27:37 What Rowan didn't know was that when you complete Fred Orchardson's final companion quest he becomes ridiculously OP. Venjamin Bandalier is OP out the get go, but his end stats don't even compare with Fred's. If only Rowan had been willing to stick it out with Fred, but removing him tends to give him a bit of a grudge towards you, so by the time Rowan found out and tried to get Fred back, it was to late, and Fred had moved on. Or at least that's my headcanon.
The difficulty slider sketch makes an interesting idea for difficulty where playing on easy makes the enemies more sympathetic as well as being being weaker.
or like that one game that pasively mocks you in the narration throughout the entire game (like Overlord 2) for picking the easy mode. the sarcasm was tangible.
@@oldtimergaming9514 yes it does cause he could have ground up enemy's to level up before trying again but nope and so he cheated by lowering the difficulty instead he deserved what he got for that decision
After the years, I STILL love how good this scene felt at 12:52. Silly, funny and somewhat powerful. And that declined friendship request was just the perfect ending.
27:25 That one hit me. Hard. I actually have find it really hard to let go of a follower even if it's shitty one compared to the new one. There's something to be said for loyality.
After watching so many of these videos, my 18 month old daughter now says "Morning." before walking out of any room and it is the cutest thing ever. You guys are amazing :D
I admire the teleporting merchant dedication like in Resident Evil games merchants. Maybe one day they will tell their secrets on how to survive in all dangerous places or having their own series on becoming the top merchant. Maybe these merchants were once op protagonists then they went beyond.
I am currently reading chinese novel similar to this. MC is a merchant in isekei horror games. Loots game locations pretending to be either player or NPC. Then sells those items in his shop. He is human but somehow stuck in this game without any player identity.
i like the theory that the merchant in RE4 is just so heavily armed that all the infected give him a wide berth. guy could probably topple a small country solo just with the stuff he gives to leon, no telling what sort of crazy shit he keeps in his personal stash
there were no lies in that scene, I've experienced those events in pretty much every multiplayer game I've ever played in the last 20 years, even down to declining the friend invite, them feels were real XD
Individually these skits were Good NPC Man skits, however this compilation is one of the best NPC Man compilations ever. I don't know why but in this form I found this season so much funnier
@@UKPr0t0typeAs games are getting easier in general, I am usually able to play Nightmare, but if some section is frustratingly hard, why to ruin entire weekend over single boss? Like for example Dragon Age 2 is a good challenge on Hard already, Nightmare is nightmarish grind even with all tactics and potions available.
@@UKPr0t0type reducing difficulty below hard in RPG games where you can actually grind and get better equipment is just pathetic also because developers make games with difficulty on mind.
i love how in the beginning the NPCs were starting to become self aware and the players were weirded out by it but now even the players just accepted the fact that the NPCs are self aware now XD
His armor becomes the Dark Wyrm set, with dragon head designs on the pauldrons that can each shoot tongues of the same dark energy from his sword. They automatically shoot short bursts every 20 seconds as a passive offense-based defense for his sides, but he can also have them shoot a long stream for a sustained 5 seconds as an attack, with a 30 second cooldown. In both cases, the eyes on the pauldrons glow purple as a tell. The glow is brighter for the active attack. The helmet of the set is modeled after a dark dragon, the mouth shut protecting and concealing his face. His armored gloves and boots are modeled after dragon claws, giving him an slashing attack with his off hand, and making kicks stronger. His sword has a larger aura, and he has a sword beam attack called Light of Ruin, it has a five minute cooldown and a 20% chance of inflicting a de-buff that doubles all cooldown times for 150 seconds. At 66% HP he starts using an ability where he surrounds his whole body in an aura of the same dark energy that surrounds his sword and shoots from his pauldrons, boosting all of his stats by 25%. In this empowered state he gains an attack for his off-hand, where he slashes the air and each slash becomes a crescent-shaped wave of dark energy that shoots forward. This attack has a 10% chance of inflicting a de-buff that reduces the window for evading other attacks by 10% for 30 seconds. The aura itself from the empowered state deals slight, dark-elemental damage over time to players that stand in it (this damaging effect is fully negated if a player has at least 10% dark resistance). The aura lasts for 60 seconds, and while it's activated his battle dialogue becomes more aggressive in both wordage and delivery, and his voice becomes gravelly, like there's growling mixed in. After the 60 seconds, the aura is cast off as a damaging shockwave that is thinner at the point shot off from his back (the shockwave deals as much damage as one of the off-hand projectiles from the augmented state, though the damage can be reduced if you dodge through the shockwave, or avoided completely if you dodge specifically through the thin part of the shockwave). The aura has a 10 minute cooldown. At 33% HP the eyes of the Dark Wyrm Helm light up the same purple as the pauldrons, the aura that previously had to be activated suddenly forms as a permanent