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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2022 1:29:39 GMT
Margit was a pain in the arse for me. He's down, but for a time I was struggling to read his moveset and time my rolls. Still quite squishy as the Astrologer.
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Post by Danno on Feb 26, 2022 1:40:07 GMT
Margit was a pain in the arse for me. He's down, but for a time I was struggling to read his moveset and time my rolls. Still quite squishy as the Astrologer. He's awkward, likes to mix his moves up a lot and half of them are unblockable. When I downed him he went weirdly passive for the last quarter of his health, whereas before he'd always been super aggressive |
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Post by quadfather on Feb 26, 2022 1:47:20 GMT
Um. Have you guys tried using a stonesword key on the imp at the stranded graveyard?
I'm getting the word...Sens...
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Post by Tomo on Feb 26, 2022 1:51:54 GMT
I've rather enjoyed my 2 hrs with this tonight. It feels wayyyyy less tanky than when I tried DS3, which is great. The world-building is absolutely _gorgeous_. That golden tree, wow. Beautiful. And then looking out across Limgrave and all the possibilities. Wow. Plus the lack of icons and sparse HUD... jesus, it's so refreshing. Just a gorgeous world to go and explore.
Once I'd had a little wander, I got my arse served to me by some jumped up Gold Putin on a horse. Then, went in a dungeon, got eaten by wolves a few times, met a little boss, got my arse kicked and eventually took it to the fucker. Felt like progress.
Some noob questions:
- How to establish how mean something will be? Prod it, see how much health it loses, then run away?
- I lost a chunk of runes as I died twice before reaching my spirit or whatever it is. Is this really bad in the long run, or do I just need to grind somewhere to get the equivalent runes back?
- Defence tips? Roll around like mad or git gud at parrying? Is it a reasonable tactic to just put distance between you and the nasty thing to get your stamina back, then strike? Or... all of the above depending on enemy?
(I've gone Vagabond btw)
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Post by quadfather on Feb 26, 2022 1:59:31 GMT
Um. Have you guys tried using a stonesword key on the imp at the stranded graveyard? I'm getting the word...Sens... Update I'm getting the words, dark sens. Like really fucking dark! |
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Post by Danno on Feb 26, 2022 2:10:55 GMT
Oh my god, Rick.
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Post by Danno on Feb 26, 2022 2:14:49 GMT
Um. Have you guys tried using a stonesword key on the imp at the stranded graveyard? I'm getting the word...Sens... Update I'm getting the words, dark sens. Like really fucking dark! After a half hour of failing as a summon I'm trying this |
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Post by Danno on Feb 26, 2022 2:17:04 GMT
Um. Have you guys tried using a stonesword key on the imp at the stranded graveyard? I'm getting the word...Sens... Update I'm getting the words, dark sens. Like really fucking dark! YOU DIDN’T SAY THERE WAS POISON |
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Post by neems on Feb 26, 2022 2:39:31 GMT
You can just sprint through it.
I was gonna have an early night, popped on for a quick go. Nearly killed Margit, nearly killed Tree Sentinel, nearly killed Agheel. They can all go fuck themselves.
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Post by quadfather on Feb 26, 2022 2:52:42 GMT
Oh man. Oh fucking man.
I've just spent the last 2 hours navigating that bastard. TWO DAMN HOURS.
And I got to the end. Oh yes. I got to the fucking end alright.
You. Fucking. Bastard.
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Post by quadfather on Feb 26, 2022 3:18:21 GMT
But on a lighter tone, I've just found a nice new creepy dungeon to explore
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Post by quadfather on Feb 26, 2022 3:19:12 GMT
Update I'm getting the words, dark sens. Like really fucking dark! YOU DIDN’T SAY THERE WAS POISON How are you getting on with it?! |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 26, 2022 3:25:14 GMT
I think I'm running out of places to go in the first area. I've done three of the mini dungeons, and just got to the island, and it doesn't feel like there's much there for me.
So I guess I'll try to kill the castle guy again? I don't really want to spend money upgrading weapons and stuff until I find something I really like using.
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Post by Danno on Feb 26, 2022 3:25:25 GMT
YOU DIDN’T SAY THERE WAS POISON How are you getting on with it?! Done. Spent the last 2 hours being summoned for a nasty boss. Think I'm going to spend 2 hours farming souls tomorrow to lightning him to death (found lightning spear earlier) |
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Post by Danno on Feb 26, 2022 3:26:37 GMT
I think I'm running out of places to go in the first area. I've done three of the mini dungeons, and just got to the island, and it doesn't feel like there's much there for me. So I guess I'll try to kill the castle guy again? I don't really want to spend money upgrading weapons and stuff until I find something I really like using. There's more. Look at the canyon. |
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Post by quadfather on Feb 26, 2022 3:30:20 GMT
Oo, I've just found a good dex weapon in a random tomb! 1 more point in dex required. Shit hot!
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 26, 2022 3:48:15 GMT
This is a bit of a nitpick. But it's disappointing to me that the names of higher-level materials are just the base material with a higher number next to it. Golden rune (5), Smithing stone (2) and the like.
Feels weirdly unimaginative from a studio known for its imagination.
