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so are ancient arrows the only way to do any sort of damage to guardians (besides parrying their laser)
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Mar 24, 2017 06:09
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Space T Rex posted:Oh I hadn't heard about that. Just imagine how much it would suck if the cut-scene was unskippable though! It sometimes is, I'm pretty sure the reason the cutscene "shows" every time is that it's hiding a load screen, which is why sometimes you can skip it quickly and other times it plays the entire duration regardless.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:10
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General Morden posted:so are ancient arrows the only way to do any sort of damage to guardians (besides parrying their laser) Guardian weapons do massive damage to them. Other weapons do damage as well, just "less damage". e: In hindsight the game trolls you hard with the guardians-- the first time you run into them they act like Beamos statues, right outside the bomb shrine, and bombs are probably the worst possible weapon in the game to use against them so they feel like they're 100% invulnerable to everything when it's really just "knowing the trick". Ursine Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Mar 24, 2017 06:11
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General Morden posted:so are ancient arrows the only way to do any sort of damage to guardians (besides parrying their laser) Everything does damage, it's just that even the turret guardians have 500hp so it can be a bit of a chore to kill em. Walkers have 1500, donno how much fliers have.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:14
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General Morden posted:so are ancient arrows the only way to do any sort of damage to guardians (besides parrying their laser) Are you aware of any swords that have the ability to seal things?
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Mar 24, 2017 06:17
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oh i dunno i just got the game and was wondering when you're reliably allowed to fight them without using ancient arrows and relying on parrying
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Mar 24, 2017 06:19
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In the interest of science I unpaused the game while making some food. Didn't leave the area so if the game had been trying to fix something and failing, it would still be an issue. Of course there wasn't a single blood moon after 10 minutes of idling there. So if there was a problem, it had to do with the lynel that appeared to be behaving perfectly normally. I'm gonna stick with the idea that Ganon was just mocking Link. General Morden posted:oh i dunno i just got the game and was wondering when you're reliably allowed to fight them without using ancient arrows and relying on parrying You can kill the walkers without parrying pretty easily by shooting them in the eye repeatedly. An eye shot stuns them and lets you get in a bunch of free hits. They are a major durability drain without the right weapons though, so if you don't have weapons to spare just run from them. The flying ones are never worth fighting regardless of what tools you have. Its better to just pretend they don't exist.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:20
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Regy Rusty posted:It's been noted a few times that sometimes the game glitches out and repeatedly triggers blood moons at any time. The main theory is that something has gone wrong in the game world and the blood moon is how it tries to fix it. When it repeats, presumably the fix isn't working so it keeps getting triggered. Resetting the game fixes it. Something tells me the game has a memory issue or something similar to it. If the blood moon is for sure meant to clean up the game to save space then it sounds like there's some corruption happening where the game keeps throwing blood moons at it in hopes of fixing it.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:22
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A friend told me there was a fairy that is a horse? I want to find it but I don't want to be spoiled on what it looks like. Where should I go?
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Mar 24, 2017 06:24
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Sade posted:Are you aware of any swords that have the ability to seal things? Don't even need that-- one of the loading screen tips talks about how "weapons made in the ancient past are more effective against guardians than ones made recently". Which is funny, because I had loads of those while the load screen tips were also telling me that "if you run into a guardian and don't have the right weapons to deal damage to it, just run" and further led me down the false assumption that there was some plot device required to get anywhere in Hyrule Castle with them. General Morden posted:oh i dunno i just got the game and was wondering when you're reliably allowed to fight them without using ancient arrows and relying on parrying Go for the legs for a dual damage/stun combo, regular arrows to the eye also stuns them. You can hack one to death with a stick, it would just take a lot of time and sticks.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:24
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Inzombiac posted:A friend told me there was a fairy that is a horse? I want to find it but I don't want to be spoiled on what it looks like. Look at the map of the Farron region. There's a lake literally called the Horse God Lake, and if you follow the road that crosses over it you'll find what you're looking for.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:32
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Don't know if this is known already but I fast traveled to Dueling Peaks to get the Swift Violets on the cliff by the waterfall but it was raining. So I shot an arrow at one and that brought it down. So if you wanna collect those or Rushrooms and it's raining just shoot them down, I even got some of the arrows back. Also I found an ancient arrow that I wiffed the shot on in the grass after a fight, didn't know that could happen. Not sure if it's a Wii U vs Switch thing but I've been fighting over-world bosses before and had blood moons occur at least twice without them regaining health. Never seen an enemy get restored mid fight like people have said. Then again I also haven't had a blood moon glitch happen asides from the time one happened while I was in the castle and the game took a bit to load back and it was suddenly morning. I'm pretty sure it had been night but it might've just been storming.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:48
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Even when they deal less damage than your other options, Guardian weapons are nice against Stalkers because they only need one swing to chop legs off. And they can be surprisingly fiddly with the hitboxes, exspecially on slopes. "Swing and a hit with the master sword!" *swings four more times without hitting legs again somehow* "No, stop running away at full speed with two legs left to fire your laser. Get back here!" So I often open up with a bargain bin guardian weapon with durability trait that's served me for ages before going to town with stronger stuff. I will miss it when it is gone, even though I have stronger options these days. Section Z fucked around with this message at 06:51 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Mar 24, 2017 06:48
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The drag queens in the fairy fountains are literally the ultimate gay feminist icons.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:58
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I'm pretty sure guardians have a weakspot on their underside if they happen to get flipped after chopping their limbs, but I've gone all-in on parrying so I dunno how effective that is.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:59
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Motto posted:I'm pretty sure guardians have a weakspot on their underside if they happen to get flipped after chopping their limbs, but I've gone all-in on parrying so I dunno how effective that is. You flip them with bombs. 
