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I really can’t get enough of these dumbass messages. I might be a child, but every time someone writes “try fingers…” I laugh.
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Modal Auxiliary posted:He also drops an (I think) +8 weapon that will completely gently caress up any low-level PVP build you might be trying for. Learned that one the hard way you should build low-level around +8 weapons anyway, the only people deliberately avoiding Rogier's rapier are running around with their high-level friends to gently caress with people anyway, and regardless of if that's in your favor or not - you're in poor company.
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Mar 27, 2024 21:47
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Keep in mind that +8 is about equivalent to a +3 somber.
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Mar 27, 2024 22:07
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a primate posted:I really can’t get enough of these dumbass messages. I might be a child, but every time someone writes “try fingers…” I laugh. Beware of up, dog
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Mar 27, 2024 22:13
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lol I can't believe the game pulled another 'nope, the map is EVEN BIGGER' when I took a teleport and got a view of farum azula. Am I ever gonna finish this game? Signs point to no.
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Mar 27, 2024 23:43
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I'm replaying DS3, it feels downright claustrophobic and tiny compared to ER. Vordt's GH is still the solution to 90% of PvE.
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Mar 27, 2024 23:46
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Elden Ring actually gave me a new appreciation of the fairly tight, compact 30 hour Dark Souls games. Game you can actually complete without taking annual leave
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Mar 27, 2024 23:50
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No Dignity posted:Elden Ring actually gave me a new appreciation of the fairly tight, compact 30 hour Dark Souls games. Game you can actually complete without taking annual leave Looking at my 60 hr Dark Souls 3 play time on Steam, only getting about halfway through the game probably.
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Mar 27, 2024 23:54
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It took me 63 hours to beat Dark Souls 1 and 65 hours to beat Elden Ring. Please ignore any improvements at this kind of game design in between.
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Mar 28, 2024 00:39
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No Dignity posted:Elden Ring actually gave me a new appreciation of the fairly tight, compact 30 hour Dark Souls games. Game you can actually complete without taking annual leave 30 hours  Just kidding that's probably where I would be at if I just sort of chugged along and didn't go too far out of my way. Definitely not the first playthrough
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Mar 28, 2024 01:50
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every souls game I've played, just like in Elden Ring, has seen my playtime bloated by hours upon hours of invading think playthrough 1 of DS1 wrapped up at around 110 hours
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Mar 28, 2024 01:52
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I just fired up Bloodborne and saw my old save had 98 hours playtime.
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Mar 28, 2024 02:04
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I went from Sekiro 30 hours to Bloodborne back to back so a complete run+ some new game doodling was 16 hours in that. I made it to the "lol go kill some load bearing bosses" hard stop in Elden Ring so now Im just beating up random world bosses I find.
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Mar 28, 2024 02:22
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I take forever to finish any of these games, you really gotta drink in that first playthrough you never get another one better
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Mar 28, 2024 02:29
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Paracelsus posted:I'm replaying DS3, it feels downright claustrophobic and tiny compared to ER. I tried popping into DS3 a couple months back but I just can't handle the reduced mobility compared to Sekiro/Elden Ring. Being able to jump just feels so much better.
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Mar 28, 2024 02:38
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Paracelsus posted:I'm replaying DS3, it feels downright claustrophobic and tiny compared to ER. Honestly the lack of a jump button alone makes it really hard for me to play dark souls anymore. Free jumping is just too good. No Dignity posted:Elden Ring actually gave me a new appreciation of the fairly tight, compact 30 hour Dark Souls games. Game you can actually complete without taking annual leave If you skip most of the content you can beat Elden Ring very fast.
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Mar 28, 2024 03:06
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The only difficulty woth bee-lining Elden Ring as I see it is the lower level stones are spread out a bit since the game doesnt start linear funneling you until Leyendell.
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Mar 28, 2024 03:12
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No Dignity posted:Elden Ring actually gave me a new appreciation of the fairly tight, compact 30 hour Dark Souls games. Game you can actually complete without taking annual leave i've been on the smaller, more focused experience train for years now, since the end products also tend to be better compared to the spiraling open world nightmares you otherwise get. i've been playing dragon's dogma 2 a ton lately and it's a great game, but it's also another case like elden ring where the butter for two slices of bread is being spread over three, and the endgame is a real drag to close out once you get there as a consequence
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Mar 28, 2024 03:41
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I only recently played through ds1 and enjoyed the 30 hours of fun and adventure. Now doing it again because I didn't know defeating the end boss was the point of no return. Wanted to do the dlc too.
