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spanky1 posted...

Did they change the Bloodhound Fang? Thats been my weapon ever since I got it.

There's no mention of it in the patch notes and I don't think any of the balance changes would apply to it.

Nice. B)

Double Bloodhound with me and mimic is all I need. B)

How could they make the mimic dumber. It was already really dumb lol.

I find it amusing that I got the bug that causes you to float in mid-air whilst calling Torrent, then the patch not 2 hours later that supposedly fixes the issue.

MarthGoomba posted...

Knew they were going to ruin Barricade Shield. That skill made everything absolutely trivial

General buff to shields is good though!

There's a shield that makes the entire game trivial even without Barricade and before this update.

OudeGeuze posted...

There's a shield that makes the entire game trivial even without Barricade and before this update.

What it is? :0

https://youtu.be/AI6wu-xP9MY

Looks like Twitter activists learned about Berserk through ER and are attacking the franchise. Very sly to attack it when the author passed away.

Touch posted...

What it is? :0

Not going to talk about it because it ruins PvP and is honestly probably the most busted PvP that has ever been in any Souls game (yes worse than curved swords in vanilla DS2, mundane Santiers/Avelyn, etc).

Its more cancerous than Moonveil and formerly Erdtree Greatshield.

watching a streamer fight radahn. seems like the purple arrows can be outran by a horse now wtf

i tried that before patch and it never worked

106 hours clocked so far after starting maybe a week ago. Took me a full day to beat Malenia lol. Mainly waiting for mechanics and to go my way is why it took so long. Im nearing the end of the story, but I still have a lot more side content to do. Most of my hours were spent doing side quests and making sure I dont miss them.

The Crystal Barrage buff feels nice, NG+ O'neil just took 1980 damage from a full cast(48 FP). Also the buff to Great Glintstone Shard is appreciated. I used it against some bosses and it always felt bad to see the projectile disappear sooner than Glintstone Pebble.

Irony posted...

Nice nerfs. Surprised Moonveil wasn't. Good thing I got the platinum with Mimic being nerfed.

Moonveil got nerfed. It's under the other weapon balance changes catch-all.

OudeGeuze posted...

There's a shield that makes the entire game trivial even without Barricade and before this update.

The one that they put in the most utterly atrocious spot in the entire game?

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Yep, killed gostoc myself for his bell since I completely missed out on the items he sells during his extremely short stint as a merchant, lol. =/

I also like how the mimic tear got nerfed when I was at least 10 minutes away from obtaining it. (The last thing I did before the game booted me off for the update was beat the mimic tear boss fight).

Ah well, I beat this and get that plat I am off the stranger of paradise anyway so I'm not even that mad........well, I'm slightly mad that I did not get to experience uber strong mimic tear like everyone else, lol.

OudeGeuze posted...

Not going to talk about it

then don't say anything in the first place if you just wanna play games

Mimic tear nerfed.

Sword of night and flame got hit over 60%.

Also, npc markers! Nice.

Touch posted...

What it is? :0

fingerprint stone shield

sheesh, fire knightrider glaive hits for almost 600 damage and it's only +18

viewmaster_pi posted...

then don't say anything in the first place if you just wanna play games

Yeah wtf lol. I don't really give two craps about the PvP so pussyfooting about a shield just to preserve meta or whatever is so...bleh

ultimate reaver posted...

fingerprint stone shield

Ty

Been reading some posts on reddit. Apparently outside the Godskin duo fight you can now summon an npc that can melt them with life steal aoe

Reminder that if you regret killing an NPC, there's a place in game where you can get pardoned and they'll be revived.

I just woke up to this

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/1/8/AAc2bHAADCY6.png

I'm crying and throwing up rn

i just realized you can use seppuku to inflict blood loss on yourself to trigger blood lord's exultation for its damage buff whenever you want

i love blood

i guess you could say i'm a hemophiliac

oh my god, it's triggering blood loss in two fucking hits on the flame monk dudes at the mountain of giants, even the huge fat fuck

with a curved sword mind you. that's fucking fast

https://youtu.be/K1zODDbbhaQ

Wtf. Night comet spell seems pretty OP now

Tried some dual wielding yesterday and I'm pretty happy about the damage but um. I suck a lot without a shield

So apparently they patched Kenneth Haight and Nepehli's quests to actually finish, but it turns out they're reliant on Gostoc (the guy who steals your runes at Stormveil if you don't kill him) being alive.

I wonder if they patched in or will patch in the thing for Alexander.

All these nerfs...
Did they nerf malenia at all?

Had a crisis of conscience tonight. Wasted so many hours looking into various builds, new ideas, etcwasnt enjoying the uchi too much. Tried claws, didnt really like the moveset.

almost restarted twice tonight, once to go astrologer and completely switch it up and then a second time almost as a bandit to go for a Reduvia build.

ended up just getting reduvia on the dex/slightly poor stat distribution character I had already and farmed for like 40 minutes for a great knife (now I see why some go bandit for this)

Anyway, I really do like the dagger moveset and now I can still put hoarfrost on my offhand, post-nerf, for standard buildup and then have this amazing ranged blood mist attack with Reduvia.

hopefully I stick with this. >_> I just felt like I was in limbo for a whileI always do strength 2H builds in Souls games and wanted to try something new.

