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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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KennyLinder
Member
Oh where is that ring? Sounds handy.
Garcia
Member
It's the bug. That stupid and annoying bug what's keeping many from making any progress during that fight.
I also helped out 4 people after I managed to beat him. He's really easy, you just have to dodge all the time.
how do you do this ?
i left a sign, someone summed me, went into a boss portal but instead of going with him my character got kicked into my own world
cpp_is_king
Member
I've been scared to use my Human Effigies because they feel pretty scarce, and I'd hate to run out when I get really stuck. So far the only time I even went Human was to get my health back after I was down to 50%, and that was only once.
Yeah, now that I think of it, people are mostly dying right up on the wall. I didn't realize how prevalent the bug was going to be.
Honestly there are times where that makes things more difficult. The strength of the boss increase with each phantom. I eventually had to solo the Ruin Sentinels because idiot phantoms kept dying or getting knocked off and triggering the other 2.
Nothing1016
Member
I've used like 15 of them and still have plenty left. I was scared at first. You should probably get the ring of binding.
Thursday War
Banned
just circle him. hes easy
Mr Fahrenheit
Member
I'm on the
boss, and I'm going to go nuts if there's one more boss that spawns with a bunch of enemies around him in this game. It serves no other purpose than to waste my time before I can actually start fighting the boss.
spider
I haven't put this many hours into a game in 4 days, maybe ever....Just defeated the
after 4 tries....I'm kind of unsure how to pick my weapon. I wanna use heavier swords or axes so should I just be looking at what does the most damage? Or are there other stats I should take into consideration.
3 Ruin Sentinels
malboroking
Banned
Yeah, there's some areas that look rough. There's this one part, in the Forest of the Giants in the tower you find right after climbing up the ladder from the river, you get this unobstructed view of the background area and it looks like a bad PS2 game. I know it's not something they meant for you to see like that, but they should have put a wall there or something =P
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
The Ring of Binding will not allow you to summon, correct? If so, can you still see summon signs and just simply unequip it or do you have to have it off before the servers will display signs? I'm afraid if I equip the ring and get to the point where I want to summon, I'll be screwed.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
I was pretty impatient the first time. Dropped him on my second attempt
Garcia
Member
I guess they do look pretty much the same.
I'd rather like elegant homages to KF (like the secret walls) instead of them reusing textures of their old games. (
)See You Next Wednesday
Banned
I couldn't hold off anymore & bought the game. Graphic downgrades be damned, I haven't played a good single player game in months!
So what class & gift is the one to choose at the start?
IS there a Pyromancy & Master Key equivalent that everyone recommends for DS2?
So what class & gift is the one to choose at the start?
IS there a Pyromancy & Master Key equivalent that everyone recommends for DS2?
Scratch that, FUCKING DID IT. Hell yes. God damn that was fucking intense.
super-famicom
Member
I don't know if this has been posted yet, but FROM has a website that tracks player stats (clears, deaths, souls lost, etc).
http://farfire.darksoulsii.com/pc/players/index.html
Apparently 5 people cleared the game, 4.5 million deaths, 113+ billion souls lost, and 33,743 people died from traps.
And if you go to INVENTORY, you can see the currently most popular gear.
Falconer armor is pretty popular, the Blue Seal ring is #1, and one of the DLC shields is the most popular Normal Shields.
http://farfire.darksoulsii.com/pc/players/index.html
Apparently 5 people cleared the game, 4.5 million deaths, 113+ billion souls lost, and 33,743 people died from traps.
And if you go to INVENTORY, you can see the currently most popular gear.
Falconer armor is pretty popular, the Blue Seal ring is #1, and one of the DLC shields is the most popular Normal Shields.
Wow. Only 5 people have beat the game so far. I mean I know it just came out but theres so many people playing it nonstop.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
The only area so far I've felt was kind of ugly is
. I actually went "ew" there for a bit. Grey and washed out everywhere, could have used some better coloured textures. It's short though. And I guess it does succeed at looking bleak and desolate, hah.
