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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
- Thread starter Vazra
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Winter is coming.
That crown looks amazing! Man...I gotta fina a ton of swag in this game!
luckyboyceo
Member
Okay so any hints on what I should be doing/where I should be going after (late/end game spoiler)
Thanks in advance.
I've done the Memory levels and beaten the Giant Lord? I got a key to the Drangleic "Throne Room" but if that's the room with the two large chairs, it doesn't seem to be doing anything.
Thanks in advance.
Haha thanks, it's
Vendrick's crown
I'm all on for fashion souls right now on this character.
AlimNassor
Banned
Queelag vs Najka, who is worse? Queelag is imo harder only because the stupid ass lava. If not for the lava, she'd be easier. Najkas stupid ass homing arrows wreck you on NG+.
You can go kill
Vendrick
Soul of a Giant
If you want to fight the last boss, go back to
the Throne of Want
j0hnny_385
Member
I'd say Queelag because of the AoE attack and lava. :/
Najka is no trouble if you dodge properly.
Najka is a cheap Quelaag imitator.
So now I'm dual wielding maces (lightning and dark) on my hex build..this is kind of awesome.
Arjen
Member
The stone trader chick sells 3 after you beat the game.
If you like hexes and maces, have you tried a dark infused Sacred Chime Hammer?
j0hnny_385
Member
Finished
yesterday. Cool concept. 
Also beat the fuck out of
.
Defender's Shield is the best Medium shield in the game, amirite? I'm currently rocking a Royal Kite Shield (at 12 STR), but I'm willing to up to 15 STR to use Defender's.
Today I'll go for the
and then...
After that, finish
, do a little mop up and then off to NG+.
Memories of [...]
Also beat the fuck out of
Throne Watcher & Throne Defender
Defender's Shield is the best Medium shield in the game, amirite? I'm currently rocking a Royal Kite Shield (at 12 STR), but I'm willing to up to 15 STR to use Defender's.
Today I'll go for the
Ancient Dragon
for the final boss.
Navlaan's quest
mickcenary
Member
Ha. They're pretty over-the-top, aren't they? The tracking of the spells is laughable now. I went through Amana with nothing more than a Rebel's Greatshield and a hammer my first time; sure, it was troublesome and nerve-wracking, but it wasn't 'needs-a-nerf' bad.
It's gone from the hardest area to the easiest. Unless you're a total idiot you could literally walk around aimlessly and never get hit.
edit: I also noticed they removed one of the crawlers near the 2 mages at the end of the section.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Wow, that's exceedingly random. How were we supposed to figure that out? Thanks for the heads-up!
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I had one encounter with her after work yesterday and she trounced me. I've never had a problem with Queelag.
Backfoggen
Banned
It 1000% did not run better. It ran awful.
And it didn't play either, there were tons more bullshit hits.
Garcia
Member
They nerfed Amana? :-/
I mean, sure, that location was the most frustrating place but it wasn't impossible by any means. I died 2 times before I stocked up on a couple hundred of arrows. The place is a cakewalk once you snipe every mage.
Kevin Shields
Member
Just finished the game and its 4am... 5 hours straight. Too tired to gather thoughts but I will say
is my favorite level of any souls game. Amazing. Ending left me confused as heck though.
Dragon Aerie/Dragon Shrine
Are you sure it's the right door? There are two doors that have specific conditions to open in Amana. You want the one after the
4th
Grinchy
Banned
Yep it's the right door.
But now I'm reading something about needing to have 0 human effigies for it to open? Everything I find seems to say you need something different for it to open. I have like 30 effigies. I'd hate to lose them all just to get the door to open (unless I can just drop them or something).
Nah, you just need to have 0 effigies to be able to pray at the shrine and regain humanity. Nothing to do with the door.
ShiroAmakusa
Member
Question at fashion souls GAF: Is there somewhere a thread (I might have missed) where we share our characters? I guess I'm not the only one who enjoys the character creator.
Question at fashion souls GAF: Is there somewhere a thread (I might have missed) where we share our characters? I guess I'm not the only one who enjoys the character creator.
We've been sharing them here actually.
Red Liquorice
Member
Never noticed that but I guess it is, they even stuffed it full of dogs lol.
So I finally got around to playing this a couple of days ago, and I'm, feeling kinda lost as to how to spec my character. I'm playing a knight focusing exclusively on melee, but I'm not sure what sword to pick. I just defeated
, and I've only been using a broadsword +2 so far. Are there any good, versatile swords I should keep an eye out for? I've got the drangleic sword, but the stat requirements are high, and I've heard it's hard to upgrade, so I'm not so sure about it. Armour-wise, I've just been upgrading my original falconer set because it looks so goddamn nice, offers decent protection and is light. Would it be a bad idea to keep investing in it?
The Pursuer
Broadsword is a decent sword. I'd keep an eye out for the claymore though - it has the best moveset of any of the bigger sword and is upgraded with normal titanite. I'm in NG++ and it's still a viable weapon at +10.
As for armour, it's all about fashion imho. Find something you like looking at and upgrade it. There are certain pieces that are invaluable for certain builds (Hexer's really don't have a reason not to wear the Hexer's hood etc), but I've always just picked something lightweight that looks good. Alva's set is a good balance between weight and defense, but everyone seems to be wearing that.
