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my post was extending empathy for a bad opinion because i understand where it came from, not offering it a springboard, thank you very much
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2 hours means you are finding it too hard.
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Bernie aside, this is one of my favorite rooms in the game. I know atmospheric storytelling or whatever has become kind of a joke, but there's just so much of it in the game and this is one of the prime examples. Here is the Queen's pleasure garden, where the bug aristocracy may relax and safely ponder the savage wilderness outside the glass. Other favorite rooms: The top dome of the Soul Sanctum: Ornately furnished, where noble Bugs of Science can sip their brandy (or whatever rich bugs drink) and observe their experiments being tortured The room in the Abyss above the "lake" where you find the Void Tendrils journal entry: Like above, another place clearly designed to demonstrate the hubris of the King / Hallownest, where they've literally carved a hole into the Void to build a laboratory to study it I was just looking through a map to look at these rooms and noticed something I never noticed before about the White Palace: in the rest of the game, the Soul Totems look like the Big Ancient Bugs (like the one that holds Shade Soul and the one in the background where you get Quick Slash) but in the WP they look like the King.
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So, I've been planning on getting a new custom title for a while, just never gotten around to it and now that I've made someone mad enough to buy me an insulting one, I figure I should get around to getting my own. I don't know where better to ask, but is anyone good at making avatar gifs? I would really dig one of the first few frames of this video, centred on the Knight so it's just the nail-drawing animation .  If not, does anyone know a better thread to ask in?
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It's official, Hollow Knight is art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zMlGyFb8ew
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I finished Hollow Knight just now.  Next to Super Metroid, and Castlevania: SOTN, this is in my top 3 favorite metroidvania's. Such an amazing game from beginning to end.
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I said come in! posted:I finished Hollow Knight just now. hmmm... did you though?
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b_d posted:hmmm... did you though? There are some things I can still do. It's not like playing the game more is an issue though.
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I said come in! posted:I finished Hollow Knight just now. Did you get through the White Palace?
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If you don't have the weathered mask have you even really played HK?
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What am I missing about the Third Trial in the arena? I just can't make it through the no heal section...
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:What am I missing about the Third Trial in the arena? I just can't make it through the no heal section... No shame in leaving and coming back with better gear, Trial of the Fool is no joke and is end-game content even though you can get to it much earlier than that. Hiveblood can be helpful during long stints where you're unable to heal, that way you can just focus on dodging and let the extra health come naturally. There's also quite a bit of bouncing, so something that extends nail range is useful. Quick Slash is also a pro-tier charm for the sheer amount of damage it lets you dump out. This is also a good place to learn how to use spells more effectively, killing an enemy is better than healing yourself from the damage that it would deal Joke response: the trick is to 
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:What am I missing about the Third Trial in the arena? I just can't make it through the no heal section... Just keep in mind that it is maybe the tenth hardest thing in the game, at most.
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That's only because of Godhome and its stupid dick-punch segments for masochists. The trial of the Fool (and particularly the extended air section) is legitimately hard and probably the hardest combat related thing that will be asked of the player for a normal 100% playthrough. I eventually got through it (and in good enough shape to finish the boss fight afterwards) by using the summoner build. Also a lot of it is knowing how to one-shot the bastard triple-spitters, iirc they go down to a single nail art or fireball.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:What am I missing about the Third Trial in the arena? I just can't make it through the no heal section... Practice. And long nail / mark of honor.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:What am I missing about the Third Trial in the arena? I just can't make it through the no heal section... Its entirely optional and meant to be challenging, don't feel bad
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I did pretty much Everything in the game up to that point before I could finally beat it including the first for trials
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Only pre-godhome things I haven’t beaten are NKG and fool’s. Don’t feel like I’m missing out
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morestuff posted:Only pre-godhome things I haven’t beaten are NKG and fool’s. Don’t feel like I’m missing out You're absolutely missing out on NKG
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Spoilers: it’s like regular Grimm but harder
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It's also the best boss fight in the entire game.
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Disrespecting my sisters of battle greatly right now...
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morestuff posted:Only pre-godhome things I haven’t beaten are NKG and fool’s. Don’t feel like I’m missing out I gave up on NGK after a few tries because it seemed impossible but going back months later and beating him after learning how to play the fight was probably the high point of the game for me.
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Alxprit posted:Disrespecting my sisters of battle greatly right now...  Sisters of Battle is incredible. NKG can have second place.
