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  1. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Four Kings is just a DPS test. If you can burn down the spawns fast enough so you are not fighting multiples, you win, period end of sentence. O and S is tricky with the pair and timing, especially if you are trying to get the Ornstein drop from the fight. Plus when the game community is...
  2. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I do the same thing in Heide Tower for XP and also for the materials. Plus thats an area I typically use a reset item on because its not that much harder in NG+ and the second time drops from it are pretty nice. The dragon is actually fairly easy if you get in close and know to run away when...
  3. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    DS2 is really two games. The base parts, everything gets raped by dark magic and lightning. The expansions, most shit is very resistant to magic but is somewhat vulnerable to one of the physical damage types. Also remember that DS2 has mobs go extinct if you kill them enough times (unless you...
  4. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    The Eternal Wakestone is a res entire town item, probably meant as an out if you let the plague go off. You can also get a working copy from the forgery guy, but its stupidly expensive. My advice on the Sphinx quest for casuals is to do the two easy ones that give you a port crystal and allow...
  5. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    I know you are edge lording, but the core story idea is interesting and the main play loop of exploring while farming up levels/stuff is very satisfying. The difficulty fall off (especially if you main a sorcerer or mystic knight) is probably the biggest issue, with the end game being too brief...
  6. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    Dark Arisen is a long playthrough, because its the base game with the Everfall farm loop and two deep runs to the bottom of Bitterrock Isle. Even if you know exactly what to do, its a pretty long play. This also presumes you don't get turbofucked by a Grim Reaper appearance at the wrong time...
  7. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    Finished it. Overall liked it and if the inevitable DLC is on par with Dark Arisen this is an all time great game.... BUT... As of now, the most fun part of the game is an endgame on a limited timer. And sadly the timer does not matter, because if you are even moderately prepared you will...
  8. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    I treated this like the first game, basically farming mobs with shit XP when leveling vocations and earning most of my levels as my preferred stat gain class. For my mele based pawn, that meant maxing all the non spell using vocations then spending nearly all of her leveling time as a warrior...
  9. Phazael

    Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

    He had his whole leveling up side quest montage as the B story. Zilla really only works for fights (the Coliseum bed was a nice joke though) and has always worked best as a force of nature the protagonists have to work around somehow (see Minus 1), while kong has actual emotional reactions so...
  10. Phazael

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Automation is the new buzz word for useless managers to jerk off over when they read about it in Sky Mall Magazine. It CAN be tremendously beneficial, if you use proper planning and invest sufficiently into it. The issue is every company wants the end results and to say they are using "machine...
  11. Phazael

    Guess ill just stop coming here for a few days, happy april fools amod

    So you have always operated unfettered, but you have enough experience in the Shaw to work out 17 rickshaw hacks?
  12. Phazael

    Guess ill just stop coming here for a few days, happy april fools amod

    I erroneously assumed that the prank was giving everyone enough tucobucks to give out gaming weekends to everyone so that total chaos would ensue. I think that would have been a lot funnier, personally. But I guess two days of ghost town around here with the parachuters and Brosyar operating...
  13. Phazael

    RIP Araysar

    Still better than all the visual bullshit sparkles year though.....
  14. Phazael

    RIP Araysar

    Well see you whenever this ends. Been Rickshawed only twice and both times it was April Fools pranks.
  15. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    Three things that would make this game better: 1- Eternal Ferrystone- The current money grind is bad enough without having to mush drakes to replenish these end game. I get it exploration is fun and great for leveling and farming mats, but once you have done the desert town to capitol trek 4-5...
  16. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    The sphinx quest is a classic capcom "buy our cheat guide" quest. There is no fucking way anyone could get the answers on their own. Also the Dragon disease thing is a big mega fuck you.
  17. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    Major cities or quest locations you have to port back to, especially if it saves you hours of foot travel. The main desert town and the Sphinx cave are good choices.
  18. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    My friend was over using out 3d print lab watching me play and laughed his ass off at this death. I am rolling with a sorcerer. Fucking Mino attack in the middle of the night, He launches me nearly one shotting me. I run like a raped ape to get clear and heal and some random goblin that never...
  19. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    You are a retard who has clearly not played the game. I am actively playing it this weekend. Here are the facts, at least at the point in the game I am at. You can buy Wake Stones (waste of money), Rift Crystals (even more of a waste), and a one time starter pack thing in the store. Nothing...
  20. Phazael

