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[VisceralBowl]

Any hints to the function of this?

Same question, same type of water pool, but I found one in a different area.

 

[Cannon Goose]

I'd be curious to see a world map of Drangleic actually. The one from DS1 was pretty amazing, as far as showing how each area was interconnected, and the overall layout of Lordran.

There's a map viewer for DS1 & 2 here http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/21kxov/dark_souls_2_map_viewer/

DS1's is wonderfully connected but DS2's is a real mess unfortunately. Areas overlap and generally make no sense with their placement.

 

[DimetappWUT]

I'm unable to make .webm's at the moment, so these lossy gfycat videos will have to do.

This looks awesome, Wickfut!

http://gfycat.com/GraveHonorableEquestrian

http://gfycat.com/ScientificVapidFossa

Cannot wait until ENB is hopefully more refined. Boris is a wizard.

 

[Zom]

Yeeeeesss white-screen problem solved, now downsampling here I go.

 

[BearPawB]

Have

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4 boss souls (edit: I meant giant souls), having an impossible time killing vendrick

. First boss that has made me rage

 

[Cannon Goose]

Have

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4 boss souls, having an impossible time killing vendrick

. First boss that has made me rage

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You need Giant souls, not boss souls. You'll find them soon enough.

 

[BearPawB]

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You need Giant souls, not boss souls. You'll find them soon enough.

I do have those., just made a typo. I'm still only doing 140 per hit on him.

You think I made it that far killing only 4 bosses?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I do have those., just made a typo. I'm still only doing 140 per hit on him.

You think I made it that far killing only 4 bosses?

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

I do have those., just made a typo. I'm still only doing 140 per hit on him.

You think I made it that far killing only 4 bosses?

I think you need 5 in order to get his stats all the way down to base.

 

[Firebrand]

Ugh. 27 hours, 5 bosses down in and I almost wanna reroll to get more effigies and shards. Currently struggling with the

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slenderknight trio in the Bastille

. I know how to fight them and they don't have that much HP, but eh, one slip-up and it's over. And I slip up, every time. /whine Still a fun fight, as frustrated as I am.

 

[Cannon Goose]

I do have those., just made a typo. I'm still only doing 140 per hit on him.

You think I made it that far killing only 4 bosses?

Not 4 bosses, I just thought you meant the 4 greater boss souls but you cleared that up.

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There's a 5th one you can find but it's difficult to get. You need to kill the Ancient Dragon.

 

[Ziltoid]

Was the update supposed to fix the white screen issue? Still happens for me

Luckily I can start the game by setting windowed mode in the settings file and go fullscreen after startup, but it's kind of annoying.

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

Ugh. 27 hours, 5 bosses down in and I almost wanna reroll to get more effigies and shards. Currently struggling with the

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slenderknight trio in the Bastille

. I know how to fight them and they don't have that much HP, but eh, one slip-up and it's over. And I slip up, every time. /whine Still a fun fight, as frustrated as I am.

How far down are you getting them? Here's the strat I used:

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Fight the first one on the platform. Stay behind it in order to avoid all damage. Once it's dead, wait for the second one to jump up to the platform. While it's mid-air, roll off the ledge and heal up the fall damage. Dance around with the two Sentinels. When one attacks, swing at it once (twice is greedy, but most times it will be safe). Do that for about 10 minutes and you'll win. Attacks you have to watch out for are the Captain America shield throw, and the spinning attack.

 

[Grief.exe]

Same question, same type of water pool, but I found one in a different area.

I've found that one too.

There are also water pots in the area so I don't think you need that one if what is said earlier is to be believed.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Ugh. 27 hours, 5 bosses down in and I almost wanna reroll to get more effigies and shards. Currently struggling with the

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slenderknight trio in the Bastille

. I know how to fight them and they don't have that much HP, but eh, one slip-up and it's over. And I slip up, every time. /whine Still a fun fight, as frustrated as I am.

This is one of those fights that really works as a co-op with two guys. You can seriously whoop some ass together.

 

[Firebrand]

How far down are you getting them? Here's the strat I used:

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Fight the first one on the platform. Stay behind it in order to avoid all damage. Once it's dead, wait for the second one to jump up to the platform. While it's mid-air, roll off the ledge and heal up the fall damage. Dance around with the two Sentinels. When one attacks, swing at it once (twice is greedy, but most times it will be safe). Do that for about 10 minutes and you'll win. Attacks you have to watch out for are the Captain America shield throw, and the spinning attack.

