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Post by Frog on Oct 14, 2023 18:15:21 GMT
Well we love you Addy.
I'm glad I changed it from my original post which said I love you Addy being as it started a new page.
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addyb
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Post by addyb on Oct 14, 2023 18:25:03 GMT
Well we love you Addy. I'm glad I changed it from my original post which said I love you Addy being as it started a new page. No need to be shy. I need someone to love me. |
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Post by addyb on Oct 14, 2023 18:27:11 GMT
Now to decide on a starting class. I originally wanted to go Pyro but they sound a bit squishy. I feel like I do need a class that has some decent ranged ability though.
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wunty
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Post by wunty on Oct 14, 2023 18:28:22 GMT
I went agility. I now have a bow. I like being able to fight like a coward.
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Post by addyb on Oct 14, 2023 18:31:35 GMT
I went agility. I now have a bow. I like being able to fight like a coward. Which class? |
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Post by JonFE on Oct 14, 2023 18:45:52 GMT
Other than that, you seem to be killing it!!!
You don't really notice it unless you look kind of thing....but when you do it's genuinely genuinely like textures are missing / have forgot to load in. This is in performance mode, quality is currently completely unplayable. It's really annoying. You really are better off waiting and not being an idiot like me. My excuse is I have today to play it and then pretty much won't be able to for three weeks. And for some reason I'm doing okay :-D I'm sure a brick wall is coming. It hasn't been that hard so far, especially compared to P.
Well, I do have it on order from Amazon.fr, who are seemingly taking their sweet time to even post it (and after that I'll have to wait for the postie to deliver it), so even if I wanted to hurry playing it, I'm looking at best at the end of the month to have it in my hands - perhaps that's plenty of time to get it into shape, not that I'm too bothered by technical misgivings 
Got to admit though, I am getting a bit jealous reading posts in the very thread  |
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Post by neems on Oct 14, 2023 18:53:09 GMT
I love you Addy.
Pretty much every class has ranged options. The knight starts with grenades(!), spearman has javelins, warwolf has throwing axes... they're all equip-able items with ammo replenishing when you rest, so you can never actually run out of your fancy fite arrows or whatever. It's a nice system.
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addyb
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Post by addyb on Oct 14, 2023 19:00:44 GMT
I love you Addy. Pretty much every class has ranged options. The knight starts with grenades(!), spearman has javelins, warwolf has throwing axes... they're all equip-able items with ammo replenishing when you rest, so you can never actually run out of your fancy fite arrows or whatever. It's a nice system. Nice. The Orian preacher does sound great. Love the moveset of the hammer. Which is the class with the flail? That looks cool as well. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 14, 2023 19:11:08 GMT
Is the warwolf an actual wolf?
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addyb
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Post by addyb on Oct 14, 2023 19:12:01 GMT
Is the warwolf an actual wolf? it's the Keith Lard of the game. |
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Post by wunty on Oct 14, 2023 19:17:19 GMT
I went agility. I now have a bow. I like being able to fight like a coward. Which class? Can’t recall. It’s the guy with the spear. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 14, 2023 19:19:00 GMT
I'd defo be the warwolf if he was a wolf. Does that make me a furry?
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addyb
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Post by addyb on Oct 14, 2023 19:20:06 GMT
Can’t recall. It’s the guy with the spear. Mournstead Infantry? |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 14, 2023 20:31:20 GMT
Now to decide on a starting class. I originally wanted to go Pyro but they sound a bit squishy. I feel like I do need a class that has some decent ranged ability though. That's what I went for, and they are a bit squishy; that said, the only real difficulty (as in, I may need to re-roll) I had was against the first main boss, as I still didn't really have my bearings and it just wasn't enough to lob fireballs at her. But I'm committing to the squishiness by wearing very light armour and therefore staying in the first third of the encumbrance bar - the dodging and rolling is pretty good. And now with the two axes - that scale with inferno - it's a pretty solid build. My annoyance right now is how cumbersome it is to swap catalysts, to go between spell classes. Being able to do this on the fly with the d-pad would be a MASSIVE improvement. |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 14, 2023 20:32:24 GMT
You don't really notice it unless you look kind of thing....but when you do it's genuinely genuinely like textures are missing / have forgot to load in. This is in performance mode, quality is currently completely unplayable. It's really annoying. You really are better off waiting and not being an idiot like me. My excuse is I have today to play it and then pretty much won't be able to for three weeks. And for some reason I'm doing okay :-D I'm sure a brick wall is coming. It hasn't been that hard so far, especially compared to P.
