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DarkHamsterlord posted:Is it me, or is the AI in the Ornstein and Smough fight completely hosed? I've also experienced O&S having a case of the mondays but I'm willing to chalk it up to luck. One thing that has definitely happened to me though is Super Ornstein completely breaking and cancelling attack animations into other animations without actually stopping the first move. So you not only have the moves he actually decides to follow through with to handle, but the invisible still-active hurtboxes of the moves he cancelled out of, which I probably don't need to tell you is bullshit. This one seems to happen if he gets hung-up on top of a broken pillar for some reason, he'll fall off during an attack and you will now have visible Ornstein and his quantum twin attacking you from beyond the pale.
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Hate to ask, but could anyone lend a hand with NG+ Four Kings at around SL60? The build I have for it isn't really ideal (Black Knight build with not much in Vitality), but this build is only missing a handful of the weapons I need for the Knight's Honour trophy. v Oh, my bad - PS3. e: disregard this bad post zonar fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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Allan Assiduity posted:Hate to ask, but could anyone lend a hand with NG+ Four Kings at around SL60? The build I have for it isn't really ideal (Black Knight build with not much in Vitality), but this build is only missing a handful of the weapons I need for the Knight's Honour trophy. Just sayin, you should probably mention what system you're on.
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What's the best way for dealing with sorcerors in PvP? As soon as someone casts homing crystal soulmass, I know that this is a fight that I am going to lose.
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Mar 5, 2014 00:39
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Do a barrel roll? Or barring that, whip out your Crest Shield +5.
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Stargate posted:What's the best way for dealing with sorcerors in PvP? As soon as someone casts homing crystal soulmass, I know that this is a fight that I am going to lose. You are most likely to be able to dodge though them by rolling forward, but if you don't have a feel for the lag yet, as in it's basically the very first thing they do, it can sometimes be difficult/bullshit. fight somewhere with stuff you can move behind as well, if possible. its usually okay to block soulmass, but i dont recommend trying to block a css with anything less than havel's or stone shield as it will still do a ton of damage and stamina.
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Stargate posted:What's the best way for dealing with sorcerors in PvP? As soon as someone casts homing crystal soulmass, I know that this is a fight that I am going to lose.
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DoYouHasaRabbit posted:Just get the invader to come to you and learn how to dodge it. Once you learn how to dodge everything, a lot of magic becomes useless. As for Dark magic, I think your best bet is to use the Silver Pendant. It catches a lot of people off guard because no one ever uses it. This is the worst advice. No one uses it because it only blocks dark magic, and doesn't even do a good job of it. Timed correctly, you can push the pursuer blob behind you with the pendant, only to have them hit you from behind. It's also really easy for someone to just hit you with a crystal spear if you start spamming it. Stick with rolling. Once you get the timing down you'll almost never get hit again.
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EC posted:This is the worst advice. No one uses it because it only blocks dark magic, and doesn't even do a good job of it. Timed correctly, you can push the pursuer blob behind you with the pendant, only to have them hit you from behind. It's also really easy for someone to just hit you with a crystal spear if you start spamming it.
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Stargate posted:What's the best way for dealing with sorcerors in PvP? As soon as someone casts homing crystal soulmass, I know that this is a fight that I am going to lose. Strong Magic Shield is your friend here 
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Concurred posted:Strong Magic Shield is your friend here No it isn't. All it does is increase stability, and the issue with magic is not the stability damage, but the damage that bleeds through shields, even the Crest Shield to an extent. The best way to deal with magic is to just learn to dodge it. It's not even that hard in 95% of cases since most people that do use it don't know how to gently caress with the tracking.
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Genocyber posted:No it isn't. All it does is increase stability, and the issue with magic is not the stability damage, but the damage that bleeds through shields, even the Crest Shield to an extent. What? Strong Magic Shield will let you block Pursuers or Homing Crystal Soulmass or Crystal Soul Spear with no damage going through or stamina loss
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Concurred posted:What? Strong Magic Shield will let you block Pursuers or Homing Crystal Soulmass or Crystal Soul Spear with no damage going through or stamina loss Ah right, it's magic shield that only increases stability. Still not worth it since you have to have a catalyst in your right hand, it only lasts 15 seconds, and rolling through it is overall the better option.
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Genocyber posted:Ah right, it's magic shield that only increases stability. Still not worth it since you have to have a catalyst in your right hand, it only lasts 15 seconds, and rolling through it is overall the better option. I think it's worth it just to gently caress with the "meta" of invaders. Most people know that you're going to dodge so I need to circle over here to backstab you when you're done dodging, then recast while you're getting up and then wait what? You blocked it? Uuuuuhhhhh Dark Bead forever! Wait it's not working waaaahhh Yes yes, many invaders are smarter than that and just wait it out, flip away and recast to do it again/use different (backstabbing) tactics/whatever. But it's still fun to do something different every now and again. (Wrath's still annoying and needs to be rolled through because it's piss easy to dead angle, but eh.)
