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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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the one i saw wasn't a she. at least in the queelag sense :I
a message said that i needed a ring so i figured i'd find like a ring that doesn't make me fall on quicksand or something like in 4 kings or something
didn't know there were gonna be two scorpions
uhhh
Oh man, I had to take on a certain boss in a cheap way in NG+ 
Looking glass knight. I could take on the Human players, but doing that I would always lose Berhart, who I need to keep alive. Yeah yeah, I could just get his wins elsewhere, but I don't really want to use a bonfire thing.
he's a lot easier with the NPC-enemy summons :V
he's a lot easier with the NPC-enemy summons :V
Garcia
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It's not just towards the end, though. There's a lingering scent throughout the game reminding you that something went really wrong during development.
Yeah you definitely need to start using the bow to snipe the casters. I don't know how else you can do it.
Oh, totally lost 50k souls in the Undead Crypt.
Explain yourself, please.
Have people speculated if the new linear layout is to stop people from getting certain weapons early on? (like the Scythe in the Catacombs etc.).
I'd love to do a
build for pve, but it's an end-game weap, so no dice. Half the fun of DS1 for me was trying new builds with gear you could get relatively early one. Pisser.
I'd love to do a
Blue Flame
That fight is an appetizer for the next area. A warm up if you will.
That was one of the best parts of Dark Souls. Manipulating the game and creating a cool build around a rare weapon.
I don't get the point of gating such content as if the player knows where it is and has the skill to acquire it, then it doesn't really matter anyway.
Haha, yeah,
I've already encountered three more. Only died when I made the incredibly stupid decision to do a plunging attack from a height that would kill me.
Haha, yeah,I've already encountered three more. Only died when I made the incredibly stupid decision to do a plunging attack from a height that would kill me.
I died there too! Target him first before jumping off.
This is pretty much why and how I played DS for 2 years straight. Velka's build, Bonewheel build, etc. I guess NG+ is my only option now
I agree, they made it way too fun and addictive. Damn you, From!
I suppose it depends on what you mean by "towards the end" but while it sped up a little I thought the pacing was generally decent, certainly in comparison to its pre-decessors. The boss fights throughout were fairly easy (especially triple teaming them via co-op) so I also didnt notice much of a difference there.
A lot of the design, including stuff like gating weapons, soul memory, etc. could be argued to be there in order to push people towards NG/NG+/etc. If you want to try out a cool build around a rare weapon the game seems to be pushing you to do that in NG (especially as you get up to three respecs per normal run through). Similarly Soul Memory arguably means that theres no way/point to stopping at an arbitrary SL, you might as well keep on pushing through PvE and similarly levelled PvP opponents will congregate (how it works in practice is a different thing). If you take into account the
coffin
He is in PVP covenant which instead of invading other players, pulls other players into his world. This covenant also makes these areas mobs his allies in killing you. (there are two areas that this covenant uses)
It just occurred to me that the way you could do a "Soul Greatsword build" and not having it be mind-numbingly boring is to have a Blue Flame build and only attune Soul Greatsword as a replacement strong attack. Obviously not the best build, but could be neat for a themed "magic swordsman" thing.
killertofu
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Pvp is so fun holy shit
Orthogonal
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Could be fun to try out. Where does the blue flame drop again?
I'm mostly bothered by how little lore is given at later levels. And that last boss, they couldn't have made the journey there any less linear @_@
From the
ghost mage guys in the Undead Crypt. They spawn infinitely till you destroy their tomb, so they're super easy to farm. Ended up getting two myself, among other stuff.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Ugh!!! Just wasted 40 min attacking a wall trying to break thee Santier s spear, only to do something stupid and die and now I'm back up to 500.
Is there no better way?
Is there no better way?
Cannon Goose
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Just landed my first parry in PVP :O Against Santier's Spear, too! I have never felt so good about a game in my life.
I have 6 or 7 lol. There is a spot where you drop down into a massive spawn point, I would kill them multiple times before venturing out and destroying their tomb.
You should just carry one in each weapon slot, each with a different infusion.
The Blood and Dragon covenants are terrific. It's enjoyable being a part of those covenants and playing against those players. Iron Keep PvP is awesome as a result.
The Bell and especially Rat covenants, I could do without. I'll admit to taking part of the Bell covenant for a time to get some titanite chunks, but in general I don't think it makes things more enjoyable. The Rat covenant is just blegh.
