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Post by wunty on Oct 15, 2023 18:28:19 GMT
This Saint fight is just ticking all the right boxes. It’s fucking brilliant. Naturally I’m getting gubbed, but I’m happy about it.
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Post by addyb on Oct 15, 2023 18:52:56 GMT
Cant wait to get back on this in a bit. I'm honestly a bit baffled by its metascore tbh.
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Post by wunty on Oct 15, 2023 18:54:19 GMT
It's honestly just constantly getting better the more I play it.
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Post by addyb on Oct 15, 2023 22:05:37 GMT
I appear to be lost lol. Got to a wooden platformer part which ultimately leads me to a door I don't have a key for. The only other way is down below to what I guess is an optional boss?
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Post by neems on Oct 15, 2023 22:22:33 GMT
Maybe it's a non-optional boss?
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Post by addyb on Oct 15, 2023 22:36:26 GMT
Maybe it's a non-optional boss? Scourged Sister Delyth |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 16, 2023 4:22:51 GMT
She's non-optional / your way forward
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 16, 2023 4:27:29 GMT
But also (spoiler re: a key item) if you follow the lower wooden platforms, which is where I think found the door, back in the direction you came from, do some jumps, watch out for all kind of lurking enemies, take a lift up, you'll eventually get to an area where you'll need to do some umbral pathfinding. Manage all that - it's not easy - and you'll get a very important key that will unlock several doors in the hub. There are other items to be had too, if you want to risk exploring but you can much more easily return so I'd focus on the key |
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Post by addyb on Oct 16, 2023 6:22:43 GMT
But also (spoiler re: a key item) if you follow the lower wooden platforms, which is where I think found the door, back in the direction you came from, do some jumps, watch out for all kind of lurking enemies, take a lift up, you'll eventually get to an area where you'll need to do some umbral pathfinding. Manage all that - it's not easy - and you'll get a very important key that will unlock several doors in the hub. There are other items to be had too, if you want to risk exploring but you can much more easily return so I'd focus on the key I did go that way first. But couldn't see a path I could get to via Umbral. Just a locked door. |
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Post by addyb on Oct 16, 2023 6:43:51 GMT
Ignore me. Totally forgot about another ledge below the umbral path. Will check that out tonight.
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Post by JonFE on Oct 16, 2023 9:17:38 GMT
Amazon.fr pulled their finger out and sent my pre-order, now we wait for the postie to deliver, fun times ahead!
Let's hope the devs roll out some more patches in the mean time...
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 16, 2023 14:37:29 GMT
Nice. Fingers crossed. There may be another patch today, but there had been two up until yesterday, and both made a difference. The key issue still plaguing certain areas is frame rate. The Fen (after main boss 3) is Blighttown all over again when things get busy - at one point it became unplayable...I mean literally 1 FPS or something.
To be fair, I'd had it open on quick resume for days, so closed and rebooted and it was better. But take your sweet time in the earlier areas while they fix this mess :-)
It's a shame as it really is bloody good.
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Post by JonFE on Oct 16, 2023 15:32:08 GMT
FlexibleFeline Thanks! Will look you up on pointers or co-op once it arrives!!!
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 16, 2023 17:18:06 GMT
This Saint fight is just ticking all the right boxes. It’s fucking brilliant. Naturally I’m getting gubbed, but I’m happy about it. I'm there now and I hate it. He might be tolerable if he was on foot all the time. I've got him down to 2/3 health - yes, that much  - when he's on foot. And that's using an NPC summon to draw the aggro. |
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Post by neems on Oct 16, 2023 17:30:13 GMT
Don't worry it'll click.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 16, 2023 17:31:00 GMT
Okay, got him down to 1/3 health...that's progress of a kind. Please let there not be a second phase please let there not be a second phase please let there not be a second phase.
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Post by wunty on Oct 16, 2023 17:56:50 GMT
I honestly thought he was great fun. Difficult but a very fair fight without any cheap tricks.
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Post by neems on Oct 16, 2023 17:57:47 GMT
Oh, and having tried all the summons against him, I recommend the Tortured Prisoner. Seems to last the longest.
I put him in the 'great fun once he's dead' category.
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Post by addyb on Oct 16, 2023 18:09:52 GMT
So, Pilgrims perch is like Quaddy hell!
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 16, 2023 18:20:46 GMT
neems Yeah, she at least seems to do more dodging than the others I've used.
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Post by wunty on Oct 16, 2023 19:01:30 GMT
Oh, and having tried all the summons against him, I recommend the Tortured Prisoner. Seems to last the longest. I put him in the 'great fun once he's dead' category. Oh… wait. Can you free her? |
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Post by addyb on Oct 16, 2023 19:16:26 GMT
Edging a bit further each time. Love this game.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 16, 2023 20:54:54 GMT
Oh, and having tried all the summons against him, I recommend the Tortured Prisoner. Seems to last the longest. I put him in the 'great fun once he's dead' category. Oh… wait. Can you free her? You should - she's the games pyromancer / fire spells merchant! |
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Post by wunty on Oct 16, 2023 21:08:03 GMT
It just lets me talk to her but that’s all. Can’t see how to free her.
Hmmm
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Post by wunty on Oct 16, 2023 21:10:40 GMT
Currently fighting crimson rectum Percival. He’s not hard. Yet his healing is annoying.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 16, 2023 21:21:09 GMT
It just lets me talk to her but that’s all. Can’t see how to free her. Hmmm Therein lies an umbral puzzle ;-) |
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Post by neems on Oct 16, 2023 21:21:54 GMT
It just lets me talk to her but that’s all. Can’t see how to free her. Hmmm You need to find a specific item and give it to her. |
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Post by neems on Oct 16, 2023 21:23:10 GMT
Currently fighting crimson rectum Percival. He’s not hard. Yet his healing is annoying. Prepare for some classic Souls-ness. |
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Post by wunty on Oct 16, 2023 21:34:24 GMT
He’s a dick. He’d be dead twenty times over if he didn’t heal!
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Post by addyb on Oct 16, 2023 21:35:00 GMT
I am upto some bint with a pack of dags.
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- when he's on foot. And that's using an NPC summon to draw the aggro.