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GMB cooler than Strong Magic Shield. You get to look like Stay Puft and still attack people with the defense buff. It also doesn't disappear in a pathetic amount of time.
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In PvE I keep a dark hand handy for blocking magic if I'm having a problem, as It has a fairly high magic block with little weight added. Of course, it has terrible stability but it works in a pinch without adding weight, But Geno's right, rolling is a much better idea.
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What level are people usually for O&S? Playing this for the first time on PS3 after logging 150+ hours on PC, and since I can actually do co-op and invading I've been doing it non-stop, but I don't want to outlevel Anor Londo
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I have seen people who are smart about following up their pursuers/hcsm like maybe 4 times. And even then you can screw them up by dodging backwards. If somebody's around 120 with an Oolacile catalyst and using dark bead they might be a pro with a plan but generally just avoiding or backstabbing works fine. Greater magic shield's probably a bigger gently caress-you though.
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Concurred posted:What level are people usually for O&S? Playing this for the first time on PS3 after logging 150+ hours on PC, and since I can actually do co-op and invading I've been doing it non-stop, but I don't want to outlevel Anor Londo
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If I block magic I prefer to do so on a build that can use Havel's Shield. Block their magic, use buff, then when they try to r1 spam you with something laugh as they bounce off of you and pancake them.
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Concurred posted:What level are people usually for O&S? Playing this for the first time on PS3 after logging 150+ hours on PC, and since I can actually do co-op and invading I've been doing it non-stop, but I don't want to outlevel Anor Londo
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Why does the curse meter keep filling up during your death animation? Why can you be cursed after you've already died? SIGH
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DarkHamsterlord posted:Why does the curse meter keep filling up during your death animation? Why can you be cursed after you've already died? You can't be. If the curse bar is filled after you've died it does nothing.
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Genocyber posted:You can't be. If the curse bar is filled after you've died it does nothing. It literally just happened. Must be a weird bug or something.
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Yeah, I'm fairly certain any status bar will still build up and proc when you're dead if you hang around long enough. I've definitely seen blood loss happen, and I'm pretty sure that I've seen curse happen. It's just that Curse is the only one that will actually have an effect on you because blood loss and poison just deal damage to your already depleted health bar, whereas Curse changes your character's status.
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I have definitely had hollow thieves rabidly swinging at the air above my dying dude while blood explodes out of me over and over. Curse, no idea, but bleed for sure keeps happening long after it's useful in battle. 
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I've been cursed after death and the curse has never been applied to me.
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Thanks for the recommendations on picking up the DLC. I keep dying repeatedly to Artorias but the whole area has been fun so far. It's nice seeing an environment that contrasts so much with the normal world (at least to this point). This new Dark Souls content (it's new to me!) makes me even more pumped for DaS2 next week.
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Genocyber posted:You can't be. If the curse bar is filled after you've died it does nothing. Yeah I've been cursed after dying in the unwinnable Seath fight. It can definitely happen.
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HaB posted:Yeah I've been cursed after dying in the unwinnable Seath fight. It can definitely happen. Never happened to me. 
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Genocyber posted:Never happened to me. Has happened to me.
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HaB posted:Yeah I've been cursed after dying in the unwinnable Seath fight. It can definitely happen. Genocyber posted:Never happened to me. Yeah I've had it happen, too. Specifically after dying in the crystals during the first Seath fight.
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^^^ details on your build & weapons? The usual tactic for me is to run straight at him and circle him, mostly avoiding the skeletons. When he puffs up to detonate, raise your crest shield, hope your wolf ring gives you the poise to tank the hit, then beat the hell out of him from behind while the skeletons are knocked down. rinse and repeat. HaB posted:Yeah I've been cursed after dying in the unwinnable Seath fight. It can definitely happen. "Hey what are these two frogs doing, they're pretty c- OH GOD MY FACE, MY POOR FACE" Got leapt at, had no stamina, died to the first basilisk while the second was puffing up. Came back at the bonfire cursed, but still had a purging stone from Seath's pet clams. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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Mons Hubris posted:I can't beat stupid Nito If you're having trouble with the adds, consider that Nito is basically THE necromancer and respond accordingly.
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I like to play super defensive and let Nito kill the adds himself. His big AOEs will friendly fire and clear the room for you, and then you can poke him between attacks.
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armoredgorilla posted:If you're having trouble with the adds, consider that Nito is basically THE necromancer and respond accordingly. Yeah I had to teleport out and I'm trying to build up a divine Man-Serpent Greatsword to take out the little skeletons now. All I had before was a divine morning star that does nowhere near enough damage.
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If you hang back where you land and wait for Nito to come to you, you just have to deal with the little skeletons, the giant ones don't come over to see what the fuss is.
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