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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Oracle Dragon
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Ah nope, purely checking because you had mentioned disliking rolling as well as the poor gains from levelling endurance at the same time, I thought you may have inadvertently chosen the wrong stat (since it was End in DS1).
I've heard good things about ADP, but I've not experimented with it myself yet. But it should make everything faster as well as increase iframes when rolling IIRC.
Spoiler for the boss in Black Gulch
Black Gulch may look tough initially, but just take your time and pay attention. I did the whole thing solo and helped a few people out.
All of you Dark Souls II vets from the console release probably know this, but you can cut off the arms of The Rotten!
http://i.minus.com/ibzY0hkrjPzHof.jpg
http://i.minus.com/ibzY0hkrjPzHof.jpg
Black Gulch may look tough initially, but just take your time and pay attention. I did the whole thing solo and helped a few people out.
Orthogonal
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You'll need to visit a few other door's opened by the King's Ring first. At least, it will be a dead end if you don't.
cm osi
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yup, there are some things you can cut but sadly none of them drop things.
you can cut the tail of the
big scorpion lady
you can skip a big part of black gulch using the lucatiel route too
Well I did all the memories already. What other doors are there? I went to the one that has the bonfire followed by the memory tree and I believe I went through one in the shaded woods.
Orthogonal
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Awesome, I never did that. Can he even damage you like that? Or did you not find out.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Orthogonal
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If you did the memories, then there is nothing left besides The Throne of Want, there is still the Pilgrims of Dark Covenant side quest, but you can do that after. NG+ doesn't start right away after finishing the game, you can clean up business before proceeding.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree the ghosting is pretty bad, but I don't suppose there's any other cure for that than to pray for Boris to give a damn.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
I actually uploaded my preset to Dark Souls II Nexus just now as well. If you're still using what I linked earlier with the updated enbseries.ini file, it shouldn't be much different from what I had uploaded to Nexus. I think I adjusted the AO to be a little less agressive, but it's nothing you'd notice without a comparsion.
Sounds like you are near end game then.
Fallout-NL
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Damn, those look awesome.
Cool. Time to finish this game up then
After upgrades it's more than viable for the complete game.
AlphaProspector
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Oh, wait, another question:
Can all achievements be completed in the first run or one does need NG+ like in Dark Souls? (I ended up in NG++++ in DS.)
Just considering going all in and 100% this game.
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Wait, wait, sorry another question!
The armor set featured in the old trailers and pre-lighting downgradeaton, can it be acquired at a store or do I need to find it in a treasure?
Can all achievements be completed in the first run or one does need NG+ like in Dark Souls? (I ended up in NG++++ in DS.)
Just considering going all in and 100% this game.
edit:
Wait, wait, sorry another question!
The armor set featured in the old trailers and pre-lighting downgradeaton, can it be acquired at a store or do I need to find it in a treasure?
cm osi
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they're cute. they always run under my falling great club like they desire it
now the lions on the forest. that's something you can't stagger. they probably have infinite poise
you need ng++
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Depends on how much
PvP you do. You can get almost everything except the spell specific trophies that either require lots of pvp to unlock specific spells, or buying the missing spells in NG++
Damn, I posted in the other thread what was meant to be here:
I'm running Durante image processing ON TOP of Grimmiron SweetFX:
http://grimmiron.blogspot.co.uk/
Like this:
http://cesspit.net/misc/dsf04b.png
Probably not exactly optimal since I think the image is being processed TWICE, but I like a lot the result.
I'm running Durante image processing ON TOP of Grimmiron SweetFX:
http://grimmiron.blogspot.co.uk/
Like this:
http://cesspit.net/misc/dsf04b.png
Probably not exactly optimal since I think the image is being processed TWICE, but I like a lot the result.
Orthogonal
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Has anyone checked out the gameplay stats at Farfire? I don't know if these are "all-time" or just over a certain period like a week or so, but the PC version is absolutely demolishing the PS360 numbers in terms of COOP.
