The one you get in the tutorial is pretty damn good.
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The one you get in the tutorial is pretty damn good.
Orthogonal
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That's because so many enemies are weak to Strike type weapons. Large Club also has great base damage regardless.
Meteor_of_War
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In the room with the lift, go up the ladder. Once you get to the room at the top you'll fight stone soldiers. Kill them near the giant statue and it will absorb their souls and activate the lift.
Strike is far better than Slash damage most of the time in this game, so that is stacking on top of the fact that Great Hammers also have high Attack Rating. The Greatsword is the new Ultra Great of choice, it's really heavy, but it does great damage and has huge reach. I haven't really messed with the Zwei just because of how good Great Hammers are in this game, and my trusty Estoc.
Dagger, the basic Dagger that you can get at the start of the game. It does a ton of crit damage. Royal Dirk is another good one, although I haven't used it.
As Gbraga says, anything that can be backstabbed with the dagger, especially once it gets upgraded, pretty consistently dies in one hit. Even endgame enemies would fall to one shot of my +4 dagger if I remember correctly.
Mt Heart Attack
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Yeah, should have been more clear, I had actually found the
ladder
giant stone guy
Whaat that didn't happen to me.
It works the same way as it did at the entrance.
Meteor_of_War
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You have to kill them right next to the statue.
Facism
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Crab Milk Mickey
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So, two amusing things happened to me yesterday. First off, some random dude trying to be crafty (and almost killing the host amidst the confusion):
Secondly, this bug with the Chariot boss:
Also had some audio issues with that fight that I didn't encounter on the console version. Wonder why it's having more issues on PC for me.
Secondly, this bug with the Chariot boss:
Also had some audio issues with that fight that I didn't encounter on the console version. Wonder why it's having more issues on PC for me.
infinite chunks are only for bellbros?
Meteor_of_War
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i knew a meteor of war from a forum called Skill-Club
That is me.
You seem to be sporting a different username though.
What's another good great hammer I should try out?
Is there another boss in
Shrine of Amana
I got antsy and peeked at a trophy guide even though I am playing "blind". It's good to know that I effectively have a second playthrough to wrap up things that I missed. Before going to NG+ and ++ though I will probably scour around for treasure and stuff. Well, first I need to beat the thing
You can't realistically get the platinum until NG++ though. It's pointless to look at trophy requirements on NG anyways.
If I wanted another weapon to compliment my Heide sword, any suggestions for a STR build? I'm thinking a Halberd or spear/pike thing. There's so many weapons and I dunno what to upgrade D:
Haha, maybe I was unclear but that's what I was getting at! I have a second playthrough (NG+) which is perfect for doing what you missed in the first go.
Haha, maybe I was unclear but that's what I was getting at! I have a second playthrough (NG+) which is perfect for doing what you missed in the first go.
Mt Heart Attack
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Yeah I have no clue how I did it at the entrance.
Oh ok, I'll try that.
edit: it worked! thanks
Damn, the next room is creepy.
Looking Glass Knight
Dragonriders
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Facism
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That is me.
You seem to be sporting a different username though.
haha hey bro what's up? I was Live_Feed/Hass at the other forums. Been years, even though you're on my steam friends list. Hope things are going well for you
Late game you Chloanne will start to sell Infinite Chunks along with Small and Large shards
Great Club is a straight upgrade from Large, but just weighs more. Gyrm Great Hammer is also really good, and looks Metal as hell. Giant Warrior Club is insanely heavy, and really strong as well, Demon's Great Hammer requires Twinkling but does a ton of damage too.
So far I have been sticking with the Great Club, the damage to weight ratio is excellent, it looks really cool, and matches my gear. All of them are pretty damn good though.
Each one I've met (3) drops something different. Not armor though (at least not yet for me)
Zwei is pretty good weapon for its move set alone. It's light for a great sword and have high critical damage.
I honestly prefer it to the Greatsword because that one is so heavy.
With the minimum requirement 2H, imbue it to Raw path and enjoy having a powerful weapon without much investment.
It's awesome for PvP as well.
Meteor_of_War
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haha hey bro what's up? I was Live_Feed/Hass at the other forums. Been years, even though you're on my steam friends list. Hope things are going well for you
Ahh ok. Yeah I remember you, Hass. Everything's good with me, thanks.
I noticed you been playing a lot of Dark Souls 2 lately.
No surprise there, best game around right now.I really like the Large Club, but if you're a fan of swords, maybe the Blacksteel Katana? Still has a good moveset and is one of the faster weapons both 2h and 1h.
Thrusting Swords in particular got much better movesets in this game than in the original.
Slash damage has a lot of disadvantages in this game, which is unfortunate.
Is there another boss in
that I am missing? I swear I saw some more fog last night?
I'll give it a shot as it's a straight upgrade over large. Will need to rework my armor to stay below 50% equip.
I'll give it a shot with Raw.
Shrine of Amana
I'll give it a shot as it's a straight upgrade over large. Will need to rework my armor to stay below 50% equip.
I'll give it a shot with Raw.
Alright, thanks for the suggestions!
Apparently, invasions are significantly more common in NG+
Most red invasions don't happen until you're much later in the game. Red cracked eye orbs aren't common enough to be used that much.
Garcia
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Invasions will start to happen once your Soul Memory rises to 1 Million. I'm at 3.5 Million right now and the invasions are beginning to be a constant. It's really amusing to see an invader getting crushed by 2 or 3 people.
thanks, that gives me some relief in that i can experiment a bit more freely
i really want to try the scythe and the uchigatana i bought, hopefully if i upgrade them they won't be complete shit :I
ah ok ty
i've only ran into two but i guess it's hunting time...
i just want to do anything but shoot dem iron keep archers again T_T
MMBosstones86
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That awkward moment when you throw down your large soapstone in front of a fog gate.....that leads to another level and not a boss.
You should always venture into the gate yourself first!
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I'm guilty of this in front of
Black Gulch
Orthogonal
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Nope, only the one.
Uh... are you sure about that? I thought this was NG+ only.
YianGaruga
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She does it after you beat the final boss, even if you stay in NG
Yea, it's after you kill
Velstadt
sell infinite items
Orthogonal
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I loved the Greatsword, it was my primary weapon on my Melee run. Lightning infused +10 felt OP, it would wreck almost every mob in 1 hit.
Ah, alright. Man, wikis are unreliable. =/
Or at least they are in the beginning.
btw for pvp builds it seems like the accepted SL is 150? Or are there multiple tiers? I'm curious about that, particularly as I'm considering making a sorc PvP build.
I think I got 2 or 3 just from killing the guys in front of the
Looking Glass Knight.
I am liking 135, and a lot of players are shifting from the 150 "meta" to 135 because it more closely matches the 125 Soul level of Dark Souls 1. Soul Memory is still king, but if you want to take fair and consistent duels and PvP seriously, then you should constrain your build to 120-150. Hopefully the SM issues are fixed, and if enough people just refuse to level up, then it will work out okay in the end anyway.
The problem with Soul Memory is you will probably be PVP'ing with the same group of people for all time. Everyone will just continue to PVP and gain souls, with out gaining any new players into your 'bracket' if that makes sense.
Yeah, I learned about this the other day. Oh well.
Yeah I messed up summoning npcs as well.
Lucatiel or whatever her name is I only found her the third time after doing sinner/flexile sentry so I only summoned her for smelter. As for that guy in the first area I did the last giant boss as an hollow so didn't see his summin sign.
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