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Jan 23, 2015 03:09
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There will be some parrying in the next update. Some of it even successful! It's always been a difficult mechanic, it doesn't help that the timing in 2 is significantly different from the timing in 1.
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Jan 23, 2015 08:12
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Night10194 posted:Can we not get into DS1 vs. DS2? We're not even off page one. Also, do you intend to stay in the Imported Set all game, and leave Hal's true form to the viewers' imaginations forevermore? There are plenty of sets that will keep things open ended, so we'll definitely be changing our wardrobe from time to time. The imported set has grown on me a bit, though!
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Jan 23, 2015 21:12
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Update!  This is what my dad used to call "a full, rich day." quote:I'm really enjoying your videos so far, and I have only one very important question: If you GOTTA then I GUESS....
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Jan 24, 2015 03:30
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Stormgale posted:Fists only weakness is their terrible range, as for benefits: they are blunt (the best damage type in this game) attack fast, good stamina consumption and hit hard when upgraded. By all means, go ahead, just try not to talk too much about anything I haven't gotten to in video yet. All non-spoiler discussion is welcome, pretty much.
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Jan 25, 2015 01:25
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Kloro posted:Aw yeah, looking forward to this. Just what I need to get me back into DS2 before Scholar of the First Sin releases. The calibrations patch coming up with the Agape Ring and changes to covenants shouldn't really mess with anything too bad. In fact, it will make showing off some content quite a bit easier! Scholar of the Fist Sin proper, though, that might be a bit of a difficulty. Not sure how realistic it would be to get -everything- done before then, so we'll just have to play it by ear.
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Jan 25, 2015 01:38
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Update! Be wary of boulder.
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Jan 25, 2015 21:09
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Vicas posted:I always feel like that boulder trap should be more... threatening than it actually is? It's really obvious and there's only a limited number, unlike Sen's in DS1 I feel like it serves its purpose pretty well. It's still in the "beginner area", so I think it's more about teaching the player that these traps exist and you need to pay attention when venturing into new areas. One time I got a steam message right as I was about to go into the cave and I spaced for a second and got flattened. The boulder definitely hurts like it should. However, I must confess: I'm a little bit perplexed about how Cale got into that part of the cave in the first place. By my estimations he would have needed to either become paper thin to fit through the passage past the boulder, or clambered his way in from the ledge with the Amber Herbs on it. It is imperative that he find the proper place to do his daydreaming, I guess.
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Jan 26, 2015 08:19
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Update! Exciting update, even! Getting by with a little help from our friends (??) Addendum: some bug or other has completely knocked me on my butt so until such time that I can comfortably use my vocal cords updates will slow down. Dazzling Addar fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Jan 26, 2015 |
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Jan 26, 2015 20:30
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For ranged characters, you can fairly safely stand a good distance away from the last giant and plink away... up until you see that arm come off. The arm does a hell of a lot of damage and it has quite frankly ridiculous lateral reach. It's honestly a really cool and memorable mechanic that teaches you early on that you need to stay on your toes and adapt your strategy if the situation changes. It also teaches you that the giants hate you so much.
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Jan 27, 2015 08:05
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Ok this cold/flu/curse from god seems to be on its way out so you can expect and update tomorrow or the day after at the latest. (no guarantees that i won't sound like i'm talking through a molasses filter but i'm reasonably sure i can at least get through a commentary session) WaltherFeng posted:Feng is a pretty cool guy. Oh, was that you? That reminds me, I'm going to start keeping a tally of my soul memory and relative progression location. I probably won't announce exactly when I'm playing so I don't drown in a sea of dark spirits, but absolutely feel free to try and suss me out and take my precious souls/take the boss's precious souls. When I get to Belfry Luna/Sol I'll probably just make an announcement and stream it live. That should make for some fun video.
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Jan 28, 2015 08:28
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Update! Special delivery, please sign in blood.
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Jan 29, 2015 01:26
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Yes! The Red Eye Ring that Shalquoir sells will significantly increase how much enemies want you dead and also give you a cool red glow. It's not especially reliable but if you're beefy and planning on doing co-op it's a good thing to pick up.
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Jan 29, 2015 03:34
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Thank you for pointing that out, I legit still thought that fatrolling still decreased your iframes. I put in a quick annotation in the video so I do not mislead any further.
