Yep you can!
Great work with your ENB bud, I've been using it and just tweaking on top of it, it's pretty killer.
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Yep you can!
Great work with your ENB bud, I've been using it and just tweaking on top of it, it's pretty killer.
L2 is left-hand strong attack, but almost every weapon I've tried can block when two-handed, either with L2 (for right-hand weapon) or R2 (for left-hand weapon). Obviously 2H a left-hand weapon is not possible if you qualify for power stance. I made a big post on the new dual-wielding controls if interested.
Holy manhands batman.
Any recommendations for a good light armor?
Looking for something that will carry me through NG+.
EDIT: This looks pretty badass tbh:
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Alva+Set#.U3T2PPldV5I
Looking for something that will carry me through NG+.
EDIT: This looks pretty badass tbh:
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Alva+Set#.U3T2PPldV5I
The Jackdog
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There is an even easier way too.
Get a bow. Enter the room, sprint to the first necromancer, kill him, and dont go ANY further. At all. Run back to the entrance and pick an alcove you can get a good look at when hes coming. No more skeletons will spawn, and the chariot will circle you over and over. Just keep firing arrows. Eventually, the chariot will stop coming around. At like 30% health. Run to where the lever is, kill all the necromancers and skeletons along the way, knowing that the chariot wont come around again. Youll see the horse at the farrrrr end of the hallway like halfway down a hole. I fired a single arrow, VICTORY ACHIEVED.
The Jackdog
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The Alva set you mentioned is pretty good I also like the Royal Soldier and Llewellyn sets.
If you prefer something a tad heavier you can do no worse than Alonne knight or Captain sets.
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
The Alonne Knight set is what I have right now. Is it worth sticking to or are Alva, Llewellyn or Faraam a step up from it?
Black Witches Robe is OP good, Saint's gear is really good too. Dingy, Wanderer, Bone King stuff.
It is but swap the Alonne torso for the Captain one for improved defenses whilst matching the rest of the set.
Oh wow. The Alva and Llewellyn are pretty nice.
Wish I knew how much I spent at the guy so far. I know it's not 16k. Probably around 3-4k.
The rest come from areas I haven't gotten to yet.
KoreanBarbecue
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I've mainly been using the Alva set in my new NG run. But in my NG++++ I mostly stuck with the Creighton Chainmail set. Pretty good defense on that one, and pretty light, too.
Orthogonal
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I am rocking the Faraam Set for now. Not the greatest defense to weight ratio, but i like the look. Alva is a great light armor set if you are lower on vitality.
Personally, i am pushing to go Mad Warrior, but need some more Twinkling for upgrades before it is worth it.
Personally, i am pushing to go Mad Warrior, but need some more Twinkling for upgrades before it is worth it.
Thanks so much guys
Its hard to choose but leaning towards Alva mostly for the look.
Will make this my backup.
Its hard to choose but leaning towards Alva mostly for the look.
Will make this my backup.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
OT2 today?
Orthogonal
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Nito said no, merging with console thread.
Go caestus instead, punch up fools!
KoreanBarbecue
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Interesting discovery from awhile back. In the Heide's Tower of Flame, you can pretty much take out the Dragonrider before the fight even begins. Kill the first two Sentinel guys, as well as the third that's stationed right at the beginning of the narrow path that leads into that building area. When you're halfway down that path, look to the right and you should see the Dragonrider just chilling there in his little nook. If you've got a bow and quite a few arrows, just pummel him from a distance.
If you enter the fight with him, his health will be depleted equal to the amount of damage you did with the arrows. Didn't have the patience to keep attacking from a distance to see if you could actually take him out from there, though.
If you enter the fight with him, his health will be depleted equal to the amount of damage you did with the arrows. Didn't have the patience to keep attacking from a distance to see if you could actually take him out from there, though.
Will be merged into the thread with community following the thread ending.
Alva and Alonne work well together so could always mix and match pieces.Thanks so much guys
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
There won't be an OT2. After this one closes everyone playing Dark Souls 2 (PC & Console) will discuss it in the community thread.
LurkerPrime
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Backstabs make daggers OK, otherwise I can't find a use for them.
For a striking light armor set, I'd go with the Llewellyn chest as a base and whatever helm/hands/legs you desire. Since it's black it works with a lot of rogue/assassin-y pieces.
