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Suffice it to say that Straid is an all-around magical badass who's capable of making all sorts of crazy things.  And as for his room, all those Undead Citizens will leave you alone if you don't attack them or get right in their faces in Scholar. (They would in fact rush you in the original game, though.)I might have said it before, but regardless you shouldn't worry about being able to hit stat requirements unless they're stupid high (60+). DS2 will give you a lot of levels (around 200 by endgame with the DLCs, or around 150 without them) and you can always respec if need be. I believe Kuvo's confusing the Stone Ring with something else. The Stone Ring applies +30 poise damage to each hit, which as usual won't get around shields but is amazing for builds that use less-powerful-but-faster weapons. The Heide Knights, for instance, can largely be trivialized with the Stone Ring and a two-handed rapier or spear. (Every two R1 pokes will stagger them.)
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What video with spoilers are they referencing in this one?
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MisterShine posted:What video with spoilers are they referencing in this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kr7KDCsIws GEOP DO NOT WATCH
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Apr 30, 2017 05:42
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no worries, I remember the art/thumbnail 
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Lprsti99 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kr7KDCsIws GEOP DO WATCH IN 2 YEARS WHEN LP DONE
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Apr 30, 2017 06:56
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MisterShine posted:GEOP DO WATCH IN 2 YEARS WHEN LP DONE Also yes.
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Apr 30, 2017 08:40
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Now that we've seen that guy
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Apr 30, 2017 10:30
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Is that the first cyclopotamus Geop has killed?
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Apr 30, 2017 11:01
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I just checked the wiki, and there are only 8 boss souls that overlap between Straid and Ornifex. Most of them are completely separated stacks. Right now Geop has _no_ boss souls that can be used by both vendors.
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Poise is basically worthless in dark souls 2 sadly geop, as in: stack poo poo tonnes of it and you can take one light hit with a longsword every 30 seconds. Theres a multiplier on 2 hand attacks so that with a dagger in 2 hands even if they're wearing havel's set you'll still stagger them.
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NGDBSS posted:And as for his room, all those Undead Citizens will leave you alone if you don't attack them or get right in their faces in Scholar. (They would in fact rush you in the original game, though.) They straight up won't aggro at all unless you attack. You can run in and out and through the room without any worry Geop.
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Apr 30, 2017 14:28
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Artum posted:Poise is basically worthless in dark souls 2 sadly geop, as in: stack poo poo tonnes of it and you can take one light hit with a longsword every 30 seconds. Theres a multiplier on 2 hand attacks so that with a dagger in 2 hands even if they're wearing havel's set you'll still stagger them. Poise is really useful and functional you just have to have a fuckload of it.
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Artum posted:Poise is basically worthless in dark souls 2 sadly geop, as in: stack poo poo tonnes of it and you can take one light hit with a longsword every 30 seconds. Theres a multiplier on 2 hand attacks so that with a dagger in 2 hands even if they're wearing havel's set you'll still stagger them. RBA Starblade posted:Poise is really useful and functional you just have to have a fuckload of it. All this does have one notable upside for the player, that smash attacks are quite reliable with proper attention. See, a number of heavy weapons will knock an opponent down or send them flying with a 2HR2, allowing you to keep them under control so long as they're not some titan with exorbitant amounts of poise. So basically, not a boss or a miniboss. (I've taken to calling these "smash attacks" based on the Super Smash Bros. games but I'm sure that there's some internal name that's more pithy.) Of course they'll always do damage if they connect, but they won't inflict knockdown unless such a hit would stagger the opponent (reduce them to 0 or less effective poise after poise damage) - which can include the smash attack itself. The effect is that if you want to keep flattening someone like a Royal Guard but can't do so in one hit, then you can use some combination of the Stone Ring or otherwise wearing poise down over multiple hits to make up the difference.
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Weren't we specifically banned from talking about poise in the old thread?
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I'm not gonna talk about poise, I will however mention that the dragonrider twinblade is fun to use, esp. if a dex spellcaster. Also the barbed club is kinda garbage IMO. e: I don't think I've ever used any of the halberds; any one have an opinion on those?
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ilmucche posted:Weren't we specifically banned from talking about poise in the old thread? double nine posted:I'm not gonna talk about poise, I will however mention that the dragonrider twinblade is fun to use, esp. if a dex spellcaster. Also the barbed club is kinda garbage IMO.
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Oh yeah, I remember now. That always threw me off because I sucked at correctly guessing the distance.
