StarCreator
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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Yeah, all 4 Great Souls down! I actually really liked
Wish it was longer! Loved the atmosphere, how you had to use your torch and everything.
sucked, but it's super short so it doesn't really count.
is suitably majestic. Of course I died before finding the bonfire. ;_;
The Gutter.
Black Gulch
Drangleic Castle
oh theres another Belfry? I havent found it
Oh man, the giants in one of the memories are kind of ruthless considering the time limit. Ending up just running past them all to get the item at the end, killing the lone one there. I'm sure I could clear the area with more time but I'm too cautious to defeat them quickly, haha.
Orthogonal
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I did my run through the Black Gulch today and took someone's advice on Emit Force for knocking down the poison spitting statues. Made the area a lot more fun. Sitting back and sniping them with binoculars was a blast. Did a few runs as a shade and I think all the melee folks appreciated it.
Oh, that's a good idea. I don't think I ever got the binocs. I just ran at them from the side and gave them a whack with my big sword.
CountAntonius
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I dunno out of hundreds of duels so far I have probably had terrible lag under ten times. I live in California and have cross region play off so that may be why I tend to get better connections.
Pretty much the same here. It has been pretty good 98% of the time.
InternHertz
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Finally, I saw Amazon shipped a Collector's Edition my way today, I should get it by Saturday if everything goes well.
Hoping the statue will be pretty and well painted \o/
Hoping the statue will be pretty and well painted \o/
Keep in mind the boss gets stronger every phantom you bring.
Orthogonal
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Better to solo, folks will just die and leave you with a boss that has higher health/defense.
it's pretty big too
John Rabbit
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jolly desperation!
HungOverOnATues
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I've just been filling them with poison arrows and then moving on. A lot less risky than getting up in their face and still relatively quick.
cm osi
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it's even better when you pvp a sorcerer
"lmao dude, where are you aiming?"
*oneshotted*
phantomspiker
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The Gutter
Shaded Woods
I take it you mean Amazon UK? If so, could you let me know what your Collector's Edition contains(when you get it)? I got mine from Shopto today and it seems to be missing the soundtrack and dlc.
That's a pretty extreme example. Sure I run into lag like that occasionally but not that often. I've had a lot of amazing fights on pvp on this game. Having said that somethings like trusting attacks are consistently annoying in terms of lag but it's not too bad once you learn to account for it.
InternHertz
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Spent a couple of hours going through D. Shrine in the hope of getting the Greatshield of Glory from one of the giants. Sure enough I've gone and cleared out the zone with nothing to show for my efforts but a bunch of armour sets I don't want.
Question is, do I need to deal with a certain dragon in order to use a bonfire ascetic in this zone?
Question is, do I need to deal with a certain dragon in order to use a bonfire ascetic in this zone?
He's not flagged as a boss currently if that makes a difference.
Admiral Woofington
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Yeah my biggest stress from PvP encounters is if there's horrible lag where the guy will be away and I'll dodge his weapon/spell but I still get hurt because of lag. Fuck that. It doesn't happen too much but seriously, it shouldn't be this hard for servers where two people are online to work. Maybe I'm just used to consoles where this isn't as common as it is here. It hasn't occurred so much that I want to turn off cross-region play, but if there's one really bad instance I'll turn off cross region.
So who said that this game doesn't have a week last half? Because I just started doing
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I must be on the home stretch now, right? 33 hours in and about ready for the game to wrap up to be honest. Will probably dabble a tiny bit in NG+ but I'm not one to devote that much time to any one game outside of DOTA.
the black and white memory bits and fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that. Because we all know what DkS needed - timed missions. Pfsh.
I must be on the home stretch now, right? 33 hours in and about ready for the game to wrap up to be honest. Will probably dabble a tiny bit in NG+ but I'm not one to devote that much time to any one game outside of DOTA.
sotodefonk
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do you need to do something to get summoned for some covenants?
ive join the bell keepers/ blue sentinel and way of blue covenants and all three gave me a ring, but i equip it and nothing happens, i never get summoned.
Obviously not using the rings while im in another covenant.
ive join the bell keepers/ blue sentinel and way of blue covenants and all three gave me a ring, but i equip it and nothing happens, i never get summoned.
Obviously not using the rings while im in another covenant.
Out of memory range then.
Sir Garbageman
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Any tips for dealing with the magic users and priest dudes in front of the Shrine of Amana fog door? First part of the game that has gotten legitimately raging. Melee build with pyromancy as my go to ranged option.
