Ever notice the nameless usurper npc who keeps invading you? She's wearing the saint's hood. Notice what's in the item description of the saints hood? It belongs to Licia. SHE's the invader.
Dark Souls II |OT2| Prepare to Vengarl
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Did you upgrade it? I like it too, but completed the game and I don't think there's more twinkling titanites to be farmed...
I have no problems smacking him before he smacks me when my weapon has better range than his, like with a greatsword. No dodging required.
33-Hit-Combo
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I can't wield a greatsword! I've got a Dex/Fth build so he doesn't flinch unfortunately.
Got anything with enough range to stunlock him? Maybe the washing pole?
I upgraded it a bit. If you ran out of material, that means its time for NG++, and so on and so fourth.
ExFalsoQuodlibet
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Ok, question: at 40 strength which club deals more damage per hit, the large club +10 (lower base damage, S scaling) or the great club (higher base damage, A scaling)? I'd like to know before spending souls to upgrade the great club 
Ok, question: at 40 strength which club deals more damage per hit, the large club +10 (lower base damage, S scaling) or the great club (higher base damage, A scaling)? I'd like to know before spending souls to upgrade the great club
The great club does more damage, but the difference is like 20 damage; so it's really up to you which one you like more. They should have been the same weapon to be honest
Screaming Meat
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Ok, question: at 40 strength which club deals more damage per hit, the large club +10 (lower base damage, S scaling) or the great club (higher base damage, A scaling)? I'd like to know before spending souls to upgrade the great club
I usually add up the two figures to work out which is likely to do more damage, then check the moveset for ease of use and speed of strikes. If the damage difference is minimal, how fast the weapon strikes can really affect your DPS.
Scaling is a funny old thing.
AlienKebab
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How long did it take someone to find the Painted World in Dark Souls?
I just hope there is something like it in DaS2, a hidden world or secret that no one has found yet.
I just hope there is something like it in DaS2, a hidden world or secret that no one has found yet.
The game has been datamined, there's nothing of the sort, sadly.
I'd stick with the large one it's faster unless you desperately want to use the great club.Ok, question: at 40 strength which club deals more damage per hit, the large club +10 (lower base damage, S scaling) or the great club (higher base damage, A scaling)? I'd like to know before spending souls to upgrade the great club
Vendrick is your father...
No idea if that's true. Hurry up with old man souls
Screaming Meat
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Vendrick is your father...No idea if that's true. Hurry up with old man souls
XD
B-but my attention is split between 3 characters...
....and a wife...
...and a 6 month old baby!
33-Hit-Combo
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Would the washing pole stunlock him? I thought his poise was astronomical!
AlienKebab
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Aw
What a shame.Sorry to be a bother but:
I need even more now...
Montage? It's fine we're going it a decent pace...
fierrotlepou
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15 days and I can finally experience this game for the first time. It's been a long ride.
Anything you guys can say to make me even more hyped? How long have you been playing the game? How addicting is it?
Anything you guys can say to make me even more hyped? How long have you been playing the game? How addicting is it?
ExFalsoQuodlibet
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The movesets and attack speeds seem identical, so if one does more damage I'll prefer that one.The great club does more damage, but the difference is like 20 damage; so it's really up to you which one you like more. They should have been the same weapon to be honest
I have no idea, but since poise is kind of broken I'm willing to guess it will work after a few hits.
The_Hitcher89
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Hey Hitcher
pick an easier/short portal! You can fight him at the end in all three of them.
The easiest one for me is the longest one though, the one connected from
the Black Gulch.
The Pursuer
Was pretty disappointed to only get 3,000 souls from the optional
Pursuer
The one from
Shaded Ruins
And the one from
Drangliec Castle
Phantom Havel, and Phantom Ricard
I think getting through the area should reward you with an effigy, just so you don't burn through them without progressing.
Fuck Bayern.
That does seem like the main choice the only other place is bright stone and that's right through all of shaded woods.
The_Hitcher89
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Screaming Meat
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It doesn't work, you can stunlock almost anyone using anything.
I think I had to fight the first Gyrm in Pharros like 5-6 times before it randomly dropped for me. I wasn't even looking for it in my first playthrough. But Celegus was praising it and he was right. It's a great shield.
Dunno if it's rare but it only drops from them so it's a pain if I happened to despawn them and not get one.
I don't understand why they don't have someone sell unlimited small Shards earlier. We don't get access to unlimited amounts until we beat all 4 of the Old Ones. We can buy infinite Large Shards early but not the small. It was a pain in NG+ to farm for them. The hammer guys kept dropping a few here and then a lot crap I don't need or no drops at all. I was using a Gold Serp+2 ring too.
I spent 60 hours before completing it. I was level 147, upgraded a few weapons and went with a katana build. I missed out on PVP because I'm offline, which I think is about 20% of the fun.
The complaints are mostly whiners IMO, again as with Demon's or Dark Souls, it's a matter of subjective preference. I think right now my memories of DS1 are making DS1 more than it really is. I remember it now as being quite a magical journey, while I fucking hated a lot of things first time I played it. I guess if you play DS2 first you will probably prefer this one, as it feels a little more streamlined.
