Dark Souls II |OT2| Prepare to Vengarl

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Silly question time: If you're in the rat covenant and you kill the enemies in the relevant areas, does it count as a sin against the covenant or can you just kill them? I just got to DoP and really can't be bothered with all the grey phantom shit so was thinking of re-joining the covenant for the duration of my way through the level. I already maxed out to level 3 whilst in Grave of Saints.
 
Deified Data said:
And no requirements in either stat for pyro either, huh? I think I remember reading somewhere that pyro scales to the sum of faith and int while dark scales to the highest of either one - I guess they were mistaken.
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Dark will scale with the lowest of either one, but requires both. Fire/pyro will scale with either of them, so yeah the sum of both. But you can do 40INT instead of 20INT/20FTH is what I mean.
 
Fhtagn said:
I thought I'd done almost everything in my first game but last night in my second game I found two more bonfires!
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At some point in the game (not too sure when...), the fast travel menu shows an outline and kind of a blurry picture of any missing bonfires. That allowed me to find a few that I had missed b/c I went back to those locations and explored some more.
 
Deified Data said:
That's great for a first playthrough.

I went out of my way to do just about everything in my first playthrough and kinda regret that there isn't more to discover. I mean I enjoy having a broader knowledge of the game but there's an appeal to having so much mystery, too.
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i thought i knew everything and people keep finding new stuff. it's crazy
 
Got the guide today in the mail! Really love the lore snippets found here and there. Figure it's okay to consult after my first playthrough.

Sullichin said:
Dark will scale with the lowest of either one, but requires both. Fire/pyro will scale with either of them, so yeah the sum of both. But you can do 40INT instead of 20INT/20FTH is what I mean.
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Ahhh makes sense, thanks.
 
seabass0 said:
At some point in the game (not too sure when...), the fast travel menu shows an outline and kind of a blurry picture of any missing bonfires. That allowed me to find a few that I had missed b/c I went back to those locations and explored some more.
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I am pretty sure I missed whatever triggers that, as well!

I thoroughly explored The Gutter last night. It's way bigger than I realized even having run through it several times as a summon and clearing the area beyond it in both of my games.
 
I just checked my list of bonfires and there's only 2 areas with question marks: the area after
Sinner's Rise
and the area after
Brightstone Cove Tseldora
. Anyone know where these are?
 
Fhtagn said:
I am pretty sure I missed whatever triggers that, as well!

I thoroughly explored The Gutter last night. It's way bigger than I realized even having run through it several times as a summon and clearing the area beyond it in both of my games.
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I've heard that it happens when you
talk to the spectre of nashandra before the dual Dragonrider boss fight
, not sure about that though.

I missed one bonfire on my first playthrough that I didn't find until seeing a LP'er discover -
the one behind an illusory wall in Drangleic Castle, close to the aforementioned dual Dragonriders boss fog.
 
I think as the Souls series gets more popular - it might run into the MMO-style problem of: no matter how much content there is, the fan-base is going to chew it up so fast and want more - and complain that there isn't enough.

Like when a new MMO gets released and people take a few weeks off work, race to be the first to reach level-cap then complain that there is nothing left to do.
 
Jaeger said:
I really wish this came to America [Japanese Collector Edition].

APpSyki.jpg
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I just popped 2 Nigerian boners along with a Swedish and German one to the left and the right.


That's an absurdly gorgeous collectors edition.
 
Red Liquorice said:
Silly question time: If you're in the rat covenant and you kill the enemies in the relevant areas, does it count as a sin against the covenant or can you just kill them? I just got to DoP and really can't be bothered with all the grey phantom shit so was thinking of re-joining the covenant for the duration of my way through the level. I already maxed out to level 3 whilst in Grave of Saints.
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No. It shouldn't, because they are entering/trespassing covenant territory.

Same goes for Bell Invaders. You commit a sin when you invade the enemy on normal grounds
 
Deified Data said:
I've heard that it happens when you
talk to the spectre of nashandra before the dual Dragonrider boss fight
, not sure about that though.

I missed one bonfire on my first playthrough that I didn't find until seeing a LP'er discover -
the one behind an illusory wall in Drangleic Castle, close to the aforementioned dual Dragonriders boss fog.
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I definitely didn't do that, nor found that bonfire, so yay for there being more content to see. I haven't gone to NG+ yet either, so there's at least a lot more black phantoms to fight (and I really enjoyed those fights in NG, so I welcome that.)
 
