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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Omegasquash
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I brought my DEX on my previous build to 22 just to fuck around with a particular Twinblade. It definitely doesn't hurt, but I'd say at the very least bump it to 12 to use the Short Bow. That bad boy will come in handy at times...two later spoiled boss battles in particular.
I basically tanked Freja with a bow at a distance, and did the same with the Rotten just rolling back, shooting it to keep attention and letting two magic users get down...it was a short fight
Stamina is good for swings and rolls. I figure as long as you can get like two or three swings and a roll or two immediately thereafter, you're good. VGR is HP. It's your friend, but it caps value at a certain point (30, I think).
Stone Ocean
Member
The moveset is horrible though. Very annoying to hit enemies once pushback kicks in.
MMBosstones86
Member
I'm rocking the
fire longsword
Where you were invaded?
HundredEyeMonk
Member
Okay. I went out and bought a gamepad because I just didnt dig the PC controls after playing Demon and DS1 on PS3.
How the F do I swap the Left Analog and DPad functions? Left analog is set to swap inv items, and dpad is to move. That is annoying.
Logitech F310 btw.
How the F do I swap the Left Analog and DPad functions? Left analog is set to swap inv items, and dpad is to move. That is annoying.
Logitech F310 btw.
Stone Ocean
Member
Try the
bastard sword you can get in the Forest of the Fallen giants
Trickster
Member
Aha, thx for that clarification.
More questions though. Just got invaded by another grey person. And he was able to run straight to me, even though I decided to stand behind a wall that allowed me to be hidden from sight until another player would practially be in melee range of me. However the person that invaded seemed to know exactly where I was despite of this, he just ran straight to me, even though there was no way he could have actually seen me with the line of sight he had, wtf is up with that? Sheer luck or are the ones invading given some kind of indicator of where the people they want to kill are? Seems unfair if that's the case.
Also. These 2 encounters are the first ones I've had since I started playing some 12 hours ago. And they started happening the moment I entered the belfry luna area. Is this some kind of special pvp area? Seems really odd that I get 2 pvp encounter within 3 minutes of each other in a new area, after not getting a single one in the previous 12 hours of play.
belfry luna or whatever it's called
cripterion
Member
lol.
Yeah I saw that one, had me laughing too.
Omegasquash
Member
People were doing that last night at the Cardinal Tower bonfire, too. I didn't feel bad about summoning them at all, just because they put their stuff down in a common area.
The Bell Keep Covenant is grey AFAIK. They invade you as grey.
Apologies. It sounded like a new-to-souls gripe. I know what you mean but didn't think it was too bad in that area...
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
The blood stains are hilarious so far. Why do peoples keep rolling and jumping everywhere near cliffs or deep holes ? Sometimes it seems like they're smashing buttons and falling down by mistake lol.
JumpJeff84
Member
Man, this version runs SO MUCH smoother than the console one.
I know I'll never touch the PS3 version again. I'd sell it if I hadn't bought it digitally.
Oh well.
I know I'll never touch the PS3 version again. I'd sell it if I hadn't bought it digitally.
Oh well.
This is a special PVP invasion area. Bell Keepers will invade you if they wear a ring.
In Belfry Luna you can get invaded by the members of the Bell Covenant. They're grey. If you are in that covenant and you wear the Bell Ring, you automatically get summoned as a grey spirit to fight other players that enter the area.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Okay so Belfry Luna and another place are PvP zones. They are there to protect the bell of that zone. Even if you're part of the covenant, you can be invaded by them. You either have to deal with it, get lucky and not get invaded, or disconnect from the internet until you're done with the area.
More info about the covenant:
If you talk to the NPC in entrance of the zone (small little gnome dude), he will let you join the covenant. Doing so will give you a ring. Wear the ring, and you'll automatically invade other people who are in the tower. Killing that person rewards you with a Titanite Chunk. This is easily the best place in the game to farm chunks, so that's why it's incredibly active. There is another spot in the game for the Bellbro covenant, and you'll know where it is when you get there.
HundredEyeMonk
Member
Nevermind.
That little "Mode" button isn't a power button. The green light is deceiving.
Good to go.
The not recommended reviews are bitching about the controls and "FROM LIED PEOPLE DIED"
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Is this legal?
Anyone get Playfire rewards for this yet? Surprised I didn't have any credit this morning, has always worked for me before.
Unless it didn't start until today?
Is this why you were asking?
Unless it didn't start until today?
Is this why you were asking?
Probably Knight. You start with a good sword and a decent amount of HP. The other option would be bandit if you arent sure about going STR or DEX
My items automatically popped into my inventory when I started the game. You level up by talking to the girl near the bonfire.
Ethical Hedonism
Banned
Played for a couple hours yesterday and had a really nice time in the
. Did not die yet, which was cool enough for me, who died several times at the start of Dark Souls 1.
So far the most hard enemy for me was
, after that I advanced with some coop help until I got into a room
. Had to log out there.
I guess I'm just really really early in the game.
Forest of Fallen Giants
So far the most hard enemy for me was
a knight who was sitting by a tree
with some ballistae inside
I guess I'm just really really early in the game.
Played 4 hours yesterday!
Nvidia 670 GTX and the game runs perfectly at 60fps 1080p with everything maxed out. I could probably even downsample but I don't notice the aliasing due to the distance I'm at. Also the game never crashed or gave me any problems fortunately, but my feelings go to those that are having issues
I hope they patch it soon!
