I now regret upgrading a longsword to +10. I didn't really like the new moveset vs. the Dark Souls 1 one, and of course, maces in this game are just infinitely a million times better in this game that it feels like using a slash/thrust weapon is just making it hard on yourself.
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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Bastard Sword for life!
Try changing the following line inside the file enbeffectprepass to:
float BokehBias=0.00;
I take back everything I said about the first Dark Souls now that I went back to it, summon signs everywhere. Got summoned 6 times in one sitting. Record!
chaobreaker
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jacksepticeye
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I fucking jumped when that happened to me and then laughed for a good 5 mins. Rotten bloody thing.
Felix Lighter
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I feel like I have to be doing something wrong or I must be terrible.
just decimates me. I'm fighting at half health at this point but I don't want to burn an effigy until I find a way to consistently do damage. I've seen people mention that this is easier than the first Dark Souls, but I'm finding this fight way harder than anything I faced early game in the first game.
Pursuer
No but I use inspector for hbao+, I tried setting it to disable but the the line was still there, weird
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but if you're using SGSSAA you probably want to use the "Antialiasing fix" compatibility bit in Nvidia Inspector. It was intended for TF2 but it works well with SGSSAA for eliminating artifacts; the lines for example. I haven't tested it extensively yet but it seemed to work fine.
Yeah, the AA fix got rid of the lines for me.
Ok so I tried both the preset ENB Wrapper and Injector settings (the ones you get from the ENB website) and I can't see as I see a big difference with Wrapper, but Injector looks noticeably more slick. Even so, I wasn't really blown away by either. Waiting on some more impressive player made ones.
Also, I am not sure if this is something to do with ENB, but there appears to be a weird "lightning" effect when switching between areas of different lighting levels.
Also, I am not sure if this is something to do with ENB, but there appears to be a weird "lightning" effect when switching between areas of different lighting levels.
jacksepticeye
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Wait WHAT?? I don't need the key for
I finished the game twice and never knew that, man I feel dumb
McDuff's room area bonfire etc? I can blow up the wall?
I finished the game twice and never knew that, man I feel dumb
The reason I'm finding II so much easier than the first, is that grouping up and subsequently becoming human seems so much better implemented. If you're having trouble with a boss, just lay down a summon sign and fight it in someone else's game. Once successful, you'll come back with your health at maximum, all flasks restored, all non-broken weapons repaired, and able to summon two people to help you defeat the boss for yourself - no effigy necessary. The only time I've been halted since I've realized this system of exploitation is in coming to a boss in a location that disables summoning.
Orthogonal
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Yeah, that section is brutal, but there are some great rewards.
I actually don't think I ever found the key for that, I always do the other thing
Bacon_Boss
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So i found a nice little farm spot early in the game just after you get the small white soapstone. I would just drop it by the bonfire earlier in the forrest of giants and kill
with whoever wanted to kill him. I'd point and wait for them to attack him and if they didn't i'd finish my run with them and try again. Got a bunch of people their soapstones and
too! Not a particularly individually productive day, but i have a mace +3 now and a a full elite knight set
The knight who drops the lightning sword
fire swords
Fucking shit fuck that Pursuer fight. Just used all 10 human effigies I had (bought all the merchant in the forest had) summoned two helpers each time, tried to stay out of the action and shoot arrows, and still failed every single time. Got pretty close a few times, but the guy can kill me in two hits when I have full health. My sword doesn't do much more damage than an arrow shot. No way I can beat him alone.
Anywhere else I can buy human effigies or farm them somehow? I'm gonna need a lot.
I'm level 30, with 12 END, 10 VIT, 13 STR, and 20 DEX. Am I fighting him too soon? It feels like the next logical step, but this just feels fucking unfair.
Anywhere else I can buy human effigies or farm them somehow? I'm gonna need a lot.
I'm level 30, with 12 END, 10 VIT, 13 STR, and 20 DEX. Am I fighting him too soon? It feels like the next logical step, but this just feels fucking unfair.
Laurentius
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So, I've played about 6 hours, and haven't even fought the first boss yet.
...yeah, you could say I'm taking it slow. To be fair, I was having trouble at the start because I chose Deprived, and having to deal with no weapons and then crappy weapons at the start made things extra difficult. And since then I've been really slow, and methodically exploring everything I see, and exhausting all NPC dialogue. Also spent a good amount of time practicing parries and backstabs (since they feel very different from DS1).
That's the way I like it though. Looking forward to savoring the game for as long as I can.
...yeah, you could say I'm taking it slow. To be fair, I was having trouble at the start because I chose Deprived, and having to deal with no weapons and then crappy weapons at the start made things extra difficult. And since then I've been really slow, and methodically exploring everything I see, and exhausting all NPC dialogue. Also spent a good amount of time practicing parries and backstabs (since they feel very different from DS1).
That's the way I like it though. Looking forward to savoring the game for as long as I can.
Bullshit, does a Claymore actually have a 1H thrust (from stationary?). I was guessing since the Longsword of all things doesn't have a 1H thrust from stationary, why would a larger sword have one?
Felix Lighter
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My plan is to solo my way through the game, if I can. But I do plan on helping others, so the improved online is very welcome.
Why did it have to be spiders...
Is there a faster way to get to the Brightstone boss than
I feel like I must have missed something, like a shortcut.
Is there a faster way to get to the Brightstone boss than
going from the bonfire in front of the sinkhole in the sand, running through some tunnels in the buildings, across the bridge where the red phantom ambushed you, through the chapel with the tons of the spiders, down the webs with even more fucking spiders, and finally to the fog door?
I feel like I must have missed something, like a shortcut.
It does. For the smaller straight blades, the Sun Sword has a 1h R2 thrust, and the Heide Knight Sword's 1h R2 chains into one on the second blow.
It's easier to start from the bonfire at the beginning of the area, take the first rope, and then go through the door on the left and follow the path until you reach the boss zone.
I never had trouble with them. Walk towards them until they start their bite attack, walk back to avoid it, hit them, rinse & repeat.
That looks awesome.Got a huge graphical glitch in this area:
Thanks, but fat lot of good that does me when I'd still have to hit him probably about 150 times whilst not getting hit more than once by him.
Ugh. Easily the most frustrated I've been with a boss in these games.
second one actually looks pretty cool.
OneEyeTwoHead
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You don't HAVE to fight him right now. You can move on ya know and come back.
I was only doing 70 damage per hit to him but I beat him only dying twice. You can do it! Just don't panic!
-MD-
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Nobody else feels similar?
It is same old but you knew that going in.
hey_it's_that_dog
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Go do something else. Level up, upgrade your weapon, find a better weapon, whatever. I can pretty much handle Pursuer without getting hit at this point, but if I had to hit him 100 times without error I'd give up too.
Also, he seems scary, but his move set is very easy to dodge once you are familiar with distances and timing. I don't know what class you are, but make sure you are adequately mobile for the fight.
Cannon Goose
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Upon doing some research I just realised that the second invasion I did was against a cheater
Infinite HP and stamina, I just thought it was lag. If I had realised sooner I would have been able to knock them off an edge because I was in Heide's Tower. Thankfully since then I haven't seen any more.
Infinite HP and stamina, I just thought it was lag. If I had realised sooner I would have been able to knock them off an edge because I was in Heide's Tower. Thankfully since then I haven't seen any more.
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