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[John Rabbit]

Wickfut doesn't seem to be saving my settings, am I doing something wrong? every time i play i have to disable DoF and reset the Adaptive values.

 

[MegaBusta]

I've been sunbroing it all day helping dudes kill the Old Iron King. Every time I put a sign down I get summoned in 5 seconds. It's wonderful.

 

[Ysiadmihi]

70k souls lost when I got up to get a drink after respawning at The Saltfort :|

 

[HoosTrax]

The most annoying enemies in the game imo. They are just to fast.



Do you have a chime? You need one to perform miracles.

RB/LB depending on which hand you have your talisman equipped in.

You need a chime equipped. The miracle lady on the path to Tower of Flame sells them.

I would be surprised if they didn't have a magic tutorial panel in Things Betwixt, you may have just missed it.



Whenever I am running low on health I just throw my sign down and help out with the area boss. If you beat the boss then you come back human and health, spell charges, and durability all restored.

Thanks!

But you played DS1 and still don't know how to use spells? It didn't change.

There wasn't a tutorial for it in DS1 either. I didn't use magic in DS1 either.

>:|

 

[so1337]

Whenever I am running low on health I just throw my sign down and help out with the area boss. If you beat the boss then you come back human and health, spell charges, and durability all restored.

Ooooh, that's good advice. I didn't know that.

 

[Somnium986]

Anyone else having trouble invading as a bell bro? I'm SL 108, and have over a million SM.

 

[dekline]

Lost 50,000 souls at

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the iron keep.

I must have died 3 or 4 times there before I realized the bonfire is to the left of the entrance.....

Live and learn.

 

[Timu]

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

That mod ruined my performance, now I'm in 30s with some below that at times, then again 1440p also has something to do with it, pretty though.

 

[Orthogonal]

Op...optional? *slits wrists*

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Not that I wasn't going to do it anyway.

Guess that means I'm lost again.

I was waiting to tell you after you finished him off Builds character.

 

[HoosTrax]

Wow it's so dorky looking.

Jingle freaking bells. Why couldn't they have made it something a little more impressive. Like a crosier or something.

 

[ANDS]

Because it's the starting chime? They get far more impressive if you ask me.

 

[Laurentius]

I'm just going to say it once to get it out of my system, because I know it's been discussed ad naseum, and I'm sure everybody is tired of hearing about it. I really hate that they added bonfire warping from the beginning of the game.

Alright, I'll say no more about that now. Because otherwise, I'm loving the game. Put about 13 hours in so far. I think it's really great.

 

[Bucca]

Fuck you FROM for putting the shortest ass

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time

limit at the (later game spoilers)

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memory areas.

 

[Booshka]

Wow it's so dorky looking.



Jingle freaking bells. Why couldn't they have made it something a little more impressive. Like a crosier or something.

The only dorky looking thing in that picture is the full Havel's.

 

[John Harker]

Did a dex/faith build on ps3, switched to a str/int build on pc and it is pretty damn good. Magic Mastodon Halberd+10 with CMW is deadly

Ohhh how do I get thast

 

[Levyne]

Blah, I can't make the jump to the item at the bottom of the

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Majula well.

Also, does it matter which of these areas I visit first?

 

[HoosTrax]

Because it's the starting chime? They get far more impressive if you ask me.

I hope so :|. Can't be looking like I'm getting ready to sing a Christmas carol or something. I want a big-ass bell that invokes that "all hail, heavy bells" song.

The only dorky looking thing in that picture is the full Havel's.

Not everyone can pull off the waifu look unfortunately.

 

[Booshka]

The first clever and not completely immature message I have seen here.

 

[xBladeM6x]

I'm just going to say it once to get it out of my system, because I know it's been discussed ad naseum, and I'm sure everybody is tired of hearing about it. I really hate that they added bonfire warping from the beginning of the game.

Alright, I'll say no more about that now. Because otherwise, I'm loving the game. Put about 13 hours in so far. I think it's really great.

Wait, why is that bad? Couldn't you just not use it, if you hate it?

 

[TheSeks]

So is it relatively safe to use Durante's tool with the VAC stuff?

I'm starting to worry now.

We dunno. Better to err on the side of "fuck no," than "maybe/maybe not."

 

[Garcia]

These big guys with the hammers in

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Dragon Shrine

are fucking relentless.

Totally unfair mobs. They offer no room for a counterattack. I usually just spam bolts to them and they're down pretty quickly.

 

[TheSeks]

The first clever and not completely immature message I have seen here.

Just wait until someone makes that "confidence required ahead but hole."

Whenever I am running low on health I just throw my sign down and help out with the area boss. If you beat the boss then you come back human and health, spell charges, and durability all restored.

Or you can just be a "shade" and help them reach a certain area to get human/full health back.

 

[Zeliard]

These big guys with the hammers in

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Dragon Shrine

are fucking relentless.

They laugh at the notion of stamina.

 

[Garcia]

Also, Co-op is working wonderfully tonight. 90% of the time I've been able to summon others. I'm soul farming at

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Dragon's Aerie + Shrine.

