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[Ysiadmihi]

Just got the

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spider boss

Fuck I hate boss battles with minions

On the upside,

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it allows you to use the Ring of Evil Eye to easily heal during the fight.

 

[phantomspiker]

I haven't found any Twinkling Titanite and that is the only material I can use to upgrade my staff and robes.

 

[xBladeM6x]

Are you sure this wasn't in reference to the folks getting blocked by VA bans in unrelated games? Because Namco has been saying they are working on that for a while.

I couldn't tell you to be honest. If we're being realistic here, are the odds really significant that you'll be banned if you're using Durante's program? I'm thinking probably not, if it turns out you are, then that's;

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• Bullshit
• More Bullshit
• Illogical
• Even more Bullshit

 

[Grief.exe]

Do your messages only last for a set amount of time? Or do you get a certain number?

 

[Orthogonal]

Do your messages only last for a set amount of time? Or do you get a certain number?

I think only last 10 are active.

Speaking of which, From really needs to have a less intrusive notification that a message has been rated. A simple audio cue or an icon flash on the side would suffice.

 

[Ilive1up]

so,

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the smelter demon

wasn't that hard.

i was using a shield with 100% fire resistance so i didn't have to worry about the fire. just had to be patient.

 

[DukeBobby]

Wow, after all that trouble I went through to get the last

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Giant soul

,

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Vendrick

was really, really easy.

 

[Levyne]

Alright, finally got the last Primal Bonfire. Onto the rest of the game!

 

[Timu]

so,

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the smelter demon

wasn't that hard.

i was using a shield with 100% fire resistance so i didn't have to worry about the fire. just had to be patient.

Which shield does that?

 

[Orthogonal]

Alright, finally got the last Primal Bonfire. Onto the rest of the game!

The Real Dark Souls 2 starts now.

 

[bloodreign]

I keep realizing, I really really like this game...and I am really really bad at it.

 

[mentallyinept]

Really at a loss of where to go next.

I beat the

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Lost Sinner

and

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The Rotten (with some help)

and now I have no idea where to go next.

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The Shaded Ruins

is a dead end. Locked door next to the

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curse frogs

.

The newest key I have the

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Ancient Key

which I used to open a single door in

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Lost Bastille

that lead to nothing.

What am I missing GAF?

 

[Gazoinks]

Haha, just lot 30,000 Souls trying to grab a summon sign that was place in the midst of some enemies. Ha. ;_;

 

[Orthogonal]

Which shield does that?

The Gyrm Greatshield does, but it is very heavy. An alternative is to flame infuse a standard shield. I think there is a kite shield that can get 100% when flame infused with decent physical defense too.

 

[Mylene]

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Warrior or Knight. Both are fine choices.

I'll try knight then.

 

[InfiniDragon]

I don't know what got into me but I've decided to beat the game with a dual wielding fist character and low armor. Up to Pursuer, challenging but not as hard as I expected. Caestus has excellent scaling.

If you did this for a challenge I have news for you: Caestus is really, really good in DSII and can be used to great effect in PVE and PVP alike.

Once you max them things will die, very fast.

 

[ijed]

I had like a 10 hour span with maybe two deaths or so, cleared earthen peak up the second boss without dying. Enter boss, wtf I'm supposed to didn't this in poison? Died a bunch, put soap down to help a player to restore humanity and I see his pool is drained. I explored the area after that and I still can't figure it out. So I went from two deaths in 10 hours to 15+ in 1 hour out of frustration.

There's an object around the

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second bonfire

you can interact with:

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burn the windmill - drains the poison

 

[Sub_Level]

The Real Dark Souls 2 starts now.

I swear I saw that message after every area.

*finish tutorial*

The real journey starts now

*finish first area*

The real journey starts now

*open Shrine of Winter*

The real journey starts now

*arrive at Shrine of Amana*

The real journey starts now

 

[Timu]

The Gyrm Greatshield does, but it is very heavy. An alternative is to flame infuse a standard shield. I think there is a kite shield that can get 100% when flame infused with decent physical defense too.

I'll try to get that shield sometime, sounds awesome.

 

[MG310]

Really at a loss of where to go next.

I beat the

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Lost Sinner

and

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The Rotten (with some help)

and now I have no idea where to go next.

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The Shaded Ruins

is a dead end. Locked door next to the

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curse frogs

.

The newest key I have the

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Ancient Key

which I used to open a single door in

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Lost Bastille

that lead to nothing.

What am I missing GAF?

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There's a way out of the Shaded Ruins in the area with the drop into the curse frog/basilisk cave.

 

[Orthogonal]

Really at a loss of where to go next.

I beat the

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Lost Sinner

and

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The Rotten (with some help)

and now I have no idea where to go next.

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The Shaded Ruins

is a dead end. Locked door next to the

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curse frogs

.

The newest key I have the

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Ancient Key

which I used to open a single door in

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Lost Bastille

that lead to nothing.

What am I missing GAF?

From Majula, head back toward the Heides Tower, do not warp. See if something catches your attention.

 

[HelenKeller:BlindDeafDTF]

Do your messages only last for a set amount of time? Or do you get a certain number?

You get about 10 per character; no time limit.

 

[Aselith]

I don't know what got into me but I've decided to beat the game with a dual wielding fist character and low armor. Up to Pursuer, challenging but not as hard as I expected. Caestus has excellent scaling.

