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Cavelcade posted:Solaire doesn't hollow out either way, he just goes crazy. That's why he's still chatty when you run into him. If he doesn't get the bad end, he makes it all the way to Gwyn, becoming his own sun. And Tyler Too! posted:I just picked up DS3 and I can't get enough. How good are Faith Builds? I cruised through DS1 using Katanas, miracles, and parrying dudes. later on sunlight spear and lightning arrow smash dicks in the dlc and pvp
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And Tyler Too! posted:I just picked up DS3 and I can't get enough. How good are Faith Builds? I cruised through DS1 using Katanas, miracles, and parrying dudes. Honestly pyromancy is better. Pyromancy is really good in this game outside of the tiny handful of bosses that resist fire.
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Nuebot posted:Honestly pyromancy is better. Pyromancy is really good in this game outside of the tiny handful of bosses that resist fire. Yeah, pyro isn't vastly better than the other magic schools in the long run but it reaches a very high level of power quite a bit earlier than them which means it's better for most of the game. Then you hit Ringed City and haha eat poo poo filthy swamp wizard
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skasion posted:Yeah, pyro isn't vastly better than the other magic schools in the long run but it reaches a very high level of power quite a bit earlier than them which means it's better for most of the game. Then you hit Ringed City and haha eat poo poo filthy swamp wizard Well I mean, Great Chaos Fireball and Chaos Bed Vestiges are both super easy to get and spam and they do spectacular damage against most enemies with very little cast time too. When it comes to sorceries your soul spear isn't quite as strong and you don't really get the crystal magic stuff until you reach grand archives which is near the end of the game. Faith is just kind of frustrating because you don't have too many great ranged options.
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skasion posted:Yeah, pyro isn't vastly better than the other magic schools in the long run but it reaches a very high level of power quite a bit earlier than them which means it's better for most of the game. Then you hit Ringed City and haha eat poo poo filthy swamp wizard black flame and chaos bed vestiges are killer and demon's scar is sick Jay Rust posted:How important is the scaling for pyromancers?
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skasion posted:Then you hit Ringed City and haha eat poo poo filthy swamp wizard More like haha pick two flavours of magic or lightning and stomp midir because that sucker doesn't have a gas mask.
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Sorceries and miracles have utility spells that no one gives a poo poo about. Pyromancy is raw damage so it is a more satisfying school of magic.
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IronicDongz posted:using sacred flame on ringed knights gently caress it, does using Aldrich's Sapphire still give you FP back when you use sacred flame? That's better than flailing at them with a dark followers saber.
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I have no idea if it actually counts as a critical attack. It does mondo damage if you learn when it can be safely done against them though, and if you learn the timing you can sacred flame them right after they get up from a backstab or parry(the timing is tight because you can't sacred flame something for a short period after it gets up from a crit for some reason, but you can still grab them before their attack after getting up comes out). So you can backstab them after they attack, then grab em and explode em a split second after they get up. ultra combo
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Finally got home to try out my new glasses on my gaming PC! Hooooly poo poo lol I knew my PC ran good, but I didn't know it ran this good! I mostly kid but the last time I got new glasses was probably over 4 years ago (when I got off my parent's insurance) and the effect is pretty loving massive, even if I could scooch up close to see all the details. It's sharp as poo poo! Dark Souls 3 looks so loving pretty.... E: Are glasses one of those things we take for granted as a species?? woah dude... KingSlime fucked around with this message at 05:58 on May 12, 2017 |
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What the hell was the deal with Benhardt meeting you in the Giant's Memory and not acknowledging this fact in even the slightest?
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Augus posted:What the hell was the deal with Benhardt meeting you in the Giant's Memory and not acknowledging this fact in even the slightest? It was a memory.
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Augus posted:What the hell was the deal with Benhardt meeting you in the Giant's Memory and not acknowledging this fact in even the slightest? The flow of time is convoluted ha ha ha ha!
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Augus posted:What the hell was the deal with Benhardt meeting you in the Giant's Memory and not acknowledging this fact in even the slightest? He got lost
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Augus posted:What the hell was the deal with Benhardt meeting you in the Giant's Memory and not acknowledging this fact in even the slightest? No he does recognize you that's what's even weirder about it.
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Finally got most dlc things done on my current solo playthrough character and jumped into the next ng (i totally forgot they called it "journey") to fight some of my favorite bosses again and i'm enjoying how maxed out sellsword twinblades (resin applied to taste) tear through most early bosses, i made it to Pontiff in like 30-40 minutes on cruise control while unlocking various shortcuts and ignoring a few bothersome invasions. Felt pretty much invincible. And then of course Pontiff just stops me dead in my tracks and combos me to death without me scratching him.  I missed that guy, feels like it's launch day again.
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SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:No he does recognize you that's what's even weirder about it. Yeah I know he does recognize you but he's just like "Hey how's it going? Fine weather we're having today huh?"
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Yeah it's bizarre. He's also a summon for the final fight. Is he suppose to be following the same path as you? Aldia keeps saying how unique you are
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Augus posted:Yeah I know he does recognize you but he's just like "Hey how's it going? Fine weather we're having today huh?" A lot of the DS2 NPCs don't have much of anything to say about where they are or what they're up to at the moment. There's some exceptions but Lucatiel never comments on her location whatsoever for example, even in Black Gulch she's too busy raving about her brain problems. I suspect it's because they wanted to be able to put characters wherever they thought would be good without being beholden to any plot points.
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Honestly, Benhardt taking everything in his stride and not thinking any of this weird is kinda in character for him. 
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Shoutout to my main dude HaB for helping me farm Vertebrae Shackles 
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