I feel that this is just due to Dark Souls 2 having worse level/enemy design than the previous games. Like, much worse.
The other games didn't throw groups of 3+ guys at you at a CONSTANT rate throughout the level.
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I feel that this is just due to Dark Souls 2 having worse level/enemy design than the previous games. Like, much worse.
The other games didn't throw groups of 3+ guys at you at a CONSTANT rate throughout the level.
Kamina
Golden Boy
Read my post from before, you'll meet Gavlan on that path if you talked to him in harvest Valley.
killertofu
Member
When do I start getting sweet armor? I've got an Elite Knight set right now
Because you are getting familiar every game, actually nothing changes that much, imo ds2 has better boss fights than other souls games.
The nest soul game youll play will be easier than this if they dont change anything combat wise.
Kamina
Golden Boy
I'm a Sunbro, they were all white Phantoms.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Opinions and all. IMO DSII's leve/encounter design utterly eclipses the other Souls games by a wide margin.
Eclipses Dark Souls level design?
I'm gonna definitely have to disagree with you there.
Well maybe they just left then? I mean that's one of the purposes of the item.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
The way that DS's world connects together doesn't change the fact that IMO, DSII's levels are better paced and have more varied and exciting/difficult encounters than Dark Souls. So yeah, we're going to have to agree to disagree.
Kamina
Golden Boy
It was just weird because a lo of them did it, and right after appearing, not even checking around. Maybe they really were waiting for someone else.
Necromanti
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Man, just got to
and the
are kicking my ass. I can't stagger them fast enough to interrupt attacks and their hits take off HP even with my shield up. Any tips?
Currently rolling with a mace, that
I found. Most points in Dex/End/Adapt and some in Vigor.
Iron Fortress
katana wielding knights
Currently rolling with a mace, that
fire broadsword still and the Drangleic armour
Keep using your mace, dont worry about taking a little damage through your shield. If you can time it right, you can block a few hits, then go 2 handed with mace and swing back at them. Strike damage messes them up bad, and 2 hits with a 2 handed mace will certainly stagger them.
Yep, I'm rocking a mace for this build and 2H just destroys them. Same for the turtle knights.
K - was using the sword and it wasn't working. Will try going back to the mace. And by mace I mean morning star. I have both but have levelled up the latter more. I'm assuming it makes no difference? Have a magic mace too but never sure when that does more damage than the normal one.
Mace hits harder than Morning star, the detail you are looking for is the Attack type, Thrust, Slash or Strike. Strike damage is the ticket, that is what you want to use against armored foes. Most strike weapons do a lot of poise damage as well, so you can stagger enemies quicker and they will stay stunned until they die.
legacyzero
Banned
Getting my ass HANDED to me at Iron Keep. I don't think I should be there yet. I havn't done The Gutter. Maybe I need to go there first?
Both can be done at around the same level, but if you are really getting beat up, try another area. Or upgrade some gear, try different weapons, etc. The Gutter is a fine place to go at this point in your progression.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
What is your SL?
AlphaProspector
Member
I've died so damn much in this bloody game. Running out of Human Effigies. I feel like a scrub, I've cheesed all bosses using summoned phantoms, hell I cheesed the Pursuer using the ballistas while the phantoms distracted him, lol. In Dark Souls I tanked shit on my own like a boss, here I'm getting ambushed, cornered and swarmed by five enemies at a time. Sometimes it's not even about learning patterns or blocking when shields no longer fully absorb damage (or I haven't found a shield that does), some enemies don't even have a recovery time and will keeping swinging their weapons. This clearly feels sloppy at times. It's like they saw the ambushes in the Undead Burg and decided to apply them game-wide.
Getting mixed messages here. You are basically encouraged to summon people at this rate in NG.
I'm also noticing my stamina runs out really fast, need to start pumping points into that but the worst offender is the stagger and damage through shield. I'm starting to miss the old DS poise and Havel's armor. Fucking hate to be staggered like this all the time.
Does anyone have any idea where I can find some decent armor and shield? I found the knight set but it obviously feels like the poor's man elite knight set. Freaking sick of getting staggered all the time.
Any help will be appreciated. I've opened the roads in Huntsman Copse and also ventured into Lost Bastille once by killing the Flexile Sentry (stupid Lucatiel got owned in the middle of the battle) and the Pursuer.
Those three fucking ruin sentinels have destroyed me five times already. I read they are optional so, good riddance, I'm skipping them for now and coming back for their asses later. In the meantime, trying not to die like a scrub...
Getting mixed messages here. You are basically encouraged to summon people at this rate in NG.
I'm also noticing my stamina runs out really fast, need to start pumping points into that but the worst offender is the stagger and damage through shield. I'm starting to miss the old DS poise and Havel's armor. Fucking hate to be staggered like this all the time.
Does anyone have any idea where I can find some decent armor and shield? I found the knight set but it obviously feels like the poor's man elite knight set. Freaking sick of getting staggered all the time.
Any help will be appreciated. I've opened the roads in Huntsman Copse and also ventured into Lost Bastille once by killing the Flexile Sentry (stupid Lucatiel got owned in the middle of the battle) and the Pursuer.
Those three fucking ruin sentinels have destroyed me five times already. I read they are optional so, good riddance, I'm skipping them for now and coming back for their asses later. In the meantime, trying not to die like a scrub...
