Quoting: jens

Quoting: BrisseFacing Pontiff Sulyvahn at level 1 as we speak :)
Pretty insane when even the common mobs in Irithyll kills me in one hit :D

At lvl 1? Did you start with a new character and went till this guy without leveling up?!?

Yup :)
Died to him four times now so I'm gonna take a break and give it another shot tomorrow.
And by level 1 I actually mean level 8 because that's the starting level so you can't actually be level 1 in this game.
No co-op partners around to rely on either because matchmaking won't allow to call in sunbros that are at a significantly higher level. I guess there aren't many level 1 sunbros around :)

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Facing Pontiff Sulyvahn at level 1 as we speak :)
Pretty insane when even the common mobs in Irithyll kills me in one hit :D

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Quoting: jensI'm at lvl 74 with some attack power (528), but it gets difficult with very fast or more than one enemy.

Sounds about right for Irithyll. In your defence I'll say that the difficulty of the game is pretty much at it's peak in this area so if you can get through this then you will have no problems completing the game.

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Quoting: jens

Quoting: BrisseFor you Proton warriors out there I can recommend Dark Souls II: SotFS and Dark Souls III at 75% off.

Edit: Praise the sale!

I very much concur :)

Slightly OT:
How far did you got with DS3? I have now 60 hours into the game and reached Central Irithyll with all bosses before that taken down, though with a lot of guidance from youtube walkthrough. Actually I'm about to give up since it is such a hard game (although never unfair and really really well made).

Got 165 hours according to Steam. Completed the game three times (NG+3) with my main character and did quite a lot of multiplayer as well. Levelled up my character a bit too much (lv181) which I regret because it affects multiplayer matchmaking. People who make pvp characters and such tend to aim for lv120.

I think the first time I completed it was around the 60h mark, but as you get to know the game it can be done much faster. Also I'm hunting Steam achievements. Only missing five now (sorceries, miracles, rings, expressions and The Dark Soul) :D

Just made a new character earlier this evening to try to complete the game without levelling up a single time. Got to Cathedral of the Deep but had to take a break as it got quite frustrating running around on the roof of the cathedral and getting ganged up on. Wasn't too much of a challenge up until then though, surprisingly. I know some people have completed the game at level 1 so I thought it might be an interesting challenge to spice things up a bit :)

And now I realise it sounds like I'm bragging. Sorry about that, I'll stop right away :P

If it gets too frustrating, make sure your weapon is upgraded as much as possible as it makes a huge difference. Maybe pop an ember and summon some sunbros to help out, although be aware that bosses are buffed when you call in phantoms. Manage the stamina bar and don't get greedy. Maybe try and change up your strategy, like rolling instead of blocking. Blocking costs a lot of stamina and rolling gives you a few invincibility frames so if it's timed right you don't take any damage even if it looks like you are getting hit.

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For you Proton warriors out there I can recommend Dark Souls II: SotFS and Dark Souls III at 75% off.

Edit: Praise the sale!

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Epic loves to market their engine as multi-platform and Linux-compatible, but it really is true that they don't care about Linux and treat it as a second class citizen. Sad. :'(

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Quoting: MadeanaccounttocommentHaven't checked lately to see if one is being sold yet but the checklist I have for my ideal monitor is as follows:

• 27-32 inch panel


• IPS quantum dot LED display


• Freesync


• ≤4 ms response time


• ≥1440p resolution


• 75 Hz refresh rate


• ≤$250 price tag

I may be in for a long wait.

You will have to up your refresh rate requirement if you want the super important Low Framerate Compensation (LFC). Freesync is basically useless without it. For LFC to work the upper rate must be >2.5 times higher than the lower rate which pretty much disqualifies anything less than 90hz. But then again, it will be impossible to find anything like that at the price you suggested.

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Quoting: trawzThat's really nice, I hope that sometime AMD will support G-Sync Displays aswell. I'm very happy with my Dell S2417DG, but it would suck to lose functionality if I want to switch to an AMD card.

G-Sync is proprietary and the chances of AMD being able to support it is basically NULL even if they wanted to.

Good to see the open standard is prevailing.

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Quoting: NeverthelessWhy there is a lot industry interest in Linux gaming is a mystery to me, but I would guess it's not our current 0,8% on Steam! ;-)

Streaming? Game consoles could one day be just thin clients with games being streamed from datacenters running Linux.

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This one surprised me a bit...

Quote1. Performance. Vulkan on linux (driver wise) is...not very mature.

...but perhaps this explains it...

QuoteNo idea. I’ll try to find to find out. I’m a total Linux novice myself.

...no offence intended.

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