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01011001
Dec 26, 2012

both the saw spear, and the rifle spear, are good

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01011001
Dec 26, 2012

also in general weapons that go 2h in a mode have a unique l2. axe's is pretty handy

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

NickRoweFillea posted:

I think the spooky bag guys that hit like a ton of bricks drop them pretty regularly

they do, i have a bunch from getting owned over and over in that section until i discovered the magic of chain backstabs

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

good lord gently caress those rolling ogres

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

see, i tried that, then he just rolled into me and then i died. i got him eventually though by drop attacking him

ps ludwig's holy sword owns, its everything ive ever wanted in a sword in a souls game

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

i got some slowdown in old yharnam when going right up on one of the smoke plumes or burning things but thats about it

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

its the kirkhammer, except instead of the hammer part you get a really good greatsword. the 1h sword part is identical i think

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

THE PENETRATOR posted:

If you want to level up something else, in stead

is bloodtinge or arcane worth it at all past a few points? i mean i was gonna go str+skill anyway because i always have fun with quality builds but i havent seen anything solid for them yet, though im still not too far

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Scrub-Niggurath posted:

You don't get any magic till late in the game but the magic you do get is some crazy poo poo

second playthrough maybe then. are there really good guns that go along with bloodtinge or does that just kinda hang out

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

good to know

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

hubris.height posted:

is he trying to be funny idk i refuse to believe anyone flails so wildly at cleric beast

i mean if you try to parry it like normal monsters its not gonna work and it sounds like he was mostly doing that. cleric beast can be nasty if you have one of the less good weapons for it, i struggled with the cane before i found the saw-spear and beat it in like one more try

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Nanomashoes posted:

I thought you could parry the Cleric Beast if you shoot it in the head during certain attacks, just don't remember which ones. You can do the same to Amygdala when he opens up his head sphincters to shoot poison at you and then visceral attack him.

yeah, its just that you dont always have a clear shot at his head so if you just try to do it after any old attack youre gonna get clobbered

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Sharkopath posted:

Yeah his standard swipe attack from the left side you can shoot down and do the big damage riposte until about half health, when he starts putting poison on anything.

Vicar and Paarl are much harder bosses that I have to train for now, but I will triumph.

paarl is pretty nasty so far. im gonna kill him though

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

CharlestonJew posted:

wait you can parry the Blood Starved Beast? I just kinda stayed behind it and slashed it until it died.

Also checking out the Healing Church Workshop, there's something making a bunch of noise at the bottom but I cant see it and I'm not sure if I can survive the fall to the bottom.

you cant parry the leap, is the thing. or at least i sucked at it

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

A Spider Covets posted:

i cant get over this gif and i dont care if its already been posted here, it can be posted again



lmao

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

stoutfish posted:

fire dog is a dark souls boss in a game where you move and dodge twice as fast

firedog is basically slightly harder quelaag as far as i can tell

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

CharlestonJew posted:

The 1st randomly generated CD I did had the exact same bosses as the very first one except the Undead Giant had a cannon for an arm

edit: ^^ Yeah. I just got bad luck on the boss generation

the bosses have their stuff randomized too? cool

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

this pthumerian descendant guy is tearing me a new one

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Fredrik1 posted:

Of course the Witch of Hemmik isn't actually one witch. Of course I relax for a second waiting for the kill message only to get killed by her sister or whatever..

lol, i knew better after it was insanely easy taking down one

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

stoutfish posted:

i actually beat witch of hemmik first try :mrgw:

i got killed like twice because one hit me with the blue ring and the other grabbed me. they were pretty easy though

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

just got to the second half of the forest. i dont know what i was expecting but it wasnt that

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

i kinda want to start using another weapon more because ive been using ludwig's holy sword for so long but that scaling/damage is hard to pass up given im rolling quality

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

this pistol rapier is cool as heck

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

logarius is a really fun fight that i keep loving up for no good reason

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

stoutfish posted:

i feel like the strategy for logarius is to be extremely aggressive in the first phase and extremely passive in the second.

and don't miss that backstab when he powers up

sounds about right

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

pistol is probably better at the very beginning, you can get the other soon enough though so whatever

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

hubris.height posted:

should I upgrade to the repeating pistol ever? does the damage really matter or is it easier to interrupt with? its literally the only thing I use pistol for

probably not if youre just using guns for parrying

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

zen death robot posted:

The cannon is the only thing where the damage is meaningful but it uses half you ammo so it's still a gimmick weapon that you use for a finishing shot or a laugh

its pretty nice if you have the runes that give you bullets back when you visceral

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

also worth mentioning cannon goes up 20% damage per upgrade instead of 10%

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

psychoJ posted:

i legit used the cannon and some bone marrow ash to beat (late game spoilers)Ebrietas because gently caress her.

ive only got it at like +5 now but with bone marrow ash up it already deals almost a thousand if it hits. cannon owns

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Scrub-Niggurath posted:

Same, i think i was supposed to fight him earlier

yeah, you can get there as early as immediately after blood-starved, which is when i fought him

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Budget Prefuse posted:

Gamer Girlfriend Zoq: Hey Babe...Watcha Playin?
Me: Bblordbonre.
Zoq: Are you winning?
Me: Baby.......I Beat It

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Sharkopath posted:

if you get your insight high enough the same dude is behind every door in yarnham, telling you about the secret area.

is this the tonsil stone guy because i thought it was just a random house

that owns if its every one

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

nah witch of hemwick is pretty easy

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Sharkopath posted:

I got to the inside of iosefka's clinic and it's really spooky even though there's not a lot in there.

I think the indoor environments of the game are some of the most unsettling, with the lighting system and all, not that the outdoors ones are slouching though. The bottom of the forest with all the 20 foot gravestones covered in mist is my favorite souls series place to date.

I hope if they do another one of these games the push the time even further ahead to past the turn of the century, keep the horror theming and try doing more of in buildings cause they can do those environments pretty well.

theres one very important thing in there, and a really nasty one depending on when you go

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

stoutfish posted:

i got very cocky and impatient because it's the easiest boss in the game.

same

NickRoweFillea posted:

i think the more insight you have the more witches there are.

nah

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Sharkopath posted:

i'm kind of sad all the magic stuff is super far in the game cause it seems neat from what I've been messing around with

theres at least one you can get immediately after blood-starved

a few items have arcane scaling too before that

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Nanomashoes posted:

Every weapon has a transform attack if you transform in a combo or after dodging.

i keep finding this out because i keep dying by pulling one out accidentally

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

THE PENETRATOR posted:

i know that but that's not what i'm talking about, read what i wrote you freaking idiot!!!

you transform and then attack during the animation while you're sheathing the sword... without doing any other attack
it's different from the combo transform, or the dodge transform, and only exists on those weapons. gently caress u

sweet. the axe has one too

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01011001
Dec 26, 2012

the cane is rough going to start with compared to the other stuff you get early, but later on it's pretty great

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