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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Poison resist doesn't even seem to do much. I tried using the poison resist ring, and it seemed to do sod all to help, lol.
ichtyander
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Beat the game yesterday and have been moping around, clearing out locations I've missed etc. The only bosses I haven't beaten are
and
. I aggroed
, so I'm not sure if I wanna pursue this fight further, especially since the road to him is filled with enemies. Also, will he remain aggroed in NG+? The
sounds like a pretty awesome quest line and I even cleared
is breaking my balls and I'm not really sure I wanna waste so many
on this thing.
I have a SL162 character, guess he's a STR build, Mastodon Halberd +10 and infused with Raw I believe for a total of about 500 damage, even if it's just slash and all. Beat a few of the last bosses on my first try which was underwhelming, but I suppose I might be a bit OP.
So what do you guys suggest I do before starting NG+. I guess I should stock up on some consumables, arrows etc. But what do you recommend I do with all of these souls I got? Haven't traded any for weapons or used as souls. I'm not really sure if any of the boss gear is any good, any recommendations? Also, is this guy ready for a NG+ or should I grind a bit more? I'm kinda eager to jump into NG+ but don't want to miss out on tying up some loose ends.
Ancient Dragon
Darklurker
Ancient Dragon but he killed me on the spot
Darklurker
the first cave but the third cave with the Havel phantom
Effigies
I have a SL162 character, guess he's a STR build, Mastodon Halberd +10 and infused with Raw I believe for a total of about 500 damage, even if it's just slash and all. Beat a few of the last bosses on my first try which was underwhelming, but I suppose I might be a bit OP.
So what do you guys suggest I do before starting NG+. I guess I should stock up on some consumables, arrows etc. But what do you recommend I do with all of these souls I got? Haven't traded any for weapons or used as souls. I'm not really sure if any of the boss gear is any good, any recommendations? Also, is this guy ready for a NG+ or should I grind a bit more? I'm kinda eager to jump into NG+ but don't want to miss out on tying up some loose ends.
Engraved Gauntlets, havel chest, leggings with Smelter head or some tryhard caster hood. Throw on Greater Magic barrier, a weapon buff for your katana, greatsword or santiers, an avelyn in your left hand, or powerstanced avelyns if your real cool. Right there is some quality high level (and Soul memory, cuz lol From) pvp.
CountAntonius
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I love getting summoned into those impromptu Fight Club tourney matches at Iron Keep
lol. These always warm my heart. Those hosts are awesome.
Crab Milk Mickey
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Orthogonal
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I think the problem with this and the Pursuer gif is that it is a canned animation if a hit is detected. Problem is that in some situations the character has largely dodged it but is barely hit on an extremity so the animation plays out. Kind of frustrating, but I don't know how they would fix it.
So your pinky toe got hit during the grab attack, you take some damage from that like you got hit by a single swipe. Not, oh one pixel of your character was in this giant hit box, so now you get grappled and murdered.
Orthogonal
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That would be a reasonable proposal, who knows how feasible that is to program.
It's hard to directly compare the data, but we have fairly recent releases to compare it to.
At launch, BioShock Infinite peaked at 65K concurrent and Borderlands 2 at 120K concurrent. Both titles ended up selling well over 2 million copies.
Posting Dark Souls to the PC is probably the best thing they have ever done.
I love getting summoned into those impromptu Fight Club tourney matches at Iron Keep
I got summoned into something like that earlier today, but some jerk killed the host.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I can't stand this beginning area, I've died so much that the enemies have stopped respawning. Accuse me of just plain sucking, but the other games' beginning stages never were this cheap or frustrating. I feel like I'm going insane or something.
The Forest? Or are you at the Tower? I went to the Tower first and the Forest is much easier.
Eh, I'd just wait on numbers instead of trying to figure it out like that. I'm sure the game is doing very well though.
Oh wow, that's fantastic. Seems I'm missing out by hanging around Ancient Dragon. Might move back to Iron Keep this afternoon, see what's up.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Forest.
Sentenza
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Yeah, of course, official sources are the only way to get official numbers. That's obvious.
But that's really not a far fetched estimation, there is a certain statistical reliability in those ratios "concurrent:total user base", which as I said typically is around 10% at the popularity peak, give or take small fluctuations.
Anyway, people at FROM seriously need to rework their jump mechanics.
It's a bit absurd (and if you think about it even quite hilarious) that making a jump across a half meter wide gap feels like you're putting yourself far more in danger than facing giant monsters.
I don't want to be rude but you just suck man
You spend almost the entire time poisoned, rolling covers you in more poison, and the poison that fills THE ENTIRE AREA makes her regenerate health.
I was very rusty at the time, but I felt like it was a fairly straight forward area.
The enemies are easy to dodge or block and don't do too much damage.
Honestly, I think they would be just fine with Legend of Zelda style auto-jumps that only work when you cross over a ledge while holding down dodge/sprint.
That or they could maybe find room for a dedicated jump button that's not connected to sprinting at all.
Orthogonal
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What class did you start as. Some are not newbie friendly.
Just encountered my first hacker! Was minding my own business at
when I got invaded. Guy had infinite stamina and was constantly swinging his power stanced Zweihanders without a break, chasing me. He wasn't invincible but had a ton of health.
Killing him buffed (*messed up) my soul memory with roughly 500.000 souls!
McDuff's
Killing him buffed (*messed up) my soul memory with roughly 500.000 souls!
Be warned that there are also a ton of griefers at Iron Keep. People that will summon you into straight up 3v1 ganks, or into something that's ostensibly a 1v1 but then their two phantom buddies pop out of hiding.
