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[Arcvasti]

Anor londo silver knight archers

Time your rolls. If you just rollspam you'll run out of stamina, so learn when your iframes are.

Alternatively, two-hand a shield with a high Stability stat.

Yeah, honestly, that part you're at is the most annoying part of the game, including bonewheel skeletons. It helps to realize that as long as you're sprinting up the first set of ramps, they won't be able to hit you. Then, once you're at the same ledge the knights are on, charge the one to the right and get close enough that he pulls out his sword so you can melee him to death. This method has worked for me on several separate characters, several of whom had 0 poise and didn't use shields. Its still a goddamn pain though, especially since you have to redo the moderately dangerous bat demon fights every time.

[PTTG??]

Nuclear Throne is just awful.

I hate it so much, but I love it so much more.

I just wish that there was some consistency in the level generators. In a solid majority of my runs, I die not because of my own stupidity, but because the game decided to spawn me in the center of a huge number of bullet spam enemies. Only one boss is really unfair, though, and the problem with him is that he takes too many hits to kill and is extremely mobile and insta-kills and spawns loads of allies and those allies do tons of damage.

Still haven't beaten the final boss, and I've only reached it twice. The first time it killed me instantly when the fight began. The second time, I completely ran out ammo without killing it, and I had two of the most powerful weapons in the game.

Honestly I'm near giving up and moving on to mods.

[Reudh]

I play my computer games on a laptop.

With more graphics-intensive titles (i.e. anything in three dimensions) this can prove to be a a problem once the battery runs low or when I start charging, both of which (I believe) limit the actual amount of power supply being devoted to making the game run quickly.

I was playing on the laptop's battery power when I opened the Steam Overlay and noticed it was getting a little low. My frame rate read about 26-40, with 30ish being the range that was most common.

I plug in the laptop to charge it.

Cue immediate drop from 26-40 to 8-12 FPS. I immediately failed the activity I was playing at the time and decided it would be an exercise in futility to try again.

Also, it's kind of irritating that this installment has manual save.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Saint's Row 2

Saint's Row 2 is considered one of the worst PC ports in existence; i'm surprised it didn't just straight up crash at the change in CPU use. Good game though.

At the time of this reading, the game has, indeed, crashed on several seperate occasions.

Even with Gentlemen Of The Row installed. (I haven't added any of the bonus content like new weapons or features, since I want a taste of vanilla first)

The answer is to use a speedhack and set the speed to the ratio between your computer's clock speed and the X360's clock speed, which if I recall was 3.2ghz. That slows the game back down to normal speeds. You'll still get stuttering and occasional hangs, but it'll be significantly more playable. Of course, this means you can't play online, but Gamespy is dead anyway.

[itisnotlogical]

That's the sort of esoteric fix you'd expect for a Windows 3.1 FMV game or something, jeez.

[EnigmaticHat]

Nuclear Throne is just awful.

I hate it so much, but I love it so much more.

I just wish that there was some consistency in the level generators. In a solid majority of my runs, I die not because of my own stupidity, but because the game decided to spawn me in the center of a huge number of bullet spam enemies. Only one boss is really unfair, though, and the problem with him is that he takes too many hits to kill and is extremely mobile and insta-kills and spawns loads of allies and those allies do tons of damage.

Still haven't beaten the final boss, and I've only reached it twice. The first time it killed me instantly when the fight began. The second time, I completely ran out ammo without killing it, and I had two of the most powerful weapons in the game.

Honestly I'm near giving up and moving on to mods.

What helps with the spawns for me is to always have a weapon that can fire rapidly and/or quickly convert a lot of ammo into a lot of dead bodies.  Every nuclear throne level is basically split into two phases: the first where you clear out or find a safe area, and the second where you can methodically go through the level as slow as you like.  So for example the pop gun is normally pretty bad but if I had a crossbow and a grenade launcher I'd swap in the pop gun, because both of those weapons are bad in situations where you don't have a safe area.  Whereas the pop gun has solid DPS and puts up a protective wall of stunlock.  Another rule of thumb is that you always want a way to destroy enemy bullets.  This is *mainly* for end game content, but trust me when I say that Crystal is extremely powerful and Eyes is better than he looks.  Melee weapons are OP for the same reason.  Melting's explosions can destroy bullets so if you stand on a corpse you can be pretty safe, although I still wouldn't recommend playing as him if you want to win.

