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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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I had Uchigatana and a Blacksteel Katana with just straight +10 upgrades. Powerstanced the whole game, no magic, high adaptability to make 100 agility. May not be the most powerful build out there but it can still do the job pretty good and what it might lack in PVE, it makes up for it in PVP, assuming you're good at dodging.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
I have no love for bells. But I'll do anything for treasure. Keh heh heh heh heh...
Thanks guys. Can I choose either belfry or should I choose depending on level? I'm around 76, I think.
I really love parrying though >_<
How much END do you have? I'm still at 20 because I can't make myself spend a level on 1 stamina point.
I have another Blacksteel Katana as well, if I'm going the +10 route, should I just take two of them or do you still recommend keeping the Uchi?
Awesome, thanks!
YianGaruga
Banned
Either should be fine. Just remember that you should wait outside of the actual belfries to get summoned (you can see that you can get summoned when your covenant symbol is blinking)
I had 130 stamina. Probably shouldn't be much lower than 120 to be honest. I forgot to mention another trick, if you alternate between a powerstance swing and a regular swing, you'll be able to fit in more attacks per stamina bar, whereas if you just powerstance, you'll only have 3 swings. Usually though I'd do powerstance, powerstance, then roll away and regenerate.
I mean, it doesn't really matter much as far as the 2 katanas. The Uchi is far lighter so that's why I kept it. 2 blacksteel katanas add a lot to your weight. If I could have got another Uchi on the first playthrough I would have just used 2 of those for the lighter weight.
chris121580
Member
I double dipped to play through as a Mage(Warrior previously) this time around and am completely sucked back in again. No way I'll ever be able to go back to the PS3 version after seeing how smoothly this plays
Admiral Woofington
Member
While admittedly the Old Dragonslayer fight was relatively easy, you people have some rose tinted glasses if you think DS1 didn't have some easy ass boss fights. I only remember dying multiple times in two separate boss battles
Fat dude and dragonslayer, and wolf with sword
HighJumpBoots
Banned
So, I just took out
on my first try. Had
. I'm pretty sure I could've done without them however. I didn't even get close to getting hit.
Vendrick
5 Giant Souls
If you had zero of those souls, it would just take forever and your weapon would've broke long before you even killed him. Even at 4 souls, I had to use one Repair powder.
eot
Banned
I don't know if it's been posted here, so I guess I'll do it:
Download AutoHotKey.
The first time you launch it, it will pop up a txt file. Replace the contents with this:
Code:
#NoEnv
#IfWinActive, DARK SOULS II
F2::Suspend
LButton::H
RButton::G
MButton::O
Shift::3
WheelUp::
{
Send {1 down}
Sleep 20
Send {1 up}
return
}
WheelDown::
{
Send {2 down}
Sleep 20
Send {2 up}
return
}
;Guard Break
XButton1::
{
Send {W down}
Sleep 20
Send {H down}
Sleep 20
Send {W up}
Send {H up}
return
}
;Jump Attack
XButton2::
{
Send {W down}
Sleep 20
Send {G down}
Sleep 20
Send {W up}
Send {G up}
return
}Just note that if you use the script above you can't use the mouse in menus, unless you use F2 to disable it. I changed some of the bindings in-game, so you'll need to adjust that either in the script or in-game. For example, I bound '1' and '2' to cycle targets and '3' to block (light left hand attack). I think 'O' to lock on is there by default. I know it seems weird to bind shift to press '3' to block, but it's because shift is a modifier key so it messes with other things otherwise.
The control-mapping above gives:
LMB - attack
RMB - heavy attack
Mouse3 - lock on
Scrollwheel - cycle targets
Mouse4 - guard break
Mouse5 - leap attack
Shift - block
Personally I use 'E' to parry, 'Q' to use items, 'F' to interact, 'R' to change main weapon and 'Tab' to change potions etc. Using the script removes all the input lag that you normally get with the mouse (because of them implementing double-clicks).
Sir Garbageman
Member
After dying an insane amount of times in the murky mess between the first bonfire and the Rotten at the bottom of the Black Gulch finally achieved victory and lit my first primal bonfire. Felt fantastic after dealing with those annoying poison statues, worm enemies and multiple long hard fought battles with that gross bastard.
As a proud member of team sunbros and to pay it forward I decided to drop my soul sign down to help other adventurers to face the Rotten. While waiting to be summoned decided to explore a bit...only to discover a bonfire basically right in front of the boss. I love and hate this game so much.
Side note, anyone have any build recommendations? Care about PvE primarily and have been using a bastard sword + 7 and the drangelic armor set. Melee build with pyromancy as my ranged option. My stats:
Soul Level 90
VGR 20 / END 20 / VIT 20 / ATT 13 / STR 26 / DEX 14 / ADP 20 / INT 4 / FTH 6
Should I just pump up VGR / VIT / STR / DEX going forward?
