I two hand running start heavy attack them because they either do two things, open up for an attack or block. If you get them opening, your attack will cancel theirs out. If they block then you back off. If there's an easier way, I'd love to know because they take a few minutes to drop.
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I two hand running start heavy attack them because they either do two things, open up for an attack or block. If you get them opening, your attack will cancel theirs out. If they block then you back off. If there's an easier way, I'd love to know because they take a few minutes to drop.
He has enough poise to attack me even if I connect.
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Nevermind, got the timing down with RT. Thanks, Yoshi.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
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Try changing the settings.ini file in documents>lords of the fallen. That will set the settings manually.
PushingButtons
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Geez, I struggled with the 2nd boss and now I'm experiencing the same torment with the 3rd. I don't recall having this hard of a time with the first few Dark Souls bosses (well, excluding jackass Capra Demon).
he owned me so bad as well, so much so I restarted as a heavy character, did not give that monk one of my potions either...
did it first time once all as heavy character
Yea I better get something for giving that fucker a potion. I just thought he would chug one but no he had to take the whole bottle.
PushingButtons
Member
Yup, I might just start over as a Warrior or Cleric. Unless you're dual wielding as a rogue you're not going to do much damage. And I've realized I've started leveling stats that would be more beneficial to a heavier character.
There is only one "DLC" and it's unlikely a code will not be in the copy you pick up.
And yes, the forver-and-a-day turtling enemies are fucking annoying.
I'll buy it digital! and thank you ^-^
SlasherJPC
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Seriously, the running and shoulder bash with your shield, knocking a lot of enemies over is a game changer. Wish I knew about that earlier. Doesn't work with some of the bigger dudes but lots of the small fry go down!
Wouldn't you turtle behind a shield if an ex-con with a man sized hammer was chasing after you?
RAM breaks through those shields like its nothing, I love that spell
The good news is that there are are still several more to kill in there.
Oh god. This is better be worth it lol.
So it would seem the 3rd Boss has the same issues the 2nd boss had:
Oh and invincible coming out of a special attack. Meh.
I haven't figure out what the hell to do during the seemingly all screen AOE he has, but the only time to get a hit in is when he does an actual melee attack. Can't close in when he's doing any of the specials because you'll either a) get sleeped or b) get hit by the long range AOE.
Oh and invincible coming out of a special attack. Meh.
SlasherJPC
Banned
When he stops moving and preps up for that attack. Get underneath the stone structures.
You didn't close the spoiler.
But for that particular attack,
I'd say my bigger issue with that fight is
But for that particular attack,
hide in the little gazebo things.
I'd say my bigger issue with that fight is
THE GODDAMN GOLEMS.
I will say that one item in there is for sure worth it, regardless of class or spec. If you figure out how to open that first door after you break the wall let me know. Someone earlier mentioned a key but I used that key elsewhere and still can't sort this out.
PoweredBySoy
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I just had the 2nd boss down to 40% - was doing great with full pots left. lordsofthefallen.exe owned me.
I'm enjoying it so far on PC. Certainly not the mash X to win super easy game that was being thrown around early on. I thought the second boss was easily on par with Dark souls.
I've gone Cleric and his magic is almost all defense. But I haven't got the hang of it yet. The graphics and sound design are quite stunning, but the Voice Acting is not good.
I'm mixing up my weapons between a Mage Bo and the Butcher Axe and have a mix of armor on to keep my weight low. Finally got a shield with 100% defense which made a huge difference.
But like a lot of you, those huge tower shield knights are giving me grief. I can't seem to break them!
I've gone Cleric and his magic is almost all defense. But I haven't got the hang of it yet. The graphics and sound design are quite stunning, but the Voice Acting is not good.
I'm mixing up my weapons between a Mage Bo and the Butcher Axe and have a mix of armor on to keep my weight low. Finally got a shield with 100% defense which made a huge difference.
But like a lot of you, those huge tower shield knights are giving me grief. I can't seem to break them!
PushingButtons
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Anyone putting points into luck? I hate that they tied drop rates to a damn stat.
Sanctuary
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Haha, wow. So I started out with the "Cleric" class last night, but I used the Deception tree because it looked pretty interesting and soley offensive.
People kept saying that the "Cleric" started with Prayer, but the "Cleric" doesn't. It's just the Solace tree starts with an unlocked Prayer for some reason compared to the other two trees.
And what the fuck? Not only is it ridiculously stronger than the Prayer from the other two trees, the cooldown for it is up by the time the first wears off. It's nothing like that with the other two versions. Even if Solace is supposed to be the more defensive tree, by sheer virtue of the Prayer it has, it's the most offensive.
People kept saying that the "Cleric" started with Prayer, but the "Cleric" doesn't. It's just the Solace tree starts with an unlocked Prayer for some reason compared to the other two trees.