Harvest Valley
Chance Hale
Member
The first boss is crazy easy, just stay
Nothing else can hit you.
between his legs and have enough stamina to roll when he stomps.
Hows that only 5 guys cleared the game in PS3 but 4k on 360¿?
PS3 guys are more "casul"??
WheelHoss1
Member
Thank you!!! Onward and upward . . .
The perfect Dark
Banned
Regarding the red soap stone:
You can
You can
buy it from the merchant in Undead Purgatory. You have to join the covenant though
The Xtortionist
Member
Got some weapon questions:
1. I've decided I really love the greatsword-class moveset. I've been 2-handing a Bastard Sword +5 for a while now (should have been +10 but I spread my large shards too thin >_<) and it's working out great. I know there's probably better greatswords though, but can't figure out which ones are going to be the best. Equip weight is also a huge issue. Bastard Sword only weighs 6 pounds which is good for me - I like to keep my equip load under 70% for the non-fat roll. Any suggestions?
2. This is just for kicks, but since I'm comfortable with greatswords, should I consider moving to ultra greatswords? Only problems are: 1. My strength isn't high enough to 2-hand the Greatsword weapon, so I can't see what its actual moveset will be like and 2. Keeping equip load under 70% is very important for my playstyle. Ultras may simply be too heavy. I'll take some input though.
1. I've decided I really love the greatsword-class moveset. I've been 2-handing a Bastard Sword +5 for a while now (should have been +10 but I spread my large shards too thin >_<) and it's working out great. I know there's probably better greatswords though, but can't figure out which ones are going to be the best. Equip weight is also a huge issue. Bastard Sword only weighs 6 pounds which is good for me - I like to keep my equip load under 70% for the non-fat roll. Any suggestions?
2. This is just for kicks, but since I'm comfortable with greatswords, should I consider moving to ultra greatswords? Only problems are: 1. My strength isn't high enough to 2-hand the Greatsword weapon, so I can't see what its actual moveset will be like and 2. Keeping equip load under 70% is very important for my playstyle. Ultras may simply be too heavy. I'll take some input though.
Taken from Gamefaqs:
ran out of effigy's? read the patch coming that will fix the co-op 'bug'? dont worry i got your solution to all your hollow needs!
this requires you to have access to the
ran out of effigy's? read the patch coming that will fix the co-op 'bug'? dont worry i got your solution to all your hollow needs!
this requires you to have access to the
shrine on amana (i will not write a guide on how to get to this area as you have to progress through the game to get there anyway)
you also need to have spoken too all the girls that are non-hostile (you will find the first one in the first hut when you enter the zone, the second right before the boss (shes the one that 'dies') and the third at the statue which is in the next paragraph), this is part of a quest also you can not kill them (their name is milfanito) and to have beat the main boss of this area (the one that 'dies' when you speak to her doesnt end the quest or ruin anything, thats part of it all so dont panic when you see her just die when you speak with her)
once you beat the boss progress normally till you get to some stone pillars and then go to the building that looks like a watch tower and light the bonfire and then go upstairs and open the door (to open the door you must be hollow so rest at the bonfire then go take a swim then grab your souls and resume opening the door) you will then be attack by a few hollows and a mage further along the path, kill them and proceed into the structure that has another girl in it, speak to her and exhaust all of her dialog
now with all that done you can pray to the giant flaming statue to turn back into human form at any time BUT in order to do so you must have zero human effigy's, zero including in your item box
you're welcome
edit: this might be old news by now but with all the panic going on about "how are we going to turn human if we run out of effigy's!" i figure this is not common knowledge yet (also this info is all infact true, i got this from the game guide i bought since i know the wiki wont have accurate info for another week or so)
you also need to have spoken too all the girls that are non-hostile (you will find the first one in the first hut when you enter the zone, the second right before the boss (shes the one that 'dies') and the third at the statue which is in the next paragraph), this is part of a quest also you can not kill them (their name is milfanito) and to have beat the main boss of this area (the one that 'dies' when you speak to her doesnt end the quest or ruin anything, thats part of it all so dont panic when you see her just die when you speak with her)
once you beat the boss progress normally till you get to some stone pillars and then go to the building that looks like a watch tower and light the bonfire and then go upstairs and open the door (to open the door you must be hollow so rest at the bonfire then go take a swim then grab your souls and resume opening the door) you will then be attack by a few hollows and a mage further along the path, kill them and proceed into the structure that has another girl in it, speak to her and exhaust all of her dialog
now with all that done you can pray to the giant flaming statue to turn back into human form at any time BUT in order to do so you must have zero human effigy's, zero including in your item box
you're welcome
edit: this might be old news by now but with all the panic going on about "how are we going to turn human if we run out of effigy's!" i figure this is not common knowledge yet (also this info is all infact true, i got this from the game guide i bought since i know the wiki wont have accurate info for another week or so)
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
It's more fun honestly. I don't see the point of soloing.
