SoldnerKei
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nice, I will look for it, thanks!
I will try out Butcher's Knife too, time to dress up my char like a Tacos cart owner
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nice, I will look for it, thanks!
I will try out Butcher's Knife too, time to dress up my char like a Tacos cart owner
Sorry for the misinformation, I have it too.
DLC needs to match regions. Get it from the US store.
Deified Data
Banned
Dex scaling ever get fixed in any of the recent patches?
InternHertz
Member
One thing I noticed now that the DLC is here, is that the death counter stone at Majula has text on its back now, pointing you to the DLC entrance.
I kind of liked it better when it was worn beyond recognition.
I kind of liked it better when it was worn beyond recognition.
SoldnerKei
Member
no problem, DLC has a bunch of stuff that is so easy to miss, that's why it's so good, that feeling of finding something new
As in is it as good as the equivalent Str scaling? The answer is no, assuming the notes from http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/2b2mbu/here_are_all_the_weapon_adjustments_from_the_july/ are correct.
Gyrm Greataxe +147, A STR, E DEX
Channeler's Trident +84, E STR, A DEX
Bound Hand Axe +126, A STR
Dark Drift +70, A DEX
Dex scaling is still really low. At first I thought it was because the calculation takes weapon base damage into account, but Bound Hand Axe has lower base damage than Dark Drift, and it still gets a higher Str scaling. It's a bit hard to estimate, since the letters are only approximations of the damage bonus from stats, with different grades of A-scaling. Even accounting for that, Dex scaling is shafted.
InternHertz
Member
Deified Data
Banned
So does everyone pretty much post in this thread or is the PC OT still active?
After the PC OT hit 200/400 pages, pc talk migrated to this OT
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Only if your equipment affects your total equip load. So yes, Aurour armour and dragon rings affect Flynn's bonus. But not your current % of equip burden.
??? Where is that tree? I missed that. I could certainly have used that on my Old Whip user!
It's an improvement to what it was at least. Definitely viable to use a fast A/S scaling DEX weapon in PVP and just rely on physical damage. dex also increases your poison buildup bonus.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I think dex is meant to be powerstanced, it's actually fairly strong when you dual wield two dex weapons, no? The scaling is indeed kinda shite though.
I cleared the DLC with my dual whip user (two Old Whip+5 powerstanced, think she's at 38 dex) and then started again with my STR tank, who's at 50 STR with a large club+10.
He needs like 3 hits with his big club to kill the poison hollows, but my dual whip user OHKOs them with one (powerstance) L2. Both are in NG, bonfire intensity 1. Either that Old Whip bonus damage vs hollows really makes a difference, or I'm missing something. xD
I cleared the DLC with my dual whip user (two Old Whip+5 powerstanced, think she's at 38 dex) and then started again with my STR tank, who's at 50 STR with a large club+10.
He needs like 3 hits with his big club to kill the poison hollows, but my dual whip user OHKOs them with one (powerstance) L2. Both are in NG, bonfire intensity 1. Either that Old Whip bonus damage vs hollows really makes a difference, or I'm missing something. xD
I feel conflicted about the "Sunken King" DLC. The Sunken City is a great area, one of the best in Dark Souls 2. Great exploration, verticality, lots of secret to find, smart shortcuts. The first part of the
is also great, but the section that leads to
is not as convincing, and the
borders on cheap with some of the enemies there. The re-skinned bosses are honestly insulting,
is still a decent fight but it's just a pale shadow of
and I had a lot of camera issues too. The lore is good I guess, but it doesn't seem connected to the main game as much as I'd like, it's more like is own story. The new dialogues with
are a nice addition.
I played it with my DEX dual wielder build (SL130, no shields, no magic) + Covenant of Champions and had few problems with regular enemies. I had my fair share of deaths with the bosses (especially the last one), I identified their "weakness" rather easily but they did a lot of damage, I guess my vigor is not that high and the Covenant of Champions didn't help.
It's still a decent DLC all things considered,, I just hope that From is going to step up their game for the next two parts, especially with the bosses.
