Orochinagis
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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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Unlimited protection rings
DarkHeartedKill
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You gotta be a Blue Sentinel to use the cracked blue eye orbs. Being in the Way of Blue (And wearing the ring) auto-summons blue phantoms to aid you when reds invade
They removed the requirement to wear the ring, now you just gotta be part of the covenant.
Given your problem it seems like an ideal solution. No?
Considering you can get 5 rings in a first playthrough more if you use ascetics pretty much so.
Snake shrine thingy? That's a dlc area portal if so.
And they don't do that for us Blue Sentinels? I'd rather use that ring spot for something else
Ohhhhhhhh. Ok cool, thank you!
Also whenever I tried to farm Freya w/ Bonfire Aesthetics, it wouldn't work because the Dragon Stone thing appeared, is there a point in the game from which you can't farm her? or a point where it gets activated? Thanks!
And they don't do that for us Blue Sentinels? I'd rather use that ring spot for something else
Well, I would think Blue Sentinels would like to be able to choose when they do or do not get summoned without having to abandon the covenant. Like if you are doing something PvE wise and would rather not get interrupted. Way of the Blue members would never really not want help when they are invaded, or they would be in a different covenant.
Though I agree I wish there was a way to do it without taking up ring slots..
You probably used an ascetic on the wrong bonfire then. You needed to use it at the lower brightstone bonfire for her to respawn.
neoism
Member
goddamn darklurker I hate you... gotta love it I thought about DS2 allday at work I finally start to play it and get fucked by the shittiest deaths do you have to kill those 6 enemies every time... I was going to just run past but at leat you get bonfire ascetics, then I give up and go kill the two watchers and get ownt by Nashandra -________- time fo a break
thought I "got Guud" but I guess not..
thought I "got Guud" but I guess not..
Yep it's that bonfire yes.
Weird, it's not there for me, is the second DLC gonna be locked behind NG+ or something? :lol
There isn't really one at all just go with what you want.
Not the right place for the second dlc that's going to be from the iron keep primal bonfire.
Oh right, Sunken, Old Iron and Ivory.
There was a serpent shrine thing that teleports you do a room with a circle of stones, and a door that says you cannot open it.
This area here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZNwOaS1vjA&list=UUe0DNp0mKMqrYVaTundyr9wt=0m053s
EDIT, I see it's DLC.
Windom Earle
Member
Speaking of GeDoSaTo, I am trying to use CleanUI on PC without all the fancy other stuff (I prefer to do the downsampling on driver level). Any way to tell GeDoSaTo to only do the texture modding and ignore the rest? My performance suddenly turned to crap with it activated. (And I always downsample 3200x1800 @60fps)
No, the whips degrade ridiculously fast, so they'd probably still break (and fixing them is not expensive). On the other hand the Ring OLP will still break, so it really would not help me much.
No, the whips degrade ridiculously fast, so they'd probably still break (and fixing them is not expensive). On the other hand the Ring OLP will still break, so it really would not help me much.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
What's your SM? A great place to co-op from 300k-1M SM is Old Iron King. I kept getting summoned there til I reached around 1M.
Just a heads up but if you're using GeDo with it, driver SSAO won't be applied unfortunately.
Assuming you set it up appropriately, GeDo should have nearly exact 0 performance hit if you're only using it for texture replacement.
Disable bloom, disable SSAO, disable DoF, disable PostProcessing, disable AA, enable texture override.
DoF, Bloom, SSAO, AA, and PostProcessing is the order from most demanding to least demanding. I do think the postprocessing looks good and has a small impact, I do recommend using it if you have the GPu overhead for it.
If you aren't downsampling, you might want to disable the sharpening the PostProcessing does, but aside from that the way it affects colors looks really good.
Orochinagis
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Right now the NG bosses coop zones are
The pursuer (second encounter)
Old Dragonslayer
The sinner (before taking the elevator or right on the boss door)
Smelter Demon
Iron King
The Rotten
Dual Dragon riders bros
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DLC
Queen
Sinh
Ganksquad (on the tombstones area right after the bonfire)
Sinh
Ganksquad (on the tombstones area right after the bonfire)
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Small soapstone coop
Forest of giants
Hunstman corpse
Shaded woods
Bastille
Shulva (DLC)
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PvP
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Iron keep bridge (First bonfire)
Shulva first area (DLC)
The black gultch (run run forest)
Okay, so I just played Dark Soul 2 for the first time and spent a about 2 1/2 hours getting acclimated to the game. Here are my quick thoughts:
- I couldn't find the Estus Flask until the very end of my play session. I had already encountered Orstein and the Dragonrider (wrong name maybe?), and explored the other side up to the fire breathing tunnel before sitting down with my friend and saying "we must have missed it". We even got an upgrade for it before even having one! Why is that woman so hard to find?