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Mar 28, 2024 05:02
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that beast incantation that heals over time is great for when you're just clearing dungeons and want to make the most out of your flasks, I also sometimes use talismans that heal on kill or on crit or whatever
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Mar 28, 2024 05:17
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Vermain posted:i've been on the smaller, more focused experience train for years now, since the end products also tend to be better compared to the spiraling open world nightmares you otherwise get. i've been playing dragon's dogma 2 a ton lately and it's a great game, but it's also another case like elden ring where the butter for two slices of bread is being spread over three, and the endgame is a real drag to close out once you get there as a consequence this seems less like an argument against having a third slice of bread, and more like one for having more butter 
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Mar 28, 2024 06:17
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wow rykard is a huge piece of poo poo at rl1. you can't just fry him because the unupgraded spear won't stunlock, and his phase two firestorm poo poo I've never even seen before is something else. took like a million tries 
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Mar 28, 2024 08:22
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Zodium posted:wow rykard is a huge piece of poo poo at rl1. you can't just fry him because the unupgraded spear won't stunlock, and his phase two firestorm poo poo I've never even seen before is something else. took like a million tries it's a pretty spectacular fight if you actually let him do all his moves
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Mar 28, 2024 08:30
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Zodium posted:wow rykard is a huge piece of poo poo at rl1. you can't just fry him because the unupgraded spear won't stunlock, and his phase two firestorm poo poo I've never even seen before is something else. took like a million tries does rl1 also mean you can't upgrade weapons? i thought it just meant you can't level up
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Mar 28, 2024 08:33
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Node posted:it's a pretty spectacular fight if you actually let him do all his moves it was a pretty cool and hard fight up until the firestorm stuff, just no getting through that if you can't take a hit and there are soon six hundred angry burning skulls chasing you while the dune boss tries to sword you. finally managed to interrupt his firestorm casts by saving the spear aow just for that. Wafflecopper posted:does rl1 also mean you can't upgrade weapons? i thought it just meant you can't level up dunno. just seemed to make sense I guess, don't think anyone will put you in jail if you do.
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Mar 28, 2024 08:48
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It is good and proper to take the spear, look at the giant serpent, think “hm,” and memory of grace out until Iji can put as many rocks in that pointy stick as you’ve got.
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Mar 28, 2024 09:00
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Zodium posted:dunno. just seemed to make sense I guess, don't think anyone will put you in jail if you do. fair enough. in for a penny, in for a pound, i dig that i also will not be attempting any rl1 runs regardless of rules, so no game cops gonna put me in jail either way Wafflecopper fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Mar 28, 2024 |
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Mar 28, 2024 09:02
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it's actually super fun. you end up with maxed out consumables of all kinds and you gotta use them, try different weapons and affinities, sometimes multiple weapons for a single fight, trying this and that talisman or spell, treating each boss move as its own thing to master. would recommend even if you think you're not good at the game.
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Mar 28, 2024 09:18
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I get what they were going for with Rykard phase 2 but when he starts doing his big flashy moves it all becomes completely incomprehensible to me. Like it’s just a bunch of flashing colors on the screen and then I die.
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Mar 28, 2024 12:50
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once the skulls start raining down you just wanna book it, if you’re sprinting they’ll hit the ground and disappear without hurting you
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Mar 28, 2024 13:10
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Zodium posted:wow rykard is a huge piece of poo poo at rl1. you can't just fry him because the unupgraded spear won't stunlock, and his phase two firestorm poo poo I've never even seen before is something else. took like a million tries Upgrading weapons has no effect on stance damage just fyi.
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Mar 28, 2024 16:02
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I would have thought Rykard would be relatively trivial with the fight being balanced around an upgraded serpent hunter
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Mustached Demon posted:I only recently played through ds1 and enjoyed the 30 hours of fun and adventure. I did play Demon's Souls and the remake much later and had a similar 30ish time. The answer obviously is that you learn From's design and it crosses over games.
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Mar 28, 2024 16:27
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I was fighting the Regal Ancestor Spirit last night, and during its phase two transition, it up and died with half a health bar left. It phased in to the ground, so I started walking around, waiting for it to reappear as one of the spirit animals, but noticed it was taking longer than usual. Then I heard the SHINK! of death and I was the new proud owner of a remembrance and some runes. I thought they fixed these phase 2 death glitches for bosses, but I guess not!
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Mar 28, 2024 16:32
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Fister Roboto posted:Upgrading weapons has no effect on stance damage just fyi. hmm, not sure what was going on then. I could stagger him twice, then had to dodge two attacks before it would stagger again.
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Mar 28, 2024 16:37
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Zodium posted:hmm, not sure what was going on then. I could stagger him twice, then had to dodge two attacks before it would stagger again. That's just normal. Even with optimal setup (serpent hunter in left hand, lance in right hand, doing crouching L1s) it takes like 5-6 hits to stagger him.
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Mar 28, 2024 16:51
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huh. guess i never noticed before because he would just get deleted. crazy
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Was gonna say, I always understood it that the AoW specifically was a free instant stagger and that was key for phase 2. I don't even remember staggering him being a big part of the fight otherwise.
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Mar 28, 2024 18:39
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First time I tried it, I didn’t realize that the standard attacks had the storm ruler effect so I burned all of my juice on the ash of war effects.
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My first time I was the opposite and staunchly refused to use the AoW at all to my inevitable detriment. But then, I also hammered phase 1 to death with blunt force just to see if I could.
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