Palette Swap
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So, I've been asceting the Aerie to farm minerals, I'm currently at 4 and plan to continue. Is there any downside to continuing, something I should be aware of?
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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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Encountered some assholes lately at Iron Keep so I stopped bowing.
I'm at the end of NG+ and mainly doing co-op at theto get at rank 3 of theDrangleic Castleand I have to say that it's quite frustrating so far since either the hosts drop like flies in thesunbrosfight or some people summon me to kill one sentinel and then send me back...I don't want to believe that people have problem withNashandraand I'm guessing they just get too greedy.Nashandra
Any other hot spot for jolly co-operation? because it's getting tiresome at this point. I am at 217slvl with 10m soul memory.
Freja, Old Iron King, and Lost Sinner are usually pretty good spots to get summoned. My SM is around 12M and I was getting summoned at OIK very frequently last night. Lost Sinner usually has the highest success rate for me, but it shouldn't be too hard to get Sunlight Medals at any of these bosses. Might even want to give the Ruin Sentinels a shot.
Thanks, I'll give those a try today.
BTW where do I get the Flame Quartz +2 ring? I've read that it's a drop from
Guardian Dragon
Red Liquorice
Member
It's a nice break from melee
I'm on a dual wield build atm and I'm itching to start a new magic build, I want my pew-pews and shield!
Backfoggen
Banned
What the hell. I just ran to Sinner's Rise from Lost Bastille and climbing up the ladder to the bonfire heard a pretty long screeching sound. It definitely wasn't a sound enemies in the area made and there wasn't anything new around.
Weird.
Weird.
Palette Swap
Member
Thanks, I'll give those a try today.
BTW where do I get the Flame Quartz +2 ring? I've read that it's a drop fromat NG+ but I didn't get it.Guardian Dragon
Don't forget
there are 3 more Guardian Dragons to fight in the Aerie. As described above, I've been using ascetics there and I have like 3-4 FQ+2 rings now, without trying or looking for it TBH.
catashtrophe
Member
Nearing the end of the game I think as I've gained access to the memories areas and really enjoying the game. But once I finish this play through I don't feel like doing a new game+
Can this get platted in one play through?
Can this get platted in one play through?
I think I'm approaching the end of the game, although I have no idea. I just got a circular means of opening a few doors. Anyway. I hear people talk about "end game", and I don't want to suddenly waltz into a fog-gate that, when I defeat whatever's in there, I'm thrown into NG+ and lose a lot of my stuff. Are there any sure ways to identify not making that mistake, or identifying 'the end of the game', like the last area was in Dark Souls 1?
EDIT: Thanks!
EDIT: Thanks!
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Sure, as long as you win 1000 rounds of PVP (500 invasions or arena rounds as a Blue Sentinel and 500 in the Brotherhood of Blood).
Charmicarmicat
Banned
If you turn around and look back over the bridge to the rooftops you see one of the Belfry Gargoyles fly across.
Eh, it's true that I went through the game frying everything with a healthy dose of Lightning Spear to the face, and the help of summons, but I am slowly going through it with melee only; I melee soloed the gargoyles and now the lost sinner.
First time(s) through the game -> beat it in any broken way possible
Subsequent tries -> try to do it all with melee
STR + FAI, STR + INT, or STR + FAI + INT are all viable builds.
Arjen
Member
I'd go for base stats of the weapon you want and pump the rest in faith and int. Then infuse your weapon. My dark infused mace is still doing it's job at the end of NG+ even without resonant weapon.
KoreanBarbecue
Member
So I have to ascetic the first bonfire huh? when I killed the
dragons
On another note I'm outside
Freja
Zwei
Skellig Gra
Member
I thought it was
a dragon
Shin Kojima
Banned
Haha I was exactly the other way round.
First time through -> Company of Champions/Melee/no FAQS at all
Subsequent tries -> Using some summons/ trying different classes/seeing what I missed with FAQS
I figured the first playthrough of the game will always have the most impact so I wanted a good amount of challenge right from the start and have a nice memorable first experience.
SoldnerKei
Member
first time it happened I freaked out, I was like "shit, shit, shit, a dragon, shit, shit" and ran to the bonefire...
Great, thanks for the info guys. I actually forgot about respeccing so I guess I can't really mess anything up permanently anyway. Are there any particularly good weapons to keep an eye out for?
SO...my zero-death run was put to a heartbreaking stop. 100+ hours of nervous, conservative play with many horrifying close calls - just up in smoke. I knew it would be some stupid unexpected shit that did me in.
