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UnbearablyBlight posted:I can’t give suggestions because my tastes are pretty different from yours, but I always liked to find good waiting spots when I was invading too. My favorite was always fallen ruins on the lake. It feels like one of the most peaceful places in the game to me. Ruin strewn precipice is also really nice - beautiful view with somber harpy-song in the background. Actually there might be some spots that meet your criteria there too. Dyz posted:Theres a small campfire above Highroad Cave at the end of the little river that runs into Agheel Lake, its a pretty chill spot with a view of the Bestial Sanctum. I'll check these out, thanks! I think the best view in the game is from the top of Four Belfries when it's clear. Very peaceful.
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Getting to that bonfire at the bottom of the swamp was one of my most memorable experiences in these games. Huge sigh of relief
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https://twitter.com/ettingermentum/status/1787866948719558700
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Augus posted:blighttown rules and hasn’t had framerate issue since 2018 Ya lol I meant originally, also I love that level just for it's difficulty. Dark Souls 1 still has the most unique levels/dungeons of any of their games. (we don't talk about lost izalith) Like Sen's Fortress, a castle with all these traps and contraptions was such a cool idea and then fighting a freaking giant on top of the castle.
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Augus posted:blighttown rules and hasn’t had framerate issue since 2018 Once data is entered, it cannot be modified. Beep boop. The Xbox has no games. Beep boop.
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Drain 001 posted:I've been searching for the perfect place to chill while waiting to get summoned. Obviously it doesn't matter, but it's still fun to me to try and find a spot that meets the following criteria: Yura's initial location is under a slab of ruins on the surface, has a fire, and I don't recall any ambient noisemakers in the immediate vicinity, although if you go a little east there's a fight between demihumans and soldiers. You can get views of Agheel lake and the ocean from there.
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Ulio posted:Ya lol I meant originally, also I love that level just for it's difficulty. Dark Souls 1 still has the most unique levels/dungeons of any of their games. (we don't talk about lost izalith) Lost Izalith was a cool level ruined by too many butt demons
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Mustached Demon posted:Lost Izalith was a cool level ruined by too many butt demons real heads never even saw the butt demon area
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scary ghost dog posted:worm heads never even saw the butt demon area
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scary ghost dog posted:real heads never even saw the butt demon area You still see it, just from above instead of ankle's-eye view.
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Then you need to battle the worst boss in the series and I say that without playing ds3.
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Arcane run has evolved into putting bloody slash on a Shamshir and stun locked Rennala with my skeletal militia buddies and killing her in 30 seconds Keeping Reduvia in the back pocket for it's awesome ash but the Shamshir actually being able to momentarily stun is massive for me since I'm also committing to always having light roll so my ability to stand and slug it out with enemies is non-existent
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Everyone remembers their first trip down to Siofra but Caelid is a very similar memory for me. It would be difficult to convince anyone this wasn't staged given the way I pan the camera, but this was my very first time in this area and this encounter was totally organic. I'm just a weirdo who plays with my index finger curled to hit A for running so I can use my thumb to move the camera all the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA8iqHnbIiA So many devs have such brain worms they cant see beyond forest/desert/snow biomes (looking at you blizzard), thank god FROM can still deliver interesting environments, even if they are dread inducing.
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Mustached Demon posted:Then you need to battle the worst boss in the series and I say that without playing ds3. DS3's only completely awful boss is Midir, and he's really only awful because he's in a game with a stamina bar.
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Mustached Demon posted:Then you need to battle the worst boss in the series and I say that without playing ds3. Deacons may seem bad at first, but then you visit couple of times, hear what they have to say and read the pamphlets, soon you're chilling in the cathedral no problem. They're really nice bunch of hollows
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Goatson posted:Deacons may seem bad at first, but then you visit couple of times, hear what they have to say and read the pamphlets, soon you're chilling in the cathedral no problem. They're really nice bunch of hollows They treat you like family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUh78b2dqJg
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codo27 posted:Everyone remembers their first trip down to Siofra but Caelid is a very similar memory for me. lol i have a similar video https://youtu.be/nhv5IbMnXFc?si=ervmWRpLNeBeKYYk
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What's the complaint against Deacons?
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That they're barely even a boss fight, just a bunch of jumped up adds whose only gimmick is an enrage timer
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sounds like me playing a v game
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Go hang out with the abandoned merchant in Siofra, he could use the company
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Skippy McPants posted:My only problem with Caelid is the stupid blue laser golem down that one cliffside in Dragonbarrow who's is a pain in the rear end to reach, has five billion health, and the sheer loving gall to not drop a drat thing when you finally kill him. If I remember correctly, I may not be because its been so long since I've bothered fighting him, he has the same weakness as all the other massive golems; hitting his ankles will cause him to fall over so you can hit his chest for massive damage, but the problem is the ledge you fight him on is so tiny and his lasers continue firing even as he's doing other stuff that it's almost impossible to actually critical hit him.
