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Ulio posted:Foul tarnished using a shield thats why you will remain maidenless. Terrible post.
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Mustached Demon posted:Guard countering owns though. CLINK Just guard counter when guarding with the weapon. You can two hand the caestus, guard with your fist, then counter with. your. fist.
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OwlFancier posted:Playing with a greatshield is good fun because it's surprising the number of enemies that are very stressful normally who you can just bounce out of their combos with a greatshield. Greatshields are really good, fingerprint especially. Like Artorias shield in DS1 it basically rewards strength boosting chars by making them unkillable by most enemies, just sit back and turtle/guard counter everything. Not invincible enough? Add barricade shield. Dual sword banished knights get crushed. Slow walk up to albinauric archers. Face tank waterfowl dance. Basically only AOEs and status effects can hurt you. You can also beat people with it.
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Started theory-crafting last night about how to optimize the Great Stars further, and I found out yesterday that weapons with Blood Ashes of War make it so Bleed scales with Arcane. I'm wondering if I should try infusing the Great Stars with an appropriate Ash (looks like there's two: Poisonous Mist and White Shadow's Lure) to inflict Bleed easier. Looking at a weapon calculator, Great Stars +25 with an Arcane stat of 10 ups the Bleed damage from 55 to 101, but it looks like it just overwrites the innate bleed damage, rather than adding to it. Also don't know if it's doubled if I'm dual-wielding them. EDIT: Actually, I'm wondering if Flame Art would be better, since I've been putting points into Faith, and it looks like that would do more damage than just with Heavy (split damage, yeah, but I was thinking about using it against enemies/bosses weak to fire). Max Wilco fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Apr 18, 2024 |
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Apr 18, 2024 00:06
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Using a shield should use way less energy than taking a flying dodge roll
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Max Wilco posted:Started theory-crafting last night about how to optimize the Great Stars further, and I found out yesterday that weapons with Blood Ashes of War make it so Bleed scales with Arcane. I'm wondering if I should try infusing the Great Stars with an appropriate Ash (looks like there's two: Poisonous Mist and White Shadow's Lure) to inflict Bleed easier. Looking at a weapon calculator, Great Stars +25 with an Arcane stat of 10 ups the Bleed damage from 55 to 101, but it looks like it just overwrites the innate bleed damage, rather than adding to it. Also don't know if it's doubled if I'm dual-wielding them. I've basically never felt like having a weapon be fire element was a bad thing. Not a good idea with a couple big bosses but the game doesn't make it a secret that you should be considering something else. As you said, it's just a really good to have magical fire in a world of magical trees If you think the actual physical damage the bloody great stars are doing is still good, then it's all upside, and considering how good those weapons are just generally it's very likely the case. Give it a whirl, if it sucks it's zero effort to try something else. Frostbite is a really good status effect and you can make the 2nd one flame to reset the status condition so it can build up (or don't because frostbite means they take more damage) It is just an addition to the base damage that's reflected in the total, but 101 is on the high end and I'm honestly surprised it's that high. It is a Great-class weapon I guess. Status buildup is also reduced when powerstancing I think, though I don't know the details. You'll still be getting a lot of bleed procs with that
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Saw an interview that confirms that the way to start the DLC will be to Touch The Egg, as suspected. Also have to kill Radahn, not totally sure why. Am I right that you can get to Mohg pretty early through Varre's quest? Also sounds like you can travel between the new land and the existing one at will, and there's a separate progression system which will hopefully make it difficult no matter how minmaxed your character is when you go in.
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:and there's a separate progression system which will hopefully make it difficult no matter how minmaxed your character is when you go in. I've heard this too and initially I don't like it. If I have spent time building up a strong character, I want that to be reflected in DLC land.
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:Saw an interview that confirms that the way to start the DLC will be to Touch The Egg, as suspected. Also have to kill Radahn, not totally sure why. Am I right that you can get to Mohg pretty early through Varre's quest? Also sounds like you can travel between the new land and the existing one at will, and there's a separate progression system which will hopefully make it difficult no matter how minmaxed your character is when you go in. varre's quest is the fastest way to get to mohg, yeah, although killing him at a lower level without the tear is no mean feat
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Node posted:I've heard this too and initially I don't like it. If I have spent time building up a strong character, I want that to be reflected in DLC land. well tough poo poo
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scary ghost dog posted:of course its technically possible to beat the game without getting hit at all. so its probably not too difficult to beat the game without leveling vigor at all. i havent done it however had to take a break after my shoulders broke so malenia remains tragically alive, but i was surprised how doable a level 1 run turned out to be considering that's only my third playthrough and this is my first souls game. you get into a mindset of treating every mob move as its own problem to solve, and once it's solved, you won't get hit. pretty quickly get into a cycle of learning the mob and punishing the easiest ones.