effect, but with wings and a tail of pure energy as well. All of his battle dialogue is replaced with rabid growls and snarls, he gains the ability to shoot bolts of dark energy from his off-hand, and an additional sword attack where he switches to a two-handed grip, the aura around the sword expands, and he does a powerful overhead swing, slamming the sword into the ground and causing an explosion of dark energy. The area of effect is a circle as wide as his wingspan. Despite being made of energy, he can use his new tail like a whip, either to attack or to grab a player by the arm or leg. If he's going to attack with it, he'll smack the ground with it before lashing it out. If he's going to grab with it, he'll flick the tip; up if he means to grab an arm, down if he means to grab a leg. If it grabs an arm, the grabbed player is pulled forward into a stab with the sword. If it grabs a leg, the grabbed player will be lifted and slammed into the ground in front of the general, and he will stomp on the player with a clawed boot before kicking them away. In both cases, the tail can be 'cut' to stop the grab. The connection will be severed and the severed part of the tail will reform. He'll lash his reformed tail at the player that cut it. All three tail attacks can be blocked with a shield, but if playing without a shield the arm grab must be parried and the leg grab must be jumped. He also gains a flying state. Every 90 seconds, he will switch between being a 'walking' enemy and a 'flying' enemy. The state change will always be punctuated by a shockwave like the one that previously marked the end of the empowered state. However, the thin part will be on the sides, and as his HP continues to fall, the size of the thin parts will shrink. When he's about to start flying, the shockwave will be telegraphed by the wings spreading wide. When he's about to land, the shockwave is telegraphed by him doing a flourish with his sword. He drives the sword into the ground as he lands, and the shockwave spreads out from the sword. When he's 'flying', he will reposition himself every 10 seconds, and spend the rest of his time firing volleys of dark energy bolts. He targets a player a random and shoots an entire volley at them, switching targets (or not) completely at random each time he moves. The target's shadow gains a purple tint as the boss' off-hand glows purple with energy. Every fifth flight cycle he generates a 'foul wind' that slightly de-buffs the movement of all players currently fighting him. This effect lasts for one minute. At 10% HP he gains an attack. When this attack is used, the glow in the eyes of the Dark Wyrm Helm grows in intensity, and the mouth opens to release a beam of dark energy. Because of how the dark energy looks, the whole thing looks like the dragon head is breathing cursed fire. Players hit by this will be covered in the dark energy, taking damage over time as if they were standing in the aura (players with at least 10% dark resistance won't take damage from this). The aura also causes a sort-of fog effect that obstructs the player's vision, disables targeting, and makes the affected player's allies look like the boss (players with at least 20% dark resistance are completely immune to this effect). This effect lasts for one minute, but it can be removed in the same manner as minor curses. This attack has three forms, two when he's 'walking', one when he's 'flying'. If he's walking, if he faces one of the players before the helmet's eyes glow, he's targeting that player. The beam of dark energy will continue for 5 seconds, and he will turn to track his target with the attack. Also if he's walking, if he stops, the helmet's eyes glow, and he isn't facing anyone or doesn't track who he is facing, he's doing the second type. After he starts shooting the beam, he'll spin around, casing the area around him. To avoid this, jump over the flame. He'll spin one way, then the other, then do two spins the first way, then another spin the other. For example, if he spins clockwise first, he'll do one clockwise spin, then one counter-clockwise spin, then two clockwise spins, then one counter-clockwise spins. He'll stop for one second after each spin, except the third one, where he stops for half a second. If he's flying, he'll shoot at the ground in front of him at a 60 degree angle, and do three spins to create a ring of cursed fire. Then he'll flap his wings hard a few times which will fan the flames, and then he'll let out a scream/roar, and the ring of fire will erupt as a pillar of fire. He can also shoot larger bolts of energy from the mouth of the helmet. They have the same tell as the volleys. If he shoots these instead of doing the volley, he'll shoot two in a ten second period, shooting the second one after a six-second delay. These larger shots deal splash damage when they explode, and they have partial tracking. If hit directly, one of these bolts does as much damage as a full 10 second volley of the smaller shots from the hand. He switches targets (or not) randomly after the first shot. When his HP hits 0 he'll start to thrash and rage, but the purple light inside the helmet will start to fade out, an ominous purple mist rising into the sky as it does. As this is happening, there are a couple flickers in the boss' nametag, where for just a few frames each time, the name changes to 'Broken Puppet', each time flickering back to 'Dark Lord General'. As the light fades completely, the purple mist will swirl in the sky, then dart off into the sky. In case anyone's curious, I spent an hour and a half on this. Not official, just the work of a video game aficionado. You're welcome. Also, obviously, this whole bit makes some assumptions about things that might not exist in the real-fake game.
