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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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I do really like my mace to be fair. Now that I've upgraded it as you suggested, it staggers the Alonne Knights in one hit and I can kill them so fast.
I miss my old lightning spear from DkS though. Haven't found anything as useful. Used the Gargoyle Soul to make that funky looking boss spear but it's so weak. I'm also not sure if I can block and prod like before because the animation when attacking looks like I'm dropping my shield down. Although, with the amount of stamina each hit takes, I'm hoping that still works.
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Deleted member 10571
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But But you can always check your weapon's durability
If it's getting low, either repair, switch or prepare to die(TM).But yeah, of course I get your point. I just don't think it's that much of an issue, especially with the forementioned ring.
striking gear will do fine. Take care of gamma sentinel on the ledge and don't fall off. From there deal as much damage as possible to the first jumper, don't die from falling, drink potion, and try and crowd control the two as much as possible. They telegraph most of their long range attacks very clearly so as long as you have a decent shield you'll be okay.
Burgess_101
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Just managed to beat the no mans wharf boss first time. I decided to skip the house and come back later.
This game though it makes my heart beat out of my chest like no other.
This game though it makes my heart beat out of my chest like no other.
lol
I had something similar happen to me at the very beginning of the game with the boulder rolling through a cave behind the tower in the Forest of Fallen Giants. I saw it coming, spun around and ran. It grazed past my back and still flattened me.
Nah man, I've been summoned from Majula, from the Flame Tower, from the Woods, from pretty much anywhere.
fluffydelusions
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So I see there is a ring that allows you to play with actual friends? How does that work exactly. Can you play the whole game coop or what? Also I notice you cannot summon or put down soap stone in some areas e.g. right before the
?
rat boss(s)
Willkiller
Banned
Just killed the
Pursuer, got taken back to Bastille, picked up a ring + key then hit a dead end. Not sure where to go now :/
SeventhSon
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I see many of our PC friends are discovering the issues I and others in the console thread have pointed out.
Yep I've got a nice pair of them. There's some spears that are far better than the bident.
ok, FUCK YEA, the chariot is dead
after a lot of failures at a very early stage i chilled out like watching tv and came back. still failed over and over again but slowly getting some ideas (it's very late and i'm not the smartest person right now). so i was pretty hollow so figured i'd just put the soapstone down at the bonfire and see if anyone wants help with skelly dudes since they're much easier, but turned out it was liek a full mage party against chariot. one of the mages died but we managed to beat the damn thing. first time i beat it, phantom or no phantom, so with my new human body i'm wondering if i should use the opportunity to summon someone for help or try one more time
i think about it for a bit, then just fuck it, one more time 1v1, this time with some strategy (
nothing too fancy, just spend some time killing the skellies and cut it a lot closer rather than just stand still getting my guard broken while the skellies push me out of the hiding alcove
this was my first big dark souls moment, the rush is real :3
DimetappWUT
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Whoa! I really hope Boris continues developing this. It has some serious, serious potential.
That torch reveal was great!
Seemed exactly the same as the network test to me. I beat him in the exact same way. Perhaps you were at a different level with different abilities and damage compared to network test?
Yeah... I was at a higher level with more options and found it way more difficult, lol.
Maybe it was because I knew what I had to do the moment I stepped into the arena and still died like 8 times. I probably died like 20 times during the network test but it didn't FEEL difficult because it was all a process of discovery
Burgess_101
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Question I set sail on the ship before I opened the chest can I still get it? If not what did I miss?
SeventhSon
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You can still get it but you'll have to go back to its original port.
Pyromancy flame was in the chest.
SweetJohnnyCage
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Yep. Although, I saved and quit when I noticed he wasn't there. He didn't come back until I was hollow. I know they kept the NPC movements the same as DS1 because I did that with Licia after I exhausted her dialogue in Heide's Tower of Flame. I can't remember if I rested at the bonfire after the bossfight or not :\
Burgess_101
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Oh... What did I miss? Is it worth anything?
