The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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GeneralF

GeneralF

Golden Knight of the Realm
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Agree about the time flying really fast. I was sent to Kakariko village, ended up crossing a mountain range and following a river to its origin like halfway on the other side of the map. Ended up getting one-shot by a huge mob, don't regret it one bit. This fucking game
 
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Terial

Terial

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okay, so i found a pretty big flaw that really should _not_ be happening.
I've been playing for a few hours now, exploring the plateau, and i ran into a rock mob. It's pretty obvious on how to kill him so i get to work.
1st time, i died, no biggie, auto save got me before the fight.
2nd time, was doing great, got him to about 50% health, and in the process i broke 3 of my weapons (A spiked bokogo club, and 2 shitty swords)
3rd time, I guess it autosaved during the fight, so the game loads up and he starts to spawn, i go to switch to my spiked bokogo club and it's gone... gone! as are my 2 shitty swords. His health 100%
That's a pretty big issue if you ask me, fighting a big dude and dying i'm okay with, having the game load up with whatever broke during that fight as still broken and having the dude back at full health, pure shit.
So i've now left the guy alone, cause the remaining wood crap weapons i have are all i have left and if they break and i die, then i'll load with no weapons.
 
Palum

Palum

what Suineg set it to
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Terial said:
okay, so i found a pretty big flaw that really should _not_ be happening.
I've been playing for a few hours now, exploring the plateau, and i ran into a rock mob. It's pretty obvious on how to kill him so i get to work.
1st time, i died, no biggie, auto save got me before the fight.
2nd time, was doing great, got him to about 50% health, and in the process i broke 3 of my weapons (A spiked bokogo club, and 2 shitty swords)
3rd time, I guess it autosaved during the fight, so the game loads up and he starts to spawn, i go to switch to my spiked bokogo club and it's gone... gone! as are my 2 shitty swords. His health 100%
That's a pretty big issue if you ask me, fighting a big dude and dying i'm okay with, having the game load up with whatever broke during that fight as still broken and having the dude back at full health, pure shit.
So i've now left the guy alone, cause the remaining wood crap weapons i have are all i have left and if they break and i die, then i'll load with no weapons.
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I think you must be lying, the game is a 10/10.
 
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Terial

Terial

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just did it again, and it's beyond annoying this time with bows and arrows. Found a guardian, half in the grass, he can't move so i'm pickin off his eye. Used a really good bow till it broke, then normal bows, 2 more broke and i used 5 of my 10 fire arrows. I decide to melee a bit cause i don't have many arrows left. I go in, and die. Reload, and my 3 bows are gone, 5 of my fire arrows are gone and the mob is at full health...it's pure bullshit to lose gear before you die to have it gone after you load
 
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etchazz

Trakanon Raider
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Loving the game still. If anyone here wants to post a cheat sheet on all the cooking combos they've created, I'm all for it. Also, crafting. That too would be awesome. The guardians are kicking my ass. My only minor complaint so far are the lack of arrows. If anyone knows a spot with lots of arrows, I'd be grateful. The most I've found are around the river on the way to Kokitu village, but that was still only like 5. Also, found some ore up on the side of the mountain, but have no idea what to do with it. Tried to use a bomb, it just turned it to rubble. Is there a pick axe in the game that I just haven't found yet?
 
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etchazz

Trakanon Raider
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Terial said:
just did it again, and it's beyond annoying this time with bows and arrows. Found a guardian, half in the grass, he can't move so i'm pickin off his eye. Used a really good bow till it broke, then normal bows, 2 more broke and i used 5 of my 10 fire arrows. I decide to melee a bit cause i don't have many arrows left. I go in, and die. Reload, and my 3 bows are gone, 5 of my fire arrows are gone and the mob is at full health...it's pure bullshit to lose gear before you die to have it gone after you load
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Yeah, that exact same thing happened to me the first time I fought that rock monster. When I died and hit continue, it started me right in the middle of the fight again, with no arrows, and three of my weapons that I broke fighting him originally gone. He killed me again and when I continued the second time, it started me out away from him with my gear returned.
 
Terial

Terial

Trakanon Raider
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okay, saving is pretty often, i went back and reloaded an old save, glad to know that it saves so often, not as irritated now :)
As for Arrows, i'm finding them everywhere, in crates and on mobs, there is even where the old man teaches you to hunt, his camp alone had like 10.
however, the best place i found, is arrow farming. when there are mobs that shot arrows, just run in circles and let them unload and miss. as you are running around keep hitting A to pick up all their arrows.
I'm currently at about 55 normal arrows.
 
