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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
- Thread starter Vazra
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What's wrong with spell casters?
Also I enjoyed the ghost mechanic.
it makes the first time through the area treacherous but then rewards you for surviving by making further exploration much easier once you've made them corporeal again.
Archers are annoying but there are really not that many in the back 2/3rds of the dlc to my memory.
Orochinagis
Member
Archers just were there to punish you doing the puzzles. no big deal but just freaking annoying same with the ghost dudes until you figure out the corpses room
The drakekeeper sword is much more akin to a greatsword like a bastard swors than a typical straightsword I think. Shame it lacks that thrust attack that the drake keepers have when they use it.
No denying it still has it's issues.
Haunted
Member
Of course! It's not perfect and shares some of the faults of the main game.
But I think both in terms of added content and in terms of the area itself, it's up there with the best of anything that's in all three games.
Haunted
Member
It's a great little story.
I wish we would've had some more interaction between the two factions of knights in the Sanctum, those of the worshippers and those of Yorgh. DS2 needs more NPCs/enemies fighting each other.
This is the exact same train of thought I also had, along with the whole "there are three DLC areas announced but four primal bonfires" realisation.
I'm guessing each of the DLC areas will be a neat self-contained story,
with the overarching connecting bits being the story of the lost crowns of past kings - tied together by the dialogue with Vendrick himself in the Memory of Vendrick.
edit: actually, my biggest problem lore-wise so far was that
the announcement bit of the lost crowns DLC trilogy mentioned that Vendrick was in possession of the three crowns at some point, but he was never mentioned (or has a place, frankly) in the Sunken King's story.
neoism
Member
Get good.
I love these games but ugh at the parroting of this statement
looks like you still continued to play it all the way through.
Deified Data
Banned
How could it be that you don't realize how badass that sounds as you type it.
Kidding, don't mean to disregard your opinion since I've yet to play it.
Orochinagis
Member
Its not like the bosses are likely so close of each other.....
Kalameet >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sinh >>>>>>Cardio-dragon aka Ancient dragon.
Deified Data
Banned
Kalameet was great, Ancient Dragon was one of the worst boss fights I've ever experienced in any game. Time will tell where this guy ranks.
Kalameet is still in the top 5 of all the best bosses in Souls. Such a dang good and challenging fight, especially solo.
Ancient Dragon is meh-tier. Too much of an OHKO HP-sponge.
Still haven't tried Sinh.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
The walk to Ancient Dragon is too long and his damage much too high to really be worthwhile. Not even a fun fight.
What happened to miracles? Just tried Lightning Spear on my character who has 24 Faith and it did barely anything to most enemies. Less than a single hit from Uchigatana +7.
What happened to miracles? Just tried Lightning Spear on my character who has 24 Faith and it did barely anything to most enemies. Less than a single hit from Uchigatana +7.
Deified Data
Banned
They meant to reduce casting but buff damage in the latest patch, but they actually just reduced both for some reason making the Lightning Spears and Emit Force virtually useless. Hope they fix it soon, just started a new faith build.
Damage and number of casts reduced via the last patch.
Deified Data
Banned
Insta-parry animation from what I hear? I haven't used them.
Instantaneous parrying it was removed and then added back in again so it's back in vouge as it were.
Yeah, insta-parry, which they had removed previously. Supremely easy to parry everything parryable. Border-line cheating.
Deified Data
Banned
I haven't dipped my toes back into anything PVP since starting anew on PC, was wondering about any changes that might have occurred with Blue Sentinels. Do you still consume a Token of Fidelity when you want to duel, or does it match Bloodbros now where you just need a single Token to duel indefinitely?
Pure STR, STR/INT/FTH hex build, and STR/DEX lancer/spearman to name a few.
Alonne Captain's at drangelic castle will drop it if you want farm it somewhere else instead.Heh, I used a soul vessel and now I'm back to my original character's build. Pure dex build with an uchigatana. I'd farm a blacksteel katana but I'd rather not spend an eternity staring at lava castle again.
Orochinagis
Member
Heh, I used a soul vessel and now I'm back to my original character's build. Pure dex build with an uchigatana. I'd farm a blacksteel katana but I'd rather not spend an eternity staring at lava castle again.
I only see the black iron katana drops once or you can try your lock on the sol bell
Cannon Goose
Member
VGR 8
END 20
VIT 15
ATN 6
STR 27
DEX 45
ADP 25
INT 7
FTH 5
Super low health, but I like to roll and dodge more. Still deal shit damage against some though. Maybe I just need a good non-elemental weapon. Rolls work just as well as I want them to though
Based on that I'd recommend using a Soul Vessel and switching to something like this:
VGR 24
END 20
VIT 14
ATN 6
STR 40
DEX 16
ADP 26
INT 7
FTH 5
Un-infuse the Broadsword to get the most out of its strength scaling and keep using the Alva set. What rings are you using by the way?
