You need to successfully help someone else beat a boss in co-op by being summoned. Then you get a Token of Fidelity and then the knight in Blue Cathedral will let you join that covenant.
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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You need to successfully help someone else beat a boss in co-op by being summoned. Then you get a Token of Fidelity and then the knight in Blue Cathedral will let you join that covenant.
Demons had the best boss fights. They all felt unique. But even then it was still the same tactics for most of them.
I love these games for the sense of adventure more then the actual fights. Only boss I've ever had trouble with so far in all 3 games was megazord ornstein. But got him eventually.
Lionheart1827
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Is getting summoned as a Blue Sentinel a rare occurrence? I've had it equipped for awhile while being human and nobody has summoned me 
Does it depend on what area youre in or it doesnt matter?
Also how come I still cant use my cracked blue eye orbs?
Does it depend on what area youre in or it doesnt matter?Also how come I still cant use my cracked blue eye orbs?
That is hilarious, I thought it was some RNG chance thing with the fire and thought that would be dumb. That's awesome, actually!
BigSpleenAttack
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?? Something is wrong with your ps3...mine runs flawless, the fps issues of DS1 are gone, evenr reviewes commented on it
AzureSkies
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Might as well ask this again: Does anyone know how many successful invasions I have to do to max out devotion to the bell tower covenant?
So I uploaded my save using PS+ last night while at my cousins since I was going home for the first time all week. I knew I couldn't download the save more than once in 24 hours but when I tried it on my PS3, it said I'd have to wait until tonight until I can download it. I haven't downloaded it even once and the wait is killing me. Any way around this so I can get my save?
I walked into the (belfry spoiler)
fight with a phantom buddy that I summoned to help me. Moments after I walk into the mist, someone invades me and my phantom buddy and I become separated by the fog wall.
I take on the first 30 seconds of the boss-fight on my own, meanwhile phantom buddy slays the living shit out of the invader like it's no big deal, walks through the mist and successfully helps me slay the rest of the boss fight. What a badass lol.
gargoyles'
I take on the first 30 seconds of the boss-fight on my own, meanwhile phantom buddy slays the living shit out of the invader like it's no big deal, walks through the mist and successfully helps me slay the rest of the boss fight. What a badass lol.
mullet2000
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Nah, nothing is wrong. I tested Dark Souls 1 and some other games to be sure.
You're telling me that opening area ran well for you? I'd love to see that. (Really, that's not a sarcastic quip) Ran awfully for me.
BigSpleenAttack
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HAHA awesome, one of those moments no other game can get you. Sousl is awesome.
The_Hitcher89
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Just spent an incredibly frustrating hour on this
-Ignore the bonfire when I have 12,000 souls in the bank to explore a side-avenue. Die twice, 5 soul levels down the drain
-Explore area to see if new key will unlock a door, die twice, lose 3,000 souls and the door remains locked anyway
-Go through fog gate thinking 'can't be another boss so close to the last one.' Get molested. Die on the way back by jumping off a drop, forgetting about the increased fall damage. Lose 2,000 souls
Fuck's sake.
-Ignore the bonfire when I have 12,000 souls in the bank to explore a side-avenue. Die twice, 5 soul levels down the drain
-Explore area to see if new key will unlock a door, die twice, lose 3,000 souls and the door remains locked anyway
-Go through fog gate thinking 'can't be another boss so close to the last one.' Get molested. Die on the way back by jumping off a drop, forgetting about the increased fall damage. Lose 2,000 souls
Fuck's sake.
No shortcut between Cardinal Tower and The Pursuer, right? Can tell this boss is gonna take me a while
The perfect Dark
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Where can I find normal titanite shards? Merchants only had 10 in stock.
BigSpleenAttack
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The whole game runs smooth, even reviews of the ps3 version say this. Mine runs great.
Which merchant has titanite shards?
Best way to earn back lost souls in an area I find is to just spam your white soapstone. A few co-op runs in an area nets you a lot of souls back. Did this often after losing ~20,000 souls on a failed corpse run in No Man's wharf. I earned back most of it after 3 or so summon runs, especially since I exhausted many of the enemies in my game and the place was half-empty.