Archeron

Archdruid Archeron

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Derkon said:
So uhh anyone cooked that dish the old man wants for the tunic? I cooked the raw meat from a boar and the spicy pepper on his table but I can't figure out how to actually give it to him heh. i have other food in my inventory, not sure if that matters or not.
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Just FYI: You can make any pepper dish and then find him on the top of the tallest mountain in the snowy area and he will give you the tunic there, as that is what I did. You can also double the food strength (e.g. cold resist duration) on two-ingredient food items by throwing two of each ingredient in the pot. Peppers combine with apples, poultry drumsticks, or raw meat which are all easy to come by on the plateau, so throw two peppers and two apples in a cooking pot.

Prowl up to the daytime butterflies to capture and add them with the horns you loot to make an elixir version; same rule applies to doubling up duration. While I am thinking about it, the night time fireflies make a stealth elixir.
 
Chris

Chris

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Sledgehammer from Stasis Trial beats Rock Monster on the Plataeu very quickly.

Nice touch that they implied that the Plataeu is Skyloft (Hylian Kingdom originated here).
 
Terial

Terial

Trakanon Raider
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just finished the Plateau, will go back now to kill the rock creature then gonna leave plateau. I'm sure there are things here i probably missed, but can always teleport back :)
 
spronk

spronk

FPS noob
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wii u vs switch DF analysis - rendering and FPS of first hour of BOTW



tl;dr: both versions are nearly identical. switch version is better but the difference is probably unnoticable for most people. Wii U drops frames some places, docked mode switch other places, portable switch mode seems to be the best FPS. All three versions still drop frames at different places.
 
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Lenas

Lenas

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Terial said:
just did it again, and it's beyond annoying this time with bows and arrows. Found a guardian, half in the grass, he can't move so i'm pickin off his eye. Used a really good bow till it broke, then normal bows, 2 more broke and i used 5 of my 10 fire arrows. I decide to melee a bit cause i don't have many arrows left. I go in, and die. Reload, and my 3 bows are gone, 5 of my fire arrows are gone and the mob is at full health...it's pure bullshit to lose gear before you die to have it gone after you load
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You can kill stationary guardians with a single shield parry of their laser attack. Mobile guardians take three parries. You can do it even with a 1 defense pot lid.
 
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Talenvor

Lord Nagafen Raider
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Is there a way to see weapon durability remaining? Also, do bows break? Found a good one early on but dont want to 'waste' it.
 
Vorph

Vorph

Silver Baronet of the Realm
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Not really, no. If it has a sparkle on it, it's 100%. If it's red, it's going to break in another couple hits.

Yes, bows break just as fast as everything else.
 
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Derkon

Derkon

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spronk said:
wii u vs switch DF analysis - rendering and FPS of first hour of BOTW



tl;dr: both versions are nearly identical. switch version is better but the difference is probably unnoticable for most people. Wii U drops frames some places, docked mode switch other places, portable switch mode seems to be the best FPS. All three versions still drop frames at different places.
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Just caught this and really happy I just stuck with the Wii U version. I mean yeah it's not perfect but it seems the Switch isn't either heh.
 
GeneralF

GeneralF

Golden Knight of the Realm
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Lenas said:
You can kill stationary guardians with a single shield parry of their laser attack. Mobile guardians take three parries. You can do it even with a 1 defense pot lid.
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That sounds neat, I need to try this. I found a "moderate combat skill challenge" bot and it was as hard as a Dark Souls boss. Next shrine over, "tough combat skill challenge" - noped the hell out of that (I still have only 4 hearts and one stamina upgrade)

It's a good thing that this game is on Wii U and I can use the tablet because all I want is to play this fucking game all the time.
 
Lenas

Lenas

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You will die a few times learning the timing but it's worth it. Basically hit the parry button as soon as you see the energy focus in their eye right before the shot.
 
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Diemess

Diemess

Silver Knight of the Realm
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spronk said:
wii u vs switch DF analysis - rendering and FPS of first hour of BOTW



tl;dr: both versions are nearly identical. switch version is better but the difference is probably unnoticable for most people. Wii U drops frames some places, docked mode switch other places, portable switch mode seems to be the best FPS. All three versions still drop frames at different places.
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can you transfer saves from Wii U over to the Switch later on?
 
spronk

spronk

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Derkon said:
Just caught this and really happy I just stuck with the Wii U version. I mean yeah it's not perfect but it seems the Switch isn't either heh.
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nice thing running the wii u version under CFW is that there are already mods out, like people have done ones that eliminate durability and i'm sure it'll get even more involved over time. Probably do my first play through totally clean though, unless durability really starts bugging the hell out of me.

no, you cannot transfer saves between wii u and switch or vica versa, that woulda been cool but I guess probably not that many people are gonna buy both.
 
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