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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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the_batman
Banned
the smelting demon of whatever he's called was the bane of my existence, died to at least ten times. all the enemies leading up to his fog door were "permanently" dead. i finally had two phantoms help me beat him yesterday. felt good.
that's why you don't even let it get up.
Cool. I stand by mine, too.
SargerusBR
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robotzombie
Member
oh man, my first soul lost... 10k which isn't so bad, but still annoying because I could have avoided it
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
Done the exact same thing so many times with these games lol
Freezasaurus
Member
Dude, I've lost that like, 5 times at this point. When you lose 20k, you will know true regret.
(Endgame Lore/Boss Spoilers in this entire post)
This is the lore as I understand it. Obviously huge spoilers. Seriously. I can't warn you any more than this.
This is the lore as I understand it. Obviously huge spoilers. Seriously. I can't warn you any more than this.
Yeah, she's a piece of Manus that formed after the chosen undead (the player from DS) defeated him in the past. She went across the sea sometime after the events of Dark Souls, met King Vendrick, seduced him, had a kid with him, and ultimately persuaded him to wage war against "The Giants" otherwise known as Anor Londo's deities (long since fled from Anor Londo itself). After the war was done and Vendrick returned, he slowly got turned by Nashandra, but was either unwilling or unable to become the new Dark Lord (the Chosen Undead from Dark Souls having relinked the bonfires in the canon, even though the player was given both choices in the actual game). She did her best to spread darkness, but as only a piece of Manus, she seemed unable to completely do so herself. What she needed was another chosen undead to take up the mantle, and the player fits the bill. She was terrified of losing her position, so she guarded the "Throne of Want" (which looks to be another kiln) while waiting for the Dark Lord to arrive. You, hers and Vendrick's child (male or female), long since having forgotten who you were, show up and defeat her. The choice made by you (relink the fires/start a new age of fire or become the new Dark Lord) is left ambiguous as the credits roll.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Speak to Magerold of Lanter in the Iron Keep and bring him the
Petrified Egg from the Dragon Shrine.
cloudzack117
Banned
sorry if this is old, but i just
managed to cut off the bare handed arm of The Rotten, and it dropped a lockstone. My guess is you can do this with his other arm with the huge club/blade thing to make the fight easier.
I don't know where either of those things are, unfortunately. I seem to have missed them entirely, unless it's all in an area I've yet to visit.
I still need to tackle the
Shaded Woods
Sinner's
VoD 3.0
Iron Keep
GhostRidah
Member
There is a place to get humanity back if you have no effigys left, its way later in the game though.
Balls, I knew it. Think I'm gonna take a break from Lost Sinner then, I got him down to like 2 hits left on my first two fights, and ever since then I've been doing worse and worse.
The Wizard
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It does seem really shortsighted.The problems it was created to fix (Low level invaders/phantoms with overpowered equipment ) feel so minor compared to the ones it has introduced.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I don't really agree with that. Here's why:
It said that several kingdoms rose and fell before in the spot of land that is now Drangleic and its heavily implied one of them was Lordran. Assuming this cycle theory, every kingdom rise in its Age of Fire and fell in its Age of Dark. It is said the Flame was linked before, but it doesn't necessarly mean it was the Flame from the Lordran era, it could be as easily from another era before Drangleic.
Yeah, that's a late-game area, don't worry just play the game normally and eventually you will find it.
no no, i hit a mimic from behind while it was still in chest form, and its grab attack hit me even though i was behind him.
Is that the item that's pretty much next to the bonfire? If so, it was a human effigy.
Cannon Goose
Member
Okay, late (?) game spoilers concerning where to go next. Here's what I've done:
I have the three big souls and the greater soul from the spider (I'm guessing that one is the fourth big one, even though it doesn't look like the rest) and I've kindled four primal bonfires. The only places I think I can go are the two doors that ask me to produce the symbol of the king, only I don't have it.
Which direction should I go next?
Which direction should I go next?
Garcia
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Bumped for new page.
