Sir Griffith
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Yes, those guys are dicks. I've died more than a few times to them.
Dark Souls II |OT2| Prepare to Vengarl
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Yes, those guys are dicks. I've died more than a few times to them.
Audioboxer
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Just helped someone get it. Feels satisfying but boy its difficult without voice chat lol.
rogerroger22
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His last home seems to be his permanent home.
First time through that initial rush of enemies can be brutal, but you can open a door seemingly leading to nowhere but a pit at the bottom of the keep that acts as a helpful shortcut for quick boss runs. You can walk off the edge of the ramparts high above in the area where you face the dogs and caped halberd guys and fall right into that doorway(a fearful drop that works) letting you skip fighting through that whole tower each time you want to reface the boss. One of the more devious shortcuts in the game.
It's the best thing to do. Might up your scaling as well, depending on the catalyst.
LiLSnorpSnorp
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Anyone having issue with trying to place a summon sign?
Facism
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safe bredren, using witchtree branch at the moment because it's got the best spell casting speed out of the 4 catalyst in have.
EndcatOmega
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You can. Did it while messing around with a new mage character.
Are you still online and logged into the servers? If you can't even open the "Message" popup from the menu, then you are offline. You will likely have to quit and rejoin.
Or do you mean you place one down and noone ever uses it?
If it says "Failed to place summon sign" or whatever it's a bug. I've gotten it too. It goes away and comes back periodically. Supposedly they're gonna fix it in the next patch.
LiLSnorpSnorp
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I will be notified I'm being summoned, followed by failed to join multiplayer session notiticaton.
Then I am unable to place it back down. I've quit a few times and it keeps happening, just restarted the Xbox to see if it helps
Edit: also, I don't get a message that I can't place it down, it just disappears and I am unable to use the soapstone again
If you are within range for Soul Level / Memory (very lenient from my experience, as long as one person is not miles ahead in the game), all you need is the Name-Engraved Ring. As long as everyone chooses the same god, you are rarely summoned by anyone else and can usually see your signs right away. If you don't, usually running away from the area or save/quit and relogin will make it appear.
It is worth noting that there are a couple of areas you can't co-op in. Speaking of that, has anyone been able to successfully co-op in late game area
Dragon Shrine
Yeah I've had this issue once on the PS3 where I was summoned and then got disconnected somehow. Haven't had the issue since though
The_Hitcher89
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I don't really understand the layout of
There are 3 areas, with one boss, a couple of shortcuts, and no shortcuts to the boss as far as I can tell
Can anyone tell me how to get the loot that's on top of the wall at the top of the stairs near the bonfire by
?
The Lost Bastille
There are 3 areas, with one boss, a couple of shortcuts, and no shortcuts to the boss as far as I can tell
Can anyone tell me how to get the loot that's on top of the wall at the top of the stairs near the bonfire by
the blacksmith
I tried the Ricard rapier earlier for my mage build and I didn't like it that much. The r2 attack seems nerfed. Doesn't do as much damage as it used to and it destroys the durability. The fire longsword is alright but I'm not the biggest fan of its move set in this game.
Incendiary
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Speaking of catalysts and scaling, is there a staff somewhere that has better Int/Magic scaling? I'm still using the starter one that splits between Int/Magic and Dark.
The number seems to vary for me. Sometimes it feels like 10. A couple dudes I swear I only killed 2-3 times before they disappeared forever. And then there are a few normal mobs that disappear after the first kill because they drop something important (Heide area)
for example, one of the Heide knights. He drops bone dust and never respawns.
Been wondering the same tbh.
PvP backstabbers am cry
I only know about Heide vs FireLong.
Heide has the better damage and in the long run, it would be the most powerful weapon, given how it can be enchanted with another element and won't lose it's lightning property. But you will find better swords before you get the dull ember, so you may not want to invest in Heide.
But FireLong has the way better moveset; the H2R2 stab is godlike, and super quick to repeat, and just destroys opponents.
Keep FireLong.
Interrobang
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I don't think VGR raises load. That's VIT, which is why I asked.
Ah, didn't notice that. Makes sense now.
No shortcut as far as I know, but what I did for that area was clear out all the enemies before that building (so the dogs and that big guys). And then for the one and only entrance to that building: I would run in, go down the stairs, go quickly up the ladder, and then run to boss. They are too slow to catch up.
I've been curious as well actually.
Aromatic Ooze won't go on the Heide sword in my experience. I didn't try any resins but I don't think they would be any different.
It wasnt intended to happen and will be fixed later.
Gozer the Gozerian
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God rat covenant is so damn fun. I never really got into PvP in dark souls 1 but fucking with people in this covenant is so deliciously evil.
It's pissing me off because I suck at this game (I do the majority of my boss fights with summoned help) and I don't want to be in a DS1 situation where I have to farm dogs (rat farming, ugh) for effigies just to progress.
Exacerbated by the fact that the dogs disappear after killing them a bunch.
The_Hitcher89
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Cheers
Think that boss is my only way of progressing, anyone else found the same?
Maybe that loot is linked to the
Pharros Contraption
Already used both of the lockstones I bought, there'd better be a way of getting more
Did you buy them all from Melentia already?
Which way? You'll revert to human or won't?
Make sure to stack up on Sorceries or Pyromancy. People you are summoning love that shit when they are trapped between the dogs and the elephants.
There is a ring that will prevent you from losing souls and remain human. Really over-powered, but really really useful. I love it.
You won't ever revert.
EndcatOmega
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Have you been to an area, two words starting with H and C? If not, might want to explore the path to Heide's again.
Gozer the Gozerian
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Yes there is a shortcut from the blacksmith fire,
open the door that just opens to a straight drop off. Then from the bonfire run up the walkway and take the first right where a dog is waiting, Sprint forward off the ledge and you'll land right in the open door.
I really need to farm some more lockstones and go to town on that place. Do lockstones/rat traps stay open in NG+ or should I just hoard them for my second time through?
Pejo
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If you guys mean in the Bastille,
there's a pair of hidden doors near the top of the tower, in the room with the 2 zombie prisoners hidden in vases, in one of the little alcoves. You open the first one then there's another inside that little room. Afterwards, there's a bunch of treasure on the roof, and then you have to jump to the wall and run all the way around to get the last treasure. It's a shield and i think a firefly jar?
SloaneRisette
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Man, nearly got (end game boss spoiler)
on my first try.
I'm guessing there's no way to stop him from powering up?
Velstadt
I'm guessing there's no way to stop him from powering up?
This is awesome possum. I'm going to start dragging the AI everywhere I can think of that they aren't supposed to go.
Initial tests seem to be showing that it depends on the enemy. Some have higher limits than others, and a few never stop spawning.
Great for me, I like being able to use big slow heavy weapons without immediately being dickstabbed.
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