He's actually bugged, they mixed up his stats for "normal" and "hard" in the last patch. Everyone had read the patch notes and knew that you just needed to switch to "hard" to get a good, but doable fight - but nope, _SOMEBODY_ didn't read them and thought he had to switch to "easy" 🤣
As an mmorpg player for over a decade, I must say these are the very points I thought about and seeing it revived with the silliest parts of it with such effort and budget, I'm in love with you guys. Splendid acting as well!
I've spent a weird amount of time wondering about whether everybody in Azerim says banaynays, or if it's just the poor fruit salesman that somehow doesn't know the actual word, but everybody is too embarrased to say anything because they all see that he just can't catch a break.. Either way it's a hilarious recurring bit! Keep up the great work! Much love and appreciation from Denmark!
I'd LOVE to play a Viva La Dirt MMORPG, and explore Honeywood and Darkwood. But with all the humor and self-awareness, everything. Fuck, sign me up. Might be just what we need. A self aware MMORPG.
Just wanted to share that the difficulty level slide video nearly killed the lady of the house when it was pointed out how she likes to play. Cheers for bringing so much joy into this gamer household.
Wow, the firing your follower bit was so relatable.. That's exactly how I feel everytime I take a follower, which has been with me from the very beginning and aided me through many hardships, into the middle of nowhere and then trade them in for a slightly more powerfull stranger. "Okay, I'll be going home then.." Like Frodo sending Sam away
I love to re-watch these compilations because I've sometimes forgotten some of the details of the earliest ones and this is a great way to refresh my memory ❤
When are we going to get a Ben and Britt series? I think they would make a good team with her being the expert and him being a noob. Please make this happen, I think it would be so funny. Lol 😂
My headcanon for Greg the Garlic Farmer being self-aware that he is in a video game is that the devs were trying to create a sophisticated self-aware AI program for a major character...but when they input which NPC ID tag number it was supposed to be attached to, they accidentally transposed 2 of the numbers, so it ended up going to Greg instead.
24:16 Wrong wrong wrong. You do it like this: Rescue the son, bring him to his father, collect reward, put a bucket on the fathers head so he cannot see, kill the son and take the armor while the father keeps thinking you for rescuing the son. Thats how quests work in games. In Skyrim at least.
Between Greg carrying players across the land on foot for fast travel and Bodger carrying a giant shop on his back across the lands... Starting to think they are stronger than the watcher lol
The difficulty slider skit honestly made me feel sad for the evil boss. I know that was the point of it, but they really made you feel it. I bet some people who watched that felt really guilty about their difficulty setting. l)J
All of you. You are the best. I'm at a time in life where I don't really have anyone. And..I know it's pathetic, but I feel like you're my friends when I watch your videos. 🤷🤦
When I was younger, I especially loved side quests and fetch quests like find this root grass as part of an ingredient for an elixir to cure so-and-so from poison. But I can see now how these fetch quests getting 7 acorns from the Bongo Forest of Dreams can feel pointless :-) I love the random generator, Rowan is funny.
I just love your work guys and these supercuts! I'm watching normal videos from time to time, watching shorts every time TH-cam shows them to me between normal videos and these supercuts when I just want to relax and binge watch
Everyone is mad at Adam for killing the defenceless dark lord when nobody of them had the ability to stand up against a blind man with a wooden spoon - he still saved them all.
I love how the "Crouch" is such a powerful gesture in it's own right. Ether used to disrespect aka traditional T-bag OR a greeting and sign to team up for some shenanigans lol! Loved that bit xD so true. But also that last bit where you do so well with a rando and get a friend request but decline cause....Rando lol!
Have to say that I loved every single one of the episode on this video! But the one that hit me the most, was the break up; remember when playing Skyrim and ditching a companion for another and left the other one hanging without a clue. Tried to follow him afterwards, but the npc was still there after many game days.
The crouch one is pretty relatable, and I understand wanting to decline a friend request, two strangers teamed up to take on a difficult fight, doesn't mean they should always stay together and fight together, sometimes you just need someone with similar interests
RIP Dark General. He was doing his best with his wooden spoon and limited vision. Forever missed, never forgotten.
Slaughtering him made me feel big and tough.
When what's supposed to be a victory feels more like a murder
The wooden spoon is op
Wise words
Does my laughing at the his suffering and cries of pain make me a bad person? I mean, he's the dark general...
"The crouch" is so damn funny, i can only imagine how confusing it would be for a complete non-gamer to see someone laughing their ass off at that.
Omg just paused it on that bit to come comment. Genuinely cheered me up today.
I was expecting one of them would betray at the end of the fight x)
Declining the friend request was the best part lol
Lol for real. It's our own secret language
it waas soooo damn accurate hahahahaha
I love how they make you feel sorry for Hamish in every skit he is in. Love it.
