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FishMcCool posted:Sinh is my favourite dragon in the series. It's just a cool fight with a good balance of air vs ground making it feel like you're actually fighting a dragon and not a giant lizard, the arena is super scenic, and Sinh itself looks awesome with that spear still in. The giant drake in the sanctum is just a bad fight though. What giant drake in the sanctum are you talking about? Do you mean the ancient dragon in the dragon shrine?
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Rode this lift in Hamburg and i was too traumatized by dark souls to dare riding it around the top or bottom, was convinced I'd get squashed or something https://youtu.be/EXFMQ5sRgo0
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SHISHKABOB posted:What giant drake in the sanctum are you talking about? Do you mean the ancient dragon in the dragon shrine? Yeah, sorry, the giant fake dragon above the eyrie, its shrine indeed, not sanctum.
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Just got wrecked by an invader in the narrow passage before the ruin sentinels. They were wearing the butterfly set and used corrosive urns and now all my poo poo is broken. Lol good one.
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I completely forgot how hosed up the DLC is in this game. I've finished the game twice before but the second time I skipped the DLC entirely, and now just going through the first section of Sunken King I remember why I did that. Definitely doesn't help that I played a sorcerer this time but now I recall that even as a heavily armored mace wielder it was a slog my first time through.
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Adam Bowen posted:I completely forgot how hosed up the DLC is in this game. I've finished the game twice before but the second time I skipped the DLC entirely, and now just going through the first section of Sunken King I remember why I did that. Definitely doesn't help that I played a sorcerer this time but now I recall that even as a heavily armored mace wielder it was a slog my first time through. The DLC are incredibly good I love them.
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I love the DLC level design and some of the bosses are great but the massive jump in difficulty compared to the final parts of the base game is pretty nuts, especially with how the regular mobs scale so abruptly. I guess the DLC in other From games are similar, although I recall Artorias of the Abyss being pretty fairly balanced for a character at the end of DS1.
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Adam Bowen posted:I love the DLC level design and some of the bosses are great but the massive jump in difficulty compared to the final parts of the base game is pretty nuts, especially with how the regular mobs scale so abruptly. I guess the DLC in other From games are similar, although I recall Artorias of the Abyss being pretty fairly balanced for a character at the end of DS1. Kind of depends on the character. The DS1 DLC is full of bosses with high defenses who will poo poo all over you if you rely on split damage, which was otherwise the best in base DS1, like it had been the power option in DeS. The bosses and enemies also skew faster than a lot of the base game so mid-blocking and mid-rolling characters were disadvantaged as well, whereas naked guys ninja flipping around with +15 great scythe, or greatshield tanks or wizards or whatever did comparatively well.
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The regular dudes in all three DLCs are incredibly weak to backstabs. You can beat most of the traversal parts (outside of the Iron King big boys) with an unupgraded dagger.
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Running past enemies like a madman is a viable strategy too. 
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in ds2 just make sure you have enough space between you and the enemies chasing you before committing to the fog wall. you do NOT get a quick exit in this one
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One of my all time favorite souls memories will be kicking some dude in the back as he tried to escape to fight the blue smelter demon The poor sap right around 2:40 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-tG_lZr7bk&t=160s Invading the dlc co-op areas was delightfully sadistic Son of Thunderbeast fucked around with this message at 15:25 on May 8, 2023 |
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May 8, 2023 15:22
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I never got the previous thread title but im very happy with this one. god bless
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heard u like girls posted:I never got the previous thread title but im very happy with this one. god bless It was a reference to Nashandra, Elana, Nadalia, and Alsanna, the fragments of Manus and wives of the old kings.
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I see, ty
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(at the drangleic ha-ha hut) You're just sitting there ruling a kingdom, minding your own business, and bam! Some broad from Albuquerque's got your knights, your kingdom, and your pride!
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:(at the drangleic ha-ha hut) You're just sitting there ruling a kingdom, minding your own business, and bam! Some broad from Albuquerque's got your knights, your kingdom, and your pride! Wives, amirite?
