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It’s really one of BOTW’s strengths, that puzzles or challenges don’t have only a single way to solve them. There have been one or two things that have stumped me in older Zelda games that I had to look up and after I saw the solution I thought “there’s no way I would’ve thought of that in a million years”.
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there was one shrine where you had to light a whole bunch of lanterns with a blue flame, and though they did put a torch on the ground I had a moment of thought like "hmmm, I can light arrows on fire with regular flame, what if......" and, yep it worked 100%. and I solved those annoying motion control-shrines where you have to light all the lanterns on a cube with just fire arrows
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Feb 7, 2018 14:52
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For that one motion shrine where you have to guide the ball through the mousetrap square thing I just flipped the controller over and straight shot it to the end. 
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Feb 7, 2018 16:47
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Bongo Bill posted:The mountains east of the desert, adjacent to the plains. Finally found her last night and it was perfect. Smoke from a campfire will show you there's somebody to meet, indeed.
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Feb 7, 2018 16:49
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Doc Morbid posted:So here I am, doing the shrine next to Gerudo Town and wondering what the hell it is I'm missing. I clearly need four metal objects to direct the electricity all the way across the right side of the room, but there's only two barrels and one box and there is no way that'll be enough. So, I run around for several minutes like a headless chicken, trying out different stuff but nothing's helping... That shrine rules
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Feb 8, 2018 14:02
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I also liked the "Directing the Wind" one, where instead of messing around with the wind I just placed the ball next to the recess and knocked it in with one of the metal boxes while standing on the platform it activates.
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Feb 8, 2018 14:07
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Yeah, some of the challenges do legitimately make you feel clever. I stumbled across the lightning shrine when I still had no real clue how lightning worked in that game, and felt very proud of myself when I used a steel sword to attract a lightning bolt to the protective cover around the shrine. Pretty sure that's exactly how you're supposed to get in, but this was before I'd really seen or done anything with lightning in the game, so it made me feel good when I figured it out.
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Feb 8, 2018 14:41
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Yeah I seem to remember reading that people were chugging lightning resist elixirs and standing on top of it, tempting the Gods. I think how you're supposed to do it is you magnet up a metal box that's hidden in the lake right next to it. But there's 3 viable(ish) solutions to one puzzle right there. There was an electric puzzle towards the head of the Gerudo dungeon I never figured out properly, where you have two nodes that rotate to connect to the circuit. One I turned but I couldn't find anything to move the other so I just popped a sword in the gap
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Feb 8, 2018 15:59
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oh motherfuck. I managed to get to the last room of the 1st master sword trial, and had the Hinox down to a sliver of health, but then I died because I didn’t keep enough distance when he butt slammed 
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Feb 8, 2018 17:18
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ulvir posted:oh motherfuck. I managed to get to the last room of the 1st master sword trial, and had the Hinox down to a sliver of health, but then I died because I didn’t keep enough distance when he butt slammed I died to the Hinox on my first time and it was heartbreaking. Once you know the trick, Hinoxes are very easy to cheese. Stasis+, shoot him in the eye. Hit him a bunch, run for a second, then repeat.
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Feb 8, 2018 17:42
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Prairie Bus posted:I died to the Hinox on my first time and it was heartbreaking. Once you know the trick, Hinoxes are very easy to cheese. Stasis+, shoot him in the eye. Hit him a bunch, run for a second, then repeat. Yeah, my first trip through I died to the Hinox because I didn't really think about how I should approach it. I was so used to spin2win with high powered gear face tanking them in the wild.
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Feb 8, 2018 17:49
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Backhand posted:Yeah, some of the challenges do legitimately make you feel clever. I stumbled across the lightning shrine when I still had no real clue how lightning worked in that game, and felt very proud of myself when I used a steel sword to attract a lightning bolt to the protective cover around the shrine. Pretty sure that's exactly how you're supposed to get in, but this was before I'd really seen or done anything with lightning in the game, so it made me feel good when I figured it out. I used a steel sword too... and Mipha's Grace because it was in my hands.