He’s my favorite of the bunch 😍🤣
...type cast hazards
Except PUBG Logic...then you can't wait for something bad to happen to that Fortnite playing putz.
The most abused man on TH-cam
Hamish is the best
That break up gag is just too true, hit me in the feels! Usually "carrying" trash followers way above recommended level, because I'm bonding with them
That's why I always mod my games to allow multiple followers.
@@Emoji-Bluescrew game balance I want friends! That's a good idea tho, having dogmeat, cait and some robits would be nice.
@@Emoji-Blue As long as the mod limits their dialogue. Would be annoying to have a flock of followers always talking over each other.
In Conan Exiles I have 2 battle does.. They are pretty weak. :)
0:00 Procedural Quest
3:34 Too Many Quests
5:32 Role Players vs Grinders
8:14 Teleporting Merchant
11:09 The Crouch
14:22 Difficulty Slider
17:58 DPS Healer
20:10 Useless Guard
21:32 Stealing Armor
24:32 Break Up
Oh you already did it
This is literally the embodiment of, "skip"
@@celestwarrior true lmao
@@----Jay---- nice
I love how I could sense when and how many crouches would occur xD
27:37 What Rowan didn't know was that when you complete Fred Orchardson's final companion quest he becomes ridiculously OP. Venjamin Bandalier is OP out the get go, but his end stats don't even compare with Fred's. If only Rowan had been willing to stick it out with Fred, but removing him tends to give him a bit of a grudge towards you, so by the time Rowan found out and tried to get Fred back, it was to late, and Fred had moved on.
Or at least that's my headcanon.
Then when he next talks to Fred he suddenly hears the battle music play.
" ...Lelelelelelelele... AAAAAAAHHHHHHHIIEEEEE"
Venjamin is a full-on pay to skip companion
I figure the bandit king is just a trick and turns on you to rob you after 1 quest
Thanks, that really helped feel less bad for the poor sod :)
I love how the music is "The death of Åse" from Peer Gynt. The death of the woman who kept in check Peer, the man obsessed with ruling the world.
The difficulty slider sketch makes an interesting idea for difficulty where playing on easy makes the enemies more sympathetic as well as being being weaker.
^Make it so lowering the difficulty makes you look like the bad guy. Yep.
or like that one game that pasively mocks you in the narration throughout the entire game (like Overlord 2) for picking the easy mode. the sarcasm was tangible.
Excellent 💡
@@oldtimergaming9514 yes it does cause he could have ground up enemy's to level up before trying again but nope and so he cheated by lowering the difficulty instead he deserved what he got for that decision
@@raven4k998What if he changed difficulties after defeating him?
After the years, I STILL love how good this scene felt at 12:52. Silly, funny and somewhat powerful. And that declined friendship request was just the perfect ending.
he should have kept fighting he did to much stalling after the first kill and that was his problem
That sword flip tho
27:25 That one hit me. Hard. I actually have find it really hard to let go of a follower even if it's shitty one compared to the new one. There's something to be said for loyality.
Still hanging out with Sven.
😂diabolical@@cotocoyerakson8195
"I just need to level so that Mark from accounting stops calling me a no skin noob in staff meetings" Whahahhaha this dialogue is phenomenal.
After watching so many of these videos, my 18 month old daughter now says "Morning." before walking out of any room and it is the cutest thing ever. You guys are amazing :D
My non-English speaking son memorised "Hello, adventurer!" It's also totally cute.
Aww! My 16 month old twin daughters also say morning every time they see a new person, so cute!
You guys are creating npcs
I know right! My 2 day old daughter says all these things cuz that’s totally as believeable as an 18 month old baby saying them ❤️
if this is 4 real, its the most adorable thing i read in a long time.
I admire the teleporting merchant dedication like in Resident Evil games merchants. Maybe one day they will tell their secrets on how to survive in all dangerous places or having their own series on becoming the top merchant. Maybe these merchants were once op protagonists then they went beyond.
well the mission said nothing about killing the son after you released him
I am currently reading chinese novel similar to this. MC is a merchant in isekei horror games. Loots game locations pretending to be either player or NPC. Then sells those items in his shop. He is human but somehow stuck in this game without any player identity.
i like the theory that the merchant in RE4 is just so heavily armed that all the infected give him a wide berth. guy could probably topple a small country solo just with the stuff he gives to leon, no telling what sort of crazy shit he keeps in his personal stash
Last one is basically like when you ditch the childhood friend that joins you in every JRPG the second you meet someone who's actually useful.
Great video and all, but could we take a moment and appreciate Alan's flourish with the sword at 12:52? Very smooth.
I noticed that also,had to play it again.
I kept watching it over and over. Some real sleight of hand
He does it again at 14:12
Okay, but when do we talk about just HOW MUCH the Roleplayer looked like Gilderoy Lockheart?
arry 'potter
Shame his whole village was slaughtered by orcs, he knew the very counter curse that could have spared them....
