The Xtortionist
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Trade them to vendors for weapons/spells.
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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Trade them to vendors for weapons/spells.
Certain NPCs exchange weapons/spells for Boss Souls.
Some souls can be traded for equips and spells you can't get otherwise.
Save them until you see what you can trade them for at the boss soul vendors, and if you don't see anything that looks useful, use them. They're worth quite a bit.
SeventhSon
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Has anyone had success playing a nimble character with fast weapons? I find even with Adp 30, the... inherent "lag" build into your actions makes it impractical. Trying to dodge properly, particularly after an attack feels off compared to the prior two games. Formerly fast dex weapons like the falchion are slower and super brittle.
It seems you're much better off strapping on heavy armor and slinging big slow weapons.
It seems you're much better off strapping on heavy armor and slinging big slow weapons.
Red Liquorice
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Wow the
area is fucking crazy. This feels so new for Souls, I love it. I thought I'd cleared the area out and
and I made my way back to
and ended up the filling in a sandwich of two enemies that just bumrushed me from behind on the walkway!
Those non-human enemies are creepy as hell, the noises they make are horrible, and this area is DARK. In fact overall the game has been way darker than I was led to believe by all the #youlied stuff, I think some people are playing this with the brighness turned up or something.
Pirate ship cove
used a Pharro stone to light the area
the magic trainer, thank FUCK I finally found one!
Those non-human enemies are creepy as hell, the noises they make are horrible, and this area is DARK. In fact overall the game has been way darker than I was led to believe by all the #youlied stuff, I think some people are playing this with the brighness turned up or something.
I spent 40 hours and ~17 named places to visit before I was railroaded down a forced path to proceed. (And even then, I may have missed something.) There's almost always at least two places to explore at all times in the early game.
Co-op is working again! I don't know if waiting fixed it or not, but the last thing I tried (after a shitload of other stuff) was starting in offline mode and then going into online mode and everything was working again.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
The Xtortionist
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If by "kill him" you mean "try to kill him and get obliterated in the process", then by all means, yes. Good luck!
Soyongdori
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Which enemy drops
?
blacksteel katana
Lion Heart
Banned
I can't beat the sentinels. Tried summoning, being summoned, single, nothing works.
Any advice?
Any advice?
I'm going for it! It kinda seems like a dick move though but I understand you eventually have to kill him anyway. I think.
Indrid Cold
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how do you get (npc)
vergal's helmet? I got his armour from beating his body already
jakonovski
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I just killed
the last giant
Pursuer or Heide's
Forest of Fallen Giants, picked clean of everything interesting
The Xtortionist
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How much did you upgrade your weapon? I fought them solo with a Bastard Sword +4 and was tearing through their HP.
He's optional.
I did the whole game in the starter Swordsman armor 2-handing a curved blade. There was only one fight I used a shield for (
Belfry Gargoyles
When you first drop down onto the platform, you get the opportunity to kill one of them alone. Then all you have to do is take on two at once in the open area below, which is much easier than three. There's a huge difference between two and three.
There's an NPC summon sign for a wizard who does pretty good damage. Check the jail cell.
Samurai robots in Iron Keep, which you end up at by following the Huntsman's Copse pathway.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
You should be able to handle Heide's, try
buying a mace. Strike damage hurts the old knights much.
The Xtortionist
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I really enjoy the game progression in DS2. It's like a mixture of Demon's and Dark. Like Demon's, paths are generally linear once you get going, but like Dark the way you choose the path is organic unlike Demon's use of more-or-less a level select screen. And some of these paths fucking sprawl endlessly, it's insane. Some nice Demon's-style area-specific shortcuts to unlock as well.
This game.
This game.
Super vague answer:
you can do something with it late in the game when you get an item that you can't miss.
Genuinely spoiler-y answer:
after you get the Ashen Mist Heart near the end of the game come back and examine it again for something neat.
If you continue on with the game, you'll end up getting what you need, but to be specific,
at the end of Dragon's Aerie, you will get an item that let's you go into the memories of withered giants. There's 3 of them in the forest of giants (one of which is required in order to progress) and 1 in Black Gulch. At the end of the memories, you will get a giant's soul, each of which allows you to do additional damage to Vendrick.
Soyongdori
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I'm at
earthen peak after harvest valley
The Xtortionist
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Yes.
ugh_the_boot
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Yea i'm so compulsive about finding secrets on my first playthrough that I always hit almost every single wall. You have to be a lot more selective in Dark Souls 2 though cuz the weapon durability is so low and walls/objects etc seems to deteriorate it much quicker than before.
I have bad news for you....
Secret walls are accessed by hitting X not clanging swords on them
SeventhSon
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That's how I want to play, but DKII makes everything feel laggy and awkward to me.
However, there are exceptions.
There is at least one secret wall you need to destroy by hitting it with your weapon.
Interrobang
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How do I get behind the gate in Forest of Fallen Giants with the turtle guys behind it in the area with the tree branch you walk up? I beat the area and bosses but gate is still closed?
jakonovski
Member
Thanks, I'll try that. Shouldn't take too long to get one.
after you kill the last giant, you get a soldier key. from the old lady merchant bonfire: *this is from memory so I may be wrong* go down the ladder, while facing the pit below turn left and go for the door, turn right and see a locked door.
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