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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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Baloonatic
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Holy shit, the Yearn spell is amazing. Any boss with adds and large groups of enemies are made so much easier.
It isnt as annoying as Blightown and pretty short if you ask me.
I just added something to my previous post, I am actually using both, but FlameSword+9 isnt extremely much of an upgrade over the Drangleic Sword. You could probably just stick to Drangleic and dont miss too much power.
I'd definitely recommend grabbing a high dmg slow weapon though and upgrade that to +9. Perfect for bosses.
if you overlevel in DS1 you begin to get locked out of coop/PvP since it matches you with who is within 10 percent of your level (or within 10 levels of you I forgot)
If i'm right DS2 does it where it depends on the souls you have. I'm assuming it's going off of how many bosses you beaten and matches you with something close to that.
It's mainly a PvP thing
I loved the area lot then and still do now. It feels alot more organic then alot of places so far.
Spaaaaaaaaace
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Is there no Havel's ring?
You get it way, way later.
And yes, the game feels incredible easy outside of certain rare choke points like the 3 Sentinels.
SoraanTribal
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Ah, I gotcha. That's about what I figured. Thanks!
I usually just keep leveling as much as I can when I play Souls games, lol.I actually think the level design is, on the whole, better. It's not as elegant in terms of how everything fits within the world nor is the art usually as polished, but the mechanics they introduce, the enemy placement, and the pacing feels better to me throughout than it did in Dark Souls 1.
I also think most of the system changes are for the better- adaptability is far more useful stat than res, (perhaps too useful?) backstabs and parries are no longer game breakingly good like they were before, you can no longer overpower the game with soul grinding/boss runs are more convenient if you're having a hard time, there's no super crutch like the drake sword in the beginning, and, for as much as the game feels like a series of levels, (instead of Dark Soul's world) there's way more world open to explore at any given point than in Ds1. (I think I have 4 viable routes open to me at the moment? I can't recall ever having that in Ds1) And for all the locations that look kind of bland, there are also some great moments/places with terrific atmosphere. First half of game location spoilers:
And I haven't even made it to the second half of the game (maybe even the last 2/3rds?) yet, where I'm assuming that all those great locations from the trailers that I haven't seen yet are.
Yeah, I'm not ready to call the game worse than Ds1 yet. Less polished, sure, and the boss fights aren't as strong, but the rest of the game feels consistently better to me. I haven't hit a Blightown or a Lost Izalith or a Crystal Caves yet, and I'm not sure I will, given just how consistent it has been.
I also think most of the system changes are for the better- adaptability is far more useful stat than res, (perhaps too useful?) backstabs and parries are no longer game breakingly good like they were before, you can no longer overpower the game with soul grinding/boss runs are more convenient if you're having a hard time, there's no super crutch like the drake sword in the beginning, and, for as much as the game feels like a series of levels, (instead of Dark Soul's world) there's way more world open to explore at any given point than in Ds1. (I think I have 4 viable routes open to me at the moment? I can't recall ever having that in Ds1) And for all the locations that look kind of bland, there are also some great moments/places with terrific atmosphere. First half of game location spoilers:
Lighting the wharf, looking out from Majula for the first time, going through Heide's Tower of Flame, the overlook in Huntsman's Copse, the Lost Bastille's ominous atmosphere- straight up RE4 vibes here, Bowser's Castle/Iron Keep.
Yeah, I'm not ready to call the game worse than Ds1 yet. Less polished, sure, and the boss fights aren't as strong, but the rest of the game feels consistently better to me. I haven't hit a Blightown or a Lost Izalith or a Crystal Caves yet, and I'm not sure I will, given just how consistent it has been.
Oh that's too bad. It is really cool though. I think torches should be an infinite use item. The penalty for using it is twofold already: can't use a weapon or shield in that hand, and your torch goes out if you put it away so you have to light it again.
MiamiWesker
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Talk to her there is an option to give her armor.
Wow. How did I miss that? Thanks!
