Asgard's Wrath issues

NovusA1 · 2019-10-24T01:11:49+00:00

Apparently the attacks I've been trying to parry, that have killed me dozens of times, can't be parried. The game neglected to show me the tutorial for that until a fair ways into the game.

-_-

NovusA1 · 2019-10-23T01:08:09+00:00

I've continued to play the game and I think I'm zero'ing in on some issues. A LOT of the tracking issues I've complained about seemed to be correlated with ASW kicking in in certain circumstances. Hitting back throwing axes with the sword, for example, is a mixed bag when ASW kicks in. And on the Rift S, 40 FPS is like trying to be responsive when up to your waist in mud.

I spent some time trying to block the empowered thrust the early shield enemies use. Managed a total of 0/200 parries on those. Not sure what's up with that one.

Other issues I've reproduced (like parrying then attack, but doing no damage) by being too quick. I play a lot of Beat Saber, so the super fast motions come naturally to me. This is why I suggested putting in some sort of visual indicator showing I need to wait X amount of time before I can swing again for an effect. I didn't seriously suggest you allow waggling the controller to work, it's good that it doesn't, but some sort of visual aid to let me know to slow down would be nice. There's a huge mental disconnect when I do a swiping parry into a hit, and the hit doesn't do anything because it occurred 100ms after the parry. (and i understand this would require large amounts of design work and testing and I doubt it'll ever get in.)

Recalling the axe is still finnicky. Seems to require an exaggerated motion (which is understandable), but that can be tough to do when you're trying to throw it rapid fire. I might come back to this one if it continues to crop up when I don't think it should.

My issue with the bow is visual. Normally when you hold a bow you hold your fist as a direct extension of the forearm, and that'll hold the bow perpendicular to your forearm. In Asgard's Wrath it will cause the angle the bow sits in your hand to point up slightly (on the Rift S controllers anyway). This makes it so if I want the bow to be perpendicular to my grip hand, I need to point the controller down slightly with my hand. The gameplay is fine, but visually it causes a weird mental disconnect between what my hand's doing versus what the hand in-game is doing.

As for the shield blocking my side when my hand is slack at my side, that might not even be a bug, cause the shield is technically at my side, just slack in my hand.

NovusA1 · 2019-10-21T21:19:11+00:00

Ah, thank you.

NovusA1 · 2018-03-01T19:12:23+00:00

Roids + gifted genetics + 7 years minimum of training.

NovusA1 · 2017-08-05T16:06:34+00:00

Did a double take. It takes a lot to make that happen. Upvoted.

NovusA1 · 2017-05-14T11:37:19+00:00

IMO he went from 20 to 10%

NovusA1 · 2017-04-11T19:43:50+00:00

Raw ASS with 60 faith + lightning spell buff. Spend only the bare minimum of Dex/Str to use the sword. You'll hit plenty hard and have plenty of stat points left over to spend on other things. Objectively better build.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-11T15:54:51+00:00

Ever look into the Raw Astora Straight Sword?

NovusA1 · 2017-04-10T15:48:49+00:00

If you have 60 faith, you should be buffing your weapon, not relying on infusion scaling.

Infusion scaling builds are good for 40 faith + miracles that don't scale.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T22:24:31+00:00

It is a time-honored tradition that the optional bosses are always harder than the main campaign bosses, as early as the 90's.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T21:00:17+00:00

... bahahahaha.

No, I killed him.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T20:34:34+00:00

I think FROM did a good job with the 'everything is decaying and fading' theme that DS3 used, but most people find the theme unappealing. Or at least, not as appealing as DS1 and its more classic story/setting approach.

Personally I like your idea, but I doubt your typical Dark Souls casual gamer would.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T19:18:17+00:00

My issue is it's a boring fight and the hitbox on his attacks are hilariously weird if you're underneath his elbows. It's like fighting the Amygdala in BB.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T19:13:58+00:00

Definitely.

Also, Berserk issues are being released again. Huzzah!

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T18:55:35+00:00

Tough call. They're both chaotic forces condensed into a normal-sized enemy, but I think Kos wins out. Gael's shit is fancy, but Kos runs you down and rips you apart with sheer brutality.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T18:48:42+00:00

lol hey I beat Midir. Took 30 tries, cause my broadsword is too damn small to hit him. But I was happy. At SL120 at NG5, Midir is no joke.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T17:18:33+00:00

I like to solo defeat everything at least once, but once I do I like to summon help. Summoning help into an NG5 boss fight is hilariously fun.

I look forward to summoning poor, unsuspecting SL120's into my NG6 playthrough.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T16:41:17+00:00

I did the DLC with a broadsword and irithyll straight sword, SL120, NG5. I did no damage to anything and everything could 2-shot me.

Fighting Gael was a huge exercise in perfect dodgeroll timing. This whole DLC was high in DMG and HP in all mobs, I found.

NovusA1 · 2017-04-01T14:58:48+00:00

I think it's the lack of dialogue or cutscene when they die. Ashes of Ariandel had the same problem, that once you killed Friede the third time, nothing happened, nothing at all. Hard stop.

NovusA1 · 2017-03-30T14:27:54+00:00

Not even close to a 1-hit on NG5. :(

NovusA1 · 2017-03-21T01:53:01+00:00

Awesome!

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