    The Acolyte

    One scene (and there were other really good ones) does not justify sitting through hours of boring shit. Echo has the same problem, with having to sit through deaf magical squaw ninja just to get to the Kingpin parts. The fact that this is going to be super saiyen lesbian woke makes it even worse.
  21. Phazael

    The Acolyte

    Andor was good for a total of about an episode and a half's time over its run. It was boring as fuck the entire rest of the season. The Imperials were actually the most interesting part of the show. Or did everyone forget three episodes of droid making prison? It wasn't woke and did not shit...
  22. Phazael

    Ossoi’s Diesel Lamentation, Insulin & Domination thread - a sub AMA or ODLIDTASAMA for short

    Why should I care what a dude who snorts coke off of another dudes dick and takes sloppy seconds from Marmaduke thinks?
  23. Phazael

    Franklin

    Lets see if you can figure out why you are retarded with this statement. In the meantime, go back to watching BBC shows that make Made For Netflix memes look tame in comparison.
  24. Phazael

    Franklin

    Trailer seems good, but this should have been an Ian McShane vehicle. Will check it out at some point.
  25. Phazael

    JRPGs

    There is a lot of rock paper scissors matchup elements in it, with specific units being strong against certain enemies but weak against others. Also there is a stamina mechanic to curtail using just one unit to fight except under very specific scenarios. There does not seem to be a faction...
  26. Phazael

    JRPGs

    The Tactics Ogre remake is really good if you want story and game mechanics with more depth. If you want simpler tactics style RPG combat, the Mercenaries Wings and Fire Emblem games are out there. Tactics Ogre, for my money in all of its versions, is the gold standard for tactics games and on...
  27. Phazael

    2023-2024 NFL Season : Arizona's QB Search Continues

    If they were gonna let Kirk go, they probably should have nabbed Wilson first when they had the chance. Now they are pretty much fucked for the forseeable future. But its not shocking they let him go. Vikes have a long tradition of dumping QBs who are injured immediately. As a Packer fan, I...
  28. Phazael

    2023-2024 NFL Season : Arizona's QB Search Continues

    Pre Cap era, but still a contender for worst trade ever. This is basically how Jerry bought himself a SB winning team at least on the defensive side of the ball. Vikings sucked for years after that and Dallas was basically the Yankees of football, playing with a roster twice as expensive as...
  29. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    You can get it shockingly early if your build is strong and you don't mind missing out on Poop Man. Especially considering you are probably a sorcerer if you are going for that weapon, so a lot of fights are going to be trivial early on. All the major bosses in the way are very cheesable...
  30. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    There were actually a fair number of underground dungeon areas in the original base game, aside from the endgame loop of Everfall. The caves under the town, ruins under the waterfall, dungeon in the city, cave passage to the goblin wall, undead cultist lair, princess prison, and far north...
  31. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    The main issue for me in Skyrim (and mind you I enjoyed it) was how laughably easy you could break the entire game just by crafting early. That and the stat system was fairly weak compared to many games in the genre. It is a decent game, but it was just not as sophisticated of an RPG...
  32. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Biggest thing I can say is to think of it as an action RPG, but its much more methodical and structured. Different weapons and spells behave in different ways. And a big part of the game is understanding those traits and reading what the enemy monsters are doing to respond correctly. And its...
  33. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Just wrapped up my recent play. God damn I forgot how much I hated that Elden Beast fight, but I had so much lightning damage stacked that I was able to just Gransax him into submission, swapping to Vikes when in close. Pretty much everything else late game I was able to one shot with Poop man...
  34. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Bleed and Poison are very strong, especially early on. Later, you might enjoy messing around with Rot weapons when they show up late game. But Bleed on a fast weapon (or power stanced fast weapon ideally) will wreck anything not specifically immune to it. This does unfortunately include the...
  35. Phazael

    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    Can confirm. ATnT absolutely insists on you using their modem. I have Unifi in my house and had to go through a lot of bullshit just to get their installer to work with me to configure pass through so that my gateway was managing things. Once I worked that all out, its been great. With one...
  36. Phazael

    2023-2024 NFL Season : Arizona's QB Search Continues

    Wilson is toxic as fuck in the locker room. That is why Denver was willing to eat a giant shit sandwich to get rid of him. It's also why Seattle never had a deep run again after their SB loss to the Pats. Dude ran off two top level WR off the team (granted one banged his then fiance LOL) and...
  37. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    What point in the game are you at? Dex is up there with STR for damage, but it requires other things to get the most out of it. Depending on what your other stats are, you might want to consider doing a Sword of Night and Flame setup. And there are some early weapons that work great off of...