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I guess it's like a core part of their style of difficulty, but not having a single way to get immunity to rot/poison/death whatever just makes enemies that constantly spew clouds of the stuff turn into a tedious waiting game of running back and waiting for the immunity bar to slowly creep down to an acceptable level then go back in and attack. That plus the lakes of poison/rot are a trash way to just make traversal/encounters arbitrarily difficult. They aren't making entire caves covered in magma floors you have to parkour from platform to platform on (are they?)
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codo27 posted:I was searching for a way to reach the beach on the east coast of the Caelid region. Found what appeared to be a great way to do it, a pillar with platforms beneath it that I thought I could rappel down. Nope, just invisible-walled which is weird for these games, and I just fell to my death instead. There’s a major boss fight there. You get there via the festival at redmane castle
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Khanstant posted:haven't spoiled it yet, but absolutely. No point in making such a big thing you can just kill trivially in complete tedious safety chopping a tail that doesn't come off, it's gotta be tied to something else. There is not, no. The intended way that fight is meant to work is that the dragon has a billion HP that the % damage of bloodloss bypasses. You're supposed to have to kill all the dragons around the big immobile one, because she takes damage from every dead smaller dragon. You're supposed to fight the dragon, the premise just has too many ways to dodge its conceits.
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Harrow posted:Huh. Does that apply to all PvP (invasions, etc.) or just to the dueling arenas? All. I think it was mostly to keep oneshotting with buffs (particularly in ganks) somewhat under control. Otherwise you would have 1.2x multiplying with 1.25x, to give end multipliers above 2 before even using RTSR+Morion Blade - then you'd be looking at 2k AR at levels where nobody could reasonably tank that kind of hit with their beefy body. quote:That plus the lakes of poison/rot are a trash way to just make traversal/encounters difficult. They aren't making entire caves covered in magma floors you have to parkour from platform to platform on (are they?) As you were typing this, did you come to a realization? Because if so, you are correct. Idiot Doom Spiral fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Mar 4, 2022 |
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Deviant posted:major spoilers for endings Lmao what the hell how many endings are there
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Jaytan posted:There’s a major boss fight there. You get there via the festival at redmane castle It's a notable problem if you're like me and have map completion-itis where there's several areas that are just somehow inaccessible that you can clearly see are places to explore and you'll get the cave/mine/secret teleport after a static event. Fire mountain past the castle/manor, getting into the capital (elevator is broken but there's that secret cave), beaches, and parts of the southwest around blighttown are all a pain to navigate if you don't know the exact path to the areas you want to go to.
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Deviant posted:major spoilers for endings If it's anything like the other endings found in the last few days, my speculation is it probably involves progressing nepheli's quest, which I don't think anyone has figured out how to do yet and could easily be pretty loving obscure because of how it interacts with seluvis's quest. Pretty cool for a secret ending to last so long
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Professional critics take note! https://youtu.be/E2wy9210fSY
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RBA Starblade posted:Lmao what the hell how many endings are there Worth noting that a lot of the endings are very, very similar. Minor spoilers about the number of endings: there are only three ending achievements, but one of them (the "Elden Lord" one) has a bunch of variants. My guess is that if the "Age Absolute" ending is real, it's another variant on the Elden Lord ending just like Age of Fracture, Age of Duskborn, Age of Order, and Blessing of Despair endings.
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How are you effectively causing bloodloss? Is it mostly weapons/weapon arts? All the other effect sources use the same ingredient bloodrose to craft. Crafting ingredients are all farmable and respawn as well right? I occasionally see some with a blue background and merchants have some listed for sale as "hard to find".
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GlyphGryph posted:You don't like the boss they loved so much they put a half dozen variants of him in? Crucible knight is cool, imo. Like the new black knight except way more hard-core.
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MarshyMcFly posted:Professional critics take note! and this is why anyone who says vigor 40 is mandatory for this game is full of cocky doody
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Captain Oblivious posted:There is not, no. The intended way that fight is meant to work is that the dragon has a billion HP that the % damage of bloodloss bypasses. You're supposed to have to kill all the dragons around the big immobile one, because she takes damage from every dead smaller dragon. The premise is "gently caress dragons, they get what they deserve".
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MarshyMcFly posted:Professional critics take note! Yeah that's been my experience with that boss so far. he was so much easier on horseback 
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Sample_text posted:Also, this is the first enemy I encountered with no immediately observable weaknesses of any sort. Update : I tried fighting it on horse-back and the thing gap-closed on me from 20 meters away 2-shotting me. Any tips?
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Cowcaster posted:and this is why anyone who says vigor 40 is mandatory for this game is full of cocky doody although i will point out i don't know why you thought casting golden vow the spell and then golden vow the weapon art would stack
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Harrow posted:Worth noting that a lot of the endings are very, very similar. yeah it's what Elden lord -> age of fracture/duskborn/despair/order Age of Stars lord of the frenzied flame so far that have been seen?
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I just got invaded during the Radahn fight. I didn't know that was possible.
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Harrow posted:Worth noting that a lot of the endings are very, very similar. There should be an ending where Patches becomes Elden Lord
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Sample_text posted:Update : I haven't seen this guy yet I don't think, where's Laskyar ruins?
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Sample_text posted:Update : Got a screenshot? I can't think of what you're describing. First time through those ruins i was panic running around and aggroing everything until i stumbled on a waygate that teleported me straight to the academy and i forgot all about those ruins until much later when i went back and everything was trivial to kill
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tildes posted:I’m working on playing a dex/int wizard, and am wondering what int cutoffs there are for spells/items. I’ve made it to like 52 int with the boost from a helmet I found, and that is just enough for every spell I’ve found so far. Am I likely to get anything this isn’t enough int to use before I hit the point I can respec? Basically wondering if I’m good to just pump vigor/endurance now and lean into melee more, or if I’ll end up finding a dope spell I don’t meet the requirements for and regret it. There's at least one spell that requires 70 Int. You can only parry with a weapon using the parry ash/skill.