Dragon Sanctum
Elana
Cave of the Dead
Sihn
Kalameet
King Vendrick
I played it with my DEX dual wielder build (SL130, no shields, no magic) + Covenant of Champions and had few problems with regular enemies. I had my fair share of deaths with the bosses (especially the last one), I identified their "weakness" rather easily but they did a lot of damage, I guess my vigor is not that high and the Covenant of Champions didn't help.
It's still a decent DLC all things considered,, I just hope that From is going to step up their game for the next two parts, especially with the bosses.
No, um. They didn't change the scaling damage at all for Dex. They just changed some weapons scaling rank (Str and Quality weapons as well), not the Dex stupidity.
Not saying the rank ups didn't help make redundant weapons better, but the scaling for Dex is still worse. By about 20% to 50% or so?
Always a viable strategy. A bit less useful now that you can't stunlock people infinitely(?).
Deified Data
Banned
If poise is still as worthless as it was at launch I should be able to wreck people with dual-stanced dex weapons whether they scale well or not.
Elana has a much different move set than Nashandra, and is a completely different model. Not even the same size. And her Velstadt summon behaves much more aggressively than his actual boss fight. Furthermore, them two together make for a much different boss battle than either. So no, not a "reskin".
Same for Sinh. Similar in aesthetics, but he behaves much different than Kalameet. I only observed a 2 moves that are similar to Kalameet's.
Same for Sinh. Similar in aesthetics, but he behaves much different than Kalameet. I only observed a 2 moves that are similar to Kalameet's.
Poise works.
I had no idea there was a PC OT.
I was having a look on some data how Poise worked previously and WOW.
36 Poise required to tank 1H R1 from 10 Poise Dmg Weapons
95 Poise required to tank 2H R1 from 10 Poise Dmg Weapons
So even full Steel set wouldn't let you poisetank even one hit from a twohanded Dagger. Dang.
If they fixed it now, all's good then. I've been running lightarmor guys so I haven't noticed a difference.
The bonus is probably what's doing it.
Deified Data
Banned
How does poise stack up now? I haven't played in months.
I believe they changed how long your staggered from a hit but I don't think they changed poise but I could have read it wrong. I haven't noticed anything different since I started playing again but I was always more a fashion souls type of a player. Just wear what looks good and don't worry a lot about defense, poise, etc.
SoldnerKei
Member
didn't the patch said something like you can escape from continuous hits now? don't know if it is what people is referring with the poise being fixed, poise has always been kind of a complicate concept to grasp for me, even in DaS I
I always wear medium-heavy armor
Elite Knight Armor
Falconer Helment
and the rest is Drangleic Set
with shield, sword, rings and bow I am always at 65% of my limit
thou I don't see much difference with, let's say Black Leather set, regarding stagging
I always wear medium-heavy armor
Elite Knight Armor
Falconer Helment
and the rest is Drangleic Set
with shield, sword, rings and bow I am always at 65% of my limit
thou I don't see much difference with, let's say Black Leather set, regarding stagging
I think it might be spread out between all 3 DLC . I can't seem to find anything about the other pieces, and It would be weird to leave the skirt alone when It really doesn't fit with anything else.
Deified Data
Banned
Oh, I always do. I let it inform my weapon choices more than armor.
Elana use the same melee attacks and the same area of effect spell. She loses the laser beam and the curse minions and gains spells that other monsters/characters could already use... oh and re-used minions (Velstadt is absolutely the same). Even the model is very similiar to human-form Nashandra.
Most of Sihn's attacks are taken from Kalameet except the fire bomb and some of the short range attacks with the forelegs. Dive attack is the same. Flamebreaths are the same. The standing flame attack is the same. The flamebreath when you're attacking him from behind is the same. The head snap is the same. Sinh doesn't have the tail attack and the "Calamity" attack, but what's there comes from Kalameet with very minor differences
Most of Sihn's attacks are taken from Kalameet except the fire bomb and some of the short range attacks with the forelegs. Dive attack is the same. Flamebreaths are the same. The standing flame attack is the same. The flamebreath when you're attacking him from behind is the same. The head snap is the same. Sinh doesn't have the tail attack and the "Calamity" attack, but what's there comes from Kalameet with very minor differences
I'm sorry, but this is just lazy... The latter is still a good fight (because the original boss is godly), but I want something new. I'm actually worried for what's coming next, I don't want to fight a yellow Gwyn as the "Iron King", a red Gapin Dragon as "Eygil the Lazy Lava Dragon" and fifty green Anor Londo archers as "The King's Guard" in the next DLC.
