Orochinagis
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Exhaust the first mobs spawns and run away the next two doors, RIP melee guys how can you deal with the rangers enemies and sometimes the nerfing mage to slow your movement joins the fight with lightning spears
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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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Exhaust the first mobs spawns and run away the next two doors, RIP melee guys how can you deal with the rangers enemies and sometimes the nerfing mage to slow your movement joins the fight with lightning spears
Orochinagis
Member
No idea since is in your right hand it could be invisible even in dual wielding
DarkHeartedKill
Member
I would assume if it's in your right hand inventory slot, it would be invisible. If so, the move set on that would look hilarious invisible. Suddenly, break out into dance.
Okay, I have something to try after the 3rd DLC is out. Just stock up on healing items, level up Armor and back up weapons, and yeah, I think I'm going to make a try for it.
Not that I'm aware of. Red Iron Twin Blade is the best and one of the best weapons in the game.
Or Artorias of the Abyss from Dark Souls 1?
i did but the first dlc is really really good
the difficulty is much lower too with only elana being really difficult
i mean like i said before, i'm not necessarily saying it's a bad dlc or anything, it's just that the combination of "haven't played in a while", "big difficulty spike compared to the main game (which was quite easy btw)" and "ng++" is just too much to bear
i'm having 10x more fun just blasting thru the main game with my new low level character than this one which has all the weapons i can ever want and enough respecs items to try something new like ten more times
i only played it on pc so it was part of the main game for me
Yeah, I just run through it. You won't have a chance to boost right before the boss but it's better than having to kill all those enemies.
Red Liquorice
Member
I finally finished my Drangleic depopulation run. The only inhabitants left I think are the stone knights near the Castle Kings Gate bonfire, the kitty cat in Majula and whatever other infinitely spawning enemies there are like in Undead Crypt.
I have no idea why I did this, there is no benefit or reason and I think this character is now at over 8M soul memory at the end of regular NG.
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I have no idea why I did this, there is no benefit or reason and I think this character is now at over 8M soul memory at the end of regular NG.
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Red iron twinblade is unmatched by any other twinblade. Stone is probably the second best.
The cat can't die it does have unused content where it could but not in the game as is. Any interesting population numbers?
that's hilarious
you have saved drangleic
too bad you'll be the monarch of no one
Red Liquorice
Member
Yeah I knew the cat couldn't die. I couldn't get the stone soldiers in the upper room in the castle to despawn. The one at the top of the ladder. I probably killed them about 30-40 times at least, I seem to remember being able to depopulate that room but I guess not (or they patched it because you need at least one left to activate the golem).
I also had loads of weird enemy loading bugs in the Gutter which I did last. I would rest at the bonfire or aged feather back and some enemies that didn't spawn on the previous run or two would be back. And some loading glitches with the explody guy on the second bridge, I'd see his character model stood on the bridge as I rode down the zipline but when I landed he would disappear. Strange!
Other than that it was a huge waste of time, lol!
Cannon Goose
Member
After 30 straight invasions of nothing but backstab fishing dagger builds, people sprinting away to heal, buffed straight swords, vacuum-style backstabs, and a holy fucking hell of a lot of lag, I am finally broken. Thanks a lot, Souls community, you finally made me want to just give up and uninstall the game!
A one-hit-KO frontstab that sucked me in like a tractor beam from across the Iron Keep bridge is what finally pushed me over the edge. I hit Alt+F4 before the "YOU DIED" message had even popped up, which I've never done before in online play but I had just had enough.
I think I'll take a break from this game until the next DLC.
A one-hit-KO frontstab that sucked me in like a tractor beam from across the Iron Keep bridge is what finally pushed me over the edge. I hit Alt+F4 before the "YOU DIED" message had even popped up, which I've never done before in online play but I had just had enough.
I think I'll take a break from this game until the next DLC.
Backstab fishers are the scum of the earth. Oo, I could learn to play the game, but circlestrafing and only attacking when I'm behind my opponent is so much *fun*!
Add lag/netcode to that and it's even better. What irks me is that the backstab confirmation punch will work regardless of where it hits you, as long as it hits you. So facestabs.