I'm going to try out NG+ and see if I still want to bother to keep playing though. Don't really see the point as of yet.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Oh shit, only OIK? Guess some people are wrong. Now I'm happy again. I wanna upgrade my Mastodon Greatsword in NG+ asap. Thanks dude.
Kill the topless scorpion (who's like a lazy Quelaag) in shaded woods. Through the doors of Pharros and you get to Brightstone.
I know this wasn't a problem in the first where I could simply go murder things for them and not worry about limited supplies. You get unlimited shards after beating iron keep but that within itself is a pain for a resource heavy build like mine. I can't get enough for them to be able to upgrade everything.
Gyrm shields aren't very rare I've hac about ten I gave them to people who summoned me for the smelter boss and kept 2 or 3 for myself.
Didn't notice any of that and I was wondering about that too, mind blown! :O
Moveset/attack speed is the same but Large Club is lighter plus I haven't checked if the stamina consumption is the same.
There's a nice shot of her in the official guide. And it looks like her.
The_Darkest_Red
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Do you guys think Dark Souls II is actually easier than I, or is it just because it's the third Souls game we've played? I bet Dark Souls I would feel easier than II if II had come out first.
YianGaruga
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I think the bosses overall are easier, while the overall game isn't. There's quite a few places which are brutal. Experience with the DS series just helps a lot since you know what to expect.
The souls games get only easier because we are so used to the mechanics. Give a fresh player it and they will have a tough time.
Easier for us. The worldwide death count shows a ton of people are still dying like crazy. I'm honestly surprised at all the blood patches in areas I thought were easy.
I'm pretty sure it's because it's the third game and we are used to the series by now.
Also I noticed that the first Souls game that anyone plays is almost always the one that he/she thinks that it was the hardest.
I'm wondering if she is anywhere at the CE artbook, I'll have to check out later.
I'm wondering if she is anywhere at the CE artbook, I'll have to check out later.
Yea, they were coy with her description only mentioning what outfit she's wearing.
The one at belfry sol drops Orma or is it Revee one of the two but it definitely drops them.
The_Darkest_Red
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Yeah, I mean I don't think there are any bosses as tough as O&S in II but most of Dark Souls I really isn't that bad once you're used to the mechanics and everything. And I can't act like I didn't die a bunch in II anyway, haha. The difficulty felt pretty good to me other than some of the bosses that were just oddly easy.
Also, random comparison fact: Dark Souls I has 22 bosses (26 with DLC) and Dark Souls II has 31.
Also, random comparison fact: Dark Souls I has 22 bosses (26 with DLC) and Dark Souls II has 31.
lol, certainly feels that way! It helps that in this last 160 hours I've done different things to change it up. Like co-op to recent invasions and being a sinner.
I'm curious if I can make it to lv 400. With that one exploit of
Giant Lord
If we ignore the recent 500k souls 5 minutes exploit... actually not that bad. Just time consuming. Took me 160 hours to get to this point. But I'm also new to this series and took 100 hours to originally beat the game and all bosses. By then I was lv 200 or so. After that the level requirements really went up each time and took longer to level up. But still kinda easy thanks to bosses and co-op.
Its by 250 that the sl souls required caps off at 300k and only goes up like 800 souls each time. Level 260 took 300k and level 300 took like 320k for example. So while high, its manageable. End game bosses and co-op in NG++ helped a lot.
Finally as soon as I started invading and being constantly invaded, the souls really started to drop like candy.
This makes me curious to go back to Demon's again. It's been a few years, but I definitely still think that was by far the hardest of the three. The bosses were really tough, and I recall the runs to the boss room being much longer in it. Maybe it's just because I killed most of the bosses in DkS2 on my first try, but so many of them seemed to have a bonfire very close by.
ScottSullivan
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The Crushed eye orb was definitely a surprise for me, I hadn't read anything about that encounter before hand. Makes me wish less of this game had been spoiled with the strategy guide before hand, we could have had more moments like that, but I suppose it's my own fault for seeking out some information before I'd even completed the game once.
It's a strange balance between wanting to get to experience all the content with a limited play schedule and not spoil it.
It's a strange balance between wanting to get to experience all the content with a limited play schedule and not spoil it.
Screaming Meat
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guys
guys
What if DS2 is easier... to get a bigger audience... so they all go out and buy the much harder, hair-pulling, eye-gouging, shirt-ripping, toe-stubbing, spit-on-your-neck, crotch-kicking nightmare that is DS3?
"Be wary of Ambush"
guys
What if DS2 is easier... to get a bigger audience... so they all go out and buy the much harder, hair-pulling, eye-gouging, shirt-ripping, toe-stubbing, spit-on-your-neck, crotch-kicking nightmare that is DS3?
"Be wary of Ambush"
I think the Ruined Sentinels were the first major wall I hit as a new player. Plus three of them together was a real pain. The Skeleton Lords were also crazy hard at first because I just kept killing them all at once and spawned every fucking skeleton at once. Now they're pretty painless even in NG+.
But learning their patterns or gimmicks is all part of the process.
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