- I'm loving a lot of the subtle added features. Durability bars under items (my Axe broke in a few moments, any reason it seems to have sped up in this game? Also, do bonfires automatically repair items now?), Better inventory management, the ability to spend multiple souls at once, etc.
- When I first got the Estus Flask, I instantly upgraded it, and it only has two uses available. Is this consistently upgraded during the game?
- I noticed that my health bar max gets lower every time I die, unless I use a Human Effigy (or I assume if I kill a boss). Is there a limit to how much it goes down? Is there a way to reverse the effect outside of the two solutions I already stated?
Loving the game, it looks pretty and I'm digging the exploration a lot so far. Can't wait to continue!
- I couldn't find the Estus Flask until the very end of my play session. I had already encountered Orstein and the Dragonrider (wrong name maybe?), and explored the other side up to the fire breathing tunnel before sitting down with my friend and saying "we must have missed it". We even got an upgrade for it before even having one! Why is that woman so hard to find?
- I'm loving a lot of the subtle added features. Durability bars under items (my Axe broke in a few moments, any reason it seems to have sped up in this game? Also, do bonfires automatically repair items now?), Better inventory management, the ability to spend multiple souls at once, etc.
- When I first got the Estus Flask, I instantly upgraded it, and it only has two uses available. Is this consistently upgraded during the game?
- I noticed that my health bar max gets lower every time I die, unless I use a Human Effigy (or I assume if I kill a boss). Is there a limit to how much it goes down? Is there a way to reverse the effect outside of the two solutions I already stated?
Loving the game, it looks pretty and I'm digging the exploration a lot so far. Can't wait to continue!
I'll try to answer your questions in order.
- Yea, it is super annoying, there really is nothing obvious pointing to the emerald herald when you first reach Majula. I only found it because I had 3000 souls and wanted to level, and I figured someone in that town had to let me.
- Durability is different now than in DkS 1. It isn't as much of a slow trickle down that is more or less meaningless. Durability goes down fast, but bonfires reset it to full. Unless you let the durability go to 0, at which point an item breaks, and you have to pay to repair it. Keep some spare weapons that are partially upgraded with you, or stock repair powder. Known bug is that durability decays faster for weapons on the PC version, so that kind of sucks.
- Yea, you find ways to upgrade how much it heals and how many uses you have throughout the game. Max is 12 uses, +5 flask. Stock up on them lifegems!
- You can't go below 50% (40%? around half) max HP. There is a ring that makes you lose less HP from each death and I think sets the limit to 80% max HP, but takes up a ring slot. You actually might have it already given what you said you've explored. You can equip it after the fact and it will "fix" your HP loss to be correct, so you can have another ring on and put it on if you die a few times. I actually don't think killing a boss makes you human like it did in Demon's Souls, you can only do it with effigies or I think through some multiplayer stuff.
Orochinagis
Member
You should talk to the majula NPC more, Majula is the central hub of your adventure keep visit them since they are the only one who can sells you repairs, upgrades,armor and some other consumables
The repair powder is still there but yeah resting repairs your items but not fix the broken ones
Yes, there is a upgrade each zone you visit (13 shards but max out with 12 shards)
I think 40% of your health penalty is max health penalty (less penalty if you have the binding ring)
Can I use gedosato for applying post processing mods like ENB? Having the game be really close is nice, and wouldn't want to lose it, but I also would really like to down sample instead of using FXAA.
Also, has there been a fix for the weapon durability @ 60 FPS?
Next DLC is coming this month on the 23rd, and the other at the 23rd of sept correct?
Also, has there been a fix for the weapon durability @ 60 FPS?
Next DLC is coming this month on the 23rd, and the other at the 23rd of sept correct?
Thanks a lot for the info!
A bit annoying to hear about the durability changes and the health situation, but glad to have the knowledge so I can prepare/level/fight with it in mind.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
It's 50% of your max health, and with the multiplayer if you successfully help a host beat the boss. Also, I think if you use Small White Soapstone and your session ends without you or the host dying it still counts as duty fulfilled, and thus you get humanity back. It's a quick way to get humanity, since you have like 5 or so minutes using Small White Soapstone then you get sent back to your world. Aside from that everything looks good
.Orochinagis
Member
Some weapons have less durability than others and some drains their durability by using the strong attack with both hands so in the end you have to choose wisely how to use your weapon.
1.7M, I guess that is high? I'm right after Shrine of Amana. I've only co-oped about 30 times and I haven't been grinding.
Thanks very much, I tried a number of these areas. I only really had luck at The Rotten but that was very active. The new DLC zones still feel dead, with the exception of Q
ueen Elana
Turns out the new DLC end boss
was easier for me solo than with the NPC summons. I ended up using no shield, no magic, just two handing a Heide Knight Sword +10 Lightning and the new ring
By playing solo
(Dragon)
(Lightning Clutch Ring) to boost my damage.
