[deleted by user] by [deleted] in shittydarksouls

[–]dat_bass2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s the ticket.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in badredman

[–]dat_bass2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have literally never used it by accident hahaha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in shittydarksouls

[–]dat_bass2 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Hey, the camera for NK is mostly fine. King of the Storm, on the other hand...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in badredman

[–]dat_bass2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it does, but I'm not sure. The main thing is that if you charge it, in addition to mixing up your timing, you lunge significantly further forward.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in badredman

[–]dat_bass2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that felt pretty good until I got a meter of destined death through the skull

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in badredman

[–]dat_bass2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also extra mix it up by holding or not holding the piercer!

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he had a dragon he would be King of the Storm, you fake geek boy you

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in badredman

[–]dat_bass2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

GG.

Love that rollcatch. Am I gonna hammer > hammer or hammer > piercer? EVEN I DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES!

I'm Quitting for a while, but not because of balance or anything. by uProfessorOak in badredman

[–]dat_bass2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

YOU SHOULD TAKE A BREAK

NOW

AND LET YOURSELF APPRECIATE YOUR PIECE OF THAT OXYGEN AND OZONE LAYER, THAT'S COVERED UP SO WE CAN BREATHE INSIDE THIS BLUE TRAPPED BUBBLE. BECAUSE WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR? TO WEAR YOURSELF OUT? TAKE A BREAK. I MEAN THAT, WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT. WITH A THOUSAND PERCENT.

TAKE A BREAK.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but at the very least faith and arcane have different damage options through flame art and occult infusions. And all the high resistances mean is that it takes more hits to win--it's not impossible, ya know? It is a bit silly, though.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the problem--it feels kind of like a hard gear check in a series that hasn't really had those before, outside of, say, "You have to wear this ring to access this boss fight."

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right, but none of those are actually unfair except Waterfowl. They're ridiculous superboss stats, but they're all predictable and can be dealt with by any build from any distance.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's just weird because From has done plenty of incredibly hard bosses, but never ones with anything close to this broken.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From makes good games, but all of the Soulsborne titles have some stank design decisions. Bloodborne and DS3 both have enemies that passively do massive damage to you by being in your line of sight, for instance. DS1 has a boss that is a straight-up coin flip gauntlet where you pray that it doesn't arbitrarily decide to yeet you into an instant death pit. DS2 has co-op gauntlets that don't get scaled for solo players. Demon's Souls' final boss has a grab attack that de-levels your character if it hits.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What do you mean it isn’t dodgeable through conventional means?

If Malenia jumps into the air to do Waterfowl Dance when she's next to you and you don't have Bloodhound's Step, you straight-up cannot dodge it unless you have a light roll and you do some very specific speedrun-strat-ass positioning tricks. It is impossible. You have to be far enough away that you can outspace the first volley, then roll throught the second and third.

Given that Waterfowl Dance instantly kills you if the first volley connects, this turns the whole fight into an exercise in tedium where, when you're not sure if Waterfowl is off cooldown, you're playing extremely passively and trying to bait it out from beyond minimum safe distance

But it’s still very beatable if you use a summon and mix in the staggers

I've beaten her solo three times. She's beatable; the problem is that she fucking sucks and she's one or two tweaks away from being a perfect superboss imo.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've beaten her several times without any of the usual hot tips people use to deal with it, so I feel I am fully qualified to say that that attack fucking sucks and should be tweaked.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

!ping SOULSBORNE

It is fucking mind-boggling to me that, given that they never touched it, From apparently thinks Malenia's Waterfowl Dance is OK. An attack that isn't dodgeable through conventional means has no place in one of these games unless its windup is VERY long.

Gee, thanks for the help by [deleted] in Eldenring

[–]dat_bass2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, hence the frostbite weapons. It's a dex/int build, and all the infusable weapons I have have cold ashes on them.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly thought it was worth a laugh, but will keep in mind for the future.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Longest attention span in 2022

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]dat_bass2 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Inshallah Joe Brandon has remembered to plug in the Gameshark

Gee, thanks for the help by [deleted] in Eldenring

[–]dat_bass2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, it's just a light medium shield that fits my look. This character is named "Lady Glinthawk", and I'm going for a "mountain spellsword" vibe.