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Last Celebration posted:So out of curiosity, what’s the “best” way to run a pyromancer in this game? I’m guessing something like a raw straight sword you eventually convert to a dark one for the scaling, and just beeline to Great Chaos Fire Orb/Chaos Vestiges? I’ve been just hacking away with a raw hand axe and was feeling kinda underwhelmed until Chaos Bed Vestiges tore the doggo guarding Ithryil to shreds. Yeah I just threw fire/dark balls from range and otherwise used one fire and one dark sword. You're still mostly a melee guy.
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When I did a pyromancer, I beelined for the Onyx Blade in Ashes of Ariandel.
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Apr 17, 2021 13:56
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I just looked it up and gently caress, next to Quelaag’s Furyblade that’s the most pyromancer-rear end weapon I’ve seen.
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Apr 17, 2021 14:20
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PSA: don't go rolling into fake walls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMel5tmFcGQ
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Apr 17, 2021 16:38
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morallyobjected posted:PSA: don't go rolling into fake walls Lmao 
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Apr 17, 2021 16:44
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Last Celebration posted:So out of curiosity, what’s the “best” way to run a pyromancer in this game? I’m guessing something like a raw straight sword you eventually convert to a dark one for the scaling, and just beeline to Great Chaos Fire Orb/Chaos Vestiges? I’ve been just hacking away with a raw hand axe and was feeling kinda underwhelmed until Chaos Bed Vestiges tore the doggo guarding Ithryil to shreds. Basically. Pick a weapon you're comfortable with, raw it, and hit it with Carthus Flame Arc until you have some candidates for Dark/Chaos infusions. All the cool pyromancy weapons are gated behind DLC. You can try to suicide run Wilhelm if you want the Onyx Blade early, most Ariandel mobs are easy to dodge.
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morallyobjected posted:PSA: don't go rolling into fake walls Exact same thing happened to me in the same spot. It looks like the floor under that illusionary wall doesn't spawn until the animation is done, so there's a bit of time where the wall is gone but there's no floor underneath.
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Apr 17, 2021 17:37
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Smol posted:When I did a pyromancer, I beelined for the Onyx Blade in Ashes of Ariandel. Yeah, it's this. Onyx Blade and maybe the Moonlight GS if you pump more int than faith. The only other practical weapon is the longsword with an infusion. I found myself not using weapons at all by mid game and just using the fast cast chime in my offhand while chucking either choas fireball or dark fireball. In PvP though you pretty much have to use a weapon since every spell but black serpent is so incredibly predictable.
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Apr 17, 2021 21:23
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Dark claymore is better than onyx blade except in style points
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Apr 17, 2021 22:15
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morallyobjected posted:PSA: don't go rolling into fake walls This specific pitch laugh cracks me up every time It's just so sudden lol
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skasion posted:Dark claymore is better than onyx blade except in style points At base physical stats and 40/40 int/faith, Dark claymore is 175/409 phys/dark(585 total), and onyx blade is 154/368 phys/dark(522 total). Not a huge difference and then onyx blade WA adds 145 flat fire damage. Dark claymore can't be buffed at all so which one does more damage will depend on enemy resists(and it's easy to apply onyx blade buff since it's fast and r1s combo into it in pvp).
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Apr 18, 2021 01:43
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just finished a second playthrough on NG+ years later and 1) finally killed that fucker Midir thanks to help from someone who brought the mist 2) still got some people for Spear of the Church, which was fun. the first time I did the DLC, it was just some afk person so I hacked them to death pretty quick.
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Apr 19, 2021 07:50
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One of my favourite area transitions is the bridge where you meet Midir being the middle of the night and then you go inside and up a few stairs and it's all sunshine with the bridge slightly below you.
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Apr 19, 2021 08:06
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Pontiff Sulyvahn had lots of co-op action this weekend, which made me a happy person. Such a good fight and music combination. Every time the second phase kicks in, I'm just like YES, YES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgDojyuOylQ someone insisted on bringing three sunbros to one of the fights, which finally put me on the *good* side of some lag where I could hit the boss but he couldn't hit me
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Apr 19, 2021 14:23
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I’m glad that after like four freaking FromSoft games they brought back “prison level” from Demon’s Souls, complete with gargoyle miniboss at the end. I guess Hypoenon Gaol is a prison but it’s not quite the same oppressive atmosphere.
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Last Celebration posted:I’m glad that after like four freaking FromSoft games they brought back “prison level” from Demon’s Souls, complete with gargoyle miniboss at the end. I guess Hypoenon Gaol is a prison but it’s not quite the same oppressive atmosphere. Tower of Latria - One of the best and most atmospheric levels in any of their games. Extremely thematically consistent and full of surprises and gameplay shakeups. . . . Hypogean Gaol - Super spooky, a unique in the series ambient evil chanting music, and a very unique and memorable entrance if you arrive via a Snatcher in the first half of the game. . . . . . . . . . . . Irithyll Dungeon - Resorts to literal jumpscares on item pickups to make up for the DS2 lighting and boring level design. One of the worst levels in DS3 in my opinion, although Smouldering Lake still takes that dubious crown overall. Demon's Souls has the best jail levels, the best castle levels, best swamp levels... Out of the level templates they repeatedly returned to, they got a lot right the first time.