Also prioritize weapon mutations more than you already do, that helps.  A crossbow with trigger fingers + bolt marrow + scary face can be better than an energy sword with nothing.  Except for the final boss but that's its own bag of maggots.  Other mutations that can help with bad spawns are hammerhead, strong spirit, boiling veins and rhino skin.

[Eric Blank]

Got eaten by a bear while being punched by a spriggan.

Oblivion. Bears are no joke

[Mathel]

Got eaten by a bear while being punched by a spriggan.

Oblivion. Bears are no joke

Especially bears summoned by spriggans.

[IronTomato]

-snip-

But WERE you cheating?

Probably not.  Hell I've been banned from TF2 servers just for knowing how to fire rockets from around corners.  Admins will ban you from their servers at the drop of a hat if you are better than them.   I was banned on 3 diffrent servers back in the day for essentially being too good.  And I was really only good with solly and huntsman sniper (for some reason I couldn't use the rifle worth a damn)

No, of course I wasn't cheating. I was actually doing terribly. I managed to land a lucky headshot on someone who was defending a point, and as a joke decided to say "Git gud git lmaobox", mimicing the spam of advertisements produced by actual hackers using Lmaobox. Except I didn't spam it, I said it a single time, and the fact that I said this was apparently 100% solid proof that I was doing it. In the span of 30 seconds, I went from making the joke, hearing some douche say in voice chat "THE MAJOR IS HACKING" and I was votekicked pretty much unanimously.

Also, as an update, I thought it was a joke at first, but I ran into one of the people from that match on a different pub later, and he immediately told everyone "Be careful, Major was hacking last time I saw him". I fucking hate the people on pubs sometimes.

[Culise]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Poe's Law.

[AzyWng]

I fucking hate the people on pubs sometimes.

Me too.

By the way, why haven't I added you on Steam yet? We could go shout at the noobs together or something

Anyway, my own death:

Insurgency.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Insurgency.

Spoiler: Actual Death Causes (click to show/hide)

I continue to try going Leeroy Jenkins on people, even though it doesn't work. Then I try to stay completely still and lie in wait. Even though that doesn't work either.
I try to aim down sights when aiming down sights isn't the right tactic (e.g. at very close range).
I sometimes fail to spot thrown grenades in time. Same goes for RPGs.
I sometimes fail to watch my back. This results in getting me getting ambushed when I think I'm safe.
I prefer to use shotguns whenever possible, which means I often lose out when dealing with long-range attackers.
In other words, there are still some things I need to work on before I can fully contribute to a team.

[Haspen]

Died for fifth time and gave up on the game for now.

I can't get through fast enough, hearts run out too fast for subweapons, and THERES TOO MANY DAMN GIANT RAVENS ON THE WAY TO INSIGNY VILLAGE.

Am I supposed to grind here or something? I'm lost, because I like the game but the difficulty level is so unforgiving in the unfunny way.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Lecarde Chronicles 2

[Rethi-Eli]

Well, I got through the silver knights because of your help, and I thank you for that, but...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dragonslayer Ornstein with his magical lightning thumbtack and fucking Executioner fucking Smough

These guys are by far the hardest boss(es) I've fought so far. They combine the gankiness of the gargoyles, which it took me forever to beat, with the power of a freight train. I've only fought them three times, and I already know that this isn't going to be easy. I'm trying to go through the game without a guide, so I'm not looking anything up. So if anyone can tell me a good way for a light melee build with stats in all the wrong places can beat these two? I've got a halberd +10, the power within pyromancy, and a sturdy eagle.

I think I'll just go right back to games for simple-minded folk like myself thank you very much.

Spoiler: It's not Demon's Souls and it isn't Bloodborne (click to show/hide)

Dark Souls

[USEC_OFFICER]

Spoiler: How I Defeated Biggies and Smalls With a Similar Build (click to show/hide)

To me the fight with Snorlax and Pikachu more difficult in the beginning since you're fighting both at the same time and they like to overwhelm you with their attacks. Once you take one down it's 1-on-1 and thus easier to dodge, react, get hits in, etc, etc. So your plan should always be to focus one down before dealing with the other. Always.

