My first play was in that covenant too as I was under the impression that all it did was disable summoning. When I heard it made the game harder it just made me more smug. I still think it's the best covenant for a first playthrough, leaving it might make the game feel to easy for you now.
Yeah it feels easier now. What it really did was make me more careless. While in the covenant I died from just 2 blows so I took my time in each battle and only attacked when it was the right time. Now I take more risks and I can honestly say I have died more often in this area than I did when I was in the covenant.
Am I the only one that loves The Gutter/Black Gulch? I loved Blighttown too so I guess I really like the levels where they try to dick you over as much as possible lol.
I have a simple question: is there a better weapon than the Mace you can buy in Majula at the beginning of the game if I'm a strenght character that doesn't want to use Greatswords?
Because I'm getting tired of it, I even found a sword with A scaling and it's not as strong (and has a worse moveset). What the hell, might as well reroll Dex like in DeS and DaS...
I have a simple question: is there a better weapon than the Mace you can buy in Majula at the beginning of the game if I'm a strenght character that doesn't want to use Greatswords?
Because I'm getting tired of it, I even found a sword with A scaling and it's not as strong (and has a worse moveset). What the hell, might as well reroll Dex like in DeS and DaS...
Finally got to rank 1 in the Botherhood of Blood before jumping to NG+. Surprised I was able to do it in the arena. Took way too long. Wish a loss didn't take a point away from ranking up. Some will probably never rank up the way it is now. Thought I'd have to wait till NG+ for the infinite orbs.
Did PvP in the Iron Keep earlier in the game via red soapstone and man what a mistake. Every once in a while I'd get a player hosting duels, but usually it's just gankers and spawn rushers. The dueling arenas would be perfect if you couldn't use healing items/estus.
Got to say that I'm glad I double dipped though. Can't say I'll be going back to the PS3 version anytime soon.
in pvp I decided to make a new character and try it out for myself and boy....
....WHAT THE HELL WHERE THEY THINKING???
This weapon feels like someone at FROM took the best attack moves of 4 or 5 different weapons and put them on a f'n indestructable weapon!
I was a tiny bit disappointed in DkS2 after putting so many hours into DkS1 but right now with this weapon I'm heaving just way too much fun. It may not be very strong (per hit) but the moveset is making me grin everytime! Now back to farming some more Twinklies.
isnt a boss, its a npc. Yeah I dont think im ever fighting it, I just cba killing all those damn sentinels on the way back after each death, im glad im done with this zone, I hated it
edit: on the way back to the bonfire I found a hidden path that lead to a
isnt a boss, its a npc. Yeah I dont think im ever fighting it, I just cba killing all those damn sentinels on the way back after each death, im glad im done with this zone, I hated it
edit: on the way back to the bonfire I found a hidden path that lead to a
I've poured a lot of points into STR, but I'm not really getting much in return. Is scaling really that bad? I'm thinking of respeccing and giving my character just enough strength to carry the mastodon halbert and great club one handed and just pour the remaining points into faith so I can use certain offensive spells. Or would it be a better idea to ditch those weapons and focus on faith entirely? I know you can do something with weapons to make them scale off faith or something.
Unless your weapon has S scaling, points over 30 in STR/DEX don't really matter for damage. Almost every stat has a soft cap of 20 or 30, actually. VIT is ok until 50, the other stats should only be higher for weapon/spell requirements or if you have nowhere else to put them. Most of your damage will come from upgraded equipment.
The most fun you can have in DS imo is going mainly melee with a limited number of spells as a backup. Focusing mainly on spell makes the game incredibly easy and boring.
From needs to add a better jump mechanic or remove jumping period. It's stupid how easily you die from a bad jump in this game.
Anyway did a stupid thing today. Noticed my 120k plus souls were missing and couldn't figure out why. Well when I went to switch weapons I noticed I now had 140 maces in my inventory. Guess I pressed down rather than up when I tried to buy two and didn't notice. That entire scroll bar is full of the same repeating image.
E: Well damn. Guess I might put my second run on hold. Upgrading some armor at the blacksmith and the screen artifacted like fuck, froze, and had to force restart. Time to think about a new graphics card; at least it waited til I finished the game.
Both of my weapons have A scaling off of strength. I went from 30 STR to 40, but the damage boost is fairly insignificant. Still, haven't used any spells other than healing so far, so I'm willing to experiment a bit. It's just that I'm not sure a STR/FTH hybrid would me more or less efficient than a full FTH character.
There's not much difference between a full FTH and STR/FTH character. Put as many points into FTH as you need to use spells (mainly lightning spear / great lightning spear) /equipment (Infuse your chime with lightning!) and put enough into STR so you can use the weapon you want.
I never felt like there was a need to fully min/max in DS, so just try it out and then use whatever is the most fun for you and adjust your stats accordingly. I went full FTH (used a broadsword as backup) with my second character and it made the game a cakewalk.
Where did the boss souls merchant go? He disappeared from Lost Bastille. Any recommendations on cool boss items? I got the Pursuer's Shield but it's pretty heavy.