I hear that you find it later in the game
Deified Data
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So is PVP range determined primarily by soul history, game progress, or level? I'm thinking that if it's a major departure from the first game and soul history is more important than anything, there's really no such thing as "overleveling" anymore...in fact, if you have souls and don't spend them on leveling you're sort of wasting them, right? Has anyone determined how important soul history is to matchmaking?
Incendiary
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Goddamn I just had a very Souls-satisfying moment!
Bosses spoiler:
Bosses spoiler:
I just solo'd the Belfry Gargoyles. That was a damn intense fight to do by yourself, but fuck yeah was it satisfying to take down that last one. Although I'm about sick of multiple bosses at the same time now. The last three bosses I took down were Ed, Edd, and Eddy, the Skeleton Lords, and the Belfry Gargoyles. Could really use a mano-a-mano boss fight as a palette cleanser here soon because these fights are pretty taxing.
robotzombie
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Should I bother upgrading the Mace or wait for a better STR weapon? How rare are regular titanite shards?
Jimmyfenix
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So is there a way to reach the bottom if the fallen giant's where the salamanders are ?
Throw me in this camp. This game just instantly struck the right chords with me and the feeling of awe I get playing still hasn't wore off...and I haven't even begun to really dig into the lore.
theytookourjobz
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I'm almost finished with my first play through and to everyone worrying about finite souls: don't. It is not an issue at all.
Also after a certain point in the game, titanite shards (large and small) are available in unlimited amounts through a vendor in town.
Also after a certain point in the game, titanite shards (large and small) are available in unlimited amounts through a vendor in town.
Suppose I'll just keep looking forward to it then.
theytookourjobz
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Yes but there's not much else there to do so hangin there is kind of pointless.
You can still invade and be invaded. Hell, it doesn't even break the covenant.
Deified Data
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robotzombie
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The moveset is good and it is powerful, but its a boring/simple looking weapon and I eventually want to use giant awesome swords probably
But I'm just wondering if pumping it up for now will make me regret using up some resources when I find something cooler later on
yea not sure either been trying to figure this out as well
I think it's game progress and boss souls tho. Leveling doesn't mean shit, a lvl 1 with a certain amount of progress will still fight someone at the same game progress.
Cool thanks. I was worrying that after you beat the boss, the
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cpp_is_king
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How do you put down a summoning sign?
I think the game has more consistency on terms of level design than DS1 in the sense that it doesn't have areas as bad as Tomb of Giants/Lost Izalith/Blighttown. While the world isnt as cohesive as the first one it is way more consistent. Most of the Gameplay elements are improvements. What I also think about the boss fights is that we have fought those style of bosses before on DeS and DaS so we can handle them better with all the time we have spent around. The covenants now are actually functional for most of the part unlike DaS1 which were forgettable. Also appreciate there seems to be no Bed of Chaos, Dragon God type of Trial and Error Boss Fights. I see more Artorias like bosses but not as difficult. The only complain I would have would be the performance which while it still doesnt dip as bad as some areas from DaS1 I would have expected better from them and the texture quality in some areas could have been improved.
Anyone find a weapon that's better than Drangleic sword? Haven't found anything too impressive honestly. My other weapon is a Ultra Greatsword that's my strongest weapon but unwieldy for most enemies. Any one find a strong weapon that's good for scaling? Currently in Earthen Peak.
robotzombie
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I haven't used a human effigy yet, so I was wondering, does it just instantly turn you into a human the second you use it? Does it keep whatever percentage health you had? Does it make you lose souls if you have a pile you haven't recovered yet or anything weird like that?
theytookourjobz
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Heide sword.
The club is my strongest weapon (way stronger than the Drangleic), but only useful for big enemies.
The Wizard
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Has anyone here successfully used a cracked blue eye orb? They seem to fail instantly for me.
theytookourjobz
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It turns you human immediately and your max hp goes to full but your current HP stays the same.
I imagine it's super strong after a ton of upgrading? I'll go upgrade it then.
Deified Data
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Additionally, do we know if this applies to co-op as well? Could co-op range be determined by soul history and game progress as opposed to soul level?
The perfect Dark
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I don't get Doors of
Where do I have to go? And how?
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theytookourjobz
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It scales with strength and really well with faith (because faith raises lightning damage.
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