GazzaScotland
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Wrapped this up earlier, got a couple of optional bosses I might give a go. Then some item hunting before NG+ next week.
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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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mentallyinept
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A memory leak is a bug in a program in which the memory is consumed and not properly released, possibly causing an ever increasing amount of memory to be taken by the program, thereby slowing down or crashing the OS due to memory starvation.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
:lol Has this become a running joke now?
Thanks for answering! How can I detect if my game is having this kind of problem ? Its performing badly for no reason after nearly 10 hours of gameplay.
YianGaruga
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I'm very happy with my waifu
Saints Hood, Lion Mage Robe, Lion Mage Cuffs, Desert Sorceress Skirt
Dragon1893
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Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Had stuff even worse than that.
Anyway, currently in the area that was in the beta, it's actually nice to step into familiar territory for once.
John Caboose
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A sincere fuck you to all the Belltower covenant invaders. May you burn in gamer-hell forever once your respawns run out.
CountAntonius
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That place is a dirty dirty place.
Again, burn an ascetic at the bonfire folks. Read your item descriptions, they are helpful.
mentallyinept
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Task Manager should give you a good idea of the memory usage.
Ctrl+Shift+Esc brings it up in Windows.
Look for a process named darksouls in the list and take note of the memory usage when you start and finish. If it increases dramatically, a memory leak may be present.
Open up the Task Manager (ctrl+shift+esc or right-click on the taskbar) and check how much memory is used at startup vs. 10 hours later.
Sanctuary
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The difference between a brand new character, and one with 100 - 110 agility is staggering. I mostly wrote off agility too for various reasons, but at the same time I was getting it without chasing it through ATT.
Once you play around with a character with higher agility compared to one at base, it's quite obvious how much of a difference it makes. Yes, you can simply "time" your rolls, but some enemies have very awkward hitboxes that are extremely unforgiving (to the point in which it's more "cheap" than "hard but fair"). It's definitely not a stat I would go after early unless I was playing a dual-wielder, but it is one that I'd get before having more than 15 - 20 VIG.
If you're abusing the backstep+parry glitch, you get even more out of agility.
It's only because you have to die...
decoyplatypus
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Three options:
(1) Burn an effigy to limit invasions.
(2) Mad dash for the bell. In Luna, you can usually make it to the bell before being invaded. If you die on your way back down, no problem. The bell stays rung, and you can race to the fog on your next trip.
(3) Git gud.
CountAntonius
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That covenant definitely brings out the worse in me. Anything goes.
Lol, never thought about doing that. Did Luna last night and killed two invaders. Was screaming is that all you got? My wife was like, I hate this game.
Even got the BKH crit backstab on one, lifted up and slammed down. So good. .gif
Going back with Bonfire Ascetic tonight, but since I'm coming in the backdoor will there still be invaders? I needs that NG+ ring.
VisceralBowl
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I am unable to connect to the servers. What gives?
decoyplatypus
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The holes in the floorboards are too great a temptation for sneak attacks. I felt guilty every time I sniped a host, but I kept doing it anyway.
It's pure evil. I want a set of thorns to wear it would be perfect for a bit of sadistic fun. I'm just using dual bleed infused flamberges when I'm summoned.
Admiral Woofington
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I used to be in this mindset, trust me I cursed them and told them to go fuck themselves but:
1. There's no easier way to get titanite chunks. And with 10 successful invasions you get 1 titanite slab.
2. They're a necessary evil since PvP almost never occurs anywhere else.
3. Git gud
Jathaine
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Snapshot King
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That's weird. Are the servers down for anybody else? Steam was being weird for a bit but now DS2 can't connect even though steam is fine.
EDIT: Of course as soon as I wrote that, it came back. Nvm!
EDIT: Of course as soon as I wrote that, it came back. Nvm!
Even the Large/Great Clubs? Those go through durability quite quickly.
so in case there is, how can I can I fix it ?
I really appreciate the help guys.This is actually my first game on PC.So I really don't know much at all.
What's your primary?
Well, as it's a case of poor programming it's really on the developers to fix. But you can simply close the program and restart it every few hours or when you feel it getting sluggish.
what on earth am I looking at here.
CountAntonius
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I need to kill the grave warden before NG+ to get a second Darkdrift because it breaks so damn fast in PVE.
AHA-Lambda
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woot, 2 primal bonfires down, 2 to go 
Bonfire Ascetic doesn't work for Belfry Luna at least. I tried it earlier, as soon as you enter the Belfry Luna 'zone', the ascetic buff vanishes.
I got through with a couple of deaths and managed to kill a couple of invaders so it wasn't so bad, albeit the time where I was stood at the top of the ladder with 2 invaders waiting for me at the bottom was 'fun'.
I got through with a couple of deaths and managed to kill a couple of invaders so it wasn't so bad, albeit the time where I was stood at the top of the ladder with 2 invaders waiting for me at the bottom was 'fun'.
CountAntonius
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AlphaProspector
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Can'tstoptherock.mp4
Anyway, I just cleared the Executioner's Chariot. Not wanting to venture in to Harvest Valley. Fuck poison. Fuck curses and petrify now that we are at it too.
sotodefonk
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im having a hard time with the smelter demon, my weapon doesn't do a lot of damage... any tips? what weapon does more damage to it?
Admiral Woofington
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Belfrys work in this way: you enter, you get invaded by 1 or 2 guys depending how long it takes you to get through the area and reach the end.
Belfry Luna had the boss fight, Belfry Sol doesn't.
There are two things I've noticed with the Belfrys though. If you go in get invaded and get killed, if you come back and attempt it again right afterwards you won't get invaded immediately if at all. So for those who are solo'ing this is great as you can run to the other end. If you're human and summon that increases chances. If you're summoned and return to your world, you'll get invaded immediately. I have no proof for this besides what I've personally experienced though, but it has been a pattern for now
It's an exploitation of a glitch. If you backstep and parry at the same time with a small weapon on both hands, you can parry an attack. It's like parrying only you have the added 'bonus' of backstepping to avoid damage, and the parrying window stays the same so if you did it right the person will just fall down on his own like if you were there. It's complete bullshit and people abusing it are assholes but eh, that's Souls.
Sanctuary
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Hit backtep + parry at the same time. You get the i-frames of the backstep, while also fishing for a parry. Seems a lot harder to test out against most random in game enemies though.
you mean smelter demon? buff your weapon with ooze or any other resin. he's weak to magic
Admiral Woofington
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You can buff your weapon with some magical/elemental damage besides fire. Also you can summon help worst comes to worst. People who post their signs outside tend to know what they are doing and probably have spells to help out.
Thanks. I hope it fixes itself because my playthrough has been amazing till today.
Garcia
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LOL. Again, how could anyone enjoy that escapes my mind.
Burn the ascetic at the Upper Ramparts bonfire. I did it in my PS3 playthrough (and will probably do it again on PC) to get the
Covetous Gold Serpent Ring +2 from the Gargs
I don't think the puny bonus is worth the hobo look. Especially compared to something like clear bluestone ring +2. The whole set gives like 20% bonus and the ring gives 55% (according to wiki).
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