Damage and Enemy HP scales to however many phantoms you summon.
As well as the attack patterns become more unpredictable leading to an easy death.
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Damage and Enemy HP scales to however many phantoms you summon.
As well as the attack patterns become more unpredictable leading to an easy death.
I have 4 of them, so I am doing alright damage (~200 dmg/hit). The fight is not taking too long when I get going, but it's always this little fuck-up that ruins everything. Doesn't help that the way to get to him is quite annoying, rushing past all those enemies.
I may later, but I am having pretty good success farming the Gulch for now. Easy pickings after you take care of the statues, as they don't respawn when using the bonfire. I might even use an ascetic here.
Freezasaurus
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I used the Drangleic Sword +1 and a Gyrm Greatshield +7. If you've got the strength for the latter, it's amazing. It blocks 100% physical and fire damage as well. Also, make sure you've got that ring that ups your fire resistance. Flash Sweat pyromancy helps tremendously as well.
During the fight, keep doing the circle-strafing counter-clockwise, and only do two normal attacks or one strong attack before backing off. With that shield, you shouldn't be taking any damage from his normal stuff. When he jumps up and stabs the sword into the ground, back off. He doesn't always send off a heat blast, but he usually will. Use the few seconds here to back off and heal. Or re-cast Flash Sweat pyromancy.
During the fight, keep doing the circle-strafing counter-clockwise, and only do two normal attacks or one strong attack before backing off. With that shield, you shouldn't be taking any damage from his normal stuff. When he jumps up and stabs the sword into the ground, back off. He doesn't always send off a heat blast, but he usually will. Use the few seconds here to back off and heal. Or re-cast Flash Sweat pyromancy.
DoubleTake
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Do you angry easily? If the answer is yes, then it might be the worst accident ever.
Are you a masochist? If the answer is yes, then it might be the best accident ever. Also, I'll leave this here for you:
No. Go to the cat in Majula to check covenant level/switch covenant.
Freezasaurus
Member
More to the point, you go through Iron Keep until you get to the two iron knights with clubs over the lava pit. Just after that, make a left immediately after the short, narrow hallway and that'll take you to Belfry Sol.
Kevin Shields
Member
Holy crap just had the most bad a** souls moment ever. So I have been progressing steadily with my new character, trying out
here and there and getting my butt handed to me. So I upgrade to lvl 28 and decide I want to give him a few tries... Get butt kicked handily again. I think of new weapons I can try out and realize I can dual wield power stance my mace and my club. Thinking I have no shot without a shield I thought I would give it a try. I freaking beat the crap out of that jerk with my clubs. He only got two attempts on me because I just kept staggering him with my L2 dual power move. My clubs were unstoppable. One of best feelings ever when I smacked the crap out of him. I freaking love this game.
the pursuer
Fbh
Member
Thx... but how many times did you kill him?
I just spent the last hour and a half famring him, I've killed him like 20 times and he has dropped items twice (one time the legs and one time the chest).
I'm using the jesters cap and something serpent ring +1 to get higher drop chance :S
Cloudius12
Member
Backfoggen
Banned
Wow at
. And people were thinking this game might be less dark because of the T rating lol.
Also getting Demon's Souls vibes from his boss music.
The Rotten
Also getting Demon's Souls vibes from his boss music.
Go down the ladder from the second bonfire. Enter the room that leads to big tree root and go right and there will be a door. This will lead to a small area with a bonfire. This area seems pointless at first but it has a
Giant Soul.
I have a question. If I use a bonfire acetic in Majula will it respawn the Soul Vessel?
In 16 hours, I have never been invaded.
What am I missing here?
Yeah the only time I've been invaded by a red phantom was when I went back to
McDuff
ember
I did summon a red phantom once in the Belfry and he helped me kill a couple of grey phantoms before we had our duel. Was completely shocked he didn't take the backstab he could have had on me when I was fighting the first grey phantom.
FROM seemed to have tried to minimize the early game grief squad by reducing the red eye orbs you can get early, having no way to get max gear until later in the game, and matching players with similar sous memories...I f you dont have a few hundred thousand souls, and are not SL75 or so you prolly wont get too much aciton. I wasnt invaded much in ealry game although there were a couple and it was a the wrong time..lost 30k trying to recover my bloodstain once in the forest just before bonfire! I have been invaded a lot in theIn 16 hours, I have never been invaded.
What am I missing here?
copse
earthen
bastille
You could burn an effigy. But I went in there and luckily beat the first "host" that summoned me, then nothing. I beat the boss joined the covenant myself and now have unlimited lock stones. Its a troll for sure, but rather be the troll than the trolled and all it takes is ONE win to get a rat tail then give it to rat king and its over. Unlike bell where you could beat all the invaders in teh world, get nothing, and still get pummelled again and again. The rats dont even attack you once you join unlike thiose annoying puppet midgets. PLus when an invader comes at you, they kill your rats and they drop good stuff. Old radiant gems, even spells, I got the warmth heal pyro from a rat drop, still haven't seen this pyro anywhere else. Rat King is the best covenant so far for me and joined all so far but sunbros and blue sentinels (pointless).
troll is common, even with votes, press x to win! or A on 360.
I gotta say guys, had one of my best sessions in souls last night. Finally got the
ember
Bastille
sentinels
sentinel
All in all one of the most intense and fun sessions I have played and it was recorded here.
The argument could be made that this game is simultaneously easier than/harder than Dark Souls 1.
+Stronger enemies
+More ambushes
+More traps
+Greater vulnerability to poison and the like
+No drake sword for easy walkthrough of early areas (or I haven't encountered any thus far).
-More slots for rings and weapons
-Enemies no longer respawn after being killed a certain number of times
-Leveling up seems to be easier.