Well, I do have it on order from Amazon.fr, who are seemingly taking their sweet time to even post it (and after that I'll have to wait for the postie to deliver it), so even if I wanted to hurry playing it, I'm looking at best at the end of the month to have it in my hands - perhaps that's plenty of time to get it into shape, not that I'm too bothered by technical misgivings
Got to admit though, I am getting a bit jealous reading posts in the very thread I think you're going to enjoy it - I hope so anyway. I'm sitting now waiting for another patch to install. Let's see what this one does! |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 14, 2023 20:35:28 GMT
Another boss does the dead dance. A sweet lady who keeps dogs. Ah, that's where I am now. I had a go, failed, them decided to go off and do other stuff. How did you approach it, what worked? |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 14, 2023 20:39:37 GMT
Well, I do have it on order from Amazon.fr, who are seemingly taking their sweet time to even post it (and after that I'll have to wait for the postie to deliver it), so even if I wanted to hurry playing it, I'm looking at best at the end of the month to have it in my hands - perhaps that's plenty of time to get it into shape, not that I'm too bothered by technical misgivings
Got to admit though, I am getting a bit jealous reading posts in the very thread I think you're going to enjoy it - I hope so anyway. I'm sitting now waiting for another patch to install. Let's see what this one does! Oooh, actual textures. Thanks, devs. |
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Post by addyb on Oct 14, 2023 20:49:06 GMT
Now to decide on a starting class. I originally wanted to go Pyro but they sound a bit squishy. I feel like I do need a class that has some decent ranged ability though. That's what I went for, and they are a bit squishy; that said, the only real difficulty (as in, I may need to re-roll) I had was against the first main boss, as I still didn't really have my bearings and it just wasn't enough to lob fireballs at her. But I'm committing to the squishiness by wearing very light armour and therefore staying in the first third of the encumbrance bar - the dodging and rolling is pretty good. And now with the two axes - that scale with inferno - it's a pretty solid build. My annoyance right now is how cumbersome it is to swap catalysts, to go between spell classes. Being able to do this on the fly with the d-pad would be a MASSIVE improvement. You can't do that via the dpad? That would boil my piss. |
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Post by wunty on Oct 14, 2023 20:58:55 GMT
Can’t recall. It’s the guy with the spear. Mournstead Infantry? That’s the one! |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 14, 2023 20:59:15 GMT
That's what I went for, and they are a bit squishy; that said, the only real difficulty (as in, I may need to re-roll) I had was against the first main boss, as I still didn't really have my bearings and it just wasn't enough to lob fireballs at her. But I'm committing to the squishiness by wearing very light armour and therefore staying in the first third of the encumbrance bar - the dodging and rolling is pretty good. And now with the two axes - that scale with inferno - it's a pretty solid build. My annoyance right now is how cumbersome it is to swap catalysts, to go between spell classes. Being able to do this on the fly with the d-pad would be a MASSIVE improvement. You can't do that via the dpad? That would boil my piss. I really hope I'm missing something but I don't think so  I'm hoping there will be some all-purpose catalyst at some point so you can mix and match spells. But, yeah, spell selection / casting is inelegant. |
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Post by neems on Oct 14, 2023 22:10:55 GMT
Yeah it's a shame, no alternate weapon sets either.
As far as the dog lady goes, in the end I mostly just ignored the dogs and ran around dodging and getting hits in.
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Post by addyb on Oct 15, 2023 6:59:56 GMT
I got to Pieta last night and nearly beat her on the first attempt. Of course each attempt after that has been lacklustre. Just need to get better timing on her swipes.
I love the umbral mechanic, I also tried walking underwater holding the lamp as I thought I'd be clear with what was infront of me!
Couple of things. L1+R1 doesn't appear to do anything at all. Is this weapon based for the multi attack?
The enemy projectile throwers need a nerf, mainly with the range. Controls can be a bit fiddly, but that's more a me problem I think. I keep trying to use spells when I have my lamp equipped etc.
Good early impressions though.
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Post by neems on Oct 15, 2023 7:44:58 GMT
Re L1+R1 it might be, I know at least one weapon it only works if you switch to two-handed.
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addyb
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Post by addyb on Oct 15, 2023 8:17:28 GMT
Doh!, will try later!
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 15, 2023 8:56:46 GMT
It's also kick. Kicking those bloody hunched spellcasters off platforms hasn't got old yet.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Oct 15, 2023 10:07:21 GMT
Already sick to death of this Pieta fight.
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Post by neems on Oct 15, 2023 10:13:27 GMT
Already sick to death of this Pieta fight. Any aspect of it in particular? You can always summon the dude at the fog gate. |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Oct 15, 2023 10:18:57 GMT
Typically after typing that out I just beat her.
/sheepish \o/
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Post by wunty on Oct 15, 2023 10:26:29 GMT
It's also kick. Kicking those bloody hunched spellcasters off platforms hasn't got old yet. Yup. Obviously accompanied by a “this is SPARTA” every single time I do it. I’m in some swamp area now after killing a big thing with too many mouths. I explored a bit then thought I’d make life hard for myself by going in a different direction, through the doors from the Agatha vestige. I really shouldn’t be here yet but YOLO. |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 15, 2023 10:28:50 GMT
Edit: this was for starchildhypocrethes, though seems it's not necessary now, well done.
Yep, just summon. Both the NPC and a random if you really want to get through it.
I've just beaten dog-lady. It seems the strategy of running around her in circles and ducking in for occasional hits was effective. Not particularly elegant, but screw that.
Prior to that I was doing loops around the Blind Agatha vestige, doing some gentle grinding to bring my vitality to 20. It does make a difference, I just hope I can upgrade the Sanguinarix soon.
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