That's infused with a magic stone which gives you one on the enchanted path at max D scaling. Enchanted does nothing on weapons that already have magic naturally except give you worse scaling. You want either a normal maxed one or one that is on magic path via a faintstone which has B INT scaling.
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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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zephervack
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Hmmm thanks, I think I will consider this weapon then, thanks
Is this Wiki wrong though:
http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/dragonrider-s-halberd
Says D scaling with Magic path
Checking the numbers, it may seem like the best path might be raw with an accumulated damage points of 425, vrs 205 of Magic path
No it's right you're reading the scaling wrong for final magic at +5 has C STR, D DEX, and B INT. The enchanted path which has D INT scaling is D STR, E DEX, D INT.Hmmm thanks, I think I will consider this weapon then, thanks
Is this Wiki wrong though:
http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/dragonrider-s-halberd
Says D scaling with Magic path
Checking the numbers, it may seem like the best path might be raw with an accumulated damage points of 425, vrs 205 of Magic path
Raw is more for weapons without natural elements or that don't scale well at like a malformed skull or malformed shell, raw or enchanted for a dragonrider halberd is the worst two paths as one does nothing but lower scaling, and raw is a waste on something that does split damage already.
zephervack
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Ohh I see, I was reading the stat bonus chart wrong but Im still confused about the damage charts for example, I see:
Magic Dragonrider's Halberd +5 225/180/0/0/0, this means a combo of 405 damage right?
While
Raw Dragonrider's Halberd +5 287/138/0/0/0 = 425 damage
Am I missing something? A/B = Physical/Magical damage right? doesnt this make the Raw better? http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/dragonrider-s-halberd
That's also another case of reading it wrong as you can't add AR like that, it doesn't work that way as those are the base damage values which do not represent damage after scaling is applied outside of a few exceptions.
287/138 E/E/D scaling for a raw dragon rider halberd at max is even weaker than a max normal one with 250/120 B/C/C due to the scaling which makes it stronger than the raw one even with the bare mininmum of 18/17/6 STR/DEX/INT it's like ~6 AR weaker. Although that doesn't seem like much the difference is much more apparent with a higher INT value even comparing 18/17/50 maxed normal vs. raw where it's a ~10 difference with raw being worse off.
That's slightly idealised ignoring some of the technicalities of halberd usage like the sweet spot thing excreta but you get the idea.
zephervack
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I guess when looking at those tables, maybe applying some kind of base multiplier based on the INT scaling would be better for a sorcery build with high int.
I think I understand correctly now, thanks
Like I said earlier the magic path has just that with its B INT scaling giving it a a higher scaling percentage for your INT which would naturally be high on a INT build.
SoldnerKei
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played a DaS I for a bit back a few days, gosh I had a hard time getting use to the framerate. had fun thou, it made me realize how bonfires are so close to each other in DaSII, to the point that you are not even worried to reach one lol
also funny how I got invaded every 15~20 mintus in DaSI and I rarely get invaded in DasII, damn you SM!! oh well, hopefully DaSII gets more active once the patch hits
also funny how I got invaded every 15~20 mintus in DaSI and I rarely get invaded in DasII, damn you SM!! oh well, hopefully DaSII gets more active once the patch hits
Laurentius
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Yeah, I'm really sick of the Iron Keep bridge.
From a logistical standpoint, it's a good place for PVP: right next to the bonfire, a decent amount of room on the bridge itself while still maintaining an "arena" feel, and there are no enemies you have to clear out first.
But I'm really tired of the look and oppressive orange of the Iron Keep bridge. There have been a few attempts by people to move PVP interest to other areas, but the Iron Keep bridge still maintains it's spot as the most popular area. Kind of hard to pull people away from it now.
Tarkus
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The Tower Apart at the Lost Bastille seems like it was made for PvP. But no one summons me or invades me there.
Probably due to the space and the fact the dragon covenant is right around the corner less than a minute makes it more desirable for pvp. You can easily rank up in the dragon covenant thanks to it not exactly sure if that's one of the direct causes but it seems likely. The next most popular are Hedie, drangelic castle, and the bastile off the top of my head.
Orthogonal
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Heides Tower of Flame used to get a lot of action and fight clubs. Haven't played in a while but that might be worth a shot.
Cannon Goose
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Yeah, Heide's is still fairly popular (not a bad place to find ganks either) and the Dragon Aerie can be a lot of fun to invade too.
