BigSpleenAttack
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Souls games are amazing, the detail, exploration, mystery to always discover puts most modern games to shame, amazing.
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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I did voice chat without a ring. I think the ring lets you hear voice chat of invaders.
LaunchpadMcQ
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rogerroger22
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Seems like in some encounters there are environmental tools that you can use that can cause friendly-fire damage.
ipitydatfu
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thanks
DoubleTake
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Anyone know where to get the key to open the Two doors next to (Boss Spoiler)
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Last Sinner
Okay, remember how I wanted there to be a
nautical area?
I love the Wharf.
So basically, magic got nerfed?
Where is this "regular one" at?
There's a guy sitting in forest by the ballista ambush, by a gate that eventually closes when you do that area. If you talk to him a couple times after that gate closes he'll give you it.
LaunchpadMcQ
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That is the
Bastille Key
There are none as far as we're aware.
Why is that a good thing, unless it's related to PvP? And if so, I don't know why that has to affect anything in the single-player game. I don't care about PvP at all, and of course PvP also doesn't have much to do with the kinds of enemies they put in the areas. The game loves to swarm you with smaller enemies, and these situations can be difficult but they're managable with good planning as a sorcerer. I don't have a problem with these. But then they throw several of these larger enemies that take very little damage from magic at me and I'm not sure exactly what they expect me to do. I usually manage by doing something silly, like throwing out yearn and hoping they fall off an edge (and they often do), but I feel like this is really cheap and not intended. But at the same time, it's often the only way I'm going to prevail without running out of magic charges. And amber herbs are way too expensive for how few charges they restore.So basically, magic got nerfed?
Thanks, brotha.
DryvBy
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Man, I love this CE already. It's the best one I've bought since Fallout 3's lunch box. I took a bunch of pictures you can see here.
DoubleTake
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Awesome thanks a bunch!
SoraanTribal
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Does the Sorcerer NPC in
ever come back to Majula? The thought of having to go back to him when I want stuff... bleh.
the shipyard area
Well, I'm sort of in the same boat. One of my characters started as a pure int sorceress and I was having trouble at some parts. Then I got a hex staff and a dark pyromancy flame, raised my stats to 40 int 24 faith and use sorcery, pyro and hexes mixed. Int and faith boost secondary stats like fire and dark so much that I feel actually pretty powerful as long as I've loaded good spells for each area. From hexes, the dark orb is especially useful at some areas as it tends to kill sorcery-resistant enemies in couple of hits and I can load up 40+ uses in 2 slots
The spells I mainly use are Great Heavy Soul Arrow (x2), heavy soul arrow, combustion, dark orb. Normal soul arrows are too weak after a few areas as Great Heavies and Dark Orbs stagger enemies.
I got 15 bosses down and intend to get some more tonight after I get the kids to bed, so magic is definitely viable. My only other weapon is a rapier +3
BigSpleenAttack
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hey guys question, i am a sorcerer for the first time, is it viable to put some points into END/ Strength along with INT, as i want to be able to sue at least smaller swords and a bit of gear or does that spread too thin? Sorcerer only starts with 3 str.
I've upgraded both, but just to +1 so far -- like a lot of people, sort of concerned with lack of shards so far -- and my DEX isn't nearly high enough yet to make a considerable difference, but now I'm tempted just to focus intensively on getting DEX to 40 earlier than I'd planned.
This could be awesome.
Summoned two phantoms into the fight against
the pursuer
BigSpleenAttack
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PS yes I also feel magic is poorly done in Souls game, was hoping it would be improved in this one.
rogerroger22
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Small stones have a time limit, white soap stones don't. You need to finish something before getting a large one - but they will last you until the boss dies.
I'll keep that in mind. I haven't come across hexes yet, and I only just got the regular pyromancy flame and I haven't had the chance to use it yet.
SoraanTribal
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I do recommend putting some points into Strength/DEX just so you can use some of the smaller swords. I've been using the Flame sword you can get early on combined with my Soul Arrows and it's working out well so far.
Question. Is it better to double up on Soul Arrow so I have 62 of them or put say Heavy Soul Arrow on there instead? Maybe 60+ Arrows would be great for trash enemies until you get to bosses where the Heavy versions would be more useful?
LaunchpadMcQ
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He moves to Majula once you've talked to him and/or cleared the area. He's on the cliff to the right of the blacksmith's house.
I haven't gone through this part of the forest, but there's another boss in that area.
Filth
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We refer to them as donatellobros
BigSpleenAttack
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This game doesn't allow you to use the same spell twice in a slot?
I have 1 to +5 and another to +3. but my DEX is only 24. I haven't noticed any major bleed type effects the way I used to with Uchigatana in DS1
rogerroger22
Member
I've accidentally taken someone out with it before also - thankfully it was just another summon and not the host.
Deified Data
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I simply can't comprehend why someone would use a small stone over the normal one.
You can load up multiples of spells, yeah. It's the same as Dark Souls 1 in that respect.
I can PM you a spoiler for the location of the great staff I'm using if you need it, it helped me a lot.
Sure.
I wanna dual wield so bad but I cant see myself facing a boss without the help of a shield
Don't get hit.
SoraanTribal
Member
Awesome, just found him, thanks!
BigSpleenAttack
Banned
?? Mine won't let me. It's grayed out when i try to put Soul arrow into 2 slots.
After you've beaten the Ruin Sentinels, you reach a bonfire. Go down the ladder near it, and use on Pharros Lockstone on the contraption below. This grants you access to a new area, the Belfry Luna. You have to beat the area boss to access the Bastille Key as a lootable item located beyond the area boss.
Good luck...with both making it to the mist door AND the boss.
Dude they seriously hid a whole area behind a lockstone? I need that key but I'm not sure if I have anymore lockstones. I'm gonna have to track one down and then go get the key.
The large ones do have a time limit. It's really long though. Didn't count, but id say 10-15 minutes before it kicks you.
BigSpleenAttack
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Sorry for the questions guys, how do you get to the salamanders below at the castle on forest of the fallen GiantS?
rogerroger22
Member
I forget - does the small one restore your Estus if complete it? There have been a few times I've tossed down my large one because I ran out of Estus and wanted a refill by time it was done, although helping out on some of the boss fights with no estus can be a bit tricky.
Also if you want to stock up on some healing items/etc that you get as rewards for finishing your duty - there is a higher chance of surviving the time-limit then there is when needing to defeat a boss.
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