Haunted
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Oh fair enough! I didn't think of that.
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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Leveling Sunbros at
seems like a bad idea because a lot of people keep
and most of them die instantly at
. But so many souls...
Throne Defender & Throne Watcher and Nashandra
getting both fights consecutively
Nashandra
eot
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Sometimes enemeis right in front of me sound like they're behind me, yes. Very confusing.
Masquerader
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To be honest, I used to use Smough's armour. But ugly can be intimidating. In any case,
Looking Glass Knight's
AHA-Lambda
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Just beat
, phew. Actually had to go out my way to turn human and summon people for that one =/
Mirror Knight
Leveling Sunbros atseems like a bad idea because a lot of people keepThrone Defender & Throne Watcher and Nashandraand most of them die instantly atgetting both fights consecutively. But so many souls...Nashandra
Freja
Pinwheel 2.0 is the best fight for leveling sunbros. The bonfire is like 10s away and the fight lasts about 20-30s.
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Maybe I'll try that, but I'm already at 2.6M soul memory, so it may be hard to actually get summoned since it's an earlier boss I guess?
Haven't tried to put down my sign in there since I thought that the fight was too easy and people wouldn't search for help...I'll give it a try later today though.
Give it a try and see, in NG+ it's definitely one of the better spots for co-op so keep that in mind if you are planning to do a second playthrough.
Leveling Sunbros atseems like a bad idea because a lot of people keepThrone Defender & Throne Watcher and Nashandraand most of them die instantly atgetting both fights consecutively. But so many souls...Nashandra
Best fight for leveling sun bros is the group of priests in Brightstone Cove. Easiest and quickest boss in the game.
Haven't tried to put down my sign in there since I thought that the fight was too easy and people wouldn't search for help...I'll give it a try later today though.
I put my sign down on every single boss at least twice to learn the fight before attemptimg myself.
Every single time I was summoned into a world with another phantom and the host. Even the easiest bosses in the game were just a zerg fest.
Finally killed the
Good grief that's a terrible boss,
Ancient Dragon
Good grief that's a terrible boss,
so much freaking health and every move it did OHKOd me (Moving it's foot slightly killed me more times than not).
It took 5 Soul Vortexes, 8 Soul Geysers, 10 Soul Spears and the Vengarl summon dying before the damm rat with wings died itself and even then i had to use Gower's Ring of Protection just to not instadie to it's Rain of Fire and as well as 3 repair spells to keep it from breaking.....
Fuck that dragon and it's ridiculous health, never again.
The Drangleic castle dragonriders were my fastest way. Instant summons, quick fights, 100% success
Go into sound properties and select "Do Nothing" when windows detects communication activity?
So far no level reaches the highs of the previous game but no levels also reach the lows. There's really no standout levels so far, just as you think you're getting into an elaborate one (Drangelic Castle for instance) it's finished. It feels like a game designed for short bursts on a portable console.
killertofu
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I'm scared to jump into NG+. I never did it in DS1
TheMaidenInBlack
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Agreed.
Arjen
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Do it! So much more fun, more enemies, more pvp
Different vision != lack of vision, it seems pretty clear that bonfires serve a different design purpose here than in Dark Souls
Does it matter if there isnt? Warping is an intrinsic mechanic of the game and several of the levels were clearly designed around this fact. Nothing says anyone has to like it but expecting the game not to make use of it is bizarre.
Just hang out in the Lost Bastille all the time
I'd missed how interconnected that place was my first time throughDrangleic Castle seemed to be HUGE and I thought there would be tons of backtracking there, but when I actually went to backtrack I found out I just got lucky and went to the right places, haha.
I don't mind the consistency though, even if it's consistently worse than the highs of the first game. It'll be good for replays. Just the fact that you'll never have to think "sigh, Lost Izalith now" will help a lot.
Where is your avatar from?
Summoning and invading is finally working after being down for most of the day.
For a while, I had no bell invasions, but then I started to get them like crazy. It seems very sporadic though. You might get three in a row, then none for a lengthy period of time. I also did my first invasion as a red phantom. I hit up Iron Keep, and there was a guy there waiting for me. Complete heavy with Smelter Demon's armor and great sword. I managed to get a good backstab on him and got my first invasion victory. Finally I joined the Brotherhood of Blood and dueled, which is awesome. I invaded two more times. The first time was a close battle where we both killed ourselves, but apparently I got the credit (though I don't think I got any souls). The third time was 2v1 and I got crushed. I then tried to fiddle around with the Blue Sentinels. Blue Sentinel dueling is so lame since you actually have to spend your items and get nothing in return. I also tried to invade as a Blue, but I frequently got CAN'T FIND WORLD TO INVADE SORRY FRIEND messages. I did get two blue invasions: one in the Shaded Woods where the guy immediately died, and another in Forest of Fallen Giants that I won by myself. I kind of wish they would make the Blue Sentinels more rewarding. I read you need 500 victories for Targray's armor, what a ripoff!