Cheers. Yeah, that's the strategy I use, about, with the modification that I either

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try to shave up some HP on the second one while we're dueling on top, or I try to do falling attack in the head of the second one. I also got some AoE miracle that does a tiny bit of damage. Also trying to group them up to make them attack together, as I can then hit them both with the halberd.

. But yeah, it goes great for minutes, then I make a dumb roll and it's done.

 

[Orthogonal]

Any hints to the function of this?

Stand in it to heal. Roll in it for a temp fire Def bump.

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you are right on top of what Mcduff is looking for.

 

[UrbanRats]

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

Doesn't it give you 1 iframe at 38 and another one at around 70? It doesn't seem that worth it.

But again, there is a big fight about it, everywhere i look for info on it.

 

[Arkanius]

I do have those., just made a typo. I'm still only doing 140 per hit on him.

You think I made it that far killing only 4 bosses?

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I also did 140 damage to him. Boss was pretty easy after you figure the trick.
Just keep circling to his back by your right side. Every attack he does will miss you and when he lunges at you, just roll the shit out of there.

It's a matter of patience. (I only had 4 souls instead of 5)

 

[Facism]

Just need to clean up the vendors and NG is done. Already used ascetics to get the old souls.

got invaded by a Havelyn already lol. Baited him up the elavator at Sinners Rise and clocked him with a Sunspear. 1hk BRO FUCK YO ARMOUR.

 

[Orthogonal]

Wait.

WHAT.

Can you see the Shrine of Amana from Things Betwixt?

Screenshot plz.

I don't have a screen cap, but just go to the beach with the coffin and look across the water.

 

[Arjen]

Have

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4 boss souls (edit: I meant giant souls), having an impossible time killing vendrick

. First boss that has made me rage

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Stay behind his left leg, most swings will miss, the batle is more a matter of patience.

 

[Vazra]

Have

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4 boss souls (edit: I meant giant souls), having an impossible time killing vendrick

. First boss that has made me rage

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Did you get the Giant Souls? If so he is rather easy. Circle around him and hit on the open chance you get. I can usually get 2-3 hits and I was using the Mace. Took me like 3 minutes.

 

[Tiops]

Have

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4 boss souls (edit: I meant giant souls), having an impossible time killing vendrick

. First boss that has made me rage

There's an easy way to get the

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5th Giant Soul.

Use a bonfire ascetic at the first bonfire in Black Gulch and you can kill those giants hidden there again, getting 5 souls without having to defeat the Ancient Dragon

.

 

[LiK]

I do have those., just made a typo. I'm still only doing 140 per hit on him.

You think I made it that far killing only 4 bosses?

4 is enough. Just two-hand your weapon and buff it. I always killed him with 4.

 

[Jackben]

Ok, thanks. I guess for melee attacks, it isn't obvious if the spot the enemy is swinging at is locked immediately as soon as the downward part of the swing starts. Or if the melee attack is "homing", and the enemy will correct the direction of the blow and aim towards you on the fly, if you start moving in a different direction.

Guess it's something that can only be learned through trial and error, and observation of each enemy. Trying to determine whether to roll away from the spot where the blow will land, or whether to roll away from the thing that will hit me.


You just bring a Soul Vessel to one of the three hags at the very beginning of the game, allowing you to reallocate all non-class base points. There's nothing else to it, really, afaik. I think I've found three Soul Vessels so far just playing the game.

A lot of attacks do track, yes. So they aren't locked into the position they land immediately, and can, as you say "home" towards you. So there' isn't a sure-fire method, you have to practice. I will say for a lot of the giant and large type enemies, staying up in their grill is a good idea.

 

[Vazra]

The fight with

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King Vendrick

is the fight that makes extremely obvious the hitboxes issues. I did a full combo to the air a few times because of the hitbox .

 

[MMBosstones86]

Ugh. 27 hours, 5 bosses down in and I almost wanna reroll to get more effigies and shards. Currently struggling with the

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slenderknight trio in the Bastille

. I know how to fight them and they don't have that much HP, but eh, one slip-up and it's over. And I slip up, every time. /whine Still a fun fight, as frustrated as I am.

Those guys are punishing me as well. Tried co-oping as a phantom, but didn't work out so great. Going to try to head to no-mans wharf now instead.

