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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I hope it does. I feel no shame in saying this: Dark Souls II is my favorite game of all time. Literally.
Orthogonal
Member
Choosing a favorite between the Souls games is like choosing favorites among your kids. I'll just say I love all of them equally.
I do have a favorite kid 
Oracle Dragon
Member
For Pursuer:
1)
If you need to heal, keep dodging until either he does his blue sword chargeup, or his triple-hit combo... those have longer recovery times and give you time to drink an Estus. Not much time, mash the roll button like crazy to get away after healing.
2)
If this is the second battle (not the surprise one, the one with the balista) you can hurt/kill him with the baliista to make it easier. The trick is lock on to him first, then run to a balista and press "A" twice (to load, then shoot). You get 1 shot per ballista, each hit knocks about 50% of his health off.
3)
If you really want to EZ-mode it, do the same as #2 above, but bring some phantoms with you... while they distract him at the far end of the room, it is easier to get a hit on him. Don't hit your phantom helpers, it's 1 hit 1 kill for the ballista!
As for running out of effigies: The key to this is to help other people! Fight your way to
Pursuer's fog gate. Drop you small white soapstone sign, wait a few mintues. Someone will summon you to help fight him. If you win (or somehow 5 minutes pass without losing), you will be returned to human, full health, estus restocked, and damaged gear repaired... plus a Smooth and Silky stone.
Your comment about Endurance:
did you boost it up to roll faster? In DS2, to raise equip load it is vitality you have to raise, endurance gives you primarily stamina, as well as a bit more HP, def, and poise.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Choosing a favorite between the Souls games is like choosing favorites among your kids. I'll just say I love all of them equally.I do have a favorite kid
I always say that my favorite gaming franchise is Mega Man, but when it comes down to brass tacks...Souls is just stupendous stuff. My least favorite Souls is in my top 3 past gen titles lol...Actually my Top 3 is fairly easy to guess.
I wish I had found the bonfire next to it, I would have tried solo more times. In fact, I wish every boss had a bonfire right outside its room >_<
Yeah I know... but I figured that's "cheating", so to speak, and I just need to learn rolling properly... but christ, I've spent dozens of attempts on him.
I love the exploration bits of this game but the game seems so much harder than the first one. Of course, my build is a bit shit as I've been chasing too many attributes for fun and utility, took many many levels to get faith and attunement up and it hasn't really paid off yet, while Vit/End hasn't gotten too many points in them since the star (level 65 atm). Still not sure if that would help since blocking this guy isn't an option nor is getting hit.
But yeah, I was wandering around
Huntsman's Copse
Well, back to banging my head against this wall of a knight, or I could go do the same at
Old Dragonslayer
edit: He dead. Went he started boiling I said screw it and took the shot.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Must be doing something right, just beat
solo on my 2nd go ^_^
3 sentinels
Having played all 3 Souls game, I do think it's the easiest.
I think DS1 was easier /shrug.
And Demons Soul even easier, but that one I played as a sorc, not sure if it counts
I agree 100%....nothing even comes close, except the previous iterations.....aint no shame in that......I know people think Im crazy for hardly touching other games since 2009, but seriously I think I have a deep rich life; make a deep rich game with awesome organic combat and I'll play it....I got too much else to do to waste my time pushing X to win...even the witcher 2 was a HUGE let down owing to its press x combat system. Loved traps though....and setting up the boss room ahead of time
.......that is something souls games could add. Ill play Witcher 3 I'm sure, but I doubt it will give me even a fraction as much enjoyment as dark Souls 2.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I think it's the hardest by far, with Demon's being the easiest. It may be my favorite but it does tend to get quite aggravating in ways the previous games didn't (
from poison spitting statues to chain gank bosses like Gargoyles or Sentinels.
And he's dead the next try. Mostly naked, Greatsword+8, cloranthy ring+1
I really like this boss.
I think DS1 was easier /shrug.
And Demons Soul even easier, but that one I played as a sorc, not sure if it counts
Interesting. I do think it matters if you've played other titles/which order though. For me the difficulty is Demons>DS>DS2. I've pretty much done knight/warrior with pyro variant through all 3 games on at least 1 run.
Even just the warping and increased quantity of bonfires makes it the easiest entry for me.