You mean that is~ You must of had a memory charm put on you
@@jeromyg3051 He even knew how to defeat the banden bandshee
"Crouch" had such awesome everything... better than some major players!
there were no lies in that scene, I've experienced those events in pretty much every multiplayer game I've ever played in the last 20 years, even down to declining the friend invite, them feels were real XD
Individually these skits were Good NPC Man skits, however this compilation is one of the best NPC Man compilations ever. I don't know why but in this form I found this season so much funnier
why didn't he just rob the son and collect the reward before the naked son showed up
how do you kill a Hammer?🤣
The shame of lowering the difficulty is real
yes yes it is
Not really. Games are meant to be fun, if it's too challenging then lowering the difficulty is fine
@@UKPr0t0type agreed. Until the game doesn't allow you to, like SnowRunner lol
@@UKPr0t0typeAs games are getting easier in general, I am usually able to play Nightmare, but if some section is frustratingly hard, why to ruin entire weekend over single boss? Like for example Dragon Age 2 is a good challenge on Hard already, Nightmare is nightmarish grind even with all tactics and potions available.
@@UKPr0t0type reducing difficulty below hard in RPG games where you can actually grind and get better equipment is just pathetic also because developers make games with difficulty on mind.
i love how in the beginning the NPCs were starting to become self aware and the players were weirded out by it but now even the players just accepted the fact that the NPCs are self aware now XD
I keep thinking that some of these skits are after greg the garlic farmer has become fully self aware and just went free guy in game. 😂
How does Alan manage to convey so much sentiment in his silence, he's fantastic!
Hes just ridiculously good at acting in general
Watching the Dark Lord General again, I wonder how EPIC the "hard" level boss would be
He cloned himself but the benefits from it is Greg kneel before the player and all player in Honeywood would praise the player.
The Hard level version aggros while the player is still out of visual range. Adam dies without seeing what killed him.
His armor becomes the Dark Wyrm set, with dragon head designs on the pauldrons that can each shoot tongues of the same dark energy from his sword. They automatically shoot short bursts every 20 seconds as a passive offense-based defense for his sides, but he can also have them shoot a long stream for a sustained 5 seconds as an attack, with a 30 second cooldown. In both cases, the eyes on the pauldrons glow purple as a tell. The glow is brighter for the active attack. The helmet of the set is modeled after a dark dragon, the mouth shut protecting and concealing his face. His armored gloves and boots are modeled after dragon claws, giving him an slashing attack with his off hand, and making kicks stronger. His sword has a larger aura, and he has a sword beam attack called Light of Ruin, it has a five minute cooldown and a 20% chance of inflicting a de-buff that doubles all cooldown times for 150 seconds.
At 66% HP he starts using an ability where he surrounds his whole body in an aura of the same dark energy that surrounds his sword and shoots from his pauldrons, boosting all of his stats by 25%. In this empowered state he gains an attack for his off-hand, where he slashes the air and each slash becomes a crescent-shaped wave of dark energy that shoots forward. This attack has a 10% chance of inflicting a de-buff that reduces the window for evading other attacks by 10% for 30 seconds. The aura itself from the empowered state deals slight, dark-elemental damage over time to players that stand in it (this damaging effect is fully negated if a player has at least 10% dark resistance). The aura lasts for 60 seconds, and while it's activated his battle dialogue becomes more aggressive in both wordage and delivery, and his voice becomes gravelly, like there's growling mixed in. After the 60 seconds, the aura is cast off as a damaging shockwave that is thinner at the point shot off from his back (the shockwave deals as much damage as one of the off-hand projectiles from the augmented state, though the damage can be reduced if you dodge through the shockwave, or avoided completely if you dodge specifically through the thin part of the shockwave). The aura has a 10 minute cooldown.
At 33% HP the eyes of the Dark Wyrm Helm light up the same purple as the pauldrons, the aura that previously had to be activated suddenly forms as a permanent effect, but with wings and a tail of pure energy as well. All of his battle dialogue is replaced with rabid growls and snarls, he gains the ability to shoot bolts of dark energy from his off-hand, and an additional sword attack where he switches to a two-handed grip, the aura around the sword expands, and he does a powerful overhead swing, slamming the sword into the ground and causing an explosion of dark energy. The area of effect is a circle as wide as his wingspan. Despite being made of energy, he can use his new tail like a whip, either to attack or to grab a player by the arm or leg. If he's going to attack with it, he'll smack the ground with it before lashing it out. If he's going to grab with it, he'll flick the tip; up if he means to grab an arm, down if he means to grab a leg. If it grabs an arm, the grabbed player is pulled forward into a stab with the sword. If it grabs a leg, the grabbed player will be lifted and slammed into the ground in front of the general, and he will stomp on the player with a clawed boot before kicking them away. In both cases, the tail can be 'cut' to stop the grab. The connection will be severed and the severed part of the tail will reform. He'll lash his reformed tail at the player that cut it. All three tail attacks can be blocked with a shield, but if playing without a shield the arm grab must be parried and the leg grab must be jumped.
