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HaB posted:Been doing a solo run through Dark Souls 1, thanks to compatibility mode on the XBone. I've been feeling that itch too. I never did do dark Anor Londo properly really. Still active players?
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Jun 2, 2017 13:51
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Sleekly posted:I've been feeling that itch too. I never did do dark Anor Londo properly really. Still active players? Dunno. Not sure if it's an issue with Compatibility Mode or what, but it will only let me play offline. Was gong to google around to see if I can sort it out this weekend. Edit: after a quick google, it may be because I don't have XBox Live Gold. If I am understanding the sites correctly, you need XBL Gold for any multiplayer on backwards-compatibile games. HaB fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Jun 2, 2017 14:10
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HaB posted:Dunno. Not sure if it's an issue with Compatibility Mode or what, but it will only let me play offline. Was gong to google around to see if I can sort it out this weekend. Its such a lonely game offline. It was nice of From to have NPC invasions/summons.
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Jun 2, 2017 14:33
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I recently played through DS1 online. There were still quite a few player messages, but I never got invaded except by NPCs and I never saw any summon signs. I wasn't human in Darkroot, maybe there's action there
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Jun 2, 2017 15:09
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Jay Rust posted:I recently played through DS1 online. There were still quite a few player messages, but I never got invaded except by NPCs and I never saw any summon signs. i got invaded a lot in the area right after artorias playing on pc with dscm. never managed to summon anyone to help with manus though.
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Jun 2, 2017 15:26
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cis autodrag posted:i got invaded a lot in the area right after artorias playing on pc with dscm. never managed to summon anyone to help with manus though. Or vice versa i guess.
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Jun 2, 2017 15:52
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Jay Rust posted:I recently played through DS1 online. There were still quite a few player messages, but I never got invaded except by NPCs and I never saw any summon signs. If you're on PC, you gotta use Dark Souls Connectivity Mod(dscm) or most connections just fail silently now. If you're an appropriate level there are summon signs before tough fights and you get invaded sometimes.
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Jun 3, 2017 11:42
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Currently farming for covenant items on NG+, and the grind isn't so fun. I'm parked in Farron Keep killing those Ghru dudes for Wolf Grass, while simultaneously wearing my Darkmoon Blade badge, in the hopes of getting the odd summon. Both processes are going quite slowly.
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Jun 4, 2017 06:05
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cis autodrag posted:I'll have to watch that later. They do not do this because it makes the speedrun time be affected by hardware, where anyone with an SSD will have a huge advantage over anyone running the game on a hard drive
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Jun 4, 2017 10:18
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Thats also the kind of stuff that lead to NTSC and PAL version timings for old console stuff because those used to run at different framerates and consequently game speeds. I think people got into arguments because some runners had imported japanese consoles that gave much faster loading times for specific games and if that was cheating or not. IGT is a good idea, DS3 run door skipping is just a very obnoxious and unfortunate side effect of a technicality.
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Jun 4, 2017 10:28
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at least they stopped doing quit out for doors in bloodborne - the dumbest quit out in ds3 is lightning the flames in farron swamp. they do one there (or maybe on all three) so the goats reset and i think that's lame.
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Jun 4, 2017 10:57
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I've spent the last few days being an absolute arsehole invading people with the millwood greatbow and obscuring ring on and having the most fun ever. Corvian settlement is an absoluite dream spot for loving with people, if you stand on the second bridge below where the wolverine bastard is clinging on, you have a great vantage point over a chokepoint right next to the cliff. Even if you miss the shot the earthquake is enough to launch a host and 2 blue phantoms into the abyss. I'm in love.
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Jun 4, 2017 22:27
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Okay Lothric Knights are bullshit. A level 19 katana wielding merc like myself can barely touch that guy. I had to wade him through dragon-fire just to get an opening into the second bonfire in Lothric. Oh sure the strategy seems simple in theory, but for some reason my mind can't process these things several minutes into a trial run; it's like accumulative stress is building up and I can't focus anymore and I get culled quicker. Is this normal?
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Jun 5, 2017 05:02
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kinda yeah. try dodging towards the sword side rather than the shield side. also attacking right after dodging an attack will usually get you a hit.
