MMBosstones86
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Stay close and straife around his/her off-hand side. Most of the attack will miss, you may have to roll as well
until you over level SM, right?
Right. Ride SL as high as you are comfortable with.
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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Stay close and straife around his/her off-hand side. Most of the attack will miss, you may have to roll as well
until you over level SM, right?
Right. Ride SL as high as you are comfortable with.
I (and people I was cooping with) have been invaded 12 times in total so far during the first playthrough.
Not including BellBros?
Because, outside of the AI Phantoms that are scripted, I think I had 2 genuine Red Phantom invasions in all of my NG playthrough. Then again, I may have been a little overlevelled in some areas due to helping a lot of people with the early bosses several times. Finished NG at SL 180 or so.
No, just Red (player) Phantoms.
Edit: should be noted that I'm always human, for aesthetic reasons.
Regular invasions are extremely rare. So far I've had none on my current NG playthrough on PC and I don't recall having much more than 1/2 times on ps3 either. I guess it helps if you're mostly hollow as while you can be invaded as hollow I think human players are still higher priority?
This has been my experience as well. I have one character at end game in NG+ and another at end game in NG and I've been invaded maybe 10 times total. Seems to me like people would rather just go to the PVP hotspots.
OminoMichelin
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Durante, do you think there is a way to increase the draw distance of the enemies? I'm in the shrine of Amana and the only way I can deal with the sorceresses safely is by using the bow, but the draw distance is so low, they just disappear if you go that far.
I think they went a bit overboard on pc with the draw distance, enemies lose detail and animation frames so quickly it's almost comical.
I think they went a bit overboard on pc with the draw distance, enemies lose detail and animation frames so quickly it's almost comical.
MMBosstones86
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I think I'm overleveled for Luna for NG, don't get summoned there anymore. Guess I'll move on to Sol and ruin some people there.
Damn that's a lot. I'm mostly human (I think?) and only been invaded once in 20 hours outside of Bros.
Damn that's a lot. I'm mostly human (I think?) and only been invaded once in 20 hours outside of Bros.
This is how it begins
Last night was doing some invasions at Huntsmans Copse with my red orbs at around ~70 SL (not sure of soul memory now).
First 5 invasions end up being 3-on-1 or 2-on-1 massacres. One after, I invade a lone player progressing through the level. I see that a hook monster is about to attack and politely wait until the host kills it. I bow, he bows and the duel to death begins. Lo and behold, a blue sentinel comes in to help the host and they decide to try and gangbang me. End up taking out the sentinel with a few hits from my Heide's sword and guard break + critical. Back to the host - trading blows and finishing him with a lightning bolt as he's trying to escape....while aiming with binoculars! Welcome to Dark Souls.
First 5 invasions end up being 3-on-1 or 2-on-1 massacres. One after, I invade a lone player progressing through the level. I see that a hook monster is about to attack and politely wait until the host kills it. I bow, he bows and the duel to death begins. Lo and behold, a blue sentinel comes in to help the host and they decide to try and gangbang me. End up taking out the sentinel with a few hits from my Heide's sword and guard break + critical. Back to the host - trading blows and finishing him with a lightning bolt as he's trying to escape....while aiming with binoculars! Welcome to Dark Souls.
I have *the* worst luck. I buy a key from SimplyCDkeys, because I've seen nothing but praise, key is a duplicate. Oh well, they refunded me the next day and on top of that gave me a coupon worth £5. Apparently there's been issues with the shipments containing dupes on the prints inside the cases.
Second site I try, also reputable for being quick (and having great customer service) same deal there. Currently awaiting a response. It's not meant to be GAF, lmfao. I want to become a Sunbro too.
In the end, I blame Bamco. Boo.
Second site I try, also reputable for being quick (and having great customer service) same deal there. Currently awaiting a response. It's not meant to be GAF, lmfao. I want to become a Sunbro too.
In the end, I blame Bamco. Boo.
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I meant that I did that in DkS and that it's not something you can do in DkS2 because of SM. Ruins dedicated sunbros too.
Orthogonal
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12 human invasions? Not counting NPC'S? Wow, I have had 1 invasion in nearly 2 complete playthroughs of ng. You're experience seems to be an outlier since most people report few if any.
schragnasher
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As a blue brother I really wish there were more invasions. Only been summoned twice and I always wear the ring. And IV never found a guilty to invade.
MMBosstones86
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Well, I should also note that I'm playing coop basically all the time, and am already on >50 hours in NG. Maybe being in coop encourages invasions?
And I also haven't encountered any of the latency issues people talk about. Maybe I just have a good connection to the server
I'm at level 67 I believe and I seem to get invaded everytime I venture back to Heide's Tower of Flame.
Anyway, I need some advice from the vets here for PvE. I'm currently doing a strength build, but (I currently have 30 STR and 12 DEX). The weapons I'm mainly using are a Bastard Sword + 3 and a Greatsword +1. I just beat the Three Sentry's in the Lost Bastille. My damage output currently isn't high enough to justify the slower swing speeds of these two weapons, nor do they seem to do enough damage to poise to cause stuns. What are good weapons for a strength build that have a right balance of DMG+Stun? Also, is better to focus on using magic to fortify the strength of you weapon? I started off as a Mage, so I have 16 MAG right now.
