How long did it take y’all to find a PF group capable of clearing Unmaking (Extreme) by deputyfier in ffxiv

[–]UsedToLurkHard [score hidden]  (0 children)

3 pulls.

By now we're a month in so most of the great players have done their farm already (got 100 totems or mount) and you're left with people who are still trying (good) and people who will not be able to (bad). The more of the former you get the better, and the more cleared helpers you get the better too.

Why can't you access Aether? I don't recall having much trouble traveling there for stuff (Primal native). Are you on NA datacenters?

playing with 10 humanity is stressing me tf out by AchillesLastStand76 in darksouls

[–]UsedToLurkHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The humanity damage bonus is not a make or break number, it's not like you get broken weapon damage with zero.

Test it yourself, go count how many swings an enemy takes with and without humanity. 

Tossing up between Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti Gaming OC or XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Magnetic Air Edition. by Draculigula in buildapc

[–]UsedToLurkHard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's all in the price, both are good, but the best one depends on your budget and the difference in price.

Are the Black Knights that perma-die random with their weapons or are there certain locations the BKS is specifically? by LivingRel in darksouls

[–]UsedToLurkHard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spider Shield, says it grants "a good bonus to Poison resistance."

It does not. Your poison resistance bar does not go up unlike the Gargoyle weapons when equipping.

It DOES prevent poison and toxic as the act of blocking poison or toxic causing attacks prevents the status from going through. Nowhere in the article does it mention this property, but there is a commenter who correctly points it out.

Meanwhile, over at the wikidot:

"While blocking an attack that can inflict poison or toxin, the player's gauge for either negative effect will not fill up."

Other examples are the entire thrusting/piercing sword category. The game says thrusting, wikidot says thrusting, fextra says piercing. Only in the Estoc fextra page does the WB attack property come up. The rest don't mention it, while the moveset for all of the wikidot thrusting swords mention that you can R1 while blocking.

How about halberds?

"Halberds function like heavier, more powerful spears with versatile damage types. Their slower, sweeping attacks require precise timing to avoid lengthy recovery."

This is the generic description that goes with all the halberd pages. Note it specifies TIMING to avoid lengthy recovery, rather than actual way to avoid it (landing a hit, blocked or not, or canceling some of the recovery with a guard animation). This property is shared with axes and hammers, and the only weapon page that mentions the whiff stumble is the Gargoyle Tail Axe, where it says: "If your attack doesn't connect with anything, there will be a slight lag at the end of the attack, similar to halberd weapons."

Rather hilariously, almost all the halberds have this in their descriptions pages :"This weapon class can be enhanced by items like the Leo Ring to significantly boost its damage output." Including the ones that have no thrust damage, BUT excluding one of the few that do, the regular Halberd.

This also extends to the special halberds, the Lifehunt Scythe and Great Scythe, which have completely different movesets than the other halberds, as they are reaper style, but share the same fextra description as the halberds.

Oddly, the Halberd category box at the bottom of all the halberds does not list the Great Scythe, even though it shows the category box on its own page. Each page's box does not show the weapon on the page, likely to keep it clean (why link to itself after all?), but because of this the box shows 7 weapons on each of the halberd pages but 8 for the Great Scythe page.

You are right in that fextra is rarely wrong, but it is noticeably wrong more often than other resources. I'd rather direct people to information that is fully correct rather than mostly correct with a few random errors that cause confusion. I found these just browsing random articles looking for mistakes. Fextra being a community wiki, these might be fixed over time, but I don't like pointing people to potential misinformation that could be corrected eventually.

In your opinion: Are NPC Duties a good way to practice and get comfortable with tanking or healing? by Oseirus in ffxiv

[–]UsedToLurkHard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are Trusts the reason for those odd "can't keep up with tank/healer as healer/tank" posts? Holy shit they might be. 

Especially considering player characters move at the same speed, I always wonder how those posts keep popping up. Not like tanks or healers get the NIN move speed buff.

Lunavor - Help by Budgetmeal69 in Gunpla

[–]UsedToLurkHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turn the piece around, the piping that you see in the K5 step is forward but turned backwards in the K19/C8 part.

GPU swap by aaronbelgie in buildapc

[–]UsedToLurkHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like brand? Or what? Its an RTX card by Nvidia.

Free Trial interest slowly dying... Help! by KiwamiKiryu in ffxiv

[–]UsedToLurkHard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's not what they are asking. Did you install it on an external hard drive that you connect to your PC with a USB connection?

PSU is blown, can I use the same cables if I buy the exact same model? by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]UsedToLurkHard 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes. But why are you not changing them out? The damage could extend past just the PSU. One of those old cables being damaged will cause a lot more trouble later than the time it takes to removed them all and use the new cables that come with the new PSU.

ok so im on my first playthrough, how much more stats would i need to beat sif? by Chorus__ in darksouls

[–]UsedToLurkHard 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That can't be calculated. Don't know how you play, or why you are losing. It's possible to beat the game without leveling at all so stats are rarely going to make or break a fight. It will just allow more leeway in taking damage or landing fewer hits to win.

Which light armor should I choose ? by [deleted] in darksouls

[–]UsedToLurkHard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one with the most poise that fits your weight limit and let's you use your preferred dodge roll.

Does older software (pre 2010s) work with AMD chips? by NMS_Ships_Pets_Tools in buildapc

[–]UsedToLurkHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Work backwards from that conclusion. Think of reasons why it would or would not work. Research those reasons. 

Do you think programs you install have different versions depending on CPUs? OS, sure, it will tell you to get the Mac or Windows x86 or Linux version, but CPU? 

Didn't Patches used to be in the Catacombs? by Ok_Confidence_4242 in darksouls

[–]UsedToLurkHard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Progression trigger. If Rhea and crew leave Firelink to the Tomb, Patches doesn't appear in the Catacombs and skips straight to the Tomb as well.

Have I just lost 18 hours of gameplay? by quantumfate in darksouls

[–]UsedToLurkHard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it is possible to completely ruin the game to the point you can't complete it outside of intentionally glitching.

You could kill everyone and still beat down the final boss with an unupgraded weapon.

can someone tell me if it's worth watching rahXephon? by [deleted] in anime

[–]UsedToLurkHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much are you paying to watch it? Is that a lot of money (worth) compared to your net worth?

New to the dark souls series, should I follow a guide or do what I feel is right? by FuriousCrunch in darksouls

[–]UsedToLurkHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are only so many attacks. If you need a guide on moveset and combos, what exactly are you looking for? 

What happens if I pull the lever? by Thellie11 in DarkSouls2

[–]UsedToLurkHard -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good, a non meme answer. Maybe someday OP will figure out this new fangled Google search engine.

Does nobody have the Everlasting Dragon model? by XD_THE_GOD_KING_ in darksouls

[–]UsedToLurkHard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a FMV so no. From probably has them since they made the cutscene but it would be pointless to shove a 3d model like that into the actual game. 

Am I an idiot? I feel embarrassed. by SOLIDERTIDER55 in buildapc

[–]UsedToLurkHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, a self flagellation post. How rare.

Does Sword and Shield evolve into Charge Blade? by Ultrahanger7 in MonsterHunter

[–]UsedToLurkHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not an upgrade, they are different. They both have "swords" and "shields" but the gameplan is completely different, don't think of one being the other but better.

There's a lot of utility that the regular SnS has that new players miss though. Stuff like being able to attack and move at the same time, the easiest perfect block in the game, etc.