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Mar 24, 2017 07:04
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Has anyone else had better mileage with spears? they seemed decent for the early game but now I just use axes/two handed swords and any one handers I get.
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Mar 24, 2017 07:06
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Dizz posted:Has anyone else had better mileage with spears? they seemed decent for the early game but now I just use axes/two handed swords and any one handers I get. What they lack in strength, they make up with length and speed. I find them really handy against Lizalfos who just love to jump around.
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Mar 24, 2017 07:09
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The flying guardians are bullshit. Even if you parry their lasers they sway about so you can't ever hit them with it
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Mar 24, 2017 07:09
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Spears have their uses. They attack super fast while having good range, which makes it easy to land hits while avoiding blows. Spears are probably the best elemental weapons since they are the easiest to apply the crippling status effect with. They are probably the most niche of the 3 weapons though, as the defense provided by shields and the sheer power of two-handers overshadows their reach most of the time. The only time I find myself thinking "boy I really wish I had a spear" is when I fight Hinoxes, but that's purely because I refuse to hit them with ranged attacks. The spears extra reach and fast speed is very helpful when you have to actually deal with a Hinoxes attacks because you aren't chain stunning them. dorkasaurus_rex posted:The flying guardians are bullshit. Even if you parry their lasers they sway about so you can't ever hit them with it It is seriously never worth fighting them. Tons of health, hard to hit, tricky to parry, and even if you do kill one their loot will probably fall into a pit. Their vision range is atrocious so you can almost always ignore them which is my preferred strategy. Akkala Citadel is the only place I can think of where the walkways are so narrow you can't reliably avoid their sight.
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Mar 24, 2017 07:17
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Internet Kraken posted:The only time I find myself thinking "boy I really wish I had a spear" is when I fight Hinoxes, but that's purely because I refuse to hit them with ranged attacks. Uh, why? Just shoot the eye and go to town.
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Mar 24, 2017 07:18
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Spears are amazing for Lizalfos and skeleton critters. I always try to have one on hand along with a sledgehammer for precarious situation mining. Greatblades and claymores are poo poo. Scimitars and boomerangs are poo poo. One handed weapons and Guardian battle axes are top shelf.
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Mar 24, 2017 07:18
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:The flying guardians are bullshit. Even if you parry their lasers they sway about so you can't ever hit them with it yeah they're not worth killing, they lose track of you at like 30 feet anyways A GLISTENING HODOR posted:Spears are amazing for Lizalfos and skeleton critters. I always try to have one on hand along with a sledgehammer for precarious situation mining. greatblades are fantastic for quick-switching to during a flurry dodge, and also spin to win
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Mar 24, 2017 07:19
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Seems like after a certain point I don't really find any decent one handed weapons anymore except guardian swords which are pretty meh even if they look cool. Almost nothing but spears and 2 handers that are slow as gently caress lying around.
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Mar 24, 2017 07:20
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veni veni veni posted:Seems like after a certain point I don't really find any decent one handed weapons anymore except guardian swords which are pretty meh even if they look cool. Almost nothing but spears and 2 handers that are slow as gently caress lying around. at "max level" i just parachute onto hinoxes and steal royal longswords and bows off their necklaces
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Mar 24, 2017 07:21
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I'm like 1/4 of the way through the game or less so I don't even know what a hinox is. I'd take some more Knight swords or some cool little 8 fold blades just about now.