EDIT: thanks stormtrooper not needed then phew...
well second stage is still really easy, it's just that there seems to be a bit of luck involved in managing not getting swarmed too easily and also having enough stamina to kill the necromancers and still shield against the skellies that run towards you.
and actually some of the enemies on the way to the boss stopped respawning which made the run a bit less annoying
i really like that change, it's kinda sad that if you die with a lot of souls you can lose a lot of farm that you can't get back but the game seems to give you tons of souls anyways
this looks nice but transitions seem way too hard and i really don't wanna play the whole game with the torch up
as a game mechanic when it's outside of a gimmick dungeon it feels like it would get really annoying really fast
torches aren't even that common in the game (i have only like 40 minutes and i played for like 25 hours)
SeventhSon
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Is it just me, or does it seem like getting to him in the first place is particularly annoying? Between the BDSM guys standing on the pillars and the "guy" waiting for you at the fog gate.
Modders do what From don't.
Eh. The BDSM guys weren't too bad - you can bait them all pretty easily and they die to one backstab, more or less. Big guy was more annoying but he's slow and you only have to fight him once.
But But you can always check your weapon's durability
But yeah, of course I get your point. I just don't think it's that much of an issue, especially with the forementioned ring.
Which is fine, if you find the ring. I don't have it. Neither did I know it existed until now.
If your argument is that things are fine because there exists an item that basically nullifies an entire game system, then I'd suggest that maybe that game system shouldn't be there to begin with.
Even as is for my character build and equipment, durability isn't much of a pain for me to deal with. Which makes me wonder why it received this change at all. It's just irritating.
yeah, pretty much. the tall guys aren't so hard if you lure them out one by one, and stone ring with flame sword staggered them on every hit so they were pretty easy, but sometimes they all triggered at the same time for some random reason and it's anor londo all over again lol
yea i'm not a big fan of the new durability either
seems to force you to have a backup weapon at all times and basically turns some weapons useless (like the dex halberd i was trying that lasted like 20 hits).
it's been manageable so far but it feels unnecessary. dks1's durability wasn't so good either, but it was just a money sink, so at least nobody gave a shit about it
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Nah, I was fine with it before I found the ring, too. It doesn't break the system either, it's just a few more hits at a wall per weapon.
I guess it got changed because a) bonfires/repair everywhere, b) to make players use different stuff, c) to make them aware of where they use which weapons to minimize wall-hitting and d) because it was pretty much a non-system in DS1.
eot
Banned
About something in Black Gulch
Man, those giants aren't messing around. It doesn't seem like you can block their attacks even with a greatshield. I tried fighting them fair a bunch of times but had to resort to hopping in and out of one of those holes. Then, creepy oldguy in a chair. No idea what's up with that.
It's really irritating where I am. Half the enemies are stone and I swear they chip weapons faster. My shield gave out while I was fighting the boss :<
Someone talk me through infusing weapons. If I have low int/faith, should I just avoid it? I think by the numbers the weapons end up doing more base damage than prior but suffer large scaling penalties, but I want to check.
Someone talk me through infusing weapons. If I have low int/faith, should I just avoid it? I think by the numbers the weapons end up doing more base damage than prior but suffer large scaling penalties, but I want to check.
jacksepticeye
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Burgess_101
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So what do I upgrade next? I was thinking end and strength.
Is the tower shield worth putting it all in strength? I want to be a tank basically eventually I want to find a sword similar to that of the Zweihander in DaS1 and wield it one handed.
Is the tower shield worth putting it all in strength? I want to be a tank basically eventually I want to find a sword similar to that of the Zweihander in DaS1 and wield it one handed.
I watched a bit of ENB's latest video and he pumped ADB up to 20 for 'better frames' I'm assuming that is i-frames.
Should I be pumping ADB a bit?
He also was super excited to be playing the PC version and said he is never going back to the consoles lol.