He also gains a flying state. Every 90 seconds, he will switch between being a 'walking' enemy and a 'flying' enemy. The state change will always be punctuated by a shockwave like the one that previously marked the end of the empowered state. However, the thin part will be on the sides, and as his HP continues to fall, the size of the thin parts will shrink. When he's about to start flying, the shockwave will be telegraphed by the wings spreading wide. When he's about to land, the shockwave is telegraphed by him doing a flourish with his sword. He drives the sword into the ground as he lands, and the shockwave spreads out from the sword. When he's 'flying', he will reposition himself every 10 seconds, and spend the rest of his time firing volleys of dark energy bolts. He targets a player a random and shoots an entire volley at them, switching targets (or not) completely at random each time he moves. The target's shadow gains a purple tint as the boss' off-hand glows purple with energy. Every fifth flight cycle he generates a 'foul wind' that slightly de-buffs the movement of all players currently fighting him. This effect lasts for one minute.
At 10% HP he gains an attack. When this attack is used, the glow in the eyes of the Dark Wyrm Helm grows in intensity, and the mouth opens to release a beam of dark energy. Because of how the dark energy looks, the whole thing looks like the dragon head is breathing cursed fire. Players hit by this will be covered in the dark energy, taking damage over time as if they were standing in the aura (players with at least 10% dark resistance won't take damage from this). The aura also causes a sort-of fog effect that obstructs the player's vision, disables targeting, and makes the affected player's allies look like the boss (players with at least 20% dark resistance are completely immune to this effect). This effect lasts for one minute, but it can be removed in the same manner as minor curses. This attack has three forms, two when he's 'walking', one when he's 'flying'.
If he's walking, if he faces one of the players before the helmet's eyes glow, he's targeting that player. The beam of dark energy will continue for 5 seconds, and he will turn to track his target with the attack. Also if he's walking, if he stops, the helmet's eyes glow, and he isn't facing anyone or doesn't track who he is facing, he's doing the second type. After he starts shooting the beam, he'll spin around, casing the area around him. To avoid this, jump over the flame. He'll spin one way, then the other, then do two spins the first way, then another spin the other. For example, if he spins clockwise first, he'll do one clockwise spin, then one counter-clockwise spin, then two clockwise spins, then one counter-clockwise spins. He'll stop for one second after each spin, except the third one, where he stops for half a second.
If he's flying, he'll shoot at the ground in front of him at a 60 degree angle, and do three spins to create a ring of cursed fire. Then he'll flap his wings hard a few times which will fan the flames, and then he'll let out a scream/roar, and the ring of fire will erupt as a pillar of fire. He can also shoot larger bolts of energy from the mouth of the helmet. They have the same tell as the volleys. If he shoots these instead of doing the volley, he'll shoot two in a ten second period, shooting the second one after a six-second delay. These larger shots deal splash damage when they explode, and they have partial tracking. If hit directly, one of these bolts does as much damage as a full 10 second volley of the smaller shots from the hand. He switches targets (or not) randomly after the first shot. When his HP hits 0 he'll start to thrash and rage, but the purple light inside the helmet will start to fade out, an ominous purple mist rising into the sky as it does. As this is happening, there are a couple flickers in the boss' nametag, where for just a few frames each time, the name changes to 'Broken Puppet', each time flickering back to 'Dark Lord General'. As the light fades completely, the purple mist will swirl in the sky, then dart off into the sky.
In case anyone's curious, I spent an hour and a half on this. Not official, just the work of a video game aficionado. You're welcome. Also, obviously, this whole bit makes some assumptions about things that might not exist in the real-fake game.
@@devonm042690 Jesus fucking christ dude you have just earned all lf my respect. That is way too long but I read it all anyways, loved it all bro.
He's actually bugged, they mixed up his stats for "normal" and "hard" in the last patch. Everyone had read the patch notes and knew that you just needed to switch to "hard" to get a good, but doable fight - but nope, _SOMEBODY_ didn't read them and thought he had to switch to "easy" 🤣
I want to see a real rpg made around these skits
World of VLDL would be epic epic npc man, after all we had Monty Python game, hope anyone knows indie team who also Fan of this show 😅
Yeah, but I'd also like an RPG made to make players as irritated or as offensive as possible
Tales from the floating vagabond would be close.
Said a nerd, a year later.
That sketch where they crouch at eachother almost felt like pseudo romantic at points lmao
that was cause it was a romance obviously🤣
"The Crouch" was my favourite. So damn nostalgic. Well done, laddies! Not a single word spoken, but we knew what was meant.
