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John Murdoch posted:He is. Why did I trust that piece of poo poo?!
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Did you run into Maldron again?
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Jul 19, 2021 19:58
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TeaJay posted:Is the only way to make the corpse run to Sir Alonne to kill the enemies on the way until they don't spawn anymore? On the upper floor, you can avoid a lot of nonsense by dipping into the hallway on the left, killing the salamander there, jumping out and running for the hole. At the very least, there's fewer the enemies in your way that way and despawning them makes that a breeze. The Alonne knights on the lower level are more of a pain. You might have to kill 3 or 4 on the same level as you just so you have some breathing room, but if you time it right you can race past them.
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Jul 19, 2021 19:59
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Akuma posted:Oh my loving god I have never hated a character in a video game more than that guy 
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Jul 19, 2021 20:31
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Hes there to help you along
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Jul 19, 2021 20:40
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Akuma posted:Oh my loving god I have never hated a character in a video game more than that guy did you seriously beat burnt ivory king without finding any additional knights
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Jul 19, 2021 21:01
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That's pretty impressive tbh!
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Jul 19, 2021 21:04
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Yes but technically no, my first try on my own I got him down to a third health. My second try I summoned two people, one of them died fairly quickly and the other one was amazing and totally carried me as I flailed around trying to be helpful.Draga posted:Did you run into Maldron again? loving hate that guy. Edit: oh yeah so now I have three knights just chilling there. I mean the least they could do is help me grind out some loyce souls for god's sake
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Jul 19, 2021 21:21
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Maldron's appearance in Ivory King is the most amazingly cheeky thing I've seen a developer do.
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Jul 19, 2021 23:41
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I hate the Pursuer so much. The first appearance and the boss fight is fine, but the fact the fucker keeps turning up is annoying. "Oh cool, treasure!" *sound of Pursuer materialising. "Oh, a cellar I haven't explor..." *sound of Pursuer materialising "gently caress." "Hey, here's..." *sound of Pursuer materialising "JUST LET ME FIGHT THE OGRE AND LOOK AT THE drat GENDER CHANGE COFFIN IN PEACE!" Worst bit was coming out of the coffin, eating a human effigy to see what I looked like and getting smashed by the Pursuer. I think I'd mind less if he wasn't such a crap design.
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Jul 20, 2021 09:59
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lol Percy is awesome and my friend
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Jul 20, 2021 10:00
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I for one am a fan of Casey Jones the Darksoulsman. And besides, he's there to gift you free twinkling titanite, be grateful! 
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Jul 20, 2021 10:01
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I somehow completely missed The Pursuer Experience in my playthrough. One brief encounter on a roof in the FoFG where he was dropped in by a wyvern or a bird or something, I think? I died, went back and he wasn't there. Somehow missed the area that takes you to the Lost Bastille in my first go through the forest. When I went back at the end of the game I was insanely overleveled for that fight. Didn't meet him anywhere else between those two encounters so I guess the progression was broken.
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Jul 20, 2021 10:15
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Elissimpark posted:I hate the Pursuer so much. The first appearance and the boss fight is fine, but the fact the fucker keeps turning up is annoying. It's a grave mistake to not lure out the ogres and fight the pursuer alone. He is really really easy to parry. Like I get the ring of blades on the first encounter, no latter the build as you can get the buckler right before the cardinal tower bonfire.
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Jul 20, 2021 10:31
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I like the repeated pursuer fights because after the first 1.5 he's a chump and It's pretty fun to beat him up.
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Jul 20, 2021 11:23
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Sway Grunt posted:I somehow completely missed The Pursuer Experience in my playthrough. One brief encounter on a roof in the FoFG where he was dropped in by a wyvern or a bird or something, I think? I died, went back and he wasn't there. Somehow missed the area that takes you to the Lost Bastille in my first go through the forest. When I went back at the end of the game I was insanely overleveled for that fight. Didn't meet him anywhere else between those two encounters so I guess the progression was broken. Edit: what's worse than one giant cat that feels like a reskin of a giant rat? Two giant cats that feel like reskins of a giant rat. Akuma fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Jul 20, 2021 |
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Jul 20, 2021 12:59
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I feel like for every spawn that's tucked away in some random spot or requires you to backtrack in a way you'd never think to there's another that's pretty in your face. Though most of them are concentrated in Lost Bastille so if you don't thoroughly explore it (which can get extra weird because of the branching paths) you'd never realize.