I will continue to recommend that anyone on PC who doesn't want to deal with the terribly bullshit item drop rates should just use cheat engine to get the items they want.
Farming enemies for a super rare drop is not only uselessly time consuming, but it increases your soul memory which pushes you further and further from viable PVP. It's a double boner situation.
Farming enemies for a super rare drop is not only uselessly time consuming, but it increases your soul memory which pushes you further and further from viable PVP. It's a double boner situation.
Deified Data
Banned
I agree with this. If it weren't for soul memory and enemy extinction I might tell you to tough it out but From really didn't think those two systems through.
The ghosts are definitely not invincible. I killed them all in my first playthrough with them still being in ghost mode.
There's two strategies:
1: you attack him as usual but when he flies into the air you run away, stay near his tail but not so close that he'll land you. Attack him and repeat the process when he flies up.
2: easiest way. You immediately run up to his feet and stay in between his big toe and middle toe, right in between them. When he does his stomp, run to the other foot and wedge yourself between the toes and repeat. He only sometimes goes for AOE attack and once he lands wedge yourself between his toes and do it all again.
1: you attack him as usual but when he flies into the air you run away, stay near his tail but not so close that he'll land you. Attack him and repeat the process when he flies up.
2: easiest way. You immediately run up to his feet and stay in between his big toe and middle toe, right in between them. When he does his stomp, run to the other foot and wedge yourself between the toes and repeat. He only sometimes goes for AOE attack and once he lands wedge yourself between his toes and do it all again.
So I've been playing my second char for 2 days now. He's Str/Faith with Lightning Claymore and Shield. I've been kicking ass a lot but I have to say I find Miracles very underwhelming.
Like the HoT miracles are so slow they don't even matter, at least the ones I have right now. The res buff don't really make a difference when I'm fighting a boss. I won't even talk about the spears... So the only ones I'm really interested in are the 2 weapon buff and I get those near the endgame. I like the cure poison one I guess.
It just feels like those 25-30 points in Faith would be better spent in Vigor and Endurance.
Am I missing something here?
Like the HoT miracles are so slow they don't even matter, at least the ones I have right now. The res buff don't really make a difference when I'm fighting a boss. I won't even talk about the spears... So the only ones I'm really interested in are the 2 weapon buff and I get those near the endgame. I like the cure poison one I guess.
It just feels like those 25-30 points in Faith would be better spent in Vigor and Endurance.
Am I missing something here?
Orochinagis
Member
The sunbros covenant miracle and the blue sentinels miracles are the best for faith classes but after the nerfs you better play a Hexer class or more melee oriented with healing spells
So I've gotten to Draingleic Castle - second playthrough. Currently running a Full Havel's Dual Zweihander set (one fire and one lightning). Having a lot of fun with it, though I really need some other form of attack in PvP. I'm way too easy to parry, lol. Might use a Soul Vessel to give myself some INT or something so I can use that orby thing everyone uses.
Unused attack animations.
http://a.pomf.se/fhqppv.webm
http://a.pomf.se/eudeva.webm
http://a.pomf.se/varloz.webm
http://a.pomf.se/fhqppv.webm
http://a.pomf.se/eudeva.webm
http://a.pomf.se/varloz.webm
Also, unused Hex, maybe in the next DLC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB2deKKFjCs
http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/2cdx0p/spoilers_upcoming_dlc_spell/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB2deKKFjCs
http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/2cdx0p/spoilers_upcoming_dlc_spell/
... I want that kick.
Cannon Goose
Member
Artorias' jumping spin attack!!! :O
If I want to use DEX weapons I can pretty much just reverse it with STR right? I've been playing around with the Blacksteel Katana and I dig its moveset. Now to go use an ascetic and grab me another soul vessel I guess
Edit: What's up with weapons that have the same letters for scaling having different ATK bonuses anyway? The letters aren't fixed multipliers?
If I want to use DEX weapons I can pretty much just reverse it with STR right? I've been playing around with the Blacksteel Katana and I dig its moveset. Now to go use an ascetic and grab me another soul vessel I guess
Edit: What's up with weapons that have the same letters for scaling having different ATK bonuses anyway? The letters aren't fixed multipliers?
They're more like general indicators. There are like, 3 hidden tiers inside each letter (i.e. A-, A, A+), but the damage difference isn't very big between them.
Dexterity scaling is by and large worse than Strength scaling, with A Strength scaling being about as good as S Dexterity scaling.
Cannon Goose
Member
If I want to use DEX weapons I can pretty much just reverse it with STR right? I've been playing around with the Blacksteel Katana and I dig its moveset. Now to go use an ascetic and grab me another soul vessel I guess
Yep, just swap it for the minimum strength you need and then add 40 dex on top. For dex weapons I'd recommend Ring of Blades +2 and Flynn's ring for extra damage.
It's going to make it go through multiple defenses which will make it weaker than it already is. Depending on resistances of course.
You could just two hand one of them and use the attacks that can't be parried R1, R2, and the jumping attack.