GhostRidah
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No idea what you're talking about but I figured stuff like that is what the lifegems are going to be useful for.
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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No idea what you're talking about but I figured stuff like that is what the lifegems are going to be useful for.
Kyleripman
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Nope, but I got some items from suicide runs. Good enough for me.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
This has been my experience too.
I hope they can create a patch that changes the way the game is installed on the HDD so that it actually works. I'm getting flashes of Bayonetta pre-patch here.
Yeah, now more than the previous games, Dark Souls II is harder offline. The reason being you can just co op and get tons of souls. Boss do give lots on your own, but it seems like some people in here are leveling to insane levels simply by helping people beat bosses over and over. I wonder if From is going to nerf the souls you get from being summoned.
You talking about that tunnel in the Forest? Just run through it.
im not very far yet so i dont know, but there is
a regen ring in the forest of fallen giants you can get after you beat the first boss
Just regular shards? I have been finding them here and there as I go. Plus, the Blacksmith in Majula sells them. As for different weapons, I have a +6 mace that scales with strength and is just beastly. I was never a huge fan of maces, but they are super effective in this game.
LaunchpadMcQ
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Oh man, that was a scary fight. I got it on my first try. but man it was stressful as hell.
On the topic of invasions, I joined that
dwarf bell tower
If you're out there, dude I invaded, just know that it was a fluke.
I think I like this change. It encourages more people to play online.
Cloud Strife
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Honestly I'm thinking of doing this, I want katanaaaaaas.
What spells have you guys found useful in PvP? I just found the second sorcery vendor and got stuff like
, but none of them really seems to be as effective as spamming soul arrow and using the magic weapon sorceries. Hopefully I'll find the homing soulmass ability soon, as I remember that was pretty badass in Dark Souls.
Soul Shower, Soul Vortex, and the homing soul arrows
Manus
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I'm SL 73 and about 30 hours into the game. Anyone else this far in and think their's a lack of armor? I've barely found anything good besides after what you find after the Pursuer boss. Maybe they come later? I know you can buy a couple from vendors, but I felt like I was finding a ton of different armor sets in Dark Souls.
Pretend you're fighting
sif. Stay under it, don't lock on and you're way more safe
I've bought all the ones from that blacksmith and haven't found any more for several hours which is why I was getting worried. Wasted a bunch on armour and a shield that I'm now not even using.
GodParticle
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Almost got spoiled by youtube. A video popped up in my recommended with final boss fight as the title...
Kyleripman
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That would be great
but surprising.
From what I've seen with coop miracles seem to do more damage than spells :/
I changed armor to something lighter and I found the damage semi negligible.
But what about the
rats around it
I used mine so I could dual wield falchions. No regrets.
(A fair amount of those three hours was spent watching the host rush in without dodging and die pretty quickly, then reloading. I used to worry about playing co-op in Souls games, thinking I wouldn't be good enough and might drag the team down. Yeahhh, no.)
They are not rare, just take your time and you'll find enemies that drop them. You'll know once you get to where I mean.
You dont have to use online but it adds to the game definitely.
Ok thanks. Right time to try out this
twinblade
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I can't believe hidden paths aren't opened by striking them anymore. I pretty much have to back track all the way from Betwix to see what I've possibly missed.
I get tons of DS2 vids in my recommended list. Luckily nothing major spoiler stuff yet.
Currently using halberd+3, really good weapon, I love it.
But, about first boss battle and halberd:
Last Giant was easy with halberd, spin attack-->spin attack -> spin attack etc... and the boss is down. That thing can't really hit you when you spin/move
Yeah, I
ran in and killed them with a couple of bastard sword horizontal strikes.
About 16 hours in and I have not summoned, invaded or helped anyone yet. I have not had many enemies disappear at all, either. Of course I have not farmed a lot because I don't really need to. Everything seems to be balanced better in this game, but at the same time, I am finding it much more challenging than the first one.