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Arrhythmia posted:Just keep in mind that it is maybe the tenth hardest thing in the game, at most. Radiant AR Radiant Markoth The entire Pantheon of Hallownest Uhhhh... Pre-nerf Radiant Collector? (e: I forgot Radiant Oblobbles, those two will gently caress you up) Idk I think the no-floor section of the trial of fools is one of the most punishing things in the game. It's pretty unique in how you have to fight, you can't heal, and having to go through half the trial to reach it and dealing with a brand new boss after it makes it especially painful. Some things are initially more punishing but they're easier to learn, share common skills with the rest of the game & are more predictable in general. The best advice is to use Great Slashes (& Nailmaster charm to charge faster) and Abyssal Shrieks to oneshot primal aspids before they can mess you up. Darox fucked around with this message at 17:16 on May 2, 2021 |
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Glare Seethe posted:
Sisters of battle was great but it’s much easier than NKG. Probably more fun but NKG was more satisfying.
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May 2, 2021 05:58
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The top three are NKG, Pure Vessel, Sisters of Battle in that order.
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The only bad thing about NKG is that the Godmaster version doesn't share the amazing music of the Grimm Troupe version.
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Best bosses are obviously Flukemarm and Markoth (Radiant)
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Best fights: 1) Sisters of Battle 2) Pure Vessel 3) Nightmare King Grimm 4) Sly 5) Grey Prince Zote Honorable Mention: Radiant Markoth
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your list makes sense up to 4. after that you’re trolling me
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GPZ rules. Now let me go admire my golden statue some more.
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RCarr posted:Sisters of battle was great but it’s much easier than NKG. Probably more fun but NKG was more satisfying. See you said best boss, not hardest boss. While beating NKG feels great when you do it, I hate how perfect you have to be in order to do it. Hollow Knight is a hard game, for sure, but that's on an entirely different level, and the game knows that. Mantis Lords/Sisters in general are more fun because I think they're the perfect level of difficulty, feeling more like a game than a test. Also I think PV is more fun and more fair than NKG anyway despite them being on similar levels of difficulty. So I wouldn't even rank NKG all that high to begin with.
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I agree I don't think NKG is one of my favorites. It ends up formulaic because his moveset is too rigid and the fight is loooong. I like Lost Kin, PV, Mantis Lords/SoB, Sly, and Radiance more. I can't be objective about GPZ.
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NKG is really easy if you're using the right charms, he's an absolute pushover. He's absolutely nowhere near PV who has more unpredictable attack timings and much much fewer windows for healing. You can heal from 1 mask back to full twice during NKG's fight with ease, getting heals from anything other than a stagger on PV is dicey. Even if he's trivial once mastered NKG still has the absolute best fight presentation and mastering his fight is very satisfying, he's a great boss. Nothing is as easy as the Enraged Crystal Miner though, the easiest boss and easier than regular world enemies.
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Pure Vessel is the best fight in the game, I will not be taking questions at this time.
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GPZ has the ideal level of unpredictability. NKG ultimately becomes boring because he telegraphs all his attacks and only does one at a time with a generous gap in between. Once you learn what to do in response to each telegraph he’s done. PV is better in that his attacks chain in interesting ways (eg he’ll chain in a slash combo to a jump or attack while his explosive orbs are still going), but is still pretty predictable. On the other have True Radiance sucks because it has too little predictability; some attacks are trivial to dodge, others are much harder, sometimes it will teleport on top of you for free hits, sometimes it will constantly jump away from you. GPZ gets the balance right between having avoidable attacks that come out unpredictably in interesting patterns. Here ends the thesis.
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This supports my general thesis of difficulty and task response feedback.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:What am I missing about the Third Trial in the arena? I just can't make it through the no heal section... Quoting myself from three years ago: Inferior Third Season posted:The most important thing is to plan out when to use your magic and when to build it. You should always heal to full when the opportunity presents itself. Basically, kill everything except one of these in each wave, and top your health off before killing it and moving on:
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I came back to the game after a long break, and had a rough time trying to jump back in. My last save before stopping was the bench inside the Black Egg, just about to fight the Hollow Knight. I spent some time visiting spots around the map, trying to get my combat skills and timing back. I came back to the Black Egg, and rolled in. My charm loadout was Joni's Blessing, Hiveblood, and Unbreakable Heart. This gave me an obscene amount of health, and allowed me to just tank a lot of hits during the battle. Took about 6 attempts, but I took him out, and got my first ending. I have no idea where to go next, but I'll keep poking around for a while.
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