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:Saw an interview that confirms that the way to start the DLC will be to Touch The Egg, as suspected. Also have to kill Radahn, not totally sure why. Am I right that you can get to Mohg pretty early through Varre's quest? Also sounds like you can travel between the new land and the existing one at will, and there's a separate progression system which will hopefully make it difficult no matter how minmaxed your character is when you go in. I've seen a few theories online as to why defeating Radahn is needed for the DLC mission: 1. It's for the same reasons you needed to beat him for Ranni's quest - stopping the stars somehow prevents Empyreans from fulfilling their destiny and becoming Marika's successor. 2. It's related to the eclipse Miquella was trying to create in order to revive Godwyn - that failed because of Radahn holding back the sky. A common theory I've seen has suggested the possibility of a revived or undead Godwyn as the DLC's end boss. 3. The DLC super boss will be a version of Radahn in his prime, before being afflicted with the rot. The version that was able to match Malenia, the base game's super boss.
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 The mind races imagining what a Godwin boss fight would look like
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I bet they'd go a Ludwig and do a nightmare horror Godwin, God of Death fight and phase transition where Miquella's plan works and it switches into Godwin, the Golden
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Okay now I'm really ready for DLC.
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:Saw an interview that confirms that the way to start the DLC will be to Touch The Egg, as suspected. Also have to kill Radahn, not totally sure why. Am I right that you can get to Mohg pretty early through Varre's quest? Also sounds like you can travel between the new land and the existing one at will, and there's a separate progression system which will hopefully make it difficult no matter how minmaxed your character is when you go in. The eggs actually a space ship like in dragon ball z. Radahn dying lowers the escape velocity enough for it to work.
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Speaking of Varre, did they ever change the fact that completing his questline gives you the blood eyes and they overwrite every other eye effect like chowing down on too many dragon hearts? Like, can you complete his quest these days without losing access to the dragon eyes?
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Obligatum VII posted:Speaking of Varre, did they ever change the fact that completing his questline gives you the blood eyes and they overwrite every other eye effect like chowing down on too many dragon hearts? Like, can you complete his quest these days without losing access to the dragon eyes? You can go switch to the eye effect you want at the magic mirror I'm pretty sure
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Lord Cyrahzax posted:You can go switch to the eye effect you want at the magic mirror I'm pretty sure No, you cannot. You can swap between "weird eyes" and "normal eyes," not what kind of weird eyes you want. Flame overwrites blood overwrites dragon.
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Mustached Demon posted:Guard countering owns though. CLINK Agreed, they're so much fun to do in large part because of the nifty sound effects. They can get surprisingly powerful too, and tend to do really good poise damage. It's a really neat way to reward players for dropping their guard with a shield by giving them access to some very strong damage.
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Max Wilco posted:Started theory-crafting last night about how to optimize the Great Stars further, and I found out yesterday that weapons with Blood Ashes of War make it so Bleed scales with Arcane. I'm wondering if I should try infusing the Great Stars with an appropriate Ash (looks like there's two: Poisonous Mist and White Shadow's Lure) to inflict Bleed easier. Looking at a weapon calculator, Great Stars +25 with an Arcane stat of 10 ups the Bleed damage from 55 to 101, but it looks like it just overwrites the innate bleed damage, rather than adding to it. Also don't know if it's doubled if I'm dual-wielding them. Cold infuse them. They maintain bleed build up but will also now build and inflict frost as well. Huge dps while additionally constantly proccing two different kinds of burst damage + status effect. Pretty OP. edit: Also use something like Wild Strikes or anything like it with rapid attacks to proc both the bleed and frost faster Big Bizness fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Apr 18, 2024 |
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Big Bizness posted:Cold infuse them. They maintain bleed build up but will also now build and inflict frost as well. Huge dps while additionally constantly proccing two different kinds of burst damage + status effect. Pretty OP. This is what I did with my Great Stars. Keep Fire throwables handy as well so you can remove Frost and proc it again.
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Remember that cause of how damage resistances are calculated, even if the total AR of a weapon increases with an infusion, it might not give an actual increase of damage if it's adding a new damage type. A weapon that does all its damage from one damage type will generally do more damage than one with two damage types (eg. physical+frost) because damage resistance is calculated separately for each damage type.