 

[ElFly]

I don't have a screen cap, but just go to the beach with the coffin and look across the water.

Will do, kthx.

 

[TheFNEffecT]

I decided to go hammers this time and I like the Homunculus Mace, but holy shit I've broken this thing so many times. I feel like going Winged Spear now.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Steam update in dark souls 2. I can confirm hdmi issue is no longer present for me, playing with nvidia card in big screen mode and audio from my tv

 

[Necromanti]

I've found that one too.

There are also water pots in the area so I don't think you need that one if what is said earlier is to be believed.

Wait, those actually had a use? Huh.
Now I'm wondering if there's an actual (and similar) way to get rid of the poison that clings to you for a long time...

 

[fallagin]

Been playing the game since launch, and gotta say it's pretty great! Super annoyed by the

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rat covenant guys

, but it's pretty easy not to get involved with them though

From what I am hearing about soul memory, it seems kind of unfair. Why in the world would lost souls count against soul memory?? That pretty much ensures that unskilled players can be matched up against higher skilled players and have worse equipment and levels.. I'm not against the idea behind soul memory, but it makes no sense to count lost souls.

 

[Kevin Shields]

Wait.

WHAT.

Can you see the Shrine of Amana from Things Betwixt?

Screenshot plz.



Iron Keep?

To increase fire resistance for the boss, and to walk on lava and get stuffs.

Yea I second a screenshot of seeing the Shrine from Things Betwixt... I never saw that.

 

[Panda Rin]

Been playing the game since launch, and gotta say it's pretty great! Super annoyed by the rat covenant guys, but it's pretty easy not to get involved with them though

I've avoided this area just because of that. They scare me.

 

[Grief.exe]

Another primal bonfire kindled

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http://i.imgur.com/zU4Benk.jpg

I'm still taking a great deal of damage from fire while wet.

 

[fallagin]

I've avoided this area just because of that. They scare me.

It's not so bad, just dont

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attack any rats

and run to the bonfire. The boss fight is pretty tricky though, I used lots of firebombs.

 

[Panda Rin]

It's not so bad, just dont

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attack any rats

and run to the bonfire. The boss fight is pretty tricky though, I used lots of firebombs.

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oh, they can only summon you if you attack the rats? hmm...alright, I'll give that a shot.

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

It's not so bad, just dont

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attack any rats

and run to the bonfire. The boss fight is pretty tricky though, I used lots of firebombs.

You can

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target a rat in the horde, then just switch targets until you target one without a healthbar above it. That's the boss.

 

[MMBosstones86]

no-man's Wharf is too bright. Could use a few less torches.

 

[Timu]

OMFG...I beat

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The Lost Sinner

on my 1st try while hollow and with a weak shield as well.

 

[NEO0MJ]

Need a pointer on where to go next. I just beat the

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Lost Sinner, my fourth boss.

 

[Necromanti]

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oh, they can only summon you if you attack the rats? hmm...alright, I'll give that a shot.

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I got summoned the second I stepped foot in the area

, well before I saw any enemies. Thankfully, I didn't get summoned a second time after I beat the master of the world by a narrow margin.

 

[LiK]

OMFG...I beat

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The Lost Sinner

on my 1st try while hollow and with a weak shield as well.

Lights on or off?

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

So, I'm a melee guy. I've put so many points into strength that my next level literally gives zero stat boosts (a second point into strength will). Should I stop putting points into strength, if so what would you guys suggest I put them in?

 

[Timu]

Lights on or off?

Off.

 

[Tiops]

So, I'm a melee guy. I've put so many points into strength that my next level literally gives zero stat boosts (a second point into strength will). Should I stop putting points into strength, if so what would you guys suggest I put them in?

You should stop at 40, unless you want to use a weapon that needs more than that do use in one hand.

 

[Orthogonal]

Need a pointer on where to go next. I just beat the

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Lost Sinner, my fourth boss.

Check the

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forked road, ruins?, bonfire in the shaded woods. There are numerous outlets to explore.

 

[fallagin]

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I got summoned the second I stepped foot in the area

, well before I saw any enemies. Thankfully, I didn't get summoned a second time after I beat the master of the world by a narrow margin.

Hmm, I thought that was it, maybe I'm wrong though.

 

[LiK]

Off.

Not bad