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Feb 8, 2018 17:50
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Doc Morbid posted:I also liked the "Directing the Wind" one, where instead of messing around with the wind I just placed the ball next to the recess and knocked it in with one of the metal boxes while standing on the platform it activates. I literally did this last night! I have no idea how you're really supposed to do it, I solved all of it by using Magnesis on the cubes. I'm still hopping mad I didn't think of flipping the controller over for the maze one.
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Feb 8, 2018 19:30
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SulphagneSocialist posted:I literally did this last night! I have no idea how you're really supposed to do it, I solved all of it by using Magnesis on the cubes. the maze one sucks asssssssss if you're doing it handheld
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Feb 8, 2018 19:33
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Doc Morbid posted:I also liked the "Directing the Wind" one, where instead of messing around with the wind I just placed the ball next to the recess and knocked it in with one of the metal boxes while standing on the platform it activates. I put it on the slope and used stasis.
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Feb 8, 2018 20:38
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:the maze one sucks asssssssss if you're doing it handheld It's easy handheld. Rotate so that the ball drops into the end of the maze, rotate back, flick the ball over to the platform.
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Feb 8, 2018 21:29
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thexerox123 posted:It's easy handheld. Rotate so that the ball drops into the end of the maze, rotate back, flick the ball over to the platform. That's how I eventually ended up solving it in handheld, but it's not explicitly clear how the X, Y and Z axis are calibrated at first. Apparently the Switch sets a new 0, 0, 0 everytime you activate the rune. So if you hold it fairly horizontal (or at least close to the angle that the game switches to) it makes it a bit easier.
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Feb 8, 2018 21:58
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Sock The Great posted:That's how I eventually ended up solving it in handheld, but it's not explicitly clear how the X, Y and Z axis are calibrated at first. Apparently the Switch sets a new 0, 0, 0 everytime you activate the rune. So if you hold it fairly horizontal (or at least close to the angle that the game switches to) it makes it a bit easier. I did some of these shrines so far, this one included, by repeatedly leaving the interface to reset the coordinate system when I accessed the terminal again. It just feels like everything is slogging through molasses while you move, so it’s super easy to overcorrect. I don’t think they’re very well-designed from a control perspective.
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Feb 8, 2018 23:08
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I figured out pretty quickly the best way around that thing was to just tip the maze over, but I could still never get it to fly into the goal correctly. By the time I finally did I was holding the controller in some bizarre upside down Twister way. Which was fun in a demented fashion
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Feb 8, 2018 23:30
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I loving hate anything involving gyro controls, but that's just me.
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Feb 8, 2018 23:52
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GobiasIndustries posted:I loving hate anything involving gyro controls, but that's just me. Same tbh, those are my least favorite puzzles and when I see the word apparatus I scream
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Feb 9, 2018 00:00
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Yo, I'm playing the second DLC and they really dropped the ball not calling the One-Hit Obliterator the Triumph Fork.
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Feb 9, 2018 07:16
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Linear Zoetrope posted:Yo, I'm playing the second DLC and they really dropped the ball not calling the One-Hit Obliterator the Triumph Fork. The only bigger miss is the lack of a Pet Doggo button
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Feb 9, 2018 13:41
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This game is neat. Just started it and got the camera feature.
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Feb 9, 2018 19:43
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Are there any known bugs about the Ancient Horse Gear? I tried to summon my horse in the Faron Grasslands and would get the ‘Horse can’t come...’ flag. Even if I got the horse from the stable and rode it out into the Faron Grasslands and then whistled for it from like 10 feet away I would get that pop up. I was in some mountainous area the other day and it wouldn’t come then either, but google leads me to believe you should be able to summon a horse almost anywhere?