/// ATTENTION ///
Be warned! If my fellow Soulsians haven't already noticed, FROM made a few small but significant changes to
Memory of Jeigh
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More fire. And it seems to land more often. Mercifully, it still has a predictable, albeit harder to avoid pattern.
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The giant stone head no longer rolls down after a certain amount of time like a world event. Now it's triggered by where you are. Previous playthroughs I could wait at the beginning of the map for it to roll down and do some free damage to the two giants in that area. And then ran under it once they were dead. Now it waits for you to get near and rolls at you. Standing in the alcove to the left is a good place to trigger it and wait.
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Standing under the stone head is no longer safe. Fire rains down directly upon it. =_=
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Ben the hit man hart and Capt. Drummond are still dumb as rocks. No change there. They charge into that shit and are usually dead by the time I get to the boss.
Some questions:
Does NG+ reset your death count? I'm wondering if a NG+ run is eligible for the zero death ring.
Can you summon humans in the
Memory sections
Be wary of patch, in short, fuck you FROM
KoreanBarbecue
Member
At what point does agility stop being useful? Right now my agility is sitting at 110 and I have an equip load of about 115 (of which I'm using about 55%). My ADP is at like 37, too. Should I just stop putting points into it? I'm NG++ and literally don't have anything else to spend souls on, so have just been allocating them willy nilly.
I believe all stats start diminishing returns around the 40-50 mark. Raising you ADP in conjunction with END nets you poise. That is, if your END is 40 and you raise your ADP to 40, you get a bunch of poise added.
I'm of the opinion that most weapons are viable as long as you upgrade. Rare upgrading material may require farming to get enough for you to fully upgrade more than one weapon in one playthrough though.
edit: Also, there are a lot and I mean A FUCKLOAD of different weapons to find in this game, so don't be afraid to experiment.
You should try it with melee! I did, and eventually ended up respeccing to magic.
I went in with the intention of doing so (powerstancing greatswords at the ready), expected spells to dry up fairly quickly but was really surprised by how much damage they did. When it/he/she split into two I got sudden Maneater dread and expected two health bars. I'll go pure melee next time.
SO...my zero-death run was put to a heartbreaking stop. 100+ hours of nervous, conservative play with many horrifying close calls - just up in smoke. I knew it would be some stupid unexpected shit that did me in.
/// ATTENTION ///
Be warned! If my fellow Soulsians haven't already noticed, FROM made a few small but significant changes toin the 1.03 patch. It caught me totally off guard because I played the area many times my first few times through, and is what put a halt to my beautiful zero death run.Memory of Jeigh
-More fire. And it seems to land more often. Mercifully, it still has a predictable, albeit harder to avoid pattern.
-The giant stone head no longer rolls down after a certain amount of time like a world event. Now it's triggered by where you are. Previous playthroughs I could wait at the beginning of the map for it to roll down and do some free damage to the two giants in that area. And then ran under it once they were dead. Now it waits for you to get near and rolls at you. Standing in the alcove to the left is a good place to trigger it and wait.
-Standing under the stone head is no longer safe. Fire rains down directly upon it. =_=
-Ben the hit man hart and Capt. Drummond are still dumb as rocks. No change there. They charge into that shit and are usually dead by the time I get to the boss.
Some questions:
Does NG+ reset your death count? I'm wondering if a NG+ run is eligible for the zero death ring.
Can you summon humans in the? I need human help!Memory sections
Be wary of patch, in short, fuck you FROM
Damn dude, sucks you went down like that. But hey you got crazy far in the game.
SeventhSon
Member
Death count remains in NG+
Good to know.
Honestly, as much as it sucked, near the end it had gotten so rewarding to play the game this way that it became worth it. It really helped me appreciate the game on a whole new level. You really have to make the most of every little thing you get. And then there's the adrenaline rush from the intensity and danger of it all...
So there's this weird phenomenon going on in my NG+ playthrough where background details that weren't there before are now suddenly there. During NG, Drangleic Castle was just there with nothing but black sky around it and no rain at all and now in NG+ there's like an entire moonlit/sun peaking through the stormy weather and there is now rain everywhere? Wat da fuuuu
Also, in Undead Crypt where
Glitch much?
Also, in Undead Crypt where
the King is shuffling around, there are now eerie statues all over the place in the background that weren't there before.
Glitch much?
