TeddyShardik
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I'm getting destroyed by all the
atm. >.< Even with a Magic Quarz +2 and Great Magic Barrier...it hurts so much guys. 
sorcerers in the Shrine of Amana
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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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Just activated the Pharos mechanism in the forge area of Iron Keep. What did it do?
My xbox can't go online ;_;
One thing that I'm noticing mid-game that is kind of...I don't know, disappointing? Compared to Dark Souls 1 is that I don't feel like I'm trudging through a continuous path anymore, constantly pushing forward deeper and deeper into madness.
It's just sort of become, warp to this area, beat a boss, warp to the next area, beat the next boss, warp to the nex....etc. etc. It's been a few hours now since I've just been able to keep pushing forward through a continuous chain of areas. I keep hitting dead ends after bosses.
It's just sort of become, warp to this area, beat a boss, warp to the next area, beat the next boss, warp to the nex....etc. etc. It's been a few hours now since I've just been able to keep pushing forward through a continuous chain of areas. I keep hitting dead ends after bosses.
Sir Griffith
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yea... if I could fight them with I have have now (
+10 chime, 55 Faith, 3 variations of lightning spears, etc.
Lucatiel. Love her design and like her story so far. After seeing the mask I was shocked that A) she was a woman and B) she wasn't a crazy murderous asshole like Lautrec.
Too bad she's kinda useless as a summon.
She dies pretty fast on bosses.
PhilipDoesMatter
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Shield and sword are the way to go.
Problem is that when you finish the first on the platform and then the two other come together to overwhelm. Patience and dodging.
D Bo Chops
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I hear ya, but DS1 was essentially the same, after Nito, Seath, Bed of Chaos, and Gwyn were all dead ends.
PhilipDoesMatter
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How do I summon her???
If you are lucky enough some enemies might drop rare stuff.
J-Roderton
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Finshed pirate place, got to level 56, got my giant sword, and just arrived at Lost Bastille. I've been having too much fun using summon signs. Use it to figure out an area and help someone beat a boss, then summon a couple players to help me do the same. Sure that's making this game quite a bit easy, but I'm sure as hell not letting there be another S&O moment that completely puts me off to the game. Don't care. Having way more fun now.
Also, does anyone else have a problem with there not being any cinematics before the boss fights? The first boss was the only one that showed me a cutscene.
Also, does anyone else have a problem with there not being any cinematics before the boss fights? The first boss was the only one that showed me a cutscene.
Damn, beat the game with 8. I found a shard to get to 9 afterward in Brightstone.
Can't believe how much stuff I've missed
For anyone interested in an in depth analysis of stats breakdown and at which level the attribute modifiers scale, change/enter diminishing returns, this is a great video.
IE Vigor from level 1-19 yeild 30HP per point, level 20-49 yeild 20 per point and level 50+ = 5 points, etc etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmN46D4wn9c&index=2&list=PLwikSXnC0f6RCnl-KkInYqWiVl_A3kgxI
IE Vigor from level 1-19 yeild 30HP per point, level 20-49 yeild 20 per point and level 50+ = 5 points, etc etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmN46D4wn9c&index=2&list=PLwikSXnC0f6RCnl-KkInYqWiVl_A3kgxI
You have to be human. Her summon sign in No Man's Wharf is up in the high up area where you flip a switch and a gate opens. It's on one side of the gate.
You can summon her in Sinner's Rise and some other places as well.
D Bo Chops
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Do ive been doing my playthrough blind (for the most part other than typical media and common knowledge) and feel like im missing tons of shit! Im relatively far into the game and still with the damn fire long sword and the second staff I could find as a mage build. Found some decent armours and spells but am jonesing for a new weapon and staff. Soo many goodies to find. NG+ im breaking out the guide.
J-Roderton
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I summoned her to help with a boss and she got stuck on a wall. Never to be seen again. ha
I'm getting destroyed by all theatm. >.< Even with a Magic Quarz +2 and Great Magic Barrier...it hurts so much guys.sorcerers in the Shrine of Amana
Upgrade a bow and cheese them. It's the only way to beat that section without wanting to kill yourself.
Only some bosses have cutscenes. The ones without are kinda like mini-bosses.
Red Liquorice
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Yes, some of the boss fights seem very ho-hum and this doesn't help. You don't really get a chance to look at their designs because it's straight into the fight.
I'm at the
Skeleton Lords
I have a problem with my PS3 version. The game basically turn dark and display nothing occasionally. I can open TV menu using the remote just fine but the PS3 won't display anything. The game is still running in the dark as I have died multiple times during the pitch black. On very rare occasion the signal seems to be loss altogether showing the gibberish static screen.
This only happen when playing Dark Souls 2. I can switch to other disc-based and/or digital game no problem. I even switch HDMI cable.
Is this a known issue or is my disc defect or something?
This only happen when playing Dark Souls 2. I can switch to other disc-based and/or digital game no problem. I even switch HDMI cable.
Is this a known issue or is my disc defect or something?
Damn. I suck. I have no idea where to look either since I haven't been keeping track of where I found them.
I was really shocked by how easy the (Huntsman's Copse)
Skeleton Lords fight was. You'd think that with three dudes that summon even more guys including the fucking wheel-skeletons, things would get hairy, but nothing seemed to do that much damage. (Obviously I could've just been leveled a bunch for it.)
Freezasaurus
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I had to solo the
sentinels
It's really not as difficult as you might think.
killertofu
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so anyone doing a SL1 run yet?