By playing solo
you can keep very close to his back legs/tail and stay very aggressive. That also prevents most of his flying and toxic fire fuckery. It still took me a few tries but it was a very fun fight.
Orochinagis
Member
Elana
congratz of beating him, he is the easiest compared to
Elana and the ganksquad
Thanks, she gave me no trouble at all on both my current NG run and my NG++ run previously.
Gank squad
bring two human summons. which I think is questionable game design.
The
Ganksquad
Ganksquad
And considering NPCs propensity to get afflicted by statuespit (goddammit Lucatiel), they'll probably be stone before they get down.
The DkS2 devs just dont understand that boss fights with more enemies doesn't necessarily mean fun and challenging gameplay. Compare it to Artorias of the Abyss. All single mob boss fights that were done extremely well.
It's fine with boss fights that are tuned for multiplayer. But when the fight is an indisputable pain in the ass playing it solo it's a problem.
Hitting his tail stuns him briefly. And you can also cut off his tail and that stuns him for a longer period. You don't get a sword by doing this though.
Once you reach wretch status you no longer have the cap at 50%. It goes far lower than that.
Windom Earle
Member
Thank you, I'll give it a try
edit: Ok, making some progress.
One more question on this, what is the benefit of using SSAO (or AA for that matter) in GeDoSaTo? The game already has it, no?
Will it overwrite the game version? (I get that SMAA will probably look better than the game AA)
DarkHeartedKill
Member
At 1.7M I'd try putting a summon sign down for throne Defender/Watcher. That place is a summon hotspot because of how many people really hate that fight.
Stratosphere
Member
Is there any consensus on what the best PvE builds are now that miracles/lightning have been nerfed? I think I'm going to start a new character for Crown of the Old Iron King.
I respecced my NG++ character to use the Crypt Blacksword for the last DLC, and it was still a major pain in my ass lol. Maybe I just need to git gud.
I respecced my NG++ character to use the Crypt Blacksword for the last DLC, and it was still a major pain in my ass lol. Maybe I just need to git gud.
Orochinagis
Member
If you are caster pyro and hexes are a go right now.
Haunted
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Windom Earle
Member
Pure STR, STR/INT, STR/FTH and 30/30 INT/FTH with you guessed it STR.
Stratosphere
Member
I think I see a pattern here
I'm thinking about trying str/fth/int again, but in NG. Since I wont have access to the Crypt Blacksword, is there another early/mid game weapon that scales well with fth/int?
You just need to get the dull ember to access infusions and make a weapon into dark scaling weapon.I think I see a pattern here
I'm thinking about trying str/fth/int again, but in NG. Since I wont have access to the Crypt Blacksword, is there another early/mid game weapon that scales well with fth/int?
The earliest ones are halberds and a spear off of the top of my head. Roaring halberd from the three skeleton kings, silverblack spear at earthen peak from grave wardens, and a dark scythe in shaded woods.
Deified Data
Banned
Beat
solo on my first try. I was really dreading this fight the way people were talking about it but I personally thought
was a lot harder. And it's a good thing too, because the path leading there was so annoying I doubt I'd even attempt it again unless I summoned someone.
Basically I just
You know people hate on
a lot, some I'd agree with and some I wouldn't, but I think my least favorite thing about them is how out of place they are. Most bosses feel like they fit in the world. You get their soul and you can read about who or what they were, but these guys just seem totally random. It didn't even make sense to find them where you did. Is there any lore I'm missing that hints at who these people were?
the trio
Notshandra
Basically I just
kited everyone around the path to your left when you enter the battle and took potshots at anyone who got separated from the group. I was able to separate them fairly easily by jumping into the pool and running back to the top, a couple of them would usually hop in after me and have to climb out so I'd be alone with the sniper for a second. Repeat that whole process for scimitar guy. When I was finally alone with Havel I just got him with my Bow of Want - every shot stunned him, so it was easy to lay into him.
You know people hate on
the trio
Cannon Goose
Member
I think they're meant to be people who ransacked the Sunken Kingdom before you arrived. All those open chests you find around the place could have contained some of the gear they were using, or something like that.
And I agree that the trio aren't too difficult if you can kite them around and then take out the greatbow user. Parrying the Havel (twice) to death was really satisfying once he was the only one left.
And I agree that the trio aren't too difficult if you can kite them around and then take out the greatbow user. Parrying the Havel (twice) to death was really satisfying once he was the only one left.
I figured that the invading Yorgh and his Drakeblood Knights were the ones who ransacked the open chests. Would make sense, considering they are the enemies you encounter in the area with the open chests.
Cannon Goose
Member
You're probably right, that does make more sense.
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Is it possible to jump from where my guy is standing to those stairs in Iron Keep?
I invaded a guy who sprinted past all the enemies and then was suddenly up where that archer is. The bridge to the Smelter Demon hadn't been lowered on either side so I couldn't get over there. He kept doing well what is it so I tried the jump and fell quite short of making it.