Edited for more clarity.
+Stronger enemies
+More ambushes
+More traps
+Greater vulnerability to poison and the like
+No drake sword for easy walkthrough of early areas (or I haven't encountered any thus far).
-More slots for rings and weapons
-Enemies no longer respawn after being killed a certain number of times
-Leveling up seems to be easier.
Edited for more clarity.
Some people might call that balance. By the time enemies disappear you're just running to the boss over and over again without a care for souls.
So I finished the SunBro covenant and wanted to try out the Blue Sentinels, but I'm not being summoned with the Guardian's Seal at all. Do I have to be in a certain area for it to work? I even tried invading a world of the guilty but it always says it can't find one to invade.
I finding the same thing. I haven't tried it yet but you can duel with people at the cathedral to boost.
Thanks just got it. There was a whole pretty big area that I didn't even know existed.
YianGaruga
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Never managed to get summoned as a sentinel or have ever seen a sentinel summoned in another game. Both the blue covenants should have been combined into one IMO.
I speel my dreenk
Member
I'm surprised at all the hate S
A
is getting; probably my favorite area overall. I'm guessing that everyone complaining about
didn't
?
I don't know if anyone would consider this a spoiler, but from the initial reveal trailer
hrine of
mana
falling off
use their torch
I don't know if anyone would consider this a spoiler, but from the initial reveal trailer
are those white teardrop facemask guys anywhere in the game, and I just missed them and/or didn't recognize them? I kept expecting them to pop up somewhere around Drangleic Castle out in the rain.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Wow only twice? He spams the shit out of that attack every time I fight him. Wow.
The life ring+2 does give a lot more than 70 HP. I just checked and I get about +250 HP with it.
Exactly the same problem I have. Like, identical. I feel your pain.
Whaaaa? 5 tries makes you RQ? lol, did you play the other games with a guide or something... 5 attempts is nothing.
Isn't Firestorm good for that fight?
I tried the ascetic in Majula to see if the vendors sell limited items again (they don't). well, what I've noticed is, that items on corpses and wooden boxes reappear. the ones in metallic boxes don't and things that need to be triggered either (the corpse in the well). ooh, haven't tried to go down the big hole again, maybe those are back too!
I was using a greatsword during that fight and would shoot an arrow to pull them all over and luckily each time they'd bunch up enough to one hit them all with a single swing and if not with the follow swing.
Arjen
Member
Should have given them a soapstone to use or something like the Sunbro covenant and have it change the color of your white one.
Don't forget the brutal HP reduction penalty for dying. But I agree that leveling up is a lot easier. There are more enemies who give a lot of souls earlier in the game. Also, and probably most importantly, I think the way humanity is handled is much better. Makes taking on bosses a lot easier (even though the bosses are still brutal).
Thinking about using my Soul Vessel to re-set my levelling.
Is adaptability any good? Haven't spent a single point at it, and don't think it will make that much of a difference, but... we never know. Also, does Pyromancy casting time become faster with Dexterity as it did in Dark Souls?
Is adaptability any good? Haven't spent a single point at it, and don't think it will make that much of a difference, but... we never know. Also, does Pyromancy casting time become faster with Dexterity as it did in Dark Souls?
Red Liquorice
Member
Argh! 1 One hit would've killed the
. This is a pretty interesting area, easy to get lost in with all the rooms.
Is there a boss in The
? I see at least one item I can't seem to find a way over to, so I know there's some of the area I haven't explored yet. I have lit 2 bonfires and have killed the boss of
.
That reminds me, I got cursed while hollow and I ended up with 100% lifebar. Seems like a good thing, lol!
Spider boss
Is there a boss in The
Gutter
the Black Gulch
Once you get the ring, the HP reduction means nothing. In fact the only time I used a human effigy was to see my character model since I'd forgotten what it looked like. Think I have at least 35 effigies with nothing to use them for.
That reminds me, I got cursed while hollow and I ended up with 100% lifebar. Seems like a good thing, lol!
There's a 90% chance they were wearing the Old Sun Ring. Which is triggered by damage, not poise.
I definitely think that with the exception of the Ancient Dragon, Dark Souls 2 is mostly easier. Also I don't really see there being more traps or stronger enemies. The actual design of a lot of the game was simple enough that I beat a lot of areas and bosses on my first try, which is something I didn't even manage to do in my second runthrough of DaS consistently.
Incendiary
Banned
Been messing around a bunch today, haven't really gotten a lot of progress done yet but been having fun.
I got invaded for the first time in the
. Had a pretty neat PvP duel and since it happened right at the start I didn't feel too bad about losing. Also that area isn't nearly as bad as I was expecting considering what people have said about it.
Also started up trying to get some Bell Covenant work done in
. As I was clearing the area I got summoned right as I got hit by a bunch of arrows, so I was summoned to fight with basically 1 HP left. I stood on top of the tower and just spammed throwing the "I'm Sorry" carving until the guy found me and killed me. I had a laugh about it, hope he did too.
I got invaded for the first time in the
Shrine of Amana
Also started up trying to get some Bell Covenant work done in
Belfry Sol
T
thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
The description of AGL clearly says "Boosts ease of evasion" in the game itself. If it truly doesn't effect rolls that's a very poor description. I thought Dark Souls 2 was supposed to get rid of inaccurate descriptions like that.
It is one of my favorite places as well and I feel it is pretty much the equivalent of Ash Lake in terms of haunting beauty and atmosphere. I never even used a torch and could see the underwater ledges just fine. The entire area is really no worse than walking around where the hydra was in Dark Root Basin. It's just a lot larger and with a lot more places to fall, lol. Just take your time and it's a nice run through an amazing environment.
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