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Mar 24, 2017 07:22
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Andrast posted:Uh, why? Just shoot the eye and go to town. I reached a point in my first playthrough where I wondered why I was even fighting bosses. Killing them effortlessly got old and it made me wish they were harder. Even when I turned off Urbosa's Fury so I wasn't killing them before they even got up it still felt pointless. Watching a hinox repeatedly get chain stunned got old, and climbing on top of a Talus and having it do nothing while I smashed it was just sad. I could be fighting them with an inventory full of sticks and it wouldn't be fun since there's zero chance of them hurting me. So I made up some dumb rules to make the fights more "fair". I don't shoot hinox in the eye and I don't climb on talus. I find them a lot more fun to fight now since I actually have to avoid their moves rather than crush them effortlessly. EDIT: That said I don't think there's anything you can do to not make molduga a joke. A GLISTENING HODOR posted:Greatblades and claymores are poo poo. Scimitars and boomerangs are poo poo. How the hell can you not enjoy lizal tri-boomerangs? Those are easily my favorite one-hand weapons. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 07:32 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Mar 24, 2017 07:24
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Dizz posted:Has anyone else had better mileage with spears? they seemed decent for the early game but now I just use axes/two handed swords and any one handers I get. 8-bit Miniboss posted:What they lack in strength, they make up with length and speed. I find them really handy against Lizalfos who just love to jump around. Basically this. I always keep some spears handy because spears are cool. But enemies who love to dodge are basically screwed against spears so they let you turn your brain off. Their rate of attack is also pretty high even without charged attacks. dorkasaurus_rex posted:The flying guardians are bullshit. Even if you parry their lasers they sway about so you can't ever hit them with it
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Mar 24, 2017 07:27
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Ursine Catastrophe posted:spin to win I like to sneak up on a sleeping Hinox's crotch and just spin, its really effective
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Mar 24, 2017 07:36
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Flying guardians aren't really worth an ancient arrow IMO and they're awful to kill any other way. Stealth is the way to go.
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Mar 24, 2017 07:38
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AlphaKeny1 posted:I like to sneak up on a sleeping Hinox's crotch and just spin, its really effective With a strong two-hander and Urbosa's Fury, even a black hinox will die before it even gets a chance to get off its fat rear end. Which is funny because the game immediately goes to playing the sad trumpets like its mocking the hinox. Sade posted:Flying guardians aren't really worth an ancient arrow IMO and they're awful to kill any other way. Stealth is the way to go. If one is in your way then they are absolutely worth an ancient arrow. Still, I never found a place outside of Akkala Citadel where it felt like they were actually hard to avoid. EDIT: This game has such hilarious animations. 
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Mar 24, 2017 07:43
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While it's on my mind: The Beasts seem to be named after the OOT Sages governing those 'elements'. So Rudania is actually Darunia anagram'd, Rutah is Ruto, Nabooris Nabooru... but what's with Medoh? Since Rito weren't around in OOT, I guess he gets a pass, but I'd have thought they'd do something with Valoo. Second, a cute little Majora's Mask reference: I would bet money that the sound Guardians make when you murder them is the very same sound from the Alien Invasion In MM.
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Mar 24, 2017 08:52
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veni veni veni posted:I'm like 1/4 of the way through the game or less so I don't even know what a hinox is. You can't miss it when you find one, the name appears in giant letters onscreen while ominous Cuban jazz begins to play.
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Mar 24, 2017 09:07
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Supercar Gautier posted:You can't miss it when you find one, the name appears in giant letters onscreen while ominous Cuban jazz begins to play. I've wondered how this game is able to get away with some of its music choices and strangely make it work. Because thanks to the Guardians, Charlie Brown music has never been so terrifying.
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Mar 24, 2017 09:17
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One interesting thing about Tarrey Town is different between the Japanese and English versions. In the English version, you have to find people whose names end in -son, but in Japanese it's finding people whose names end in -da, which ironically means that Zelda qualifies. Every Japanese player I've seen whose hit that point has made that joke.FisheyStix posted:While it's on my mind: Rito weren't in OoT, but they debuted in Wind Waker, where the sage of earth is Medli.
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Mar 24, 2017 09:39
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So I go to Farron for the first time. Met my first White Bobo. The gently caress.
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Mar 24, 2017 09:49
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I just had one of the more interesting enemy interactions. I'm at the enemy skull base at Gut Check Rock. Round back are two black bobos and a black lizard. It's night, and all three are asleep. I use an ice arrow on the lizard, which wakes up one of the two bobos. After first looking around for me, the bobo pushes the frozen lizard into the hot spring to thaw him before going back to sleep. So that was neat.
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Mar 24, 2017 09:51
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Bakanogami posted:One interesting thing about Tarrey Town is different between the Japanese and English versions. In the English version, you have to find people whose names end in -son, but in Japanese it's finding people whose names end in -da, which ironically means that Zelda qualifies. Every Japanese player I've seen whose hit that point has made that joke. I... I knew that. 
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Mar 24, 2017 10:03
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comingafteryouall posted:I was also running around the area near the peninsula right between Akalla and Zora's Domain, and saw a boboklin and a moblin chilling at a campfire at a hangover. Dropped some bombs on them, having a little fun messing around and making them confused. Drop down to them, and the moblin THROWS the boboklin at me. I'm thinking it was an Of Mice and Men duo. I read that as "with a hangover". They have all my sympathy.
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Got my first middle-of-the-day Blood Moon and I'm pretty sure it was explicitly to despawn my box buddy because we were getting too close to Hyrule Castle. Ganon is a goddamn coward! 
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