And what the fuck? Not only is it ridiculously stronger than the Prayer from the other two trees, the cooldown for it is up by the time the first wears off. It's nothing like that with the other two versions. Even if Solace is supposed to be the more defensive tree, by sheer virtue of the Prayer it has, it's the most offensive.
the "warrior" prayer is also always up
I've already put 3 points in to Prayer because of how incredibly powerful it is! Great for back stabs and for saving your life if you're stuck in a nasty situation.
Having went Cleric/Solace and trying the other magic branches out yet, it's interesting that you say that the Solace Prayer is far better than the others.
Daze seems to be rather useless, well the slow down portion of it. I haven't seen anything affected by it's 'fear' yet!
Shelter and Punishment i'm not so sure about yet, they have the potential to be amazing. I've got Shelter up to level 2 and it restores health as well as protecting you which is a nice bonus.
Disabling nvidia turbulence and vsync really did a great job on improving the framerate and smoothness of the game. don't know if it has solved the crashing since i havent gotten a chance to play so much yet. anyways i cant believe how much power that shit sucks. oh well. i guess i can live without tornado-dust everywhere, even if it looks great. i also turned down graphics to high instead of very high because i only have 2gb of memory on my card, but i also heard that very high textures is causing memory leaks. not sure if its true.
but anyways, the game is running buttery smooth for me now
you get drop rates with your exp multiplier aswell. and since you can grind forever since there is no level cap, it's really not that bad.
but anyways, the game is running buttery smooth for me now
you get drop rates with your exp multiplier aswell. and since you can grind forever since there is no level cap, it's really not that bad.
Freezasaurus
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That's okay, I do the same thing. Turtle combat.
Alright, starting this up. I'm going Rogue/Deception due to my traditional preference in these games for nimble characters with quick weapons, and that magic tree also seems interesting.
What I've gathered from discussion and a few vids I've seen is that Rogue is probably the toughest class to start with due to a smaller health bar, less damaging single strikes, and a much stricter focus on roll-dodging for defense, but that all sounds fine to me, provided hitboxes aren't quite as unreasonable as some people claim. Guess I'll soon find out.
What I've gathered from discussion and a few vids I've seen is that Rogue is probably the toughest class to start with due to a smaller health bar, less damaging single strikes, and a much stricter focus on roll-dodging for defense, but that all sounds fine to me, provided hitboxes aren't quite as unreasonable as some people claim. Guess I'll soon find out.
I'll have to invest some points in to Luck then! I usually always do in RPG's anyway. Will be nice to get more random solid drops!
Not sure I was at the right place either but after the Second Boss...
I went in the big portal crystal that opens up just a little further into the area that opens up after the Boss and the quest for Kaslo changed when I was in there...my game was glitched a lot though so I am not sure thats where you have to go...
I will try this again tonight,hoping all the glitches I had on the PS4 have cleared...
The Dutch Slayer
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Yeah will do as someone who played 140 hours of DS1 and 100 of DS2 and about 60 of Daemon Souls.
But before I can really say sometime about this game I really need to play it for a longer time sorry about that.
A quick impressions just are not my thing.
I went in the portal, too, and couldn't find anything other than treasure. The quest log did change to go back inside the portal, though.
You're meant to talk to him before the third boss. That said, I didn't notice him at first.
YO, for a game that is supposed to be linear, Im overwhelmed by the places I can / want to go. Spoilers obviously:
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- I think there was another "leave area" prompt that I saw but im forgetting
- oh oh and theres a area
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dude what the FUCK. I love this
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That celler place after a little wooden bridge, with some jail cells inside. I went there and the first guy took ages to kill, so I ran back out.
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There is a door with a demon head above in the graveyard after you kill the Lord boss
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There is a tower that I havent been in before you reach said boss, I went up the tower, where you light the fire for some xp (and nothing else?) and it warps around back to the other area, and also the graveyard if you drop down. I love how everything is connected!
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cathedral after you kill the third boss has a "leave area" prompt aswell
- I think there was another "leave area" prompt that I saw but im forgetting
- oh oh and theres a area
with some really tough enemies, these fat guys, before going to the graveyard if you go the other way, I havent investigated that
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the way through the Pathway that the game "wants" me to go through
dude what the FUCK. I love this
Yeah, I feel the same. Really pisses me off, since DEX builds were shit in DS2 as well. So far I am using daggers for normal enemies, and then switch to heavy stuff for boss battles.
Those who didnt like Souls and never finished them ,stay far away from this game...it is not super super easy like some say here...I mean c'mon...PSA done
It's also not nearly as hard though so someone could conceivably like the one and not the other.
Rogue/Deception is what I went with as well. I'm having fun with it, though it's not really great for bosses.
I just found out (not sure if it's been mentioned here yet), but staying under 25% equip burden ala DS gets you the fastest roll.