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on Feb 26, 2022 6:32:35 GMT
I've rather enjoyed my 2 hrs with this tonight. It feels wayyyyy less tanky than when I tried DS3, which is great. The world-building is absolutely _gorgeous_. That golden tree, wow. Beautiful. And then looking out across Limgrave and all the possibilities. Wow. Plus the lack of icons and sparse HUD... jesus, it's so refreshing. Just a gorgeous world to go and explore. Once I'd had a little wander, I got my arse served to me by some jumped up Gold Putin on a horse. Then, went in a dungeon, got eaten by wolves a few times, met a little boss, got my arse kicked and eventually took it to the fucker. Felt like progress. Some noob questions: - How to establish how mean something will be? Prod it, see how much health it loses, then run away? - I lost a chunk of runes as I died twice before reaching my spirit or whatever it is. Is this really bad in the long run, or do I just need to grind somewhere to get the equivalent runes back? - Defence tips? Roll around like mad or git gud at parrying? Is it a reasonable tactic to just put distance between you and the nasty thing to get your stamina back, then strike? Or... all of the above depending on enemy? (I've gone Vagabond btw) Sounds like we did the same thing yesterday. About as far as I got too. Saved and left it for a night in that wolf dungeon. I done the dungeon with the two fire traps and gargoyles. I wouldn’t worry about souls you lost right now. We both havn’t unlocked the ability to spend them yet. I guess there is a moment soon where we will get that ability. Also the souls we are earning now are pittance to what we will be doing further down the line. But once we can level up, yeah just try and retrieve souls if you can and just keep bumping up your stats. Gone Vagabond too, so guess we be spreading them out between Str, Dex, Vig and End |
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Post by Nanocrystal on Feb 26, 2022 7:31:09 GMT
Those flying cunts in stormveil castle are a nightmare without any ranged weapons or spells.
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Post by AccidentProne on Feb 26, 2022 7:55:52 GMT
Is anyone else getting network status errors this morning on Xbox? Only seems to be letting me play offline at the moment.
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Post by Frog on Feb 26, 2022 8:01:47 GMT
Has something changed with the way souls are done with bosses. Got killed by the stonedigger troll and when I got back to him they were all gone and I hadn't died in between. Bit annoying as it was every should I had collected so far as I hadn't levelled at all.
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Post by Frog on Feb 26, 2022 8:02:15 GMT
Servers are under maintenance, there was a message saying they were going down at 8
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Post by RobEG on Feb 26, 2022 8:07:57 GMT
Got another hour in this morning. The dude on the beach wasn’t too bad, but the loot was also a bit shit. Found some more ruins (the ones with the big flower) but chickened out of going through the fog door as I had a load of souls to level up. So I went searching for a local bonfire (without success). Ended up unsummoning my horse in the middle of a horse fight and dying. Because I’m good like that. What I really like is that the flasks refill when you defeat groups of enemies. It really encourages you to keep exploring rather than playing safe as you have no healing power. A nice touch. You then just have to worry about your souls (sorry - runes) and they are generally pretty easy to get back to with your horse. Going to see what is through that fog door later. Open world souls is a definitely a winner so far. |
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Post by AccidentProne on Feb 26, 2022 8:09:05 GMT
Servers are under maintenance, there was a message saying they were going down at 8 Ah I'd missed that message, thanks. Was fucking about with my network settings to try and fix it. Will just have to play offline for now. |
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Post by monkman5000 on Feb 26, 2022 8:20:37 GMT
This is a bit of a nitpick. But it's disappointing to me that the names of higher-level materials are just the base material with a higher number next to it. Golden rune (5), Smithing stone (2) and the like. Feels weirdly unimaginative from a studio known for its imagination. Absolutely. Feels like something that was near the bottom of the to-do list - give better mats proper names - that they never got around to. |
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Post by darrenb on Feb 26, 2022 8:32:14 GMT
I wish my brain could unlearn controls from other games. Every time I want to duck I'm using up my potions and every time I want to run away in panic I'm either ducking or worse, jumping off the damn horse.
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Post by f00b_inc on Feb 26, 2022 8:32:46 GMT
Heading out to visit family (selfish nephew and his birthday) so no chance to play until tomorrow. Definitely got its hooks in me though!
Regarding parrying - I can't seem to get the timing right but just to check it is just L2 or am I missing something? I've a small starting shield so perhaps it's just not possible to party larger weapons?
Also there another tip in the tutorial about some sort of 'block then attack' move. Anyone remember what that was called?
Cheers for any tips!
Edit: oops I mean L2
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Post by Tomo on Feb 26, 2022 8:40:24 GMT
L2 is parry. R2 is big hit  In that starting cave I let them swing at me a few times to practice the parry. But you really have to time it well from what I can tell. |
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Post by darrenb on Feb 26, 2022 8:40:25 GMT
Was that not just called a counter? Hold block then hit R2 when their weapon hits.
I cant parry unless it's total luck, tap L2 just before they hit you, but I don't think you can be blocking at the time so it's a risk reward thing.
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Post by Tomo on Feb 26, 2022 8:43:41 GMT
Actually to be fair, perhaps L2 can be attack if you have a weapon in left hand? My shield is left hand. God I'm such a noob at this. Perhaps take my advice with a pinch of salt |
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