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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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eot
Banned
That must be it.
That is interesting lol.
The items found on the outskirts of the windmill, but can't be accessed because of barriers, how does one reach them? This is in the higher levels of the windmill.
The NPC up there that says the place is too dangerous but there is treasure, does he do anything else? This is the only NPC I found there.
Hmm, dunno. He keeps repeating the same dialogue. I got the items via the cat ring to prevent fall damage.
Maybe my game's glitched then? He never offers me anything really, just tells me there is treasure and it is dangerous.
He is the same NPC found in the beginning of the game where he says some guy went inside to find treasure but the door closed on him.
Laurentius
Member
Different people find different bosses difficult...
The problem I had with that boss is the four small rats. Once you take them out, it's not that bad. But dealing with a boss as well as a bunch of regular enemies is almost never fun.
Riposte
Member
As 2xCaetus and Bastard Sword wielder(no shield/magic/range), Shrine of Amana was definitely the toughest area in the game. Got a bit easier when I finally thought to equip the magic resistance ring I had.
"Mirror Knight" or w/e, was a huge disappointment. That was the one they hyped up too.
Royal Rat Authority was pretty tough, but once you got yourself in a good position with everything but the main boss dead, it was very doable. That fight is nothing like Sif though.
Also I'm really sad I missed an (obvious in retrospect) summoning sign, so that NPC storyline never got resolved.
"Mirror Knight" or w/e, was a huge disappointment. That was the one they hyped up too.
Royal Rat Authority was pretty tough, but once you got yourself in a good position with everything but the main boss dead, it was very doable. That fight is nothing like Sif though.
Also I'm really sad I missed an (obvious in retrospect) summoning sign, so that NPC storyline never got resolved.
Red Liquorice
Member
Branches don't carry over to NG+ as it's classed as a key item.
The Gutter one is the quickest, you can be down and back in a couple of minutes. The two in Harvest Valley are also very quick to get and less dangerous imo if you're doing a no death run too. You wouldn't want to fuck up your run by a fall down the Pit!
MMBosstones86
Member
So damn, the Third Dragon Ring is pretty boss. Says it breaks easily, I'm assuming the knuckle ring will delay that slightly?
Orthogonal
Member
The only time I have had it break is from an undead citizen blast in Dragon Aerie, it holds up pretty well without the knuckle ring.
chris121580
Member
So I've beat this game twice, on PS3 I played as a Warrior and PC I played as a Sorcerer. I've come to one conclusion minus being completely in love with the game...Shrine of Amana is one of the most annoying and difficult levels I've ever had to play. I thought going through it as a Sorcerer the second time would make it easier and I was wrong because of how close you have to be to lock on. Toughest part of the game in my opinion.
Love your av btw. Looks like a deconstructed middle finger salute.
Soon it will be a glorious orange lion.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
I'm an expert at the area now after farming all the enemies in the shrine to extinction for their human effigies and twinkling titanite. There are definitely preferred paths to go versus where it looks like you SHOULD go. For example, don't go inside the second hut, go around so you can run right up to the sorceress and kill her before aggoring the Archdrake Guard.
Orthogonal
Member
Aiming sorcery from a distance with binoculars helps a lot, but a bow and poison arrows is the best for that area.
I'm really not looking forward to the shrine of Amana with my soul level 1 character! :/
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
This so hard, if you're a caster, learn to use the binoculars to aim. It's a clumsy mechanic (why wouldn't they just let you aim??) but it's essential for PvE.
Violentine
Banned
It's not hard if you have spells. First time, faith build. Killed little once with lightning spears.
Second time, pyromacy, run up to them and chaos storm.
Third time, pure melee. Died over and over.
Red Liquorice
Member
The aim crosshair was in the network test wasn't it? Or at least in an early build. It felt spiteful that they took it out, but it does kind of feel odd and role-play breaking, although bows and crossbows don't have scopes or whatever either and they still get a crosshair, so!
You kind of get used to the aim of spells, it aims central on screen and in certain areas and brightness levels you can see a faint wide circle where the aim will be.
Will go back later.
Are there any good flame shields like in Demon's Souls? Reached the fire boss, and when he flames up his sword, my shield does nothing to stop it.
King Gilga
Member
chris121580
Member
I feel dumb. I never realized you could use the binoculars to lock on to targets. I just wanted til I got close enough. Knowing that would've helped a lot haha
You can't. What he means it the Binoculars let you center your camera with more accuracy so using magic works like an FPS gun without the crosshair.
WheelHoss1
Member
Gower's Ring makes him much more agreeable.
haven't found that yet, it's a ng+ thing right?
I'd like to go back and get that shield, but I fear losing the 33K souls on the ground where the boss is now.
His sweep swings always hits, you can't dodge. Does his flame extinguish after a while?
chris121580
Member
Oh gotcha. That sounds frustrating too haha although not as much as positioning your player hoping he'll hit the enemy and being way off
I don't get the point of beating the ancient dragon (which is why i gave up after a couple of tries) i read the strategies, and it's just a matter of cheating its AI into a pattern for a long ass time, it's not really a challenge, as it is mostly finding the lucky round.
Eh, i don't find anything even remotely enjoyable in that, but of course, to each their own.
An hard boss like
Dark Lurker
Ancient Dragon co op is a hoot, I spent 2 hours just doing co op there one night. Only 1 successful summon out of 10. It's a boss that is best solo'd because in co op it becomes far less predictable and its HP goes sky high.
Really fun though, 3 players running around fighting a huge dragon reminds me of the fun times I had with Kalameet in Dark Souls 1, although Kalameet is a much more interesting boss fight and far more doable in co op than Ancient Dragon is.
Really fun though, 3 players running around fighting a huge dragon reminds me of the fun times I had with Kalameet in Dark Souls 1, although Kalameet is a much more interesting boss fight and far more doable in co op than Ancient Dragon is.
King Gilga
Member
Naw, I literally just did him today, dodging right dodges everything (except that AOE burst thing obviously) he does, even the sweep attacks. The only times I got hit was when I couldn't dodge because I got greedy or didn't react fast enough or was stuck in an animation. Just make sure to dodge each swing.
And no the flame stays 4ever.
Awe man, I just realized I forgot the
light the bonfire
yea i agree but i want to see what he drops.
also about
dark lurker
ancient dragon's pretty lame cos he only has one dangerous attack but it's a 1 hit ko.
hmm dunno if i'm gonna beat him
MMBosstones86
Member
I don't want to attempt the ancient dragon just because the walk up to the gate is a giant pain in the ass. Fuck all those drake keeper guys with infi-stamina.
Red Liquorice
Member
Don't get too excited.
It took me dozens of attempts to beat it, I didn't bother with asceticing the woods for the ring or anything like that. I did try a fire infused Gyrm shield - which was more trouble than it was worth because I didn't have the strength to one hand it, and in the end just went for it butt naked with the red tearstone ring.
You can follow all the guides and following the tail stuff, but it's still 50% luck, you can't follow the tail if he flies back and is too close to the edge.