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[UnObtainium17]

My first death was in the jumping part of the tutorial. I did not read the instruction and pressed circle like a dumbass. Boom fell into the gap.

MY ASS IS GETTING KICKED by those white bipedal rhino looking monsters. Broken sword ain't gonna do it... Well it can lol but I'll just comeback to them with a more decent weapon.

 

[HeelPower]

I won't say much as I barely played anything in the game(was busy)

But holyshit the moment the game starts looks insanely haunting..almost like its preparing for finale.

 

[Zukuu]

Last night I accidentally burned 2 effigies and I still am not seeing any online stuff....

How long does it last?

Isn't it for the area only?

 

[TimeEffect]

I can't level up because most of the enmies are gone
I can't turn into human form because the item is rare
I can't gain souls by summoning because the servers don't work
I can't go into the next area because it's too difficult

Hmm..something doesn't work here.

Is this a serious flaw others are experiencing? I find the disappearance of enemies to be an odd mechanic

 

[Yasadril]

Last night I accidentally burned 2 effigies and I still am not seeing any online stuff....

How long does it last?

did u use it or did u burn it?

 

[Kastrioti]

Regarding starting item,

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i picked putrefied something which turned out pretty good cos you can trade it for a titanite slab in the tutorial area.

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Where in the tutorial area is it? And whats a titanite slab do?

 

[george_us]

Awwwww they changed the confirmation jingle.

 

[Jobbs]

Couldn't get anyone to summon for my fight against

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the pursuer, so I soloed the fucker.

honestly, he was a bit harder than the other two bosses ive killed, but still, not that hard. not sure what to think of the bosses so far. the game's been tough, but it's mainl ybeen tough because of its regular enemies ganging up.

early area nice item find tip/spoiler:

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after you kill pursuer behind the soldier key door, in the next arera look for a place to drop down and get a full set of daedric armor and sword, the sword seems to be this game's equivalent to a black knight sword

 

[MrDaravon]

I cleared Dark Souls 1 with pretty minimal difficulty, nowhere near an expert on that game but I'm familiar with the series. I am getting straight fucking destroyed, I have died literally like 30 times in 4-5 hours. I think I made a terrible mistake by picking the Explorer as the starting class

 

[Zukuu]

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Where in the tutorial area is it? And whats a titanite slab do?

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You trade it with Sparkly, the crow. You get one of 3 items randomly. A crappy ring, a crappy whip or a titanite slab, which you need to upgrade a weapon from +9 to +10. I dunno how rare they are tho.

 

[Quikies83]

So Gamestop fucked up and didn't have my Collectors Edition that I've had paid for since September.. The store manager said they only received one PS3 CE and it was given away last night... The manager made a few calls and I have to wait 7 days for a new copy to be shipped to their store. It was then suggested that I purchase a standard edition (so I can play today) and then bring it back for a refund when my CE comes in.. I asked him who exactly is taking ownership of this problem? He sighed pretty heavily and said he would let me have the standard edition and trusts that I'll bring it back when my order comes in.
Absolutely terrible experience.

Anyways I'm about 3 hours in now and have taken out 4 bosses but

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I can't find where I'm supposed to fight The Pursuer. Any help?

 

[vas_a_morir]

Beat da first boss (I think the first?). Oh man, it was tough. I was way underleveled/equipped.

 

[Gbraga]

Is the two handed parry still in?

 

[SargerusBR]

Is the two handed parry still in?

Yes

 

[JoeFenix]

Game is brutal if you join the

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Champion Covenant

!

I love the fact that weapon durability actually matters now, also really liking the extra feeling of pressure to get your souls back since you can't really grind infinitely anymore.

Having alot of fun with the game regardless of some of the major issues I have with how the final version turned out.

 

[J-Roderton]

Picked up my copy before work today. It's just waiting in my car. Ugh.

 

[batbeg]

So Gamestop fucked up and didn't have my Collectors Edition that I've had paid for since September.. The store manager said they only received one PS3 CE and it was given away last night... The manager made a few calls and I have to wait 7 days for a new copy to be shipped to their store. It was then suggested that I purchase a standard edition (so I can play today) and then bring it back for a refund when my CE comes in.. I asked him who exactly is taking ownership of this problem? He sighed pretty heavily and said he would let me have the standard edition and trusts that I'll bring it back when my order comes in.
Absolutely terrible experience.

