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@mb said:

@bbalpert: Parry his ass and riposte...when you see the grab animation, roll out of the way and use the opportunity to either heal or stab him in his stupid face.

I try, but I can't get the timing consistently enough. I can get 1 riposte in on a good run, maybe 2 if I'm really lucky, but then I just get smoked. The frustrating thing about that is that the bonfire-to-boss walk is just long enough to prevent me from adequately practicing the parries. When I was having trouble with Ornstein and Smough, I was able to get pretty good at parrying the silver knights because both versions were right by the bonfire. Not to mention the fact that there are 5 guys between the bonfire and Gwyn, each with their own set of attacks, so by the time I get back to the boss room I've already lost that short term muscle memory.

I know you're giving me good advice, and I do appreciate it, but right now I'm just frustrated.

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#2  Edited By BBAlpert

Can someone please tell me that I've just been walking past a bonfire right before Gwyn? Can someone pleasetell me that I don't need to make that fucking hike from the Lordvessel all the way to Gwyn and fight those same 5 knights over and over and over again? Or at the very least can someone tell me why all the"surefire" strategies keep failing over and over and over against this "way too easy joke of a final boss"?

I've got 40 strength, Havel's armor, 42 endurance, that ring that boosts fire defense, a +5 black knight great axe, and my choice of power within, iron flesh, or flash sweat. If I use iron flesh, I'm too slow to avoid his grab that deals a ton of fire damage. If I use flash sweat, that grab move takes only like 30% of my health (rather than maybe 60%), but his physical attacks tear me apart. If I use power within, I still can't do enough damage quickly enough to compensate for the fact that both his physical and fire attacks knock me the fuck out. A lot of the guides say he's supposed to get staggered every few hits of a black knight great axe, but he doesn't. What am I supposed to do?

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If nothing else, I'd recommend trying out one of the inventory sorting/interface mods. Maybe it's been patched since I last played it (before any of the DLC was released), but I remember the UI being a nightmare once you started accumulating stuff.

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#4  Edited By BBAlpert

One kicks and one punches. I know opposites are supposed to attract, but that would never work out!

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#5  Edited By BBAlpert

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite poll on Giant Bomb.

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#6  Edited By BBAlpert

I am a man who loves him some fruity, umbrella-ass drinks.

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#7  Edited By BBAlpert

Developer/publisher to customer apology letters.

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FFT was the first SRPG I ever played and I learned it fine. So I'd give it a shot before I took some of the "beginners can't figure this game out" advice.

I've seen a surprising number of comments over the years about people getting like 6 hours into the game before realizing fundamental mechanics (like being able to take more than 1 character into battle). I'm not saying that they shouldn't give it a shot, but there is some precedent for people not finding the interface particularly intuitive.

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#9  Edited By BBAlpert

@mister_v said:

You people don't know what good/bad noodles are.

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So are those good noodles or bad noodles?

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I finally did it! By (almost) the smallest margin possible, I got through that fight alive. On a side note, I was quite amused by the immature messages left by players in and around Gwynevere's chambers. I thought I got a screenshot of all of them, but apparently I missed getting a shot of the "Imminent gorgeous view" message somebody left.

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I say "almost" because I could have finished with 1 HP instead of 2 HP.