Honestly one of the best channels on TH-cam hands down. Love your videos
As an mmorpg player for over a decade, I must say these are the very points I thought about and seeing it revived with the silliest parts of it with such effort and budget, I'm in love with you guys. Splendid acting as well!
Bodger really outdid himself this season, from creating those quests to chasing after Adam! X) I wonder if he'll be getting a pay-raise?
As long as he doesn’t drop a pen.
Hope he's getting something because it sure isn't the new flame logo t-shirt.
Nope, he's definitely getting a pay cut.
An extra strength point for D&D is what he deserves.
@No You, that's..... that's not even possible.
The crouch signal of peace
I've spent a weird amount of time wondering about whether everybody in Azerim says banaynays, or if it's just the poor fruit salesman that somehow doesn't know the actual word, but everybody is too embarrased to say anything because they all see that he just can't catch a break.. Either way it's a hilarious recurring bit! Keep up the great work! Much love and appreciation from Denmark!
I can't help but say baynaynays myself.
It's just a Hamish thing
in a previous super cut Rowan and Adam both say Banana normally
I swear he has said bananas before at least once. Probably twice
Ah yes.
The crouch of friendship.
The crouch that signifies allegiance
The crouch specifically used to forge comraderie with strangers.
*THAT* crouch.
ah, the air t-bag of respect...
"Rob 5 grandmas" had me laughing so loud lol
I'd LOVE to play a Viva La Dirt MMORPG, and explore Honeywood and Darkwood. But with all the humor and self-awareness, everything. Fuck, sign me up. Might be just what we need. A self aware MMORPG.
It would be cool
Not a great idea. Greg would be killing all the players who skip all the NPC dialogue, which is basically everyone.
@Red *skip* .... *why do I hear dovahkin music?....*
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Ben's role playing character is simply hilarious as is Britt's reaction🙂
Adventurer would you please take this quest?🤣
I don't understand why nobody has requested y'all for an acting career, you all are awesome!!
7:50 I REALLY want to see a version of this skit where the roleplayer just decimates the ambushers while the grinder watches on in awe
you see this is why you don't fight like a sissy🤣
I would've imagined him as Puss In Boots, absolutely styling on them with the rapier, quipping and insulting them
That’s absolutely what I was expecting to see.
Just wanted to share that the difficulty level slide video nearly killed the lady of the house when it was pointed out how she likes to play. Cheers for bringing so much joy into this gamer household.
Wow, the firing your follower bit was so relatable.. That's exactly how I feel everytime I take a follower, which has been with me from the very beginning and aided me through many hardships, into the middle of nowhere and then trade them in for a slightly more powerfull stranger.
"Okay, I'll be going home then.."
Like Frodo sending Sam away
I love to re-watch these compilations because I've sometimes forgotten some of the details of the earliest ones and this is a great way to refresh my memory ❤
When are we going to get a Ben and Britt series? I think they would make a good team with her being the expert and him being a noob. Please make this happen, I think it would be so funny. Lol 😂
Especially since he's the one usually choosing "skip."
So epic npc man but with episodes staring them.
Also like the role players vs grinders episode?
"Rob 5 Grandmas" lol Darkwood is wild
Freaking love Ben so much. Flamboyant Ben tops it though. More of him please
Pretty lucky one of the procedural quests wasn't kill 40 dragons of shmagenrag.
My headcanon for Greg the Garlic Farmer being self-aware that he is in a video game is that the devs were trying to create a sophisticated self-aware AI program for a major character...but when they input which NPC ID tag number it was supposed to be attached to, they accidentally transposed 2 of the numbers, so it ended up going to Greg instead.
*"ALL QUESTS ARE MADE UP"*
*"WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT ..."*
😂🤣
Hamish is such a good actor. Surely he qualifies for major films
I love how in the secret path part of the video about 10 minutes in Adam can't hear Rowan with all that stuff that's just clanking around behind him 😂
Useless guard is my favourite. The guard's actor is soo good
The inter dimensional sign of friendly. *Crouches vigorously*
These guys are so legend the closed captioning says "schmargenrock".
24:16 Wrong wrong wrong. You do it like this:
Rescue the son, bring him to his father, collect reward, put a bucket on the fathers head so he cannot see, kill the son and take the armor while the father keeps thinking you for rescuing the son. Thats how quests work in games. In Skyrim at least.
'The crouch' deserves an oscar for best director, best musical score and for funniest shit i have ever seen
are you Blind?
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Between Greg carrying players across the land on foot for fast travel and Bodger carrying a giant shop on his back across the lands...
