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[Levyne]

So I am in a part of the

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Shaded Woods, specifically the really foggy area. I like the gimmick here.

Anyways. I notice a pot that curses me if I get close. And trees with faces on them.

Should I worry about either of those?

 

[SeventhSon]

So I am in a part of the

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Shaded Woods, specifically the really foggy area. I like the gimmick here.

Anyways. I notice a pot that curses me if I get close. And trees with faces on them.

Should I worry about either of those?

Do what Link would do.

 

[Levyne]

Nothing happened D:

 

[SeventhSon]

Nothing happened D:

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Smash the pots, being cursed counts a death, lowering your max health, I think if you are cursed at maximum hollow, you are turned to stone. The trees are just atmospheric.

 

[Queen of Hunting]

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6 belfry bosses at once at coming out victorious on your own feels so dam amazing without cheesing with lightning spear too

 

[OldAsUrSock]

I've co-oped

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Nashandra

about 25+ times and it's mindblowing how many people die to her

You need co-op people that use magic, preferably that lighting spear that Solaire from Dark Souls 1 uses. Nashandra will be down in a minute or less.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Just beat it. Summoned people for last fight...

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those lightning spears just destroy her. Fight was over in like less than 30 seconds

 

[Necromanti]

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Smash the pots, being cursed counts a death, lowering your max health, I think if you are cursed at maximum hollow, you are turned to stone. The trees are just atmospheric.

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If you're wearing the Binding Ring, are you immune to death by cursing? I'm pretty sure I must have been at max hollow at the time given how I never burn effigies. I thought curses only made you vulnerable to something for a short while since I couldn't tell what it did.

 

[AmyS]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

Published on Apr 28, 2014

This was run at 4K and recorded in 1080p due to the size of the file and performance. It runs surprisingly well at about 50fps, especially considering the number of mods

 

[Grief.exe]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

youtube compression is so garbage.

Host it on Mediafire or something. Gamersyde has spoiled me.

 

[Orthogonal]

I went and looked and cannot see anything; all I see is some rocks, and nothing more. I would expect to see the roots and more light; Amana is kind of well illuminated.

Do you have more precise indications?

Hmm, I may be mistaken on the precise location. I promise I'm not making it up. It was discussed in some other thread around here but it is possible our interpretation of it was all wrong.

 

[Krusenstern]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

This looks almost like the reveal footage. It has proper darks. Pretty good I must say.
I need to use this once I get the game. Care to share the configs?

 

[crap monkey]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

You got a link to the ENB preset you're using or is it custom made? Either way I want it in my game.

 

[Levyne]

I found a trap in the

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Shaded Woods.

. A small one, not a big one that led to a locked door.

Worth falling down the small hole? Haha

Also an untalkative npc

 

[Coldsun]

Sigh, guess i get to go back to 1screen for ds2 until people verify VAC won't ban for flawless widescreen =(.

I'm going to miss DS2 at 5760x1200

 

[Lulubop]

At Lost Bastille, getting fucking recked. Such a fraud.

 

[Orthogonal]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

Excellent lighting. That looks just like the demo.

The sewer to Heides is also fantastic.

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Based on what is seen here, could Aldia's Keep be redeemed? That area more than any showed the detriment of the downgrade. Can't wait to see video of that area with this ENB.

 

[Orthogonal]

I found a trap in the

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Shaded Woods.

. A small one, not a big one that led to a locked door.

Worth falling down the small hole? Haha

Also an untalkative npc

Yes, you will want to explore down there thoroughly.

There is a way to talk to that npc.

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ring of whispers sold by the cat.

 

[Shari]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

List of mods please.

 

[burgerdog]

At Lost Bastille, getting fucking recked. Such a fraud.

Exposed! One shot all three bosses there.

 

[Lulubop]

Am I supposed to do Heides first?

 

[SeventhSon]

Am I supposed to do Heides first?

I'd say yes.

 

[fierrotlepou]

Dammit, I had a "happiness ahead" message that had a 40 rating and now it's gone. Do messages dissapear after a while?

 

[DukeBobby]

Some of these late game areas are gorgeous.

Just reached

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Dragon Aerie

.

 

[zkylon]

Am I supposed to do Heides first?

yea it's much easier

 

[Levyne]

Blah. Two statues in the way and I can't remove them at the moment :<

 

[2AdEPT]

So I've found the best way to dodge the attacks of the Pursuer is to

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simply roll towards him, to his left during every single attack, even the 3 swing combos. This is with agility up to 100 and equip load around 30%.

Yup, although you can go to the

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right

as well, (or straight

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back

, but this had better be well timed) and I suggest going to the

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right

as this tends to bait the multiple

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combos

...which is good because it allows you more time to punish his

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recovery

or heal if need be after he does 2 or 3 moves.....I finally figured out how to get him without requiring much estus etc. at 14:10 of this vid.

 

[eot]

Got eaten by a micmic, should've seen it coming.

