The further I get, the more I'm starting to hate the new features of Dark Souls 2 vs DeS and DaS. The limited respawns is really dampening my fun. I went heavy str and got a +7 mace, and have come to realize how much the mace moveset sucks in this compared to DeS where it was my favorite...so I'd like to switch to swords, except there is no way to farm up replacement titanite, since spawns poof.
Similarly, I was an idiot and smashed the only chest with a token of spite in it after listening to a bad message. After repeatedly getting wrecked by people stunlocking me with fast swords in pvp, since poise apparently does nothing this time around, I need to farm more cracked red eye shards...except the mobs that drop them no longer spawn.
Couple that with the terrible boss fights (
[belfry gargs, ruin sentinels, rats, etc
), I'm almost ready to just shelve the game completely. Demon's Souls was my favorite game on the PS3, and this just feels so lacking, and frustratingly difficult in all the wrong ways.
You don't need to beat the other boss. I think one of the knights along the way opens up the path or something. So just go kill them and see if you get another lever you can pull down.
The further I get, the more I'm starting to hate the new features of Dark Souls 2 vs DeS and DaS. The limited respawns is really dampening my fun. I went heavy str and got a +7 mace, and have come to realize how much the mace moveset sucks in this compared to DeS where it was my favorite...so I'd like to switch to swords, except there is no way to farm up replacement titanite, since spawns poof.
Similarly, I was an idiot and smashed the only chest with a token of spite in it after listening to a bad message. After repeatedly getting wrecked by people stunlocking me with fast swords in pvp, since poise apparently does nothing this time around, I need to farm more cracked red eye shards...except the mobs that drop them no longer spawn.
Couple that with the terrible boss fights (
[belfry gargs, ruin sentinels, rats, etc
), I'm almost ready to just shelve the game completely. Demon's Souls was my favorite game on the PS3, and this just feels so lacking, and frustratingly difficult in all the wrong ways.
Ahaha. Awesome. I was wondering what that thing did. I did notice how my character looked much more effeminate yesterday, but when I saw my boobs today, playing around with various equipment loads, I was a bit perplexed.
In the Forest of Fallen Giants, how do I get down to that salamander with all the fire around him? Do I just jump with a cat ring or is there something I'm missing? Looks like I'll die if I do that.
Offline... Hmm I don't know about chunks. I got one from a chest or somewhere but haven't found anymore.
As for the two katana, Uchi has lower stat reqs, A scaling and one hand R2 stab. Uchi is also easier to get; McDuff sells one (and only one!) after you give him the Dull Ember. The BSK has higher stat reqs and is heavier (8 units). It has a cool draw and slash move, very quick but short range. (Basically the Iaito from Dark Souls). BSK also has an S scaling, but at 30 DEX, my Uchi +7 does more damage than BSK +6 (something like a 20 point difference). I imagine at 40 DEX, a +10 BSK would be more powerful.
In the Forest of Fallen Giants, how do I get down to that salamander with all the fire around him? Do I just jump with a cat ring or is there something I'm missing? Looks like I'll die if I do that.
You need the cat ring, but even then if you don't have enough HP to make the jump, you could die. If you use an Effigy and still die then just come back later when you have more HP.
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
There's one issue I have with the UI, the co op player's health bar, whenever they go off screen it defaults to the left side of the screen making it damn hard to find your partner, it's especially bad if your co op partners like to wander away on their own instead of sticking with you.
In the Forest of Fallen Giants, how do I get down to that salamander with all the fire around him? Do I just jump with a cat ring or is there something I'm missing? Looks like I'll die if I do that.
with the cat ring on, you can drop down where there's a bunch of rubble piled up. It's on the other side of the room, opposite of the lizard. Should have roughly half health when you drop, depending on your Vigor.
with the cat ring on, you can drop down where there's a bunch of rubble piled up. It's on the other side of the room, opposite of the lizard. Should have roughly half health when you drop, depending on your Vigor.
You need the cat ring, but even then if you don't have enough HP to make the jump, you could die. If you use an Effigy and still die then just come back later when you have more HP.
