Grinchy
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I do not like low framerates but to me, tearing is much worse. I'm just super sensitive to tearing or something.
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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The first Heide Knight in Forest of Fallen Giants drops a nice sword with lightning damage. There's also a nice fire sword in the fire tunnel just before the second Forest of Fallen Giants bonfire. Dash in as fast as you can and open the door on your left.
Not knowing what to do or how things work is IMO part of the appeal of the soul series.
theechrisfox
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Its so easy to get sidetracked. I love that about Souls games. I feel like I need a notebook or something to draw little maps and reminders to go back to places later.
Servbot #42
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What are the requirements for invading someone's game? I know you have to use that red items but most of the time it doesn't work, it only lighted up once but i had way too many souls to try it so i level up and i couldn't invade.
That NPC? But I don't want to kill him. Also I got this fire sword, but don't like it
I love it. It's my favorite addition to the game. I think it's really great having instant access to two separate 1H movesets, along with the ability to 2H each weapon AND parry with them.
And when you're able to get in the power stance, the special dual-attacks are a lot of fun.
What's your weapons of choice?
Been using dual falichon upgraded to lvl 3 but I'm wondering what everyone else has
Does anyone know how to increase the number of casts for a spell/miracle? My internet searches show that most spells have a range to the number of casts (i.e., 3 to 6 for the Heal miracle), but I'm not sure if this is dependent upon something like raising attunement, as opposed to stacking spells, or something else.
I apologize if this is a noob-ish question.
I apologize if this is a noob-ish question.
The Heide Knights are basically this game's version of black knights. You'll come across a few of them throughout the game. They don't really have any purpose outside of fighting and dropping good equipment.
Just got the guide in the mail! It's gonna stay seal until I beat the game
my only regret is I wish I have gotten into The Souls series earlier.
That statue is significantly larger than I thought it was. Kicking myself for not purchasing it now.
If they kept it like DS, it would be attuning the same spell that doubles the amount of casts. Attunement just lets you have more available slots to put magic into.
The perfect Dark
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There is.
Incendiary
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You know you're addicted when you go home on your lunch break and play for a half hour just because.
Leveled up my strength so I can dual wield properly and helped somebody defeat the first boss, though, so I'd say it was a good use of my time.
Leveled up my strength so I can dual wield properly and helped somebody defeat the first boss, though, so I'd say it was a good use of my time.
The perfect Dark
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J-Roderton
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I started as a warrior and I can't even find a damn sword. Been using a dagger I picked up. Thing is useless.
Where did you get a second falchion? I'm currently alternating between Falchion, Scimitar and Uchigata. If only I had a second decent katana.
robotzombie
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So I decided to start with Knight, thinking I'm going to go for a Strength/possibly faith build
Any suggestions for which stats to focus on?
Also, I'm probably going to want to use cool big swords or maybe spear and shield, or an awesome mace type weapon if there is one available, are those good choices for Strength/Faith?
Any suggestions for which stats to focus on?
Also, I'm probably going to want to use cool big swords or maybe spear and shield, or an awesome mace type weapon if there is one available, are those good choices for Strength/Faith?
vas_a_morir
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How do you get the second blacksmith to do work?
The perfect Dark
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I started as a knight and I have the same problem. I found a "good" sword though but it's clearly not the best weapon I own right now.
Bought a hammer + 2 upgrades instead.
You have to get the Fire Ember from Iron Keep. Also, I guess you can light the torch in his room to access the chest he's sitting on.
ToastyBanana
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Wheelin' and dealin'.
Nose Master
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I thought this happened when you killed them enough times?
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The_Darkest_Red
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Amazon didn't give me a delivery estimate for me CE yesterday, they just said the game was out of stock and they'd notify me when they had more. Being that this is Dark Souls II and I obviously cannot sit around and wait I went out and bought the game from Gamestop along with the guide (which I don't plan on using for quite some time). I figured it wouldn't kill me to miss out on the CE so whatever. Only problem is, after I bought the game I checked Amazon and the package had already shipped! Now the bright, shiny CE is sitting at home waiting for me, but I already have an unopened copy of the game... That's $200 invested in Dark Souls II...
I'm not really sure how to handle this situation, haha.
I'm not really sure how to handle this situation, haha.
HappehLemons
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Can someone explain to me the white soapstone timing? My friends keep getting booted and I don't see any way to tell when/how long they have left? Is there any covenant I can join that will remove this restriction? I really just want to play with my friends and have them not seemly get randomly booted.
So, when a website like this one, for example (http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Miracles), states that the number of casts is 3 to 6 for a miracle, are you saying that that means that you get to the 6 casts by simply attuning 2 of the same miracle? Doesn't that imply that you can't attune more than 2 of that miracle?
Yeah, found another one in Bastille. Good to know, thank you.
Limited respawns on enemies sounds really lame. Hope there's a way around that. It was a source of comfort in Dark Souls that if you lost a bunch of souls, you could grind to get them back. Especially in that forest area. Without that, I'd imagine the game is much less forgiving in regards to lost souls.
Lionheart1827
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I totally forgot about the screen tearing in the 360 version. I didn't even notice it was there, though I'm used to the tearing in Warframe PS4 and its very noticeable in that game. Glad it wasn't that bad for me. So far the framerate is very much similar to DS1. I feel like the camera controls ate kind of rough. It almost feels like the sensitivity is different depending on the axis, and there's only an overall sensitivity control hmmm.
Psycho_Mantis
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Nope. You have ADp at 38 (18 above the soft cap and VIG at 40, 20 above the soft cap).
125 is still fine. The whole reason FROM added more stats was to counter the fact that you could have high stamina, high equip load, fast roll from 1 stat while still being relatively low level. It would be useless to counter that by increase pvp lvl's.
As said before 40/VIT and 40 END is similar to 20/20/20/20 VIT/END/VIG/ADP so it works out fine.
darkjedi187
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What a shame. I cannot wait to play some more tonight! also the video on dual weilding is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCDljAFZKAk
I feel the same way.
J-Roderton
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I'm having a lot of trouble getting through places than I ever have in DS, and I'm only in what I think is the first area I'm supposed to go in. I may just reroll with a magic user if I'm going in this lost anyway.
I heard I can find a
somewhere in the forest, but I can't get past that damn tree part up that ladder.
I heard I can find a
great flame sword
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