Besides playing safer obviously is there anything you changed about your gameplay at all? More consumables/thrown items, different weapons, more ranged weapons, etc?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
And there's the platinum done. Took a break last week and went back to push to the castle this morning and buy those damn covenant locked spells from the NPC.
126 hours on the character; now I can play something else for a change.
126 hours on the character; now I can play something else for a change.
Sometimes the backgrounds won't load for me, but only lasts for a few seconds at worst
I think it was more of an issue for some people but it was fixed in the last patch, like a week ago or more.
edit: I think the
head
memory of Jeigh
You are a radder dude than me.
This happened to me, I assumed it was due to the patch. Drangleic castle was a huge anticlimax for me in my first playthrough as the sky was entirely black with no lighting. It looked pretty bad. Moonlight was there for Ng+ and suddenly there was atmosphere.
Finally finished the game. Loved it. The beginning and map design of Dark Souls I is better but apart from that Dark Souls II is better in pretty much every aspect. About to dive into NG+, I'm still using the Black Knight Halberd +4 or so, any tips for a better melee weapon before I start?
The biggest change for me was how much I used the bow and poisoned arrows even if there was a slight chance I might have trouble. I was pure melee on my usual runs. I never took on more than one enemy, lol.I made sure to be offline unless I needed to summon for bosses since there's no way for invaders to know I'm trying to do a zero-death run. I didn't risk fighting
Iron King
KoreanBarbecue
Member
Good to know, thanks. Guess I'll put one more point into ADP and then start pumping up my INT and FTH.
Wait, you skipped
Iron King
Grave of Saints / the Gutter / Black Gulch ?
e: oh the rats I guess means grave, I read that as door of pharros
SO...my zero-death run was put to a heartbreaking stop. 100+ hours of nervous, conservative play with many horrifying close calls - just up in smoke. I knew it would be some stupid unexpected shit that did me in.
/// ATTENTION ///
Be warned! If my fellow Soulsians haven't already noticed, FROM made a few small but significant changes toin the 1.03 patch. It caught me totally off guard because I played the area many times my first few times through, and is what put a halt to my beautiful zero death run.Memory of Jeigh
-More fire. And it seems to land more often. Mercifully, it still has a predictable, albeit harder to avoid pattern.
-The giant stone head no longer rolls down after a certain amount of time like a world event. Now it's triggered by where you are. Previous playthroughs I could wait at the beginning of the map for it to roll down and do some free damage to the two giants in that area. And then ran under it once they were dead. Now it waits for you to get near and rolls at you. Standing in the alcove to the left is a good place to trigger it and wait.
-Standing under the stone head is no longer safe. Fire rains down directly upon it. =_=
-Ben the hit man hart and Capt. Drummond are still dumb as rocks. No change there. They charge into that shit and are usually dead by the time I get to the boss.
Some questions:
Does NG+ reset your death count? I'm wondering if a NG+ run is eligible for the zero death ring.
Can you summon humans in the? I need human help!Memory sections
Be wary of patch, in short, fuck you FROM
Oh man, it really sucks. I'm sorry to hear that
Regarding that area, if you time it right, the NPC can reach the boss untouched. That boss kicked my ass so many times that now I can do it with my eyes closed. It's all about how you time your navigation from a safe spot to another.
Yeah, sorry. I meant Grave of Saints. Not much there, anyway. The gutter and black gulch are manageable as long as you're careful. I ventured down there for the Titanite Chunk drops.
Oh man, it really sucks. I'm sorry to hear that
Regarding that area, if you time it right, the NPC can reach the boss untouched. That boss kicked my ass so many times that now I can do it with my eyes closed. It's all about how you time your navigation from a safe spot to another.
Yeah it reminds me a lot of the Dragonfire pattern you have to dodge to get up the stairs and fight Allant in Demon's.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
So why is it that Raulmond could wear all three rings but we can only wear one? I'm assuming he wore them all since he's stated as the owner of each one and "cherished them until his death". At which point they somehow ended up in the hands of a magic rock, a manscorpian and a chest under guard by dragon guardians. I guess this probably wasn't thought through very much lore wise, but in that case they could have given the Dragon rings different flavor text at least.
Backfoggen
Banned
That Giant Lords first smash is definitely my biggest DS2 nemesis. Wish I had a tactic to consistently dodge that one-hit kill. Once I'm up by the thing next to him he's done. I can beat him even with a bow from there. But that first hit got me so often it's riddick.
And then the double load times after you die, gross. GROSS
And then the double load times after you die, gross. GROSS