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Jul 20, 2021 13:43
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John Murdoch posted:I feel like for every spawn that's tucked away in some random spot or requires you to backtrack in a way you'd never think to there's another that's pretty in your face.
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Jul 20, 2021 13:45
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Got caught editing. None of them are on a critical path, but out of the four in Lost Bastille three are really easy to blunder into. The one guarding the chest, with the caveat you need to show up via the Forest entrance, the one in the yard by McDuff, and the one down the ladder by the Servant's Quarters bonfire. It's really just the one behind the illusory wall up top that's out of the way. The ones in the throne room are NG+ only so basically impossible to discover by accident on a first playthrough unless you get tipped off by all the bloodstains, Smelter Demon one requires you to backtrack in a way you'd never naturally do, Things Betwixt one is a wacky Scholar joke. John Murdoch fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Jul 20, 2021 |
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Jul 20, 2021 13:53
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I'm watching a video now and I think I misremembered. I definitely recognize that chest at the Bastille that he's guarding but I must have just ran away or died and decided not to come back or something like that. And then under the Servants' Quarters - isn't that the entrance to Belfry Luna? I visited that area so I must have met him there as well, right? Maybe I just didn't remember him as "The Pursuer" because he doesn't have a boss HP bar for these encounters and having earlier missed the actual, bonafide boss fight at the Forest I just didn't recognize it as the same enemy. I feel like that must have been the case.
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Jul 20, 2021 14:07
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Sway Grunt posted:I'm watching a video now and I think I misremembered. I definitely recognize that chest at the Bastille that he's guarding but I must have just ran away or died and decided not to come back or something like that. And then under the Servants' Quarters - isn't that the entrance to Belfry Luna? I visited that area so I must have met him there as well, right? Were you playing vanilla DS2 or Scholar of the First Sin version? He doesn't have the recurring encounters in vanilla DS2. I'm not sure if the encounters are modified by beating the boss version first or not, but that's the other option if you didn't see any of them.
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Jul 20, 2021 14:19
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The only post-boss appearances he has in vanilla are the Smelter arena and the NG+ throne room.
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I was playing Scholar. I'm pretty confident that's what happened now, I did in fact meet him in some of these locations but didn't know he was called The Pursuer and so didn't recognize that it's the same enemy every time. So in a way I still missed out on the true Pursuer experience - i.e. the frustration of being chased by this rear end in a top hat - just out of ignorance. edit: Also can I just quickly say that "Things Betwixt" is the best area name in the series. Does anything come close? Maybe Dreg Heap? Sway Grunt fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Jul 20, 2021 |
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Jul 20, 2021 14:36
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Guillermus posted:It's a grave mistake to not lure out the ogres and fight the pursuer alone. He is really really easy to parry. Like I get the ring of blades on the first encounter, no latter the build as you can get the buckler right before the cardinal tower bonfire. I'd arrow'd one way earlier in the game and was going to get the other one. When Pursuer popped up, I retreated til he pissed off, then killed the ogre. Of course, the coffin is a reset, so Pursuer came back while I was checking myself out. Funny thing, I realised the mechanic kinda reminded me of the demons mechanic in God Hand. If you haven't played it, its like an 80's beat-em-up but 3D, and occasionally a regular mook turns into a MUCH faster and MUCH stronger demon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb2G9_FO-kY&t=53s This guy's clowning on it here, but you can get the gist.
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Sway Grunt posted:edit: Also can I just quickly say that "Things Betwixt" is the best area name in the series. Does anything come close? Maybe Dreg Heap? Not every one is amazing, but a lot of the area names in 2 are really, really good.
