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Pollyanna posted:Is it just me, or is it really arbitrary when you can and can't dodge a boss's attack? I'm on Valiant Gargoyles and not only do their attacks have huge AOEs, but there's absolutely no clue as to which way you're supposed to doge and the lock-on camera sure as gently caress doesn't help. blocking slowly starts to fall off for the late game actually-unique bosses, but still effective against the slower ones throughout. even if you get stamina broken so long as it was the boss's last hit it just means you lose your turn. great shields lose less stamina so hardy strength boys can take until their play style is ignored
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Orv posted:It should wait to respond to actions so they can do anything they want for free. I mean it is pretty goofy for games to have enemies specifically react the exact same every time with their X move that fucks the players Y action.
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Mar 9, 2022 04:52
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Pollyanna posted:Is it just me, or is it really arbitrary when you can and can't dodge a boss's attack? I'm on Valiant Gargoyles and not only do their attacks have huge AOEs, but there's absolutely no clue as to which way you're supposed to doge and the lock-on camera sure as gently caress doesn't help. I find with multiple enemy bosses it’s best not to lock on, it helps keep the camera in check. Blocking can work but you’ll need a greatshield, the Barricade ash of war, or ideally both. A greatshield with Barricade applied can block an insane amount of stuff. Otherwise your shield is mostly there to panic block like one attack before you need to get dodging.
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Mar 9, 2022 04:53
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Macaluso posted:Uh, you should've gotten runes. Are you sure they weren't sitting in a part of the arena and need to be picked up? You're probably long past that by now but still Idk man. It was perfect timing.
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Yardbomb posted:I mean it is pretty goofy for games to have enemies specifically react the exact same every time with their X move that fucks the players Y action. Yeah that's how video games work? Do the thing that isn't going to get hosed over. Don't drink without enough range to dodge the fireball after.
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Mar 9, 2022 04:53
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Pollyanna posted:Is it just me, or is it really arbitrary when you can and can't dodge a boss's attack? I'm on Valiant Gargoyles and not only do their attacks have huge AOEs, but there's absolutely no clue as to which way you're supposed to doge and the lock-on camera sure as gently caress doesn't help. I whipped out a shield for the apostle and it was a lot easier for me than rolling.
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Mar 9, 2022 04:54
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Willfrey posted:pretty sure you need the haligtree medallion to trigger it, or beat the boss in that area. My first playthrough i missed that questline completely and Ensha never attacked me. I've definitely had Ensha come after me way before even stepping foot into Liurna to get the first half. Not really sure what the trigger is literally could just be an RNG thing. En Garde Motherfuckers posted:Diallos isn't there for Gideon. Exhausting his dialog shows he's just kind of a rube- they told him he could soak himself in blood to become a champion and he took them up on it, and as the questline progresses he admits that he was an idiot that they played like a fiddle. No idea where he goes after that, I'm pretty sure the last target they give you is his brother? or some other Hoslow and he just ditches Possible cut-content spoilers I ended up looking up some stuff on Diallos cus I couldn't find him anywhere after the Manor, and no one knows where he goes. There is data-mined audio from the network test that involves him decided to watch over a village of peaceful jars called Jarsburg (south of Caria study hall, look for stepping stones down a cliff) but at this point no one knows how to trigger it so it's possible it got cut
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Mar 9, 2022 04:55
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Yardbomb posted:I mean it is pretty goofy for games to have enemies specifically react the exact same every time with their X move that fucks the players Y action. I think its good that the game can be predictable that way. Maybe the better option would be more closer/punishment options for the boss instead of the one move.
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Seriously though, this skill is really strong and available really early. If you like blocking, stick this on the fattest shield you can find and have a good time: https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Barricade+Shield It won’t let you tank through literally everything and it does cost FP to activate, but it still makes a huge difference.
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Mar 9, 2022 04:56
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Gamerofthegame posted:blocking slowly starts to fall off for the late game actually-unique bosses, but still effective against the slower ones throughout. even if you get stamina broken so long as it was the boss's last hit it just means you lose your turn. great shields lose less stamina so hardy strength boys can take until their play style is ignored e: beaten but the point still stands
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Mar 9, 2022 04:58
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Orv posted:It should wait to respond to actions so they can do anything they want for free.  
