Kevin Shields
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Are there any dual wield weapons that have an awesome moveset? Particularly for a swordsman...
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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Jimmyfenix
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The frame rate is better than dark arisen in my opinion but the sudden jumps to 60 fps may be an eye sore.
Bumped for am crowd. Gotta know! Thx.
LOL, very. There are even times it runs at around 60 fps. Overall, it runs much better than the first one.
Checking in again to see if anyone's been able to figure out why you sometimes get humanity restored when helping and other times you do not? I'm really starting to think it's level based. Like if you're way too high level, you can still help (i can put down a soapstone in forest of giants at lvl 90), but you don't get humanity back. Which is unfortunate, i guess, but at least i'm getting summoned.
Also:
I have basically 3 paths available to me, and i want to know which of the 3 leads to sunbros. Don't tell me where they are, just which of the 3 i should take:
Or none of the above, in which case, mind blown.
Also:
I have basically 3 paths available to me, and i want to know which of the 3 leads to sunbros. Don't tell me where they are, just which of the 3 i should take:
Windmill area w/ poison stuff, path w/ stone pyromancer lady, down the hole in majula.
Or none of the above, in which case, mind blown.
jacksepticeye
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Just played about an hour, feels really nice to be back in a Souls game.
But there are things for torches around and they're not needed at all, it's always really bright anyway :/
But there are things for torches around and they're not needed at all, it's always really bright anyway :/
SoraanTribal
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Are there enough pharros stones in the game to open up all those contraptions? I mean, without having to join that convenant where you can get them.
Nope, been 100% solid the entire time i played
Im stuck, I have no idea where to go.
I feel like I have been decently thorough but I must have missed some path. Help please!
I have killed the Lost Sinner, Rotten and Duke's Dear Something (that giant spider) as well as a load of other bosses but I figured those are the ones worth mentioning.
I have several doors that wont open: The Shrine of Winter says I need to absorb greater souls or something to that effect, the door in forest of the giants that says I need to produce the King's symbol. And finally theres a door in Brightstone Cove near the giant sinkhole that is locked.
I have several doors that wont open: The Shrine of Winter says I need to absorb greater souls or something to that effect, the door in forest of the giants that says I need to produce the King's symbol. And finally theres a door in Brightstone Cove near the giant sinkhole that is locked.
I feel like I have been decently thorough but I must have missed some path. Help please!
Windmill.
but that's the scariest one!
Edit:
Also, alternate path spoiler question:
Can anyone confirm if clerics can open the path in the sewer area, or do you need to kill the dragon rider and get the lady to do it for you? She says miracles open the path, so i assumed that meant if you start as a cleric, you can access it immediately. I'd like to get sunbros asap on my cleric alt, and i apparently need to go that way.
Well I wasn't expecting that. I was running back through Iron Keep to drop a summon sign at the boss door and
as I was running back through the boss room, The Pursuer showed up. Killed him and he dropped a Ring of Blade +1. Wonder if he spawns anywhere else. Really living up to the name.
SlasherJPC
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So doing a walkthrough on this game just seems like a massive undertaking, so instead I'm going to be doing a boss guide. Here is my first video - The Last Giant. If you guys have tips/tactics on bosses that you think would stick out, let me know. Shoot me a PM.
Have you tried taking a walk from Majula back towards Heide's tower?
Assuming you met her earlier in Heide's tower, the cleric woman will be in the room with the 'contraption that does not move' and can rotate the room unlocking new adventures. I'm guessing that's what you missed?
Deified Data
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You'll need high poise and a high stability shield. As a previous poster said, deal with the 1st guy on the platform one-on-one, deal as much damage to the 2nd one as possible before the 3rd one shows up. If you can cut about a quarter of his health that's ideal. From that point on it becomes very handy to have a ranged attack - I used the Lightning Spear miracle and it worked wonders. Just get on the ground floor and pick off one with ranged attacks, then close in for the kill on the other one.
Had the exact same problem last night and had to post in this thread to figure it out, haha. It's kind of obscure if you don't do it early in the game:
You need to talk to the Miracle chick above the Dragonrider boss until she says she's going to move. Then go to the device between Heidi's and Majula.
I don't know, but I really hope this is the case. Would be extremely cool for new runs.
really? Everything I read said there was not "blighttown" level of FR drop in the whole game.
There's nothing as bad as blight town in this game. People are just in love with hearing themselves talk.
Thank you both! Thats pretty obscure, I would have never found that.
I don't know what that dude is smoking but im 20 hours in and nothing has been even remotely comparable to blightown levels of slowdown.