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That area was clearly inspired by Sen's, you even find the lightning spear in a chest. I set the windmill sail on fire which turned off the gears, but I didn't seem very helpful.

 

[Jintor]

Am I supposed to do Heides first?

It'll help. I didn't bother (because I didn't know Heides existed)

 

[Grief.exe]

Sigh, guess i get to go back to 1screen for ds2 until people verify VAC won't ban for flawless widescreen =(.

I'm going to miss DS2 at 5760x1200

You guys are taking this way out of hand.

No one has ever been banned for such a utility.

 

[so1337]

Lucky you it's got friends... There's more of them.

I would imagine if I manage to beat him once I'll be able to hold my own in consecutive encounters. Still an asshole though.

He's been the easiest boss so far out of the ~4 I've beaten

Only took me one try and I don't even think he hit me.

He kills me every time I try to heal.

 

[The Dear Leader]

The club can't handle me right now, I immediately intimidate anyone I invade.

 

[Zafir]

Got eaten by a micmic, should've seen it coming.

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That area was clearly inspired by Sen's, you even find the lightning spear in a chest. I set the windmill sail on fire which turned off the gears, but I didn't seem very helpful.

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The windmill being burnt is actually very helpful for the boss.

 

[Fried Food]

Is there any controller input lag like in the console versions?

 

[DJ_Lae]

Damn, that was one of the better streaks I've had in any of the Souls games.

Killed a sequence of three invaders and plowed through the

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gargoyles

and

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lost sinner

. Only died on the first once.

The streak seems to have started once I found my favourite sword from Dark Souls (

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zweihander

). Going to have to go back and see if the moveset has changed, it feels a bit different.

edit - it is, heavy attack is now a stab rather than overhead smash. Boo.

 

[xBladeM6x]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

Can you link which ENB you were using?

 

[Rich!]

the

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gulch

is so far the worst area in the game

holy fuck

 

[legacyzero]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

HOLY CRAP!

I knew the PC community would get this game looking the right way.

Great work.

 

[mannerbot]

I would imagine if I manage to beat him once I'll be able to hold my own in consecutive encounters. Still an asshole though.

He kills me every time I try to heal.

Then you're obviously healing at unsafe times. Bait out an attack, get to a safe distance, and then heal.

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Shouldn't ever be getting hit anyway, most of his attacks can be avoided simply by going to the right (away from his weapon hand) and the ones that have to be dodged are heavily telegraphed.

 

[Necromanti]

the

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gulch

is so far the worst area in the game

holy fuck

It's extremely short, at least, and the bonfire placement is unusually generous.

 

[Grief.exe]

the

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gulch

is so far the worst area in the game

holy fuck

I loved Gulch and Gutter.

It seems to be pretty evenly split on that matter.

HOLY CRAP!

I knew the PC community would get this game looking the right way.

Great work.

4 days? That was quick.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Dark Souls 2 - 4K ENB Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ASBwA5y2Y

It all makes sense now, From just used an ENB for their pre release footage.

 

[zkylon]

The club can't handle me right now, I immediately intimidate anyone I invade.

lol that's awesome

 

[The_Monk]

Managed to play a little more since it's been 24 hours since my last time which meant, lot's of deaths.

Question:

I'm with a feeling I'm missing lot's of things. Hidden Convenants, NPC's, decent items, illusory walls, some place I could place those stones, etc. Is there going to always be a way to go back and find locations that I should been there before or will the game going to give me something similar to Anor Londo (and I know I could back-track there)? Thanks in advance my good people.

Should I be worried about the above or can just keep on having fun and going blind in most of the places?

 

[xBladeM6x]

HOLY CRAP!

I knew the PC community would get this game looking the right way.

Great work.

I believe this is the one the person in the video is using.
http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/7/?

 

[jediyoshi]

youtube compression is so garbage.

Host it on Mediafire or something. Gamersyde has spoiled me.

Nah it's not even the compression at this point. If people actually cared enough they'd just encode and upload it at 4k at which point it'd have a higher bitrate than any other 1080p streaming site, the framerate is the actual killer.

 

[Havel]

Can you link which ENB you were using?

I think it's this.

Shame we can't use Durante's tool for texture mods with it.

 

[dani_dc]

Dark souls 2 doesn't show up on the recent players list on steam? Kind of a shame. I miss hate/respect mail after a fight on XBL. Probably the one downside on PC for me.

Yeah, I agree with this. I liked that in DS1.

Probably an oversight, that is really too bad though if they never implement that functionality.

Shows up just fine to me, unless you guys are talking aobut something else.

(Names of the players erased by me)

 

[CountAntonius]

Shows up just fine to me, unless you guys are talking aobut something else.

(Names of the players erased by me)

hmm. I guess it does show up in game but not when you look at recent players through your friends list?

 

[Krusenstern]

I believe this is the one the person in the video is using.
http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/7/?

I think it's this.

Shame we can't use Durante's tool for texture mods with it.

This is it. I dare to say that DS2 combined with that ENB makes it look better than the first game.