Necromanti
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Fighting
is going to make me cry.
EDIT: Never mind.
four gargoyles at once
EDIT: Never mind.
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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Hussa, cleared No Man's Wharf and Huntsman's Copse in this session and also stuck my nose into The Lost Bastille until I got wrecked by those
bosses.
Also, I kinda liked this shot I took, so I thought I'd share (click to enlarge). Is it okay to non-spoiler-tag locations btw?
Ruin Sentinel
Also, I kinda liked this shot I took, so I thought I'd share (click to enlarge). Is it okay to non-spoiler-tag locations btw?
MMBosstones86
Member
I liked the wave. Nice touch.
Speaking of, a good use of darknight stone for those not invested in FTH/INT is to dark infuse the Transgressor's Leather shield. 100% dark defense, 0.3 weight. Very good against hexers in PVP.
You're close to maxing out the covenant already. Too bad you still have to hand in the medals one at a time.
SeventhSon
Member
He dodged too early, completely dodged he sword swing, but still get hit? Dodging slightly later than you might think so the phantom sword will miss you?
Please, don't make excuses for borked hit boxes. Saying "you can get used to it" doesn't make it any better.
Gwyn is definitely not a joke. I only beat him easily when I parry him, and I had to look on wikis to find out that I could do that. Let's not consider fighting him after beating the game a lot of times and consulting the wiki, no way Gwyn can be considered easy in those conditions. And even now I struggle a bit with him on NG+ onwards, as he can kill you with 2 or 3 slashes.
King Allant is a joke, but it's not a proper boss fight. The final proper boss would be False King, and he's fucking hard.
Nashandra
Orthogonal
Member
Smelter was disappointingly easy with the
.
YMMV
Respawn for another ~15, but in NG+ difficulty, boss too and it carries over to NG+ so it would be at NG++ while other area's not with an Ascetic are only NG+.
Lucatiel Buff. Completing that on console was maddening, but just now, I went into the fight and Smelter pinned Lucatiel against the wall and I thought she was toast. To my surprise she was tanking damage like a pro. Even the AoE blast barely phased her. So I literally just stood in the middle of the arena throwing Lightning spears at him and he was dead. Happened so fast in what might be the easiest fight in the game so far...
YMMV
Respawn for another ~15, but in NG+ difficulty, boss too and it carries over to NG+ so it would be at NG++ while other area's not with an Ascetic are only NG+.
Darklurker is the better final boss imo
Vendrick
Ancient Dragon
Darklurker
Her defense has been significantly buffed.
Best fight in the game by miles along with Smelter.
The challenge of this game without Standard Protections
Garcia
Member
I don't get it either. They fixed the multiple item selection but not the covenant gifting? Seems pretty weird and arbitrary.
I got the Lucatiel trophy on PS3 pre-patch. SD was epic. I equipped the Red Eye Ring to draw the boss attention, but he didn't give a fuck and focused on killing her. I summoned another phantom, so we were behind the boss throwing miracles at him like crazy, while Luca was slowly dying.
She had around 10 HP and the boss was almost dead, one more lightning spear would kill him. He jumped to kill her, and the other player hit him mid-air with a Great Lightning Spear. If he threw that spear half second after, SD would've killed Lucatiel. If the other player were near me, I would pay him a nice dinner.
Now you just summon Luca and let she take all the hits
She had around 10 HP and the boss was almost dead, one more lightning spear would kill him. He jumped to kill her, and the other player hit him mid-air with a Great Lightning Spear. If he threw that spear half second after, SD would've killed Lucatiel. If the other player were near me, I would pay him a nice dinner.
Now you just summon Luca and let she take all the hits
:shrug: even in that gif it looks like he's getting clipped at the very end of his roll. He's dodging too early. Seems like every other Souls boss to me where you just have to get used to the timing. I've beaten him dozens and dozens of times. Not making excuses. I just don't have any problem with the hitboxes on his attacks. Not saying I'm perfect or that I don't mess up dodges.
Just beat (End Game Spoilers)Nashandra but didn't kill Vendrick first. Does this change the ending or something? Just curious.
Changes nothing. KV is optional.
I felt I skipped a lot of bonfires and locations, yet again. But after countless tries I killed
. It took me so many tries, summons... I really had some difficulty with this one, I'm horrible at timing and dodging.
I have no idea where to go but I might need to backtrack a lot. I have other locations discovered but not much bonfires in it. I remember I was descending some place with spider webs but kept dying, might need to check that out as well some of the first locations, probably.
The Rotten
I have no idea where to go but I might need to backtrack a lot. I have other locations discovered but not much bonfires in it. I remember I was descending some place with spider webs but kept dying, might need to check that out as well some of the first locations, probably.
I dodge that SD attack every time. I beat him pretty easily if I have some lifegems to cure the damage you get for being near him. Even then, I say that the hitbox on that attack is absolutely broken. He's not dodging too early. He dodged it correctly, the sword doesn't hit him. Yes, you have to dodge a little later than the guy did on the gif, but only because the hitbox is shit.
In a world were the hitboxes are good, he wouldn't get hit.
So this is my first real Souls game (didn't get to a boss in Demon's, didn't get past the third boss in Dark), although I did watch some of Dark and this. That being said, I don't feel like it should take me over 20 tries to beat
I read somewhere that
will give you something if you summon him and kill the boss with him, so every time I'd die I would put my summon sign down in front of the door, kill the boss with someone else to regain humanity, then summon and try to kill him myself. Luckily I didn't lose a single soul (had over 25000 in the boss room by the time I killed him), but man that was frustrating.
