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[Despera]

Okay so I decided to revisit

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Belfry Luna

just now and got invaded 5 consecutive times by grey spirits... They arrived 2 at a time except for the last one. Felt so good to defeat them all in one go lol

I never use Lightning Spear or other offensive Miracles in PvP unless my opponent starts using spells first. Melee fights are just more fun imo.

 

[Mistel]

I think it's there as

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a penalty for trying to skip Smelter Demon.

You do know you can get back to the keep very simply without traversing the whole of the sol? Not much of a penalty if you can bypass the whole place is it now?

 

[ElFly]

Okay so I decided to revisit

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Belfry Luna

just now and got invaded 5 consecutive times by grey spirits... They arrived 2 at a time except for the last one. Felt so good to defeat them all in one go lol

I never use Lightning Spear or other offensive Miracles in PvP unless my opponent starts using spells first. Melee fights are just more fun imo.

Lightning Spear is just asking for trouble, tho. You will be rolled into and hit.

I feel the most basic soul arrow is fast enough to be hard to punish. Some of the dark spells too.

 

[LurkerPrime]

The sconces serve no practical purpose in-game right now, correct? Because it just occured to me what From was planning: torches required to light bonfires. I guess that's why bonfires are so common in DS2.

Must have playtested very badly for such an eleventh hour removal.

Edit: Oh, derp. I entirely forgot about the lightning/downgrade controversy.

Thanks, Orthogonal.

 

[decoyplatypus]

Yeah, but I'm supposed to go the route I'm thinking, right? Not the other ways.

I wouldn't say that. You are certainly capable of beating that boss right now, but the path it opens up is not really the next place you should be going.

 

[timkunedo]

Kind of want to try this. I've heard it's by far the easiest of the games compared to Dark Souls 1 and Demon's Souls.

 

[Orthogonal]

The sconces serve no practical purpose in-game right now, correct? Because it just occured to me what From was planning: torches required to light bonfires. I guess that's why bonfires are so common in DS2.

Must have playtested very badly for such an eleventh hour removal.

The general consensus is that it was built around the improved lighting engine, but console performance was not up to par so instead of having another Blightown situation, the lighting was scrapped but the rest of the supporting assets like sconces remained.

 

[Havel]

Kind of want to try this. I've heard it's by far the easiest of the games compared to Dark Souls 1 and Demon's Souls.

Easier is some ways, harder in others.

Though generally the harder parts are because of cheap shit which never existed in earlier games, like terrible hitboxes, input lag, tracking enemy attacks and shit animations.

 

[burgerdog]

God damn, Boris is a wizard. His new ENB allows you to turn off the ambient lighting completely. THIS is the Dark Souls 2 I wanted.

Default:

Ambient Lighting off:

Haha, man, to each their own but that's what you wanted? The ability to see nothing?

derp: phone brightness was too low. Cranked it up and that was much better.

 

[Uthred]

Yeah. It's a good idea in theory, but the implementation is iffy.

Anyways, what's a good place to stop on Int for a mage build? Are there any spells that require more than 40?

60 should do, highest spell requires 64 but you'll pick up enough simpletons spice to knock that down to 60 (or 55)

 

[Havel]

Haha, man, to each their own but that's what you wanted? The ability to see nothing?

The ability for torches to be useful like what was shown and promised in earlier builds.

Makes the game much more interesting.

Edit: Saw your edit. LOL

 

[-tetsuo-]

The ability for torches to be useful like what was shown and promised in earlier builds.

Makes the game much more interesting.

Edit: Saw your edit. LOL

Link to the enb? And more exact, the setting that turns off ambient light?

 

[Creamium]

Finished my first run of the pc version,happy with the look of my character (spoilers)

Also took this shot of what I think is the best view in the game

And another one I'm pretty happy with

I started as a cleric and tried out the mace, which turned out to be fun to use for the entire game.

 

[Necromanti]

That cyclone halberd attack shit is so fucking bullshit online. Rage inducing.

It's great if you can bait someone into doing it, though, since they'll be vulnerable right after. So I view it as a gold mine of opportunity.

 

[Gazoinks]

60 should do, highest spell requires 64 but you'll pick up enough simpletons spice to knock that down to 60 (or 55)

Think I can make that, thanks.

While I'm asking questions, WHERE CAN I GET A PYROMANCY FLAME. I've got two Great Souls and I still haven't found one. I must have missed on, right?

 

[TheSeks]

The ability for torches to be useful like what was shown and promised in earlier builds.

Makes the game much more interesting.

Edit: Saw your edit. LOL

Yeah, but that photo you're using doesn't make sense. Why would the ENTIRE area be dark like that when there's sunlight right to the right. The implementation is "neat" but not really practical.

 

[Havel]

Link to the enb? And more exact, the setting that turns off ambient light?

It's the just the general ENB which I changed 2 settings in. http://enbdev.com/download_mod_darksouls2.htm

Open enbseries.ini, go down to [ENVIRONMENT] and change
AmbientLightingIntensityDay=
AmbientLightingIntensityNight=

to 0.

You can tweak it how you like, if things are too strong.

 

[DukeBobby]

Kind of want to try this. I've heard it's by far the easiest of the games compared to Dark Souls 1 and Demon's Souls.

Yeah, it's definitely easier than Dark Souls, in my opinion. The hardest bosses in this game are all optional.

 

[Havel]

Yeah, but that photo you're using doesn't make sense. Why would the ENTIRE area be dark like that when there's sunlight right to the right. The implementation is "neat" but not really practical.

The lighting is baked in that area, sadly. If you look on the default version, everything is the same brightness, even the ceiling and the hole to outside even though they shouldn't be.

