Because i missed the quest somehow too and went back to catch the stuff from the house.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT2| It's 98 All Over Again
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Because i missed the quest somehow too and went back to catch the stuff from the house.
Oooh. Fair enough. lol.
Speak to great fairies. As long as you have the parts you need you can upgrade the armor. The more great fairies you find, the higher level of armor you can reach. Armor maxes out at 4 stars
usp84
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That's mostly wrong.
The difference between Medium Armor at Rank 4 and Heavy Armor at Rank 4 is 6 Full Hearts of damage.
At Rank 3, the difference is 4.5 hearts. Rank 3 is where the game "ends", typically, as Rank 4 for all but a few pieces of equipment takes a shit ton of farming.
The divide is even more substantial for the few pieces of light armor.
The damage equations are completely and utterly fucked, and give vast, increasing marginal returns, especially on the higher scale.
At Rank 3, the difference is 4.5 hearts. Rank 3 is where the game "ends", typically, as Rank 4 for all but a few pieces of equipment takes a shit ton of farming.
The divide is even more substantial for the few pieces of light armor.
The damage equations are completely and utterly fucked, and give vast, increasing marginal returns, especially on the higher scale.
I am fine with the current Link's "default" clothing design. I don't mind options for the iconic hat though. For the next game, keeping the clothing options would be always welcome.
Its by far the easiest dungeon and boss of the 4.
I can't say that any of them are ridiculously hard but the Rito one wasn't nearly as challenging in my opinion.
That's Map Completion %, not game completion %. Map Markers (location names for sub-zones and sub-sub-zones, etc.), Shrines, and Korok Seeds are map icons, and basically all that count.
SomewhatGroovy
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I'll be honest, I did this yesterday as my 120th shrine, and it was the only time I felt a tinge of frustration and no doubt due to lack of creativity on my part getting the orb to the isolated platform in the ocean surrounded by rocks. I drop the orb by there, run back to get the boat near the Helox or whatever its called, get back only to find the orb reset, go back to get it, come back and boat is reset.
Took orb to boat, sat it down, had it knocked off the boat far away by those blob things in water that shoot rocks....
I was so fucking angry.
Eventually I figured I could simply
cut a tree to get to the platform and walk across it with orb and toss it on.
Send help pls
I still have not explored Hebra all that much and while I arrived to the village I still havent started the story of that area.
Oh... and last night a friend lend me his amiibos and after 30 mmins I unlocked the rewards of Zelda, Sheik, Link and Toon Link.
The Twilight tunic looks ace.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Cryosis?
For sure, but I knew I would flip a fucking lid had I overshot it and that thing is a pain to get out of the water.
edit: damn it! thought you were talking about stasis. Damn it, yeah, that would have saved me 15 minutes , hahaha
Oh I see, thanks for clearing that up.
You also unlocked X/Y completion counters for Main Quests, Shrine Quests, and Side Quests, and seeing Compendium completion is fairly straightforward.
I did the same thing! Was really annoyed that the raft kept getting reset as I moved short distances away from it. Worked out though, and the orb never reset for me.
I've heard other solutions to
cut the tree like you mentioned, or to use Cryonis and I like both of those so much better.
shadow_shogun
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You better pull back or you'll end up burning out before your finish the game.
Hebra is such a fun place. The best area in the game for me.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Damn it! ahhahah
am I wrong in thinking Stamina is more valuable than health early on? I just did the
edit: google says the consensus is health lol. Shows what I know >_<
four shrines and now I can choose one or the other.
edit: google says the consensus is health lol. Shows what I know >_<
Yeah it's great. Lot's of cool puzzles and secrets, hidden areas, minigames, fun NPC's, great wildlife. And it's just this crazy snowy unforgiving mountain, every climb is just in reach, you really feel like you're braving it out there. At least I did when I kept running out of warm food (I didn't get have proper cold resist wear..). Super memorable area. I missed the snow in Skyward Sword and BotW more than delivered.
That said I could do a list of every area in this game and they'd all be impressive.
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MeisaMcCaffrey
Stamina will make the game more enjoyable. Get to 13 health so you can get the
Master Sword
Makoto-Yuki
Banned
either is a good choice but i felt i really needed more health since i was getting 1 shot by that
Stone Talus
to obtain the
Master Sword
indestructible or does it also suffer from degradation?
Finale Fireworker
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Is anyone else having anxiety over replaying this game when the Challenge Mode update comes out? Because I am...
I have never played a game of this scale multiple times. Games with this much to do, collect, and complete are one-and-dones for me. I first played Red Dead Redemption in 2012 and I'm only just now getting to a point where I might consider playing it again.
With a game like Zelda, the reason I am able to spend so many hours collecting lizards and lifting up rocks is because it builds up my stats and save file permanently. It might suck to collect all those butterflies, but once I'm done, I'm done. I don't know if I can do it again.
I look at all the materials I've acquired and all the star pieces I've hunted and all the monster parts I've hoarded for quests and upgrades and I wonder if I have it in me to start from scratch. It feels strange to think, in a few months, I will replace this entire campaign with a new one that will be more or less identical in the longterm experience.
It kind of makes everything I'm doing feel meaningless because I will delete it (or at the very least replace it) in favor of another project on the higher difficulty.
I have never played a game of this scale multiple times. Games with this much to do, collect, and complete are one-and-dones for me. I first played Red Dead Redemption in 2012 and I'm only just now getting to a point where I might consider playing it again.
