Isn't that kind of obvious?
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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Besides Ruin Sentinels I agree with this.
Well yes, but people on this thread are saying that it literally doesn't matter at all what armour your wear when that's clearly not the case.
If you play a tank character, going for something with higher poise will absolutely help out. Also, I can't count the amount of times that I thought I was dead, only for my character to get back up with a tiny sliver of health that wasn't viewable. I've won boss fights due to that.
If you're good at dodging, sure, dress to impress. But you will absolutely be at a disadvantage compared to those with the same skill level but better gear.
Absolutely. I read all the stuff about DkS2 having more clarity when it came to covenants than the original. It barely does.
And comments like the game saying 'It'll make the game harder' mean jack sh*t. Why not specifically say I won't be able to summon? Why have me sign up only to not know what I'm getting into? It's not like you're locked into your decision. You can just warp back to your previous covenant zone. It's just annoying.
Also, having that covenant be the first you can find? Come on. Pure nonsense for people who barely touched the feature in the past.
Define "better gear".
I really enjoyed the "gauntlet" leading up to the Ancient Dragon and it works fine for its intended purpose, its only a pain in the arse if you decide to take on AD, who is more or less entirely optional. You can easily do
Vendrick
Does your armour have special attributes like chance of a critting with normal attacks? If it's just for damage mitigation, there's no point wearing it. I believe you regen stamina faster with lower load too.
Not if people in this thread constantly be have like it's jack shit which equipment you use and that drangleic isn't overpowered.
AlphaProspector
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49 hours later, finally cleared Dark Souls II. NG I mean 
Went to collect some achievements from Drummond, Cale and Berndhart (which I had to use at bonfire ascetic at Brightsone Cove Tseldora to get it... which also spawned two huge and awful mutant boars!)
Any tips and items I should go pick up/buy before embarking on Drangleic 2: Die Harder?
edit: and I didn't defeat Vendrick yet. Is it wise to bring two sunbros with me? I have 4 Giant souls.
Went to collect some achievements from Drummond, Cale and Berndhart (which I had to use at bonfire ascetic at Brightsone Cove Tseldora to get it... which also spawned two huge and awful mutant boars!)
Any tips and items I should go pick up/buy before embarking on Drangleic 2: Die Harder?
edit: and I didn't defeat Vendrick yet. Is it wise to bring two sunbros with me? I have 4 Giant souls.
GenericBadGuy
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Want easy souls? Want to give a lot of people a good time? Want something you can just watch in the background while doing something else?
Host a fight club! Anyone can do it and its so easy to create a great PvP environment. If someone is a nuisance, you just don't summon them again - easy!
Host a fight club! Anyone can do it and its so easy to create a great PvP environment. If someone is a nuisance, you just don't summon them again - easy!
It has far more clarity. In addition to the covenants themselves usually telling you at least a bit about them (or a lot), there's also item descriptions for covenant items which are generally clear, and NPCs such as Shalquoir also explain some of them.
I think making anything even more clear would require From to break immersion to explain it, and that is clearly something they refuse to do (a hallmark of the series).
Is there a way to check the stats and compare armour/weapons outside of the equip menu? Getting stuff out of the item box can be annoying when looking for certain resists.
I played melee and it's definitely more interesting, spells are kinda rote in PvE. You can try doing both, it's pretty easy to get the requries stats with the flatten level up curve.
The code on the front page should work with Dark Souls 2.
I played melee and it's definitely more interesting, spells are kinda rote in PvE. You can try doing both, it's pretty easy to get the requries stats with the flatten level up curve.
The code on the front page should work with Dark Souls 2.
They definitely are, but I feel his criticism is still valid. It's something I noticed, as well. DS2 relies too much on multiple boss battles, and not even in an interesting way most of the time. Two examples that stand out are the
Belfry Gargoyles
One good one is probably the Ruin Sentinels. It had a good sequence to it, and the sentinels had a varied enough moveset to give something to work with. This also happened to be one of the more difficult bosses, as well.
