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General Off Topic / Re: World Cup 2014 Deutschland Uber Alles

« on: July 14, 2014, 09:29:18 pm »

Did anyone else notice that no Argentine player complaint when Schweinsteiger got treatment on the field in the last minutes of the game?
That's great respect for a player who took a severe beating but always stood up time after time.

You mean they didn't complain that he was lying on the ground after they put him there?
Yeah, a lot of respect.

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

« on: June 21, 2014, 06:11:05 am »

I picked up Valdis Story recently.

It's holding me over for now as it's the same sort of design as the Souls series

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Yup, totally same sort of design, dark and gritty TPP with awesome melee combat. 

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

« on: June 07, 2014, 05:01:56 pm »

You're wrong, he said he would not write continuation of The Witcher's saga, but in "History and fantasy" - interview book with S. Bereś - he clearly says that isn't out of question new novel settled in witchcer's world, just not a continuation or sth like that but a spin-off.

I dont think I'm wrong. Book youre mentioning was released in 2005, last time I heard him claim that he wont write any more Witchers was at Polcon 2012.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

« on: June 07, 2014, 05:40:52 am »

Yup, patronization and ignorance. Games dont have stories, btw. never played any of them, lel.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

« on: June 07, 2014, 05:32:34 am »

The visual effect will be stunning, the players delighted - some might even consider it to be better and easier digestible than the original book, because in the book the letters are so small.... Some will never even reach for the original book; as for them, the game will be enough,

the idea to write 'adjuvant content' and create something 'complementary' to a game or a comic is an absolute pinnacle of idiocy.

A story can only be contained in a book.

Seems pretty patronizing to me. Especially last bit considering that ie. Torment is lightyears ahead of everything he ever wrote in terms of good storytelling.

Also,

I believe it is the success of my books that significantly affects the popularity of the games,

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And thats coming from a guy who tried so hard to milk the franchise by rushing the release of another Witcher book after games made those popular even though he said previously he wouldnt even write it.

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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

« on: June 07, 2014, 04:36:32 am »

I love that patronizing attitude towards games and gamers from a guy who writes books about a macho monster slayer.

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

« on: June 01, 2014, 05:39:05 am »

When I learn to reliably riposte/parry it might be worth it

Leo ring increases counter damage, which has nothing to do with parry/backstab. Counter is when you hit someone whos swinging or who just whiffed with a swing and is in recovery animation. I guess it was meant primarily for spearmen to boost damage from attacking from behind a shield and From cant into making item descriptions that make sense. Regardless, Leo is very good for all thrusty weapons in general.

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

« on: May 25, 2014, 11:01:34 pm »

Met any binoglitchers in the arena so far, Vibe? 

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

« on: May 23, 2014, 11:49:29 pm »

Unlike DS1, in DS2 there are no 'wrong ways' to go in the beginning, out of available areas one is slightly harder than the other but nothing buttraping like New Londo.

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

« on: May 22, 2014, 12:14:08 am »

So i'm curious to wether a hoplite style of play could be viable, because as I see it now its just complete crap.. The reach could be argued as an advantage but in practice the attacks with spear/board combo ussually leave you open for attacks.

Any tips though? I am dying to get this to work but I dont seem to grasp it.. At all.

You know that with spear you can attack while blocking with the shield at the same time, right? I'd say that spear and shield is probably the easiest to use and most effective melee build for PVE in Souls games.

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

« on: May 21, 2014, 10:42:02 pm »

If you mean this

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SL 120

Vig- 21
Vit- 20
End- 22
Att- 20
Str- 20
Adp- 4
Dex- 12
Int- 4
Fth- 50

then it could use some improvements.

1. You dont need INT at all as Faith build, so you should start as bandit/knight (lowest INT), so you dont waste SLs.
2. Way too low ADP and hp.
3. Why SL 120?

Something like this is better:

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Vig- 50*
Vit- 12
End- 20
Att- 20
Str- 15*
Adp-  20
Dex- 15*
Int- 1
Fth- 50

* - weapon choice dependant. Meet minimum requirements for your weapon of choice, put everything else in VIG.

Do note though that faith builds in PVP pretty much require Sunlight Blade for melee combat, which as one cast only and lasts 90 seconds, so this is a viable build for duels and arena, not so much for PVE. I wouldnt sweat about PVP build until you actually are high level and just respec then.

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

« on: May 21, 2014, 09:51:59 pm »

So basically what you're saying is, my best bet is to become on of those SL600 bastards. 

Well, if you are just starting out then its nothing to be concerned about and I guess there is a chance that From will fix this before you get to that point.   

Also,

Any recommended weapons or items to grab early on? Something like the Drake Sword in DkS1? And what would be a good faith weapon to grab early on?

You will get a very good faith weapon and Drake sword equivalent fairly early in the game by just playing the normal route.

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

« on: May 21, 2014, 09:34:15 pm »

Just hoping I don't end up facing guys 50 levels higher than me or more

 

If it was just 50 levels.

Entire endgame in DS2 has a friday afternoon designing vibe and soul memory is the pinnacle of the stupidity. Soul memory was supposed to protect your everyday George from low level twinks and PVPers with optimized builds looking for a fight, and now thanks to soul memory George the Casual who loses 50% of the souls he earns is getting matched against veterans who lose nothing and spent everything on making their characters better.

And thats just the smaller problem, the actual retardation is that you cant keep your soul memory low because you keep earning souls even while exlusively PVPing with your SL150. In other words, no matter what you do (except not playing) you will eventually enter the tier of SL600 havelmonsters.

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

« on: May 21, 2014, 03:34:15 am »

Yeah, gear to counter one type of build and get wrecked by everything else, 10/10 advice.

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

« on: May 17, 2014, 09:28:22 pm »

Might be your ADP/agility is too low. As you probably know ADP raises agility, agility raises the number of invincibility frames you get while rolling among other things. Here's a chart that shows the relation:

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AGI - iFrames
85 - 8
90 - 9
95 - 10
100 - 12
105 - 13
110 - 13
115 - 15
120 - 16

AFAIK the general consensus at this point is that 20 ADP is optimal and it certainly helps with timings when fighting people from Zimbabwe.