The Eagle Shield is one of the best shields for the fight since it has good Physical and Lightning defence, as well as being sturdy enough to block almost all of their attacks (you might need to upgrade it a couple times though). Just make certain to stick near the pillars to avoid the attacks you can't dodge or gain enough breathing room to lower your shield and regain stamina. Fatboy is weak to bleeding weapons, if they're fast enough to get several blows in, so I believe the thief's dagger would be the best to take him down. Slim is weak to Occult weapons, so if you found the Occult club then I would try it out again him and see if that helps. But if you aren't comfortable menuing in the middle of a boss fight then I wouldn't worry about swapping weapons like that. The Halberd is pretty good at poking bosses and dealing damage as it is so you should be okay sticking to it.

Regardless of what weapons or equipment you're using, make sure focus Waluigi down in the beginning. He's much more threatening than Wario throughout the entire fight so you should take him out ASAP. Once Lincoln is down, defeating Taft should be much easier too without him buzzing around and interrupting you all the time. If you're having problems dealing with them solo, a summon sign for Solaire is on the left side of the hall, near where the Silver Archer stands. Solaire is probably not going to survive the battle but having him in the initial brawl helps immensely. Little Boy and Fat Man will get a boost to their health and damage because of him, but that more than makes up for having the distraction and extra damage that Solaire brings. Just make certain to take down Elvis before Fat Elvis squashes him to a paste and it'll be worth the humanity spent.

Don't feel bad about having difficulty with Ornstein and Smough. They are one of the hardest bosses in the game and almost everyone has difficulties with them the first time they fight the pair. After that it's smooth sailing.

...

Well. Smoother sailing. The latter half of DS1 is not as polished as the first half. Still worth experiencing if you got that far though.

[Rethi-Eli]

Spoiler: How I Defeated Biggies and Smalls With a Similar Build (click to show/hide)

To me the fight with Snorlax and Pikachu more difficult in the beginning since you're fighting both at the same time and they like to overwhelm you with their attacks. Once you take one down it's 1-on-1 and thus easier to dodge, react, get hits in, etc, etc. So your plan should always be to focus one down before dealing with the other. Always.

The Eagle Shield is one of the best shields for the fight since it has good Physical and Lightning defence, as well as being sturdy enough to block almost all of their attacks (you might need to upgrade it a couple times though). Just make certain to stick near the pillars to avoid the attacks you can't dodge or gain enough breathing room to lower your shield and regain stamina. Fatboy is weak to bleeding weapons, if they're fast enough to get several blows in, so I believe the thief's dagger would be the best to take him down. Slim is weak to Occult weapons, so if you found the Occult club then I would try it out again him and see if that helps. But if you aren't comfortable menuing in the middle of a boss fight then I wouldn't worry about swapping weapons like that. The Halberd is pretty good at poking bosses and dealing damage as it is so you should be okay sticking to it.

Regardless of what weapons or equipment you're using, make sure focus Waluigi down in the beginning. He's much more threatening than Wario throughout the entire fight so you should take him out ASAP. Once Lincoln is down, defeating Taft should be much easier too without him buzzing around and interrupting you all the time. If you're having problems dealing with them solo, a summon sign for Solaire is on the left side of the hall, near where the Silver Archer stands. Solaire is probably not going to survive the battle but having him in the initial brawl helps immensely. Little Boy and Fat Man will get a boost to their health and damage because of him, but that more than makes up for having the distraction and extra damage that Solaire brings. Just make certain to take down Elvis before Fat Elvis squashes him to a paste and it'll be worth the humanity spent.

Don't feel bad about having difficulty with Ornstein and Smough. They are one of the hardest bosses in the game and almost everyone has difficulties with them the first time they fight the pair. After that it's smooth sailing.

...

Well. Smoother sailing. The latter half of DS1 is not as polished as the first half. Still worth experiencing if you got that far though.

I love those nicknames
Thank you

[Aliemma]

Lecarde Chronicles 2

Ooh, just looked it up, looks fun and like it can run on a potato. Should I play the first one first for story/difficulty adjustment/any other reason?