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Mar 7, 2023 02:32
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you can drop jewel fragments for the pandas. not sure exactly how many you need for a good result but 100 gets me a 4 star every time
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Mar 7, 2023 04:12
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i feel like i'm missing something during the lu bu fight. it's entirely reactive, i literally can't swing at him without eating a shitload of damage because he never stops for breath, and waiting to bait out his red attacks doesn't work because i can't parry his regular combos reliably enough to keep up my health bar
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Mar 7, 2023 04:23
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Oxxidation posted:i feel like i'm missing something during the lu bu fight. it's entirely reactive, i literally can't swing at him without eating a shitload of damage because he never stops for breath, and waiting to bait out his red attacks doesn't work because i can't parry his regular combos reliably enough to keep up my health bar the best i can recommend is to watch ongbal's hitless lu bu video, as that'll give a good benchmark for what kind of attacks can be safely punished and the approximate timings for when you need to parry his combo i find that even just hearing the rhythm of deflections can help to clue me in for how my inputs should go
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Mar 7, 2023 04:37
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Came back fresh tonight and beat the fire mage first try, turns out I just had to stop caring about how long it took: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfEMwpZCEJ4 Following that I unlocked the standalone demon monkey boss fight and got a fairly clean clear on him first try as well  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCxyX2KWrOQ Being able to jump around levels from any flag is great, but not having a map screen cursor is really messing with me.
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Mar 7, 2023 04:47
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Vermain posted:i'd say the biggest difference for me is that the act of deflecting vs. dodge rolling away feels far more active due to how it directly contributes to victory via spirit building and deflect counterattacks. it makes every encounter feel much more like you're actively progressing towards a goal, even when you're on the defensive, whereas pure dodge rolling can often feel too much like you're spinning your wheels while you wait for the opportunity to do something cool The fact that if you just spam dodge/parry there is a spirit cost is loving amazing idea. That's what I meant when I said Team Ninja add little changes to the formula but they completely change the balance of the game. They want every action to have a consequence and really reward the player's skill/improvement. a.p. dent posted:i dunno about you all but i never, ever remember to use my divine beast. especially when it would really help The thing is with this burst type abilities in most games you can maybe use this type of ability once per level but in this and Nioh(living weapon) you can build the meter so freaking fast that it's always good to use it in any remotely hard encounter. But as gamers we have been just tuned to never use this type of stuff except when we really need it. Code Vein actually had a similar burst type mechanic, I always forgot it existed. I think out of all the games with this type of mechanics the best was Sekiro. You built up a 2nd life by fighting/parrying properly and it's very clear cut when you should revive/when you shouldn't. Sometimes you just get clipped but still have potions left so you would revive while other times it was better to die and keep the revive. Ulio fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Mar 7, 2023 |
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Mar 7, 2023 05:00
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yeah even when I used it during, say, a boss fight and then immediately died, I would usually be able to build it back up partway into the fight again.
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Mar 7, 2023 05:11
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Ending spoilers Turtle man was a joke, I kinda just stood in front and beat on him. Embodiment of demonic ki only took me 3 attempts but that was weird and dumb. I was feeling annoyed before realizing that wasn’t the last boss.
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Mar 7, 2023 05:14
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Oxxidation posted:i feel like i'm missing something during the lu bu fight. it's entirely reactive, i literally can't swing at him without eating a shitload of damage because he never stops for breath, and waiting to bait out his red attacks doesn't work because i can't parry his regular combos reliably enough to keep up my health bar if you make his horse think of ants it will die
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Mar 7, 2023 05:20
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beat him. that was not pleasant
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Mar 7, 2023 05:22
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So I 1 shot the Zhang Jiao fight and then the game crashed during the cutscene after, re-played it and skipped cutscene, still crash. Nice.
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Mar 7, 2023 05:55
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Wow the level with Sun Ce and Sun Quan runs terribly. I was perfectly fine until that level. Is it the water? Is there anyway to turn it off?
