Gozer the Gozerian
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Fuck... Do I fight the white knight in the forest of the giants??? He's just chillin minding his own business 
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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vas_a_morir
Banned
Why are you asking me?
He's asking if weapons that scale with two stats are better than weapons that scale with one stat. I'd like to know as well.
So if two weapons have same base damages but one has D Dex in addition to B str... is it better?
If a ring breaks, be prepared to break the damn bank. one time I exploded in some environment things that broke most my gear, broke 3 rings, cost like 40,000 to fix them
SJRB
Gold Member
I never understood weapon degradation in the first place, it feels like an artificial way to make things more difficult than they really are. I mean, what's the point?
Captain Failure
Neo Member
After taking me 9 hours to kill the first boss I just blazed through 3 bosses in 2 hours. Playing online seems to help a lot. Finding tons of loot I would have missed the if it weren't for the hints.
sssstententen
Member
Seems pretty cool to me. Possible way to circumvent overpowered rings is using Acid attacks to break their rings. Which is REALLY cool in my opinion
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
doubt it would give you bonus damage from both stats but i could be wrong
Fuck... Do I fight the white knight in the forest of the giants??? He's just chillin minding his own business
how would you like it if someone walked up on you and fucked you up for no reason while you sit by a tree?
kill him
My original bow had A in dex. My new bow has B in dex and C (maybe D) in strength. The first gives me +155 dmg. The second +121. I guess it depends on your stats but I would say 2 is better than 1
Dont join the champion covenant unless you know what you are doing...totally banished me ffrom summons just when i wanted to get more souls to help others before the giant boss, and now I missed the NPC summon as well. Back to the blue one even if there arenot many invaders yet.
ooops! I was going to pay one more visit just to be sure!!!! lol
SoraanTribal
Member
Agreed. It is always just an annoyance in any game that has them. In MMOs, it's a way to take money out of the economy mostly (and a way to punish you for dying), but in a singleplayer game, it's just not needed. It certainly isn't a fun mechanic.
It said POISE 3.0 and now it says POISE 50.0 in the same spot on the bottom of my profile after I put the ring on. *shrugs*
sssstententen
Member
Yes. If a weapon has A scaling in two stats, it would technically be better than one that had a single A scaling, as long as you have the stats to back it up of course.
On the flip side those weapons might have a lower base damage. And also I doubt we know when scaling starts to fall off/if a single stat super high is better than 2 stats at a decent level.
Beelzeboss
Member
Anyone really deep into the game yet?
I think I've gotten pretty far but now I'm lost and I can't seem to find help.
I think I've gotten pretty far but now I'm lost and I can't seem to find help.
The Henery
Member
Having 1000 GS'd Dark Souls, I started my first playthrough of Demons Souls a few weeks ago. One of the things that immediately struck me as starkly inferior to its successor is the requirement that you return to the hub world every time you wish to level up. I remember thinking what a huge improvement it was that you could level at any bonfire in Dark Souls. Imagine my aghast disappointment upon reading the Edge review then, that you have to return to the hub in order to spend your souls spec'ing in DS2. It completely breaks the sense of a continual, cohesive pilgrimage, that great sense of uninterrupted player narration that the first half of Dark Souls had.
Having to continually go back in order to go forward, all via a cold loading screen, is such a step down for the series. Being able to warp between bonfires off the bat seems to me a poor decision but at least you could have played the game without using it if you chose to. Only having one levelling spot forces your hand sans a SL1 playthrough.
Having to continually go back in order to go forward, all via a cold loading screen, is such a step down for the series. Being able to warp between bonfires off the bat seems to me a poor decision but at least you could have played the game without using it if you chose to. Only having one levelling spot forces your hand sans a SL1 playthrough.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
you can kill the trash mobs before the boss 10 times and theyll be gone for good also if you need help that boss is weak to magic so you can get the npc to help you hes a sorc or just bring in a magic damage person to help
You mean a weapon with B STR versus one with B STR and D DEX, and identical base damages for both?
The latter would give you a bit better damage on hit because you are adding that extra small DEX bonus, but you have to also look at other factors like the moveset (both 1H and 2H), the weight, the stamina cost, and how it works with your other weapon if you are dual wielding. All of these are often more important factors than attack rating.
To me it seems to be a risk vs reward thing, not a difficulty increase. Do you equip something fragile but powerful or something reliable but not.
