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Are guard counters ever worth it against tougher enemies, like big knight guys or bosses? It feels like a trap, like even if I get one off I'm never breaking their posture anyway. But blocking against them just seems like a bad idea to begin with.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:18
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I'm on the southern peninsula, just southeast of the Bridge of Sacrifice on a small ridge, and I found a weird statue with some writing...I already forgot what it said (something about returning to roots?) and now it shines a small blue line on the ground. The blue line also appears on my map and I have no idea what to do with it. Stood on the spot it shines to and did all my gestures (a note said "offer friendship.") Anyone know what that's about?
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Feb 26, 2022 19:21
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Anyone know where to farm smithing stones 1 and 2 from enemy drops? Got a buncha weapons id like to upgrade and ive used up most of the randomly strewn about ones.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:21
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DrBouvenstein posted:I'm on the southern peninsula, just southeast of the Bridge of Sacrifice on a small ridge, and I found a weird statue with some writing...I already forgot what it said (something about returning to roots?) and now it shines a small blue line on the ground. It's pointing to an underground dungeon. The blue line will stay on your map until it's completed.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:22
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Just fought the boss that guards unlimited smithing stones 1 and 2 and it was finally a battle for just guard countering and a reward thats good as hell.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:22
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Frankston posted:Guard counter everything How? Bigger enemies break my guard in two hits and their combos are like four hits long. Trying to guard counter just gets me smacked in the face.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:23
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BabyRyoga posted:Anyone know where to farm smithing stones 1 and 2 from enemy drops? Got a buncha weapons id like to upgrade and ive used up most of the randomly strewn about ones. Haven't tried farming them, but I got some level 1s drop randomly from the bleed-spam goblins in the Catacombs Cave or whatever it's called.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:23
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Harrow posted:Are guard counters ever worth it against tougher enemies, like big knight guys or bosses? It feels like a trap, like even if I get one off I'm never breaking their posture anyway. But blocking against them just seems like a bad idea to begin with. i beat the boss i was complaining about a page ago by mainly using guard counters. its fast so it gave me just enough time to roll away from the followup attack.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:25
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One thing I will say about stubbornly getting rocked repeatedly by the Ulcerated Tree Spirit until I managed to beat it is that between all the leveling I had to do and the sheer difficulty of the encounter is that doing Margit afterwards was (in comparison to what many have reported) much simpler to handle.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:26
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Also I am considering starting over because I think I spent every guaranteed Smithing Stone [1] in Limgrave and I spread them too thinly across different weapons so now I'm too weak for Stormveil Castle. I managed to beat Margit but everything past then and my weapons feel way too weak. I should've known better. The alternative is trying to farm them but I think I've seen maybe two drop ever so that seems like it's a good way to burn out and not want to play again for a long time.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:26
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Diephoon posted:Made a video since I've been showing people this Stormveil Ramparts lift shortcut so much in game Have you figured out how to activate the big lift at that grace? It's been driving me insane. I did a little basic spatial reasoning and figured out unless it's teleporter related the solution can't be to come in from the bottom, so I've been scrambling all over the place.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:27
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DrBouvenstein posted:I'm on the southern peninsula, just southeast of the Bridge of Sacrifice on a small ridge, and I found a weird statue with some writing...I already forgot what it said (something about returning to roots?) and now it shines a small blue line on the ground. there is one of those just north west of trader santa also.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:28
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Frankston posted:Castle Morne spoilers, what the heck am I missing because it's still showing up with a grace line pointing towards it on the map? What's the end of their questline? I got him to find her dead body and swear vengeance but he disappeared and I dunno if there's anything after that.
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Sakurazuka posted:What's the end of their questline? I got him to find her dead body and swear vengeance but he disappeared and I dunno if there's anything after that. I think that's it? Unless something happens later in the game but I googled and that seemed to be the end of the questline.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:30
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Extremely disappointed and bummed reading everyone talking about how bad and lame Sorcery gets since Glintstone Pebble and Arc are very the poo poo early on and I had my expectations raised On top of that, I found an NPC in a church late in Stormveil Castle but only had enough souls to buy everything but Giant Colossal Blade(??) or something and the two that I did buy from him absolutely sucked. I beat Godrick , went back to find him to buy the last spell and he's gone now ...