Anyway did a stupid thing today. Noticed my 120k plus souls were missing and couldn't figure out why. Well when I went to switch weapons I noticed I now had 140 maces in my inventory. Guess I pressed down rather than up when I tried to buy two and didn't notice.
What will infusing the chime with lightning do? Increase lightning attacks. Also, you're saying I should use weapons based on str, rather than fth (if there are any)? I keep hearing people speak of infusing weapons with elements, but I don't know what to look for.
A chime normally has a modifier for dark damage (Hexes) and lightning damage (Miracles). Infusing with lightning lowers dark, but increases lightning, so it's great if you only go into FTH. There are not many weapons that natively scale off faith (Heide Sword and Heide Lance mainly, the best weapon is the Defender Greatsword but you have to defeat some very late game bosses for it), but if you infuse any weapon with lightning, the innate scaling and damage will be lowered, but it will have additional lightning damage and FTH scaling. So having base STR to meet weapon requirements and high FTH for spells still gives you additional damage with the added scaling.
so I did the one after the kings ring door (obviously), the giant boss was ridiculously easy, and the one with the dead giant near the ballistas early on in forest of giants. Are there any others, I could sware I saw some more before?
so I did the one after the kings ring door (obviously), the giant boss was ridiculously easy, and the one with the dead giant near the ballistas early on in forest of giants. Are there any others, I could sware I saw some more before?
lol Yeah it's no biggie since I already hit my level 150 cap and just piss away souls from pvp on whatever I can but I don't want to make the effort to clean my inventory of all those damn maces.
Haha, I know right? Such nonsense. To be fair, it's fairly generous once you know the route you should take and I guess it's there so you can't cheese the giants to death with ranged attacks if you're pure melee.
Which I id anyway. Did not enjoy any of those at all.
god I hate weapons that lose durability when you use the strong attack, especially now that they last fuck all anyway
I was going to upgrade this
curved dragon greatsword
because its so pretty but meh
anyway, now that I have the
Giants Kinship
, I can finish the game correct?
theres still a few things I havent done (
chariot boss, gargoyles at the belfry which I cant find, the old king you need giant souls to weaken, the memory after the pursuer which I also cant find, ancient dragon and whatever else is left that I dont know about
) but Im pretty much ready to be done with the game for now. Dont get me wrong, I loved it, but...I dunno, it was exausting, in a way that DS1 wasnt. But even that one I didnt do NG+, but I did start over with another character and finish it again. This one I just dont have the will for it, at least at the moment. DS1 was special since it was the first souls game for me, this was very good, but...you know... you never forget your first time
still better than Demons Souls tho (come at me playstation bros!)
I got a message on the screen today that said "SUMMONED BY A GREY SPIRIT".. I forgot to disconnect today (usually play offline) but thought that since I was hollow it didn't matter (except moronic messages on the ground..). I couldn't believe my eyes, got confused, so I just stood there like a fool, with half health and some pyro gloves that I had on for the first time, until I got a sword into the back of my head..
I quickly changed weapons and killed the guy within a few seconds (because you know; I got pro skills and all..) and got a lock stone.
Didn't think I could be pestered by online stuff when I'm hollow? I suppose this is another change from DS1 that I just didn't know about. But is it just some areas or does it happen throughout the game?
beat! Not a big fan of that last battle tbh, how do people feel about
her
?
Also, the plot is even more vague than Dark Souls', at least in that game you had Frampt that sort of gave you some insight on the situation, while here I have no idea what just happened in that final cutscene. I guess I'll go read the lore thread.
I got a message on the screen today that said "SUMMONED BY A GREY SPIRIT".. I forgot to disconnect today (usually play offline) but thought that since I was hollow it didn't matter (except moronic messages on the ground..). I couldn't believe my eyes, got confused, so I just stood there like a fool until I got a sword into the back of my head..
I quickly changed weapons and killed the guy within a few seconds (because you know; I got pro skills and all..) and got a lock stone.
Didn't think I could be pestered by online stuff when I'm hollow? I suppose this is another change from DS1 that I just didn't know about. But is it just some areas or does it happen throughout the game?
Never played a Souls game, but decided to give this a go and have my ass kicked after watching several 'let's plays' on YouTube.
Is the 25% discount code GMG currently the best offer? I'm in Europe.
Never played a Souls game, but decided to give this a go and have my ass kicked after watching several 'let's plays' on YouTube.
Is the 25% discount code GMG currently the best offer? I'm in Europe.
The geometry of some of these things is totally bizarre. I don't know if it's just faulty memory but the amount of physical blocking lines that extend beyond the visual perameters is irritatingly large, especially if you're trying to snipe.
Anybody know if the trick to check your total deaths works for PC? I read that on consoles you could unplug internet and then check the statue for the worldwide deaths and it would only display your own.
What's the best item for casting miracles? I was thinking about using the Witchtree Bellvine +10 with possibly a lightning infusion (does that effect the miracles cast?)