Does Soul Memory apply in NG+? I feel like I'm starting to see less people in PVP, and I'm wondering if it's because my Soul Memory is inflated (8-9 million or so).
 
Sande said:
On the topic of infusing, I read that infusing with, say, fire isn't necessarily as good as it sounds.

On my strength build I had a halberd +10 with something like
350+100 dmg
and fire infusion gave me about
275+40
275+20

So obviously I thought that against any enemies that don't have insane fire resistance that's way better. 610 vs 450. But then I read that the enemy's defense stat would be applied twice because I do 2 separate types of damage. Is this the way it is? I didn't really compare how much damage I did before and after so I don't know if it was worth it or not.
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sixghost said:
Yeah, that's exactly how it works.
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So is it worth infusing?
There is no database that has all the enemy elemental resistance like with Dark Souls 1.
All I heard was that most enemies are weak to Dark.
 
LiK said:
I'm planning to do a detailed overview of all the contents for my blog soon. But here's a quick one of the liner art. Sorry, crappy phone pic.
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Is that
Vendrick
?

Beautiful. Make sure to links us when you get that blog post up!
 
tried inserting the game for the past 2 hours in my ps3 and have been getting a black screen


please dont tell me this is the end of the line for it....why.......WHYYYYY
 
Jaeger said:
Is that
Vendrick
?

Beautiful. Make sure to links us when you get that blog post up!
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yup!

no prob, i'll be sure to post it here for anyone interested. i'm a lil surprised i haven't found anyone else who got it. all i keep finding is the official video reveal for it.
 
LiK said:
well, looks like i don't need to anymore, lol.
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My camera is kinda shitty, so maybe you should.

so the soundtrack is what's next to the game right?
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yes. Soundtrack has that "map" included with the characters on the back.
The Japanese game has a much thicker manual. I didn't make photos of it. :/
It was totally confusing to play. I had literally no idea what I was doing the whole time. I almost switched
to hard mode
 
Man, I miss the Firelink Shrine music. I could listen to it forever. Gonna be jealous of the PC guys when they mmod it in for Majula music.
 
jimi_dini said:
My camera is kinda shitty, so maybe you should.



yes. Soundtrack has that "map" included with the characters on the back.
The Japanese game has a much thicker manual. I didn't make photos of it. :/
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alright, i'll post my blog post here when i get a chance. i do plan on trying to make the pics as sexy as possible. XD
 
I like the majula music ):

I think it fits well with the mood of the game (especially towards the end).
I like how it fits Shanalotte's mood well when she's mentioning how endless yet hopeful her pursuit to help the monarch is. By your side until all hope fades. It also ties well with the hopelessness of each character's storyline. No one gets what they want. In fact everyone forgets what they originally and truly wanted and simply get lost in what the world wants to show them. What the throne wants to show them.
 
Hollywood Duo said:
Should I do it even then? I'm not very good yet so I'm dying a ton. I've heard some people save them for right before bosses.
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Soriku said:
As long as you have a decent weapon, like a Shortsword or Broadsword you can beat the knight at the end. Just have to be able to dodge everyone first, and fight quick.
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Nice to hear he got it, but for others that are having difficulty, first kite all the mobs back towards the bonfire...THEN run by them all to fight the last knight...this buys you way more time.
Creamium said:
Apparently there's a samurai sorcerer that has a chance of spawning in the belfry on NG+? Haven't seen him yet. And killing him counts towards ranking up in the covenant, even though you're not a ghost? Hidden weapon is the only spell I have left and I want to take care of this quickly.
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Yeah he shows up whether on or offline...at first he was there a lot, later when I wanted to farm him for his sword he showed up 1 in 5 maybe? definitely counts, but the quickest way is do the full online covenant invasions, gank the host. dont let him get to the door. I got the 2nd rank and the sorcery in only 2 half hour sessions or so, which included a bit of farming the invader offline, 5 kills or so, and the rest poor hosts. Some of them are camped and waiting, makes it feel less cheap.
Cyborg said:
Saw two knights fighting......reacted to soon and killed one of them. Pate (i think hes called) lives. Did I fck it up
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LiK said:
Doesn't matter, you get the same result from both of them. They're both assholes.
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Creamium said:
You had to kill one of them, but if you let Creighton live he gives you his armor set which is badass
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Sorry guys, I cant see any result above that is the best outcome. The only thing that matters is getting the thorn ring IMO the other loot is all trash. The simplest way to get the ring is to kill Pate, siding with Creighton and getting his stuff and the key is gravy. I sided with Pate, forgot to kill him right away after, missed one of the best rings in the game early.
Deified Data said:
If I wanted to make a dual-wielding/pyro build how much should I increase int/faith? How much do they scale?
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As much as I agree with Sullichin's approach, there is a better option for a melee build. I have no idea where I got it exactly, guide says somewhere in the gutter, but it is a pyro glove that scales with hollowing not INT or faith etc. It starts out with a ridiculously high spell power, and goes up fast with fire seeds, not with regular titanite as the guide says. I think the glove was +4 maybe, I am at 5 INT, 5 faith and I was only two notches hollow and I two shot the Magus boss and all the followers with flame swathe.
Red Liquorice said:
Silly question time: If you're in the rat covenant and you kill the enemies in the relevant areas, does it count as a sin against the covenant or can you just kill them? I just got to DoP and really can't be bothered with all the grey phantom shit so was thinking of re-joining the covenant for the duration of my way through the level. I already maxed out to level 3 whilst in Grave of Saints.
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Unfortunately you cant farm the rats in pharros and be in the covenant at the same time. I tried....you basically try to hit them and nothing happens. Ring on or off doesn't seem to matter, it is more whether or not you are in the rat covenant. If you want drops, just let the invaders kill your shit for you and leave them alone to time out. You can bypass the whole area including boss if you dont like the area though. The only thing I got in there I wanted was a twinkling titanite, the rest was a waste of time (although I left boss there as well).
 