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scary ghost dog posted:lol i have a similar video https://youtu.be/nhv5IbMnXFc?si=ervmWRpLNeBeKYYk Had my computer on mute and turned up the volume the literal instant you were attacked.
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a primate posted:If you have a broken brain like me, you’ll play it once blind, then a second time using a 100% guide because I must consume all content at all costs this was me. broke or couldn't figure out how to finish every quest but ranni's my first playthrough and used guides to make sure i could do all the ones i wanted the second time around
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Pyro Jack posted:
Your character looks like a fancier Fume Knight, I dig it.
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I think I kinda wanna go through the DLC with the horn on my first go around. What talismans do people use with that? I assume anything that boosts weapon skills?
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I think the holy scorpion charm would be a good pick too? And the carian filigree talisman for throughput if you want to spam it
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:DS3's only completely awful boss is Midir, and he's really only awful because he's in a game with a stamina bar. No way, Midir rocks, best dragon fight in the series (maybe tied with Placidusax). I used to not like him very much because of the massive health pool and the camera going nuts, but then I learned that just staying in front of him and whacking him in the head exclusively eliminates both of those complaints. I finished an all bosses SL1 DS3 run recently and he was a major highlight. Stamina was not an issue at all.
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as always, it's not really about being difficult or "doing it right", it's just that the entire dynamic of dragon fights is boring compared to humanoid bosses. the camera is still bad no matter how you approach them, the head is still physically out of reach half the time even if you know better than to hug to butt, and constantly running across the field to catch up with the boss is just dead, wasted time even when you have a horse or a grappling hook and worse when you don't e: basically the problem is that huge chunks of any dragon boss's routine is either an effective invulnerability phase for melee characters, or in some cases (phase 1 Nameless King, large chunks of the Placidusax fight) a literal invulnerability phase. a boss fight should never put the player in a situation where the only thing they can do to progress the win condition is "wait" Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 19:22 on May 8, 2024 |
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If I had to rate bosses by scale of how loudly I screamed "gently caress yeah!" when I finally managed to beat them then Midir is there on top with Capra Demon, Pursuer and Blackflame kindred. On the opposing end - trying to remember - I'd say Wolnir is pretty forgettable. And Lichdragon Fortissax in ER: I've beaten it several times and still don't remember much about the fight.
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I was happy after finally beating the garbage heap that's seedbed of chaos. I'm getting towards the end of my blind DS2 run. Notable bosses: headless snake lady, mirror knight, lost sinner, and giant spider queen (spider not scorpion).
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Mustached Demon posted:I was happy after finally beating the garbage heap that's seedbed of chaos. Giant spider queen is such a weird and fun fight, although I can see why folks hate it. Maybe it's my brain-breakage from World of Warcraft but I really enjoy bosses with adds and crowd-control / target-selection elements.
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Muscle Tracer posted:Giant spider queen is such a weird and fun fight, although I can see why folks hate it. Maybe it's my brain-breakage from World of Warcraft but I really enjoy bosses with adds and crowd-control / target-selection elements. Decisions and competing priorities at any given moment are interesting! It's basically the inverse of what I was complaining about earlier.
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Mustached Demon posted:I was happy after finally beating the garbage heap that's seedbed of chaos. I really enjoyed the gargoyles, too. 
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Modal Auxiliary posted:I really enjoyed the gargoyles, too. I don't think I found the ds2 gargoyle boss. Beat up a few regular enemies though. You can completely ignore the little spiders on spider queen just by off handing a torch. She was still fun since you had to get in and stab her face. Whole level of spider was horrifying so I just never put the torch away.
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ds2 gargoyles felt like horseshit at the time but now its quaint
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:as always, it's not really about being difficult or "doing it right", it's just that the entire dynamic of dragon fights is boring compared to humanoid bosses. The only boss in these games that I've ever felt that I'm mindlessly chasing around is Elden Beast. Almost all of Midir's attacks have him directly approaching, tracking and charging the player. He has a single move in which he creates distance between himself and the player, the aerial fire sweep. He follows up all of his fire attacks that the player has to move away from with claw swipes, bites, and a charge that puts him right back in your face. I recorded the SL1 fight I mentioned and uploaded it here if you want to see what I'm talking about : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWhEtLAIS58 I hear where you're coming from as far as "waiting" goes in certain contexts, but I think those moments can also be a great way of building tension and drama, like Placidusax flying through the sky, leaving a trail of dark stormclouds and red lightning bolts as he is preparing to divebomb you. It heightens the spectacle and fear factor of the fight at the potential cost of a few seconds of inactivity. I think that's a fair trade. And you're still free to heal / buff / use items in this brief window of downtime, which involves the proactive decision making and prioritization you mentioned. I've never felt like "okay, I'm just waiting for the game to let me play again" in the midst of combat in these games.
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