DoubleTake
Member
OH MY GOD. Ive died like 20 times to
in Upper Earthen Peak. I have to be missing something how am I supposed to fight and keep track of my health all while not getting hit?? Thank god for the ring of binding
The Snake Bitch
Garcia
Member
No further inside the gate after the first few katana dudes
Endgame lore discussion
Time being in flux, I guess it doesn't matter much in the end. I like the idea of the cycle actually ending when a chosen undead decides to become the Dark Lord though. Drangleic could be Lordran, or the area "across the sea" where the deities of Anor Londo are currently residing could be instead. I guess we don't know (or I can't remember if we do) where they all fled when they abandoned Anor Londo. I'm kind of bummed that Gwyndolin doesn't make an appearance as the only one that we know of that was still trying to find a chosen undead to relink the flames.
Remember the fog gate with the three paths, one of which leads to a completely fogged out area with nearly invisible dudes? Go to that bonfire. As you're looking at the bonfire, you want the door on the far left. You should come to a pillar in the road/dead end. Look around and there is a foot path you can take that will bring you to the Shrine of Winter, which those souls should open.
When you say spider soul, you mean the one that you pick up off the ground after the fight, right?
When you say spider soul, you mean the one that you pick up off the ground after the fight, right?
AND VIT! How can you move! The only thing I hate about Dark souls is that people think its ok to get trolled by FROM, tank up, and miss the finer art of combat!
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
I have no idea how this rat covenant works, but I assume
me getting summoned as a grey spirit against my will is the doing of that covenant? so it's pve + pve and I cant do anything to stop it?
He's talking about the one before Smelter, I think, and yes, it releases a healing water.
DoubleTake
Member
.....Your kidding me right...wow lmfao thank you!
I think it's a really good idea that they just didn't implement well. I don't think you can argue that there needs to be a better way to determine character strength than SL. We saw the kind of stupid stuff that happens because of that in Dark Souls. Maybe they just need to widen the range. 50,000 souls, or whatever it is, is way to small of a range in the late game.
No.
After
Smelter, there's a room with some catwalks over lava.
You can go upstair there by using a lever. Then go upstair again, and there there is a Pharros switch.
You can go upstair there by using a lever. Then go upstair again, and there there is a Pharros switch.
e: the_batman: oic
the_batman
Banned
it doesn't do shit, from my experience. just fills up the little pool in front of the lock with water. some of the
locks
If anyone else wanted to know how to get rid of curse, you can just beat a boss and get human.....I tried three times, first two times I helped beat the boss nothing happened and my health bar did not budge. Third time lucky, host dies but I shot ballista and got Pursuer before load screen and got 8k souls! Moreover I got no curse and full humanity back.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Help me 
How does cursing work this time?
I can't get anywhere near beating The Pursuer on my own, but I can't put a Soapstone down, the icon is crossed out in the status bar
How does cursing work this time?
LiquidSword
Member
So I am having a problem seeing summon signs. I am definitely online, see messages and bloodstains and was even able to be summoned when I put down a sign. I haven't seen a single summon sign since I started nor have I been invaded at all. I am playing on PS3
D
Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
Do you have full humanity while looking for them?
Help me
I can't get anywhere near beating The Pursuer on my own, but I can't put a Soapstone down, the icon is crossed out in the status bar
How does cursing work this time?
You know how each time you die, your max health shrinks a bit? Getting cursed has the same effect. It's not nearly as bad as Dark Souls.
Lol I'm mad now. I just finished this fight earlier
without draining anything. I was surprised I got so few souls, since
the_batman
Banned
luckily i saw a sign on the ground telling me to do that on my first playthrough of the area. dude saved me from a lot of frustration.
I've got over a thousand ratings on my message that I left at the spot where you do it. I like to imagine that each person shouted "BLESS YOU KIND SIR" when they were clicking the rate button.
Before doing it, that fight suuuuuuckssssssssssss. I mean, it's more difficult for sure, and more interesting in a lot of ways, but it still kicked my ass.
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