caestus/vanquisher's ring pvp builds were really popular on release but seem to have dwindled now that people understand that the only way you win with those builds is to massively outskill or outstat your opponent. almost every bare fists pvper rolls compulsively to get into range of someone backpedaling away and that's 100% punishable, or you're able to force a second roll that resets their momentum, every time.
have you asceticed Velstadt? you get the +2 Royal Soldier Ring for it and a fuck-ton of souls between the boss and the long train of syan knights in the hall prior
you also have the option of taking another crack at vendrick who i assume is worth $Texas in NG+
Almost 40 hours on this current character and I still haven't 'cleared' my NG.
Ancient Dragon and Vendrick, a couple other bosses, tracking down the last couple of gestures, and then all of the DLC 1 content. By the time that's all done I'll probably be working on the DLC2 stuff.
Battletag BYToady#1454
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GoodKingJayIIIThey wanna get mygold on the ceilingRegistered Userregular
Well I am glad that I backed up my save after yesterday's session. Because when I downloaded the patch and my character disappeared! It was a quick fix, but man... I was panicked for a second.
have you asceticed Velstadt? you get the +2 Royal Soldier Ring for it and a fuck-ton of souls between the boss and the long train of syan knights in the hall prior
you also have the option of taking another crack at vendrick who i assume is worth $Texas in NG+
Nah I'm real twitchy about ascetic
It's +1 for whatever difficulty you are in, forever
I did it for gargoyles because it's totally optional and only boosts the levels of a very small number of enemies who only appear after the fight anyway
Doing it for an area where I'll actually have to content with +1 difficulty enemies forever sounds awful
Also I haven't killed Vendrick yet, because I've been way putting off the optional memories. Maybe I'll do that. Maybe. One of those memories is a real pain.
have you asceticed Velstadt? you get the +2 Royal Soldier Ring for it and a fuck-ton of souls between the boss and the long train of syan knights in the hall prior
you also have the option of taking another crack at vendrick who i assume is worth $Texas in NG+
Nah I'm real twitchy about ascetic
It's +1 for whatever difficulty you are in, forever
I did it for gargoyles because it's totally optional and only boosts the levels of a very small number of enemies who only appear after the fight anyway
Doing it for an area where I'll actually have to content with +1 difficulty enemies forever sounds awful
Also I haven't killed Vendrick yet, because I've been way putting off the optional memories. Maybe I'll do that. Maybe. One of those memories is a real pain.
It stops getting harder after intensity 8, but you can do them forever if you really want.
have you asceticed Velstadt? you get the +2 Royal Soldier Ring for it and a fuck-ton of souls between the boss and the long train of syan knights in the hall prior
you also have the option of taking another crack at vendrick who i assume is worth $Texas in NG+
Nah I'm real twitchy about ascetic
It's +1 for whatever difficulty you are in, forever
I did it for gargoyles because it's totally optional and only boosts the levels of a very small number of enemies who only appear after the fight anyway
Doing it for an area where I'll actually have to content with +1 difficulty enemies forever sounds awful
Also I haven't killed Vendrick yet, because I've been way putting off the optional memories. Maybe I'll do that. Maybe. One of those memories is a real pain.
i've asceticed a few places and so far it's not too bad
i've heard the difference between NG+ and NG++, etc isn't all that huge. i'm terrified of doing heavy farming and driving any area way up to 7+ though
I hate iron king melee because I'm bad at avoiding his fire breath without that wall as a crutch.
i usually try to keep him on the left side so that when he uses the breath, you have plenty of room to run to the right, where the fireballs spread out and fizzle out
if he does a second one in a row, you can run back to the left in time to make it safely to the far side of the breath
are lances bad? or just not as sexy as katanas? i never see them.
on paper they look good and i was thinking of grabbing the grand lance on my strength character.
tanky grand lance pvp builds can be really good but it's one of the slowest and most boring pvp characters you can play as far as I'm concerned. my powerstance spear character offhands the heide lance for some deceptive reach and it does really solid damage as well.