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Isn't Straid the guy who eventually turned into Skeletor? (also, I am reasonably sure it's the a-gah-pay ring, not agape. I considered Goatseing it, but it's so tiny...)
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Artum posted:Poise is basically worthless in dark souls 2 sadly geop, as in: stack poo poo tonnes of it and you can take one light hit with a longsword every 30 seconds. Theres a multiplier on 2 hand attacks so that with a dagger in 2 hands even if they're wearing havel's set you'll still stagger them. I think other players generally deal more poise damage than humanoid sized enemies, so poise may be less effective in PvP, but I generally don't do much PvP and I'm not sure.
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my only contribution to the poise conversation is that I basically never ever took my stone ring off ever coulda sworn it tipped me and my clubs and hammers over the stagger threshold for a good bunch of dudes who wouldn't have flinched otherwise
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Artum posted:Poise is basically worthless in dark souls 2 sadly geop, as in: stack poo poo tonnes of it and you can take one light hit with a longsword every 30 seconds. Theres a multiplier on 2 hand attacks so that with a dagger in 2 hands even if they're wearing havel's set you'll still stagger them. Without getting into the fine details (since NGDBSS already did) this is absolutely false. Poise is quite useful in DS2, especially when you're fighting multiple enemies. Might not do much for Geop though given his more reactive play style. Midnight Voyager posted:(also, I am reasonably sure it's the a-gah-pay ring, not agape. I considered Goatseing it, but it's so tiny...) I've seen a lot of people say this and...no, it's agape as in an agape maw which the ring functions as, sucking up all your souls. It's got nothing to do with love.
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scamtank posted:my only contribution to the poise conversation is that I basically never ever took my stone ring off ever I remember finding the stone ring super useful as well.
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Stone Ring is low key one of the best rings in the game.
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The Stone Ring is also convenient in that since it's rarely good against bosses, you can just swap it with a Covetous Silver Serpent Ring before boss battles. Since it's against bosses that the CSSR is the most useful, that works out nicely. If you're starting as a sorcerer, you can probably get it right away.
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I put that thing on and never took it off. Well. Except against a certain someone at the bottom of THAT place.
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Problem with the stone ring is that it's effect isn't very visible - would that enemy have flinched if I hadn't had the ring on y/n?
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Since Geop's seen it now in the boss weapon list I'd like to say the roaring halberd is a cool-rear end weapon with a neat skull on it.
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Regarding the last fire keeper - I don't think this is ever elaborated upon in the game but that woman who narrated the intro and told you to go to Drangleic looked awfully like the two crones...
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Genocyber posted:I've seen a lot of people say this and...no, it's agape as in an agape maw which the ring functions as, sucking up all your souls. It's got nothing to do with love. Oh, so it is actually a goatse ring.
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The Dragonrider Bow is pretty great and I'm glad Geop picked it up. It is my go-to bow in this game. It eats a lot of stamina per shot, but its attack power is second only to a greatbow, pretty much.
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I just remembered that ... with the bonfire aesthetic you can get all boss weapons for a particular boss in a single game, if you feel so inclined. That's really neat.
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double nine posted:bonfire aesthetic
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double nine posted:I just remembered that ... with the bonfire a e s t h e t i c... It's "ascetic," but now I have Vaporwave stuck in my head.
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I can't shake the feeling that the word they were going for had more to do with ascension than asceticism, but somewhere down the line something a flub went through the filters
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scamtank posted:I can't shake the feeling that the word they were going for had more to do with ascension than asceticism, but somewhere down the line something a flub went through the filters I know I'm quoting wikipedia and all, but I feel like "ascetic" was the exact word they were wanting. quote:The adjective "ascetic" derives from the ancient Greek term askēsis, which means training or exercise. The original usage did not refer to self-denial, but to the physical training required for athletic events.
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Straid is pretty great. He's just a very Dark Souls NPC. He sells stuff. He sells really cool stuff. He does this while taking the piss out of and insulting you. He gives you a good gesture. You get some cool setting information out of him. His voice actor does a nice job. He has an evil laugh. He scores very high on the great DS NPC checklist. He's not quite Patches, but he has a good go. Also Flame Swathe was crazy-good in the original, dunno if they toned it down any for Scholar. I'm sure the animation is still cool as heck though.
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Fish Noise posted:This. This right here. The single most hilarious thing that DS2 has given us.
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Bonfire Ascetics are the most broken item in the game. Additionally, I'm pretty sure the Flame Swathe pyromancy is also ridiculously broken, but that may have gotten a nerf.
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Every time Straid says "Very good, very good indeed!" I must "very good" as well
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