AzureSkies
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Nice! That's something I don't even mind! Is there a way to find out the rewards for the ranks?
Some of these bonfires are freaking stupid.
The one in Sinner's Rise is ridiculous because it's right next to some crossbow enemies that as soon as you spawn at that bonfire, they start firing at you and running toward you. I thought bonfires were supposed to be a safe location of rest? wtf
The one in Sinner's Rise is ridiculous because it's right next to some crossbow enemies that as soon as you spawn at that bonfire, they start firing at you and running toward you. I thought bonfires were supposed to be a safe location of rest? wtf
Just make it a "safe" location. Takes like 5 minutes.
I agree. If I had to sum up the game at this point I'd say it's a bunch of "b-side" levels left over from DaS (and maybe DeS), sort of stapled together. Many areas even have a sort of unfinished quality to them.
BigSpleenAttack
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I find it's as good if not better, the game is a lot bigger so it's impossible to have a smuch interconnectivity in levels as ds1.
Yeah I learned that the hard way when I warped back there and walked away while it was loading.
The perfect Dark
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Yeah, I've used the starting mace (I'm a cleric) so much thanks to this. Strike seems really useful this time around.
The_Hitcher89
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Will try that later cheers. Been at 50% health for like 5 hours now, as I'm for some reason afraid of running out of Effigies at a bad time
Beating a boss should put you back at 100% health imo
sssstententen
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Man, I somehow goofed up the Pate and Creighton side quest.
So much for those awesome bracers, I'll have to make sure I get it right next character.
When I got to the den, they were fighting. I decided to kill Pate. I picked up Pate's loot (which I guess is where I messed up since Creighton apparently wants the ring from him. All he said after that was "You weren't friends with him were you? Then I have no use for you etc" and I didn't get the Den Key
So much for those awesome bracers, I'll have to make sure I get it right next character.
later on.
Castle of eternal rain, the valley of wings, and a place that is reminiscent of a memory..
where's the den ?
Nose Master
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PS3 is really rough in the first several starter areas. Even panning the camera feels laggy. I'm a bit deeper and some of the later zones feel much smoother in terms of performance, noticeable when I revisit Majula and the sluggishness returns. :/
I did pop in DS1 on 360 last night and ran through Undead Burg and Parish again to compare on a new char., also loading up some random later areas on past saves. Outside of the new torch effect in DS2 being stronger, DS1 is a LOT sharper in terms of visual quality and even art direction I still find. Enemies just look more detailed and impressive(the massive black knight with the greatshield in the Parish church alone is far more impressive than anything I've seen in DS2 so far), and the general environment layout and design is still stronger. Reaching the top of the first bell tower and soaking in the view again, noticing Anor Lando, Undead Burg, and the sun rays through the clouds...DS2 just hasn't been so gorgeous yet. Even the most bland looking rooms with middling textures at least have some nice normal maps that don't seem to exist in the cement corridors of DS2. Hell, comparing the "knight armor" and its buckles and gleaming steel in DS1 to the same armor in DS2, the detail downgrade is so apparent.
Not sure how the 360 version compares of DS2 since I went PS3 this time. Then again, so many late game areas of DS1 are really rough looking. Lost Izaleth, Tomb of Giants, for example. DS2 so far feels more on par with those locations in terms of detail and visual quality. Framerate is better overall in DS1 360 than DS2 PS3 with the exception of Blight Town. But whatever, I am having a great time with DS2 considering the 15-ish hours I've logged this week.
sssstententen
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When you start at the bonfire near McDuff, walk up the stairs, and then take the first path to the right (with the dog and the treasure). From there you can jump down to the side, right into the door, making it a shortcut for boss runs.
If you open it from the inside you can use it to get into that building by dropping off the ledge the next time you're there.
oh. where specifically
I agree. Overall, this game should be one of the top 3 last great games for ps3.
probably alongside, and it may be too much to be presumptuous, drakengard 3 and persona 5.
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