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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 17, 2014, 05:30:13 pm »

it's certainly affinity that kills me off. Other magics are reasonable to avoid it seems. So, any tips would be greatly appreciated, with anything PvP!

Just roll forward through it?

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Mods compatible with cRPG (updated 11-11-13)

« on: May 15, 2014, 05:19:21 am »

Where can I find crosshairs compatible with cRPG.  None of the crosshairs in the OP have links.

All of them have links, click on the #.

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General Off Topic / Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]

« on: May 14, 2014, 04:44:37 am »

Moat Caillin held by Ironborn

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Dreadfort where Tyler Durden imitation Ramsay is

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So no. Nonetheless Ironborn bits were just horrible.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 14, 2014, 02:19:43 am »

The life ring is really stupid. It essentially replaces the penalty for dying by a 3k souls tax. Getting 3k souls without dying gets extremely easy not even 10% into the game

You can say that about a lot of things. The reason why they made miracles and pyro so accessible and overpowered in PVE is to let everyone including the biggest casuals finish the game, life ring is part of that. Also the regress from DS1 back to retarded Demon Souls mechanics of warping from the get go is caused probably not just by lazy level design but also because people complained about not being able to teleport everywhere Skyrim-style.

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General Off Topic / Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]

« on: May 14, 2014, 02:12:41 am »

In other words, as per usual most of the season is filler episodes since they are saving for the last two where something actually happens.

Also, now that the show has large audience and funding they might even hire a choreographer. Those fight scenes are embarassing.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Blade Symphony

« on: May 12, 2014, 08:39:47 pm »

It's on sale on Steam under 10$ currently (till 15.05).

I'm on the fence whether to get it or not, on one hand its a melee fighting game, on the other hand it seems to be completely filled with asian childishness of flashy power attacks and has a general button-masher feel.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 11, 2014, 05:16:37 pm »

Testers say it works that way, at least for blue arena. Though from the experience of running into super-overleveled havelyn mages with bazillions of hp with my under-3mil character I'd say its the same for red one too.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 11, 2014, 05:01:22 pm »

This SM is just making PvP in arena so slow.

How so? Arena matchmaking ignores soul memory and soul levels altogether.

By the way: someone on reddit made this calculator for SM. Notice higher tiers, if you have 3 mil you can be matched with someone that has 14 mil.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 11, 2014, 12:31:17 am »

Well this game IS mostly about grinding souls. Most of the time it goes like : Bonfire-)grinding grounds)-grind-)bonfire.

To grind more? No point.. To get new gear? There seems to be very little difference in how much damage you receive when wearing heavy or light armor. To uncover story? What story?

So far I've been doing my best to ignore the dumbfuckery pouring out of his posts but this is just golden.  

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 05, 2014, 06:09:02 pm »

When you read all the posts, it seems that the baseline is more like "Yea, well, I do have fun at times and overall it's an enjoyable game. Still, I am rather disappointed." and that coming from die hard fans of Dark Souls 1.

Tell me when I am wrong but that is what I get out of all the posts since release. Honestly curious.

Its not as good as it could have been but its still way ahead of everything else in similar veins.

Also, Nightmare, the fact you suck at the game doesnt make it bad.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 04, 2014, 03:26:32 pm »

Yeah, I meant normal invasions. Still though, in Dark Souls if you beat the invader you get humanity, so its more of a fair game since the potential victim also can gain something. Here its just pure ganking for the joy of ruining someones day.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 04, 2014, 01:35:57 pm »

It seems all he says is pretty much spot on. Could it be because miyazaki (or w/e his name was) isnt working on the game anymore? Anyways for some reason im still enjoying the game thoroughly, and still think its on par with DaS1 but in different aspects.

Not on par with Dark Souls, but solid and enjoyable for me. At least in PVE. PVP is a total mess. There is zero point in invading anyone since you dont get anything from it. In DS1 you got humanity. In here not only you arent rewarded with anything but also you need to waste Effigy and Cracked Red Eye Orb, and for some reason they removed non-cracked Red Eye Orbs, so in order to invade you must farm the cracked ones in arena (because there is no vendor for them), which barely even works half of the time or takes forever to find a match. Really, 10/10 invasion mechanics, and dont even get me started on hexes and things like Santiers Spear. 

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 03, 2014, 05:05:11 pm »

Have you guys seen this critique video? What do you think about it?

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While the guy is has a point about probably everything else, I find it hilarious that he brings up Royal Rat Authority and Mages Congregation (or whatever) as examples of difficult boss fights, while in fact they are piss easy the second you drop the console lock-on mindset, which completely fails in one vs. many fights and limits your movement speed.

The actually dissapointing thing is that there just arent any fast and aggressive opponents like Artorias or Sanctuary Guardian, the pinnacle of this dissapointment it being Nashandra, which is a total joke. The critique guy is spot on about the lack of iconic and memorable fights. When I think about Dark Souls 2 first thing that comes to mind are those masked guys and that dragon, and none of them are in the game or were severely castrated to be just part of the filler content.

The other annoyance for me was the amount of fights that involve multiple enemies with very long weapons that swing through each other - because Dark Souls still ignores weapon clipping through environment/objects - like gargoyles, three sentries and dragonriders. Its not difficult per se, its just crappy mechanics getting in the way of having a good fight.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: May 03, 2014, 01:07:24 am »

Finished the game today, a bit of mixed feelings.

These guys arent in the game. This fight or location even isnt in the game. This? Still no. Neither this or that.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls II

« on: April 28, 2014, 08:24:49 pm »

PVP is garbage in general, even with region lock its just giant lagfest, so who cares honestly.