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Jun 5, 2017 05:06
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Like a big loser, I stayed in all weekend long here in beautiful, sunny Los Angeles, and finished Ashes of Ariendel and The Ringed City back to back. Not sure why everyone hated Ashes of Ariendel, as it contains one of the best boss fights in the entire series (Friede); also, the crow guys with the capes are one of the most difficult non-boss enemies in a Souls game. As for The Ringed City, it's clearly the better DLC, and all four of the bosses were fantastic, with Midir and Slave Knight Gael being the standouts. Love the environments, too.
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Jun 5, 2017 05:09
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giving the knight guys a shield bash move to counter the universal "circle around to the right" strategy that every player was trained to do by the first games was genius
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Jun 5, 2017 05:11
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CDHiggs posted:also, the crow guys with the capes are one of the most difficult non-boss enemies in a Souls game. I have these guys so much. That church near the end of the DLC that you fall into from the roof that has like 3 of them sucks so much.
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Jun 5, 2017 09:18
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I have these guys so much. That church near the end of the DLC that you fall into from the roof that has like 3 of them sucks so much. I shoot those assholes from the windows with a greatbow. gently caress those things.
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Jun 5, 2017 10:00
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I didn't mind the crow ninjas that much. I personally found the worst enemies to be the giant tree-wand swamp wizards in Farron Keep.
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Jun 5, 2017 10:17
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I have these guys so much. That church near the end of the DLC that you fall into from the roof that has like 3 of them sucks so much.
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Jun 5, 2017 10:41
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The Corona is totally worth it you guys
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Jun 5, 2017 12:09
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Wield your sword two handed and hit his shield until he recoils
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Jun 5, 2017 12:36
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I managed to find the smoldering lake ruins and boy is it tough. I think I'll come back here later.
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Jun 5, 2017 12:49
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Sleekly posted:I've been feeling that itch too. I never did do dark Anor Londo properly really. Still active players? Update on this: I bought a year of XBL Gold because why not? I started playing NG+, pulled a summon bro in the Parish and even got invaded. So yeah - still active, I guess. I haven't gone through the Burg, since I went the back way, but I'm guessing that's active too around the meta.
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Jun 5, 2017 13:23
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Grouchio posted:Okay Lothric Knights are bullshit. A level 19 katana wielding merc like myself can barely touch that guy. I had to wade him through dragon-fire just to get an opening into the second bonfire in Lothric. Guess that answers the old question of who would win in a fight: katana weeb or chivalrous crusading knight? The trick to Lothric knights is to punish their aggression. They will attack you 95% of the time with a 3 swing combo ending in a thrust. You can circle strafe them after their second horizontal swing, and wind up behind them as their thrust whiffs you, lining you up for a backstab. Alternatively, parry them silly as they are very predictable. The katana has a parry weapon art, which takes a bit more ability on your part, so be sure to carry around a buckler. I know it clashes with the honorabru Samurai aesthetic, but it's necessary at this point. Also level 19 is still very very low, and you shouldn't get frustrated thinking you've outleveled anything past the bonfire on the tower. uncle w benefits fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Jun 5, 2017 |
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Jun 5, 2017 14:12
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Charles Bukowski posted:I managed to find the smoldering lake ruins and boy is it tough. I think I'll come back here later. If you're not against it on principle you could look up what items are there and if there's any reason to. The universally useful stuff isn't that deep in. Also yeah High Wall is rather difficult and knights are basically minibosses at the beginning of the game. If you get to the bonfire you might want to try practicing fighting the knight to hone your reflexes for the game.
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Jun 5, 2017 14:19
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I found that using my weapon art (straight sword stance) was effective against the high wall knights my first run. I believe katanas have a similar guard break move.
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Jun 5, 2017 14:31
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I'm a pyromancer, or at least I fancy myself as one. I hear there are some truly ancient and obscure tomes within the ruins. I found a rather ominous one but my teacher refuses to teach me anything from it.
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Jun 5, 2017 14:33
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Charles Bukowski posted:I'm a pyromancer, or at least I fancy myself as one. I hear there are some truly ancient and obscure tomes within the ruins. I found a rather ominous one but my teacher refuses to teach me anything from it. I found two down there but yeah, he'll only teach you from one of them.There's another NPC later on that will teach you those.