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Jan 29, 2015 04:16
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Update! Please keep an eye on your children.
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Jan 30, 2015 02:48
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There's some speculation about the old dragonslayer serving as a gatekeeper to the Knights of Blue due to Ornstein's close proximity to the Darkmoon Covenant in Souls 1, which served largely the same purpose. It is, of course, just speculation, and the more likely answer is simply that Ornstein's inexplicable survival into the far flung future is simply a bit of fanservice. Might just be some rando wearing his armor for all I know, the original article used lightning magic and was a good deal stronger.
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Jan 30, 2015 20:23
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paragon1 posted:Wait, so what is the relationship between the plot and main characters of Dark Souls 1 and 2, if any? Besides being cursed undead I mean. Ah, that would be telling, wouldn't it? Truth be told, the writers themselves seem to be a little unsure of these details and an uncharacteristically shoddy translation obfuscates the truth even more. Either way, we'll get to it later. A lot later. For now, the important thing to remember is that 2 takes place in the same world as 1, separated by centuries, or even millennia. If something doesn't make sense, you can probably explain it with "time and space are convoluted". It's a bit lazy but it's the only way to explain certain nonsensical events.
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Jan 30, 2015 21:43
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Bonus Update~ How might Hal have handled things under different circumstances? Expert Swordsman Samuelle looks at other ways to deal with bosses.
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Jan 31, 2015 07:06
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Update! A real one this time!  They have no style. They have no grace. These guys have a hole for a face.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:29
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The thing I like about the dark dwellers is that they're not really terrifying adventurer killing monsters. They're territorial but they are so completely scared witless of light and fire they seem like an organic part of what might live in a dank underground bay. In a certain way, they're kind of endearing.
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Feb 1, 2015 08:34
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There are actually instances of enemy infighting in the game, but only in very specific areas. It isn't a universal mechanic, most enemy attacks simply do nothing to other hostile entities. Which is kind of a shame, because there are definitely some points like No-Man's Wharf where it would really add to the experience. It's pretty cool when it does happen, though!
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Feb 1, 2015 10:36
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Update! The Life and Times of a Cupboard
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Feb 2, 2015 01:00
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The breathing is pretty much entirely because I'm still getting over this infernal cold. To the best of my knowledge I was already noise reducing all of it but I guess my nose is stuffier than I thought. I'll get on that.
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Feb 2, 2015 05:13
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anilEhilated posted:Should be probably be noted that Varangians aren't fake Vikings, they're real Vikings who took a wrong turn somewhere. Guess you could call them lost Vikings. That sounds like a mechanic Samuelle might tackle in the future. The Flexile Sentry, I mean, I don't think he knows very much about transdimensional vikings.
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Feb 2, 2015 10:02
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Update! Some miscellaneous explorations before we start exploring the Lost Bastille in its entirety. Rats! Rats in the... well, rats in the everything.
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Feb 4, 2015 01:24
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Yeah, I spent a bit more time in the grave than necessary because I wanted to get summoned for some rat king hijinks (including some off camera lingeringl, even) but I just couldn't get a bite that day. I'll put it on my bonus video to-do list, it's probably the most original new multiplayer mechanic in 2 and it deserves to be shown off. The Royal Rat Vanguard is definitely a memorable fight because of how different it is, which makes the fact that it is completely and totally optional kind of a shame. On my first playthrough I never even found the Grave of Saints.
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Feb 4, 2015 09:08
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For those who haven't really been keeping their finger on the pulse of Dark Souls lately (shame on you!), From released its latest calibrations patch for Dark Souls 2 today. There are some fairly significant changes that will be covered once I have them figured out. Other than that, the LP should continue more or less as scheduled and in the same way as before.
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Feb 5, 2015 02:37
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Update! (this was recorded before the Scholar of the First Sin patch hit, for the record)  They say that crows can remember human faces. As luck would have it, the Pursuer's not human and Hal always wears a mask.
