super-famicom
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For anyone who's found it, how far into the game is the (covenant spoiler)
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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Sakura
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Personally I don't feel extinction of enemies is that big of a deal. Maybe it's all in my head, but it seems like it's a lot cheaper to level up now, so you don't need to grind as much. It's like I gain 5+ levels worth of souls just off of one boss.
I don't think dying is supposed to be fun. So if you're more worried about dying than you were before, isn't that kind of good? Dark Souls has always been about the tension of potential danger to me. And besides, it takes you a decent amount of deaths to get to half health, and it doesn't seem like effigies are particularly that rare anyway.
Yeah, I think I'm going to join it right now and stop for the night.
Lots of fun regardless and I love all the options I have going for me right now. I did a quick scouting of several paths and I can go to like 4 different places right now! It's really awesome.
OneEyeTwoHead
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Seriously someone help. Giant boss down...where to go next plz. Also picked up a Soul Vessel 
You can use the soldier key to open some doors around that level, one of which leads to another boss and another area of progress. alternatively you can go back to town and go down one of the passageways (a little tunnel going downwards to the left of the stairs to the champ covenant) which leads to the tower of whatever area, and that's another area you can progress in.
some random stuff that bothers me:
a: boss battles are really basic stuff - I wish that, since I've yet to see any interesting mechanics, they could at least look cool. So far one had a goatse face and the others felt more like reskinned versions of basic enemies.
b: Emerald Herald is a nice throwback to the Maiden in Demon's Souls, but she's so goddamn chatty and having to skip through four lines of dialogue every time I need something is mildly (but acutely) annoying. Same goes for all the other NPCs. They talk too much.
c: for all the cool looking outdoor environments, the moment you go into any tunnel or dungeon you are instantly reminded of the fiasco regarding dynamic lighting and its lack. Flat, colorless corridors filled with mindless enemies.
a: boss battles are really basic stuff - I wish that, since I've yet to see any interesting mechanics, they could at least look cool. So far one had a goatse face and the others felt more like reskinned versions of basic enemies.
b: Emerald Herald is a nice throwback to the Maiden in Demon's Souls, but she's so goddamn chatty and having to skip through four lines of dialogue every time I need something is mildly (but acutely) annoying. Same goes for all the other NPCs. They talk too much.
c: for all the cool looking outdoor environments, the moment you go into any tunnel or dungeon you are instantly reminded of the fiasco regarding dynamic lighting and its lack. Flat, colorless corridors filled with mindless enemies.
luckygodzilla
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Yeah I'm going to have to second this.
Don't get me wrong, I'm loving the game to pieces, but I have absolutely no idea what the hell I am actually accomplishing besides dusting off boss after boss. At least in Dark Souls you had the bells and lord vessel, but here it's just an endless march onward.
Still, I am loving the almost metroidvenia aspect of the game. Just being able to go fuck it after a boss has killed you for the tenth time and just go bugger off in an entirely different direction for hours on end is a great feeling, something that the original Dark Souls lacked (at least until you got the lord vessel)
OneEyeTwoHead
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My complaint has more to do with a lack of purpose or context to my actions, as I alluded to, why am I killing all these bosses -- boss after boss after boss? who are they and what progress am I making? I don't know, the people around firelink never say anything new as a result of me killing more bosses.
re. graphics, honestly, at first I was a little jittery because the framerate was poor in early areas, but over the long run the framerate seems okay in most areas. And the visual quality is really exciting, honestly -- yeah, a few areas are bland, but it has such high highs and is usually at least decent. That animation, too, and the really amazing cloth physics (as I mentioned before, someone swinging a weapon near you makes your clothes react to the gust).
Seriously someone help. Giant boss down...where to go next plz. Also picked up a Soul Vessel
You've got several options.
Remain in the Forest of Giants area and finish off another boss. Remember that vista overlooking the ocean before you reached the Giant? Look for a door to open with your newly acquired key.
Or you could head to Majul and do several different things. You could head toward another area past the mansion/pigs which branches off further to two different fog doors.
You could also talk to a certain feline in Majul and acquire a certain ring to head downwards, where you have two paths as well.
Or you could head to Majul and do several different things. You could head toward another area past the mansion/pigs which branches off further to two different fog doors.
You could also talk to a certain feline in Majul and acquire a certain ring to head downwards, where you have two paths as well.
Don't forget to upgrade your weapon of choice. ~
TheHeretic
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Are you duel wielding? Is that even viable now with the rolling nerfs?
I disagree with these wholeheartedly. I just popped in DS1 not ten minutes ago and it flat out destroys Dark Souls 2 in almost every category. Dark Souls runs at almost a constant 30 FPS save for the Blightown debacle while DS2 hovers around 20 FPS. Not only that but DS1 has far better texture work, lighting, and characters models plus the environments are significantly more fleshed out. The only environment in DS2 so far that compares is Majula.
UnObtainium17
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the pursuer.. you learned tonight son lol.
Wow I got 22k souls, still level 22 idk where to put points.
Okay, now I get why human effigy is limited. FROM encourages us to do jolly cooperation as the way to return to human form. I'm not mad about it anymore.
You don't even need to succeed in killing the boss to return to human. Just be summoned and that is enough to human.(not sure, please check me on this)
Wow I got 22k souls, still level 22 idk where to put points.
Okay, now I get why human effigy is limited. FROM encourages us to do jolly cooperation as the way to return to human form. I'm not mad about it anymore.
