All spare souls from level ups go on life gems or throwing knives (they got a buff do usually 100-120 damage plus seem have longer range great luring out enemies)
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All spare souls from level ups go on life gems or throwing knives (they got a buff do usually 100-120 damage plus seem have longer range great luring out enemies)
Antiwhippy
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You guys do know that those poison butterflies in huntman's copse drops a poison moss (which heals your poison) most of the time you kill it right? 
Just farm them and stockpile a few poison moss. Should more than last you the runthrough.
Just farm them and stockpile a few poison moss. Should more than last you the runthrough.
nailbombxx
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You could also have the ring with the life regeneration equipped, would basically nullify the poison damage when combined with the lifegem.
Audioboxer
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People on the GameFAQs cleric thread say the macr is a waste of time.
Right now I'm entering iron keep and will get the ember needed to put lightning on my claymore. Love the claymore moveset. I'm rocking the chime you get from the faith trainer for having higher than 30 faith.
super-famicom
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Tried farming the Alonne Knights again for the Black Steel Katana. Got it on the second try! I took it to +6, but my Uchigatana +7 still overpowers it, even though the BSK has an S scaling in DEX.
I spent a lot of time being a Sunbro and helping people take care of the Snake Lady. I was summoned about a dozen times, had to teach half the hosts to burn the windmill.
After that I went to Lost Bastille and beat the Sentinels. Man, there's a lot of illusionary walls in that area.
I spent a lot of time being a Sunbro and helping people take care of the Snake Lady. I was summoned about a dozen times, had to teach half the hosts to burn the windmill.
After that I went to Lost Bastille and beat the Sentinels. Man, there's a lot of illusionary walls in that area.
PhoenixSFT
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I don't get the Ring of Life Protection complaints. You don't have to wear it if it annoys you so much. Let the people who feel like they need it use it. Stop complaining about it or wanting it to be patched.
Good to hear that the game picks up toward the end, which is almost opposite of Dark Souls. I'm already really enjoying the game so I'm looking forward to it.
).You guys do know that those poison butterflies in huntman's copse drops a poison moss (which heals your poison) most of the time you kill it right?
Just farm them and stockpile a few poison moss. Should more than last you the runthrough.
I've been doing that actually, every time I need to make another run I sweep through and collect the moss. I know it's going to come in handy later.
The perfect Dark
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I just got invaded. My character has 65 int and Homing Crystal Soulmass...so yeah. I hit him three times and he had no shield but his lifebar was still full. Wtf?
darkjedi187
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Don't have a lot of time to keep up with the rest but, I'm slowly making progress. Been doing more exploring than making actual progress. Also been making some amatuer mistakes and looking tons of souls. Finished up the second boss of the Forest and have been exploring the Bastille and Huntsman's Copse. How do you get to the Warf? The door is closed and I'm not sure how to open it.
Use... items? Pssshaaww. I hate disposables. I've used maybe 10 lifegems the whole game so far, no torches, and only a single effigy at the beginning. I'm level 110. It's also the reason I don't use magic, the limited number of casts (while makes perfect sense) just doesn't jive with me.
super-famicom
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I'm still on NG. Killed maybe 2 dozen knights to get the BSK. I also got 3 sets of their armor as well.
For large titanites, just get the Dull Ember from Iron Keep and give it to McDuff. He'll sell unlimited Large Titanite from that point onwards. Chunks, join the bell covenant and you get them as a reward for successfully defending the bell tower. That reminds me, I gotta do this soon...
AmethystEnd
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Ugh. God, I know this is unhealthy and borderline suicidal, but I'm currently on spring break and couldn't help it, GAF.
I just played this game from 11 PM Sunday night to just now. Cleared 2 of the
and hit SL 130. The co-op and pvp scenes seem pretty active at this range so I don't think I'm going to level any more.
Gonna crash for a very, very long time.
I just played this game from 11 PM Sunday night to just now. Cleared 2 of the
Primal Bonfires
Gonna crash for a very, very long time.
super-famicom
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Go down the stairs behind the cat's house in Mujala. Pull on a chain to open the floodgate and then you'll get to a new area. Beat a boss there and that'll open up a path to the Wharf.
Edit- I notice you've been to Huntsman Copse, so I take it you beat
Dragonrider
So it's the opposite of the first game, which started out exceptional but then petered out a bit towards the end (DLC content notwithstanding)
Anyone? This thread moves at super fast speeds but I could really use some help here.
Incendiary
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I'd say yeah, but I'm not the best judge since I'm rolling with about 8 Vit right now. Pretty much anything can one shot me if I mess up my dodge rolls.
This is good to know. I'm dual wielding and was wondering if it'd be worth it to level up my stats so I can dual wield the BSK. Guess I'll just stick to my Falchion/Dark Uchigatana combo.