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Mar 7, 2023 06:14
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Imposing Slab is borderline OP
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Mar 7, 2023 06:17
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Oxxidation posted:i feel like i'm missing something during the lu bu fight. it's entirely reactive, i literally can't swing at him without eating a shitload of damage because he never stops for breath, and waiting to bait out his red attacks doesn't work because i can't parry his regular combos reliably enough to keep up my health bar Throw a few water spells at him to dispel his fire buff
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Mar 7, 2023 06:27
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 My head hurts
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Mar 7, 2023 06:44
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finished up NG, and it was a truly excellent time. the final mission's stretch of bosses were a bit too easy for my taste, but i suspect near-max wood was helping me out a lot, and i understand them undertuning the base game so that no one gets massively stuck in the home stretch think i might wait until the mouselook patch drops and then go for NG+ and see how that goes
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Mar 7, 2023 07:12
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Last night I did a sub mission where you have a single fight against a mini boss gorilla thing and after that it threw me straight into the next story quest. I was super confused and thinking how long is this sub mission. I think it has something to do with the game naming missions as "battlefields" which is not very intuitive imo. WaltherFeng fucked around with this message at 07:20 on Mar 7, 2023 |
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Mar 7, 2023 07:17
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^^^ Yeah that confuses me too, wish they didn't autopunt you into the next main mission and make you load back out for any side missions you want to do. Kicking me out before I've had a chance to pick up any items that may be laying around is also some bullshit. This problem was fixed in Nioh 1 and 2, they un-fixed it  Thumbtacks posted:
Jokes on them, I'm still just leveling everything evenly 
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Mar 7, 2023 07:30
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Thumbtacks posted:
This rules lol
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Mar 7, 2023 09:41
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Lu Bu is the test of 'did you know you can block and parry at the same time - it's safe and easy!'
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Mar 7, 2023 13:57
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How the gently caress are you supposed to do the sub mission against the 3 person ganksquad. This loving sucks, even worse than the fight against Zhang Rang. At least there you were allowed to bring help.
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Mar 7, 2023 14:21
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I can pretty consistently whittle Lu Bu down but when he does the jump attack I cannot get the timing down for the life of me and subsequently get one shot.
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Mar 7, 2023 14:21
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George H.W. oval office posted:I can pretty consistently whittle Lu Bu down but when he does the jump attack I cannot get the timing down for the life of me and subsequently get one shot. he has about a second of hang time at the peak of his ascent and accelerates rapidly on the way down his charging impale got me way more often, to say nothing of the gently caress-you slash/stab he busts out if you actually try to combo him
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Mar 7, 2023 14:29
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KonvexKonkav posted:How the gently caress are you supposed to do the sub mission against the 3 person ganksquad. This loving sucks, even worse than the fight against Zhang Rang. At least there you were allowed to bring help. It's the first mission that really asks you to put together an armor set and upgrade your weapon to make it easy. Stop trying to do everything with melee only, they give you wizardry for a reason. The stone pillars and ice storm spells are especially strong if you stack +damage. And finally you might just have to eat some ranged hits while focusing one guy down. It also might be time to check that you've been getting life pot upgrades (you should have 5-6? Uses by then)
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Mar 7, 2023 14:38
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KonvexKonkav posted:How the gently caress are you supposed to do the sub mission against the 3 person ganksquad. This loving sucks, even worse than the fight against Zhang Rang. At least there you were allowed to bring help. Imposing Slab all the way.
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Mar 7, 2023 14:53
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Just face-tanked my way through the Aoye fight. Lightning weapon with staff basic attack stacks it fast, when lightning status goes up drop poison puddle, 2 statuses and it was taking tons of spirit damage, drop Qinglong and it lasts long enough to heal me through anything. I didn't parry poo poo lol.