You don't even need to succeed in killing the boss to return to human. Just be summoned and that is enough to human.(not sure, please check me on this)
AKingNamedPaul
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Just had my first anger death. Trying for the 5th time to go get my souls back (keep dying right as I get them) I died to running up to a puny hollow and not realizing I was out of stamina as he just hit me for my last but of health that I was over confident enough to run around with.
Last 50 mins worth of souls gone and I have no one to blame but myself.
Last 50 mins worth of souls gone and I have no one to blame but myself.
luckygodzilla
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As someone who powered through Dark Souls two days ago, I gotta disagree with you. What Dark Souls has over two is a better sense of art direction, and to be fair that carries a game's visuals far more than any technical advancement ever will.
Nope. Just using a Falchion +4 2-Handed.
With my high adaptability I have high agility, and I'm comfortably able to sport mid-high poise armor without go over 70% equip load. So far I haven't needed the poise either since I'm successfully dodging everything, and I've got some awesome rings.
super-famicom
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Reposting from a few pages ago, but apparently it's 1.5x the stat requirements of the weapons you want to dual wield.
The rolling invincibility nerf seems to be offset by the ability to wear heavier armor and still have a fast roll (albeit at shorter distances the heavier you are). You can be under something like 60 or 70% equip burden and still have fast roll provided you boost your Adaptability stat.
And dual wielding is quite awesome and effective, yes. Obviously you're losing out on some defense, but you gain a lot in offensive versatility, and you're still able to quickly go two-handed if you want to parry.
Sakura
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Does he restock if you buy them all? I bought all his wood arrows then the next time I checked he had like 900.
Baldwin_the_First
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Hmm pretty sure its random. Been killing bosses while summoned and sometimes id comeback into my world and i'd still be hollow.
Keep playing, forest of giants is hideous but many areas are really cool looking, they don't make any attempt to frontload the good looking stuff in this game. granted it's a bit uneven, but so was dark souls, and in my opinion after also playing Dark Souls 1 on my PS3 in the days leading up to 2 coming out, after playing at least 15 hours of DK2, there's no question in my mind that DK2 is a far better looking game. It's more refined in almost every way imaginable.
there's som uch more intricate detail, motion, and shine -- and I know there's the whole lighting controversy, but I'm comfortable saying DK2, despite last minute nerfs, has much better and more modern lighting and other eyecandy than the first game did. Early on when I only saw the forest of giants I was a bit nervous, but seeing the long view now, having done a dozen areas and seen tons of things, there's just no question that 2 looks way better than 1 and is more modern in every way.
TheHeretic
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Falchion r1 spam was pretty insane in DS. So if you put points into adaptability you can quick roll with heavy armor? That sounds insane...
AzureSkies
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Why is this game so good?
I'm already preferring this over the original Dark, coming from someone who was a gigantic fan of Demon's.
I'm already preferring this over the original Dark, coming from someone who was a gigantic fan of Demon's.
Well keep in mind that's assuming you also have high enough vitality. One of the best benefits of adaptability is that when you reach the cap and you are rolling at a certain equip load %, you get extra distance out of your roll, which is crazy.
I'm not at that point yet (still have several level ups to go) but the stat is showing its value where I'm at now.
UnObtainium17
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Wow, really? I die a lot lol and of the 4 times I was summoned and eliminated the boss, I always return to human. then one time I got killed before the boss gets killed I still returned to human form too.
I'm 22 and was able to summon folks. I saw a lot of signs too. Have you checked your summon settings in the options?
Edit. And yes you gotta be in human form to see summon signs.
I just use the white stone in front of the boss fog gate. Always getting summoned in less than 3 minutes.
TheHeretic
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Yeah, blocking doesn't feel great now either, though I'm not sure why. Blocking multiple enemies feels suicidal now for whatever reason. A 2h halberd build might be the way to go for me, if I knew where the halberd was... That weapon was worse in Dark Souls than it was in Demon Souls though. Curious to see if its any good since I kind of just want a lot of range against a lot of these enemies.
Lost Fragment
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The real Dark Souls 2 starts at ruin sentinels
Doesn't seem to be the case for shards. Really need to upgrade my greatsword.
Funny thing about DkS2 and one of the sort of absurd little ironies is that the game seems to have more incidental items than ever, I'm always getting some new consumable or other doodad that I have no idea what the fuck it does, meanwhile I can't find enough shards to upgrade anything.
TheHeretic
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So adaptability only increases roll range up to your vitality stat? So you need to level them both together?
it seems like if you have any connection issue or if PSN nerds out momentarily, you need to relog your character before you can ever soapstone again.
DownLikeBCPowder
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The game doesn't come with a manual and I feel stupid. I have no idea how to level up using souls.. I see no witch like the first game, and I swear it was done at bonfires in the second game.. So I keep marching along and not worrying to omuch about loosing souls, but I'm tired of hearing I can't equip something...
WheelHoss1
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Exr
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Even as a hollow I can't ever use the white sign soapstone in my belt slot, it's always grayed out.
enoki
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No, it's purely off your equipment load percentage. I just brought up Vitality because that's what increases your equipment load.
You could cap Adaptability and never touch vitality, but you could only wear so much armor/weapons equipped at once.
Raising them together is more powerful in my opinion, as it does let your get on that higher poise armor if you forgo that extra distance roll at cap.
Going forward, it will vary by build and which armor set you desire to wear, but adaptability is something you be investing in, even if just a bit.
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