Ya that part and the next area are really tough for melee. Try using a bow.
holy shit
HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS
was this in Demons and Dark Souls 1? I swear I've never noticed
toddhunter
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In the last building there is a summon sign for a NPC. She does a good job of keeping everything busy while you pick them off.
But personally I just used a bow.
It annoys me that the textures and shaders on the armor and shield don't match at all.
niiiice, if I can maintain my framerate in a 1440p fullscreen window, daaaang
Ha, that was me yesterday. You can pick off the two front spellcasters before engaging the knights.
You have to kill the one on the left first though otherwise you aggro the knights. Also, I hope you can kill the spellcasters in two hits because that's all the time you have to attack before the knights will be all up in your face.
Then it's just a case of back peddling and stamina management. It's tough and the homing missiles feel cheap but it's doable. Took me like 6 times though.
Admiral Woofington
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So after reading some more on the subject, it doesn't seem like there's a better option between lightning+10 claymore and a lightning Defender Greatsword +5. I think it all comes down to your preference, how high your faith is and whether you're willing to use sunlight blade. So once I reach new game plus I'll probably scale accordingly to use the most versatile armor and ring combo and keep my weight percentage under 70. Then go absolute apeshit with faith points. Current goal is to get Faith to at least 65.
You know what this game needs? A dummy in Majula that you can attack to test out your weapon's damage.
You know what this game needs? A dummy in Majula that you can attack to test out your weapon's damage.
It was you probably never noticed as well there's more that one person so that makes it theoretically easier.
spindoctor
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I just beat the (boss name)
which puts me at about half way through the game I guess. The last few bosses have been... unimaginative, to say the least.
Is there any way to check how many times you've died?
Old Iron King
Is there any way to check how many times you've died?
I've been using it and really like it. I infused mine with Fire and have it upgraded to +7 and it does 604 damage with a Strength of 42. Only downsides are that it is really heavy and sincr the blade hits the ground on every attack, it's durability isn't that great
sotodefonk
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i just finished iron keep, but i dont know where to go, i though maybe was the pit in majula using a ladder, but the door is closed and cant go anywhere...
where do i need to go?
where do i need to go?
decoyplatypus
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Yes, you're on the home stretch. Those parts you mention are pretty dull. There are some great sequences in the back half of the game (
Shrine of Amana, Undead Crypt, Dragon Aerie
Find or forge a magic-resistant shield. It will make your life much easier.
You open that door by going deeper into the pit to the gutter and black gulch.
Admiral Woofington
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I think I'm a bit overpowered at this point in the game against bosses. Maybe I put too many points into faith I don't know. I don't think bosses should be this easy. The last boss I had issues with was the
but that's mostly cause I kept getting poisoned and there were way too many. Hopefully shaded woods has tougher boss fights.
vanguard
MMBosstones86
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The one bad part about being a BellBro is running to the covenant lead only to get dual invaded and murdered. Was in there literally 2 seconds.
I got invaded by Rocky Balboa.
Just found the Sun covenant. BellBro or SunBro....?
"Bow" Gesture
Blue Sentinel is lame in NG it seems. If you are a BellBro : Put on Ring > Travel to Lost Bastille bonfire (i do mcduffs or towers apart) > Profit. Literally so many summons.
I got invaded by Rocky Balboa.
Just found the Sun covenant. BellBro or SunBro....?
"Bow" Gesture
Blue Sentinel is lame in NG it seems. If you are a BellBro : Put on Ring > Travel to Lost Bastille bonfire (i do mcduffs or towers apart) > Profit. Literally so many summons.
eot
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I'm disappointed with the lack of differentiation between certain weapons, it feels like a regression. The Zwei has, as far as I could tell, the exact same moveset as the BK Greatsword, which had a very unique moveset in the first game.
Brightstone
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When I couldn't damage the boss and saw that it had "Duke's" in the name I figured this was a throwback to Seath and spent ages trying to attack that string of spiderweb hanging from the dragon statue(?) in the back of the room. Just have to hit the head apparently, and if you run around in circles the adds seem to get confused, I barely had to kill any of them. It's a bit lame though that it has this beam attack and the best way to deal with it is attacking the other head instead of doing a nice dodge through it.
He's not even the easiest boss in the game.
bobawesome
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Well, there's really only one giant memory that's mandatory and even then I think you'll have plenty of time for it. There was one memory where I did feel pressed for time though so I know where you're coming from. And yes, you're very close to the end.
Yeah. That boss was the reason I stop playing my sorc for awhile and started a melee. I solo him with the melee easily. I just recently went back to my sorc and respec. You need to get endurance, got mine to 20, so you can block the skellies hits and summon a melee. I was finally able to pass him on my sorc.
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