As for the game itself I'm loving it. Love the new hub and love the music in it. The intro section/tutorial is pretty awful though.
I've killed the first ( ? ) two bosses and I'm having a fucking blast. The game does feel different due to the new engine but once I got used to it I started getting Souls feelings once again.
Also the game looks much better than DkS1. Sure it's not like the e3 trailer, but it's still a good step up.
Question time, if anyone would be so kind to answer
Adaptability -What exactly does this do and how much do I need to notice the effects? I'm playing as a knight and I'm going with a quality build to try many different weapons, but mostly gonna focus on 2h swords.
Weight - It seems like the way weight behaves has changed. I don't really notice any difference on my roll below or above 50% weight - I'm guessing rolling is now affected by Adaptability ?
Item discovery - where is this stat? I can't find it on the stat screen!!
Any help with these would be great!
Thanks !
Nvidia 670 GTX and the game runs perfectly at 60fps 1080p with everything maxed out. I could probably even downsample but I don't notice the aliasing due to the distance I'm at. Also the game never crashed or gave me any problems fortunately, but my feelings go to those that are having issues
I hope they patch it soon!As for the game itself I'm loving it. Love the new hub and love the music in it. The intro section/tutorial is pretty awful though.
I've killed the first ( ? ) two bosses and I'm having a fucking blast. The game does feel different due to the new engine but once I got used to it I started getting Souls feelings once again.
Also the game looks much better than DkS1. Sure it's not like the e3 trailer, but it's still a good step up.
Question time, if anyone would be so kind to answer
Adaptability -What exactly does this do and how much do I need to notice the effects? I'm playing as a knight and I'm going with a quality build to try many different weapons, but mostly gonna focus on 2h swords.
Weight - It seems like the way weight behaves has changed. I don't really notice any difference on my roll below or above 50% weight - I'm guessing rolling is now affected by Adaptability ?
Item discovery - where is this stat? I can't find it on the stat screen!!
Any help with these would be great!
Thanks !
phantomspiker
Member
Man, summoning is so quick and there are so many signs down. Never really did it in Dark Souls 1 PC because it was such a pain.
It just makes durability work like magic in the other two games, I dont see the problem with it.
lol.
God damm, same here.
Alright, cool.
So that's what all those items were! I have no idea which item is better than the others haha. It wouldn't let me "proceed" when I tried to equip a few of them....?
GhostRidah
Member
Updating to the nvidia beta drivers fixed my long start up issue, now the game is running perfectly.
davidsaurus
Member
So, what do people recommend to install/tweak before starting if I expect to be able to play at 60fps 1080 quite easily. Or should I just follow Durante's tweaks for now and that is it?
Thanks
Thanks
MMBosstones86
Member
Finally took down
. Man co-oping is so much easier in DS2.
Got me some nice
armor now. Shit is super heavy. Time to go back to Heide's and see how it goes.
The Pursuer
Got me some nice
Drangelic
Schweinehund
Member
For those arguing about what is the best weapon for Heide
.
Its a blunt weapon, plated enemies take more damage from strike instead of slash or pierce, so buy a mace or club off the blacksmith
Snapshot King
Member
Any news on a patch for the crash bug?
As soon as you download it the FBI puts you on a list for being a top industry illegal leet gaming haxor.
Steam doesn't care about achievements. I imagine they especially don't care about you REMOVING achievements you've already got.
legacyzero
Banned
I'm downsampling from 1800 and STILL stuck at 60 FPS. And I have a 670 as well. This game is SUPER optimized.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I asked because I want to play it over again and "gain" the achievements from scratch.
eot
Banned
Played 4 hours yesterday!
Nvidia 670 GTX and the game runs perfectly at 60fps 1080p with everything maxed out. I could probably even downsample but I don't notice the aliasing due to the distance I'm at. Also the game never crashed or gave me any problems fortunately, but my feelings go to those that are having issues
Downsampling improves the IQ a lot, it doesn't just eliminate jaggies. It just makes everything super crisp, more like a photograph.
Mt Heart Attack
Member
Damn,
was brutal. I had only died a couple of times before falling over and over to him, I can only imagine how a complete newcomer to the series must have felt. Who said this game was easier than Dark Souls again? Was I even supposed to fight him at that point anyway?
was kind of kicking my ass after that anyway, so I headed to Heide's Tower instead, where I easily got rid of the
bosses. Speaking of which,
, isn't he?
I hope I'm heading the right way, this game is even more vague than its predecessor when it comes to instructions, and that's no easy task really.
Oh, and by the way when am I going to be able to upgrade? I suppose I need the key for the blacksmith in Majula?
Yeah, that was some nice loot. The
seems pretty sweet too, would that be a viable end game weapon? I'm thinking or investing in dexterity to be able to actually make use of it.
Pursuer
Lost Bastille
two
the Old Dragonslayer is obviously Ornstein
I hope I'm heading the right way, this game is even more vague than its predecessor when it comes to instructions, and that's no easy task really.
Oh, and by the way when am I going to be able to upgrade? I suppose I need the key for the blacksmith in Majula?
Yeah, that was some nice loot. The
Drangleic Sword
you already passed the key, heres where it is if you want to know
key is bought from that KEH HEH HEH witch near the bonfire in forrest of giants
fluffydelusions
Member
I suck at this game. Beat the first boss
but damn this
guy is hardddddddddd and this losing health at each death is somewhat annoying
last giant
pursuer
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