Anyways I'm about 3 hours in now and have taken out 4 bosses but

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I can't find where I'm supposed to fight The Pursuer. Any help?

In the

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room that has a giant sword jutting out of the building with an enemy towards the top, there's a door you can now unlock. It pretty much leads straight to him.

 

[Yasadril]

what's the diff between small white soapstone and reg. soapstone?

 

[AlphaDragoon]

Is the two handed parry still in?

Yep. Even better, you can do it with a ton of weapons now if you two-hand them, not just the big ones.

 

[Quikies83]

In the

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room that has a giant sword jutting out of the building with an enemy towards the top, there's a door you can now unlock. It pretty much leads straight to him.

I think I remember where that is. Thanks

 

[eot]

I like it!

-Start Deprived
-Join CoC Covenant
-Carry a torch at all times pretending that all these brightly lit caves are dark

That's the way it's going to be!

I'm totally going to play this way. Can't wait :d

 

[j-wood]

Anyone test if you can use the dualshock 4 on dark souls 2 on the ps3?

 

[Grinchy]

I cleared Dark Souls 1 with pretty minimal difficulty, nowhere near an expert on that game but I'm familiar with the series. I am getting straight fucking destroyed, I have died literally like 30 times in 4-5 hours. I think I made a terrible mistake by picking the Explorer as the starting class

I have the Demon's and Dark Souls platinums. I have played a shit load of these games.

I am getting straight up fucked as a swordsman. I am just sucking so bad. You can die so fast and you have no way of blocking anything. The animations seem longer so if you hit when you maybe shouldn't have, you're dead. If there is more than one enemy you have to be very careful about when you try to strike.

These are not complaints but I am getting my ass handed to me so far.

 

[Zeliard]

Yep. Even better, you can do it with a ton of weapons now if you two-hand them, not just the big ones.

And while you can't parry while dual-wielding (as far as I can tell), you can simply two-hand one of those weapons and then use that to parry.

 

[SargerusBR]

WTF the

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Pursuer

boss can

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CURSE

you and its only the second boss.

THIS GAME

 

[AngryMoth]

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Where in the tutorial area is it? And whats a titanite slab do?

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go through one of the one of the white light doors, think the one on the left and at the end of the path there's a ledge you can jump down to which has a nest. At the nest if you leave the item it will be traded. Titanite slab is one of the rarest upgrade materials. Not sure if it's the best starting item but seems like a good one.

 

[Gbraga]

Yes

Yep. Even better, you can do it with a ton of weapons now if you two-hand them, not just the big ones.

So you don't really lose parry when dual wielding, you just have to be quick to two hand and parry?

And while you can't parry while dual-wielding (as far as I can tell), you can simply two-hand one of those weapons and then use that to parry.

:3

 

[vilmer_]

UPS just delivered.

It is time.

 

[LordCanti]

That feeling when you finally take down that boss that was killing you over and over.

sogood.gif

 

[Dresden]

Where do you find the white soapstone?

 

[Sub_Level]

I have been thinking about this game all day but I won't get to play it until tonight. Damn.

Adaptability is a baller stat.

 

[Quikies83]

What NPC was I supposed to be able to summon for the

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Last Giant and armored dragon dude on the small platorm in Heide's Tower of Flame?

I went through human and didn't see a single summon sign this time. I'm also in the Way of Blue covenant.

 

[SargerusBR]

Where do you find the white soapstone?

You need to find

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Pate in the Forest of Giants, speak to him, he will tell you to go to the next area and the gate locks behind you, go back to him and he will give you the soapstone

 

[Yasadril]

Where do you find the white soapstone?

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Find Pate

I burned them.

well there's ur problem. u have to be human

 

[TheTylerRob]

did u use it or did u burn it?

I burned them.

 

[MrDaravon]

I have the Demon's and Dark Souls platinums. I have played a shit load of these games.

I am getting straight up fucked as a swordsman. I am just sucking so bad. You can die so fast and you have no way of blocking anything. The animations seem longer so if you hit when you maybe shouldn't have, you're dead. If there is more than one enemy you have to be very careful about when you try to strike.

These are not complaints but I am getting my ass handed to me so far.