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Feb 5, 2015 23:42
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Archenteron posted:I thought the sentinels' weakness was the Dark Pine Resin, not the Lightning. Either way, good job on first-trying them. So close to the Elemental damage and resistances in Dark Souls 2 are a bit odd. Who is weak to what is usually fairly intuitive once you've got the basic idea down: Fire is strong against squishy gross things, Lightning is strong against heavily armored enemies and... certain other things, and there aren't very many enemies that are outright weak to Magic and Dark but not many resist them, either. If something resists both magic and dark damage there's a good chance that elemental damage in general is a no go and you should stick to purely physical attacks. Poison is a bit of an oddball. Nothing is really -weak- to poison type damage, poison vulnerability is determined pretty much entirely by a simple litmus test: can you poison this thing, or can't you. You can poison more things than not, which is nice, but there isn't really a good way to tell on a case by case basis except for experimentation (or looking it up). Most consistently, I've found that you can't poison squishy gross things like rats (or if you can, it takes quite a bit of buildup). Bleed is kind of useless but on the bright side even things that really have no business bleeding are vulnerable to its effects. Further: pine resin applies a fixed amount of elemental damage to a weapon for a short period of time. However, if a weapon has elemental damage on it to begin with (like the fire longsword, for instance), then that damage will scale with your character's statistics- some combination of Intelligence and Faith determines the scaling for each element, except for poison and bleed, which are governed by dexterity. Gone are the days where you could just slap a lightning enchantment on your Zweihander and kill everything, forever. Infusing elemental damage to a weapon can actually lower its effectiveness if you don't have the right stats to take advantage of it. A video on statistics and scaling in detail is in the works, for what it's worth. There's a lot of questionably relevant fluff to sift through to figure out the game's numerical systems. UNRELATED: I'm going to be streaming at around 6:00 PM PST tomorrow night as Hal journeys up Belfry Luna. If you want to try and join in on the mayhem, I'll post the link to the stream as well as relevant soul memory information. I'll probably stick around in the area for a while (maybe even by choice), so feel free to drop by.
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Feb 6, 2015 06:59
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Alright, I'm gearing up to stream soon, in about half an hour. Hal's current soul memory is 214131. I'll be in the Belfry Luna area. If you want to join in, you can either join the Bellringer's Covenant, bring some red eye orbs, or leave a summon sign somewhere. Stream will be at http://www.hitbox.tv/Dazz so drop on by if you'd like. Playing on the PC version, for posterity. Dazzling Addar fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Feb 7, 2015 |
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Feb 7, 2015 02:34
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A big thank you to everyone who showed up to watch and participate! I think we had a pretty good stream. I have it recorded, so I'll see what I can do to edit it to presentability and post it after the next update.
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Feb 7, 2015 04:41
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Update! Later than I was hoping for, Youtube did not want to cooperate.  Did you know: the greatsword was not intended for the use of normal human beings.
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Feb 8, 2015 03:52
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It's true. I think the reason my accuracy is so bad with the overhand slice is because I forget about that and start inputting movement commands before the animation finishes.
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Feb 8, 2015 06:14
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Update! Because you asked for it! The results of friday's stream, in all of its unedited, unprofessional glory. Cliffnotes version: we beat up some gargoyles and got a key and got into a lot of fights.
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Feb 8, 2015 23:33
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Yeah, that's something unfortunate that happened while streaming, it screwed with my audio levels unexpectedly. I'm considering going and adding some captions for when I'm fighting the gargoyles. Every stream is a learning experience, so now I know to turn the game down the next time I'm live.
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Feb 9, 2015 10:13
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paragon1 posted:You're still splitting that up into regular videos, right? I was thinking about maybe making a Highlights version later, but everyone was I talked to was keen on seeing the whole thing so I posted that first. I'll go ahead and start working on an edited version that's just Actual Progress (however little of it was made in that hour).
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Feb 9, 2015 20:20
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I can't say for absolute certain, but my experiences with the bellringer covenant, as well as a lot of other people's since the patch, indicates that titanite chunks are still far and away the most common drop. The major change is that hosts get goodies now too.
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Feb 10, 2015 01:23
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Update! Back to business. Let's actually accomplish something this time. On the value of twigs
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Feb 10, 2015 05:20
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I would agree that one of Dark Souls 2's weaknesses is that it sacrifices quality for quantity in terms of boss design. I like the Lost Sinner's design a lot, but it would be stronger if there weren't quite so many other Oversized People with Large Sticks, especially in the first leg of the game. The next portion of the game has some fairly strong boss design, though, so it's not all bad.
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Feb 10, 2015 22:24
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