DarkoMaledictus
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Don't know i'm 50 hours in and the last time I had this much fun was the last souls game. Nothing even touches this series right now!
Can't wait to see what From can pull off when they are fully dedicated to current-gen development.
Dark Souls III day one on PC, launching with the console version.
I really dislike it because there's common lag for me (only in this game) and I end up getting back stabbed when I'm 5 feet away from a character. That or they play "catch up" on my screen and back stab me at mach 5 haha.
Unless there's a separate PvP area and you're not just talking about invasions!
Orthogonal
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We don't have hard numbers, but I think PC has sold well beyond expectations and I would not be surprised if it was the number 1 platform. The farfire stats seem to indicate it is clobbering the console versions. DS3 will have sky high expectations with last Gen put of the mix.
I hope you're right and they keep running two different series. There's no way I'm going to pay a yearly fee for PS+ or XBL. ;s
I have 1.6million Soul Memory and I can't seem to get myself summoned anywhere. Trying to farm up those Sunlight Medals. I'm near the end of NG, but I've gone back and tried various places. Any suggestions on where to plop my summon sign? Seems like it's harder to find a good spot since we can't rely on Soul Level anymore.
finalflame
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Towards the end of NG I always put mine
in the Throne of Want, right at the beginning of the long walkway. At worst, I got a summon every 5-6 mins, sometimes way faster.
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
You and me both! Seems they can't do no wrong! Touching wood they keep it up!!!
Crimsonclaw111
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I want to join other PVP covenants but I'm already rank 2 in the Bells. I just want to grind to 3 and then join the blood covenant again.
How does that work, anyway? Do I use the Red Soapstone, Cracked Red Eyes, or either to get kills?
How does that work, anyway? Do I use the Red Soapstone, Cracked Red Eyes, or either to get kills?
VisceralBowl
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Going to the castle now. Any tips / suggestions for my stats?
EDIT: Also what Boss souls can I consume with relative safety? The ones that aren't important.
EDIT: Also what Boss souls can I consume with relative safety? The ones that aren't important.
Another one is
The Rotten
Crimsonclaw111
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Going to the castle now. Any tips / suggestions for my stats?
ADP never goes to waste.
I wanted to do that ever since I saw an early preview with the spell in it, but don't you only get one copy of Soul Greatsword per playthrough?
Not as fun when you get in the 5+ SM bracket. I had to just keep leveling past 150 because soul level means nothing in online anymore and I was gimp against the SL200s
Soul memory makes the online in this game awful, along with the bad hitboxes and getting hit by air.
Going to the castle now. Any tips / suggestions for my stats?
your build is a mess. I recommend a respec with some focus.
That's what ascetics are for!
VisceralBowl
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But on what?
Garcia
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Don't get me wrong, I'm having an incredible time but the world just doesn't come together in the same way it did in Dark Souls. There are a lot of unpolished locations that proved to be very distracting the first time I played the game when it got released on the PS3.
This is my 3rd. playthrough so I'm pretty used to go through the ugliest places of DS2 without cringing as I did when everything was fresh new. Texture repetition in some places that reeks of a rushed schedule, too many bonfires kill any sense of threat and danger (which also speaks of a lack of vision), rehashed locations that don't get even close to capturing the escence of the original (
The Gutter
The game ate their asses during development. The lack of polish in many areas speaks loads about it.
Fortunately, the most important part of the game remains solid enough to guarantee a truly gratifying journey. My complaints have more to do with the lack of cohesion of DS2's world, the art direction being too disjointed and the overall schizophrenic feel of the game.
I think it's fair to call the game a big success (regardless of its many shortcomings) because, despite the heavy criticism, it stands as a very entertaining product.
Particularly not trying to level up STR/DEX/INT/FTH
Skills like VGR/VIT/END/ADP everyone needs some but you've got a bunch of wasted points into your magic. Focus on one kind of magic, if any, since you seem to like STR/DEX. When I went STR/DEX on PS3 I didn't level any magic stats.
NEOPARADIGM
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I love END man, sky's the limit! I like it to be the same length as my health bar!
But really, if you're not happy with 20, 30 is the next logical stopping-point. 40 is getting a little nuts, even for someone like me.
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