 

[Bucca]

Totally unfair mobs. They offer no room for a counterattack. I usually just spam bolts to them and they're down pretty quickly.

My one MAJOR GRIPE with DS2 is that enemy animations follow you through like 90% of their total animation.

Those knights will literally pivot 360 degrees during their 3 hit combo due to the tracking.

 

[mannerbot]

Wait, why is that bad? Couldn't you just not use it, if you hate it?

It's bad because the entire design of the game suffers as a result. You don't get additional enjoyment from simply opting out of using warping.

 

[Piano]

So I've read the past 30 or so pages of the thread...from what I can gather none of these ENB modifications are purely an ambient-lighting fix, right? The "test footage" one seems to screw up light areas, the other wickfut guy seems to have lost his settings file and all of them look to add tons of other effects.

All I want is one that does nothing but restore the darkness. Not murder my framerate with 40,000 subsamples of bokeh aliasing downsample farts

 

[Laurentius]

Wait, why is that bad? Couldn't you just not use it, if you hate it?

Well, there's quite a few reasons, at least for me...

Mainly, it affects level design and tension. They don't have to be as careful about making areas connect to each other and including shortcuts if they can just put another bonfire in, allowing you to warp out.

The first time I went down into the Depths and Blighttown in DS1, I felt so much tension and claustrophobia almost. For a first time player, escaping from those places was HARD. (And causes some to ragequit.) It's that type of despair being stuck somewhere horrible that's just not replicated when I can warp out to cheery Majula whenever I want.

The fact that the option is there at all decreases that tension for me. So it's not just a matter of choosing not to use it. (Especially since it affects the level design.)

Anyway, not a deal breaker for me at all. But I prefer DS1's way of doing it.

 

[Booshka]

Just wait until someone makes that "confidence required ahead, therefore Try but hole."

Fixed, but ya. I expect that pretty good message to be poached and then brought back to Middle school where they belong.

One that got a chuckle out of me that a friend told me about was, "Chest ahead, in short, Try right hand."

 

[feel]

What's with people moving along cliffs/drops seemingly responsibly and then suddenly and randomly jamming on their sticks full tilt or doing a roll towards their death? Are they being startled by something irl or what I wonder. Been happening all over the place since Demons and it's always hilarious to me.

 

[Laurentius]

What's with people moving along cliffs/drops seemingly responsibly and then suddenly and randomly jamming on their sticks full tilt or doing a roll towards their death? Are they being startled by something irl or what I wonder. Been happening all over the place since Demons and it's always hilarious to me.

It's an entire covenant, devoted to creating amusing bloodstains for other players. There's is truly a selfless work.

 

[Jintor]

What's with people moving along cliffs/drops seemingly responsibly and then suddenly and randomly jamming on their sticks full tilt or doing a roll towards their death? Are they being startled by something irl or what I wonder. Been happening all over the place since Demons and it's always hilarious to me.

all kinds of explanations I bet. Overconfidence on a basic run, deciding to just roll for lulz, whatever. Bearing in mind you only see the times when people die, it's probably just a skewed perspective thing.

 

[Aspirations26]

Ohhh how do I get thast

They drop from the Primal Knights in

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Doors of Pharros and Drangleic Castle.

They are the giant armored enemies with a elephant type helmet.

 

[John Harker]

Old Iron King has been pissing me off for two days now.

Someone help me kill him haha.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Well, there's quite a few reasons, at least for me...

Mainly, it affects level design and tension. They don't have to be as careful about making areas connect to each other and including shortcuts if they can just put another bonfire in, allowing you to warp out.

The first time I went down into the Depths and Blighttown in DS1, I felt so much tension and claustrophobia almost. For a first time player, escaping from those places was HARD. (And causes some to ragequit.) It's that type of despair being stuck somewhere horrible that's just not replicated when I can warp out to cheery Majula whenever I want.

The fact that the option is there at all decreases that tension for me. So it's not just a matter of choosing not to use it. (Especially since it affects the level design.)

Anyway, not a deal breaker for me at all. But I prefer DS1's way of doing it.

I haven't been too bothered with the fast travel out of the gates but finally emerging from Lower Burg -> Depths -> Blighttown and returning to Firelink was a unique tension release in my first Dark Souls playthrough.

 

[Levyne]

Blllllaaah

Can someone tell me what the item is you have to jump to outside of the room with ladders leading down to T

Spoiler

he Gutter?

Same room as a lizard.

 

[TheSeks]

Speaking of right-hand: Apparently left-handed characters CAN NOT backstab like I thought. Nor can they imbue weapons with magic items for a buff to their weapon.

So, in short: Left-handers are gimped, again. THANKS OBAMA FROM.

 

[Schweinehund]

Exams are finally over.

Man fuck Ancient Dragon, whoever designed this encounter is absolute garbage.

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I can read his god damn flying breath attack, sprint in a straight fucking line away from him STILL GET HIT WHILE HAVING 15% EQUIP LOAD, other times he'll hit nowhere close to me, sometimes he nails me the same distance away. I'm not giving up just yet, after 3 hours. This boss isn't hard to read, he's just god damn random.