Update is February the disc is released like April 7th.
DarkHeartedKill
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Ive noticed a few times. They move erratically for me at times, freaks me out, them being spiders are is enough...
It seems that most of the enemy animations are sped up due to 60 FPS, it's just more noticeable and jarring with some enemies than it is with others.
There's some mentioned in the scholar of the first sin patch notes but I don't know about all of them.
Thanks. I've been staying away from the thread until the X1 version comes out so I can kind of start fresh.
I'm pretty sure that either the bugs that aren't mentioned aren't being fixed at all for that update might be in latter update on other hand they might not be fixed at all. All the fixed bugs the patch notes mentioned was a location bug in the menu where it doesn't match where you are, Lucatiel quest bug, and a rouge water bug.
TheSpoiler
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I've maybe put six hours into this game, and it's been so long that I don't remember anything about it.
And now I'd love to do a SL1 runthrough. Keep in mind I'm shit at all Souls games. Is it possible to do and ball bustingly hard?
And now I'd love to do a SL1 runthrough. Keep in mind I'm shit at all Souls games. Is it possible to do and ball bustingly hard?
It's not hard per se but if you can't dodge you're going to die a hell of a lot. You just grab a mace and upgrade that throughout the game with the right pines and resins for bosses.
It is a fair bit harder due to less I frames but a majority of the bosses have quite exploitable movesets that you can use to counteract the limited I frames to an extent, although broken hitboxes will comeback to haunt you. There's other weapons options to that can be used on a SL1 run that can give you a bit more range but they're a bit far off.
Orochinagis
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Not really, only noticeable with heavy armor
you say you're shit at Souls games, and have barely played this, and you want to now do an SL1 run.
WHY?
TheSpoiler
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Per a bet I made with my friend (and the members of my website), I promised to gimp myself for my next playthrough of Dark Souls II.
Olympic run is also an option.
TheSpoiler
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Oh lord, what is that?
next playthrough? I thought you said you'd only put 6 hours into it?
TheSpoiler
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As in literally the next time I play the game.
Carrying a lit torch the entire game I think.
The way power stance works means that one weapon supersedes another and the higher it is in the order that is the moveset you have. In this case you have the ultra powerstance moveset so the claymore is more of a hindrance than another ultra would be.
As you already meet the requirements you should get another zwei from the spiders in tseldora and powerstance a pair of them it will only be a 4 unit increase in weight and it will improve your damage substantially.
Tarkus
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I've got 6 of them. Trying Zweihander in dominate hand now.....doesn't seem to work as well.
It takes practice, it's the exact same moveset you might want to watch your stamina a bit more though.
Well that's kind of self explanatory with greatswords having a faster attack speed than the ultras and you're using the singular weapon with R1&R2. The actual powerstance moveset is only the L1&L2 stuff, the R1&R2 is just one handed moveset of the right handed weapon.
Tarkus
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I'm just saying, with the Claymore in the right, those combos seem faster...which is more important to me.
That's because they're faster as it's just the single handed moveset of the claymore.
MoonsaultSlayer
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So I was finally invaded for the first time last night. Many months I had expressed concerned because I had misinterpreted what burning a human effigy did and thought I had ruined my chance of invasion. Level 76, 27 hours in.
Guy was bare chested, roided out with hard hitting bare fists... but he was no match for my wanderer with a +4 schimitar lol.
Guy was bare chested, roided out with hard hitting bare fists... but he was no match for my wanderer with a +4 schimitar lol.
Tarkus
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Sorry Stormtrooper, I meant L1 & L2 in my posts. I was quite tipsy last night. Drunk Souls is quite fun. Are there any Ultras that have a thrust attack?
Someone tested the powerstance speeds ultra & greatsword with another ultra are roughly the same speed it was observation only so take that as you wish. There's several that have thrusts in their two hand movesets the zwei, drakekeeper (zwei for STR builds), ivory king ultra, and old knight ultra off the top of my head others either have the other ultra moveset or have specials instead of a thrust.
Tarkus
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Need to try Ivory King Ultra. So far, Zwei is the best for me.
Ugh, spent so much time farming for twinkling to upgrade my Raw Santier's Spear and I don't even really like it.
It's basically a zwei with a different 1h rolling attack and the extension for the two handed and the bleed aux, it ends up with 300 damage and B/B scaling at max.