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Feb 26, 2022 19:33
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Is there a way to run away from/cheese the NPC invader when you jump down at the roundtable hub? Or can I summon for it or something? I have no ranged and he's absolutely owning me. Gets through my 100% shield too Are those runes down there just lost until I can beat him? I think all the doors are locked and the side room is a dead end
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Feb 26, 2022 19:34
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MShadowy posted:One thing I will say about stubbornly getting rocked repeatedly by the Ulcerated Tree Spirit until I managed to beat it is that between all the leveling I had to do and the sheer difficulty of the encounter is that doing Margit afterwards was (in comparison to what many have reported) much simpler to handle. Now imagine that this was the first enemy you fought after the tutorial and you randomly picked Wretch :V Then you're me. I managed to get it down to like 75% health and gave up though, I imagine he gets tougher if you do more damage.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:35
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tak posted:Is there a way to run away from/cheese the NPC invader when you jump down at the roundtable hub? beep by grandpa posted:after dying many many many many times to his bullshit insta kills with my normal loadout i experimented and switched to the highest DPS str weapon I had in my inventory, 2h'd it cause my STR was too low and found that he could never avoid its jump R2 if i did it right AND it staggered him + it had a bleed effect which procced for >500. it prob took me 45min total (10min with the successful loadout/plan) but I finally killed him, went right to the map and spammed every button until i instantly warped out
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Feb 26, 2022 19:36
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I have a question for anyone else who’s managed to find the beast cleric Do you have to do anything to find the undead guys he wants? The eye he gave me says it should vibrate when they’re nearby, but I’ve explored a lot since then and haven’t seen anything. Do you have to use it somehow or do you just passively get a popup for holding it? I don’t mind finding them on my own if I’ve just had bad luck so far, but I want to make sure I’m not missing anything.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:36
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What if O&S... but faster 
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Feb 26, 2022 19:36
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I just met Miriel. Miriel is my best pal and I will protect him with my life.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:37
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Oxxidation posted:read elsewhere that it wasn't great, which isn't surprising. weapons like that are usually silly gimmicks best used for PVP builds What do I have to do to invade or be invaded anyway
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Feb 26, 2022 19:39
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Any indication which armour is actually alterable ? I only have one piece accessible to do so, the astrologer's chest and all the other stuff I've found or bought (including Knight's chest) doesn't have that option.
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Feb 26, 2022 19:39
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Harrow posted:Also I am considering starting over because I think I spent every guaranteed Smithing Stone [1] in Limgrave and I spread them too thinly across different weapons so now I'm too weak for Stormveil Castle. I managed to beat Margit but everything past then and my weapons feel way too weak. I should've known better. Start over if that's more enjoyable but I promise that whatever's standing between you and the point in the game where smithing stones are more plentiful isn't the 5% DPS increase you'd get from upgrading a weapon from +2 to +3. Alternatively cheese it to the southern continent, enemies aren't that much more difficult there and there are mines with smithing stones everywhere
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Feb 26, 2022 19:39
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Anyone have a reliable way to cheese the greatsword and shield knight dude who ganks you the dark room that get's locked the first time you enter it in Stormveil?
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Feb 26, 2022 19:40
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tak posted:Is there a way to run away from/cheese the NPC invader when you jump down at the roundtable hub? He always poses when he spawns for a free backstab (I think). He only has one flask charge. If you have the wild swings ash, you can spam it if you trap them in the corner. After the initial backstab, roll forward and try to force them into a corner/wall. My secret strat do not steal! Annoying fucker with a cool moveset
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Feb 26, 2022 19:40
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beep by grandpa posted:
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Chrysalid lady owns, good luck in your quest to get your head glued to whatever
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Snake Maze posted:I have a question for anyone else who’s managed to find the beast cleric Nah, if you enter an area with the poo poo he wants it'll pop up a message on your screen, that's it. I've only found one other place so far and I've been pretty thorough, so there's probably just not a lot.
