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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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robotzombie
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Oh, not sure how i didn't find it then, hmm...
the short cut is you have to clear out the guards at least once and in that room and go down .. there is a door that opens to nothing but with it open you can roll form a ledge outside and skip that guards all together.
rogerroger22
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He moves around after you talk to him. His next location is in
Harvest Valley
Shortcut is comming from the McDuff bonfire and then at the second dog around the corner you can roll from the ledge into the door which you have to open first from the inside.
Sentinels are rough at first but if you have two competwnt summons they become quite easy as they are no problem 1on1 but as soon as they outnumber you it's game over.
Sentinels are rough at first but if you have two competwnt summons they become quite easy as they are no problem 1on1 but as soon as they outnumber you it's game over.
Yup. In this is just tells you you've been kicked to offline mode in a window but nothing else happens
That well is the only place I can go seeing how I've cleared all the other areas available so far. I am soul level 54 and still have trouble with this fight.
area before the dragonriders bosses. Gotta look around.
Damn, this is strange. I started the game as a male but now by character is female, wtf. Not that I care, I actually like the look of her, but strange!
I just killed 2 more bosses on my first try, so far at majority of the bosses are predictable and it's easy to avoid their attacks. Hopefully they'll get harder but that's 7? down I think and only 1 of them was somewhat challenging.
I just killed 2 more bosses on my first try, so far at majority of the bosses are predictable and it's easy to avoid their attacks. Hopefully they'll get harder but that's 7? down I think and only 1 of them was somewhat challenging.
Cheers.
I think I did that fight at level 72. I just ignored it for 10 hours or so, doing other stuff.
Cannon Goose
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Man, the Undead Crypt sucks.
Red Liquorice
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It's not 'die in an area 15 times' is it, it's 'kill an enemy 15 times then that one particular enemy disappears'. I see enemies not respawn, but others do in the same area. This isn't as bad, but I still find it flawed and hope it's one of things they tweak in a patch.
I find losing souls now seems like a huge deal because I know I've now lost X number of times for those enemies I got the souls from to respawn, and if you die again before reaching your bloodstain, you can never regain the chance to earn those souls back. Basically it feels like you're always fighting an increasing deficit of souls. In the back of my mind I'm always thinking "well I could've leveled up a few times or bought that spell I wanted - am I always going to be underleveled now because I can never get them back?" Rather than thinking "Damn, well now I have to grind a bit to get those things I wanted". It's a different mindset and I'm still undecided if it works or not.
I find losing souls now seems like a huge deal because I know I've now lost X number of times for those enemies I got the souls from to respawn, and if you die again before reaching your bloodstain, you can never regain the chance to earn those souls back. Basically it feels like you're always fighting an increasing deficit of souls. In the back of my mind I'm always thinking "well I could've leveled up a few times or bought that spell I wanted - am I always going to be underleveled now because I can never get them back?" Rather than thinking "Damn, well now I have to grind a bit to get those things I wanted". It's a different mindset and I'm still undecided if it works or not.
Mechanized
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There are a lot more bosses. And some are pretty tough. Are you soloing them all or calling in help? Difficulty certainly spikes solo on certain fights, depending on character build.
Also I don't understand what you are referring to when you say the door that leads nowhere, there's only one such place before going into the tower that leads to the royal guards, which would be the door to the left right outside the first bonfire in that area. And it has a cracked floor and if I jump in there I'll die.
nrvalleytime
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But the focus actually pushes you towards the Dark Souls II community - the only way you might recover some of those lost souls is to be summoned. I agreed with you initially, but now I'm leaning towards preferring this method. It makes an area safer for me once I've mastered it (faster traveling, getting things done, etc.), but I can also easily jump into another person's game and receive souls for multiple players instead of just what I earn. It's a brilliant move that makes this game distinct from DS.
Just discovered this one - apart from the shopkeeper in Giants selling them,
the skeleton in the mansion drops them.