I'm practically level 30 and I still have complete build anxiety. I want to be fast and strong, but I also want to experiment with magic, but can't afford all the points necessary (didn't start as a magic class). Pretty sure my weapons suck as well--I'm using a scimitar and a shortsword+1 that I found and not doing nearly as much damage as quickly as I'd like. As far as armor goes, I'm working my way up to the Alva set, slowly. Anyway, I'm soldiering on, I just think it's funny that it took me so many attempts to defeat the first boss. Anyone else have as much trouble as I did?
the Last Giant.
Pate
I'm practically level 30 and I still have complete build anxiety. I want to be fast and strong, but I also want to experiment with magic, but can't afford all the points necessary (didn't start as a magic class). Pretty sure my weapons suck as well--I'm using a scimitar and a shortsword+1 that I found and not doing nearly as much damage as quickly as I'd like. As far as armor goes, I'm working my way up to the Alva set, slowly. Anyway, I'm soldiering on, I just think it's funny that it took me so many attempts to defeat the first boss. Anyone else have as much trouble as I did?
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
yeeeesss
This is awesome!
fierrotlepou
Member
I'm about to enter D
castle. How far am I?
rangleic
About 2/3.
fierrotlepou
Member
All right, thanks!
Company of Champions
well fuck me...i knew i wasnt wrong for thinking this game was harder than DS1. i had no idea it was the covenant's effect.
- ■Joining this covenant offers a higher degree of difficulty to the game and disables friendly summoning (including NPC summoning) and being summoned, although it is still possible to summon hostile spirits and be invaded. All enemies deal more damage and have more health.
- ■Defeating an invading red phantom will reward the player with an Awestone. Defeating red phantoms summoned through a Red Sign Soapstone do not yield awestones. Certain monsters also drop awestones rarely. These awestones can be offered to rank up in the covenant.
- ■Enemies gain higher tactical intelligence, as they will retreat when at low health, and attack at the same time, making fighting multiple enemies much more dangerous
well fuck me...i knew i wasnt wrong for thinking this game was harder than DS1. i had no idea it was the covenant's effect.
Sorcery is mostly crap until 2/3 of the game. Try to use hexes, you have access to some good ones near the beginning. Pyromancies can help too.
The hex seller at Huntsman Copse entrance sells some good equipments, and gives the best staff for hexes if you have 20 int and 20 faith.
The first good sorcery you can get is Soul Spear at Huntsman Copse, but you only have 4 casts.
EDIT: And if you don't mind putting some points in STR, put at least 12 so you can wield a Mace. It really can help.
Orthogonal
Member
I got the Lucatiel trophy on PS3 pre-patch. SD was epic. I equipped the Red Eye Ring to draw the boss attention, but he didn't give a fuck and focused on killing her. I summoned another phantom, so we were behind the boss throwing miracles at him like crazy, while Luca was slowly dying.
She had around 10 HP and the boss was almost dead, one more lightning spear would kill him. He jumped to kill her, and the other player hit him mid-air with a Great Lightning Spear. If he threw that spear half second after, SD would've killed Lucatiel. If the other player were near me, I would pay him a nice dinner.
Now you just summon Luca and let she take all the hits
Yeah, I think it probably deserved a small buff, but this was overboard. It used to take an already difficult fight and add like a count-down timer to failure. Now it's a crutch...
I don't think it's strange considering you're new. When you play Souls games you take time to develop a confident calm playstyle. When you play more, practice rolling and blocking, and maybe try that giant in a new game or new game+ you'll dodge everything he throws at you because you just know in your spine when to roll.
Necromanti
Member
Taking out two
members without even wearing a Ring of Binding (and at max hollow) felt very satisfying. Your fancy magic and lightning spears will do you no good against my blade!
Bell Covenant
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Yep. I challenge anyone who thinks the game is easier than DS1 to beat it while in the company of champions.
Generally speaking IMO it is an easier game than DS1.
The covenant of champions difficulty modifier is just an optional thing.
Dude...I joined it as well without knowing the ramifications. This makes the game that much more awesome!
I'm doing that right now without a shield and naked!
The wiki says that Harvest Valley is a great place to farm Titanite Chunks by burning Ascetics because it has no boss that needs to be killed but if I try to burn one at the first bonfire it tells me that I need to kill the lord of that domain or something of that sort. I beat the
even though I think it's part of Earthen Peak. Does anybody know why I can't burn one?
fat slug
Orthogonal
Member
The only spell that is probably best to get on NG is the
Dark Pilgrim Covenant reward level 3
So is The Last Giant's soul one of 'em?
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Doesn't really change what I said. Dark Souls didn't have the company of champions so we won't ever really know. But the main point is that for people who think it was too easy, one covenant begs their attention.
CD
Covetous Demon
Does that mean the two areas are connected as far as Ascetics go? And what does that mean as far as item resets and enemy/boss difficulty are concerned?
But if you compare base game DS1 to base game DS2 (without champion covenant in effect), it definitely feels like the easier game.
Thx,thought I had used one of those.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
yeeeesss
That art is absolutely gorgeous. Why cant we have more art like this in the current times?
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
I'll agree with that, mostly due to lifegems and rings of life protection.
dinosaur_hunter2
Member
Patch solved the HDMI problem, thank God. What a beautiful game!
I know this was asked before, but since this thread is moving way too fast, I ask you, fellow gaffers: what are the best attributes to level up as a Cleric?
I know this was asked before, but since this thread is moving way too fast, I ask you, fellow gaffers: what are the best attributes to level up as a Cleric?
yeeeesss
Wow, this is such a beautiful piece of art. Need moar!
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