SoraanTribal
Member
How many
are there? I've used two so far (one to get a chest with an awesome ring and one in the
Pharros contraptions
shipyard area to make a huge light shine.
sssstententen
Member
There are definitely some people in here super far, and I'm sure you could peek in the spoiler thread and PM some of those guys who already beat the game with early copies.
Fuck... Do I fight the white knight in the forest of the giants??? He's just chillin minding his own business
He drops a sword I've pretty much been using since I got it about 15 hours ago.
Chance Hale
Member
Huntsman's Corpse is weird, I must have missed something because there are like two bonfires within 30 seconds of each other.
sssstententen
Member
In which order should I do this either the Wharf ship or the Los Bastille boss? I can't beat the ruin Sentinals.
Warf ship boss is much easier in my opinion.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Second blacksmith question
Edit: nevermind, lol
I lit the flame but nothing happens?
Edit: nevermind, lol
UnObtainium17
Member
The first time I fought those 3 robot dude in bastile. Luckily as a phantom, as those 3 will surely send my ass back to bonfire if I wasn't.
Gonna try tower of flames first, then go back with a vengeance at those 3.
Halberd is so brittle ugh. Cannot wait to get a better weapon replacement.
Craftsman hammer is a good weapon. Nice moveset, tight quick wide swing. Gonna try that if I get tired of halberd.
Gonna try tower of flames first, then go back with a vengeance at those 3.
Halberd is so brittle ugh. Cannot wait to get a better weapon replacement.
Craftsman hammer is a good weapon. Nice moveset, tight quick wide swing. Gonna try that if I get tired of halberd.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
As a former DaS katana user I haven't noticed all that much although I do have to switch weapons every now and again.
It's no System Shock 2 when it comes to weapon degradation...
I'm so glad I used one of them there at the SY. It literally made the walk through the place easier to get through
woah dang i had no idea. ive gone through there at least 7 or 8 times already so i'll knock out a couple more spaws lol
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Fuck... Do I fight the white knight in the forest of the giants??? He's just chillin minding his own business
You can tell by the way he sits down that he's a real piece of shit; you should attack him.
SoraanTribal
Member
Oh definitely. I loved how it made those
weird looking "leg" creatures hide in the shadows - they were a lot more manageable that way.
Beelzeboss
Member
Don't worry too much about them.
edit:
I misread and thought you meant the item. I say open them when you see them
Fuck... Do I fight the white knight in the forest of the giants??? He's just chillin minding his own business
Item descriptions seemed to suggest he's some kind of
nailbombxx
Member
Man I have no idea how to get more titanite shards. I bought all of the ones that can be sold.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Jesus christ, these archers are worse than the ones in Anor Londo
The perfect Dark
Banned
Hmmm I think I still have a question (second blacksmith)
how can I buy/ reinforce my weapons? I can only talk to him. I already lit the flame.
AlphaDragoon
Member
Agreed. I really, really hope that they rethink the rate of durability in the game sooner rather than later.
luckygodzilla
Member
While I am not entirely sure, but based off his dialogue it sounds like he wants you to bring him a flame ember (like what was in OG Dark Souls) where that is, is anyone's guess at this point
luckygodzilla
Member
Don't, trust me his sword is amazing.But he looks so cool
each torch gives you 5 minutes... so if you have 4 torches you have 20 minutes.
the timer stops if you climb down ladders/put it away/whatever... when it runs out, you gotta find a new one. they are randomly all over the place. I've found 3 or 4 so far within the first few hours of very in depth exploring.
NaturalHigh
Member
Xbox servers down?
VaultBoy101
Member
Argh...just booted up the game (on 360) for the evening, helped one person with a boss fight and then got a message that the server was unavailable and the game was switching to offline mode.
Tried restarting but it looks like the service is officially down. I'm going to be a bit upset if it's an all-night thing again.
Tried restarting but it looks like the service is officially down. I'm going to be a bit upset if it's an all-night thing again.
Right as soon as my summoner walks through the boss door!
Servers are definitely down. Cant do shit.
You mean no mans wharf or is there another SY in the game? I got a PS and if it will make that area a bit easier to get through I'll use it and farm souls for another. Also do you get anything for killing that thing protecting the flame sword in FotG or is it just there to kill you for trying?
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