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[sssstententen]

Woooooooooooooooooooow, NG+ is totally a different thing in this game. In Things Betwixt there is new enemies i never saw on the normal game.

Do tell what kind.

 

[MotionBlue]

She should be close to the bonefire. . . Strange that you can't find her, she definitely is there.

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Is it the lady that sells miracles? i've talked to her plenty and she has yet to move.

 

[Alebelly]

can I get a break down of equip load% and the changes in your rolls? Hard to tell where it changes, but I want the best possible roll.

Changes at 70% for me. 70 and over is fat roll, under 70 is fast roll

 

[TraBuch]

Doesn't matter because I opened them all! Gotta search everything.

I did the same thing. Those stone soldiers are a good source of Titanite Slabs, btw.

 

[Garcia]

Hey guys, I have already vanquished

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3 of the Great Four. Lost Sinner, Spider and Iron Keep Boss

. Right now I've found the

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Drangelic Castle

but it seems I can't enter yet, I've entered the

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Grave of Saints

buy only had 4 Pharros Lockstones with me. . . I need an extra 3 to place next to the rat statues and I can't enter the door that (I assume) leads to

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The Gutter

because it's locked.

Any ideas of where should I be going now?

 

[the_batman]

Just lost 30k souls at SL90.

Not the end of the world, but it still sucks.

that's not even a lot of souls.

Just went through this grueling fucking room with

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12 stone soldiers and 5 ruin sentinels.

Shit like this makes me want to toss something through the tv.

omg, that doesn't sound good. it might be the end of me.

 

[gdt]

Just saw my second sad Sunbro.

 

[SargerusBR]

Do tell what kind.

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2 Black Phantoms(not NPC's) like the ones on Demon Souls and a bunch of falconer knights that uses a real falcon to attack

 

[Garcia]

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Is it the lady that sells miracles? i've talked to her plenty and she has yet to move.

Yes, that's her. She reaches a point where she says she'll find "a new place to be" or something like that. . .

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Huh, I didn't know there were summon signs to summon black phantoms into your own world. Neat. Dealt with that guy and his giant, intimidating sword quite well.

 

[Gorillaz]

anybody have any luck with human effigy farming or an easy way to get them?

already got the merchant hat to up my chances but is there anyway out there to for sure get them

 

[Alebelly]

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2 Black Phantoms(not NPC's) like the ones on Demon Souls and a bunch of falconer knights that uses a real falcon to attack

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in that pit you drop down into before the two cyclops/ogres there is a black phantom with a heavy crossbow +5

 

[AKingNamedPaul]

Changes at 70% for me. 70 and over is fat roll, under 70 is fast roll

There are more roll types this time around, they are just much harder to see the difference in effectiveness/distance. I want to have the best possible gear I can have with the fastest possible roll, but I need to know my cut off% for equip load

 

[SargerusBR]

anybody have any luck with human effigy farming or an easy way to get them?

already got the merchant hat to up my chances but is there anyway out there to for sure get them

You can kill

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the old ladies back in Things Betwixt, they will drop like 8 effigies in total, but you will lose the ability to respec

 

[Garcia]

anybody have any luck with human effigy farming or an easy way to get them?

already got the merchant hat to up my chances but is there anyway out there to for sure get them

There's an exploit that will effectively render any Human Effigy useless:

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You have to get a Ring of Life Protection from No Man's Wharf; it protects you by keeping your humanity and souls intact upon death. You have go to Majula to get it fixed by the blacksmith everytime you die.

Other than that, I don't know where to farm Human Effigies.

 

[mattp]

ok guys, am i missing something here?
how the fuck do you switch the type of arrows youre using? lol
i've got both slots filled but i don't know how to switch to slot #2 and i feel like i'm going crazy

 

[Alebelly]

anybody have any luck with human effigy farming or an easy way to get them?

already got the merchant hat to up my chances but is there anyway out there to for sure get them

Those dogs you fight drop them, (sorry i just forgot the name of the place)on the way to the area with the 3 skinny/tall boss dudes, after the boat ride

 

[Orthogonal]

ok guys, am i missing something here?
how the fuck do you switch the type of arrows youre using? lol
i've got both slots filled but i don't know how to switch to slot #2 and i feel like i'm going crazy

R1 for first arrow type, R2 for 2nd.

 

[TraBuch]

Huh. That's odd. My bonfire travel locations have suddenly started showing locations marked "???", both bonfires I've missed in areas I've already been and areas I haven't gotten to yet.