With a game like Zelda, the reason I am able to spend so many hours collecting lizards and lifting up rocks is because it builds up my stats and save file permanently. It might suck to collect all those butterflies, but once I'm done, I'm done. I don't know if I can do it again.
I look at all the materials I've acquired and all the star pieces I've hunted and all the monster parts I've hoarded for quests and upgrades and I wonder if I have it in me to start from scratch. It feels strange to think, in a few months, I will replace this entire campaign with a new one that will be more or less identical in the longterm experience.
It kind of makes everything I'm doing feel meaningless because I will delete it (or at the very least replace it) in favor of another project on the higher difficulty.
Just do what feels right for you. BotW is all about making your own choices and narrative, consulting gaf/google will yield different opinions.
Ignore the 13 heart advice... You're in the plateau, no need to be thinking that far ahead. It's fun to figure all that stuff out on your own imo
Finale Fireworker
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There is a split on this. Pick what you prefer.
I personally would upgrade to two full stamina wheels before I upgraded any hearts. Then I would get to thirteen hearts and stop to finish stamina.
Each area is impressive in their own right. I just love traversing Hebra mountains with shieldsurfuring.
I'll replay it as soon as the new hard mode comes up. The difference now is to not "long play" the game. I'll just do what I feel is essential since doing 120 shrines, getting the best collection of weapons, shields and bows, and fully upgrading armor is already an accomplishment I don't need to repeat necessarily.
Good thing the Switch allows one new save for a new profile.
Maybe you should try to alter your playstyle on your next playthrough? Like bows only or samurai style, the hard choices you would have to make should make things fun. I definitely want to do a Ronin type samurai run when I meet my personal goals on my initial run.
Glass Shark
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Continually surprised at how hard this game is. I can't even count how many times I've died. Still having trouble getting down the combat stuff like blocking and parrying. Can't figure out timing and if I'm supposed to be dodging or parrying. Also seems like most of the weapons I'm finding are two-handed, so I don't get to use a shield very much.
So managed to take out three guardians in row. One roaming one and two stationary. Granted it was by
. However I do feel more confident in taking them on now compared to before. They're still super dangerous but at least now I know I can take them on and survive as long as I don't screw things up or let them get the drop on me. With me finally starting to do more and more cooking with defense and attack buffs and trying to work on getting the
I think I'm going to enter the center of the map a lot more often now that I have unlocked its tower. Then figure out other ways to fight them successfully.
parrying the beam instead of engaging them in melee combat. Which honestly feels cheap and unsatisfying.
ancient armor set
Vanguard771
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This game really should have had a Postman's Armor outfit that increased movement speed with each piece and when upgraded reduced stamina usage while sprinting.
TheSteelCondor
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That's....genius. I want this in the game now.
Finale Fireworker
Member
You're both probably right. I will have to adjust how I play to get the most out of a second experience.
Because right now, when I think about how long I've invested getting a good horse or completing arbitrary sidequests just to clear them off the list or climbing massive peaks just to see if there is a Korok puzzle up there, I know I don't have it in me to play that kind of campaign a second time.
I will probably hold myself to 120 shrines, but I might limit myself in other respects just to resist the temptation to hoard materials and venture far out of my way for a reward of three truffles or something.
CharminUltra
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Do I REALLY have to go to work today? Can't I just stay home and play Zelda?
If Hard Mode is actually interesting enough for me to buy it, first thing I'll probably do is head straight to Ganon. After that I'll make a beeline to points of interest like
Eventide, Typhlo, Yiga Hideout, etc.
I couldn't dodge or parry at all when I started. Only now at around 120hrs am I starting to feel like a god, lol. Practice pays off eventually. I actually really love that they made the timings so strict, it meant that there was something I could progress at combat-wise throughout the entire journey. I didn't master it 10hrs in and then every fight became trivial. There's actually a decently high skill ceiling in learning and executing upon enemy attack timings.
I think I'm gonna take on Ganon in my starting outfit to increase difficulty.
As I now own a switch, time to play this again! Hooray!
Imma do some speed runs straight to ganon.
Not game related:
Imma do some speed runs straight to ganon.
Not game related:
Dust under the screen picks at my OCD, but returns are impossible with the stock right now and once I have a save, I won't do a trade any more! Nintendo where be cloud saves!?
Fortunately, its not on the active screen panel but its right between the bezel and the active pixels. Completely unobservable but holy shit OCD.
Fortunately, its not on the active screen panel but its right between the bezel and the active pixels. Completely unobservable but holy shit OCD.
I got all of the divine beasts down, so now it's on to storm Hyrule castle. I need better looking clothes though, because Link looks like he's going to war in pajama bottoms and a Hot Topic graphic tee. Where can I get something that doesn't look and/or perform like crap? Are there any caps like his traditional one that won't take me 80 hours to find out earn?
I really am curious as to what the hard mode could be now. Before launch people thought and I agree it couldn't be your simple "Hero Mode" from other games. So much of that is in the game and even with getting a lot of hearts you can still be one shotted by a lot of things or quickly lose your life if you end up surrounded.
Maybe Link gets full so you can't just inhale a weeks worth of meals at once
Food cooldown would go a long way, and limited cooked food inventory.
No buffer "invincibility" from full to half a heart, if a Lynel with a Crusher hits you, you dead.
Just these two/three changes would mean a lot.
For a fun hard mode: replace all bokoblins and moblins with lynels!
This already exists or are you saying that is something in place that is helpful for a harder mode?
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