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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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People used to think co-op ranges were based on both soul level and soul memory but apparently it's only soul memory.
So level up to your heart's content.
John Rabbit
Banned
they tend to be doled out at regular intervals. they are not infinite (unless you farm enemies).
bear in mind that a successful co-op session will restore your humanity. this is especially useful for practicing boss fights before attempting it "for real" in your world. also saves you effigies.
Orthogonal
Member
There are a fair amount, but you don't want to pop them like candy because they are finite. You can farm them from some enemies as rare drops, but of course they despawn after a time and you would have to use a Bonfire Ascetic for more.
I believe that it cancels any time you use the load screen.
Why can't I summon people anymore or draw my own sign when I am hollow?
I was helping out this dude with that knight in the forest of giants level, died just when about to kill the boss (the guy killed it when I was in the process of getting back to my world) and now I have a white soapstone sign under the health bar with a line drawn through it and the white soapstone is greyed out when I am hollow. Used an effigy to turn human and I don't see any summon signs anywhere now whereas before this happened I used to see literally dozens every room. Please tell me I don't have to restart the game.
Try using the Bone of Order(located in your inventory) to cancel the effect.
Pretty rare, I made the same mistake. If you want to regain humanity just help someone else defeat a boss.
Orthogonal
Member
Stefan™;109560043 said:
You only get one of those per character, so I would hold off on that. The Bone of Order is meant more for people who want to repent from their sins by disconnecting in too many multiplayer sessions and have been given a network ban.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Not full humanity, only a part of it.
Necromanti
Member
My character has been living up to her class of Explorer, because she has found more than half of the bonfires in almost 9 out of the 12 major areas. I was surprised how straightforward and easy most of them were to find.
Took down the S
L
and the F
S
on the first try, so that was unusual for me. I didn't expect a cutscene after examining an object after the second boss, though, so I had to backtrack to get the chest. With that, that's a total of 5 bosses down, but only one of them triggered an achievement, so it will be interesting to see how much harder those bosses will be. There are probably around 5 boss doors I've been avoiding.
Took down the S
keleton
ords
lexile
entry
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Forget the effigies, just get summoned for co-op.
Not only do you regain human form after successfully helping a host, but if use a small white soapstone you get a silky & smooth stone which you can use to get human effigies anyway, or a bunch of other good stuff.
but dont you need to have the summon stone? i only have one of those so if i fuck that up then i'm back to square one
but dont you need to have the summon stone? i only have one of those so if i fuck that up then i'm back to square one
They're infinite use.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
oh nice!
Orthogonal
Member
Platforming is still a huge annoyance in the Souls game. It could use some fine tuning on the controls but I don't think From is ever going to do anything about it. I have far more environmental deaths to falls than any other PvE death due to this.
HungOverOnATues
Member
Could someone point me in the direction of a good dex weapon? I'm near 15 hours in with a dual swordsman and I'm still using the Scimitar and a Rapier that I bought from the blacksmith at the beginning of the game. Just about all of the unique weapons I've found so far aren't geared for dex.
Also, what's the deal with weapon upgrades in this game? The blacksmith only sells a handful of titanite shards and so far I've only found large shards as treasure. I haven't upgraded my weapons past +3 because I didn't want to waste my large shards on them in case I ended up finding a better weapon to upgrade shortly after, but hours later I haven't found a suitable replacement or a place to buy/farm materials to upgrade what I've got.
Also, what's the deal with weapon upgrades in this game? The blacksmith only sells a handful of titanite shards and so far I've only found large shards as treasure. I haven't upgraded my weapons past +3 because I didn't want to waste my large shards on them in case I ended up finding a better weapon to upgrade shortly after, but hours later I haven't found a suitable replacement or a place to buy/farm materials to upgrade what I've got.
cheezcake
Member
Iron Keep enemies drop a good dex weapon, shards and large shards are plentiful late game and there's a good way to farm chunks as well
Orthogonal
Member
Has anyone checked out the stats at Farfire for PC? Pretty interesting to see how things are so different right after a launch compared to the PS3/360 versions. It's not clear how often it updates, but doesn't look too old.
Possible spoilers at the link. The covenant distribution is hilariously lopsided
http://farfire.darksoulsii.com/pc/multiplayer/index.html
Possible spoilers at the link. The covenant distribution is hilariously lopsided
http://farfire.darksoulsii.com/pc/multiplayer/index.html
Caved in and bought the game from GMG, the 25% off code still works. Download will be finished in two hours, I hope it will work for me. :/
I played Demon's Souls and Dark Souls as quick rolling melee archer, with mostly putting skill points into vitality, strength and endurance. Is that kind of build still viable?
I played Demon's Souls and Dark Souls as quick rolling melee archer, with mostly putting skill points into vitality, strength and endurance. Is that kind of build still viable?
ShockingAlberto
Member
DS2 seems to account for Alt+F4ing and treats it as if you selected quit from the menu.
Orthogonal
Member
Possibly. If you are in a multiplayer session at the time then it will likely be counted against you, but if you are solo, I don't know. Best if you just use Quit Game from the menu first. I'm sure we'll have reports from folks about this issue before long.
misterhektik
Banned
Yes, though you will need ADP (adaptability). It raises your agility and poise. I rarely use shield anymore, all dodge.