For a while, I had no bell invasions, but then I started to get them like crazy. It seems very sporadic though. You might get three in a row, then none for a lengthy period of time. I also did my first invasion as a red phantom. I hit up Iron Keep, and there was a guy there waiting for me. Complete heavy with Smelter Demon's armor and great sword. I managed to get a good backstab on him and got my first invasion victory. Finally I joined the Brotherhood of Blood and dueled, which is awesome. I invaded two more times. The first time was a close battle where we both killed ourselves, but apparently I got the credit (though I don't think I got any souls). The third time was 2v1 and I got crushed. I then tried to fiddle around with the Blue Sentinels. Blue Sentinel dueling is so lame since you actually have to spend your items and get nothing in return. I also tried to invade as a Blue, but I frequently got CAN'T FIND WORLD TO INVADE SORRY FRIEND messages. I did get two blue invasions: one in the Shaded Woods where the guy immediately died, and another in Forest of Fallen Giants that I won by myself. I kind of wish they would make the Blue Sentinels more rewarding. I read you need 500 victories for Targray's armor, what a ripoff!
Apparently, in NG++ they just give you the items.
Mt Heart Attack
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I was looking into starting a new game, since I went for a pure melee strength build my first time around (only later in the game completed with a decent bow, went for the dragonrider bow), I was considering a faith/dex character now. Is that viable at all? Dexterity scaling looked pretty terrible from my experience.
Dex scaling is pretty bad your better of going strength/faith.
Hybrid characters seem to fare pretty well in this game, Miracles are arguably the best spellset and as you can SL1 the game it should be more than viable. You probably only want to get Dex high enough to meet requirements and ideally you want a weapon with intrinsic lightning damage as it scales with Faith (I think the earliest one you can get is from
the first heide knight
spindoctor
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I completed the Grave of Saints and ended up joining the rat covenant. I actually skipped the Doors of Pharros when I was going to Brightstone, so I thought there might be some benefits to being in the covenant when I go back there. Is that the case or was I mistaken?
Is the scaling really the problem? As far as I can see, the Strike damage from many STR weapons is what makes it much more versatile. Slash is just so poor against armored enemies. But I haven't really done any in-depth testing myself.
Played through the game on consoles as a pure Dex build and having just completed the game again on PC as a Str/Hex build I can say that Dex feels woefully underpowered in PVE. With some poison or bleed however Dex is pretty viable in PVP, or at least that's the impression I got from my very limited experience in PVP.
After beating the game yesterday I wanted to start a second playthrough as a caster. But then I remembered that I had Demon's Souls on my relatively new and completely unused PS3 lying around. So I started that instead. I enjoyed what I played so far, but oh my god, those console loading times..
The bonus you get from scaling is pitiful. It's pretty much 1-2 AR per level even with S/A. Combined with low base dmg and high defense armor rating some dex weapons do close to zero dmg in some cases.
As previously discussed there is almost no point to not go elemental and use a weapon buff.
Even with the slash weapons strength scaling is far better dex.
Woah, Lots of cheaters in PvP. Got summoned as a gray spirit when I was at the Doors of Pharros, and the guy was just standing on a ledge, tried to take him down with all the miracles I had but health wouldn't go down. Had to let a mob kill me to return to my world. Anyway I can find his account and report him to Steam?
Nabs
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Shift+Tab while in game and click on the Recent Players tab.
Cannon Goose
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Dark Souls 2 why you gotta be like that
Kamina
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I dont get why anyone would cheat and then go for PvP. Do they think people won't report them or what?
Cheating like that is just going to get them b&.
played a bit more with my sorc earlier, got enough STR and dex to use one of the pre-order shields and also the flame sword you get in forrest of giants, feels much better now. Also got great soul spear or whatever its called, the better soul spear you find in the ballist room, so with 2 spells its feeling more like a sorc now. Ill probably respec out of the str and dex eventually when I have enough spells to just use... well, spells, but until then this is better
Also, as expected, im blitzing through forrest of giants since I remember most of the stuff
Also, as expected, im blitzing through forrest of giants since I remember most of the stuff
AlphaProspector
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I'm at The Gutter now. Man, this place. Makes Blightown look easy. "Try torch ahead".
I think it may be the brightness of my monitor but I can't see jack shit here without the torch. It does look great do but I feel really naked without the big ass tower shield I was using...
And all that poison. Screw poison, jeez.
I reached a part where it said "Enter the mist from behind". Does this mean I did it wrong and took another path?
I think it may be the brightness of my monitor but I can't see jack shit here without the torch. It does look great do but I feel really naked without the big ass tower shield I was using...
And all that poison. Screw poison, jeez.
I reached a part where it said "Enter the mist from behind". Does this mean I did it wrong and took another path?
MMBosstones86
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So what gesture does everyone use after winning in PvP. I've only done PvP through BellBros, but generally I go with the "No Way" gesture. Especially if they are running away or hiding.
killertofu
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What happens, I start over with all my items? I assume the bonfires will restart as well?
toastyToast
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harder than the first game's last boss at least >_> I guess last bosses arent From's strenght
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