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[jns]

I was in a boss fight with 2 bros, both dropped, I died, got steam message lol.

 

[LiK]

Fair enough, but I guess my question is can I get all the achievements with my melee character through respeccing, or do I have to roll a magic build and start over to have a hope to get them all.

You don't need to respec just to get all achievements. Whatever build works.

 

[Meia]

Steam just go down?

And it's back.

 

[Grief.exe]

I was in a boss fight with 2 bros, both dropped, I died, got steam message lol.

lol

Case in point from one page back.

 

[neoism]

Steam just go down?

-___- dammn you steam... summoning makes this game a cake walk lol first time ever in my souls gaming life I killed two boss in human form without dieing.. you still die alot but this game is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better and easier than DS1...

also damn I wish you could use ENB with sweetfx...

 

[Jito]

Hot damn I'm sexy!

 

[bob_arctor]

It seems like you have to be at a medium/long range to do that, much more common when done in co-op as there will invariably be someone standing back firing spells.

Ah that makes sense then, I was up close and personal on her.

 

[chaobreaker]

When found blighttown 2.0. I was terrified the whole time

But now I found blightblighttown 3.0 Ultimate and I'm shitting my pants in fear.

 

[Booshka]

Are there any good swords with very low dex requirements? I'm mostly using clubs but I want some variety.

Broadword only needs 6 Dex, it's short, but fast and pretty strong.

 

[Vitor711]

speaking of that mask, is there a reason why stuff like that is always so imbalanced in the souls games?

like i guess there's some lore tied to it that some items need to be markedly stronger than others but it feels really weird, like i don't have much of a choice.

That's the Souls games for you - imbalanced early gear lasting you the whole game. I find that it's worse now than before but other people feel otherwise.

And yeah, I have no reason to switch to a different helm other than for aesthetic concerns.

I used the Stamina mask in DS1 for so long once I got it. Definite deja-vu here (they even look kinda similar).

 

[jns]

And it's back.

Praise the sun?

 

[killertofu]

Are we supposed to infuse weapons after +9?

 

[SeventhSon]

Are we supposed to infuse weapons after +9?

You can infuse a weapon at any time. Upgrades and infusing an element are wholly separate now.

 

[toastyToast]

So I hit another NPC.

I don't wanna know how much I have to pay

 

[Yoshichan]

Anyone know what happened to astroturfing on GAF? Hardcore Demon's Souls (and slightly less hardcore Dark Souls)-player. Just vanished, never to be seen in any of the DkS2 threads?

.

 

[Banzai]

Woah, I only just found out you can two-hand a shield (or rather the weapon in the left hand). Was that always possible in the Souls games?

 

[Jackben]

Are we supposed to infuse weapons after +9?

You can infuse at any time now.

 

[crap monkey]

I used a Bastard Sword for most of my playthrough. Even towards the end of the game, it got the job done.

I'm still using my Bastard Sword+10 well into NG+, fwiw.

I beat the game with a plain old Bastard +10. It never felt weak.

I got it to +9 and used it until I found the

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Mastodon Greatsword

in the

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dragleic ruin sentinel death room extravaganza.

No infusions needed, at least for me.

Bastard Sword is great but personally I dropped it as soon as I found a Mastodon Greatsword (it's dropped by the spiders in

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Brightstone Cove

, and I think you can find one in a chest later on as well). The moveset is the same as the BS, but it has higher base damage and A str scaling when it's fully upgraded. It's also much heavier though, so you'd definitely need to put some points into vitality and use the Royal Soldier Ring (which I had been until I found the Second Dragon Ring).

Yeah I think I'll stick with my BS until I find that

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Mastodon Greatsword

and I'll just keep it at +9.

RE: Equip Load - Have you got the Royal Soldier Ring?

