I miss my 32 Great Lightning Spears and Lightning Defender Greatsword. Those really wrecked everything.
Now all the young kids are going Red Iron Twinblade this, or Rapier that. Pft! In my day we played with POWER.
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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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I miss my 32 Great Lightning Spears and Lightning Defender Greatsword. Those really wrecked everything.
Now all the young kids are going Red Iron Twinblade this, or Rapier that. Pft! In my day we played with POWER.
Have you used the RI Twinblade? It is power.
Haha. This pleases me.
Just making funsies. RIT is really damn strong, but I'm currently in love with the Rapier. 400+ damage per poke on Ruin Sentinels is the mark of a really good time.
On a side note, who's DSP?
(I don't know who DPS is*)
But can't one respec the character to Melee just for that Fight, then respec back to weakened GOD Zeus?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Who do you lot prefer:
or Artorias?
Sir Alonne
Smelter Hammer smiles upon you, indeedy. Fromsoft really wants you to level forever.
Watch Ivory King give us a weapon with 50/50/25/25 requirements.
Artorias. His movements aren't as teleport-y, but still dangerous as hell.
Sir Fernando Alonso
Oh I didn't know about the stat increase :O
Artorias.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Bloodborne looks so damned good.
At least some good came from the new DLC.
I'm not really terribly versed in lore for the Souls games so I think Artorias is a little overrated but Artorias had some really cool variety of attacks and it felt like it was all leading up to fighting him. DS1 DLC just had a better sense of pacing and had the advantage of not re-using old assets. The first DS2 DLC was great, had a great sense of pacing and wonder and all that. The only thing it fails at is that all of the bosses were re-used assets.
the 2nd DLC just had a worse sense of pacing and it just felt like "Oh, I'm fighting Artorias 2.0, neat I guess."but I found Artorias 2.0 to be much harder then his DS1 counterpart.
It's kind of a 50/50 for me. Artorias had a better set up and actual lore and reasons to exist but I found him pretty easy (I beat him on my first attempt). Artorias 2.0 lacks that set up and lore but he's much, much harder. I would go Artorias 2.0 if the rest of the DLC around him was good but it isn't so in terms of overall experience the original Knight Artorias wins out.
SoldnerKei
Member
Artorias all day
I loved that fight and couldn't help but feel bad for killing him
so, what's the best looking gear from the DLC so far? I got some stuff but haven't wear it yet, was too busy raging at
Smelter Smelly Demon
Fume Sorcerer top is brilliant for girls, and the gloves are nice, but the rest of the set leaves something to be desired. The pants are really tight!
Sir Alonso's
Phooey Knight's
Finished the new dlc yesterday. I really liked the setting and enemies.
Only the reuse of one of the bosses was kinda unsatisfying for me.
Also didn´t think that
would be the "endboss". Got to him and couldn´t put out the healing statues but that didn´t bring up any issue because holding him in the middle was no issue. I acutally found him harder with two swords, when he put the fast one away dodging everything became kinda easy.
on the other hand was great and very challanging but the worst corpse run ever.
Only the reuse of one of the bosses was kinda unsatisfying for me.
Also didn´t think that
fume knight
Sir Allone
Perfect, 38 for both. Thanks!
DrDrizzay101
Member
I like
Sir Alonne
Yea there was alot more going on with Artorias. By the time we see him, we already know so much about him, and the tragedy that has befallen him and the other Knights.
There is really no comparison outside of a similar battle.
We know very little about
Sir Alonne, outside of him coming from far east, and serving the Iron King briefly
i'll take it
now i just have to get up to sl 5ml
i think i'm only 2ml ng
one day i'll i'll get there
Orochinagis
Member
Smelter is surely a brickwall for casters, I hope I can get some summons today because I am stuck with him and I dont want to be forced to re spec or going melee
Artorias, though I don't really think that they're comparable.
Sir Alonne
I felt that they were giving the people who were complaining about how close most bonfires are to the bosses what they wanted.
Try Greathammers. They barely last through a single boss. I hate them with a passion, but I want to make them work
He's kind of like Ancient Dragon; Summoning just makes him meaner. Especially since he gets really long range attacks in his second phase.
HungOverOnATues
Member
Anyone on PC NG+ have a spare of the
? I've got extras of the rest of the set to trade for. I'm around 12 Mil SM.
Fume Sorceress Boots
InternHertz
Member
Well I found two bosses in the second DLC, and what I think is the 3rd one but can't get to that one yet.
The runs to
and
aren't that bad as we can only fight a few enemies to get to them. Although, being on NG++, I have
Now I need to get some practice on those bosses...
The runs to
Fume Knight
Smelter 2.0
two black phantoms guarding Smelter's entrance and, though easy to beat, take quite some time to die.
Now I need to get some practice on those bosses...
TatteredHat
Member
Those casters in the Iron Passage that slow you down to a crawl are a whole new level of bullshit.
SoldnerKei
Member
damn, you guys on NG++ make me feel like I am just having a walk in the park on NG+
They also like casting Profound Still on top of that. Fun lucky happy run for mage-characters, eh?
Try Greathammers. They barely last through a single boss. I hate them with a passion, but I want to make them work
He's kind of like Ancient Dragon; Summoning just makes him meaner. Especially since he gets really long range attacks in his second phase.
Yup, but it's actually a really fun coop boss unlike Ancient Dragon. Pretty funny to see a caster land a 300 dmg soul spear and then get 1 hit KOd.
When I was on NG+ I noticed no phantoms guarding him. I like the fact that there's little changes like that in each New Game level.
Orthogonal
Member
Hmmm, I have 11 fragments of Nadialia's soul, with one wedge left. I can't figure out where the last one is, I feel like I went everywhere.
You might of missed one in the lift shaft?
Orthogonal
Member
That one doesn't ring any bells so that is probably it. Thanks
ultraspank
Member
Holy shit i put my summon sign in iron passage, what a pain.
And please dont summon npc, they're useless!
And please dont summon npc, they're useless!
Rushing through now, got to Iron Keep and got the ladder lowered for the Gutter. Going to try to get through them later.
Got Invaded at Eatheren Peak but I was near that gate that the maniken locks on you and managed to lock out the Invader. A gesture battle ensued. After a couple of minutes I opened the gate and killed him with my Red Iron Twin Blade.
Got Invaded at Eatheren Peak but I was near that gate that the maniken locks on you and managed to lock out the Invader. A gesture battle ensued. After a couple of minutes I opened the gate and killed him with my Red Iron Twin Blade.
This doesn't sound familiar
Orthogonal
Member
Happened to me once. The manikin that is in front of the windmill, if you don't kill him fast enough, he runs up the stairs and through the door and drops the gate lever.
...huh?
Need the heart from ancient dragon to enter it or something.