When aiming with different arrows, use r1 for the first set and r2 for the second set.
I didn't say it was as choppy as that area, I'm just saying that it's bothering me now. So far the overall framerate seems to be lower than that of Dark Souls but I could just be more sensitive to it. I'll be playing it some more this weekend so hopefully I'll just adjust to it.
Must be random, I'm pretty sure I got a dragon bone when I traded it.
super-famicom
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It is random. I got a whip when I traded mine.
I lost 230k last night and 90k before that. Don't feel too bad.
Seems to me that you're just talking about yourself.
God damn. This game keeps going and going.
There are so many bosses. I'm guessing a good deal of them are actually optional. There's at least one fight I read about here that I'm not sure why I haven't triggered
(Boss we've seen in previews)
Did everyone at preview events suck at this game or did they nerf this boss?
PVP in this game is amazing! I love the dueling component of the brotherhood of blood covenant. It's like the arena in DS1 but it actually works, almost immediately too. That ring of sun power or whatever (that explodes when you take enough damage) seems to be used a lot. I wonder if the ring of thorns will be used in PVP too. Has anyone used that?
Rocking Black Knight Ultra Greatsword. It's still beastly.
. Still using Large Club for PVE. I tried it in PVP and had way better luck with the BK sword.
(late boss spoiler)
There are so many bosses. I'm guessing a good deal of them are actually optional. There's at least one fight I read about here that I'm not sure why I haven't triggered
the gargoyles - I unlocked the bell covenant area, joined the covenant, rang a bell.. I don't see any gargoyles.
(Boss we've seen in previews)
The mirror knight fight is fun, but fairly easy. I did it coop a bunch of times and it didn't get a chance to spawn an invader even once.
PVP in this game is amazing! I love the dueling component of the brotherhood of blood covenant. It's like the arena in DS1 but it actually works, almost immediately too. That ring of sun power or whatever (that explodes when you take enough damage) seems to be used a lot. I wonder if the ring of thorns will be used in PVP too. Has anyone used that?
Rocking Black Knight Ultra Greatsword. It's still beastly.
Now it also does fire damage
(late boss spoiler)
Demon of Song has an amazing design! It was a pretty easy fight once I learned the attacks but holy shit the trek to that fog door is incredibly tough. This is one of my favorite bosses in the game though because it looks so cool.
I don't think so. You need to 2H a crossbow to aim it in first person.
It's great for taking out ally's also.
Incendiary
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I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my struggle through work. Us NoSleepBros won't be praising the sun today that's for sure.
I haven't finished the game but the frame rate is much better than DS1 so I dont understand the complaints at all
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
It's not you. The average framerate on PS3 is lower and messier than Dark Souls. While there's no sustained 15fps zones like Blighttown, it rarely stays at 30fps. More like 26fps in quite a few places, even with no enemies alive.
Xbox version stays at 30fps a lot more due to no v-synch and lots of tearing.
Antiwhippy
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Fucking sentinels.
One is easy. Two is hard.
The perfect Dark
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What's going on in that
tower? Lol, awesome.
bell
test_account
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Thanks for the tips to you two as well!
I currently use a Halberd, so i got decent range. Is there anyway to apply lightning to that? My character has very low Miracle and Magic levels, i have mostly focused on upgrading Health, Stamina, Strength and Dexterity.And three can be a pain in the ass. I finally took care of them last night. It took quite a few tries, but it was just a matter of trying to keep them separated as much as possible. Lots of blocking, running around and carefully timing one or two hits here and there.
I'm having a super hard time. I'm at the area that I suppose is like the spiritual succesor to the burg, the very first area after Majula, and just struggling. Theres so many different routes, but my guy has like NO life gems.
So far this game is harder than Dark Souls 1 imo. And thats not just because im started from the unknown.
So far this game is harder than Dark Souls 1 imo. And thats not just because im started from the unknown.
I'd like to see a detailed comparison between the two games, because I don't buy it. The animations are definitely worse, but the framerate is about the same (which is still not good).
I'm pretty sure I bought it from the
guy you talk to who lets you into the brotherhood of blood covenant after you beat the chariot boss.
If you want to duel, join the
brotherhood of blood covenant. The arena stuff is great.
The perfect Dark
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I need Twinkling Titanite
malboroking
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The game never gets as bad as Blighttown but the overall framerate is worse in DS2.
Phatosaurus
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I attempted my first invasion in the forest. I fell down a crevice after 5 minutes of looking for the host and died.
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