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Inzombiac posted:I just got invaded during the Radahn fight. I didn't know that was possible. Oh my god I know where I'm gonna try invading now lmao
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The Shortest Path posted:I think Bloodhound Step is gonna be a problem. I've watched a few people using it in pvp and it's arguably even worse than the old ninja flip ring in ds1 before it got nerfed. Pvp seems like it's gonna be super weapon art focused in general. If you're using bloodhound step you are super mobile but the fact that you have a mobility WA means you aren't oneshotting some nerd with a moonveil slash or a 20-hit katana combo instead.
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Sunhi with the most powerful video yet https://twitter.com/SunhiLegend/status/1499809725785030660?t=gzmnjj1movEoJltC6475uw&s=19
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Decided to poke around on Reddit and found some surprisingly even takes on Moonveil, with people mostly pointing out that there are even crazier weapons in the game, it's just that everyone watched the same Youtube videos so Moonveil is all over the place right now. Also, a note on Moonveil is that while it seems to trivialize the game early on, and definitely dominates in mid-game, it really isn't nearly as broken for the very late game and endgame areas, from what I've seen. It's still very strong, don't get me wrong, but enemies stop getting staggered by one weapon art, and bosses become much more capable of tanking it and punishing you. In fact if you're into using Moonveil I'd recommend getting into dual-wielding with another katana because that's where the real DPS is. This is why I figure the calls for it to be nerfed will taper off eventually (though whether that happens before From decides a nerf is necessary remains to be seen)--so many people are using it because they saw it on Youtube and are in the middle portions of the game where it really does dominate that it appears better than it is. And I bet PvPers will learn how to deal with it sooner than later. People are sleeping on Hoarfrost Stomp, too.
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I'm going nuts trying out different ashes on my caestus. They're all so cool and good. It "helps" that Endure isn't as insanely OP as Perseverance was in ds3 since i don't use it as much now, so there's incentive to experiment with different arts and raises my Mind a little
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Has anyone found any secrets that require gestures yet? I doubt they have anything like the multiple new zones in DS3, but I've found the secret wolf quest with the snapping gesture and a statue making the ring gesture that triggers an event if you use the ring gesture back.
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Where do you find the Shield Ash of War that makes enemy attacks bounce back more frequently?
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Harrow posted:Decided to poke around on Reddit and found some surprisingly even takes on Moonveil, with people mostly pointing out that there are even crazier weapons in the game, it's just that everyone watched the same Youtube videos so Moonveil is all over the place right now. i'm annoyed because i stumbled into finding it entirely by accident and so it was a delicious little treat From gave me as a reward for exploring meanwhile everyone else watched youtube content creator video #4937-B with an "UBER DRIVER SUCKED ME OFF???" thumbnail without even playing the game to go pick it up
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MarshyMcFly posted:Professional critics take note! I'm level 90 and this POS is still a POS. Don't feel bad.
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god drat this game hates big weapon players. every boss is faster than me now but I don't have the materials to boost a new, faster weapon to similar levels of what I have (loving [3] stones  )for example, draconic tree sentinel can oneshot me with an undodgeable lightning strike, or he can twoshot me with a combo that kills my horse and lays me out like a chump on the ground. meanwhile I'm lucky if I can actually connect with a swing because it takes a year to execute and drains a third of my stamina. at least the stake is literally right there, can't wait to fight three of these bastards at once later because that's how they designed difficulty this time
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E: ^^^ that lightning strike is dodgeable, i dodge it all the time on horseback. You just gotta time it rightLeon Trotsky 2012 posted:Has anyone found any secrets that require gestures yet? I doubt they have anything like the multiple new zones in DS3, but I've found the secret wolf quest with the snapping gesture and a statue making the ring gesture that triggers an event if you use the ring gesture back. There's a tower that requires you to wear a glintstone crown and do the Erudition gesture, which you can get from that sad sack you meet after Stormveil
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eleven extra elephants posted:Where do you find the Shield Ash of War that makes enemy attacks bounce back more frequently? i got it off a horse riding knight in the weeping peninsula if i remember correctly
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Hoarfrost stomp with the giant smasher is the best combo. It clears groups while I one shot the big stuff with the hammer.
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Got a screenshot? I can't think of what you're describing. First time through those ruins i was panic running around and aggroing everything until i stumbled on a waygate that teleported me straight to the academy and i forgot all about those ruins until much later when i went back and everything was trivial to kill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pagJn9I5LuM&t=165s This guy. I managed to beat him through sheer luck on my last flask with a lucky lightning spear. Yeah no, gently caress that guy, he veers straight into bullshit territory.
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drat, the Uchigatana is meaty as hell even upgraded to +4 or 5. I have an Ash that bumped the str to B and it does 220 on paper, but you can swing it so fast that it easily outdoes everything else I've got even if they're stronger on paper. I've been farming giants at that field near the Warmaster shack whenever I get within 6 or 7k of a level just because it's such low risk now, it's an easy 7k runes every couple of minutes just because you can kill them so fast, and if for some reason you do die on accident it's so easy to get the runes back.
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eleven extra elephants posted:Where do you find the Shield Ash of War that makes enemy attacks bounce back more frequently? There's a miniboss that only spawns at night that patrols the main road on the southern landmass below the starting area.
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Sample_text posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pagJn9I5LuM&t=165s Oh yeah that motherfucker. He wasn't there when i went back, not sure why. But don't worry you'll meet more later in a particular spot!  E: agreed on him being bullshit. He killed my rear end with chain staggers from swiping me with his hands nonstop
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