Though, I haven't done any PvP, so not sure how viable the build is towards endgame/pvp, but for PvE, it's been great so far.
Laurentius
Member
I've gotten almost nowhere in 4 hours. And loving every minute of it so far.
TyrantGuardian
Member
Man, Sinner's Rise spoilers:
The rest of the level was fantastic, though, finding another
felt great! This game sure makes loot feel rewarding in a unique way because it's so exploration heavy.
The Lost Sinner was by far the easiest boss in the game thus far for me. Even easier than Dragonrider, what the hell. I hope the other Old Ones are more challenging. I just held up my shield and did the good ole' close range strafing and had my mind wander places while mindlessly stabbing away after her attacks. Zzz.
The rest of the level was fantastic, though, finding another
lockstone
Awesome. I hope there's a weapon with a similar move set to claymore. That was pretty much the only weapon I used in Dark Souls.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Pretty sure I just fought an old friend in a certain chapel lol.
It was nice to see him again, but I hated that fight in the first game so I summoned some help. I don't want to relive those memories even if
It was nice to see him again, but I hated that fight in the first game so I summoned some help. I don't want to relive those memories even if
his better half wasn't around
toastyToast
Member
Cool! This is really confusing though
Say for example I beat
The Last Giant
Whatever the thing from the pirate ship was
that'st he spirit
The Lost Sinner
Admiral Woofington
Member
I feel bad because I'm a paladin, but the only time I summoned for help was to fight the
old dragon slayer
Orthogonal
Member
There is a way to thwart the gimmick. Unfortunately, most of the
Old One boss fights are pushover easy.
HungOverOnATues
Member
Just looked up how to get there and didn't know that I was able to go that way now. I'll probably head that direction next. Thanks.
I've already beaten the game. =/
Chance Hale
Member
In Nvidia Inspector, does AF need one of the options or do you just leave it at user defined? Anyone got a Nvidia Inspector link of everything on?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
From reddit:
Orthogonal
Member
Lol, it's hard to know what experience level everyone here is when commenting.
Facism
Member
that's prudence. I'm annoyed at the guys who just fucking YOLO every boss and get dominated in 2 seconds
Nah. It's all good. I was talking from my console experience with the game. I really dislike the first half of the bosses in the game.
Orthogonal
Member
They are a dime a dozen unfortunately. Sunbros have a bit better probability of competence, but even then you can get burned. That's half the fun of co-op on these games.
Chance Hale
Member
My favorite is when you summon two people who subsequently turn out to be shit, dying instantly, and you have to fight a boss with buffed health, lol.
haven't even got to this boss yet but this theme is so awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em5gtDJcFqM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em5gtDJcFqM
I'm only 5 hours in,
Like that we finally have a new Dark Souls game.. But it doesn't quite feel like the Dark Souls game I loved and played for literally hundreds of hours. I don't understand why they changed some of the formula that was already proved and enjoyed.
The game somewhat looks good - at times, and it's easy on the hardware. But it doesn't look as good as it should in my mind. Some places looks like an intern would make - alone.
Some enemies are cheap and looks like constipated turntables spinning around with clumsy animations. It's ridiculous. The running animation for those early enemies..
Controls are fickle. Not exactly good for "platforming"/pinpoint navigation elements. Very disappointing.
I don't know why I can't level up at bonfires anymore, it's annoying.
Levels have a random feel, not as sophisticated as DS1.
The losing of up to half total health when dying doesn't inspire me. I understand the thought behind it, but it doesn't work and only takes me out of the game, and it makes me somewhat annoyed.
The game still feels good, but so disappointing compared to the first. Oh well, I've only started and there's a long way to go..
Like that we finally have a new Dark Souls game.. But it doesn't quite feel like the Dark Souls game I loved and played for literally hundreds of hours. I don't understand why they changed some of the formula that was already proved and enjoyed.
The game somewhat looks good - at times, and it's easy on the hardware. But it doesn't look as good as it should in my mind. Some places looks like an intern would make - alone.
Some enemies are cheap and looks like constipated turntables spinning around with clumsy animations. It's ridiculous. The running animation for those early enemies..
Controls are fickle. Not exactly good for "platforming"/pinpoint navigation elements. Very disappointing.
I don't know why I can't level up at bonfires anymore, it's annoying.
Levels have a random feel, not as sophisticated as DS1.
The losing of up to half total health when dying doesn't inspire me. I understand the thought behind it, but it doesn't work and only takes me out of the game, and it makes me somewhat annoyed.
The game still feels good, but so disappointing compared to the first. Oh well, I've only started and there's a long way to go..
Admiral Woofington
Member
As far as I am so far, which admittedly isn't terribly far but I've fought at least 4 bosses, and 3/4 have been some bigger than you humanoid knight. So yeah as of right now there hasn't been a "HOLY SHIT I'M GOING TO DIE" moment like with the gaping dragon. Even if that fight was easy the first time I saw him come out I shat my pants. With these guys it has been more of a "shit a boss. well let's give it a go"
Yea that [Sinner's Rise]
fight really felt like it was a casualty of the lighting change. I was surprised when I got an old one soul at the end, I thought it was another Pursuers type fight that would show later a mid boss.
Maybe it's my aversion to
bugs and spiders
edit: sorry forgot to spoiler that
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