AshfordPride
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« Reply #1040 on: November 17, 2012, 07:47:28 PM » |
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And that's what they call "circumventing expectations." I so wish I could just be watching you play sometimes. I wouldn't change a thing, either. I failed 2King4Me six times. That's about the end of that story. ACTUALLY, I will indite myself further. I haven't used any magic or spells all game because I didn't know how because I've looked up nothing about this game beyond fleeting word of mouth. So I just kept buying them and raising my faith and being fucking stupid. There's a lot of NPC blood on my hand that could have been easily prevented, lemme tell ya. Lot of titanite tossed out the fucking window trying to figure out how crafting works. Actually, laurentius gets pissed if you say yes, because he's asking if you find pyromancy offensive.
Oh yeah, but there's no consequence to it. I'm offended by fire. I'm Frankenstein.
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« Reply #1041 on: November 17, 2012, 10:06:31 PM » |
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If you want to use magic...
1. Go to a bonfire and "attune" your spells. You'll probably want to make them all the same type of spell (Sorcery, Pyro, or Miracle), but it's totally up to you. Upgrading your "Attunement" stat gives you more slots for equipping them, btw.
2. Equip a catalyst in your weapons section of your inventory. Yes, spellcasting catalysts are essentially just weapons, that you wield like every other kind of weaponry in the game.
3. Cast "triple facepalm" and laugh at yourself. Heck, you can get a Sorcerer's Catalyst from the blacksmith at the start of New Londo from your very first trip to Firelink Shrine, and hidden below the elevators in Firelink Shrine, there's another Catalyst that lets you cast the Miracles you first learn from Petrus, too.
Then again, I went quite awhile before I even bothered with them, either. So don't be too mean to yourself.
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« Reply #1042 on: November 17, 2012, 10:25:26 PM » |
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how are those spoilers? if you push select in your stats menu it'll tell you all of that... plus anyone who sells you spells also sells the catalyst/talismen needed to cast it, with a description on the item that that's what it does.
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AshfordPride
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« Reply #1043 on: November 18, 2012, 06:13:18 AM » |
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Oh no guys, don't worry, I worked it all out. I'm just saying there was a long time where I kept collecting them with no real intention of using them, just because.
Also, beat LMAO4KINGS! once I realized that you are just capable of doing more damage to them than they are to you. That was a pretty stupid bossfight, and considering Pinwheel was the previous boss I'm kind of in a rut of shitty bosses.
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« Reply #1044 on: November 18, 2012, 06:48:42 AM » |
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Pinwheel wrecked my face the first time I fought him because I got there at level 10 by pushing all the skeletons off cliffs.
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« Reply #1045 on: November 19, 2012, 12:46:02 AM » |
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I just beat the game. Ending feels like a major anticlimax to me. I don't even know what I was doing or what just happened. I was told to link the fire, and I uh... did that? Credits roll, I'm back in the asylum. Welp.
I'm gonna make a sorcerer character and see what all that magic stuff is about. Also, for anyone curious, this is the equipment I used for the majority of the game: Black Knight Sword Black Knight Shield Stone Armor Set Black Bow of Pharis Pyromancer Flame Havel's Ring Covetous Gold Serpent Ring
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« Reply #1046 on: November 19, 2012, 05:18:52 AM » |
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I wonder if I should try to make melee/archer build or perhaps try miracles... There are still play-styles I haven't tried...
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« Reply #1047 on: November 19, 2012, 05:34:55 AM » |
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I wonder if I should try to make melee/archer build or perhaps try miracles... There is still play-styles I haven't tried...
same. i haven't actually used miracles at all, except for the weakest healing one. also wanna try doing a run where i do new londo before anything else and one where i do the same for the catacombs. it's so weird because i normally don't care for "self-imposed" challenges at all (unless the game is like an open-ended sim or w/e) but the souls games have a way of making that shit extremely fun. actually i think dark souls is even better than demon's in that regard because of how much you can "sequence break" the game.
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« Reply #1048 on: November 19, 2012, 06:31:10 AM » |
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Walk out of the room next time, Nillo.
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« Reply #1049 on: November 19, 2012, 06:48:41 AM » |
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@CA Yeah, Catacombs would be interesting to beat earlier than with Tomb of Giants. I checked miracles again, and to be honest I'm not sure how much use I'd have for them. Most seem to be about healing and I'm already skilled enough to play every area and boss with 5-10 Estus There is some offense miracles, but to me it looks like pyromancy is more effective on that part. Perhaps I just make dex build then.
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« Reply #1050 on: November 19, 2012, 07:43:04 AM » |
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A friend of mine just told me that the reason I kept failing to backstab things with my first character was that you can't backstab while holding up a shield. What.
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« Reply #1051 on: November 19, 2012, 08:22:55 AM » |
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Yeah, you can't.
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« Reply #1052 on: November 19, 2012, 08:59:09 AM » |
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Ohhh if you only knew...
Miracle-casting + Sunlight Covenant = insane pwnishment time
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« Reply #1053 on: November 19, 2012, 12:21:14 PM » |
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Miracles are basically good only for Wrath of Gods and the weapon buff spells. The default Healing also comes in handy, but it's as Tumetsu said -- the game is balanced around Estus, so additional healing is not necessary.
Overall, the gameplay style depends more on weapon choice than anything else.
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« Reply #1054 on: November 19, 2012, 07:36:38 PM » |
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don't forget lightning spear, which is no slouch
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« Reply #1055 on: November 20, 2012, 02:26:20 AM » |
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Yup, but it doesn't differ much from its Sorcery and Pyromancy counterparts -- I listed what's unique to Miracles.
I forgot there's one very cool thing about Healing, though. You can use it as a phantom, which is really handy if you co-op a lot. From my experience, most hosts don't care to use Estus to heal their phantoms.
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« Reply #1056 on: November 20, 2012, 03:10:33 AM » |
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or just stock up on humanities and use them to heal.
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« Reply #1057 on: November 20, 2012, 03:36:52 AM » |
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Yeah. But that would be a waste on the first playthrough. In any case -- Heal is handy at times, but by no means necessary. It's a bit like the regen build in DS. Doesn't give you a huge advantage most of the time, but makes you worry less about the chip damage you receive along the way.
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« Reply #1058 on: November 20, 2012, 04:40:56 AM » |
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regen builds were actually pretty nice in ds because they reduced the need to grind for grasses (one of the most boring aspects of the game that im glad they fixed with the estus system in dks)
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« Reply #1059 on: November 20, 2012, 05:32:32 AM » |
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Agreed. That's why I played one. And they had some use in PvP, where enemies tended to do really stupid things if they saw you are regenerating any chip damage they dealt. Heal is kinda similar (sans the PvP use), but more balanced and fitting the new system.
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