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Out of the Blue

I woke up this morning with a bit of a cough and some tightness in my chest. This has cleared up over a few hours, so I'm not sure if I am fighting a cold or not. I haven't had an actual cold in several years now, but after reading that not getting colds can be a sign of a poor immune system, rather than a strong one, I can't decide whether I am rooting for getting sick or staying well.

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20. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 22:30 xXBatmanXx
 
PHJF wrote on Jan 7, 2011, 16:48:
yea.....i need to move forward, but no one told me you can up your stats by buying them from that chic in Nexus! DAMNIT!!!!!!!! I suck. Probably should just start over.

rofl

How did you think you improved your stats?

Anyways, STR/DEX are mostly useful only in getting to the minimum level required to wear that weapon you're eyeing. END is super important to any melee fighter (and VIT to a lesser extent). LCK is right out unless you are going to wield the blueblood sword (which I have a character doing. It's extremely powerful). There is also a strong melee build with super-high FTH (that I also have) who uses Blessed weapons. And then obviously you only want a minimum MGC or INT to cast any specific spell you really want (unless you are going pure caster, which is difficult as a starting class).

The game isn't AS difficult as it's made out to be; it's just unforgiving. Once you master dodging and/or blocking and get proficient with your weapon type, things get pretty easy. It's also possible to easily farm for souls on the second level of stage 4. It's not required, but for low-level characters it can really help. The biggest thing you have to do is TAKE.IT.SLOW. Don't even sprint if you don't know exactly what (or who) is ahead of you. Don't rush into ANY enemy thinking you're infinitely superior to it.

Well, since I picked a class, I figured it was a typical level up as you go thing.....I got my feet wet during 4 hours of play - and my ass kicked..... Going to start over.
 
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19. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 16:48 PHJF
 
yea.....i need to move forward, but no one told me you can up your stats by buying them from that chic in Nexus! DAMNIT!!!!!!!! I suck. Probably should just start over.

rofl

How did you think you improved your stats?

Anyways, STR/DEX are mostly useful only in getting to the minimum level required to wear that weapon you're eyeing. END is super important to any melee fighter (and VIT to a lesser extent). LCK is right out unless you are going to wield the blueblood sword (which I have a character doing. It's extremely powerful). There is also a strong melee build with super-high FTH (that I also have) who uses Blessed weapons. And then obviously you only want a minimum MGC or INT to cast any specific spell you really want (unless you are going pure caster, which is difficult as a starting class).

The game isn't AS difficult as it's made out to be; it's just unforgiving. Once you master dodging and/or blocking and get proficient with your weapon type, things get pretty easy. It's also possible to easily farm for souls on the second level of stage 4. It's not required, but for low-level characters it can really help. The biggest thing you have to do is TAKE.IT.SLOW. Don't even sprint if you don't know exactly what (or who) is ahead of you. Don't rush into ANY enemy thinking you're infinitely superior to it.
 
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18. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 13:41 xXBatmanXx
 
mag wrote on Jan 7, 2011, 12:43:
Yeah. If you don't recover your souls and die again, the first set is gone for good.

13,000 is pocket change by mid-game, though. Don't sweat too much over it. I think I lost 80,000 the other day through a series of stupid deaths, and I was only level 30.

yea.....i need to move forward, but no one told me you can up your stats by buying them from that chic in Nexus! DAMNIT!!!!!!!! I suck. Probably should just start over.
 
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17. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 12:43 mag
 
Yeah. If you don't recover your souls and die again, the first set is gone for good.

13,000 is pocket change by mid-game, though. Don't sweat too much over it. I think I lost 80,000 the other day through a series of stupid deaths, and I was only level 30.
 
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16. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 09:35 nin
 

Big ups to Ted Williams, would love to hear him read "Blue's News, All the carnage that's fit to post!"


I'd kick in $5 if we could get that to play on the front page!

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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.

Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...
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15. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 04:58 xXBatmanXx
 
xXBatmanXx wrote on Jan 7, 2011, 02:31:
Holy crap on a stick Demon's Soul's is difficult.

OMGWTF!

I have left 13,000+ souls in areas I can't get back to them....GRRRRRR!~~~

Question, if you die 2x, do you lose the first puddle of blood?
 
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14. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 04:35 InBlack
 
Well you can blame the baby boomer generation for all of this fucking shit. Brainwashed into thinking that communists were out to get them, suddenly *BAM* goes the Iron Curtain and it turns out communists arent Orcs from Mordor but people just like everybody else....