Makes sense, at least I hope so.
Big Chungus
Member
Can anyone suggest a good melee weapon for a caster/melee character?
I haven't used any of the boss souls, they're all sitting in my bank.
I heard the moonlight greatsword is good for casters since it has low str requirement, but is it worth using the boss souls for it instead of the spell?
I haven't used any of the boss souls, they're all sitting in my bank.
I heard the moonlight greatsword is good for casters since it has low str requirement, but is it worth using the boss souls for it instead of the spell?
Deified Data
Banned
Kiiiinda wanna try a poison-based build. Suggestions?
Alonne knight's along with the Captain's are likely to be there as they've been there before the Smelter demon offed the Iron King and Iron Keep sank into the magma. The other enemies that might appear are the Ironclads as they were created by the Old Iron king.
Spotted whip maybe? Dual poison long swords with sanctum soldier gauntlets from the dlc along with rat ring should work quite well too.
KarneeKarnay
Member
What stats and weapons would you recommend for someone wanting to go a Duel Weapon build?
Deified Data
Banned
Are dual maces still OP?
Sounds good. I can think of a lot of weapons I'd like to use. I don't plan on investing stats for pyro scaling but I might still use Toxic Mist as a diversion.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
This post my friend made may be relevant to your interests (ctrl + f "venomous insect" to check it out, click the spoiler tag for the picture with the stats and gear):
http://www.metal-archives.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=2407838#p2407838
Power stance poison spotted whip. Rat ring. Butterfly or DLC gear
Deified Data
Banned
Sounds badass, but fashion souls might prevent me from rocking the moth gear. I'm thinking of maybe mixing Imported/Rogue gear.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Haha, I understand Fashion Souls and wouldn't wear that either. That said, I think he kinda nailed it with the poisonous insect look. It fits the theme he was going for and looks stylish, though I understand if that's not what you were going for.
Sadly, for early game I can't think of any easy way to get poisonous gear except using the ascetic in Majula to get the butterfly set. Spotted Whip is very late game, and even the poison infusions require reaching the Iron Keep to get that ember. And Gavlan sells poison arrows but in very limited numbers early on.
Strike damage in of itself is the strongest type in this game. A singular mace is a weapon you can use through the whole game two is even better.
Any weapon you can strike fast enough with to build up poison with is a perfect candidate for infusion with poison. You could even use broken straight swords if you really wanted too.
DEX does boost poison attack bonus which seems to soft cap at 140 so raise DEX till you get that if you want faster poisoning. STR is the primary stat you will be raising if you want to up your damage a bit.
Mytha's bent blade? Or rotten pine resin that can be brought from Gavlan along with being found in the Gutter among other places.
You ever stop to think there may be story reasons for these characters to be similar? I'm sure that they aren't literally "New characters, copy-paste". Yes they are similar, but despite that the boss battles are fundamentally different.
And no, Velstadt is different. He runs at you the entire time. No breaks. That's different.
Orochinagis
Member
I wont be surprised but in the end it looks like the next DLC will go that route.
Come one Jaeger its just reskinned models. but slower and cheap tactics
The bad thing about that is the current especulations about why FROM used those models on them.
SoldnerKei
Member
actually the things she summons it's what makes me wonder...
Velstadt
Vendrick
skeletons
Skeleton Lords
piglets
Majula
Brightstone Cove Tseldora
Emerald Herald
singing
Milfanito
she has a bunch of connections to the actual lore, and the fact that she looks like
Nashandra
still, just random and silly speculations P:
neoism
Member
same to me they all sound the same the only songs I really LOVE are the Souls on Fire song in DS1(the character selection screen), and the same for DS2 I love the Calm song as you log into their servers.... but to me the boss tracks are really to similar.