Note: Area name spoilers at link.
http://farfire.darksoulsii.com/pc/multiplayer/index.html
Note: Area name spoilers at link.
http://farfire.darksoulsii.com/pc/multiplayer/index.html
Arjen
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You could get it all in NG, but then you'll need to use bonfire astetics and grind the shit out some covenants. I think most people get it in NG++. Armor set is a treasure about half way in the game.
cm osi
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That would depend on your display profile. After calibrating my monitor the default looks colorful for me and the blacks look black. Obviously not as good as with sweetfx/enb.
Mt Heart Attack
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Oh shit yes I did fight her in the
pool of poison
:/
Visualante2
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Pretty bummed out at the limited number of routes available to me right now.
Very nice.
Orthogonal
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There should be 3 routes available immediately, and 2 more after only beating 1 or 2 bosses (assuming you know where everything is.)
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
I can see how it would be annoying to some people, but
getting summoned as a grey spirit in the Pharros place was some of the best pvp I've had in this game. It's the ONLY pvp I've had actually other than the Bell Bros. I haven't had a single traditional red invader after 17 hours of play!
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I always
cut off one of her heads shortly before killing her, but I never got anything out of it? Missing a drop?! FUUUUUUU
cm osi
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no, no drops for cutting things here in ds2
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?
Look out, Demon's Souls. You've got competition. And this means a lot, since it's coming form me - someone who strongly disliked DkS and consider DS to be in the top 3 of all time.
From made it really hard for Red Invasions on NG, getting Cracked Orbs on New Game is very tedious, and Soul Memory matches out most invaders from players anyway. Which is unfortunate because of how easy it is to stomp through the game in co op. The balance of risking invaders when going human to summon help is non-existent on New Game.
With how clean and smooth all the co op connecting is, it would be a lot more fun for invaders to be able to shake up things a bit before the 2 or 3 man Bro-op squad roflstomps their way to the boss.
All of those shenanigans are pretty much reserved for NG+ and beyond.
I switched back to Dual Wielding and got a really nice
. Loving every minute so far.
screenshot of the Covetous Demon
I thought Morning Star was strike damage also? Or will the magic mace still out hit it? Will give it a shot anyway and see for myself.
He can't touch you lol
It only kicks in if you die a ridiculous amount of times.
Kicked in for me when I died ~10 times in a row trying to roll to the shortcut door in Last Bastille.
TyrantGuardian
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I've had amazing fun with the pvp in this game, especially in those areas. It's just so much fun when you don't know what to expect because the game is new (to me) and the netcode has been very solid for me, though you still have to anticipate movements like in DS1. Haven't met any cheaters either, nor many dishonorable combatants.
samurai1226
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Im playing with shield and an upgraded 1h sword and the game is way too easy. every boss died within 1-5 tries, i even firsttried a few. It's like all Bosses just Pause for 1-3 Secods after each attack to give you enough time to hit them. And i ignored all media and just play by myself without knowing what to do or where to go. Strafing + Backstabbing is the way to go for 99% of all enemies - I really wish they had implemented more interesting fights instead of just adding more multiple enemy groups
Just try a regular Mace, Morning Star may be same damage type but it does less damage because of the scaling and lower base damage.
Magic Mace loses some physical damage because of the infusion, so just get a regular mace, and upgrade it normally. At around +5 or so, a regular Mace will carry you through most of the mid-game.
TyrantGuardian
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Not going to spoil anything for you, but there are ways to de-casualize this mechanic and then some. I wouldn't worry about it, just takes out some of the pointless repetition unless you actively cheese it.
Shadowhaxor
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I don't know about that. I'm SL147 (Been lvling my magics) and I'm getting summoned left and right without being in NG+. That said it's been mostly in Brightstone Cove Tseldora.
TheCongressman1
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Wait, that's how it works? I thought it was only if you killed an enemy a certain amount of time
I really don't like that.
I'm not 100% sure, but that is how it worked for me.
cm osi
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they disappear when you kill them 12-15 times. they respawn if you use an ascetic bonfire
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