Thanks
As a proud member of team sunbros and to pay it forward I decided to drop my soul sign down to help other adventurers to face the Rotten. While waiting to be summoned decided to explore a bit...only to discover a bonfire basically right in front of the boss. I love and hate this game so much.
Side note, anyone have any build recommendations? Care about PvE primarily and have been using a bastard sword + 7 and the drangelic armor set. Melee build with pyromancy as my ranged option. My stats:
Soul Level 90
VGR 20 / END 20 / VIT 20 / ATT 13 / STR 26 / DEX 14 / ADP 20 / INT 4 / FTH 6
Should I just pump up VGR / VIT / STR / DEX going forward?
Thanks
HA! I knew I recognized that voice playing last night! Mild-Mannered Pate. Well done, FROM.
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One thing I find annoying is the increasingly universal aoe explosion that some enemies
like the Smelter Demon and The Rotten
As much as I'm enjoying the bosses in general (even
RRA
D
Deleted member 245925
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Man, I'm really disappointed by the
boss fight.
Looking Glass Knight
After the previews I had hopes for an awesome fight with player invaders and all I got was some bad NPC invader, which made this one of the easiest boss fights in the game so far...
D
Deleted member 10571
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In NG+ or after using a Ascetic (sp) the chests should be back, I think. You'll get it eventually
It is possible to have a
player invade but it requires them to put the red soapstone sign down outside the boss room. The Looking Glass Knight will then summon them in.
I better go explore down there some more. I've heard several people mention the hidden bonfire.
There is another hidden spot down there! Keep exploring near the ledge in that area with a torch.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Check out Peter's IGN interviews for DS2. Turns out he's actually a huge fan of DS1 and asked From if he could be in the game. Watching him play DS2 was hilarious. You can tell he's not bullshitting and actually knows what he's doing.
it ain't that great anyway. Not a big loss unless you want to collect everything.
That is awesome! I will check that out tonight, thanks for the information!
In NG+ or after using a Ascetic (sp) the chests should be back, I think. You'll get it eventually
Thanks. Good to know about the ascetic anyways.
Cannon Goose
Member
I just had such a cool invasion in the Iron Keep! There's a part where you can drop down onto these thin catwalk-type things to return to another larger area and the invader popped up right at the top with me as I was dealing with the enemies.
We each got our hits in and then I hit him some more, causing him to dive down onto the catwalks. I hear him prepping more dark magic so I put on some homing crystal soulmass and leapt down there to meet him. We charged at one another and I rolled through his magic but he took mine right in the nose, then as I went to swing at him he rolled and slipped off the edge into the lava.
That is such a fun spot to be invaded, totally unexpected too.
We each got our hits in and then I hit him some more, causing him to dive down onto the catwalks. I hear him prepping more dark magic so I put on some homing crystal soulmass and leapt down there to meet him. We charged at one another and I rolled through his magic but he took mine right in the nose, then as I went to swing at him he rolled and slipped off the edge into the lava.
That is such a fun spot to be invaded, totally unexpected too.
Should've made the jerk part of a covenant, lol
well granted i'm not done with dks2 but i think a lot of bosses in this game feel really throwaway. difficulty aside, they don't feel too refined, like they'll have very simple attack patterns and they're surprisingly low health.
i do enjoy some of the preparation things like being able to fight pursuer early or the floor thingie on dragonrider. i think those things are really cool
but other than that, very few bosses have taken me more than one or two tries and i don't regard myself as a particularly good player
like i feel like i haven't seen half the moves of some of the bosses cos i kill them too fast :/
You'll find more branches around. There's more than enough.
Orthogonal
Member
it is not intuitive how to be summoned by the LG Knight so it doesn't happen much. Also, I think it can only be done in ng+ and beyond, but of that I am not 100% certain.
D
Deleted member 245925
Unconfirmed Member
There definitely were some
red summon signs
getting an NPC
Oh, maybe I'll have more luck in NG+.
Burn an Effigy. All invaders blocked temporarily.
eot
Banned
Some bosses could definitely use more health, I agree on that.
You get more later.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
YW! It's NSFW language. He calls the Heide Knight a fucker once or twice.
Oh, I misread your comment then.
I died a couple times to rolling and going in to the tiny little lava gap that is up against the wall where you would think it would be safe. They just had to add that in there, didn't they?
Aspirations26
Member
That's NG+ only unfortunately.
What do you mean? Does ringing the bell changes anything other than opening the door? I didn't know that.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
I played through my first character as melee. I'm doing a faith build now and I'm having a noticeably easier time with everything.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Speaking of magic users, I'm trying to go with a spellcaster build for the first time in my Demon's/Dark Souls playthroughs.
Stupid question, but what should I use in my off hand? Is it worth putting points into strength so I can use a shield or sword?
Stupid question, but what should I use in my off hand? Is it worth putting points into strength so I can use a shield or sword?
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