I think what's fucking me primarily is that they apparently (?) changed the riposte system, or is it straight up gone? I largely went through DS1 by parry -> riposting everything, but that doesn't seem to work here, or maybe it's just the weapons I have so far? I can parry and get the little sound effect and everything, but now if I attack after the parry it's just a regular attack; I have to let my parry knock the enemy to the ground, then attack them while they're on the ground for a special attack. I really dislike it, and both that animation and the backstab animations seem to go on for way longer which is making me way more vulnerable to other enemies in the area. Riposting in DS1 was fairly quick and efficient, doesn't seem to be the case here.

Once I finally got up a few levels with the explorer in order to actually equip a straight sword and an okay shield things have gone better, but still getting totally wrecked most of the time.

 

[Quikies83]

Where do you find the white soapstone?

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If I remember, you get it from the NPC Pate before the ambush/trap

 

[darkjedi187]

Anyone have that link for the stat calculator? I cannot remember what page it was on and it's not on the first page.

 

[mattp]

is the stone required to leave messages "hidden" again?
that was a big issue i had with dark souls
locking messaging/rating behind an item meant barely anyone used it

 

[Clockwork5]

Oh my, these day one bloodstains are amazing.

 

[Alucrid]

WTF the

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Pursuer

boss can

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CURSE

you and its only the second boss.

THIS GAME

He's kicking my ass as a dex build. One hit and it's over...

 

[georly]

WTF the

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Pursuer

boss can

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CURSE

you and its only the second boss.

THIS GAME

He's kicking my ass as a dex build. One hit and it's over...

Protip:

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He's not actually the 2nd boss you're supposed to go to. You should probably go to Heide and fight the boss there and move on.

 

[Brandon F]

Holy shit, my Black Armor Edition just arrived from Amazon and the case is fucked up beyond belief. It barely opens because the hinges are squashed and bent and misshapen. The discs seem ok inside, but goddamn it!

 

[Chitown B]

probably spoilers, if you're sensitive:

http://www.exophase.com/game/dark-souls-2-xbox/achievements/

 

[Alucrid]

Protip:

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He's not actually the 2nd boss you're supposed to go to. You should probably go to Heide and fight the boss there and move on.

Where do I go to get there? After the first boss I looked everywhere and that was the only path I found

 

[LordCanti]

is the stone required to leave messages "hidden" again?
that was a big issue i had with dark souls
locking messaging/rating behind an item meant barely anyone used it

It's in the menu instead of a stone.

 

[Zeliard]

I have the Demon's and Dark Souls platinums. I have played a shit load of these games.

I am getting straight up fucked as a swordsman. I am just sucking so bad. You can die so fast and you have no way of blocking anything. The animations seem longer so if you hit when you maybe shouldn't have, you're dead. If there is more than one enemy you have to be very careful about when you try to strike.

These are not complaints but I am getting my ass handed to me so far.

Swordsman strikes me as possibly the toughest class to start with other than Deprived, since you have no shield, no ranged attacks, low Adaptability, and the lowest Vigor stat (until you find or level up these things).

The new Adaptability stat is the biggest change. Since it's so low at the start for Swordsman, your swings have a noticeable wind-up and recovery time to them, as does your roll-dodge.

I do think it was a strange decision to have a stat like that be so low off the bat for a dual-wielding, lightly-armored character.

 

[MagnetoWned]

Holy shit, my Black Armor Edition just arrived from Amazon and the case is fucked up beyond belief. It barely opens because the hinges are squashed and bent and misshapen. The discs seem ok inside, but goddamn it!

damn that sucks...Bravely Default CE issue all over again lol. Talk to customer service and get something free

 

[ttocs]

Holy shit, my Black Armor Edition just arrived from Amazon and the case is fucked up beyond belief. It barely opens because the hinges are squashed and bent and misshapen. The discs seem ok inside, but goddamn it!

Contact Amazon - they have great customer service. They'll make it right somehow.

 

[Alucrid]

Swordsman strikes me as possibly the toughest class to start with other than Deprived, since you have no shield, no ranged attacks, low Adaptability, and the lowest Vigor stat (until you find or level up these things).

The new Adaptability stat is the biggest change. Since it's so low at the start for Swordsman, your swings have a noticeable wind-up and recovery time to them, as does your roll-dodge.

I do think it was a strange decision to have a stat like that be so low off the bat for a dual-wielding, lightly-armored character.

Oh, that's why my rolls seem to suck despite not being fat roll. Gonna throw some points there then.