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wanderers are actauly being worked on right now.

Im noticing some difference in them in the latest experimentals.

They have finite numbers, for one.  you can 'kill' the Zs on the map screen.  They have locations they path to for 2.  Heh, I saw a blob traveling south as presunably part of a horde.

and they can follow you out of town.  the other day I learned that the overmap keeps track of 1) a weak scent of you that Zhordes can follow to a limited degree and 2) an even weaker trail that tracks everywhere youve been.  It might be possible for a 'Stalker' or 'tracker' to pursue you whereever you go

Wander spawns have always had limited numbers (or at least they have had for a very, very long time).

Quote from: Sindain on February 08, 2016, 09:32:13 pm

Yeah, that's why its generally not recommended to play Scholars of the First Sin unless you're packing extra lube.

Is it really that bad? Is it worse than the vanilla DS2? As a simple general fan of the series, I just wanted to get the game for more dark souls (even if it's got its foot in the right place). Is it not even good for that?

The general vibe I got from Scholars was that it was specifically made for people (like me) who had beaten and where familiar with DS2 but wanted a new challenge. It has quite a few brutal areas (especially early game) that I imagine would be extremely difficult for people not already used to fighting most of these enemies.

Really I probably would recommend Vanilla DS2 over Scholars if you've played neither, unless you're feeling a tad masochistic.

Though Scholars does come with the new lore and all the DLCs (which I haven't actually played but I've heard nothing but good things about them) so eh...

The knight, incidentally, isn't the issue. He's just kind of there. Dogs are what killed me the most times before he even showed up in the first place.

If you're having trouble with the dogs I'd recommend taking it slower, pull one or two at time with ranged weapons or something, but that'll just give Pursuer more time to kill you so...... git gud? 

You could try going the other away around. There is a locked door in the Forest of the Fallen Giants that you should be able to open if you've beaten the last giant. This will eventually lead to the other side of the Lost Bastille and circumvents that courtyard completely and lets you get at the boss. Though that boss is generally considered one of the hardest in the early game so I'm not sure if you'll fair much better that way.

Also, it seems engineers need some sort of protection when excavating around exposed power coils, according to Shen's off-hand comment. Is that true or is it just fluff?

It's just fluff.

Also when did guys in town start healing a little stress per week? That change alone is a huge boon, and contributes to the early game feeling a little easier.

It's been in for a couple patches. I wanna say it came in with the abomination patch, but don't quote me on that.

Quote from: itisnotlogical on February 02, 2016, 07:51:17 am

Seriously, this happens in every single action anime I can think of and it annoys me to no end.

Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Budget Blade Works?

UBW definitely has the "lots of standing around and exposition" part though.

So do lower level quests eventually become unavailable, regardless of if you have low ranking people in your party? Simply due to having done those dungeons so much?

No, AFAIK.

Now that I think about it a plague doctor and cultist could compliment each other. Cultist heals but inflicts bleed, doctor removes the bleed that same turn. Because it takes 2 actions instead of 1 it probably shouldn't be relied on every turn. That extra action spent healing could've been used for damage or stunning or something.

Plague Doctor and Cultist can also be a pretty strong offensive combo. Abyssal Artillery + Plague Grenade = a shit ton of damage vs back-row fishmen.