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Apr 20, 2021 16:00
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Big Bizness posted:
Those loving screams are so stupid. I hate them.
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Apr 20, 2021 16:22
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Sinner's Rise is superior to Irithyll Dungeon because the jail is about 50 feet long and has a cool boss at the end of it. Also if you invade there it's easy to punch people off the little ledge leading to the boss
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You're not even factoring in the life drain nonsense. I love these games too much and theres too little else really worthy any time outside them in the current gaming climate so I never judge them too harshly. Off the top of my head I can scarcely conjure an area where I'd go "oh no not this poo poo again", though I do always get hosed up and inevitably die by fall various times when getting down into blighttown
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Apr 20, 2021 16:27
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codo27 posted:You're not even factoring in the life drain nonsense. Totally agreed. Even my biggest criticisms of any title in the series should come with a giant asterisk with your post attached - even at their worst they are still leagues beyond most other games.
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Apr 20, 2021 16:34
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Smoldering lake and the demon ruins are such terrible areas Like I had to look up a walkthrough for the intended path through the stupid levels because apparently I've been going in through the exit and doing the level backwards for years??
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KingSlime posted:Smoldering lake and the demon ruins are such terrible areas I did Painted World in DS1 the other day and died probably 20 times going down the well to driftu skeletons before I remembered that I could go the other way and kite them all out.
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Speaking of skeletons, did the bonewheeels always do the Akira drift, or is that new? And umm, why does Lloyd’s Talisman put mimics to sleep? Is there a lore reason for that I missed or just a weirdass Easter egg throughout all three games?
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Is there a game with skeletons where they aren't one of the biggest poo poo cunts ever? I mean as far back as Golden Axe, they are just bull ding every time
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codo27 posted:Is there a game with skeletons where they aren't one of the biggest poo poo cunts ever? I mean as far back as Golden Axe, they are just bull ding every time 
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Apr 20, 2021 18:59
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Big Bizness posted:Demon's Souls has the best jail levels, the best castle levels, best swamp levels... Out of the level templates they repeatedly returned to, they got a lot right the first time. Gotta agree. The remixes are cool but the originals just knocked it out of the park.
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codo27 posted:Is there a game with skeletons where they aren't one of the biggest poo poo cunts ever? I mean as far back as Golden Axe, they are just bull ding every time They're push-overs in Diablo.
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Your idea of a game with no bastard skeleton fights is ... Undertale?
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multijoe posted:Your idea of a game with no bastard skeleton fights is ... Undertale? I legit forgot there even was a Sans fight lol
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multijoe posted:Your idea of a game with no bastard skeleton fights is ... Undertale? Sans is the toughest boss in the game and though you can go on a date with Papyrus, he dumps you. So yeah, they're bastard skeletons.
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The life drain in the dungeon is actually a good mechanic. the jumpscare screams are incredibly dumb though
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I now understand the thread title 
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VideoGames posted:I now understand the thread title We’re proud of you veeg!
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VideoGames posted:I now understand the thread title Awesome job! That area you co-oped was the right way to do it. Someone in the chat mentioned it was getting ridiculous. When I went through I just ran like a maniac after spending way too much time getting owned by the knights. FROM really went ham with all fast enemies that hit like a truck. What did you think of Midir?
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War Wizard posted:They're push-overs in Diablo. Yeah what about those fuckin mages and archers when you're still a gimp early on?
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VideoGames posted:I now understand the thread title Also, watching it back RE patches and why I love him - he is the one who shows you the way forward, and punishes the greed of men, but at the same time he shows you the way forward to your destiny by utilising your greed. He is essentially a Buddhist god who makes it until the end of time with you. He was always, really, your friend in every game. :edit: everyone on the chat is saying exactly the same as I was typing it so oh well. Patches is the ying to your yang. There’s also a theory that patches is Miyazaki personified in game which I love.
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IronicDongz posted:The life drain in the dungeon is actually a good mechanic. the jumpscare screams are incredibly dumb though Are they really meant to be jumpscare screams so much as “lol get hosed” screams? They’re not very scary after the first time when it’s only one zombie ambushing you but I knew ahead of time that there was one near the profaned capital exit from doing coop and still couldn’t trigger it from attacking it.
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Last Celebration posted:Are they really meant to be jumpscare screams so much as “lol get hosed” screams? They’re not very scary after the first time when it’s only one zombie ambushing you but I knew ahead of time that there was one near the profaned capital exit from doing coop and still couldn’t trigger it from attacking it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGWM_ngpY1w and of course they're not very scary, jumpscares never are. they're just startling and annoying
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IronicDongz posted:not sure what you mean by "attacking it", I'm talking about the item jumpscares in a couple places I’m completely on the “jump scares are scary train” - I have never finished RESI 7 and got literally less than 2 minutes into the first Maiden demo before I noped out and deleted it.
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