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Mar 9, 2022 04:59
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if you wait until foreskin apostle throws fireball, then dodge it(or just sprint sideways so it misses), drinking a flask is guaranteed to be safe btw lol
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Pollyanna posted:Is it just me, or is it really arbitrary when you can and can't dodge a boss's attack? I'm on Valiant Gargoyles and not only do their attacks have huge AOEs, but there's absolutely no clue as to which way you're supposed to doge and the lock-on camera sure as gently caress doesn't help. the feel i've had from godrick onwards is that the best approach to the fight is dodge towards the bosses like 80% of the time, a ton of stuff seems designed to induce panic rolling escapes and their attack strings and made for catching panic rolls, staying aggressive and just learning what signals aoes does a lot
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Mar 9, 2022 05:01
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Willfrey posted:I never got captured by the manor though in the other trapped chest situations you have to find another site of grace before you're allowed to teleport This isn't a trapped chest, if you ride the lift in the Raya Hogwart church/graveyard down to the bottom and get killed by the Abductor down there, it actually abducts you to a spot in Volcano Manor, and if you go where the game leads you it puts you up against a boss fight with two of them and it's awful. I tried to just leave at the other grace which is near to that fight, but at first it seemed like it wasn't letting me. I am not sure what happened but I am really glad to be the gently caress away from that fight.
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Mar 9, 2022 05:01
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Tumble posted:This isn't a trapped chest, if you ride the lift in the Raya Hogwart church/graveyard down to the bottom and get killed by the Abductor down there, it actually abducts you to a spot in Volcano Manor, and if you go where the game leads you it puts you up against a boss fight with two of them and it's awful. Do you think if I've killed the area boss there that I can still do the abduction adventure?
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Mar 9, 2022 05:03
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Oxxidation posted:the frenzied flame works by line-of-sight (like the deformed brain in nightmare of mensis) and there's a conveniently-placed rock formation nearby that you can hide behind. bait the rats over to the rocks, kill them while taking cover from the flame, and then dash to the tower and exorcise it I know I just get stuck in the floor of the tower with the rat bois. Amazing how the mobs scale or my armor does nothing to help me e: Maybe my new pizza cutter
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Mar 9, 2022 05:06
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Do I need to beat the draconic tree sentinel to get inside of the capital?
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you can hit L3 to sort items in your inventory by recently acquired?
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Mar 9, 2022 05:08
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veni veni veni posted:Do I need to beat the draconic tree sentinel to get inside of the capital? People are saying theres some other way but as far as I was able to discern I had to.
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veni veni veni posted:Do I need to beat the draconic tree sentinel to get inside of the capital? yep, fog gate drops when you kill him
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Ghosthotel posted:I've definitely had Ensha come after me way before even stepping foot into Liurna to get the first half. Not really sure what the trigger is literally could just be an RNG thing. I keep reading about stuff that was supposedly cut like that and I hope it's just really obscure instead. I can think of at least a half dozen NPCs that just vanish or obviously have something more going on, there's just no way to make it happen that I can tell. I kept popping back to Jarburg every so often, just because it's such a strange spot. No way to use Alexander's Innards, no NPCs, just some not-entirely hostile pots...
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Mar 9, 2022 05:09
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Network isn't working so I'm playing offline for a change and I swear I like it more like this. A little easier to get swept up in the world without the constant barrage of stupid repeated jokes plastered all over everything.
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SHISHKABOB posted:Do you think if I've killed the area boss there that I can still do the abduction adventure? I just did the basement abduction and I had cleared out the academy long ago. Bear in mind it is a death and you will drop your cash down there before you get whisked away.
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Mar 9, 2022 05:11
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Tarezax posted:Resting at a grace removes the "imprisoned" status But if you're inside a dungeon where you haven't killed the boss, you still can't warp until you either kill the boss or walk out into open air again. And the exit from the dungeon is past that duo boss
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:But if you're inside a dungeon where you haven't killed the boss, you still can't warp until you either kill the boss or walk out into open air again. It doesn't seem to count as a dungeon, I definitely got captured and warped outta there without killing the bosses.
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Oxxidation posted:they resemble albinaurics so i guess whoever was creating those freaky homunculi got a little too creative with the alembic Is that what Albinaurics are? Oh god that makes sense considering the mimics were attempts to make synthetic life/lords. I was wondering what their entire deal was, especially since the big lump headed cartwheeling ones are referred to as second generation Albinaurics. Anyway the boss version of those horrible screamy things are called royal specters or something like that. hazardousmouse posted:ahahahaha oh no! A painting led me down a falling puzzle that earned me Radhan's arrow rain but there's a giant golem with a special glowing blue staff that fuckin whupped my rear end How do you get there? I've tried everything but I can't seem to find that painting spot or get down to that ledge.