Another question: I've been using a standard Falchion and casting Magic Weapon on it. If I make it say a Lightning Falchion instead, can I still cast on it and does the extra damage stack? Or is it writer to just leave it plain since I'm high in Dex but low in Lightning bonus?
Augemitbutter
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same here for most of the game. i'm going with light armor and lower vit. not so fun when you have 3 bosses swarming you and you have trouble keeping them in sight.
rogerroger22
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Thats pretty much my exact thought, DKSI had a strong start and then starts to go down hill late game. DKSII - weak start, but seems to be getting a very strong mid/late game.
In DKSI, whenever doing another run - I star to lose steam after I get The Lord Vessel.
yup, annoys me
i also don't like how the controller vibrates for like a second straight when you get summoned into someone's world haha
i dont really get what the point of that is
super-famicom
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You need 25 DEX to use the BSK, so if you want to use it in Power Stance you'd need 38 DEX. I was planning on taking DEX to 40 anyways, so if you were gonna do the same it would be viable.
Unless you're planning on leveling up Faith, is advise against making a Lightning Weapon. Just level up on the normal path and use Resins.
I think you can get by with just Estus Flasks if you don't want to waste Lifegems (they're cheap but I like to hoard them
). That's what I did anyway. It's best to take that area in chunks. Explore a little this way, explore a little that way, etc. You can also quickly grab all the items in the poison areas too. The big dudes that shoot hexes at you are slow.Also, I do buy Lifegems frequently. At 300 souls a pop, they're pretty cheap. And they're useful.
The input lag is killing the game for me, also the old humanity system was so good. It's so hard to turn back to human now and most of the time when I do turn to human it happens because of the co op glitch where you join someone and when you come back to your world you may end up becoming human.
The game world also doesn't feels as cohesive as the first one, plus far too many dark areas, nothing like Anor Londo or The Duke's Archive yet.
The game world also doesn't feels as cohesive as the first one, plus far too many dark areas, nothing like Anor Londo or The Duke's Archive yet.
Bandit. Starts out with high HP (not as high as Knight but still fine), good Str/Dex, high Vitality so you can equip some heavier stuff, and a bow (plus axe).
Bandit also starts with the least wasted points in any of the "magic" stats, so if you don't plan to use magic at all, this is the best class for min/maxing (if you care about that).
I'm offline, so I don't think I will be defending against invaders? Any other tips for farming chunks?
I think you can get the uchi and the BSK pretty quickly after each other, right? What is the consensus about which one being the better weapon?
Huh? You don't just use the human effigies? I've got like 20 of them and am constantly finding them. I just use those whenever I want to turn human. Of course I don't die that often either so mileage may vary.
EvilKatarn
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Out of ideas what to do next.
I've killed
. Went down to the horror pit of fire salamanders down in Forest of the Fallen Giants but found nothing interesting.
I've killed
The Lost Sinner, The Rotten, Duke's Dear Freja and the Old Iron King
The game hands you a lot of Human Effigies. You don't want to use them all at once though.
There's actually a place similar to Anor Londo accessible from the start called Heide's Tower of Flame.
I wish it was longer though :/
So far I've only managed to find 9, and I've used 7 of them by now. And I'm SL 72 which means I've spent quite some time in the game.
I have over 40.. I used one once before the Last Giant boss since he would one-shot me.
Thursday War
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The Praiseworthy
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So by looking at my bonefire I've opened all the area but only one... it's the area between
and
, how to get there?
Iron Keep
Shaded Woods
Can I just say how wonderful the new UI and inventory in this game is? It's such a huge improvement of the others. Things are much less tedious and I can easily keep track of all the gear I have now. Oh and I like the ability to hide the HUD when not fighting, makes immersion much better.
Quit taking naps in suspicious coffins.
i'd agree with you but...
who's fucking bright idea was it to not show the bonuses on stats from scaling until you equip the item?
makes managing your equipment SO much more tedious because you have to constantly equip shit to see what the actual stats are
Yea, I imagine weapons that are half-assed like that won't be very good. Chimes will prob still have higher damage modified for miracles and regular weapons will prob hit harder.
I've also read that many are building up to get the Defender's greatsword, supposedly the strong attacks coats the weapon in a lightning energy buff which might be useful. I'm also sceptical about that one tho.
Belfry Sol
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Alternatively use the door in the smelting demons chamber bonfire and take a right.
Thursday War
Banned
Yeah, there's a
coffin in the Things Betwyxed area that if you jump in it changes your sex.
You can find a lot of them in chests (you probably missed some), and a few enemies drop some.
Go back in the coffin in Things Betwixt.
darkjedi187
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I did beat
Dragonrider
Thursday War
Banned
Incendiary
Banned
Don't you need both the Str and Dex requirements for dual wielding though? I'm already at 30 Dex so I guess it's feasible. And will do on the lightning. I'll save it for my hexer playthrough.
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