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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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Are you in human form?
What? There are weapons that most definitely scale with strength. Maces are a great choice, and yes, there are giant swords as well. You find the Ultra Greatsword pretty early in. It's huge and has an awesome moveset. There are halberds as well.
fuzzyreactor
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didnt think it mattered but yea
Is that so? I've never really tried using those because the description is a bit vague in that it says it will lure certain types of enemies, and I'm not sure what they mean by that. Is there anything special about it, or does it just lure any normal enemy if you use it?
After trying for probably 2 hours and gaining 100000 souls to rehumanize myself for the
fight I gave up trying to go human and just plowed through him solo. Took probably 4 attempts but I eventually got there.
I also got summoned into a
last sinner
I also got summoned into a
rat covenant player's world. I don't think he knew what to do since when I started to kill the player he ran off and I Was able to exit the zone through the mist. Interesting covenant though.
Freezasaurus
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I think I'd like that hat. Do remember whereabouts in the forest he is?
Oh damn, you're right. I didn't even notice that. I'm going for it!
You have to A) be in human form and B) be in the correct level range. If you're way overleveled for that area of the game (compared to most other players) you probably won't see many summon signs.
Otherwise it's a problem with your connection or their servers.
I have learned about a bunch of ambushes and also used them to figure out if a bridge was going to suddenly collapse if I went any further:
nope, people just ran right off it, haha.
They come in real handy around trapped treasure chests.
Just something I was thinking about on my lunch break. Have we found any items that change their scaling upon improvement? In DS1, the uchigatana changes from B to A scaling when it hits +14.
I've noticed a lot of people are making weapon choices based on scaling, and hadn't seen this mentioned at all.
I've noticed a lot of people are making weapon choices based on scaling, and hadn't seen this mentioned at all.
fuzzyreactor
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figured it out, i was in the covenant that doesnt allow coop lol
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Bow users, is a bow-only run actually viable now?
(area)
Heidi's Tower of Flame i
i use a bow because i have a dex str build , I have beaten nearly boss in the game and i don't think that doing a bow-only run is a good idea , it might be possible but really hard
I bashed my head against that boss for an hour or so before realising that the other area is somewhere I could go to. It is a much easier area.
robotzombie
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Awesome, where exactly do I find it?
Deified Data
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I hiiiighly doubt it.
Unless by viable in the sense that a SL1 challenge run is viable.
Are arrows a finite resource? Definitely want to know for my next playthrough.
Freezasaurus
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having a bow as my secondary weapon i dont know really. i mean ofc its possible, but the damage output isnt that high (A scaling bow, 25dex atm, normal arros). the problem is the slow shooting speed imo. i can only guess, that it wouldnt be much fun.
on the other hand, its a brilliant secondary weapon. aggroing enemies or killing them (slowly) from above is quite nice.
So far I've seen DEX on the spears I've used with my DEX character.
Wooden ones are infinite, pretty sure iron and heavy are finite. Possibly enemy drops, though.
As someone who backups with the bow I kinda hate how I haven't found more in the game. Running with the short bow and crossbow it does make them kinda viable but I'm not noticing the attack increase when I level dex or boosting their levels so either I'm doing something wrong or regular arrows are just shit compared to iron and elemental.
The hag merchant you find in forest of the giants who moves to majula sells them I believe.
Sort of bugs me as well. Brand new PS3, so yeah, seems like it is the game.
Was wondering if others had the sound delays as well. Good to know. Also bugs me.
The last gripe I have is the occasional frame-freezes when something is loading or I am on the edge of moving into/from another area.
But those issues aside? I love this game. I think I am only at 4-5 bosses down, and feeling underpowered though I am level 50ish. Really need a better weapon I think. Got
the boss in The Wharf
PS. Malentia is the best NPC. Every time I talk to her I picture The Crack Fox. Um, video is not really NSFW but there is some 'strong' language in it I guess?
Malentia The Crack Fox and I are running off together.
Cool found her, thanks!
Jimmyfenix
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MiamiWesker
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This whole become human through summoning is pissing me off. There is no pattern to it. One time I had died only once, got summoned, lost and I was human again. Another time I had died only once, summoned, beat the boss and stayed hollow. I have beaten a boss like 3 times in a row and still not human. It makes no sense at all.
every sword I've found has had dext involved to some extent, usually the same as str or almost the same. If you want to only raise str, you're looking at axes maces and hammers.
ChrisInCali
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I definitely have been hit by things that shouldn't have, but only twice so far. The whole game feels so much more clunky than Dark Souls. I feel like it's a very unpolished, rushed product so far. I'm still enjoying it, but it's definitely not a masterpiece of design like Dark Souls was to me.
Deified Data
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Reposting for a new page - this information would really help when I respec.
In what way do you mean? ADP does increase your agility which makes rolling with more armor better and drinking estus can be up to half a second faster once you reach the soft cap.
CountAntonius
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For the brotherhood of blood you can duel other members for them. People on the stream had 50-60 of them on them. They just want to keep the hardcore PvP players to fight each other in Arenas and stop destroying people trying to get through their game it seems.
DoubleTake
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Just when I was beginning to think there were no more NPC invasions
shows up haha
Vorgel the Sinner
okay, i should stop now lol, i have to do some uni work. this game is amazing. i must not be too far from beating it, I think, the bosses are soooo good, and the weapons you can make form their souls are great , at least the way they look. next time i play i'm going to experience a little bit with some of the covenants.
if anyone has some questions that might have spoilers I can probably answer some of them, things like weapons/finite items/npc's or thing like that.
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