GhostRidah
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Anyone remember who sells the gloves with item discovery? I seen it in game I swear but I forgot who sold it.
Dark Souls II |OT2| Prepare to Vengarl
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Iron Keep merchant.
Wow, the (mid game boss)
was stupidly easy. I was a little scared after hearing so many horror stories in this thread, but I wrecked his shop first try. I did some jolly co-op for the first time in front of his door to help other people, but the amount of people that just charge in swinging and then get killed on his first or second set of attacks is staggering. How the heck am I supposed to earn my sunbro medals when everyone is so suicidal?
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TheContact
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It fixed the bug where you summons would fail when they shouldn't have
GhostRidah
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Is it? Hm, maybe mid-late? I'm not really sure, but from the snippets I've heard, there's still a bunch of places left to go after this.
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Oh, my bad!
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It could be, depending on the order you tackle the bosses.
F0rneus
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I actually think I prefer the way this game is set-up, over DkS. I mean Dark Souls had a more cohesive world that felt more...lived in. If that makes sense. However DSII has this whole gimmick of LONG paths that cover 3-4 areas in a row, ending with a major boss. Very reminescent of DeS but mixed in with the open structure of it's sequel. And IMO the areas themselves are more interesting to explore than any in DeS (safe for Latria), and they stack up to DkS. I mean there's so much stuff to find in each place, and such a large amount of areas that I for me, I don't want to go back to DkS's Metroidvania style. From now on, I want this ridiculous amount of places and sheer freedom, if only because it'll make replays more interesting, in my eyes.
Usually, when I finish a Souls game, I take a small break of it. Cleansing my palate and such. But with DSII, I just want to replay the whole thing over and over with new builds. It's more "videogamey" that way, but I think that makes things even more addictive this time 'round.
Usually, when I finish a Souls game, I take a small break of it. Cleansing my palate and such. But with DSII, I just want to replay the whole thing over and over with new builds. It's more "videogamey" that way, but I think that makes things even more addictive this time 'round.
Iron Keep is where another boss with a grand soul. So at this point you could have 2 or 3 already (I had 2 when I killed the final boss of this place). So yeah you are at half-way through the game.
Well, how much of it is NG+? Just
boss souls,
the Moonlight Greatsword before I finish the game for the first time!
Fine by me, I'll be making it to NG++++ regardless. So the more new stuff, the better.
I ended up with about 30 at the end of the game, but I very rarely used them. I wouldn't say they get much more common, but you do keep finding them throughout.
I think it's pretty cool, especially if you can
use ascetic and get the stuff without resetting the whole game
they can be farmed from a few enemies but I haven't seen a lot dropped so far. Some NPCs give you them if you exhaust their dialogue. I'm down to 5 right now. Is there a NPC who has an unlimited amount to sell? It does suck that they want you to coop in the is game but you still need to be human to do it.
I didn't post here yet to avoid spoilers, but after spending more than 30 hours in it and got 3 of the 4 primal bonfires lit I can say that I like the game a lot.
I wanted to see how they changed the mechanics without much increasing my stats. So I'm currently SL28 with a bandit base offensive stats (str+1) and running almost naked.
Learning the game this way was a blast and not too hard actually. It's always possible to do a lot of damage with a low level character. Hell it's possible to break the game even more in DS2.
Here is mine.
Going as blind as possible and avoid asking help through my first run.
I'm going on a trip right now, so it saddens me to leave the game unfinished but I will come back later.
I wanted to see how they changed the mechanics without much increasing my stats. So I'm currently SL28 with a bandit base offensive stats (str+1) and running almost naked.
Learning the game this way was a blast and not too hard actually. It's always possible to do a lot of damage with a low level character. Hell it's possible to break the game even more in DS2.
Here is mine.
Going as blind as possible and avoid asking help through my first run.
I'm going on a trip right now, so it saddens me to leave the game unfinished but I will come back later.
Phatosaurus
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That's one thing that annoys me when sunbroing the Smelter. I'm really good at keeping his aggro on me and evading his attacks but the host doesn't realise that and tries to charge him, instead of attacking from behind.
I see a lot of people getting caught by his AoE blast too, like multiple times in the same fight.
Ugh, that's the worst. I'm like, okay, sure, he got you the first time, that's fine. Now you know. Wait, wait! He's doing it again! Stop! Turn back!! *host has died, returning to your world*
I hope they patch in an unlimited amount to Melentia or someone else. They added those Purging stones to female undead merchant in DkS1 way back to make it less of a hassle to get them so it's not out of the question.
After you find a certain ring they aren't too big a deal (for single player).
I must have got lucky with an early crystal lizard drop as I've been rocking a Fire Longsword +5 ever since the first boss I beat (Forest of the Fallen Giants). Since then I've beaten the following bosses:
. Although my weapon has felt sufficient for the areas I've beaten, I feel I haven't progressed my gear in about 15 hours. Where can I get some more large shards easily? Would love to take my sword to +6 and try out some other stuff now that I've invested in DEX like the Falchion and Ricard's Rapier but without being able to take them past +3 none of them come close to my Fire Longsword. I've spoken to the merchant at the start of Harvest Valley but all she's selling at the moment is 10 regular shards
Also, when/where can I improve on the short bow? Don't want to waste upgrade materials on it if I might find something a little better in the near future
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Also, when/where can I improve on the short bow? Don't want to waste upgrade materials on it if I might find something a little better in the near future
darkjedi187
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I'm already getting tired of dying a stupid death then being unable to get back to my body to reclaim my souls. Augh There really need to be a better shortcut/second bonfire in the Warf.
Oh, I have that already. But it's not about the life bar. Still need to be human to summon.
Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to disappoint.
That's why I added the disclaimer at the end of the other comment, 'for single player'.Oh, I have that already. But it's not about the life bar. Still need to be human to summon.
Go to No Man's Wharf and get a
Ring of Protection. It preserves souls AND your humanity and once it breaks it only costs a measly 3000 souls to repair. Human 4 lyfe. You can get another Ring of Protection later as well as a Ring of Protection that protects against petrification and a Ring of Protection that protects against curse(?) as well.
Thanks to this I now have 30 something effigies. Perhaps 40-50 now.
Got that too. It's just busywork to be able to summon. Guess I'll need to deal with that.
Yea, I have all those rings and I've been using them.
Yea, guess I'll look for a second one for those soul farming sessions.
Yea, guess I'll look for a second one for those soul farming sessions.
Did you summon him?
Current stats at moment after 39 hours and only at
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Never done faith before normally I play pure melee in souls games as find it more fun but this time i felt needed some sort of magic.
Rocking Sun Sword and Drangelic Shield at moment switched from Morning Star and Dragonsirder Greatshield. I had to wear Aldous armour for most of game so could keep equip burden under 70%, feels good finally have armour that is not see through.
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Never done faith before normally I play pure melee in souls games as find it more fun but this time i felt needed some sort of magic.
Rocking Sun Sword and Drangelic Shield at moment switched from Morning Star and Dragonsirder Greatshield. I had to wear Aldous armour for most of game so could keep equip burden under 70%, feels good finally have armour that is not see through.
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Yu Narukami
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I was wondering how much people here invested in Adaptability. I read in several forums that it's pretty useless others say it's not. Those that upgraded it, do you see a difference?
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wait to you get to the boss, i think you'll love it.....
I have it at 12 so far. All I see from numbers is higher resist and higher poise. Dunno about the faster animations.
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