Is SL150 ample for NG+?

I'm running a DEX build with everything focused on agility and stamina; I have one attunement slot for a pyromancy spell. As for weapons, I have dual +10 Blacksteel Katanas and a +10 Murakumo at the ready. I've decided that I want to artificially challenge myself by relying on dual-wielding and dodging 80% of the time (+5 Defender's Shield waiting in the wings).

Am I going to have a baaaaaaaad time?
 
mickcenary said:
Is SL150 ample for NG+?

I'm running a DEX build with everything focused on agility and stamina; I have one attunement slot for a pyromancy spell. As for weapons, I have dual +10 Blacksteel Katanas and a +10 Murakumo at the ready. I've decided that I want to artificially challenge myself by relying on dual-wielding and dodging 80% of the time (+5 Defender's Shield waiting in the wings).

Am I going to have a baaaaaaaad time?
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I'm in the end game of NG+ and I'm SL140. It should be good enough.
 
WTF.
I reset my stats towards DEX with some pyromancy and OMG

Pyromancy is SO OP.
I just defeated the final boss by basically using Chaos Storm twice (plus 2-3 physical blows). It takes almost half its HP.

I almost feel like I cheated or something.
 
2AdEPT said:
Unfortunately you cant farm the rats in pharros and be in the covenant at the same time. I tried....you basically try to hit them and nothing happens. Ring on or off doesn't seem to matter, it is more whether or not you are in the rat covenant. If you want drops, just let the invaders kill your shit for you and leave them alone to time out. You can bypass the whole area including boss if you dont like the area though. The only thing I got in there I wanted was a twinkling titanite, the rest was a waste of time (although I left boss there as well).
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Blurgh. I did it any way thanks. Got all the loot and used all the lockstones I didn't on my first run, since I was flush with them from the covenant rewards. That spinning razor disc trap took me by surprise! Will come back later to farm and do the boss (hate it!)
 
UnObtainium17 said:
Same here. Firelink music has that calming and yet tension-bringing vibe to it. Though Majula music is pretty darn good too.
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So far, nothing has touched the majesty of the Firelink music and Gwyn's theme. Even without the amazing juxtaposition, Gwyn's theme is just straight-up beautiful.

If I had to pick a favey, though, it'd be the theme at the Firekeeper's House in Things Betwixt. It hits a really ominous stride. Superb.
 
Ok, so I have
three giant souls and the boss soul of the big tree monster with the big ass sword. Is there a 4th giant soul somewhere?
What else and I supposed to do now?
 
What the hell happened?
I used Soul Vessel (Strength/Faith now).

May stats are

VGR 30
End 25
Vit 29
Atn 16
Str 50
Dex 18
Adp 12
Int 3
Fth 55

So, I should have 3 attunement slots...but I only have two...what's going on?
 
The perfect Dark said:
What the hell happened?
I used Soul Vessel (Strength/Faith now).

May stats are

VGR 30
End 25
Vit 29
Atn 16
Str 50
Dex 18
Adp 12
Int 3
Fth 55

So, I should have 3 attunement slots...but I only have two...what's going on?
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I'm going to guess one of your equipped spells is using 2 slots.
 
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