I'm just not seeing the benefit of using greatswords or ultra greatswords currently even as a strength build. The swing arc of the Bastard sword is good for catching people who like to roll in PvP, but the swing speed is too low to capitalize as I don't really stun or knock down anyone in PvE or PvP.
Anyway, I need some advice from the vets here for PvE. I'm currently doing a strength build, but (I currently have 30 STR and 12 DEX). The weapons I'm mainly using are a Bastard Sword + 3 and a Greatsword +1. I just beat the Three Sentry's in the Lost Bastille. My damage output currently isn't high enough to justify the slower swing speeds of these two weapons, nor do they seem to do enough damage to poise to cause stuns. What are good weapons for a strength build that have a right balance of DMG+Stun? Also, is better to focus on using magic to fortify the strength of you weapon? I started off as a Mage, so I have 16 MAG right now.
I'm just not seeing the benefit of using greatswords or ultra greatswords currently even as a strength build. The swing arc of the Bastard sword is good for catching people who like to roll in PvP, but the swing speed is too low to capitalize as I don't really stun or knock down anyone in PvE or PvP.
alot of the environments and enemy monsters arent that great compared to souls 1, but I just beat the
easy fight, but it was amazing i loved the feeling when you missed the "meat" and hit the rubber. That whole area is awesome and pretty, i actually used the torch to help me see death ledges. wish more of the earlier stuff was like it.
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How's the durability on those things? I have a friend who uses U.Greatswords, and he has to carry 3 to even get from Bonfire to Bonfire.
Good Greatswords/U.Greatswords that I've noticed: Mastodon Greatsword, Murakumo.
Little to no effect. I have gotten only one invasion while wearing it, and I tested for ~4 hours at SM 1mil.
Oh sweet lord I'm done with spider town. Nothing was fun about that place. I also found the rat king covenant, which is pretty funny. So do you just wait for people to come into your world? I got one after a few minutes, RIP that guy. I also brought my mace and ultra greatsword up to +10, this is the highest they can go correct?
My favorite STR weapons:
Lion Greataxe
Grym Great Hammer
Large Club / Great Club
Mastadon Greatsword
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=gedosato
And whether your computer can handle it or not depends entirely on which settings you choose, the performance hit ranges from ~5% to ~61000%
schragnasher
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I spey the zweihander, although not as useful add DS1 where it would face plant everything I like the aim ability.
Orthogonal
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Well, I should also note that I'm playing coop basically all the time, and am already on >50 hours in NG. Maybe being in coop encourages invasions?
And I also haven't encountered any of the latency issues people talk about. Maybe I just have a good connection to the server
Interesting, I do a fair amount of coop, but probably not as much so I don't know if that is a factor for triggering it. I only have 15 hours on this playthrough that is nearly done so that is certainly giving me fewer opportunities.
Could be my Soul Memory, I think I am a little lower than the typical playthrough since I am just rushing through it.
Facism
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I've had 10 across 2 first playthroughs over PS3/PC.
Oh, that is great.
Some people have been using their phone cameras too! It makes me sad.
I post mine in the PC screenshots thread, so as not to pollute this one. Also, many of my best are of bosses, which could be considered spoilers.
Anyway, enjoy a small selection:
Yes.
Good weapons but not against the enemies you're facing.
You need strike damage, not slash. Switch to a mace/large club and upgrade those like crazy. Lots of armoured enemies in the game which require a blunt approach. You'll do more damage even though the weapons are weaker.
Also, a +10 large club is possibly the best weapon in the game for your first playthrough. It's fast, stuns and is crazy light/has great durability.
Outside of that a Black Knight Halberd is amazing as a slash weapon as the fire damage is a nice bonus and the reach keeps you far enough that most enemies can't hit you.
MMBosstones86
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Those fingers are a must if you roll with a U.Greatsword. I took the ring off and think I got 4 or 5 R2 swings in before it was close to breaking. Just nuts
hah. Never thought of it like that. Very true.
Red Liquorice
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You can get them almost immediately at the start:
Felkin, the hex merchant is sat in a chair facing the wall at the first bonfire in Huntsman's Copse. All you need to do is kill Dragonrider to get access to Licia and move her back to Majula. You need 8 in both FTH and INT for him to speak to you.
Here are some (spoiler-tagged late-end-gameish areas), looking forward to free-cam some areas and get some better shots after I've beaten the game:
Also I hope some day ENB and GeDoSaTo will work together. Would be so great.
http://i.minus.com/iddT6Hr00A8By.png (photobombed by dragon)
http://i.minus.com/iixU3X7JRIMA1.png (really liked the moment when this skeleton came to life lol)
http://i.minus.com/iixU3X7JRIMA1.png (really liked the moment when this skeleton came to life lol)
Also I hope some day ENB and GeDoSaTo will work together. Would be so great.
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