That boss pissed me the fuck off. I had to kill it twice because it killed me right when I killed it. The
little dog rat things are the biggest problem really. I to just go in there and two-hand them, praying that I killed them all at once and didn't get inflicted with toxic while doing so. After that it's just like the other guy said. Stay under it.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Nope. Playing 100% offline. Just gotta be persistent! Also don't forget NPC white phantoms you can summon to help with bosses.
NEOPARADIGM
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I really appreciate that gravity is a formidable foe again.
hey_it's_that_dog
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Sorry if this has been asked already a ton of times, but does lighting sconces achieve anything other than providing more light? I tried to light every one in the starting area but couldn't get to one of them.
Yeah, stuff like that is why I'm summoning for bosses this time through. I'm exploring areas solo, then fighting the bosses a couple times, and not feeling bad about summoning to get past them. I'll defeat them all solo later. I'm prioritizing being surprised by the environment and figuring out the story over fighting the bosses, and I think this will maximize my enjoyment and help me get to the point where "spoilers" don't matter so much.
I will avoid reading boss strategies until I've soloed them all, unless I get thoroughly painfully stuck.
I've beat
I feel kind of bad about it.
Had no luck with
Have to say, i'm loving the game so far, and it runs pretty smoothly on 360.
Some of the sound design is awful at times though.
The Pursuer by firing a bolt at him, and Dragonrider by him falling off the platform.
Had no luck with
Ornstein. Hope that I'll fare better against the Flexile Sentry.
Some of the sound design is awful at times though.
I made it quite a way through the Forest, saw pursuer for the first time etc but found myself getting fairly low on health so I decided to go back to Heide's to get the certain item which would help out on that life percentage loss. Those sentinels are wrecking me even using the Heide sword(not upgraded), I've leveled up my warrior a few points but besides the sword I'm using staring equipment. Should I keep trying here or go back to the forest and use an effigy to get back to full and continue there? Would Fire Longsword work better on these guys or perhaps another weapon? Just feel like I shouldn't be there yet.
Yeah, and it seems at least more consistent than it was in Demon's Souls. In Demon's, it felt like falling did very little damage, and then all of a sudden it was instant death.
On a side note, I think I might have mitigated fall damage in DS II by rolling off of a high place. I did this thing where I rolled off, and immediately when I hit the ground I rolled again, and no damage. I think I remember seeing something about that, or maybe I'm just mistaken.
Audioboxer
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Does Pyromancy really need a split between INT AND Faith? Hopefully it's more one sided than the other and doesn't require a lot of "wasted" points being spent. I've 100% decided on going a Cleric and focussing on STR/FTH on my first playthrough - Would like to throw in some pyro spells, but not go and have to spend a lot on INT.
MiniBossBattle
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Any sorcerers in this thread? I decided to put in a couple point into strength so I at least have a crappy shield I can use then put the rest of the points into INT, Attunment, HP and Endurance. I sure hope I get some better gear thats related to INT builds.
I am not a glass cannon but a glass pistol right now.
I am not a glass cannon but a glass pistol right now.
njean777
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You have to use one of those items that you stick into the faces on walls. I forget what they are called but the area you do it in is the bonfire after the sentinels.it is right under the bonfire room.
Loving the game so far. It is very very easy though.....except those
...holy crap. Seeing those though, I'm confident there will be plenty of tough bosses. I hope. Either way I'm having a blast.
Also doing something I never really bothered with in previous souls games. I'm helping other players in their world. Did the spoilered boss a ton, had a lot of fun with the fight, and gained a bunch of souls at the same time.
Ruins Sentinels
Also doing something I never really bothered with in previous souls games. I'm helping other players in their world. Did the spoilered boss a ton, had a lot of fun with the fight, and gained a bunch of souls at the same time.
Individual enemies stop respawning after you kill them 15 times or something like that. There's an item you can use to reset the spawn limit of an area, but it makes the enemies there harder as well. Each time you reset the spawn limit the enemies jump to a new New Game+ difficulty. So say you reset the spawn limit three times, then the enemies become what you would face on New Game+++.
IIRC that difficulty hike of each modified area carries over to New Game+.
Oh, you will definitely fare better against him. I also went to the Wharf before going back to take care of our good buddy up in the Tower.
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