 

[mattp]

R1 for first arrow type, R2 for 2nd.

dammit lol

thanks

 

[7DollarHagane]

Does anything happen if I accidentally hit the emerald herald?

I was setting the controller down..

 

[BobTheFork]

had this happen a couple of times to me, quit the game and load back in, fixed it for me.

I tried a few times but I still can't put a sign down. I used an effigy to restore and I don't see any signs anywhere. I'm at the boss fight in the Bastille and I need help

 

[Antiwhippy]

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2 Black Phantoms(not NPC's) like the ones on Demon Souls and a bunch of falconer knights that uses a real falcon to attack

Oh wow.

I think this game will be significantly longer just due to NG+.

 

[Ghazi]

In

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Lost Bastille

there's a bonfire with a

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stone statue

in front of it. How do I break it? Or leave it be for now?

 

[Alebelly]

In

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Lost Bastille

there's a bonfire with a

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stone statue

in front of it. Should I break it? Or leave it be for now?

how do you break it?

 

[Ghazi]

how do you break it?

I edited, I meant to be asking how. I assume by

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freeing him

somehow.

 

[LordCanti]

Major props to anyone that resists the urge to heal during PVP.

Major fuck yous to anyone that disconnects their console from the internet when they are getting their ass kicked at PVP.

 

[TheGrue]

So I got the impression from the other thread that there was no darkness in this game. No Man's Wharf seems pretty dark. I had trouble seeing much further ahead of me. Maybe people have the brightness turned up? Torch really helped there.

 

[SargerusBR]

In

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Lost Bastille

there's a bonfire with a

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stone statue

in front of it. How do I break it? Or leave it be for now?

That's a

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NPC, you neeed to use Fragment of Yore to return him to normal

 

[the_batman]

In

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Lost Bastille

there's a bonfire with a

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stone statue

in front of it. How do I I break it? Or leave it be for now?

you can't break it,

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it's a petrified person. a sorcerer, i think. you can free him with an item, fragrant something.

 

[The Wizard]

So it seems like soul memory is what's preventing me from co-op with a friend.
I like the idea of considering more than just level in matchmaking but the current system is too harsh. I think there should be two counters; souls spent and souls lost. With souls spent being the factor that affects summons and Pvp. Losing tens of thousands of souls always sucks but it's even worse if it prevents mp interaction. Lost souls in no way give you an advantage so they should not elevate your ranking online.

 

[Gorillaz]

You can kill

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the old ladies back in Things Betwixt, they will drop like 8 effigies in total, but you will lose the ability to respec

Heard about this....but hoped it wouldn't come to that....might have to

There's an exploit that will effectively render any Human Effigy useless:

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You have to get a Ring of Life Protection from No Man's Wharf; it protects you by keeping your humanity and souls intact upon death. You have go to Majula to get it fixed by the blacksmith everytime you die.

Other than that, I don't know where to farm Human Effigies.

yep just got the RIng,

Those dogs you fight drop them, (sorry i just forgot the name of the place)on the way to the area with the 3 skinny/tall boss dudes, after the boat ride

yea....let's just say that well ran dry

 

[TraBuch]

In

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Lost Bastille

there's a bonfire with a

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stone statue

in front of it. How do I break it? Or leave it be for now?

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You get this item called a Fragrant Branch of Yore that lets you unpetrify people. You'll get one eventually just playing through the game.

 

[Ken]

where's the

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king's door in forest of giants? totally forgot

 

[Ghazi]

That's a

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NPC, you neeed to use Fragment of Yore to return him to normal

Do you know where I can get that?

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You get this item called a Fragrant Branch of Yore that lets you unpetrify people. You'll get one eventually just playing through the game.

Ah, ok, thanks!

 

[TraBuch]

where's the

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king's door in forest of giants? totally forgot

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Go down the ladder from the Cardinal's Tower bonfire and then walk across that bridge over the lizards and take a right.

 

[Alebelly]

That's a

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NPC, you neeed to use Fragment of Yore to return him to normal

Where do you get the

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fragment of yore

Edit: nevermind, thanks, though!

 

[the_batman]

is there a point to the

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Belfry Sol

area other than items and getting invaded? and what's the point of ringing the bells, anyway? what does it do?

it's the area accessed by using a pharro's lockstone in

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Iron Keep.