Red Liquorice
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How rare are human effigies? I haven't used a single one yet because it seems they're not something that is going to be farmable (is anything farmable any more? lol!) and I'm a horder not a waster.
Yeah that's great, but my first playthrough is offline. So basically they're saying "don't play offline!"
Mechanized
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I didn't find them that rare. They're drops, treasure and a limited amount can be bought from vendors. I wouldn't turn human after every time you die or you'll run out quick. Just save them for bosses or really tough areas where you know you'll need the extra health.
Plus there's a glitch which causes players to turn human after being summoned in someone else's game.
nrvalleytime
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I'm not sure they're saying that so much as they're making the game more difficult for people like yourself who choose not to play online. I mean, you're contributing on this thread, so the communal help is already somewhat relevant. If you choose not to play online, totally fine - just know that your decisions will reverberate even further than they might if you were able to play cooperatively. Playing offline might be the game's true hard mode. :-D
SeventhSon
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Two-handing definitely gives a damage bonus. Has anyone figured out the formula?
Cannon Goose
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I thought the area was fine until I reached the bells...
I was doing fine until I accidentally struck one of the bells. Suddenly five ghost spellsword guys swarm me and roast me with a crazy amount of fire and soul spears.
Fuck the lost sinner indeed >.> it's not funny how many times I've fought him so far.
There are some endlessly farmable enemies, for what it's worth. If you're willing to grind for 'em even an offline character can get infinite souls. There's also always the Bonfire Ascetics to replenish your respawn counter.
I kinda like the mechanic they came up with. I've got sort of a romantic vision of completely depopulating the world and being able to wander around completely alone.
I'll never do it. But I like that the possibility exists.
I'm gonna keep this vague, but far enough into the game turning human becomes trivially easy. You don't need to hoard them at all.
Hot damn, I am stealing this idea.
KennyLinder
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robotzombie
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Are there illusion walls? Cuz I keep seeing messages alluding to walls being illusions but hitting them does nothing. I don't know if they are just jokes or if there is another method for breaking illusion walls
The worst is not even the boss, is the long tedious path to it. The boss still sucks.
PuppetMaster
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LVL130 and still have not completed the game!
I beat Dark Souls1 in NG+ at a lower lvl than this! There is just so much to do!!
I seem to have reached the final area though.
I beat Dark Souls1 in NG+ at a lower lvl than this! There is just so much to do!!
I seem to have reached the final area though.
Just run through them all. I only killed them the first time for the items. You can also step again on the elevator thing when you reach the bottom so you can easily take it the next time you go through.
If I have to kill them I will have to use 2 or so estus flasks which I really need for sinner :l
Lionheart1827
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Man I've been playing for about 20-25 hours or so and I havent been invaded once. Also haven't been summoned as a blue sentinel yet either. Though the PVP thing in Belfry Luna is hopping with summons.
Phantasmal Repose
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In DaS 2 you have to press the X (PS3) or A (360) button to open illusory walls. Hitting them does nothing.
Would like an answer to this too. Is there anything like the Grass Crest Shield in this game?
Aspirations26
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Gotta hit X(or A on xbox) to activate them now. Glad they changed that seeing durability gets lowered when you hit walls too.
Finally found the Crushed Eye Orb. It was in the Undead Crypt. Now I just need to find the remaining spells Whisper of Despair, Great Fireball, and Hush.
PuppetMaster
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Press the circle button.
The only ones you melee to open are the ones with a face on it
KennyLinder
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Wat. That is not mentioned anywhere! Anyway, I've only opened one, which had explosive barrels next to it, and I used a firebomb!
Links the Bonfire to right near the giant crossbows room in Giants.
JRW
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lol this was me last night after losing 2 hours worth of souls to a random 1 hit kill out of nowhere.
Aspirations26
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There is two different ones, but the stats are a lot worse than Glass Crest. Still good if you are going 2 handed, but wouldn't recommend blocking with them. I use the
Watcher's Shield
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