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aperfectcirclefan posted:Is the diminishing returns on recapturing runes when you die on purpose or a bug Infinity Gaia posted:I don't know, but it's started happening to me too and it's annoying. On the note of things that happened and I don't know why, I haven't beaten Godrick yet but I can't find Rogier in his room anymore. I wanted to buy the big magic sword art of war... I hope something I did didn't accidentally kill him. Cuttlefush posted:On purpose. I haven't experienced this yet myself, but someone earlier in the thread said it had something to do with a specific enemy in a specific area somehow stealing part of your dropped runes. Augus posted:I’m in trouble with this game because it’s gonna take me like a hundred hours to beat it but I already want to replay it with all the different builds Yeah, same. Sorry other games. I'll play something else in a year or two maybe. whaley posted:worst launch in history. a total disaster. whaley posted:i have already deleted the game and have requested a refund. a complete disaster in every way. how dare they do this to me a loyal fan whaley posted:blood stains dont work. they couldn't even implement something that has been in all of the soils games. from software is loving us again whaley posted:never seen a game be so ruined to appeal to casuals and telephone game grandmothers Boring and low-effort. If you're going to troll and/or irony-post, try to be slightly clever about it maybe?
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Speaking of Sorcery I’ve only managed to find 1 tower so far (Oridy’s Rise) to the south. In addition to the memory you can buy at the roundtable I’m still rolling with only 4 memory slots. Are there any other tower I may be missing in the general vicinity of the first 2-3 areas?
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GlyphGryph posted:Now imagine that this was the first enemy you fought after the tutorial and you randomly picked Wretch :V The Tree Spirit or Margit? Well, presuming you're talking about the first one, once the flaming ulcer starts self immolating that's basically all his tricks right there. Though I also started off as a wretch I ended up entering that place a lot later because I didn't choose a starting item, and a direct result had leveled up decently before fighting the thing. The big issue with tackling that thing at level 1 would basically be the same problem as trying to manage Margit at same; basically the longer the fight goes on the more opportunities you have to make mistakes, and because you're so squishy even one mistake could be the end of the fight.
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Harrow posted:Also I am considering starting over because I think I spent every guaranteed Smithing Stone [1] in Limgrave and I spread them too thinly across different weapons so now I'm too weak for Stormveil Castle. I managed to beat Margit but everything past then and my weapons feel way too weak. I should've known better. It doesn't sound like you've explored the starting region at all if you're worried about having run out of level 1 smithing stones Have you gone to the southeast? Explored the underground river? Checked out any of the mines?
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Lordsworn Greatsword has carried me so far but I've found the Claymore and baby, don't make me choose
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Snake Maze posted:I have a question for anyone else who’s managed to find the beast cleric Just had it happen, you get a pop-up on your screen that says "The Beast Eye Quivers..." -- it's pretty unmistakable. This was upon entering a mini dungeon in Lingrave.
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Harrow posted:Are guard counters ever worth it against tougher enemies, like big knight guys or bosses? It feels like a trap, like even if I get one off I'm never breaking their posture anyway. But blocking against them just seems like a bad idea to begin with. you usually want to guard counter the last hit of a combo not the first. either tank the whole string if you have a real sturdy shield or dodge the first swings with spacing or rolls if you don't.
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After reading strats for Margit I used the Jellyfish poison with great success, next I went through to find Godrick who imo was easier than Margit, and was weak to bleed procs as well as poison. I beat him by dual handing the claw weapon I found towards the entrance. The real bosses of Stormveil are the wandering knights who have a tracking charge attack.
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Tiny Timbs posted:It doesn't sound like you've explored the starting region at all if you're worried about having run out of level 1 smithing stones I've been pretty thorough I'm just an idiot and wasted too many stones on weapons I ended up not liking as much  I got some level 2 and 4 stones from sneaking around in the underground river but I can't use them yet because I need to get a weapon to +3 first. I was probably just playing too late and not thinking when I upgraded a couple of these, it's completely my own fault.
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