 

[LordCanti]

If anyone needs help with an SL120ish (NG) boss on the PS3, I'm available.

is there a point to the

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Belfry Sol

area other than items and getting invaded? and what's the point of ringing the bells, anyway? what does it do?

it's the area accessed by using a pharro's lockstone in

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Iron Keep.

I think that is the entire point. I did

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both bells and nothing seems to have happened. They are just really great PVP spots (which is also the easiest way to farm Titanite Chunks).

 

[Dresden]

So it seems like soul memory is what's preventing me from co-op with a friend.
I like the idea of considering more than just level in matchmaking but the current system is too harsh. I think there should be two counters; souls spent and souls lost. With souls spent being the factor that affects summons and Pvp. Losing tens of thousands of souls always sucks but it's even worse if it prevents mp interaction. Lost souls in no way give you an advantage so they should not elevate your ranking online.

It'd be better if soul memory didn't exist at all. I like how FROM came close to a good online experience after the mistakes made with DkS1, but kneecapped themselves like this with a horrible decision.

 

[Mechanized]

So I just finished the game. Pretty awesome all around however I feel like some of the areas were filler/had filler sections. There are some really well done, beautiful areas in the game though. I think the combat, multiplayer, leveling, etc, all those systems have been improved on greatly. There are some issues with the game though such as the world not feeling connected, with the tradeoff being much more to explore.

Huge Spoilers regarding finishing the game:

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So... uh. Who is this last boss I just killed? Death Lady? Vendrick was supposed to be the big bad, but he was corrupted, so of course something else would be behind it, but I figured that would be vague and he'd be the last boss somehow regardless. Fight was really easy compared to Gwynn. Her health went down fast.

I ventured into NG+ and oh WOW at the starting area. lol That was a nice surprise. I just hauled ass and got out of there instead of fighting. Have other areas been changed to include crazy enemies? Or is there something going on back there I should actually investigate?

Also does NG+ just raise the bonfire intensity to the next level for every bonfire and that's it? Are there any other changes?

All in all I'm very pleased with the game. Even if parts of it left me scratching my head, how one random area was considered a hub for certain parts of the game had me baffled for ages. There are so many different ways to play, builds to make. Much more content on that front. Awesome game overall but I don't know if it's better than the original or not, need more time with it.

 

[robotzombie]

how do you get the

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pursuers sword?

I'm guessing its from the boss soul?

 

[Vazra]

Fuck

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Drangleic Castle

statues.

 

[SargerusBR]

Huge Spoilers regarding finishing the game:

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So... uh. Who is this last boss I just killed? Death Lady? Vendrick was supposed to be the big bad, but he was corrupted, so of course something else would be behind it, but I figured that would be vague and he'd be the last boss somehow regardless. Fight was really easy compared to Gwynn. Her health went down fast.

That's

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Nashandra the Queen of Drangleic. Not 100% sure but apparently she's actually a reincarnation of Manus, Father of the Abyss from Dark Souls 1. She used Vendrick to conquer Drangleic and usher a new Age of Dark.

 

[pretty done]

I get around fine, I think people are exaggerating the importance of this stat. My other char has 20 in it and I can't tell a major difference.

yea who needs invincibility frames on their roll anyway

lol

It'd be better if soul memory didn't exist at all. I like how FROM came close to a good online experience after the mistakes made with DkS1, but kneecapped themselves like this with a horrible decision.

this game is the epitome of one step forward, two steps back

 

[TraBuch]

I'd say it's more like two steps forward, one step back.

 

[Dhuie]

Its great to know that I can still get those heart pounding, forget to breath and swear at the tv moments.

Not many other games have me quiting out shutting down and walking away only to do a lap of the house and jump straight back into it.

God i love it.

 

[Mechanized]

That's

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Nashandra the Queen of Drangleic. Not 100% sure but apparently she's actually a reincarnation of Manus, Father of the Abyss from Dark Souls 1. She used Vendrick to conquer Drangleic and usher a new Age of Dark.

Ah crap I must have skipped a line of dialogue, I knew that was supposed to be the case, well except for the

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Manus

part. When I saw the

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lady in the castle I thought that was her, and figured something else was going on

. Cool, thanks for clarifying that.

 

[pretty done]

I'd say it's more like two steps forward, one step back.

I'm like halfway through NG+ and I stand by my statement

 

[Jagxyz]

Anyone use a bow? Would it be practical to play through the game as an archer?

Thinking about making one for messing around in pvp and stuff.