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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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OneEyeTwoHead
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Kill his ass.
Update on my progress...2 bosses down..4 estus flasks...and now in the Wharf.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
He's a fucking asshole you should kill him and take his lunch money.
Grinchy
Banned
Question about dual-wielding:
I have been using the starting scimitar and a falchion that I've been upgrading. I didn't know about the 1.5x stat requirement for the power mode. Is it worth buying some lesser weapons just to use that mode? Or should I just stick with my weapons until my stats are high enough to do it?
I have been using the starting scimitar and a falchion that I've been upgrading. I didn't know about the 1.5x stat requirement for the power mode. Is it worth buying some lesser weapons just to use that mode? Or should I just stick with my weapons until my stats are high enough to do it?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Still cannot believe Zweihander scales better with DEX. You would probably get better results with ultra greatswords if you used a DEX build rather than a STR build. Like seriously what the fuck were they smoking.
No soapstone this time, just do it out of the menu.
You don't burn it at bonfires to become human. You use it like a normal item outside of bonfires.
Burning it at bonfires prevents invasions.
because you use it.... burning it keeps invaders out of your world for that area.
pretty done
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lvl 81, 17 hours played
time to get off for today
time to get off for today
Man I'm glad others have answered this question...playing it a bit before release was maddening. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I couldn't burn it, haha.
luckygodzilla
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Kill him and take his sword. As a faith-dex build (with a bit of strength) I've found nothing better.
Fahrenheit
Banned
Just rolled out of bed. Pot of coffee brewing. My man cave looks like a bomb went off from the pizza box and soda cans laying around. Feel like a teenager again. Love this game so much.
If you killed the boss in No Man's Wharf and took the boat, the next area is the Lost Bastille. It might be difficult at your current level, but it's probably doable. You can also get to Lost Bastille by clearing the rest of the bosses in Forest of Fallen Giants, which is the way I went. You'll also get an item in the area after Lost Bastille that will let you unpetrify the lady in the woods, opening up the Shaded Woods. If you're interested in Huntsman's Copse, that's actually accessible through the tunnel between Majula and Heides Tower from the miracle vendor.
lol. Seems you guys got burned by him or something. I'll take your advice.
lol. Seems you guys got burned by him or something. I'll take your advice.
Yup, haha. He's a Heide Knight guy...you'll find a couple of that type lounging around throughout the game. They all drop a Heide piece of gear...it's nice that even if you aggro them, they don't care on respawn. A bit harder (hardly) than the normal folks of that area and can give you new gear if you win.
This will be me coming thursday night. Getting pizza, doing a big shopping to keep me filled with lots of unhealthy stuff and coke zero. <3 Glorious days await me.
Deified Data
Banned
Persuer
Does anyone know what happens to that boss fight if you
beat him the first time he shows up earlier in the level?
Honestly I've been finding myself playing hollow with 50% health more often than not for the express purpose of trivializing death, to recapture some of that Dark Souls 1 feel. Everything is trivial that is except for the souls I lose, which I'm never getting back again unless I start seriously doing co-op.
Jury's still out on whether I like this system or not. As I've mentioned before in past DSII threads, limiting souls is one way to reinforce permanence and sound decision making in a game that otherwise lets you respec your entire character with impunity. The system is tough, and seemingly fair, but we'll see how hurting for souls I am by the end of the game. If I'm having issues affording an item I want in the late game and don't have any luck with co-op my mood will probably sour on the whole thing. Still in "wait and see" mode.
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
Just got invaded for the first time by some guy named shell something. SLAYED THAT FOOL. my heart was beating like crazy, but man...I was so happy when I got the win.
Somnium986
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Said I was done for the night but I couldn't resist. Got the boss in The Lost Bastille
. Gonna need some help with this tomorrow.
Was doing decent damage with my greatsword one handed, but everyone else didn't seem to be doing enough damage.
Three Knights D:
Was doing decent damage with my greatsword one handed, but everyone else didn't seem to be doing enough damage.
How did you level up so fast? Or did they just make it so you can level up faster now, but the stat boosts aren't as big as Dark Souls?
pretty done
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helping people out with bosses after I beat em.
yep, that has been my "strategy" even with DS1
this time around instead of quick leveling up I'm reinforcing armor/weapons
Aspirations26
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I'm lvl 86. I did a lot of co-op after I beat some bosses. Seems to be a good way to farm souls atm.
I'm really glad I'm not the type of person who freaks out over tech stuff, because if I was I'd be going insane right now with everything that is going on in the lighting thread. Can't wait to get my copy in via Gamefly tomorrow. I know the gameplay is still solid, and that's all that really matters to me. People really need to learn to chill the fuck out more.
So apparently, I went the wrong way haha. After arriving in the first town,
I should've headed towards the for
Didn't even realize that doorway towards that area until after I teleported back to town. Thank you previous souls games for making me skilled enough to do the harder section first, without realizing it was the harder area. I probably should have noticed when I was getting 400 souls per enemy haha. Curious did anyone make the same mistake I did? I can't be alone can I?
Probably going to re-roll as cleric. As I started as swordsmen, but cleric seems more well rounded stat wise and having healing spell is helpful. Even though the cleric has that ugly ass cloak.
I went towards the giants, and made my way through and beat the boss on my first try (ridiculously easy just strafe around , and currently at the bonfire below underground.
, and currently at the bonfire below underground.I should've headed towards the for
est of giants.
Probably going to re-roll as cleric. As I started as swordsmen, but cleric seems more well rounded stat wise and having healing spell is helpful. Even though the cleric has that ugly ass cloak.
In case you still need the help:At the bonfire, look to the right of the worldwide death counter and towards the ocean. She is overlooking the ocean at a cliff slightly below you initially.
I've heard her position varies initially, but she's there somewhere.
damn the downgrade!, i thought she was a black rock or something.
Baldwin_the_First
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To answer my own question for anyone who would like to know: Fidelity tokens are used to spar with people of the same covenant as you! (Blue Sentinels) The more you win, the more you get Blue cracked eyestones, which lets you invade the world of players who are guilty. (sadly, I don't think it works for the moment, since there seems to be a really big lack of invasions happening.)
Anyone know how to open that big dark green door in the forest of giants?
Fucking UPS. Amazon contacted them and my copy is guaranteed to be delivered by 10:30AM tomorrow. Unless the driver lies again about trying to make the delivery. I got two other packages early in the morning but I think dark souls was forgotten and left on the truck.
At the end of the night the page updated saying they attempted to make a delivery but nobody was home.
At the end of the night the page updated saying they attempted to make a delivery but nobody was home.
Fahrenheit
Banned
Yeah man, nothing wrong with eating junk food every so often. Don't forget the tums. I had some nasty heart burn when I woke up.
Nothing1016
Member
I'm curious about an npc after an old foe:
I'm in that blue chapel right after defeating the old dragonslayer and there is some blue knight guy. What exactly am I suppose to do for him?
You need to a token of fidelity to join the covenant, help somebody beat a boss to get it.
lol. Seems you guys got burned by him or something. I'll take your advice.
And here I was going to leave him alone because he looks like Solaire. Anyway, I decided to slay that fool, killed him mainly by throwing witching urns at him. He gives a good amount of souls.
Nothing1016
Member
Oh man thanks for the quick response.
AzureSkies
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Is Ring of Giants (increases poise) worth purchasing?
Deified Data
Banned
Anyone found a use for torches or lighting braziers yet? I have the game's darkness level set at the lowest and I can still see the "dark" areas clear as day. What made From go back on this design choice? Why even keep the torches in the game? They feel like a weird pre-build artifact now.
AzureSkies
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