On another note, I've started up Demon's Souls and it's already impressed me so much that I almost wanted to tear up in appreciation of it.
The Armor Spider is the first encounter in the game that's resulted in a soul loss, so it hasn't exactly been difficult (though the Armor Spider seems to be pretty tough), but my god I appreciate how well the game is doing most things already. An incredible experience right away, which takes me back to how Dark Souls initially grabbed me.Try to lure them back to the stairs, most of their swing attacks will miss you when they're higher than you.
chaobreaker
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How does one get more fire seeds? I need just 2 more the max the dark pyromancy flame.
Either buy em or find em.
Also, you may not want to spend seeds upgrading that. In almost every case the normal pyromancy flame is better.
RSLAEV
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Damnit I am so pissed...
I started as a Cleric and I've been playing over 30 hours-The whole time I'm wondering "When am I going to see a cleric vendor" and "What the hell do I do with all of these boss souls"
I totally missed the
and I
So I've been playing this whole time as a Z-Tier cleric with crap weapons because I missed these two things...damn...
I started as a Cleric and I've been playing over 30 hours-The whole time I'm wondering "When am I going to see a cleric vendor" and "What the hell do I do with all of these boss souls"
I totally missed the
ring you pull to open the sewer door to the tower of Heidi
didn't unpetrify Straid because he was blocking a bonfire that was so close to the Servants quarters bonfire that I didn't think it was worth it/
So I've been playing this whole time as a Z-Tier cleric with crap weapons because I missed these two things...damn...
Depends on the type of player you are. You could not exhaust all of the crestfallen dudes dialog and easily happen upon the champions covenant.
i ended up doing a combination of that and using poison arrows to take half their health so as to limit my chances of screwing up
neoism
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Souls of Fire for LIFE I've listened to this like 1000+ times ....
Crimsonclaw111
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Hahaha, brilliant.
That's funny as you stick out like a sore thumb to me lol.
Necromanti
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Is there a good place to farm
Human Effigies? I've probably wasted 15 trying to get through the Dark Chasm, with the majority of the deaths being fall-related (or rather, due to being pushed off).
It makes the game pretty easy, particularly Miracles.
It's kind of easy mode but it maybe enjoyable to you.
Asetic the crestfallen's retreat for the 5 that spawn in a chest nearby you can keep doing it till you get enough.
Played around with Soul Great Sword for a few minutes today in PVP and it's damn fun.
lol,for 30 min i stood here and no one found my place
3 invader died at that place by falling , other came by also died
I actually killed a guy yesterday using that spell in that spot with the Gyrm Great Hammer, maybe it was you.
I love that spell, but it's too situational and people have to be completely dumb for it to work.
DarkoMaledictus
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Yep, I did use a lot of help in this one. DS 1 I did all the boss solo, but was kinda cool not having to try the boss 10x and just go in with some help. Different experience but still good!
Orthogonal
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Got it recently myself. Looks bad ass, going to be my ng+ armor of choice. Too bad it is Twinkling upgrade. Got the Mask to drop first for me, tried to get a 2nd Berserker blade but no dice. Once he dropped 1 of everything, didn't get anything else to drop in over an hour.
I think you need to use an Ascetic to make him drop his stuff again. IIRC, he only does drop one of each equipment piece per bonfire intensity (or perhaps NG? I'm uncertain).
it wasn't a spell , it was an item
but no , some one else killed me , he found me and just swing his sword on me and i fall
Thanks for the info. I'll probably try it out just for something different.
1)
Chest in the cave behind the first Bonfire in the Forest of Giant after you burn 1 Effigy (the one you pass from Majula) has 5 effigies every time.
2)
Skeletons in the manors have a 100% drop rate, each effigy adds 1 skeleton.
Orthogonal
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I thought rapiers were supposed to be low damage, high attack speed weapons.
Respec for strength and use estoc's instead as they scale with strength more than rapiers whilst sharing the moveset.
Orthogonal
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