When you have to go out of the way and use arrows as a non archer class just to get through, I'd rate the area as having broken level design and difficulty. But as for the Souls games, knowledge is king. So I guess you can argue for each side.
I haven't run through Shrine of Amana post-patch but it does sound very easy.
To be honest though, archery makes pretty much everywhere easier, more so than DS1. It's more like Demon's in that respect - I cleared most of that game with hyper mode archery and the lava bow.
Thanks, those are some good tips!
That leads to another interesting issue: what's the point of playing the Souls games if we cheese our way through the content?
I'm not blaming you in particular. I just think there has to be a good balance in difficulty so we don't have to rely on either luck or cheesing content.
It's impossible to have complete balance of difficulty. Something caters to melee builds, something for ranged builds. Shrine of Amana was a damn lottery in terms of avoiding the spell attacks. Not quite a balanced difficulty spike. Perhaps for NG+ or whatever. Anyway, I'll stop rambling.
That leads to another interesting issue: what's the point of playing the Souls games if we cheese our way through the content?
I'm not blaming you in particular. I just think there has to be a good balance in difficulty so we don't have to rely on either luck or cheesing content.
It's impossible to have complete balance of difficulty. Something caters to melee builds, something for ranged builds. Shrine of Amana was a damn lottery in terms of avoiding the spell attacks. Not quite a balanced difficulty spike. Perhaps for NG+ or whatever. Anyway, I'll stop rambling.
Oh I know I was cheesing it. I should have clarified that this was for runs where I just wanted to clear through the content with something else in mind.
Which brings me neatly onto my next topic - Challenge Runs.
I did SL1 runs in DS1 up to NG+++, and enjoyed it mostly (thank you based pyromancy and reinforced club R2 attack).
For DS2 I'm thinking about doing something a bit different so as not to be limited too much, but still keeping the extra difficulty.
I'm thinking so far:
1) Champions Covenant
2) Any class, but can only upgrade stats that make sense for that stat (so dex for swordsman, fai for cleric etc
3) Only starting weapons and armors are allowed, but can be upgraded.
I'm thinking this might add a bit of challenge back in, but also help explore the nature of starting classes a bit better. I'm thinking of going extra hard mode and rolling swordsman, as I tend to rely on parrying and ranged quite a lot. Should be a giggle.
I don't mind leveling up as long as I keep a specialist build but I also want to buy items and try many weapons (upgrading them is expensive that's why I spent 6M SM and still at SL86).
Beyond SL150, builds stop being focused. The more you level up and inevitably converge to a generic build who does everything with tons of HP/Stamina/Equip load and see more and more identical players.
That's basically the big problem of SM.
Developers didn't seem to have well designed the game for the long-term and that is dangerous because a lot of people spent a lot of time on DaS/DmS because they could try a lot of thing, make specific builds and try to challenge the game and other players with what they made. We had a total control over the characters we made. Soul Memory took away that freedom from us, at least in online mode.
I know about bonfire aestics but I hate the NG+ design where they throw at you even more enemies as if NG wasn't bad enough in that regard. It's a lazy design but that's a different issue with the game.
Winter is coming.
This is probably the best character I saw in this thread.
ShiroAmakusa
Member
Well then:
Razielle the Deprived (Main, SL 242)
Calista the Sorceress
Toadie the Deprived (Dual-Cestus Brawler)
Bwemba the Cleric
Yilmaz the Swordsman
Can't wait for the PC version. I'm gonna drown in screenshots!
Edit. Bonus pic: Razielle's PVP attire (2x Greatsword +10 in Power Stance. I obviously specced for fun. I just wish I could see the face of my opponents when they see me invading.
)
Queelag is better looking.... So Najka. Not to mention Najika is pretty easy once she spears the ground.
Well then:
Can't wait for the PC version. I'm gonna drown in screenshots!
The last character is giving me some serious Stannis vibes. Give him king's armor and a crown
Can you guys recommend a good Dex Weapon? I've tried a few Katanas but the don't do enough damage. Until now I've used a +10 Murakama but it's really slow and I don't like the move set. In Dark 1 I used the Scythe but they nerfed it considerably.
Also props to the thread title, really great and made me lulz.
Also props to the thread title, really great and made me lulz.
ShiroAmakusa
Member
The last character is giving me some serious Stannis vibes. Give him king's armor and a crown
Will do once I get the armor. This character didn't progress that far yet. I also want to see Toadie in the Desert Sorceress Set.
Well, you can get an awesome ring for completing a run without dying and another one for completing a run without resting at a bonfire.
That seems like the perfect challenge to me after getting the platinum.
ExFalsoQuodlibet
Member
Oh my, I'd really love a integrated way to take screenshots on DkS2 PS3
Well then:
Can't wait for the PC version. I'm gonna drown in screenshots!
Edit. Bonus pic: Razielle's PVP attire (2x Greatsword +10 in Power Stance. I obviously specced for fun. I just wish I could see the face of my opponents when they see me invading.
Where did you get that cool skull mask?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Mad Warrior set. You have to do some SERIOUS farming for it.
Try prowling magus he gave me one first try.