There's soul boosting gear?
Sentenza
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You know... I never considered it (and I'm generally not too much of a fan) but in this context it could work quite well.
Ledge grabs would also go a really long way and could also be used for some fun traversal sections. They seem to be into that now, with ladders/elevators still being ubiquitous, "pratfall levels" like
The Gutter
Dio Brando
Banned
Damn,
was a pain in the ass.
Nashandra
Tried to solo her some times, then started doing coop. After many tries, had this one guy that single-handedly did lots of damage with the eletric arrow attack(forgot the name), and i ended up not even fighting her 
fuck those curse balls.
fuck those curse balls.Yep silver covetous rings, Tseldora set (full set increases souls by 24 or so %) and warlock mask are some examples.
Orthogonal
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Now you're on to something. Get From on the horn, stat!
Hmm, I haven't struggled with jumps in DaSo2 much.
It's a mean mixture of geometry and harsh animation+controls that leads to frustration. I totally get the complaint - holding B then pressing the stick in is unwieldy to begin with - but when that is combined with the occasional canned roll, it can mean unnecessary deaths almost as often as not.
I'm not sure what the answer is. Making the jumping more fluid (like removing the canned roll animation after certain heights) is no good, as that is directly against the rest of the games' animation priority style. I think separating sprint and jump inputs was a start in the right direction. One most obvious answer is to improve level geometry, but that's a pretty large undertaking that, to this point at least, was hindered by the consoles.
¯\_(ツ
_/¯/Edit: ledge grabs are a great idea, especially if they had a large stamina penalty to balance them out (like that excellent Ubisoft game.../edit2: I Am Alive is the game I'm thinking of)
Sentenza
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Which reminds me that they also need to stop putting waist-high "obstacles" in the environment.
Look, I don't care if your excuse to not let me access an area is bullshit and you want to force me through the long way, that's game design 101.
But at least put some effort in making it look believable.
Damn,was a pain in the ass.NashandraTried to solo her some times, then started doing coop. After many tries, had this one guy that single-handedly did lots of damage with the eletric arrow attack(forgot the name), and i ended up not even fighting her
Yeah, they got me the first time in there. I just was diligent about clearing them out afterwards.
I know, I have I a bunch of boss souls saved up, but looking at the numbers, I probably wouldn't make half of what I need. I was hoping someone found a good farming spot that was quick enough.
Spring-Loaded
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When I set the game to resolutions beyond 1920x1080, the dark and shadows get a lot darker, yet outside areas still seem appropriately light. I actually need to use a torch for caves and such. Why does this happen?
Zomba13
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Yeah. It's stupid when there is a knee high thing you can't walk over.
TheCongressman1
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Ledge Grabs could be awesome. I guess something like press X when you fall off to recover, then if you don't have any stamina left then you fall? Something along those lines.
Also, auto-jumping seems like a step back. I think Zelda should adopt the jump from DS2 if anything.
Also, also, I'm not sure why they took out being able to climb up waist high obstacles like they had in Demon's Souls.
Also, auto-jumping seems like a step back. I think Zelda should adopt the jump from DS2 if anything.
Also, also, I'm not sure why they took out being able to climb up waist high obstacles like they had in Demon's Souls.
Dio Brando
Banned
Maybe i didn't have the patience or don't have the ability, but when i tried doing that, i would most of the time end up killed. I'm just sorta felling guilty or undeserving for not really doing anything in the fight. the guy got
Nashandra to 1/2 of her health
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
It's not even waist-high, sometimes there's ankle-high raised platforms you can't walk onto lol. Specifically that upper area near the
manscorpionbearpig
Not a fan of jumping in this game, but still an improvement over DaS 1 in the sense that I don't accidentally roll or keep sprinting instead of jump (well the latter still rarely happens).
Return the favor and slap down your sign and help other people out. If you survive through both the penultimate and last fight it can be a lot of souls
Dio Brando
Banned
That is if peopleReturn the favor and slap down your sign and help other people out. If you survive through both the penultimate and last fight it can be a lot of souls
did the bosses
I think those were all scripted and there was no generalized system that handled. It would be nice to see those return, I agree, but it's understandable that they'd want to use a universal game mechanic when possible.
Both are also a result of the poise you get on rolling. in DS2 you can get hit in a roll and complete the roll animation without getting knocked out of it like in previous games. The down side is situations like these where you get clipped by a grab, but you complete the roll animation only to have your model get teleported back because you can't poise through grabs.
It took me 13 hours to beat the first boss. At hour 15 I had completely farmed out the first two starting areas. I was that bad.
I am now 24 hours in and have completed ~11 areas and am one shotting bosses.
The game does click for you at some point and when it does it is amazing. Don't worry about being bad - this was my first souls games too and they are hard.
Minor spoiler - there is a ring in second starting zone that limits your hp reduction to 75% instead of 50% when hollow. The game becomes much easier when you get that. Don't despair - stick at it and it will get easier.
It feels great when after putting in the hard yards you just waltz through an area. Play slow, use your shield and time your strikes an you will be fine. Don't forget to level and don't be afraid to farm a little to make it easier.
I didn't find jumping in DS2 problematic.The option to press a separate button while holding down the dash button made it much more convenient.(pressing L3 while holding O when using a DualShock )
It would be sweet if they make a separate jumping button though.
Have you beaten the last giant? If you have, I'd recommend moving to Heide's Tower of Flame.
Also,
the merchant lady sells the key to the Blacksmith's forge, so you can upgrade your weapon once you meet her.
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