In the Forest of Fallen Giants, how do I get down to that salamander with all the fire around him? Do I just jump with a cat ring or is there something I'm missing? Looks like I'll die if I do that.
with the cat ring on, you can drop down where there's a bunch of rubble piled up. It's on the other side of the room, opposite of the lizard. Should have roughly half health when you drop, depending on your Vigor.
1 - Target range seems to be borked in some way. Sometimes I can target enemies at a reasonable distance, other times - say an archer across a gap - I can't target them even though they're closer than enemies I've targeted elsewhere but on the same ground level. I was thinking maybe the game is saying 'no you can't target this unless you have a staff/bow. I need to test that.
2 - Fall damage seems really random. I've dropped down off some ledges and died and others that seem a similar distance have given me negligible fall damage. I can't seem to judge which falls are safe and which aren't (never had a problem with this in previous Souls games).
In the Forest of Fallen Giants, how do I get down to that salamander with all the fire around him? Do I just jump with a cat ring or is there something I'm missing? Looks like I'll die if I do that.
Kill the one in the tunnel outside with magic or arrows jump over the rubble. got killed by one as I was massively underlevelled so not sure whats in there to be honest apart from a locked door.
Ahaha. Awesome. I was wondering what that thing did. I did notice how my character looked much more effeminate yesterday, but when I saw my boobs today, playing around with various equipment loads, I was a bit perplexed.
You're destroying them. Bonfire aestetics apparently don't reset chests, so you may want to consider restarting, depending on how many you've destroyed and how far you are. Hell, I destroyed one, and I'm considering a fourth game restart...
isnt that a good thing?
giving out trophies for beating parts of the game that are required to finish the game is lame, lazy design anyway
trophies/achievements should be for doing stuff beyond the bare minimum to finish the game
You're destroying them. Bonfire aestetics apparently don't reset chests, so you may want to consider restarting, depending on how many you've destroyed and how far you are. Hell, I destroyed one, and I'm considering a fourth game restart...
Why are you destroying the chests? You're just destroying all the items. Just open them. You probably missed out on some Estus shards and useful rings.
2 - Fall damage seems really random. I've dropped down off some ledges and died and others that seem a similar distance have given me negligible fall damage. I can't seem to judge which falls are safe and which aren't (never had a problem with this in previous Souls games).
The majula blacksmith only has 10 though. Since there isn't an unlimited supply from farming, I feel much more constrained when it comes to experimenting with gear.
isnt that a good thing?
giving out trophies for beating parts of the game that are required to finish the game is lame, lazy design anyway
trophies/achievements should be for doing stuff beyond the bare minimum to finish the game
for the last few hours. Still can't beat em. Even gave up and started summoning and all that did was make it harder. Most people would just die in the first few moments or in that AOE attack hes got. Down to my last Effigy so I went on with
Iron Keep
. Area was not to bad besides when Id rash the
Old Iron Clads
on the bridge. Dunno why that gave me so much trouble. Normally I can kill them 2 at a time no issue. Guess I was really frustrated. Went trough
Belfry Sol
and ended up pulling the network cable out of my PS3. Holy shit I was get double invaded as soon as I walked in. Was loosing my shit hard in that place. Besides looping back to
Iron Keep
there's nothing else there right? Also
Old Iron king
is the easiest boss in the game so far. Kinda of a let down
climb up the ladder inside the central furnace then work your way to the back past the armored hammer things, use a pharros stone to reveal the bonfire.
Alternatively use the door in the smelting demons chamber bonfire and take a right.
Ahaha. Awesome. I was wondering what that thing did. I did notice how my character looked much more effeminate yesterday, but when I saw my boobs today, playing around with various equipment loads, I was a bit perplexed.
Yeah, I started to notice something was wrong when my fully hollow self when she had no chest when the armor wasn't on. I literally thought that perhaps while hollow, the breasts just fall off or something due to decay. haha
The majula blacksmith only has 10 though. Since there isn't an unlimited supply from farming, I feel much more constrained when it comes to experimenting with gear.
Similarly, I was an idiot and smashed the only chest with a token of spite in it after listening to a bad message. After repeatedly getting wrecked by people stunlocking me with fast swords in pvp, since poise apparently does nothing this time around, I need to farm more cracked red eye shards...except the mobs that drop them no longer spawn.
