Would anyone mind detailing the Specialty Runs?

>manly solo
You bet.

>RG timing
Story of my time with DMC3...

>TS a bit rough
Yeah, I suppose.

>GS and SM were easy
I'm sure.

>QS and DG took adjustment
More so the latter, I'm sure. QS has DEM I-FRAMES.

>damage testing
Lovely stuff. Shall you be aiming for non-style based, efficient kill approaches in the future?

>better
It would have been broken. So, yes. Much better.

>try it out
Not really. They were deeply butthurt about a number of vet comments. First they make a pony stage with rainbows and teddy bears to attack the 'too colorful' lot (rather than a chicken world to continue the abused animal tradition).

Then they create a new highest setting with a huge leap in enemy HP/damage, randomly arranging abilities without a care and making basically every non-boss mob a mess of uniques. This is their idea of challenge. Beat you down with bad game design.

They weren't confident this would be offensive enough so they added this time delay penalty rule just in case. Also, servers going down for their jew gold "Auction House" which attracts even more hacker antics than in D2 (when it wasn't worth real people money through direct channels).

>don't intend to
A wise choice.

>not the good kind
No reach arounds?

>in a crate
A chest? There were two in the Prologue level. Lots of crap hidden in boxes, one thing you had to talk to some loser about, a mess of things you had to climb around for, some you could just get off the ground, etc. Nothing that required a Harpy to my great disappointment (as I did go to the trouble of using them to take me well outside the intended bounds of the game). I was wanting some mad loot, brah. GIB ME DAH GOLD. I WANT DA GOLD.

>Snake and Goat grab handling mastered
Doesn't take terribly long, does it?

Without grab, things spice up a bit.

>still unsure with Lion
I did say it took some time. You'll get a feel for all his cues, what to bait, when to attack, when you can down him, etc. I get the feeling Mystic Knight and Warrior would best suit my tastes. DEM PARRIES. DAT GUTS. We shall see. All I know is that it is a nice feeling to solo Chimera alone without items or even grabs. I've gone on about all that already though. Even bothered to try out killing in new orders (rather than Snake/Goat/Lion). Odd that the Lion can die and the body crappily tries to keep things going.

>goblins
That certainly knocks them around. The lighter chaps are open to slaps, being downed and blocked/parried to set up grab and full nelson. Hobgoblins are a bit heavier and take a little more to set-up (heavier hits, but otherwise the same). They hate fire. Everything hates fire. Also, cliffs. Explosives are cute, but not of too much use without some advantageous extra conditions (like being atop a bridge to toss them down from upon the heads of the less-than-vigilant').

>harpies
Luring them into the hall you start from takes away a good deal of their high flying options and you can reach a vertical limit they cannot match (up by the infinite stamina potion). Of course, you can't use an Archer in that level as you are forced to use that particular Arisen and he's a Fighter.

Funny to toss them off cliffs aside from sitting on their backs, kicking them, letting pawns wail on them, pressing them into fire, etc.

>fancy names
They tend to have spectacular results in this game.

>Countryside cliff
Thought I had one by the river, but it didn't work out. Couldn't drown them by holding their heads under water either. Pity. Just some rock to toss them off to take half their life per use. Slow going. Start with the mage.

>n472a making s*** look good
Imagine that.

>know it
This pleases me.

Besides 'efficient' play, what of 'style' and 'cheap' approaches?

>different mindset than NG
Not much like GoW either, yes? DEM GRABS, COLLISIONS, RING-OUTS, etc.

>WoW design
They did this across the board. They want another money printing machine.

>time delay
It starts dealing something like 5K damage per second from what I'm told. I believe the norm is something like 25K HP. I'm not too sure on that. The highest I've heard of for a player is 50K so far.

I believe it also resets all foes (in terms of HP *maybe position too*).

>Brazilians
They want that digital money.

>Assassins
Night buffs aplenty. They seem quite capable with the invisibility and buffs at work.

>Mystic Knight
Got something for slapping the s*** out of everything.

>Magic Archer
Aim Assist mode with homing shots. Ultra casual just how DSP likes it.

>Sorcerers
Great offensive ability, but the casting is something DSP cannot work with at all much like the parries for Mystic Knight. He would be terrible with Warrior (slow, no block, no evade, etc.).

