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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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If you mean one of the side paths (the one that doesn't go to Forest of Fallen Giants), look for a lever/switch in the same room. It'll open the door.
Cannon Goose
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I waited for ages for a summon sign to pop up in front of the Lost Sinner boss but nothing showed up. Ended up failing yet again after only getting three hits in.
I know you have to be human to summon, but are there any other tricks? A specific covenant I should be in or something?
I know you have to be human to summon, but are there any other tricks? A specific covenant I should be in or something?
You could buy one from the merchant if you haven't got that one yet.
Heads up for anyone using an INT build, I found a really good headpiece that doesn't seem great at first glace. The
wearing red in Earthen Peak drop a hood called
that increases your INT by 3. It doesn't say this anywhere in the item description, so I thought I'd mention it. I just discovered it by chance.
female pyromancers
Desert Sorceress Hood
There's one in
Shaded Ruins.
Should I put points into ADP even as a tanky melee dude/V-Bomb?
Make sure you're not too high or low of a level, as that will affect who can see your summoning sign and the summoning signs you can see.
At least, I'm pretty sure.
OneEyeTwoHead
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I made the mistake of going at him early too. You need to be at least like SL 100 for him, for realsies.
I dunno about you, but after 30+ points in INT..my spells have gone up by maybe 10 pts of damage.
what? no, he is not easy but you don't have to be SL100, I beat him when I was at 70-75
There's a ring that will allow you to summon (or be summoned) more easily by people of the same covenant. I believe the cat in Majula sells it
Chance Hale
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Jeez, the valley place is super ugly.
That area is amazing, lol.
The Xtortionist
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Just had the hypest bell tower defense ever. We both got a good hit on each other, he ran back to entrance and turtled, then I guard broke his ass and critical'd him for the kill.
Load times are a major drag though. Especially when the host is already dead.
Load times are a major drag though. Especially when the host is already dead.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So wait, (area spoiler)
the second bonfire in forest of giants with a shit load of turtle kmights, is there really nothing else there other than the giant you can examine?
I agreed with you until you gave the "gather the lord souls" example. The equivalent to that is gather the four souls that the priest girl or whatever her name is tells you about after meeting her in Majula. There is a goal but it's just really stupid as to how you go about doing that.
Yeah. I haven't gotten to them yet, but I totally feel the lack of progression. One of the things that the first game did so brilliantly was make you feel like you were actually exploring an area and uncovering new shortcuts and stuff as you went along. I haven't really experienced that yet. I guess I unlocked that gate in the first area that linked me back, but that wasn't nearly the same. I remember in the first one when I got to the ladder that you could kick down to one of the first bonfires, it was such an AHA moment, and the whole game was filled with great stuff like that. It had a lot more hidden cool areas too. This one feels almost like a collection of stages so far. I wish it was more connected. Also, the goal of "get souls" as the main goal immediately is kinda like "eh...." I also hate that my life gets diminished when I die. I get what they're doing, and I understand it but when you combine that with the guard break ridiculousness it's pretty damn irritating.
Totally agree with A. Especially as there's no connection to other areas. You just kinda... progress. Also agree with B so far too. C I can't comment on.
For me, it's a collection of little things. Warping back to the main bonfire to level up is stupid, stupid stupid and it's a waste of goddamn time. It really irritates me. The animations are really weird too. They don't have the weight of the first game, and even stuff like the running animations are off. Why is my dude running with his arms sticking out so far? Also, the guard break stuff is pissing me off a lot too. When your stamina gets bashed from one or two blocked hits and you then get into that LOOOOOONG guard break pose that basically guarantees you're gonna get smacked... UGH. The beginning of the game didn't do that any favors either when you just get mobbed by like 3 or 4 guys at once.
The game gives you a goal, but it seems to be a long-term goal compared to the bell goal. It's basically just "Seek bigger souls. Seek out the king." Sounds like stuff that will take way longer than ringing the bells in Dark Souls.
I was told that I just needed thering to make the fall in the center of Majula but I'm dying to the first fall even with that ring on.silvercat
Try more HP!
MiamiWesker
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The whole blue covenant stuff seems pointless, it never gets used.
Eh. I put on both +HP rings I have but that's about all I can do without spending souls. Oh well..
Wait, what area is this? The only turtle knight I remember seeing is the single area opposite the ballista room.
Nope. It does not break.
I was told that I just needed thering to make the fall in the center of Majula but I'm dying to the first fall even with that ring on.silvercat
I survived with like 1% health even after pumping quite a few levels into HP.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Yeah I don't get the people who are saying there's no direction. The NPCs give you a pretty clear goal, even if that goal is pretty long-term relative to the one they give you in Dark Souls 1. It's pretty much the same as in 1. "This is the thing you have to do and this is the general direction you have to go in. Good luck."
It does give you a goal for sure. I'm just saying that the way the game guides you to meet that goal or raise up its clarity is bad.
How long did you talk to NPCs? The Emerald Herald tells you to collect the four great souls and meet with the King, and the crestfallen dude who lets you join Way of Blue tells you the locations of the Forest, Heide's Tower, and the area below Majula.
The landscape of firelinkshrine makes it very clear as to which way you're supposed to go. They said there's a bell underground and one above. Firelink Shrine has a great deal of verticality so it's extremely easy to know where you're supposed to go. It's impossible to fuck up. This is not the case with Dark Souls 2. They just say gather souls. Granted, one of the NPCs say that you have to go to the forest regardless at first but there's no sense of direction as to which way leads to the forest. There is no implicit guidance in Dark Souls 2 compared to its predecessor.
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I found one after the bit after Ruin Sentinels. I don't remember wear exactly though
Very late game observation:Helped like ten people kill the dragon boss....almost all Vengarl set + A big sword/shield. No one is using magic
Yup people were pretty thankful for my
lightning bolts
Also quick question about Brightstone
Is there a closer fire to the Spider boss? I'm at the Cathedral...
Comfort Jones
Banned
She's not selling unlimited shards for me so uhhhh dunno what's up.
???
He literally says the Forest is past the bonfire. Turn your camera around, and you see a way down from the bonfire. That's not the only area he mentioned either.
Do you have enough souls? She should never run out.
The Xtortionist
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Second hypest bell defense: I spawned on the second floor and my teammate was chasing the invader down the stairs. I jumped down the hole to cut him off and killed him in one combo.
So addicting.
So addicting.
SoraanTribal
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Made a bit of progress in the
Explored most of the area minus a few locked doors, and now I'm in some scary place called
something. I think I'm right before a big boss too.. the area looks quite beautiful in the moonlight and ominous.
I feel like this game has so many nice rings... hard to choose which ones to use. I swap out rings quite often (when I need the Ring of Restoration for example).
I finally found another Pharros stone, and I saw two locations to use it in
Should I hold onto this or use it now? Wish I knew what I got from those two contraptions prior to using it. I know it would totally break the game, but sometimes I wish you could save/reload, lol.
Old Bastille.
Sinner's
I feel like this game has so many nice rings... hard to choose which ones to use. I swap out rings quite often (when I need the Ring of Restoration for example).
I finally found another Pharros stone, and I saw two locations to use it in
Old Bastille.
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