MikeE21286
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I just beat that area....I fucking haaaaaaaated it. It was difficult. I would recommend going with as much as armor as you can without going above the 70% load threshold and praying. I was SL 80ish
Orthogonal
Member
Right after the Pursuer fight you should see a place to drop down and get some Great early game armor/shield. You may need to level up your Vit though.
Also, don't need to burn through effigies. Use small soapstone to get summoned. A successful run turns you human and repairs your gear.
NumberThree
Member
Late game question:
I bought the greatshield and the Elite Knight set from the armor vendor in Majula, those took me a long way. Then I just upgraded piece by piece.
^The one suggested by Orthogonal is also nice, but it was a bit too heavy for me.
I got the King's ring. I've seen a few of those sealed doors during the game, does it matter where I go next? I.e. is one of those places going to be the final boss or something?
I bought the greatshield and the Elite Knight set from the armor vendor in Majula, those took me a long way. Then I just upgraded piece by piece.
^The one suggested by Orthogonal is also nice, but it was a bit too heavy for me.
Yep!
You can get it at your stage of the game you can use it very far into the game.Alva set:
Tad heavier brought from Maughlin. More than viable for it's light weight 20.6 for the whole set.
On the shield, after T
he
ursuer
before the nest, look down off the edge and you'll see some rubble you can jump to as well as treasure. There's a 100% block shield down there.
Glad to hear it's good! I just bought that set, but mainly because it looks so dapper. Those cloth physics...
Orthogonal
Member
Got a ways to go, you are maybe just past the halfway mark.
Arjen
Member
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
You'd think you are near the end.
You are far away from the end. DSII is massive! Enjoy the rest of the game!
NumberThree
Member
Thanks! More souls for me, then.
Knight armor is fine, and it has more poise than Elite Knight. The Kite shield that Maughlin sells is pretty good for blocking, it isnt 100%, but its close and has good stability. After the Pursuer fight
is some good armor and a 100% shield
I suggest trying a Mace and an Estoc, and maybe a Short bow or Crossbow to pull some enemies and snipe when possible.
The enemies are more swarmy and aggressive, with some ridiculous attack tracking as well, but you can still manage them similarly to other Souls games if you are patient and have some strategy.
Mt Heart Attack
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Mytha the Baneful Queen
AlphaProspector
Member
Thanks everyone for the sound advice. I was getting really frustrated by these changes but the shield one combined with the shit-tier armor have been driving me insane.
>Booshka: Indeed! Case in point, I am now carrying a bow and the Healing miracle with me. The bow proved VERY useful in Lost Bastille as I shot two of those annoying ambush assholes through one of the windows then disposed of the other three.
I've also noticed the roll is nowhere near as effective as before when dodging but I take that was intended, right? Like someone else said, I may have to stop playing this with a DS1 mentality, heh.
Can't believe I've already pumped 11 hours into this considering how little time I've available, lol.
Also, it's a shame those Heide knights weren't NPCs. I feel really bad for taking them down since they are just sitting there, chilling with an armor full of arrows and reminded me of Siegmeyer...
However, I stopped feeling bad once I saw what they did to my two summoned fellas that started attacking him. That bastard (the Heide Knight at the opening of Lost Bastille) literally 420 NO SCOPED them in 2 hits, both at the same time, jeez... Glad I managed to deliver the final blow but still!
>Booshka: Indeed! Case in point, I am now carrying a bow and the Healing miracle with me. The bow proved VERY useful in Lost Bastille as I shot two of those annoying ambush assholes through one of the windows then disposed of the other three.
I've also noticed the roll is nowhere near as effective as before when dodging but I take that was intended, right? Like someone else said, I may have to stop playing this with a DS1 mentality, heh.
Can't believe I've already pumped 11 hours into this considering how little time I've available, lol.
Also, it's a shame those Heide knights weren't NPCs. I feel really bad for taking them down since they are just sitting there, chilling with an armor full of arrows and reminded me of Siegmeyer...
However, I stopped feeling bad once I saw what they did to my two summoned fellas that started attacking him. That bastard (the Heide Knight at the opening of Lost Bastille) literally 420 NO SCOPED them in 2 hits, both at the same time, jeez... Glad I managed to deliver the final blow but still!
That boss is ridiculously easy assuming
you drained the poison... which I did not lol
decoyplatypus
Member
Are you, by any chance,
fighting her in a pool of poison?
No benefit. Just for glory.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Oh, is he actually identical to the main fight? Same stats? Same moves? Same rewards?
I learned about this too late, but to be honest I really enjoyed
the difficulty the poison adds to the boss battle. Of course, it would be terrible if you didn't have any green moss or other poison curing items.
Arjen
Member
a secret-boss
Banned
I'm using ur ENB
coupled with this guy's stuff http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/16/
but his enb setting just way too much bloom
ENB looks good but the ghosting and rays of Sun r gone. praise the sun
enb for now then switch back to Sweetfx
If you defeat him first then there is no main fight. The boss room is empty.
edit - Sorry, I misread what you meant.
you dont have to kill Last Giant to get the key to fight him in his normal spot. So you can get Ring of Blades really early.
Orthogonal
Member
Indeed, remove Poison, Summon
Jester
Jin
Member
I checked and cannot find this undefined profile. At the bottom of DS2 profile I get multiple undefined profile but not this 0x0095DEF9 value. Where do I change this at? I have the nvidia sli profile that was pushed out yesterday through Geforce Experience so I don't know if that matter or not.
Edit: Found it. I had to click on that little magnifying glass icon (show unknown settings from Nvidia profile) on the top menu bar and it expanded a list of undefined values.
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