Yep, I encountered one as well. I hope it doesn't get to the point where I have to use a trainer just for when people are cheating when they invade me.
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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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you'll need to travel preetty far, but up the huntsman;s copse route, not the bastille. must kill
skelly lord
At least pinwheel required a weapon to hit him.... LOL
Hey this is my first ds game so im likely to ask some stupid questions, the first being all of a sudden my lifegem isnt restoring any health, theres likely a very obvious reason but I have yet to find it and im wondering around with 30% hp and 6 lifegems having used 4 to no avail.
Tevious
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You say hi first and then let's go. ;-)
Crab Milk Mickey
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Which would be okay-ish if the number of upgrade stones / ores available to the player wasn't so terribly lacking up until the end game stretch. Not that I'm a fan of carrying more than two weapons at a time anyways.
Hell, the way durability has been handled could stand to be refined. Something like the Estoc (excellent weapon in DS 1) has a measily 30 durability (ridiculous), and somehow my Mace of 60 durability lasts considerably longer than my 70 durability Halberd because... reasons.
But shouldn't they know whether they invaded your world to help or slay you? Sorry, for the stupid questions, couldn't play the game yet.
Tevious
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They're grey phantoms. I summon them into my world, they don't use a soapstone. They only get a message on their end that they're being summoned.
Wait, I was summoned as a Grey Phantom earlier, and I figured it was just Dark Souls being its usual bizarre self. The reverse of Man Eater Mildred or whatever. It was an actual person who wrecked me, then? There was a message on the ground that said "incoming tough opponent," within 10 seconds I was summoned, and then I got killed by someone named Garrett.
Seriously, when I first played Dark Souls, I thought Man Eater Mildred was a real person - now I confused a real person for an NPC?
Took a couple of shots of Shaded Woods with SweetFX for those interested.
It does look a little better than consoles, but still is a ugly area
Shaded Woods is ugly as shit
Worst looking area so far.
Feels something out of Resident Evil 4.
Oh, now I see (had to look up the grey phantoms). So basically they don't know what the
Rat King covenant
Assuming you don't summon a cheater this could allow for some fun things unless they know why they're summoned. But based on some google search results many players are actually clueless about this.
Well, 11 hours in(lol!) and I've finally beaten
. This beginning of this game has been far more frustrating for me than Dark Souls or Demon's Souls was. Partly down to my own stupidity but it feels so much more brutal early on than those games were. It wasn't until I got to SL ~25 and had upgraded my Morning Star to +4(beastly weapon) that things started going more smoothly for me(Warrior class btw).
It makes a huge difference being able to smash the more common enemies in one or two hits. I've also gone into this completely blind with no spoilers and no guides, which obviously makes it a bit more difficult.
Still, I'm really enjoying it now and the feeling of satisfaction from beating the bosses... I love it.
The Last Giant(first time) and Dragon Rider
It makes a huge difference being able to smash the more common enemies in one or two hits. I've also gone into this completely blind with no spoilers and no guides, which obviously makes it a bit more difficult.
Still, I'm really enjoying it now and the feeling of satisfaction from beating the bosses... I love it.
Tevious
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The only thing I see in 'key bindings' are keyboard keys,no option to change the native gamepad settings, using DS3 Tool BTW.
16:9 monitor, SGSSAA causing flickering lines for me too
Tevious
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There are other ways to sneak attack players who do know what's going on. Plenty of opportunities to set traps for players, especially later in the game in another area for Rat Bros.
guys Tower of Flame is freaking me the fuck out. to one side I dropped a drawbridge, if I remember from videos, thats where good old
is correct?
and to the other path, after doing some shit and going down a lift, I think this is where
hold me Gaf, Im scared
Ornstein
and to the other path, after doing some shit and going down a lift, I think this is where
that horse carridge guy is because Im in a circular arena place...
