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

« on: May 04, 2016, 10:49:42 pm »

So you guys are still watching this.. this thing?

Let me guess what happened since second season - a bunch of people died, still no plot, story is going nowhere. No dragon action, but they still make it look like dragons will come.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: May 04, 2016, 09:00:54 pm »

Top used PvP weapon is katana type. Fishing pole for those who have no shame at all.
Dark sword is the only straight sword that is being used often. May be Astora from time to time, but I can't recall anyone with a broad or longsword, even though I had over 50 tongues, and a dozen of forked tongues on this dragon char alone, before trading them in for the luck staff.
Second most popular weapon type are those claymore clones - black knight, Astora greatsword, boss soul greatswords etc. They are very similar imo. That eastern curved greatsword is popular too.
Hammers, axes and spears are nowhere to be seen. No more than 1 of 10 are using those.
"Super heavy" weapons are rare too. There are a few who knows how to use them, but I imagine that sky high str/dex and weight are too intimidating.
I had a fight with a guy who used a "normal" Greatsword, and he was very good with it - killed me twice, and I felt powerless against him.

Yeah, and almost everyone is using a fire buff before the fight. Magic on rare occasions. A few used dark, but never lightning. Seriously, haven't seen lightning bolts being used a single time in PvP. although most shields and armor have shitty lightning res... Lightning used to be very popular in previous DS games.

That is of course my own experience, but I had, without a doubt, few hundred PvP encounters by now.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: May 04, 2016, 03:18:37 pm »

Luck improves the rate at which bleed builds up, from wiki:
Carthus Rogue (the item to buff bleed on a weapon) about doubles that rate, much better than infusing your weapon with Bleed. So Hollow infuse both your Mainhand and Offhand to get the extra Luck (+10). You need to be Hollowed as well. The amount of bleed damage depends on the Bleed stat of the weapon (for most weapons that is 33, which means 33% of max hp). Then you just need a fast weapon that comes stock with bleed, enter Warden Twinblades.

et voila

If this isn't insane bleed buildup then I don't know what is.

Oh, I see :) it means I haven't done it right then... I was testing a bleed longsword, spear and that eastern curved greatsword Momondau or whatever the fck it's called, and a hollow offhand. Haven't even thought about Carthus stuff... Hmmm

EDIT:

Btw Guys, whom do you despise more - Katana or Dark Sword users?.. Assuming they are obviously wearing Fallen Knight set, a kite/crest shield and a fire buff.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: May 04, 2016, 02:35:57 pm »

I'm currently running a female bleed char named PMS. Focusing LUCK and DEX (in addition to VIG and END, ofc). Warden Twinblades, the bleed is real.

Have tested high luck and bleed, but it wasn't something for me... Had a hollow small leather shield as an offhand for the luck bonus, and tested a few quick weapons - bleeding took too long to kick in imo. And not that I'm 100% sure, but as I understood, luck only adds to amount of bleeding damage, not to the "accumulating speed". Did 10+ PvP duels and wasn't impressed at all, Imo they need to adjust the bleed weapon base damage. Same raw weapon with a resin applied will do waaaay more damage.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: May 04, 2016, 02:00:14 pm »

Have tried almost every possible combination of attributes and weapon types between my 4 chars and 200+ hours of playing. Trying a dragon-warrior now A refined lothric sword and lothric shield, 40/40 str/dex, 30 vigor, 30 end.
I feel rather squishy obviously, but I look damn good and dem shield parry counters are awesome! Need to find that hornet ring though before my dragon can truly shine.

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General Off Topic / Re: Battle of the Nations

« on: May 01, 2016, 02:38:04 pm »

This is going to be really cool stuff. Many teams are going to Denmark right afterwards to the next fest there.

Hmm... But there are no marked events on the page in Denmark...
If it was around Cooenhagen, I would have a look if the weather is holding.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: April 29, 2016, 10:01:57 pm »

there is. look it up, the chain is different. plus you can throw hunters charm, they passively open and give you item - thats how I'm getting aravice item these days.

I knew about the chain, but the charm part is something completely new to me niiiice...

Anyways, it's friday, I am back from work, chickenpox fucked me up so bad that I will not go out drinking for the next few weeks, so it's time to load my ridiculously op lvl 16 char and terrorize noobies on the wall got 11 tongues yesterday ;)

Edit:

Btw, I can confirm that it's possible to invade an NG+ player using a red eye. Got annihilated by a guy who had end game armor and weapons on the wall. Not sure if level difference wasn't an issue, or he was under lvl 36...

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: April 28, 2016, 05:43:40 pm »

Swamp was a nightmare for my first char, and I ended up summoning a "guide" to help me through, my second run was much easier, as I stacked up on moss and knew about the three lights. But yes, swamps are hellish in all of DS games - never wanted to stay there more than needed there is never any PvP in there either, as well as very few willing to help / be summoned.
Cathedral is probably my favorite area so far, both because of level art/design and good PvP activity. That whole Anor area is fine too - lots of space, places to ambush, and the enemies are not as annoying as in many later levels.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: April 27, 2016, 05:41:35 pm »

You didn't have any problem with finding a way to the new areas?