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Jun 5, 2017 14:38
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Yeesh I am not very good at Dark Souls anymore. Been fighting Midir on NG+ on my Faith guy and several attacks basically one-shot me while un-embered. I spent over an hour on him yesterday and only once got him close to phase 2. I'm having a far harder time than I had on my strength guy, even though I'm using a weapon with a very similar moveset (Swordspear, my strength guy was using the Splitleaf). I'm baiting attacks, staying in front of him and generally I feel like I'm doing better and getting a real feel for all of his attacks, their timings and their ranges, but I inevitably get clipped by something really painful and die. I even took off my Lightning Clutch ring since he only takes about 800 damage from a critical Sunlight Spear to the face, and several attacks would 1-shot me from full health with it on.
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Jun 5, 2017 15:31
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I'll be real. If you aren't pumping health and stamina to ludicrous levels, you're only making a soul games harder on yourself. Seriously, for fun my most recent guy has 50 in vigor and 40 in endurance and it's a blast. Taking crushing hits and still rolling like 12 times in a row like a huge dork is fun and good.
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Jun 5, 2017 15:55
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In 3 it's really important to pump up both and early. You want at least 20/20 at deep and 30/30 going into irithyl
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Jun 5, 2017 16:01
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Yeah, I generally go for 20 vig as soon as I can, then after I get some stats I go for 30 at around level 60. My faith guy who's getting gibbed by Midir has 35 vit and it's still not nearly enough. My stats are spread pretty thin since I have 35 vig, 24 attunement, 20 end, 20 vit (fashion is important), 20 str, 22 dex and 50+ faith. I should just min-max it a bit more, since I don't really need 20 strength and I could probably get to level 140 and still have some pvp, but I think I'll stay at 125.
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Jun 5, 2017 16:41
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fwiw I'm going through and trying to actually finish a DS1 playthrough and having entirely different sets of problems. Like the fact that I got all the way to AL without first grabbing even the Large Ember. Also the fact that dodging in DS1 seems harder than even parrying in DS3. Just.. the timing feels incredibly screwy. Afaik there's some sort of startup delay on DS1 rolls while 2 and 3's rolls are active from frame 1, or something like that? Also encumberance is utterly crushing in DS1 and it feels like I have to pour 30 levels into Endurance to be able to equip anything heavier than a dagger and a loincloth. Also despite the hype the basscannon seems really underwhelming even at +10. Fuckers can go from circling around me with their shield up to closing the gap and stabbing me faster than I can start to swing the drat thing. Also holy poo poo is humanity rare. DS3 just rains embers on you by comparison. Had to go all the way back from the inside of AL back through Sen's Funhouse through Parish and the first area to go back and kill Capra just so I could get a single lousy consumable humanity so I could kindle the inner AL bonfire. Also gently caress Lautrec I am so kicking him off his perch next time around. Sapozhnik fucked around with this message at 17:16 on Jun 5, 2017 |
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Jun 5, 2017 17:13
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I'm trying to wrap up my first NG+ run and for some reason Nameless King keeps owning me. I beat Midir and Gale without too much hassle but this guy gets me every time. It's the opposite of how it went in NG.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:36
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Sapozhnik posted:fwiw I'm going through and trying to actually finish a DS1 playthrough and having entirely different sets of problems. Like the fact that I got all the way to AL without first grabbing even the Large Ember. Encumbrance is the big bugaboo of DS1. Anything over 25% gets you the slight delay in rolling. What's your current encumbrance level?
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Jun 5, 2017 17:55
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Don't shoot for the fast roll in DS1 unless you're trying to play that kind of character, the medium roll is more than sufficient. The fast roll only has 2 more frames of invincibility and it covers less horizontal distance so it's worse for getting away/around enemies. Imo it's harder to time anyway.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:58
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Also vit and endurance are the same stat in ds1 so it's a no brainer to jack it up
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Jun 5, 2017 17:59
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Low enough not to whomp on the ground and then stand up again when rolling. Carrying Grass Crest Shield and Zwei and basically nothing else.
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Get the Dark Woodgrain Ring, then the game becomes amazing and hilarious
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