 

[Grief.exe]

Finished my first run of the pc version,happy with the look of my character (spoilers)

Also took this shot of what I think is the best view in the game

And another one I'm pretty happy with

I started as a cleric and tried out the mace, which turned out to be fun to use for the entire game.

Never use imgur for pretty shots. Compresses the shit out of your image.

 

[-tetsuo-]

It's the just the general ENB which I changed 2 settings in. http://enbdev.com/download_mod_darksouls2.htm

Open enbseries.ini, go down to [ENVIRONMENT] and change
AmbientLightingIntensityDay=
AmbientLightingIntensityNight=

to 0.

You can tweak it how you like, if things are too strong.

Hmm that section isn't in my ENB file. Can I just add it?

 

[Havel]

Hmm that section isn't in my ENB file. Can I just add it?

I just downloaded a fresh version from the website and it is there. Open enbseries.ini and it is near the bottom.

 

[DarkoMaledictus]

The atttunement stat increases cast time. Very worthwhile.

Cool didn't know that!! Thanks!

 

[Mistel]

While I'm asking questions, WHERE CAN I GET A PYROMANCY FLAME. I've got two Great Souls and I still haven't found one. I must have missed on, right?

The boat in the wharf.

 

[Gazoinks]

The boat in the wharf.

Seriously? Ha, well at least the enemies shouldn't give me trouble.

 

[Vitor711]

I feel you, that's exactly where I left off before coming I work, I aware I must have close to 100k souls when I retrieve them. It's not even that hard, I just get impatient (my last death was after clearing all the sorcs I died to the 2 knights at the end who are easy as shit lol)

I'm also STR melee only

Eh, if you waste all your stamina killing the last sorcerer, those knights will stagger the sh*t outta you.

Died twice due to that. I found that encounter cheap. Then again, if I was playing for real I would have just carried a decent bow with me everywhere like I did in DeS. Trying to keep things less cheesey though.

 

[Gvaz]

Anyone have some good Dark Souls 2 ENB settings?

 

[Levyne]

Alright, got the

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King's Ring. I remember seeing a bunch of doors but I forget where, haha. Maybe I will just look them up...

 

[DarkoMaledictus]

Easier is some ways, harder in others.

Though generally the harder parts are because of cheap shit which never existed in earlier games, like terrible hitboxes, input lag, tracking enemy attacks and shit animations.

Have to say tracking needs to be fixed. Swing a huge sword with target on and somehow manage to hit 5 feet from target. Died so many times because of this its not even funny!

 

[Havel]

Anyone have some good Dark Souls 2 ENB settings?

http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/7/

 

[DarkoMaledictus]

Are there any swords that have a constant elemental look to them? Wish some sword would have that look by default rather than just for a few min the spell or consumable lasts!

 

[MMBosstones86]

Okay so I decided to revisit

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Belfry Luna

just now and got invaded 5 consecutive times by grey spirits... They arrived 2 at a time except for the last one. Felt so good to defeat them all in one go lol

I never use Lightning Spear or other offensive Miracles in PvP unless my opponent starts using spells first. Melee fights are just more fun imo.

BellsBros 4 lyfe

 

[Creamium]

Never use imgur for pretty shots. Compresses the shit out of your image.

Is minus better? Anyway I made an album there with some of the pics of my run, see here

 

[Timu]

Is minus better?

Yes, way better, no compression.

 

[burgerdog]

The G---- What's with this giant gas spewing bug?

 

[Timu]

I killed my 1st

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Mimic

, hilariously enough in this game I actually tend to hit nearly each chest before I open them in case a

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Mimic

comes out to attack me.

 

[Gvaz]

http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/7/

Not being able to alt-tab with gedesoto means I'm not using it until that's fixed.

 

[decoyplatypus]

The G---- What's with this giant gas spewing bug?

Leave it alone.

 

[legacyzero]

The G---- What's with this giant gas spewing bug?

Harmless.

 

[Levyne]

Uh oh...

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I killed that D:

 

[Rhaknar]

I killed my 1st

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Mimic

, hilariously enough in this game I actually tend to hit nearly each chest before I open them in case a

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Mimic

comes out to attack me.

I've only seen 1 in 35+ hours

 

[Rickenslacker]

I killed my 1st

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Mimic

, hilariously enough in this game I actually tend to hit nearly each chest before I open them in case a

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Mimic

comes out to attack me.

The one time I didn't check I was killed by one. u_u

 

[burgerdog]

Leave it alone.

Harmless.

Whew. I was really tempted to smack it. Good thing I don't hit things that don't attack me.

 

[Havel]

Not being able to alt-tab with gedesoto means I'm not using it until that's fixed.

Use the ENB version.

 

[Creamium]

Yes, way better, no compression.

Reposting for new page, but I re-uploaded them in an album here

Does the quality of the screen make a difference if I use the default steam tool? Should I use fraps?

 

[Jintor]

Mimics can be steel chests too ;___;

 

[Gvaz]

Use the ENB version.

I would, but I can't download the enb settings :|

 

[Orthogonal]

Alright, got the

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King's Ring. I remember seeing a bunch of doors but I forget where, haha. Maybe I will just look them up...

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can you think of any paths you haven't traveled yet. Like maybe a forked road.

 

[Havel]

Reposting for new page, but I re-uploaded them in an album here

Does the quality of the screen make a difference if I use the default steam tool? Shoul I use fraps?

Steam compresses it, so yes Fraps would be better. Just make sure you set the screenshot function to output as PNG.

Then upload those screens directly to minus.

 

[Levyne]

Mimics can be steel chests too ;___;

Huh. Good to know.

I've been whacking them anyways, but haven't encountered any but wood,

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can you think of any paths you haven't traveled yet. Like maybe a forked road.

Hmmm....Lots of forks in this game, haha. I think I remember one in the castle and one in the forest.