Arjen
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one thing that I feel about DS2, and this isnt a complaint, just an observation, is that I feel some bosses favor some specs more than DS1. in DS1, I never felt gimped for being a pure meleer with no spells for example.
in DS2 Ive already felt gimped twice, and felt some bosses would clearly be easier as a ranged guy, and some bosses were loleasy as a tank (like the
Lost Sinner
edit: but then again, im mediocre at the series so what do I know. Still love them so I dont care
When I play this game, I feel like I'm totally bumbling my way through. You guys are talking about agility and how it affects your roll. I didn't even know agility was something I could put points into, let alone have it boost your rolling and estus speed.
I still have lots of fun and I'm still making progress, but I think I would benefit from watching a lengthy tutorial on how to really play Dark Souls.
I still have lots of fun and I'm still making progress, but I think I would benefit from watching a lengthy tutorial on how to really play Dark Souls.
finalflame
Member
So, I'm at
...Do I
.
Doors of Pharros
just keep putting stones into these things mindlessly? The only clear path I see is to the rate, and the other fog door I can't get to :/
Dark Souls 2 is by far the easiest souls game.
MAYBE it competes with Demon's Souls, but it's been a long time since I've last played that.
The game is only really difficult because they throw groups of enemies at you like all the time, and the combat system isn't really designed for that.
MAYBE it competes with Demon's Souls, but it's been a long time since I've last played that.
The game is only really difficult because they throw groups of enemies at you like all the time, and the combat system isn't really designed for that.
No no , absolutely do not tank up ever.......this boss win was the pivotal point for the whole playthough.......you're almost there buddy! Roll to his right side, get in behind, either attack or if he did a double or triple combo you can heal after, also able to heal if he does his jumping slam attack or cursed weapon attack.
I also wore armour the whole game.
They used a separation crystal you probably summoned a person who was waiting for a friend to co-op with so they bailed.
You can get a santiler's spear from one of the doors. They are rat covenant things so not really much for anyone else really.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I played Demons after Dark, and I plowed through most of it in a single day. I actually stopped after starting my game to go back to Dark on 360 haha. I really think that your first Souls game influences how you view the rest of the series going onwards. I've seen posts (on GameFAQs...I know...) of people who went to Dark Souls after playing DSII first and not having any troubles while I died 10 times to pretty much every boss.
Demons was that to me. Everything felt breezy and simple but then again, I had been prepared to the game's logic.
I'm at yomama at 1.2m SM and seeing a ton of signs still
sunbro though, if that even affects SM
Demons is definitely easier than DS2 imo. Areas are probably better but the bosses in that game are a complete joke
No, does End actually make you roll faster? Like I said, I haven't put too many points into it yet. I got a few points of Vig to raise the equip load, but then
I got that ring that made it less pressing
Is adaptability worth getting? It's only at 7 atm. I'm already spreading myself thin over Vig, Vit, End, Str, Dex, Atn and Fai, and Fai has yet to have any real combat applications.
Kamina
Golden Boy
Doors of Pharros is optional, use the
left path that leeds upwards before going to the first bonfire, this will lead you onwards
finalflame
Member
So..where do I go then? I seem to be at a dead end here :/
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Poor little guy. I think the
mist
Isn't this the NPC that you need the
Ring of Whispers
I don't know for sure, just a guess.
how are you inGrief, you were like 6 zones behind me earlierthe gutter
the beauty of
quasi
he's
practically useless. Its fumes cure poison, but otherwise that thing has no use
nope, that's someone else
Have you found Gavlan? You go up the path near him and you can get to Brightstone Tsledora.
Kamina
Golden Boy
They should have been using the name engraved ring.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
No that's later on though it does help you listen to it.
i dont think so, the one you are thinking of is
Tarks
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
That makes a lot of sense. I barely die in DeS and DS' areas now, but the bosses always take a few lives away. In DSII bosses don't slay me all that often, but the levels themselves always kick me in the teeth repeatedly and harshly.
It's why I think DSII is the hardest. Bosses are easy but the levels are completely hellish.
I agree, easiest for me as well and I started as a deprived class and rolled into a dexterity 2-hand katana build with no magic.
how are you inGrief, you were like 6 zones behind me earlierthe gutter
Hell if I know, I just decided to push down at one point and now I'm way the hell down here.
It felt extremely claustrophobic as I was offline for a portion of The Gutter, so I didn't see any signs of life. Just me against the Dark.
finalflame
Member
Haven't seen him at all and I feel like I've scoured the whole place :/
Is he in the same area where the ratbros can summon you?
Not really what if you were the same covenant as them?
Go up the path that is near the entrance of Gyrm's respite bonfire.
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