In Dark Souls, you couldn't teleport between bonefires, and dragon covenant area was hidden behind double illusory walls
Oh, and that pitch black Nito area... I lost hope so many times - had to push on only because I couldn't find my way back.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: April 23, 2016, 01:54:53 pm »

Got my cleric to Anor, and feel that I had enough experience in PvP to make some personal conclusions.
First of all, Blessed weapons don't scale damage with faith very well, on top of cutting the base damage of the weapon. Until I got my Astora 1h to +6, it felt like I was using a dagger. It still does about 1/3 less damage, compared to my heavy brigand axe, on my shielder, scaled with the same 35 points in attributes. Passive healing provided by blesses weapons is negligible.
Ranged miracles are hard to hit with, same as with magic spells. Though I want to mention that Gnaw, a miracle similar to what those fat lady-priests are using, does very good bleeding damage, though I have to lay two consecutive hits, in order for bleeding to kick in. Took anything between 1/3 to 2/3 of enemies' health off. Or so it seemed... I do not exactly know how bleeding works in terms of damage.
My best PvP miracle is Lightning Stake. It does insane amount of damage, if I hit a guy directly on his head And it seem to effect stamina as well - I am positively sure that I was able to break shield guard with it, opening the enemy for a critical.
The downsides are that it costs 50 FP and has melee range. Most useful as a surprise late battle trick - smacking an incoming enemy when we both used up few flasks I had good fun with it, and I advise those who are using miracles to give it a try.

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General Off Topic / Re: Leave or stay in the EU?

« on: April 22, 2016, 11:29:01 pm »

Even understanding how North Koreans think can be very valuable in developing strategy on how to deal with this little nation that's conducting tests with nuclear weapons, working hard at their miniaturization and trying to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles to fit them on.

Not that what I am about to mention is very relevant, but I once checked how many people live in North Korea, and it's not that little - 25 mil. And in case of an invasion, they would draft, as mr. Oldman put it:

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General Off Topic / Re: #dream is alive

« on: April 21, 2016, 09:53:02 pm »

Then I wonder what kind of pre-requisites the nordic job market got.

It's probably something IT related. Or language. I have yet to meet someone who got hired without knowing Danish May be on some high level jobs you can get away with English, but you will not be allowed to clean toilets on a train station at night, without speaking Danish.
And any more or less qualified job is out of the question, if you do not have a Danish paper confirming your qualification. I am not talking about working as a doctor or a pilot, i am talking about being a carpenter or a smith.
Personally i like this system, as it insures close to the same level of quality, regardless of who you are hiring.

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General Off Topic / Re: So boring

« on: April 21, 2016, 04:57:43 pm »

Today I heard of earthquake in Ecuador for the first time, almost full week after it happened. Third world problems really do get overlooked by things that happen in first world countries.

Yeah, no wonder... I can't even tell where it is on the map. Probably "middle-america", next to Panama or something. But if it was shaking too much and they can't handle it, they can all move to Germany and Sweden.

Oh, just checked the map! Yes, i remmember now. I took over Ecuador in Hearts of Iron 3, when i was playing as Brazil.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: April 21, 2016, 01:23:40 am »

The trick with range spells in pvp is to shoot them without lock-on, predict roll positions and be MLG. Its actually not super hard, but you need a spell that pays off bigtime for it to be usefull. Farron sword spell is sick, i hope it deals good damage on a high tier stave at 40 int. At least so that it has some use, the greatsword spell is pretty good too, big chunk of FP but dat range and aoe.

Casting time on the greatsword is too long for 1vs1 imo... I have 24 att, using a ring, and still it opens me up too much. Usually, I roll and start spamming farron, and roll out as soon as the enemy counter attacks.
Btw, I have to admit playing on ps, so aiming spells without a lock seems too tricky idk how it works on a pc, but I imagine it's more manageable with a mouse.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Dark Souls 3

« on: April 20, 2016, 11:34:46 pm »

Magic seems cool so far, i like the soul sword spells, but theyre not hitting too hard, so most of the time i just find myself plowing through with a great magic weapon buffed broadsword. Cant wait for some soulmasses and spears though, theyre goign to be sick.

I have yet to find and test a soulmass, but I doubt the spear will be any good in PvP... It's close to impossible to hit anyone with projectiles in DS3, and it will be very FP expensive to spam. I am hoping for aoe spells, or something similar to sword spells, or even summoning of turrets of sorts ( like that pyro hover ball that shoots smaller fireballs )
I don't use buffs, as it just makes my Mage another type of melee char. It's a matter of taste of course...

Edit

That farron sword spell I was talking about earlier costs almost no FP, and takes very little stamina, casts instantly and has good range. With my 35 int, it hits as my normal +3 crystal short sword, it's not much, but I can cast about 8 of them before running out of stamina, and they really fly quickly, I would say they spam with dagger speed, or even faster.