But what now??? Who to hate??? Along comes Osama bin Laden and well you know the rest of that story....
 
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13. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 02:31 xXBatmanXx
 
Holy crap on a stick Demon's Soul's is difficult.  
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12. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 7, 2011, 02:23 Kosumo
 
Big ups to Ted Williams, would love to hear him read "Blue's News, All the carnage that's fit to post!"  
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11. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 17:47 Capella
 
Woops. That's ok, you just keep starting at the woodwork and I'm sure the enemies will all come out of any day now, haha!

Na, I am not the paranoid type. I just thought it ironic you guys were having that conversation and the first headline I see when checking the news was that.
 
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"Yeah everyone's gotta have the sickness
Cause everyone seems to need the cure"
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10. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 17:25 Sepharo
 
Cutter I do believe they've since removed that line.

TIN FOILS HATS ARE GO!
 
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[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr
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9. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 17:24 WyldKat
 
Ah, more fuss over Hot Coffee I see...  
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8. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 15:39 Cutter
 
Capella wrote on Jan 6, 2011, 14:42:
Umm...you were saying...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_packages_explode_maryland

From the article....

Explosion may be too strong of a word. The packages were smoldering. In one case there was a flare up," said the state official, who asked not to be identified because Maryland State Police was in charge of the investigation.

Woops. That's ok, you just keep starting at the woodwork and I'm sure the enemies will all come out of any day now, haha!

 
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7. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 15:27 Creston
 
Errr... Top Gear flew that mini off the ski jump like five years ago... I think that happened in season 7 or 8.

Creston
 
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6. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 14:42 Capella
 
Cutter wrote on Jan 6, 2011, 13:21:
Donkey_Punch wrote on Jan 6, 2011, 13:07:
Reply about "Coffee spill causes diversion for US flight."

Why the f*** are Americans always sending their planes to Canada when they have a possible terrorist on board and why does our American-loving Conservative government always allow it?

They did the same thing on 9/11 when the planes landed in Canada on the east coast.

The foreign policy mess is your doing...you clean up the mess.

Agreed. And stop being so goddamned overly paranoid. The news stories we continually read about someone spots an unattened bag somewhere and people start running around like chickens with their heads cut off, SWAT teams and bomb squads are called in and it turns out to be someone's sack lunch or some shit. America is the only country - with the exception of North Korea maybe - that sees enemies everywhere all the time when they don't exist.

In a twist reminiscent of the plot of the 1964 Glenn Ford movie 'Fate Is the Hunter', the coffee spill caused distress signals to go out, including code 7500, which means hijacking or unlawful interference.

Crazy, that was just on TCM 2 nights ago. Great flick!

Umm...you were saying...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_packages_explode_maryland
 
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5. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 14:00 Sepharo
 
"Avenger, get Birdman coffee!"  
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[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr
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4. Re Ted Williams Jan 6, 2011, 13:24 Hoop
 
What a great story to start the year.
 
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Um .. Behind you...
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3. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 13:21 Cutter
 
Donkey_Punch wrote on Jan 6, 2011, 13:07:
Reply about "Coffee spill causes diversion for US flight."

Why the f*** are Americans always sending their planes to Canada when they have a possible terrorist on board and why does our American-loving Conservative government always allow it?

They did the same thing on 9/11 when the planes landed in Canada on the east coast.

The foreign policy mess is your doing...you clean up the mess.

Agreed. And stop being so goddamned overly paranoid. The news stories we continually read about someone spots an unattened bag somewhere and people start running around like chickens with their heads cut off, SWAT teams and bomb squads are called in and it turns out to be someone's sack lunch or some shit. America is the only country - with the exception of North Korea maybe - that sees enemies everywhere all the time when they don't exist.

In a twist reminiscent of the plot of the 1964 Glenn Ford movie 'Fate Is the Hunter', the coffee spill caused distress signals to go out, including code 7500, which means hijacking or unlawful interference.

Crazy, that was just on TCM 2 nights ago. Great flick!
 
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2. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 13:07 Donkey_Punch
 
Reply about "Coffee spill causes diversion for US flight."

Why the f*** are Americans always sending their planes to Canada when they have a possible terrorist on board and why does our American-loving Conservative government always allow it?

They did the same thing on 9/11 when the planes landed in Canada on the east coast.

The foreign policy mess is your doing...you clean up the mess.
 
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1. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 6, 2011, 09:59 space captain
 
after reading that not getting colds can be a sign of a poor immune system, rather than a strong one,

thats pseudoscience and a misinterpretation of research data
 
Go forth, and kill!
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