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ATP_Power posted:Remember that cause of how damage resistances are calculated, even if the total AR of a weapon increases with an infusion, it might not give an actual increase of damage if it's adding a new damage type. A weapon that does all its damage from one damage type will generally do more damage than one with two damage types (eg. physical+frost) because damage resistance is calculated separately for each damage type. Yeah, but they tend to do significantly more damage overall to offset this and it's less of an issue than it has been in past games in my experience, and that's before factoring in how much easier it is to find ways to buff your damage in this one. The advantages of this - when the enemy is vulnerable to part of the split damage - still remain. It's ultimately a game where you don't really have to min/max at all, and following a build guide or walkthrough runs a very real risk of lessening the experience From has built (only on first playthrough of course). If having a flaming sword with a cheap fire blast on demand is worth maybe doing 3% less damage some of the time, the player should embrace it
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yes. a big moment in my first playthrough of dark souls was when i realized that counting how many weapon swings killed an enemy, and how quickly those swings came out, was far more important than counting how much damage each swing did. the stats screen is useful for reference but testing out your weapons on the field of battle is how you learn what you need to improve
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Max Wilco posted:Started theory-crafting last night about how to optimize the Great Stars further, and I found out yesterday that weapons with Blood Ashes of War make it so Bleed scales with Arcane. I'm wondering if I should try infusing the Great Stars with an appropriate Ash (looks like there's two: Poisonous Mist and White Shadow's Lure) to inflict Bleed easier. Looking at a weapon calculator, Great Stars +25 with an Arcane stat of 10 ups the Bleed damage from 55 to 101, but it looks like it just overwrites the innate bleed damage, rather than adding to it. Also don't know if it's doubled if I'm dual-wielding them. on weapons with innate bleed you get a lot more damage out of occult infusion while still getting a decent amount of bonus bleed buildup.
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Catgirl Al Capone posted:on weapons with innate bleed you get a lot more damage out of occult infusion while still getting a decent amount of bonus bleed buildup. If you have a lot of points in occult. For a lot of weapons with innate bleed/poison, just adding an occult infusion without leveling occult will reduce the status buildup.
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Paracelsus posted:If you have a lot of points in Pedantic, I know. Apologies for my mental illness.
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scary ghost dog posted:yes. a big moment in my first playthrough of dark souls was when i realized that counting how many weapon swings killed an enemy, and how quickly those swings came out, was far more important than counting how much damage each swing did. the stats screen is useful for reference but testing out your weapons on the field of battle is how you learn what you need to improve I always emphasize that moveset mastery and spacing are the two biggest things that determine success in these games. What weapon are you mastering the moveset of? Doesn't matter, pick whatever fits how you most enjoy playing, in fact being able to legit kill god with any old thing you find in a junk heap is a big draw in these games and represents some really masterful balancing and players should enjoy it because nobody else does it as well. We even get ashes now to ADD to the movesets to shore up weaknesses! It wasn't until I started working toward this that I really felt like I was getting better at these games Any given weapon has light, heavy, charged heavy, roll/crouch, backstep, guard counter, sprinting, jumping, and a customizable attack that all have uses in various combat scenarios and can be combined together to allow for constant aggression with a very controllable amount of risk. These moves are generally designed to complement each other with this in mind. With my GUTS sword for example, I typically open with a jump or sprinting attack depending on if I want a chop or a sweep, then a thrust via ash or roll, then a balance of light, ash of war attacks, and guard counters with every dodge roll becoming another thrust attack depending on what they do until I get a significant stagger (light attack until trade) or full posture break (visceral then charged heavy), at which point it's fuckin' game over for them. It's the same dance but with different steps for any other weapon. There's nothing like Straight Swords for an easy to master moveset, they've got everything you want in a weapon and are fast and light in the bargain.
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One-eyed shield intrigues me. Such a unique design demands a meme invasion build of its own
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Is there a good place to farm the bandit sword
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verbal enema posted:Is there a good place to farm the bandit sword Put sacred blade on your weapon, rest at the Church of Pilgrimage, pop into the graveyard, shoot your beam at the skeleton, check for dropped item, teleport back to grace.
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I think it's really weird that if your dude picks up a curved weapon, he starts twirling it around like he's been using it since birth, but if he picks up a straight weapon, he basically uses it like a club. Legit it's really weird how even normal sized greatswords your dude just smacks it into the ground on every swing. Like mate that's a normal sword, normal humans can pick those up and swing them around like a jedi, you don't need to try to kill the ground. But then you get a curved greatsword, even one twice the size of a straight greatsword, and you start doing proper cuts with it. Katanas, curved swords, curved greatswords: real sword, used with skill and elegance. Straight swords, greatswords: unga bunga smash
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i mean i'm not complaining, the most frustrating thing in the world is when you swing a large weapon that doesn't have a low-to-the-ground swing and it whiffs on crouching or short enemies. it's one of the reasons i begrudgingly prefer colossal swords to other colossal weapons in Elden Ring
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Aren’t all crossbows bad because they don’t even scale with anything?
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OwlFancier posted:I think it's really weird that if your dude picks up a curved weapon, he starts twirling it around like he's been using it since birth, but if he picks up a straight weapon, he basically uses it like a club. in dark souls 1 your character swings every weapon like theyve never picked it up before. they updated a lot of movesets over time to be flashier but for the most part greatsword movesets still reflect the chosen undead’s relative lack of experience. an updated greatsword moveset can actually be found on a few greatswords, namely the banished knoght greatsword and the twinned greatsword. godslayer greatsword also has an updated moveset
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