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Feb 10, 2018 22:07
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redcheval posted:Are there any known bugs about the Ancient Horse Gear? I tried to summon my horse in the Faron Grasslands and would get the ‘Horse can’t come...’ flag. Even if I got the horse from the stable and rode it out into the Faron Grasslands and then whistled for it from like 10 feet away I would get that pop up. I was in some mountainous area the other day and it wouldn’t come then either, but google leads me to believe you should be able to summon a horse almost anywhere? You need to hit the tower for the area before it'll let you summon horse. Other than that I've been able to summon Zelda anywhere except the sand.
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Feb 10, 2018 23:13
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Bruceski posted:You need to hit the tower for the area before it'll let you summon horse. Other than that I've been able to summon Zelda anywhere except the sand. I’ve done everything in the game except for actually beating Ganon. Definitely seems buggy but it also seems like it’s just me so far 
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Feb 10, 2018 23:24
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Bruceski posted:You need to hit the tower for the area before it'll let you summon horse. Other than that I've been able to summon Zelda anywhere except the sand. You named a horse “Zelda”? Lame. I have Fucker, SpottyAss and Cocaine.
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Feb 10, 2018 23:27
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redcheval posted:Are there any known bugs about the Ancient Horse Gear? I tried to summon my horse in the Faron Grasslands and would get the ‘Horse can’t come...’ flag. Even if I got the horse from the stable and rode it out into the Faron Grasslands and then whistled for it from like 10 feet away I would get that pop up. I was in some mountainous area the other day and it wouldn’t come then either, but google leads me to believe you should be able to summon a horse almost anywhere? Are you sure that horse is equipped with the right piece of gear? You have to talk to the horsetender outside the stable.
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Bruceski posted:You need to hit the tower for the area before it'll let you summon horse. Other than that I've been able to summon Zelda anywhere except the sand. My royal horse is named Zelda 
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Feb 10, 2018 23:48
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Kaysette posted:My royal horse is named Zelda Same. And I named the big one Horsedorf
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Feb 11, 2018 00:23
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The Bloop posted:And I named the big one Horsedorf Ganonhors
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Feb 11, 2018 00:25
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The Bloop posted:And I named the big one Horsedorf Dragmire. And my royal horse is Nohansen. If only I could dye him red....
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Feb 11, 2018 00:25
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thexerox123 posted:Are you sure that horse is equipped with the right piece of gear? You have to talk to the horsetender outside the stable. Yup I’m sure! I’ve played about 150 hours of this game and got most of the horse gear. The teleportation will work in most areas but in these specifically it appears to be bugging out. Was trying to see if anyone else has encountered this problem! To be even clearer, even if my horse is standing right in front of me in Faron Grasslands wearing the ancient gear, if I whistle I get the ‘looks like your horse isn’t able to come’. It works elsewhere.
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Feb 11, 2018 01:59
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All of my horses are named randy
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Hey, dudes! Girlfriend bought a WiiU the other day, and I do see that the two versions are "virtually identical" but is there a good list of differences, or just maybe someone's experience? We're not playing on 4k, so, you know.
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Feb 11, 2018 05:29
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credburn posted:Hey, dudes! Girlfriend bought a WiiU the other day, and I do see that the two versions are "virtually identical" but is there a good list of differences, or just maybe someone's experience? We're not playing on 4k, so, you know. I don't think there's any actual difference besides the resolution (720p on Wii U), at this point. There was some extra slowdown on the Wii U in certain situations at launch but that has been patched away. I've only played the Wii U version extensively, myself. Zat fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Feb 11, 2018 |
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Feb 11, 2018 06:07
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The Bloop posted:Same. I call the big one Bitey.
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Feb 11, 2018 06:33
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Poopy Palpy posted:I call the big one Bitey. DENTAL PLAN
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i had no idea how to do the shrine in the zora town so i threw a bomb behind the glowy ball and blasted it right to the altar area and then used the big leaf to slowly blow the ball into the socket. i felt kind of dumb doing it but it worked. edit: i also got to the zora town really stupidly by gliding from the big ice mountain northwards and sloooowly climbing up various parts of the wet mountain till i reached the big dam thing.
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