I didn´t find Bed of Chaos particulary hard to beat (actually i found it pretty easy). Maneater in Demons Souls in the other hand...
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I didn´t find Bed of Chaos particulary hard to beat (actually i found it pretty easy). Maneater in Demons Souls in the other hand...
Sanctuary
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What did they nerf? It's "easy" if you start with
a Halberd, or any 360 type weapon, or Flame Swathe.
Also, why does 60fps feel so different with this than the first game did with DSfix@60? Maybe my brain was just rewired to adjust to the random fps DS2 on PS3 that I've played more recently, but I did play the first game with DSfix for about a month straight prior to the console release of this game, and it just feels even more fluid. Might be just the new engine and animations messing with me?
Bed of Chaos at least looked cool visually. This other one is ugly in every conceivable way. Awful aesthetic and ill-conceived as an actual fight.
I don't know, I didn't play the game past the nerf. But if you were using something like a katana,
the toxic dogs were a nightmare to land a hit with their garbage hitboxes (much like the crystal lizards this time around), and you'd be toxic in short order right off the bat.
WaxPineapple
Neo Member
I might have missed it earlier in the thread, but is there a borderless window solution?
edit: nevermind found it
edit: nevermind found it
I haven't played enough to make a final judgement (and I'd wait a few months with that anyway), but yeah, so far I do think the improvements outweigh the drawbacks.
Sure
Admiral Woofington
Member
Wait now I'm confused can you give me a hint? I thought it'd be like DS1.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
It is better than before and better than using a controller, but the button prompts do not help.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Fucking sentinels, the guy i summoned got owned by the 2nd one climbing up! What a shitty boss really
xBladeM6x
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1: Download this: https://mega.co.nz/#!7soHmbYK!Q0-Ogg1uxqjq50fMxwpFC51VQhsPCS1o5INq6-kVoMc
2: Extract it to the Steam\steamapps\common\DarkSoulsII\Game (Where the actual DarkSoulsII.exe is.
3: Done, just load the game and you're ready to go. Just be aware that this is incompatible with Durantes GSTDO and will make you crash on startup.
Note: Don't be alarmed by the 5-10 second white screen on startup, it just does that and if you alt+tab, but it won't crash and it's not freezing or anything.
Also, here's some more pictures.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I wonder how resource heavy that is.
you trade the boss souls for the weapons (and some souls, not a lot tho, was 1500 each) at special NPCs, this first one only did a few, theres at least 1 more later on. this one also had a spell to trade for a boss soul
d00d3n
Member
I am getting this and it is directly correlated with the new sli profile from nvidia. I removed the sli compatibility bit and the performance in those areas
only tested heides and shaded ruins
sammyCYBORG
Member
This is definitely a great game, but so far not that amazingly special experience Dark Souls was.
Dare I say it feels a bit too easy once you get some levels under your belt, too...
Dare I say it feels a bit too easy once you get some levels under your belt, too...
d00d3n
Member
Multiplayer matching is only based on soul level, so if you stay at the same level you will be able to continue to play in that range.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Same, I get Dark Souls is a,hard game but I've never liked those kinds of fights.
Is the mace that you start with as a Cleric a good weapon to upgrade? I have been enjoying the weapon so far and have no real complaints. I am new to the series and want to make sure I am not screwing myself by upgrading. I am leaning towards creating a strength/faith build if that matters.
Maybe it's just me but so far all the ENB shots have looked kind of crappy. Blown out and ridiculous DoF.
But then 99% of Skyrim ENB configs are like that as well. Can't argue about taste I guess.
edit: Also, does the game have a divine weapon upgrade path? Haven't seen any yet, so just wondering.
But then 99% of Skyrim ENB configs are like that as well. Can't argue about taste I guess.
edit: Also, does the game have a divine weapon upgrade path? Haven't seen any yet, so just wondering.
Orthogonal
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That one is tricky. Pro tip: Use the R1 attack on the drop so you don't roll.
i haven't played a ton yet but so far it doesn't feel like dark souls did in that enemies have to follow the same rules as you. they always seem to glide across the ground way too quickly to get in range and their attack animations track you a lot more than DS1 did.
i don't really like it, but then i didn't like DS1 at first either so maybe it'll just take some getting used to.
The problem when doing an ENB for DS2 is that each level in the game has a completely different lighting hue.
What looks great in one area will look terrible in another. We need Boris to do a decent ENB with each level taken into consideration, similar to the way Skyrim worked with its weather system ENB,
Admiral Woofington
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Everybody says it's definitely a good weapon to carry with you throughout the game, especially once you can give it stuff like lightning damage later down the line.
Speaking of boss souls, looks like from what I read most boss souls make weapons that aren't particularly good for a strength/faith build. I'm considering eventually consuming these if it does mean that as I'm probably going to keep a str/faith build even on new game +. Won't consume them now obviously, just something to consider once I start making boss weapons.