YOU DIED
Not silly at all. the NPCs in Souls games are always so interesting because they are either broken in some way, bewildered, or are just completely mad. But as for my favorite so far in Dark Souls II? It has to be Straid of Olaphis. He made me decide to do an evil sorcerer run on my next play through. Plus he has some rather nice soul trade weapons and gave me his badass looking gear.
Uhm, interesting.
My wife is playing as a Sorcerer (she loves sorceries), but she's getting really frustrated with how limited sorceries are in the initial part of the game. She also likes Katanas and upped DEX on her character, but still no luck finding one. In the first game it was easier to become decent at the start.
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
I think there was another poster complaining about the same thing, they even posted pics. the other poster thought it was due to having an old fat ps3. wish I could be of more help. hope you find a solution.
A ton of them are really well hidden so don't feel bad. Most people know about the early flasks and boss flasks but there are random ones hidden behind illusionary walls or passage ways with little to no foot traffic.
General locations are below:
2 in Majula
cardinal tower
2 in Brightstone Cove
Shaded Ruins
Shaded Woods
No Man's Wharf
Harvest Valley
Lost Bastille
Drangelic Castle (?)
Shrine of Amara
cardinal tower
2 in Brightstone Cove
Shaded Ruins
Shaded Woods
No Man's Wharf
Harvest Valley
Lost Bastille
Drangelic Castle (?)
Shrine of Amara
You can also strengthen the flask to +5 in the first run through (that I know of)
Also have beaten the other two, but finding this considerably easier so far. Although it's my first sorcerer too. So instead of in close dodging and parrying, I just hang back and cheese everyone.
I'm not even sure I'm playing Sorcerer right, but seems to be working so far.
A lot of that, I think is just experience with the previous games though. The thing that does seem actually easier is getting summoned as a phantom since you bring your full estus along with all of your expendable healing items. I think it's probably a change for the better.
TeddyShardik
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I'm doing kinda okay now with my tried and true throwing knives. Love the buff they got in this game.
Just killed an NPC invader.
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
kinda early don't you think ? but with that said I'm definitely putting the blue print down in my head for one.
Sir Griffith
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Vengarl's pretty good, but a bit later in the game you meet
the rat covenant NPC
Planning to start one after my initial playthrough. It's not as impressive as DS1 though, because if you die a bunch you can extinct the enemies. The only real hurdle is the bosses.
I'm nearing the end of the game now, I have to say my favorite boss design was probably
Demon of Song. Great design, fight was a little easy with a bow but I just loved the arena and atmosphere.
Does anyone else do 'themes' for their characters? My main character is a God of Fire, using Smelter Sword, Pyromancies and Old Sun Ring. My other one is a murderous battle Cleric using a
Great Demon Hammer
Sanctuary
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So, is my DS3 just dying? I can't count how many times now where I've done a dodge, get up and try to block, only to notice that suddenly my shield is no longer equipped. Okay, "so maybe there are some attacks that disarm you?" I thought, but then I'll go to dodge and then when I try to attack, I suddenly start to heal (chime), or punching...what?!
Never had this issue with the previous games, and I know for a fact that it's physically impossible that I'm just hitting the d-pad all of the time on accident. I just got through playing Dark Souls a week before this arrived, and I didn't have that happen to me once.
Never had this issue with the previous games, and I know for a fact that it's physically impossible that I'm just hitting the d-pad all of the time on accident. I just got through playing Dark Souls a week before this arrived, and I didn't have that happen to me once.
AlimNassor
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Im SL 61, should I stop leveling? I'm trying to raise my dex and I enjoy being summoned so I have a ton of souls early game. I don't want to be punished.
Theres one just as you enter earthen peak on the right just past the room with 2 hammer dudes in. You have to sort the
windmill
You have to learn to dodge sooner of later.
I was going to say only on bosses, but if I have trouble as a Sorcerer all I need to do is summon someone to act as a punching bag/distraction. Have yet to use Yearn though, maybe that would even help enough.
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
Sanctuary
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If you're going to be using mostly Sorceries, you're going to have to learn how to dodge...or simply raise your stats high enough to equip a good 100 phys res (or specific ele res)/decent stability shield with enough endurance to last more than a single big hit from a boss.
Otherwise, you'll have to learn how to dodge, and you're also going to want to have a decent backup melee weapon (you can get one early enough near the start that has pretty low requirements). Sorcery in general is not very good in this game until very late game. Hexes and Pyromancy are sadly superior in most instances.
Fuck the ogres (or whatever they are called, some ones that are in the tutorial area on the beach) in
. They are basically the most annoyingly stupid enemy I have encountered so far. Their attacks have such an incredibly large hitbox, GAAAAHHHHHH
edit. SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK
-they have more HP than most bosses so far.
-they stagger me with every hit, 35 poise.
-their grab attack instakills me, physical resistance ~600 and 1600hp
-combo attacks break my shield (70 stability with 130 stamina) and kill me on the third hit.
-cant circle strafe them since their attacks have such a wide hitbox
Aldia's Keep
edit. SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK
-they have more HP than most bosses so far.
-they stagger me with every hit, 35 poise.
-their grab attack instakills me, physical resistance ~600 and 1600hp
-combo attacks break my shield (70 stability with 130 stamina) and kill me on the third hit.
-cant circle strafe them since their attacks have such a wide hitbox
She was the most valuable summon ever for me against new game+
The Lost Sinner + 2 black phantom pyro jerks. Sure, all she did was take hits to the face, but her face gave me the time I needed to kill the mages.
Soyongdori
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