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En Garde Motherfuckers posted:I keep reading about stuff that was supposedly cut like that and I hope it's just really obscure instead. I can think of at least a half dozen NPCs that just vanish or obviously have something more going on, there's just no way to make it happen that I can tell. Yeah people found an alternative ending for boc's questline where the solution is to use one the prattling pate "You're beautiful" item when he starts thinking about being reborn. That is a wildly obscure way to end that quest and I'm hoping more of that gets discovered as time goes on
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Orv posted:It should wait to respond to actions so they can do anything they want for free. It does feel gamey to me that a boss will do nothing for 5 seconds except loom menacingly but the exact instant you press the R1 button the boss will start an attack and generally this attack will come out faster than yours and interrupt you. It's noticeable this is programmed behavior because in duo fights the bosses will sync up. It ends up leading to melee feeling very reactive because it means you have to wait for the two second window that the boss will allow you to hit it in instead of being able to take initiative. This is complaint #27 out of 100 that I have about melee in this game, Gripes about the bosses aside I'm probably going to start a replay of this game soon, there are just too many builds I'm excited to try out.
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Setting both slots of my Wondrous Physick potion to Ruptured Crystal Tear was only doing about 50% of my max HP, but by undergoing rebirth and setting my vitality back to the base 10 I can instakill myself by drinking it. This will be important for multiplayer reasons.
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Retro Hippy posted:It does feel gamey to me that a boss will do nothing for 5 seconds except loom menacingly but the exact instant you press the R1 button the boss will start an attack and generally this attack will come out faster than yours and interrupt you. It's noticeable this is programmed behavior because in duo fights the bosses will sync up. It ends up leading to melee feeling very reactive because it means you have to wait for the two second window that the boss will allow you to hit it in instead of being able to take initiative. This is complaint #27 out of 100 that I have about melee in this game, It's like I'm really fighting other players!
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SHISHKABOB posted:Do you think if I've killed the area boss there that I can still do the abduction adventure? If you didn't kill the Abductor bosses in the lava cave I would assume you can go on a thrilling underground adventure, yea. Or if you meant something in Raya that is also a yes because I had beaten that boss already too. Spend yo' bucks tho, it is a death so you drop your runes.
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Retro Hippy posted:It does feel gamey to me that a boss will do nothing for 5 seconds except loom menacingly but the exact instant you press the R1 button the boss will start an attack and generally this attack will come out faster than yours and interrupt you. It's noticeable this is programmed behavior because in duo fights the bosses will sync up. It ends up leading to melee feeling very reactive because it means you have to wait for the two second window that the boss will allow you to hit it in instead of being able to take initiative. This is complaint #27 out of 100 that I have about melee in this game, If you never have anything other than a two second window every so often you are doing it wrong. E: Granted two notable exceptions; Duo and Crucible Knight Two Electric Boogaloo.
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Retro Hippy posted:It does feel gamey to me that a boss will do nothing for 5 seconds except loom menacingly but the exact instant you press the R1 button the boss will start an attack and generally this attack will come out faster than yours and interrupt you. It's noticeable this is programmed behavior because in duo fights the bosses will sync up. It ends up leading to melee feeling very reactive because it means you have to wait for the two second window that the boss will allow you to hit it in instead of being able to take initiative. This is complaint #27 out of 100 that I have about melee in this game, My other favorite dickhole AI behavior is when you get down to 10 or 5% health and the AI kicks into turbofucker mode and mobs just start chasing you to the end of the earth. Nuebot posted:It's like I'm really fighting other players!
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Somehow invasions are more stable than coop. I think I have had one case today of invasions just not connecting and that was before it actually invaded. Coop is get in for about 1 minute, watch it progressively lag more and more and then dc. I dream of a from game that has actually functional netcode
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veni veni veni posted:Do I need to beat the draconic tree sentinel to get inside of the capital? You may be able to bypass it but if you can it requires going *boss order* Radahn->Mimic Tear->Gargoyle Duo->Shulva Ganksquad 2.0 which is not really much better
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Valdent posted:Somehow invasions are more stable than coop. I think I have had one case today of invasions just not connecting and that was before it actually invaded. Coop is get in for about 1 minute, watch it progressively lag more and more and then dc. I dream of a from game that has actually functional netcode it probably needs to be in co-op for a certain amount of time before you can invade so that makes sense given the amount of times I show up in starting rooms I don't think it's very long tho
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Perfect Potato posted:https://streamable.com/33609o lol
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:But if you're inside a dungeon where you haven't killed the boss, you still can't warp until you either kill the boss or walk out into open air again. You can open the map while resting at a site of grace and fast travel.
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Perfect Potato posted:You may be able to bypass it but if you can it requires going *boss order* Radahn->Mimic Tear->Gargoyle Duo->Shulva Ganksquad 2.0 which is not really much better i thought that last fight was a total pushover compared to the rest, but i watched a streamer play that section and the first time they attempted it, the two mook invaders in the last wave both had moonveils, lmao
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