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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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I was doing the same earlier. It's probably easier to farm the
Last Sinner
Sentinel
how do you get to him, and how much souls ? im netting about 7k
Grinchy
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Yeah that would be awesome haha
Facism
Member
nice one cheers. guess i'll pick it up, exhaustively play it and then trade it in towards titanfall or something in a week whilst i wait for the pc version.
MyWhiteRequiem
Member
Just got to
boss and he's kicking my ass. He's so freaking fast, I feel like I barely have any room to counter attack before he readies another swipe.
I think I need to level up strength a bit so I can use a better shield. This wooden one just isn't cutting it anymore. I should probably upgrade my sword too, but its one of the beginning ones you can get from the blacksmith and I don't want to waste anymore shards on it. I still haven't found another decent dexterity weapon yet.
The Lost Sinner
I think I need to level up strength a bit so I can use a better shield. This wooden one just isn't cutting it anymore. I should probably upgrade my sword too, but its one of the beginning ones you can get from the blacksmith and I don't want to waste anymore shards on it. I still haven't found another decent dexterity weapon yet.
PS3. That's the only time that message has popped up for me. A handful of other times, it just fails to connect. Mostly, though, the summoning works fine. Laggy sometimes, but otherwise fine.
I've played several hours of both versions, and I think the 360 version runs much better. Mainly the frame rate but also the load times are better if you install it. I think the ps3 load times bother me more than the lower frame rate. I also get more audio glitches in the ps3 version.
The continuing path after the
Sentinels
The Saltfort bonfire
Garcia
Member
Yeah, the PS3 loading times are excessive.
yeah this 15 spawn limit thing seems like it could lead to some people really being fucked
kind of like how a lot of people complain they dont like souls because they play and die and "make no progress"
well, now they actually will make close to no progress if they lose the souls from an area lol
Frogfucious
Member
This is probably a stupid question but how can I get the bow in my left hand instead of swaping the axe/bow in my right hand?
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
I got summoned and defeated the
for a guy, that felt good. I summoned some guys to help with that fucker and it made the fight a piece of cake. Also death punishment mechanics don't bother me anymore getting your human for is really easy thanks to the online features plus theres a bunch of effigies hanging around for sale.
pursuer
Yea, I can deal with the framerate woes on PS3, but the load times are pretty excessive upon death and my biggest problem so far. I also am noticing lots of audio cuts and glitches as well.
Thinking of exchanging for 360 but my Gold account lapsed. I'm assuming the entire online experience won't function with Silver?
doctorblurg
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Just set it to the left weapon slot in your equipment. The row just below the top left slot. It's marked by a shield
Frogfucious
Member
wow i feel dumb.. thanks!
The tearing negates any minor advantage of the 360 version for me, unless the tearing is simply more pronounced in vids than actual gameplay.
WheelHoss1
Member
I'm an idiot. For some reason I switched to Depraved when creating the character to see his body or something. Have to start all again. Ugh.
Garcia
Member
I like that boss fight. His attacks make him feel like a "winged" version of Ornstein.
The_Darkest_Red
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It's true! You always know if a cliff leads to a secret or death based on whether or not it is covered in bloodstains, haha.
Servbot #42
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Yeah i almost solo him and had him below 25% health and i fucked up and died, i said screw it and just summoned two random dudes. I'll battle him alone for new game plus.
Yea, I was goofing around exploring in the first forest region and pretty much netted zero souls by the time I opened a shortcut due to excessive deaths and retries. Though only a small handful of enemies stopped spawning and there was still plenty to kill by backtracking and rebuilding my count, it all felt really scummy and hardly satisfying.
I wasn't even aware of the extinction rules until it happened(though it was a glitch), and was bummed out that both progress satisfaction and rewards were made lighter just because I spent the first couple hours experimenting with different tactics, weapons, crazy jumps, etc... all leading closer to an empty zone. So lame and by far my least favorite change.
I'm using regular, never used small. I'm still racking my brain about it.
What I know:
My lvl 40ish character died 3+ times, has the
ring of binding, cloranthy ring, health regen ring, and attack damage ring
drangleic shield and full leather armor and bastard sword.
wharf area
My lvl 4 cleric died ONCE, has starting equipment, and was summoned to a friend's world, and my mission was fulfilled by timeout. I returned to my world with humanity restored.
If anyone can tell my why my main lvl 40 character (now lvl 50 after helping everyone and getting tons of souls) didnt revert to a human, let me know.
decoyplatypus
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I played for an hour last night--not enough time to form any meaningful impressions of the game. It's a real drag trying to play a Souls game with only thirty or sixty minutes of free time in an average day. I lined up previous Demon's and Dark Souls runs on holidays, but with no vacation in sight, I think I'm going to have to call in sick next week.
The thread is (still) moving fast so I didn't check past the last few pages but here's a PSA: ENB uploaded his first video yesterday. He goes over a lot of the beginning things that you'll need to adjust to in the new game and hits on some of the new stats and systems.
doctorblurg
Banned
Are divine blessings finite items like life gems? Because I could've sworn I just used one on accident but I have two again.
Deified Data
Banned
Goddamn, I'm not sure if I can solo the
as I am. Giving serious thought to rerolling my character, about 8 hours in and 2 bosses down - cleric just isn't shaping up into anything. Might reroll to a class with a ranged option - any ranged option.
So is there a trick to the
besides treating it like a 4 Kings-style DPS race?
Rune Sentinels
So is there a trick to the
Rune Sentinels
You use the "Messages" option from the menu.
the audio issues are strange
example: one of the big hippo guys is following me in the tutorial area. loud footsteps if i'm running away with the camera looking behind me at the monster. if i flip the camera around to look forward, the footstep sound effects go away
The tearing didn't bother me too much, but I don't think I'm as bothered by it as most people. However, there is one location in particular where the screen tearing is out of control like nothing I've ever seen. It is the
very foggy zone I don't know the name of that has invisible dudes running around.
Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.
Wall of shame for a hall of fame game? Happy to be part it. OTs for games like this are the ones we remember.
A very common mistake. You have to use it as an item. Burning it at a bonfire decreases your chance of being invaded but doesn't turn you back into a human.
Missed the cut by five posts. Damn.
Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.
I'm really disappointed From couldn't deliver a solid 30 fps game on ps3. The xbox running 10 fps better on average is ridiculous. I'd probably rather have the tearing on ps3 than the v sync, if that's what is causing the sluggishness. It's really jarring when the game stutters. Does anyone think there is any chance a patch comes out that improves the frame rate?
The Bonfire Ascetic resets enemy spawns and beefs them up to NG+ levels.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.
Top spot will be mine! :3
Current wall of shame. Someone is gonna pass me soon.
Oh, I'll be up there soon enough.
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