So tsundere!

 

[mentallyinept]

From Majula, head back toward the Heides Tower, do not warp. See if something catches your attention.

Definitely caught my attention. Thanks for the tip.

 

[wrongway]

haha yikes, just got to H

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untsman's

C

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opse

and met the guys with the

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spiked polearm things

. Haven't died to mooks in a while. Those guys do a startling amount of damage, and apparently I can't trust my rapier to break their poise even with the stone ring equipped. :<

 

[neoism]

LOLOLOL THIS GAME

Kreygasm

after like a year of playing DS1 I killed the spider women lol not sure why I LOOOVED the atmosphere of ds1 but it gave me such a big uneasy feeling I rarely played the game...
Well 8 hours in I just killed the first three bosses... <3 man summoning is soo much better
I dont really get the feeling in this game it's such a fucking amazing port :O


DaS2<3


but hole!

 

[The Dear Leader]

22 hours of Dark Souls 2 and I'm getting a little burnt out on it, just seems like I'm going through the paces now and I'm making alot of dumb preventable mistakes. Might need to give it a bit of a rest.

 

[Levyne]

What does it mean when I see

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Touch Dragon Remnants

on the ground?

 

[Orthogonal]

What does it mean when I see

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Touch Dragon Remnants

on the ground?

Where did you see it?

 

[Levyne]

Where did you see it?

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I first saw one at the first part of Iron Keep and now I saw one early in Dranlgeic Castle

 

[xBladeM6x]

What does it mean when I see

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Touch Dragon Remnants

on the ground?

I believe it's to summon people for PVP.

 

[Metroidvania]

What does it mean when I see

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Touch Dragon Remnants

on the ground?

It's for the PVP covenant

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It's an 'invitation' where they fight you. IIRC, if they win they get a dragon scale, which is used for covenant rank ups. If you kill them I believe you get one instead.

 

[Ferrio]

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I first saw one at the first part of Iron Keep and now I saw one early in Dranlgeic Castle

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Summons a PvP player of the dragon covenant

 

[Grief.exe]

If I use the spices on a spell to lower the requirements, does that reduce the effectiveness of the spell?

 

[Bwana Whiskey]

I'm on my first play through and bonfire ascetic'd the fire before the skeleton lords after defeating them the first time. Trying to get the casting ring. Anyway, its almost impossible the get to the skeleton's again and impossible the beat them when I do. I've sent waves of white phantoms to defeat the three red phantoms, etc.

Anything I'm doing wrong or other tips?

 

[Orthogonal]

If I use the spices on a spell to lower the requirements, does that reduce the effectiveness of the spell?

Only a scaling factor due to your lower stat.

 

[Aspirations26]

If I use the spices on a spell to lower the requirements, does that reduce the effectiveness of the spell?

Nope.

Edit: Also Pretty sure the reduction is capped at 10.

Edit 2: Nvm im wrong >.<.

 

[Cannon Goose]

Soul Greatsword is so good at catching people right as they get up from rolling away.

 

[Gazoinks]

I'm on my first play through and bonfire ascetic'd the fire before the skeleton lords after defeating them the first time. Trying to get the casting ring. Anyway, its almost impossible the get to the skeleton's again and impossible the beat them when I do. I've sent waves of white phantoms to defeat the three red phantoms, etc.

Anything I'm doing wrong or other tips?

Heh, I just had a similar experience asceticing the bonfire before

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Freja.

I believe it raises it to NG+ level, so I think I just have to accept I'm a little too underpowered for it right now and come back a little later.

 

[Orthogonal]

Nope.

Edit: Also Pretty sure the reduction is capped at 10.

Edit 2: Nvm im wrong >.<.

I should say that is for spells that do damage. Weapon Buffs and things like chameleon are exactly the same.

 

[fallagin]

Just beat

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mytha

. Fuck that shit.

 

[Grief.exe]

Any tips for the spellcasters in Shrine? Those guys are causing me problems.

 

[Jackben]

Any tips for the spellcasters in Shrine? Those guys are causing me problems.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

I like it.

I wish graphics were better. Feels like a HD GameCube game!

 

[njean777]

I keep realizing, I really really like this game...and I am really really bad at it.

No problem with that, you will get better as you go along. This game rewards perseverance.

Any tips for the spellcasters in Shrine? Those guys are causing me problems.

Use a bow, and use the architecture to not get hit. Also can roll through the spells as well with the invincibility frames.

 

[JoeyJungle]

Gosh, I hate people who use magic. They never bow. This one dude I just fought in the arena hit me with a magic missile as I was in the menu to do the bow gesture! Jerk.

 

[njean777]

Gosh, I hate people who use magic. They never bow. This one dude I just fought in the arena hit me with a magic missile as I was in the menu to do the bow gesture! Jerk.

If you are not summoning them for a dual and are invaded I would not bow at all. If they invade just go at them. Now if you are summoning for the dragon covenant or blood bros covenant then I would bow before we go at it.

 

[Garcia]

If you are not summoning them for a dual and are invaded I would not bow at all. If they invade just go at them. Now if you are summoning for the dragon covenant or blood bros covenant then I would bow before we go at it.

Agreed. Invaders just break your game; consensual matches, however, are a different story.

 

[JoeyJungle]

This was in the arena, but if there's a significant distance between me and the other guy I always bow. It's just common decency. People who use that chance to make ranged attacks are jerks.