Laurentius
Member
Wait, why do some of the dead giants in the Giant Lord memory have creepy Venom like faces (just saw it in a stream)? Every live giant you see in DS2 has just a hole where their face should be...
Old assets, easter egg, lore point?
Old assets, easter egg, lore point?
These ones:
Are old assets I think, there is concept art for giants with faces like that.
Laurentius
Member
Yeah, that's the one. Old assets does make the most sense.
Iva Demilcol
Member
I had never seen those models since I usually run through the memories (you know, the time limit), the only weird thing I've seen is a giant flying through the sky and it wasn't even in my own game.
Laurentius
Member
lolwut?
Was it thrown into the air by one of the fireballs or something in the Giant Lord memory?
Also, yeah, the memories would have been so much better without the time limits. And if the giants weren't such a pain to fight.
Orochinagis
Member
DLC memories have no time limit woot.
I agree, my sorcerer entered artorias DLC in NG+ it was brutal for me, I have no chance because the bosses were already buffed with extra magic defense so it was not fun to me. That why I put my main sorcerer in DS still in NG to enjoy the DLC propertly and later on jump to NG+ to be instant killed everywhere.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
You could put on ironclad or jesters, although it sucks having to wear something that may go against your build, only way now since they really ruined the Gowers Ring. Increasing its weight and making it so it reduces damage that's just too much. I only disagree with BS fishing during arenas though. When it's an invasions(with the exception of RSS) I say anything to stay alive goes(exlcuding hacking & cheating, of course). So running away, healing, Seed of Gaints, BS fishing, etc I find are all acceptable. Lag isn't usually their fault, so hard to penalize someone for that.
Holy crap. You're a murderer! That place was their home and you just made them no longer exist ;~;. The NPCs trusted you, and you betrayed them, the poor Harold, all she wanted for you was to succeed. I'm looking way too much into this...
One time I had it where I shot a giant with my soul spear, and as I was about to shoot my second one he fell on his ass :/. Also backstabbed a giant once, but it was more like an assstab due to the height difference.
What the fuck is thissssss. Is this is still in the final game?
Yes it is.
Laurentius
Member
Yep. Go into the Giant Lord memory and look at some of the dead giants on the ground. (I don't know if they are in the other memories at all as well.)
Epitome of dignity
.There was the elite giant former face in the despair trailer:
CountAntonius
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Laurentius
Member
I've always assumed there is a relation, we just don't know what it is. I've wondered if what Vendrick stole has anything to do with the hole in Giant's faces in DkS2.
Epitome of dignity
What's wrong with their faces? Sure it an empty hole but it's far more different than Smelter's face.
The one on top. I don't think there's any relation between the giants in Dark Souls 1 and the giants in Dark Souls 2. The ones in DS1 at least have normal face features, body shape and skin tone.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
Epitome of dignity
There was the elite giant former face in the despair trailer:
And now I will never sleep. EVER. AGAIN!
That was a joke.
Iva Demilcol
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Laurentius
Member
Haha, wow! That was amazing. Someone needs to make a GIF of that.
Orochinagis
Member
Those chantics, those drunk engineers switch traps
Iva Demilcol
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Orochinagis
Member
3 damage bro.
The who and the what now
DarkHeartedKill
Member
I think they get catapulted over the wall or something. Anytime I go there that guy always falls in front of me. I always wondered where he came from...
I feel like this game gives to a lot less twinkling titanite. Also I dont like the idea of bonfire ascetics being needed to get super rare armor sets off of enemies that only respawn once. Just seems like lame design. But then again limited respawns is kind of a dumb mechanics too. Sad too because I got every item in DkS1 except the dumb fucking ghost blade.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
You can farm Twinkling from the enemies in Shrine of Amana. Be sure to wear Jester Cap, Gold Serpent Ring +2 and Prisoners Tatters to help the drop. I kinda love and hate the no respawn. Makes it hard as shit to farm some items, but also makes it less of an annoyance to get to a boss. I hardly got upset dying to the boss, I just hated the run back. Not because the enemies were difficult, just because it was such a time waster. Guess it's jsut me though, I love bonfires in front of bosses heh.
Twinkling became rarer because dragon bones can be used to upgrade boss weapons. At least, that's my theory.