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It's behind a hidden destructible wall in Wharf and there's a +1 in Drangleic Castle once you kill all the mass sentinels in the room

. Increase your equip load by 10%/15% respectively. Definitely helps. The

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mask of the lost sinner

also gives you an extra +2 to equip load and has really good stats.

I do have that ring, but I admittedly don't have a lot of points in VIT (literally all it is is equip load) but I'll focus on it at some point soon.

 

[Hawkian]

Woah, I only just found out you can two-hand a shield (or rather the weapon in the left hand). Was that always possible in the Souls games?

No. This function and power stance when dual-wielding are totally new.

Is

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Dragonrider

supposed to be the second boss, "in order"?

 

[Rich!]

uh

infusing weapons, does that require the second blacksmith you meet? the one in the lost bastille?

because I killed him

 

[Garcia]

Woah, I only just found out you can two-hand a shield (or rather the weapon in the left hand). Was that always possible in the Souls games?

Yep, and if you buff up the right shield, you can land as much damage as a fully upgraded weapon. I literally killed 5

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Flexile Sentries

with my shield alone last night when I went full sunbro for roughly an hour.

 

[zkylon]

That's the Souls games for you - imbalanced early gear lasting you the whole game. I find that it's worse now than before but other people feel otherwise.

And yeah, I have no reason to switch to a different helm other than for aesthetic concerns.

I used the Stamina mask in DS1 for so long once I got it. Definite deja-vu here (they even look kinda similar).

i find it weird because it doesn't feel like an oversight imbalance, that mask is just overpowered in every way. so is the drangleic armor stuff.

and early on or not, it's really strange they would flat out make items like those. like no tradeoffs, no comparable items, just better at everything.

can't say for sure if it's worse than dks1, but i kinda get that impression too.

i really don't get why they do this

 

[Jackben]

uh

infusing weapons, does that require the second blacksmith you meet? the one in the lost bastille?

because I killed him

Beware of wretch.

 

[Orthogonal]

uh

infusing weapons, does that require the second blacksmith you meet? the one in the lost bastille?

because I killed him

Better luck next time.

 

[Booshka]

.

No idea, check the Console DkS2 thread in Community.

 

[Rich!]

Better luck next time.

lol

NG+ soon anyway

 

[LiK]

uh

infusing weapons, does that require the second blacksmith you meet? the one in the lost bastille?

because I killed him

You're screwed

 

[Yoshichan]

No idea, check the Console DkS2 thread in Community.

Zero posts

 

[Vitor711]

i find it weird because it doesn't feel like an oversight imbalance, that mask is just overpowered in every way. so is the drangleic armor stuff.

and early on or not, it's really strange they would flat out make items like those. like no tradeoffs, no comparable items, just better at everything.

can't say for sure if it's worse than dks1, but i kinda get that impression too.

i really don't get why they do this

Some people claim it's so you focus on getting better and not just getting better gear. I think that's silly.

The drangleic armour is so OP. As is the starting mace/fire broadsword you can find. 20-25 hours of my game used those. It was kind of dull.

There is better stuff (apart from the mask, no reason to switch that out) but it comes late and it's only better once upgraded A LOT. As such, it's not always obvious that you found a superior item as the starting stats aren't always great (even for boss gear). However, a lot of items scale crazy high with each upgrade so it can be deceptive.

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If you're going for Str and are willing to put some points in Vit, go for the Alonne Captain armour and upgrade that to +10. It's insane. As for weapons, the Black Knight Halberd is also great upgraded as is the Large Club. Better than the Great Club in my opinion. That's got S scaling for Str. and does nearly 400 base damage at level 10

 

[Grief.exe]

Anyone know what happened to astroturfing on GAF? Hardcore Demon's Souls (and slightly less hardcore Dark Souls)-player. Just vanished, never to be seen in any of the DkS2 threads?

Unless he comes onto the PC side, it's less likely that people will know him in this thread.

I find that GAF is more of a console-focused forum with the PC side being more of a niche community.

 

[phantomspiker]

Whoever designed

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The Gutter

is a real dick.