Captain Failure
Neo Member
I keep trying to sunbro but as soon as I join the host falls off a cliff and dies.
So I started as a cleric class and just got to boss number one. But... I'm just not feeling it like I did with my DS cleric. I think mainly because the stats are a bit punishing in this one for starting as a cleric (dex is so low and most things I find are dex required) that and I found a chime right away so starting with one is a bit pointless. Heal is only a vendor away too. In DS with a master key it was easy to get Astora's Strsight sword ASAP and be set for the first while of the game if you were faith heavy. This doesn't have that net right away.
Wanna start over, and gear said the depraved actually seems like the best starting class no? You can get a decent elemental sword close to the start (clerics dex needs 5 points to use it), tons of life gems around, plus you start at level 1 so you could customize how you want. Is that crazy?
Wanna start over, and gear said the depraved actually seems like the best starting class no? You can get a decent elemental sword close to the start (clerics dex needs 5 points to use it), tons of life gems around, plus you start at level 1 so you could customize how you want. Is that crazy?
The Xtortionist
Member
Some people are gonna hate me for this but I abuse the Ring of Life Protection so I can stay in human form. Love cooping with people.
Side note, does anyone else think
The Gutter
theMrCravens
Member
If you use the Soul Vessel to respec, does it let you change class ?
If not, do stats go back to level 1 or the initial class level ? (like Warrior initial level 12)
Also, I lost my beard and tattoo. Why ? :*(
If not, do stats go back to level 1 or the initial class level ? (like Warrior initial level 12)
Also, I lost my beard and tattoo. Why ? :*(
Somnium986
Member
So anyone know of a way to get a lot of Cracked Red Eye orbs?
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
Anyone & what is the new stat Adapt?
You keep the class and starting stats.
Soloing bosses gives me a thrill and satisfaction (if the boss isn't really easy) that co-op'ing never will.
Don't get me wrong, I love putting my sunbro sign down and helping people kill bosses and then spamming that kneeldown emote afterwards, it's great. But there's really nothing like learning and overcoming a boss by yourself, in my opinion.
For example, I just beat the
Belfry Gargoyles
Best game right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYiiplZV0BM
It's unfortunate they didn't change much to this game as it's basically the same as Dark Souls 1 but for what it is, I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
It's unfortunate they didn't change much to this game as it's basically the same as Dark Souls 1 but for what it is, I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
SJRB
Gold Member
This is nifty, but also seems grossly outdated. I just checked Majula and the death count was over 20 million.
So so strange, but I have been playing every night since Tuesday, always on my PS3 via a corded DS4 controller and while I have had the strange "I pressed the 'start' button didn't ... oh ok THERE the menu popped up" occurance, it was always just the menu that I noticed it on.
Today, I decided to go back to my sorcerer character that I haven't touched since Tuesday, and try to kill
Ornsteinface
Curious if others that are seeing strange response delay are using DS4s as well? Oh and I am disc copy FWIW.
UnObtainium17
Member
Ugh i wasted a pharros stone just to unlock a boss that is kicking my ass. I can only take 3 birds soloing. I suck lol. Huntsman's corpse here I come.
The Xtortionist
Member
Broken how?
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