I had no idea that Gostoc guy was stealing rules until I saw people talking about it post patch. How does he do that exactly?

ultimate reaver posted...

I had no idea that Gostoc guy was stealing rules until I saw people talking about it post patch. How does he do that exactly?

Whenever you die in Stormveil Castle, you only get 90% of your runes back. You can apparently see him sneaking around and following you.

And I didn't catch this until I read a reddit comement just now, but he's also the motherfucker that locks you into that room with the knight and the key. Presumably so he can just steal all of your shit. I thought it was weird that the eight-foot tall knight had such a squeaky, wheezing laugh.

Now that they fixed the arcane bug, Rolivers of Blood is probably the best katana overall.

tag

Irony posted...

Now that they fixed the arcane bug, Rolivers of Blood is probably the best katana overall.

Nice I wanna use that one straight sword

Alright I need something to replace my Hoarfrost Stomp.

I also notice that red bird from Palace Approach falls to his death faster and easier now from being attacked with a bow.

Thank god I beat the game before this lol

Last time we left off I was debating on running Deeproot Depths or finally going to Atlus. I decided on Deeproot.

Last night I finished up Deeproot Depths, Nokstella, and the Lake of Rot. I'm level 87 I think. I broke down and finally put points into Faith because Scarlet Rot sucks huge ass. I couldn't beat the dude at the platforms in Lake of Rot. I have him written down to go back to later. So I have my talisman that boosts based on strength, the spell that heals poison/rot, a basic damage spell, and a basic heal spell.

After Lake of Rot I FINALLY found a way to the area I asked about back right after launch. I have gotten to that plateau in the SW corner of Lurnia.

The Lake of Rot Boss, Astel, Naturalborn of the Void was kind of a cool fight. First time I get him to about 1/4 health. Second time 1/15th health or so. Fifth time I had him to where I swear he had probably 100 HP left. I got him on my 15th attempt or so.

Apparently I was missing whatever item took my slime ashes up to level 4 because after I hit 4 I was immediately able to do 5-10.

My main worry was being too OP for Atlus Plateau. Looking at the "recommended level by location" list on the Wiki (which I know is subject to change) Atlus Plateau is levels 60-80 while the Lake of Rot was 80-100. I'll probably be OP for Atlus.

OK so while I kinda like the dual wield frost thrusting sword combo, it's not quite scratching my itch. Mainly because the bigger enemies just don't care about getting hit with such tiny needles. So I figure I'll go for something heavier. Now my new objective is farming two Forked Greatswords from imps, since they do bleed. Then putting Hoarfrost Stomp on both of them, so both will do freeze and bleed. Then I can just go to town both one-handed and dual wielding style :)

lichdragon?? more like bitchdragon. so much bluster and spectacle and i killed him with a fucking rock

scar the 1 posted...

Reminder that if you regret killing an NPC, there's a place in game where you can get pardoned and they'll be revived.

I just wanna know if I miss out on much for killing the one dude with the rose bouquet lmao

Everyone and their fucking mothers using dex weapons. I feel like this game put no love for strength users.

like me and my buddies have found all these cool dex weapons but no cool strength weapons. What the fuck is with that.

like dark souls and blood borne had a ton of cool heavy gear.

any strength chads in here? Sick of seeing katana virgin users

Cool, they fixed the shield and blight exploits.

Boooo hoarfrost stomp and mimic got nerfed hard. At least for now Tiche is the best summon.

Also love how they buffed sorceries instead of just nerfing pebble. There are some viable options now.

Touch posted...

Yeah wtf lol. I don't really give two craps about the PvP so pussyfooting about a shield just to preserve meta or whatever is so...bleh

Has nothing to do about preserving the Mets but instead prevent it from being worse than it already is.

Uninfused Fingerprint Greatshield +25, Heavy Godskin Stitcher +10 w/Seppuku and Greatshield Talisman absolutely breaks the game, just don't use that shit in pvp. It's quite literally impossible for your stance to be broken outside of grabs because you have 100 stability, meaning 0 stamina drain on blocks outside of extremely rare cases. And like I said, this DOESN'T require Barricade which is honestly busted.

If you're gonna use it in PvE, fine, but it's the most broken shit to ever see PvP because there is not any real counterplay for it. Needs to be nerfed asap.

gna647 posted...

Everyone and their fucking mothers using dex weapons. I feel like this game put no love for strength users.

like me and my buddies have found all these cool dex weapons but no cool strength weapons. What the fuck is with that.

like dark souls and blood borne had a ton of cool heavy gear.

any strength chads in here? Sick of seeing katana virgin users

I'll be making a walking armory character next that will involve either a greataxe or ultra greatsword.

Ratchetrockon posted...

https://youtu.be/K1zODDbbhaQ

Wtf. Night comet spell seems pretty OP now

Many mid to high tier(non legendary) sorceries were crap and outdone by glintstone pebble, the default spell. They buffed most, if not all of them.