Starting to think they are stronger than the watcher lol
The difficulty slider skit honestly made me feel sad for the evil boss. I know that was the point of it, but they really made you feel it. I bet some people who watched that felt really guilty about their difficulty setting. l)J
We need someone to make this game. Same names, lore, story EVERYTHING
Maybe I just never noticed before, but the music production for these recent skits have been amazing!
Completely and totally awesome compilation. I remember all of those and still can't get enough.
I've also been doing a radiant quest for the past 12 years called an unfulfilling job.
Sell stuff
„All Quests are made up!“ - OMG!
“The Crouch” is the best skit VLDL has ever made
All of you. You are the best. I'm at a time in life where I don't really have anyone. And..I know it's pathetic, but I feel like you're my friends when I watch your videos. 🤷🤦
12:36 Ahhh, the teabag; Either insult to injury, or the universal sign of peace.
When I was younger, I especially loved side quests and fetch quests like find this root grass as part of an ingredient for an elixir to cure so-and-so from poison. But I can see now how these fetch quests getting 7 acorns from the Bongo Forest of Dreams can feel pointless :-) I love the random generator, Rowan is funny.
I just love your work guys and these supercuts! I'm watching normal videos from time to time, watching shorts every time TH-cam shows them to me between normal videos and these supercuts when I just want to relax and binge watch
Everyone is mad at Adam for killing the defenceless dark lord when nobody of them had the ability to stand up against a blind man with a wooden spoon - he still saved them all.
are you speaking in the tongues of the north hun?
Not accepting the friend request of the person who helped you in a rough spot but also CROUCHED with you is a betrayal of the highest order.
27:15 “was that a stroke of commitment?” Hamish breaks. Lol
Ngl the crouch actually got me to tear up a bit. So many great moments of gaming in my past started or ended like that.
These videos always make me smile, reminding all those clumsy situations in games.
Hamish always has the best parting shots lol
i watched every episode for a few times and still watched this compilation lol
Yep, same!!
That tea bag meet-up was beautiful. I enjoyed world-building while replaying that epic sound bite. Subscribed.
YES! Was waiting for a compilation of these new ones! Love yalls stuff! Keeps me motivated through work!
Some Games give you repeat quest so I just accept all the quest in an area and finish them in one go.
I love the entire serie!!! This is amazing and sooooo well written!!!! Congratulations guys!
Fred orchardson should return as a raid boss who throw’s ginormous apples and Summon archer tree and healing vines
I love how the "Crouch" is such a powerful gesture in it's own right. Ether used to disrespect aka traditional T-bag OR a greeting and sign to team up for some shenanigans lol!
Loved that bit xD so true.
But also that last bit where you do so well with a rando and get a friend request but decline cause....Rando lol!
25:37
Every hit of that bow puts Boromir closer to death, if you know what I am saying
Love the look "the bandit King" gives at 26:46 😄
Ben Van Lier is a great actor, the Stealing Armor one is so good
The start of Freds villain arc.
Poor guy ends up killing his mother and selling his kid.... he'll become the most powerful of the Dark Lords!!!
Im still waiting for ben to randomly kite 40 live dragons to bodgers shop, give him a bunch of flowers and collect his reward.
Adam's "evil" uh huh hu laugh was fantastic.
The dart got a loud enough laugh to get my housemate upstairs.
14:11 Poor Swishey
Poor Swishey
The unspoken bond of the crouch!! Breathtaking
I love the part: Could you kill 28 GRANDFATHER'S HAMMERS hahaha reference to the other questline in the well ;)
The quest skit, especially when they’re all timed!🤬🤯🤯🤯🤯
Britt is so good in the roleplayers vs grinders. "Sup" 🤣
Such a sad ending :')
Too many quests one is exactly how I feel with the witcher
Have to say that I loved every single one of the episode on this video! But the one that hit me the most, was the break up; remember when playing Skyrim and ditching a companion for another and left the other one hanging without a clue. Tried to follow him afterwards, but the npc was still there after many game days.
This is my favourite channel (after redletter media) such great skits! Almost perfect in every way!
Now I want Rich Evans and Hamish in a skit.
I just started playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and now I relate to these Episodes even more.
Love your guys videos. These are the kinds of videos I wish I could have done as a kid. Keep it up.
DPS healer is fantastic 😂
12:38 was beautiful. I got tears in my eyes! Plie of compliance. 😭
All my favourite episodes all in one compilation! Thank you ✨
I'll be real, I've straight up stopped playing some games because I refused to lower the difficulty lol 😂🤣
how do I kill a hammer?🤣
I play Fallout 4 on Survival. I love it lol.
It's not a quest your doing the guys errands.
I like playing red dead 1 undead nightmare with aim assist though
My goodness those shoulder pads from the difficulty slider episode are so underated
The crouch one is pretty relatable, and I understand wanting to decline a friend request, two strangers teamed up to take on a difficult fight, doesn't mean they should always stay together and fight together, sometimes you just need someone with similar interests