 

[Bucca]

Exams are finally over.

Man fuck Ancient Dragon, whoever designed this encounter is absolute garbage.

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I can read his god damn flying breath attack, sprint in a straight fucking line away from him STILL GET HIT WHILE HAVING 15% EQUIP LOAD, other times he'll hit nowhere close to me, sometimes he nails me the same distance away. I'm not giving up just yet, after 3 hours. This boss isn't hard to read, he's just god damn random.

From what I've read about Ancient Dragon's backstory, he's pretty much supposed to be a ridiculously difficult fight.

 

[xBladeM6x]

It's bad because the entire design of the game suffers as a result. You don't get additional enjoyment from simply opting out of using warping.

Well, there's quite a few reasons, at least for me...

Mainly, it affects level design and tension. They don't have to be as careful about making areas connect to each other and including shortcuts if they can just put another bonfire in, allowing you to warp out.

The first time I went down into the Depths and Blighttown in DS1, I felt so much tension and claustrophobia almost. For a first time player, escaping from those places was HARD. (And causes some to ragequit.) It's that type of despair being stuck somewhere horrible that's just not replicated when I can warp out to cheery Majula whenever I want.

The fact that the option is there at all decreases that tension for me. So it's not just a matter of choosing not to use it. (Especially since it affects the level design.)

Anyway, not a deal breaker for me at all. But I prefer DS1's way of doing it.

I suppose I'm a l̶i̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶t̶c̶h̶ bit more forgiving of the fact because while that tension was good, I did rage quit at it, and I genuinely hate rage quitting, so it's best for my emotional state. xD

 

[John Harker]

Crushed iron king alone! That was immensely satisfying actually.

Only took 28 great heavy soul arrows hAh...and two days.

 

[Necromanti]

I was waiting to tell you after you finished him off Builds character.

Coming to the

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Scorpioness

right after makes me feel like I'm playing on easy mode or something.

 

[Gazoinks]

What's with people moving along cliffs/drops seemingly responsibly and then suddenly and randomly jamming on their sticks full tilt or doing a roll towards their death? Are they being startled by something irl or what I wonder. Been happening all over the place since Demons and it's always hilarious to me.

It's especially great in Majula where you see people staring contemplatively out into the ocean and then just randomly twitching and falling off the cliff.

 

[KoreanBarbecue]

Old Iron King has been pissing me off for two days now.

Someone help me kill him haha.

Hang back around the right side of the little hut. Pretty much none of his attacks can hit you there. Pop out to bait his fist-based attacks and get in a few hits. When he pulls one hand out he'll use his beam attack. Right before he fires it off just sidestep left or right and it will miss. Use this opportunity to get in a bunch of attacks. Rinse and repeat.

 

[mannerbot]

Old Iron King has been pissing me off for two days now.

Someone help me kill him haha.

What's giving you trouble?

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Use the building as cover when he spits fire at you, otherwise just roll out of the way when he uses any of his other (all heavily telegraphed and very slow) attacks) and swing away with your entire stamina bar as they all have huge recovery times.

 

[Laurentius]

I haven't been too bothered with the fast travel out of the gates but finally emerging from Lower Burg -> Depths -> Blighttown and returning to Firelink was a unique tension release in my first Dark Souls playthrough.

Yep, this was an amazing moment for me as well. After probably 15 or so hours stuck in the Depths and Blighttown in DS1, finally returning to the sunlight and (relative) safety of Firelink felt *so* good. I never would have felt that if I could have just been warping out whenever I wanted.

 

[Grief.exe]

For all you Bastard Sword lovers have you tried the Zwei?

It seems to have an extremely similar move set, should I upgrade it along a fire path as its stat scaling isn't ideal?

I forget from DS1, can I add Sunlight Weapon to something that is along a fire path? Or does it have to be base?

 

[ElFly]

For all you Bastard Sword lovers have you tried the Zwei?

It seems to have an extremely similar move set, should I upgrade it along a fire path as its stat scaling isn't ideal?

I forget from DS1, can I add Sunlight Weapon to something that is along a fire path? Or does it have to be base?

Almost anything can receive a temporary buff on top of the permanent infusion. Doesn't even need to be the same type.

Only exceptions seem to be some boss weapons which auto buff spending durability (spoiler the buff is terrible and I'd rather buff manually, cause it would be better and last longer).

 

[ComaPrison]

Woohoo! I think SLI is working flawlessly now!

SLI bits 0x02400405 (Payday: The Heist, Grand Ages: Rome, Aion, Grand Ages: Rome(Demo), Warframe)

Then you need to change undefined profile 0x0095DEF9 (111 Profiles) to 0x00000002 (Half-Life 2: Episode One, Alien Swarm... etc)

I am getting no slowdowns like before when looking down at the well in Majula or looking at the poison room in Earthen Peak. Also the flickering on the Majula mountain is gone. I think I'll stick with this for now.

That particular undefined profile isn't present when I look at the Dark Souls 2 settings under nvidia inspector. WTF

 

[Garcia]

I found a new love: Dragon Tooth +5 RAW.