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Mar 7, 2023 15:08
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KonvexKonkav posted:How the gently caress are you supposed to do the sub mission against the 3 person ganksquad. This loving sucks, even worse than the fight against Zhang Rang. At least there you were allowed to bring help. Throw another one on the "misguided attempt on gank fight based on a misunderstanding of what made O&S so good in DS1" pile tote up a bags fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Mar 7, 2023 |
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Mar 7, 2023 15:32
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KonvexKonkav posted:How the gently caress are you supposed to do the sub mission against the 3 person ganksquad. This loving sucks, even worse than the fight against Zhang Rang. At least there you were allowed to bring help. sprint to space them out, as they only attack in a duo, leaving a single guy hanging back that you can then circle back around in on to get free hits on and slowly push into spirit disruption range
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Mar 7, 2023 15:43
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tote up a bags posted:Throw another one on the "misguided attempt on gank fight based on a misunderstanding of what made O&S so good in DS1" pile It's a random sub mission, it's more like invading Lautrec
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Mar 7, 2023 15:51
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I got a lot of use out of the level 1 flame blast spell to and the lighting bolt spell that travels along the ground on that fight. Flame blast backs them up when they all charge you at once and the lighting bolt goes through and hits all 3 when they're lined up running after you. They also both stagger pretty consistently, which helps space the enemies out so you can let one come in for a parry and counter to generate some spirit before running away again.
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Mar 7, 2023 16:15
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KonvexKonkav posted:How the gently caress are you supposed to do the sub mission against the 3 person ganksquad. This loving sucks, even worse than the fight against Zhang Rang. At least there you were allowed to bring help. The hill and mud pool near the flag are your friend. You get them to walk through AOE spells. The dual sword guy is the easiest to kill. If you want cheese it Cast your spells near the hill, then sprint to other side of the map with the platform you will drop combat and regen spirit then repeat
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Mar 7, 2023 17:37
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The marshal arts that apply a weapon buff seem to outclass everything because you basically getting a free spell slot. I should have paid more attention to various marshal arts.
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Mar 7, 2023 17:50
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Calidus posted:The marshal arts that apply a weapon buff seem to outclass everything because you basically getting a free spell slot. I should have paid more attention to various marshal arts. There are martial arts for certain weapon that help you gap close. This is really good for chasing enemies down. I have to try it but I was wondering do martial arts animation cancel normal attacks? It wouldn't always be useful since most martial art have longer animation than normal attks but in some of them you can go in the air and dodge ground attacks.
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Mar 7, 2023 18:09
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No but some of them can cancel into themselves, especially ones that make you jump+attack.
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Mar 7, 2023 18:21
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I wish you could change at least one martial art on a weapon. Sucks when you have a good one that's part of a set but both martial arts are the type with long windups that lock you into an animation for a long time. Basically makes them useless.
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Mar 7, 2023 18:36
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Thumbtacks posted:
If you're balanced, you get a bonus. The more of your stats are balanced, more bonuses.
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Mar 7, 2023 19:15
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Thumbtacks posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8mhe9I07s I switched to this after getting a little bored of barely using magic and lmao this rules I still want to give that toxic setup a shot but I need to wait until NG+ I think. Bloodly posted:If you're balanced, you get a bonus. The more of your stats are balanced, more bonuses. Yeah, found a video of it but it's in Chinese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IekdU9XBhss Appears to be around 10% buff to all stats when everything is 30, so not really worth it but kinda interesting. Thumbtacks fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Mar 7, 2023 |
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Mar 7, 2023 19:43
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I started playing around with fire + metal and you can just explode stuff with combos of poison nuke + amplify damage + overpower burst + fire nuke of your choice.
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Mar 7, 2023 21:03
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Does anyone have a breakdown on weapons having different deflect windows?
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Mar 7, 2023 21:16
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tote up a bags posted:Throw another one on the "misguided attempt on gank fight based on a misunderstanding of what made O&S so good in DS1" pile O&S is good because it's chill, fairly easy, and makes you feel like a hero.
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Mar 7, 2023 21:16
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