 

[Arelaz]

Whoever designed

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The Gutter

is a real dick.

Using the torch there was a real help.

 

[LiK]

Whoever designed

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The Gutter

is a real dick.

The area after that is worse.

 

[Booshka]

Zero posts

My heart's breaking...

 

[akaoni]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5mZM4eBmM0

ADP (Agility) comparison video.

 

[Orthogonal]

Whoever designed

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The Gutter

is a real dick.

I thought it was a pleasant stroll. To each their own. Black Gulch on the other hand... sheesh.

 

[Yoshichan]

My heart's breaking...

PM'd him. Maybe he'll respond!

 

[UrbanRats]

Anyone know what happened to astroturfing on GAF? Hardcore Demon's Souls (and slightly less hardcore Dark Souls)-player. Just vanished, never to be seen in any of the DkS2 threads?

I know him from the GTA threads, so i don't know, we'll have to wait for GTA VI or RDR2, maybe.

 

[eot]

Some people claim it's so you focus on getting better and not just getting better gear. I think that's silly.

The drangleic armour is so OP. As is the starting mace/fire broadsword you can find. 20-25 hours of my game used those. It was kind of dull.

There is better stuff (apart from the mask, no reason to switch that out) but it comes late and it's only better once upgraded A LOT. As such, it's not always obvious that you found a superior item as the starting stats aren't always great (even for boss gear). However, a lot of items scale crazy high with each upgrade so it can be deceptive.

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If you're going for Str and are willing to put some points in Vit, go for the Alonne Captain armour and upgrade that to +10. It's insane. As for weapons, the Black Knight Halberd is also great upgraded as is the Large Club. Better than the Great Club in my opinion. That's got S scaling for Str. and does nearly 400 base damage at level 10

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I looked at that armor when I got it but it seemed worse than the Drangleic which I'm still using (and haven't upgraded because twinkling). I'll give it another look though. Maybe it was the regular one and not Captain's. As for the clubs, I've tried both and the Great one seems better to me. In Dark Souls the Large had a better moveset IMO, but in DkS2 they're the same (and worse than DkS). I only have my club at +8 at it feels OP enough as it is and that's while being in the CoC. The BK Halberd needs too much Dex for my current build.

 

[cm osi]

The area after that is worse.

nah, you can skip a good part of it with the shortcut and then run directly to the second bonfire. you can do it in 2 minutes

 

[UrbanRats]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5mZM4eBmM0

ADP (Agility) comparison video.

Not sure i understand the video, but 5 extra iframes seem like a lot, i'll dump my points in ADP then.

 

[phantomspiker]

I thought it was a pleasant stroll. To each their own. Black Gulch on the other hand... sheesh.

I keep falling through shit. Now I'm even more worried about the next area though...*sigh*.

 

[Nibel]

Killed the

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huge spider and not sure where to now

 

[Orthogonal]

Killed the

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huge spider and not sure where to now

How many Lord souls do you have?

 

[Zomba13]

STILL waiting on my physical CE. Amazon says release date is tomorrow but it's not been dispatched yet.

 

[Nibel]

How many Lord souls do you have?

If you mean the ones that are shaped like flames - just one

 

[Yoshichan]

Wait, "more than 100 AGL"? Can you level a stat more than 100?

 

[fierrotlepou]

Ugh, fucking Undead Crypt.

 

[Booshka]

95 AGL is a good place to stop if you don't want to spend too many points, although 100 AGL is quite nice as well. Anything more than that is unnecessary.

109 Agility allows you to more easily play Backstep Souls though.

 

[impact]

95 AGL is a good place to stop if you don't want to spend too many points, although 100 AGL is quite nice as well. Anything more than that is unnecessary.

No way. I'd say 20VGR is fine and anything more than that is unnecessary.

109 Agility allows you to more easily play Backstep Souls though.

lol this game has so much dumb shit