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 Ok so that's done (took 3 free hits with the MLGS at the start and 29 Dark Orbs), feels like a skipped a huge part of Brume Tower though, I never found more than the six wedges you get at the start. Thankfully I had four left when I got to Fume Knight. The fight itself wasn't as bad, just a lot of patience and single attacks followed by backwards-left strafing to bait out an attack. The NPC summons were a mean joke, papier-mâché wizzard died in only a handful of hits, and caestus lady did single digit damage per hit, just cruel. giZm fucked around with this message at 22:15 on May 9, 2023 |
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:(at the drangleic ha-ha hut) You're just sitting there ruling a kingdom, minding your own business, and bam! Some broad from Albuquerque's got your knights, your kingdom, and your pride! Vendrick: Take my wife.... please...
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christmas boots posted:Vendrick: Take my wife.... please... Vendrick:I get no respect, no respect at all. Last week my robe caught fire and a curse bearer tried to put it out with an axe!
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Drangleic is boomer purgatory apparently
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Orv posted:Drangleic is boomer purgatory apparently  The final boss of Dark Souls 2
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Smelter demon?? I ‘ardly know ‘er demon!
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heard u like girls posted:I never got the previous thread title but im very happy with this one. god bless is this a Lucatille joke?
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Analytic Engine posted:is this a Lucatille joke? Who?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpSoGZa3Hrw Majula is the best hub imo
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I think I prefer the overall concept of Firelink Shrine in DS1, with its "wayward travelers meeting at a shared refuge" and "secretly connected to your ultimate goal all along" aspects. (Which now that I think about it are both directly coped from DeS.) But the actual execution is so-so for various reasons. In that sense, I wish Majula could be a bit cozier and more communal than it is, but its sights and sounds are otherwise unmatched.
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giZm posted:The NPC summons were a mean joke, papier-mâché wizzard died in only a handful of hits, and caestus lady did single digit damage per hit, just cruel. Fume Knight is a boss where imho, even if you're struggling, you're better off solo. The NPCs are really so-so and not worth the massive increase in HP the boss gets due to their mere presence.
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FishMcCool posted:Fume Knight is a boss where imho, even if you're struggling, you're better off solo. The NPCs are really so-so and not worth the massive increase in HP the boss gets due to their mere presence. Hot take: DS2 has the best jumping out of all the Soulsbornes. It's an actual jump, you can get some sick air in Majula.
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Another reason why Elden ring is dark souls ii 2 Grats on beating fume knight btw!
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giZm posted:Hot take: DS2 has the best jumping out of all the Soulsbornes. It really does
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My favorite part about the jumping is it makes the approach to the colosseum a breeze, you can just sprint past all the enemies, across the bridge, then jump to the ledge on the right at the end of the bridge and wait for everyone to walk away and or die. Optionally you can snipe the invader npc from there too
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Grats on beating fume knight btw! Son of Thunderbeast posted:My favorite part about the jumping is it makes the approach to the colosseum a breeze, you can just sprint past all the enemies, across the bridge, then jump to the ledge on the right at the end of the bridge and wait for everyone to walk away and or die. Optionally you can snipe the invader npc from there too
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giZm posted:Hot take: DS2 has the best jumping out of all the Soulsbornes. It's an actual jump, you can get some sick air in Majula.
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Can’t go back to the Souls sprint-only jump now. Sekiro and Elden Ring have completely ruined it for me
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What Sekiro ruined for me was the dodge button. In Sekiro you dodge into sprint so it becomes a really effective zoning tool.
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Grabbed the Eye of the Priestess, so of course the first thing I did was go back to Shaded Woods for some good old fashioned ghost Wasn't the ice wind supposed to stop after Aava was killed? What am I missing?
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giZm posted:Wasn't the ice wind supposed to stop after Aava was killed? What am I missing? Go past Aava and into the cathedral and you'll be able to progress after that.
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giZm posted:Grabbed the Eye of the Priestess, so of course the first thing I did was go back to Shaded Woods for some good old fashioned ghost Go upstairs from the arena to the cathedral and talk to the NPC inside, she’ll turn it off
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Got it, thanks. The area really opened up now, lots of new stuff to find, I'm enjoying this DLC so far. But what's with the fake white phantom with the greatlance? Troll character?
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