Question, can you guys give me a hint as to where to get sunlight blade? Is there a lower level version? as my Faith is at 28 right now.
Giants in Black Gulch? Where?
Should I be pumping ADB a bit?
He also was super excited to be playing the PC version and said he is never going back to the consoles lol.
Question, can you guys give me a hint as to where to get sunlight blade? Is there a lower level version? as my Faith is at 28 right now.
Giants in Black Gulch? Where?
This happens in certain locations because
me and my rat covenent brethren are waiting to summon you and kill you for our rat king overlord.
Rickenslacker
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Feels bad when you're farming an enemy for a certain drop only for them to despawn before you get it.
The only time I've had things break are 1) running into corrosive clouds/pools, and 2) soloing the 3 ruin sentinels -- took so long between me turtling and getting off a couple hits at a time with a mace, that my shield was broken by the time it was all said and done.
(I've never used the ring)
(I've never used the ring)
adaptability makes you roll better, so it's the best stat in the game
i'd pump that up to like 20 or something
yea dude adaptability rocks
MMBosstones86
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I just want to leave work and play some Dark Souls. I'm jealous of those of you on my friends list putting in 30-40 hours over the weekend.
Yup agree. Even walking around is tense.
Yup agree. Even walking around is tense.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
If you watched his latest video, he walks through where to get it. It's in Shrine of Amana. There is no lower level version, but you can lower the faith requirement with skeptic's spice. And absolutely go ADP if you are melee, it makes a huge different on rolls. I also highly recommend staying under 50% equip burden.
EDIT: Giants in Black Gulch
can be accessed by dropping onto a small ledge near where the first oil pits and eel things are. Use a torch after clearing out the enemies to see it.
Orthogonal
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Glorious! It brings tears to my eyes. That looks like what it is supposed to look like. Great music selection too.
Get to the LG KNIGHT stat with those settings, we must see him returned to Glory.
What area is the shrine after? I'm guessing it is
the area I just unlocked next to the Things Betwixt exit in Majula
I always roll with a torch in Black Gulch! I'll make sure to check that out.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
It's a fair way into the game, you won't see it until you have defeated 'the four' and visited
Drangleic Castle
Looking Glass Knight
I can't even fathom how you're meant to do the Gutter & Black Gulch with those settings. Truly a hardcore experience.
Endurance and strength are good things to raise for you then. You can get a zweihander don't you fret.
I'm a little confused about the i-frames. I had some trouble with this during the Iron King fight as well as rolling past the mage projectiles in Amana Shrine, where the correct timing of the dodges weren't apparent to me. When am I invincible during the roll? Should I time my rolls to be right as I'm about to get hit, or before (such as when the enemy in question in starting his swing or when projectiles are in front of me).
Basically the mechanics aren't quite clear to me.
Basically the mechanics aren't quite clear to me.
Take your Strength to 30 and upgrade the Tower Shield, and use the Greatsword. Both are heavy but really good for tanky builds. Greatsword is huge and does a ton of damage. Upgrades really well with STR too, so it's not a terrible idea to take your STR to 40 for the Scaling.
Zweihander is in this game, but I feel the Greatsword is the new king in Ultra Greatswords.
Have you taken on
Dragon Rider in tower of flame
down the tower to the nightmare that is the wharf. That will take you to a new section of Bastille.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
For spells, you should roll just before you're about to get it. In the shrine I recommend wearing a spell quartz ring and other magic resistance gear, sniping using a bow, and if you are close to a mage I would just eat a single hit and then take them down. Less risky than dodging when you don't know where the ledges under the water end.
For swings it really just depends on the type of attack. Timing isn't something you can universally decree for every enemy, it depends on the direction of their swing and whether it has AOE damage etc. Just have to practice. Make sure you have ~22 adaptability and equip burden under 50% for a longer roll with more i-frames.
Can you put up the link with the thing already configured?
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