Well it was re-closed for me (it was still the 25th, about 3 hours after the patch hit).
Battletag BYToady#1454
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GoodKingJayIIIThey wanna get mygold on the ceilingRegistered Userregular
I don't get terribly salty about world pvp. Death is just part of the game, and a red phantom is just another means of killing you.
But it is not very fun when my +10 lightning claymore does 1/3 of its normal damage against some buffed up heavy armor dude who proceeds to two-shot me with a whip. It's stuff like that that makes me wonder whether the choices I'm making for PvE translate in any useful way to PvP.
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i do not fuck around against dudes with caestus or claws
i had a dude with claws get off a four hit combo on me
i didn't even know that was still a thing
"We have years of struggle ahead, mostly within ourselves." - Made in USA
Not having any luck with summons tonight
Though, My character really should be in NG+ right now, given that I've got a 3 mil soul memory
Maybe I'll try to coop the final boss instead. Need some extra souls for arrows and to upgrade my fashion soul set for tomorrow.
i stopped using the wall after my first attempt to use the wall
what system are you on (not that i have any bosses left)
Peecee
I could probably farm dragon shrine some but ugh that place
you also have the option of taking another crack at vendrick who i assume is worth $Texas in NG+
Ancient Dragon and Vendrick, a couple other bosses, tracking down the last couple of gestures, and then all of the DLC 1 content. By the time that's all done I'll probably be working on the DLC2 stuff.
PSN: Threeve703
Nah I'm real twitchy about ascetic
It's +1 for whatever difficulty you are in, forever
I did it for gargoyles because it's totally optional and only boosts the levels of a very small number of enemies who only appear after the fight anyway
Doing it for an area where I'll actually have to content with +1 difficulty enemies forever sounds awful
Also I haven't killed Vendrick yet, because I've been way putting off the optional memories. Maybe I'll do that. Maybe. One of those memories is a real pain.
"oh you can cheese him by parrying him and shooting him with the ballista? neat!"
40 failed parries later
i realized rolling that shit was actually a lot more reliable
It stops getting harder after intensity 8, but you can do them forever if you really want.
i've heard the difference between NG+ and NG++, etc isn't all that huge. i'm terrified of doing heavy farming and driving any area way up to 7+ though
i usually try to keep him on the left side so that when he uses the breath, you have plenty of room to run to the right, where the fireballs spread out and fizzle out
if he does a second one in a row, you can run back to the left in time to make it safely to the far side of the breath
It was the worst one too, yay
Now I have to remember where the final one even is
I had a k:d ratio of probably 1:4. At least.
I did it naked, with no backup items, weapons or abilities at all.
Why? What was my reward?
Because I could.
chriiiiiiist i hate that memory
the fireball giants are absolutely ridiculous
"oh, a ladder to the roof here, i can climb it to avoid the giant clusterfuck in this passage"
FIREBALLFIREBALLFIREBALLFIREBALL
It was the post-persuer one
That is to say, it is
I'm still trying to clear it
This one is way worse than I remember. It has archers with fucktons of damage each, it has amazingly accurate fireball giants, it has everything
I hate that these have a time limit. Time limits do not work in this game
Ah well, at least the broken cheapness of life protection rings make this only somewhat annoying.
That's what tis memory needed
Bad platforming
Feels pretty good though, I never figured out how to access this memory in my original ps3 clear
This lance looks bad ass, though I'll probably never use it
on paper they look good and i was thinking of grabbing the grand lance on my strength character.
i really don't see enough katanas around
tanky grand lance pvp builds can be really good but it's one of the slowest and most boring pvp characters you can play as far as I'm concerned. my powerstance spear character offhands the heide lance for some deceptive reach and it does really solid damage as well.
But it is not very fun when my +10 lightning claymore does 1/3 of its normal damage against some buffed up heavy armor dude who proceeds to two-shot me with a whip. It's stuff like that that makes me wonder whether the choices I'm making for PvE translate in any useful way to PvP.
PSN: Threeve703
And now I'm back to....actually not being able to bring myself to play the game to get to the DLC.