>rather easy
He's pretty much a turret at that point. Not terribly mobile.

>try that
Definitely try the full nelson with classes that can do it. Not too bad for helping enemies kill your allies either.

>family slaying
Dante isn't quite as eager or able as Kratos with this, but he does have it on record.

>ring-out Beowulf
Or have the collisions for returning his objects deal amazing damage on higher settings.

So many bad runners. Found one I like the cut of though. He does tend to bite off more than he can chew, but hasn't let it get him killed just yet. He's doing a minimal HUD, Fighter ONLY solo run of Dragon's Dogma. A classy call.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF6BC52ED08657C0B&feature=plcp

I'm currently about to view part 9. Well, after my rounds are made.

GoW:A SP footage came from E3. I gave my thoughts elsewhere.

>brilliant idea
Especially the reset. Very tasteful. And play2win is amazing. Buy your gear from the devs. When real money gets involved, surely they'll have better hacking protection. *hohoho*

>DD plan
Not sure what I'll do. I'm not much for all this pawn business or multi-vocation talk. Less so the former obviously. I'd be happy to stick to one class once I have access to it. Maybe not buy anything with the classes before it to keep it 'clean'. Maybe later using multiple vocations to really get one sitting pretty. Hard to say. I do like the idea of a solo run with each though.

The guy doing the Fighter run is handling things quite well though he is partial to putting on a flashy show for his audience when he knows full well how much more effective cutting to the chase (ring-outs oftentimes) would be.

>trailer
I did see it, but I'd like for them to have a live demo with gameplay now.

>underestimated RG
I didn't. I just can't tap into its potential. HandVsEye is where I learned much about DMC.

>DG
The only thing I liked about it was using it with the infinite DT costume on Bloody Palace so I could play Dante or the shadow (usually the latter until my partner starts getting killed against the final floors) in a sort of co-op dabbling. That's as far as I'd ever want the feature taken.

>almost miss Paratus
Tall talk, friend.

>SP footage
I've seen quite a lot of it and the MP at this point.

>how long
Without all the dicking about with unnecessary quests and such, hard to say.

>link
I was just about to drop by GT. I hadn't yet checked them for GoW:A footage (IGN, GS and some others had plenty).

>bah
That's how I felt about his not having used it for such a thing or maybe applying it to the TWoD glitch just for the Hell of it.

>delimbs return
>more weapons and spells
I CANNOT POSSIBLY HOLD ALL THIS MAD.

>Nintendo gets the violent version of a tamed game
What is this, I do not understand.

Sounds like SIGMA will be about making a completed game that isn't s*** for the PS3 and 360. I'm so glad I didn't get dicked by their BETA bulls*** scheme.

The DD runner is moving right along and doing nicely. Putting on a pretty good show. You kept up? How goes your own run work?

NOTE: Hotel is currently having a go with Bayonetta. His thread is at the PS3 boards.

>WiiU Gaiden
>troll the Action fans contest between publishers
Capcom underestimated Team Ninja. What an upstart these guys have become. EA needs to get in on this. Only they could make this a three-way dance (always online SP for an Action game *with lag*). Make it happen. Buy a beloved franchise if need be.

>illness
You too? Findlestick just told me the same. Said he was delirious for a week.

>RG antics
There is good reason it is taken so seriously among vets.

>faster methods
>not so skilled
Sounds like my sort of chap. I'll open up a tab for it. For the moment I'll be checking in on the DD specialty run. Then perhaps move on to said coverage. It might still be difficult to watch at length with all that respawning though.

>a dream come true
Careful. You could be talking to a very rich man with ideas like this.

>for a price
"There is a price to pay...for EVERYTHING you gain..." - Ares

And the guilty always pay it, I'm told. Don't feel too bad for them.

>full of s***
Loud and clear. Just as no one could take the piss out of me for a bit. Not even me.

>damn shame
That it is. Even dismemberment might not be enough to curb the boredom for too long. Hayasha has left his (blighted) mark. May it be remembered well...

Omega and Hysper are wrapping up their runs and are just now looking good (thanks to OP abilities). Rubikant still stands alone. His first Drake encounter (unspoiiled he says). I wonder how that will go.