InfiniDragon
Member
I'd argue that the extremely awesome looking environment in which you fight
Royal Rat Authority
And yeah, Bed of Chaos will eternally be the lamest fight in the Souls series. The
Prowling Magus and Congregation
Or a million+ in your soul memory bank.
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
If your soul memory is high enough, it will open. This happened to me on the PS3 as well even though I only had 3 out of 4 great souls.
I've been avoiding this thread due to fear of spoilers.
I'm just gonna say that GETTING A BOW in a Souls game is the best goddamn thing you can do to better tackle the challenges of the game.
I know it sounds obvious but many people actually don't use bows because they are "meele or magic only" or something like that.
But my god, it's just so useful * . *
I LOVE THIS FUCKING GAME GOD FUCKING DAMNIT I FUCKING LOVE IT.
I'm just gonna say that GETTING A BOW in a Souls game is the best goddamn thing you can do to better tackle the challenges of the game.
I know it sounds obvious but many people actually don't use bows because they are "meele or magic only" or something like that.
But my god, it's just so useful * . *
I LOVE THIS FUCKING GAME GOD FUCKING DAMNIT I FUCKING LOVE IT.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
holy smokes just helped with an intense battle vs. the penetrator or whatever his name is. just was trying to get my humanity back. the problem to start is i had forgotten i put the summon sign down and i was just cleaning up some of the guys nearby to get enough souls so i could buy more humanity. so then i got summoned and only had a few great soul arrows and a bit more regular soul arrows left but said whatever. the battle starts and its going ok. got beat up a bit but we had the penetrator down to low health, but at this point i'm out of arrows. then he did this move on the guy who summoned me where he stabbed him and lifted him up. the guy who summoned me had like a SLIVER of healthy left and i just started going to down with slashes on the penetrator and killed him just before he started to wind up again to the kill the guy who summoned me. it was intense!
now my humanity is back and i'm going to fuck up those losers at the bastille boss battle. can you actually summon more than 1 person to help?
now my humanity is back and i'm going to fuck up those losers at the bastille boss battle. can you actually summon more than 1 person to help?
That
set of bosses was basically the new Pinwheel. I didn't mind having another notoriously simple boss encounter added to the mix. 
Pinwheel was always fun to mock.
Pinwheel was always fun to mock.hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Oh yeah, good question. Even though you could go straight to
Heide's
Forest of the Giants
merchant
Lenigrast's key
go back to Majula, open the blacksmith's door with the key and he'll sell the mace for around 1500.
Before you do all this you could try it without the mace and see if it feels doable, if you're up for a (bigger) challenge.
YianGaruga
Banned
Yes it is. One of the strongest weapons for PVE, pretty much throughout the entire game. If you want to really break it, get two and powerstance them
So their only purpose is to be fought? We can't ineract with them?
He's depressed that his linkin park collection sank into the ocean with Heide
So sad to hear that
xBladeM6x
Member
Do people actually play with those ridiculous DoF settings?
I thought this shot I took to illustrate the Bokeh DoF was already way too much for playing the game:
Typically I don't, I just like the way it make screenshots look. But I really love the color saturation / contrast. Makes flames look amazing. I just wish the ENB was compatible with your GDST.
Big Chungus
Member
hmm for some reason my character is always blocking.
bug?
bug?
Orthogonal
Member
Poison arrows are almost game breaking. Definitely a great side weapon.
fluffydelusions
Member
OK gaf just beat the
and have some souls to spend. Where should I put them (sword and board melee)
Current:
vgr - 20
end - 20
vit - 7
atn - 4
str - 40
dex - 11
adp -20
int - 3
fth - 8
sinner
Current:
vgr - 20
end - 20
vit - 7
atn - 4
str - 40
dex - 11
adp -20
int - 3
fth - 8
AHA-Lambda
Member
YianGaruga
Banned
Played through the entire game again now, I don't see any need for any of these colour/DoF/contrast modifications. The game looks great as it is.
I find it a little strange how people absolutely HAVE to mod these things in PC games just because they can.
I find it a little strange how people absolutely HAVE to mod these things in PC games just because they can.
It's rather surprising that he did one at all, considering what he thinks about the games themselves. I'd be super shocked if he actually worked on it more.
TheCongressman1
Member
Do people actually play with those ridiculous DoF settings?
I thought this shot I took to illustrate the Bokeh DoF was already way too much for playing the game:
In first person games I crank it up, but in a third person game it's much harder because the effect is constant.
I'll put it on a high and walk around for a bit to look at the pretty, but playing it needs to be fairly low. I think the way it looks in your shot is pretty much the sweet spot for me.
Willkiller
Banned
So after playing the game with no problems for 3 days I'm crashing on start-up.
Help?
Help?
xBladeM6x
Member
Using any mods?
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