hold me Gaf, Im scared
Tevious
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guys Tower of Flame is freaking me the fuck out. to one side I dropped a drawbridge, if I remember from videos, thats where good oldis correct?Ornstein
and to the other path, after doing some shit and going down a lift, I think this is wherethat horse carridge guy is because Im in a circular arena place...
hold me Gaf, Im scared
No, the other side is something else. The
chariot boss
Wow, this a great start. Could you share your preset?
indeed, just got to the end, turns out it was the way to
No Man's Warf
guess ill go back and deal with
Ornstein
toastyToast
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The knight at the start of
is a beast. Dude completely obliterates me with that spear
Maybe I should just leave him alone lol
Lost Bastille
Maybe I should just leave him alone lol
Agent_ShortBus
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Well after 8 hours I finally ran into my first cheater. Was doing my own thing then all of a sudden got pulled into some one else's wold as a blue phantom to help fight an invader. Managed to backstab the enemy twice, only his health didn't drop he just stood there taking no damage from either of us. Then he just killed the other guy and I went back to my world. Hope Namco does something about the cheaters.
these big fuckers in Tower of Flame seem like the first good place to farm souls early on at 400 a pop, they are easy enough
also question about a item I just noticed I have.
edit: welp thats 1 death to
>_>
also question about a item I just noticed I have.
Its called a sublime bone dust and it says it upgrades estus, can I use it or do I need it for something else? I thought only shards upgraded the estus
edit: welp thats 1 death to
Ornstein
I wasted waaaaay too much time in the Belfry. So much fun invading AND being invaded there.
I also managed to find my first red phantom player, he charged me with an absurdly large greatsword so I just backstabbed him twice when he tried to swing. The animation with a mace equipped is incredibly satisfying, I think I'm going to upgrade it some more.
I also managed to find my first red phantom player, he charged me with an absurdly large greatsword so I just backstabbed him twice when he tried to swing. The animation with a mace equipped is incredibly satisfying, I think I'm going to upgrade it some more.
Too much depth of field blur
You use it by
burning it at the Bonfire in Majula, it makes the Estus recover more health with each use
eot
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What the hell is up with the recovery animations? I'm using the Mace at the moment, and I can do quick combos with it, but when I stop swinging it takes what feels like a full second before I can do anything again. It's like I whiffed a halberd swing or something, except I didn't. I was fighting
and I had trouble getting a single hit in without taking one in return because how long it took for the game to let me dodge or raise my shield. It's a small weapon, come on!
the Gargoyles
Tevious
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Shards
+1
Jesus. I was wondering why my character's face looked very different to the pretty lady I thought I created. Ten hours in and I finally remove a piece of armour and realise what's happened. Luckily it's fairly easy to connect the dots, but man it wouldn't be dark souls if there weren't really weird ways of doing things.
Air Zombie Meat
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Level up attack skills so that you do more damage per hit. Weapons shouldn't be breaking unless you're taking too many hits to kill things. It's only really a problem when you're starting out. Durability is restored when you rest at bonfires unless the weapon breaks, in which case you need to repair at the blacksmith. So if you switch it out for another weapon before it breaks you won't have to pay anything, just rest at a bonfire.
Shards upgrade number of uses, bone dust upgrades how much health is restored with each use. So yes, use it.
Psycho_Mantis
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Ornstein
I know I know, dont die
loledit: why do you take so fucking long to drink your orange juice nooooooooooooo
Are you sure you aren't just at max hollowing?
just got past that part, he's not that toughis going to suuuuuuuuuuck with all the knights in the way to get there every time I dieOrnstein
I know I know, dont die
edit: why do you take so fucking long to drink your orange juice nooooooooooooo
without his bro
i think you could probably skip a couple, it didn't took me many tries but i think i skipped the last guy
I haven't been too hot on several of the Dark Souls 2 areas visually but nothing in the entire game approaches Lost Izalith in sheer blinding ugliness.
Air Zombie Meat
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If it's the place I'm thinking of Shaded woods looks pretty bad. It reminds me of N64 games where the draw distance is obscured by insane levels of fog. At least it's more fun than Lost Izalith.
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