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Got super lucky and after rushing for the Chariot, did some torturer farming for the bloodied whip (that I never seen drop before) and got it at like the 3rd clear. So now I have a +6 Whip, +6 Notched Whip and +6 Bloodied Whip along with a +2 Old Whip. Instead of keep clearing Huntsman Copse, I went for the Royal Rat Authority and Old Whip didn't last the whole fight (even with the +0 bracing knuckle ring) but I had... 3 more as backup! 
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Jul 20, 2021 16:53
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Elissimpark posted:I hate the Pursuer so much. The first appearance and the boss fight is fine, but the fact the fucker keeps turning up is annoying. If you run away he ironically doesn't pursue you, he just whooshes back into the ground, so that's an option if you're a coward.
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Wanna make a mod where the Pursuer appears whenever you spawn somewhere and continuously pursues you throughout the entire game. If you kill him you get a 5 minute break until he appears and starts chasing you again. The only way to avoid him is at Majula or in boss arenas.
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Wanna make a mod where the Pursuer appears whenever you spawn somewhere and continuously pursues you throughout the entire game. If you kill him you get a 5 minute break until he appears and starts chasing you again. The only way to avoid him is at Majula or in boss arenas. Make him spawn at the cliff edge in Majula and just stare at you while you go about your business.
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Wanna make a mod where the Pursuer appears whenever you spawn somewhere and continuously pursues you throughout the entire game. If you kill him you get a 5 minute break until he appears and starts chasing you again. The only way to avoid him is at Majula or in boss arenas. As long as he drops twinkling titanite every time.
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Randomizer where every enemy and boss has at least a 10% chance of being replaced by the Pursuer. Edit: Light the fourth primal bonfire and BOOM Pursuer explodes out of it. Bearer of the, seek, seek, BAM Pursuer in disguise! John Murdoch fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Jul 20, 2021 |
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Jul 20, 2021 20:04
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Wanna make a mod where the Pursuer appears whenever you spawn somewhere and continuously pursues you throughout the entire game. If you kill him you get a 5 minute break until he appears and starts chasing you again. The only way to avoid him is at Majula or in boss arenas. DS1's cheatengine had a setting like that. It would just slowly draw every enemy in range to you. It really made getting out of the bonfire room in Anor Londo an.... experience.
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Jul 20, 2021 20:36
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I've had my share of cheese but hitting an Ancient dragon between his toes the whole fight must be pretty high on the list.  Managed to beat the Burnt Ivory king too so probably next is another go at Vendrick now with 4 giant souls.
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Jul 20, 2021 22:39
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TeaJay posted:I've had my share of cheese but hitting an Ancient dragon between his toes the whole fight must be pretty high on the list. If you've beat the Ancient Dragon, you should probably have 5 Giant souls.
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TeaJay posted:I've had my share of cheese but hitting an Ancient dragon between his toes the whole fight must be pretty high on the list. Congrats! Gully Foyle posted:If you've beat the Ancient Dragon, you should probably have 5 Giant souls. He said earlier he ate one.
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Jul 21, 2021 01:25
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Who needs they giant soulussy ate
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Yeah I ate the Black Gulch one before knowing it was kinda important. Whoops! But at least now I have a bit of a chance with Vendrick. TeaJay fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Jul 21, 2021 |
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Jul 21, 2021 07:48
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 And now I've got him as well with the final final boss. Have to see if I can beat the couple bosses that I left (big rat and gank squad) but otherwise I think I'm done for now. It was definitely a fun experience, I only played DS3 before this one, which seemed like a bit more of a fast-paced game. Can't wait to pick up DS remastered the next time it appears on sale.
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TeaJay posted:I only played DS3 before this one, which seemed like a bit more of a fast-paced game. Can't wait to pick up DS remastered the next time it appears on sale. Yowwwzas, I'm very interested to hear what you think about DkS. I can't imagine going DkS3 --> DkS2 --> DkS1... the first is my favorite, but I wonder if it might seem a bit vanilla if you play it immediately following the two sequels
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I only have played Dark Souls 2 for a few hours previously. I had just 100%ed both DS1 and DS3 and, I must say, DS2 seems really loving good, just starting out. They were really going for something different here and I appreciate it so far. By comparison, DS3 seems like a step backwards.
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