You could do the same with Manus in DS1 if you were so inclined.
And could also shoot bosses through the fog in Demon's Souls iirc.
I did this once
I will never wash away the shame
I killed the 1-4 boss this way too. I'm irredeemable.
MMBosstones86
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Gap Dragoon too.
Shadow set, Rouge set, Mankin (plus or minus the mask) and maybe the Dark set for heavier armor.
Try the Helm and legs as Alonne and the rest Alva it looks good nearly as nice as all Alonne minus the torso.
Lifejumper
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I summoned a player for the first time and WOW it feels like cheating
Any benefits for not summoning other players?
Any benefits for not summoning other players?
Orthogonal
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Did not know this. Surprised they never patched it.
demosthenes
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What % are you putting into STR/FTH?
ThatChairMan
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I summoned a player for the first time and WOW it feels like cheating
Any benefits for not summoning other players?
Main benefit is being a better player who doesn't rely on others to do all the heavy lifting. I can't count how many times I get summoned for Ruin Sentinels or Smelter, the other player stays back and spams spells, and eventually they catch aggro and have no idea how to dodge or block the boss.
You dudes should chill on Boris. If you go to the thread you'd see his explanation for why.
He's going through some rough times, and Dark Souls (especially for beginners) can be really frustrating. I'm a souls veteran, played through DeS and DaS all the way through and I had a hell of a time getting from the first forest bonfire to the next. All my stuff broke, and I didn't have any weapons to get through so I had to end up sprinting past.
We've all had our rage quit moments, and especially if he's having a tough time outside of the game, having a game frustrate you as much as Dark Souls can is difficult.
On top of that, he's playing with mouse and keyboard! I have remorse for everyone stuck playing the game that way!
Currently I'm at 18 strength and 22 faith, although faith is a bit higher due to lightning spear's 22 fth requirement, I'm trying to keep them even-ish. Ultimately aiming to get to 55 fth and around 50 str.
Aw man. Dark set looks awesome. Out of reach for now
I'm actually wearing some rogue pieces right now. Just got to Huntsman Copse recently. Thanks LurkerPrime
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Does anyone know if the spirits/ghosts/whatever (other players that you cannot interact with) that sometimes phase into existence while playing online are:
a) happening in real time?
b) affected by Soul Memory?
Because it just occurred to me how mundane a lot of them are. I'm surprised to say the most common mask I see on them, for example, is either nothing or the Manikin mask. I sorta thought everyone would be rocking full late-game armour all the time... Or stuff like the Death Set's helmet.
Also, I can't blame Boris for hating Dark Souls 2's keyboard/mouse controls. Admittedly, I haven't used them much, but the control scheme seems ill-conceived at best.
a) happening in real time?
b) affected by Soul Memory?
Because it just occurred to me how mundane a lot of them are. I'm surprised to say the most common mask I see on them, for example, is either nothing or the Manikin mask. I sorta thought everyone would be rocking full late-game armour all the time... Or stuff like the Death Set's helmet.
Also, I can't blame Boris for hating Dark Souls 2's keyboard/mouse controls. Admittedly, I haven't used them much, but the control scheme seems ill-conceived at best.
Anyone recommend where to put my souls in next? I'm a melee build right now on NG and I just got the
. Using Gwyn's Great Hammer +7 but I also use the Greatsword a lot.
SL 123 (A bit overleveled I know lol)
VGR: 26
END: 25
VIT: 25
ATN: 7
STR: 40
DEX: 18
ADP: 25
INT: 5
FTH: 5
Should I just keep leveling up my weapons?
King's Ring
SL 123 (A bit overleveled I know lol)
VGR: 26
END: 25
VIT: 25
ATN: 7
STR: 40
DEX: 18
ADP: 25
INT: 5
FTH: 5
Should I just keep leveling up my weapons?
ichtyander
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Just to clarify, I can understand where he's coming from and it wasn't really my intent on bashing him. DS1 on PC was my first contact with the Souls series and I was extremely frustrated with the game to the point that I stopped playing while I was still in Undead Burg. I thought it had so many obsolete bullshit, outdated mechanics etc. and thought it wasn't worth wasting my nerves on it.
Went back to it months later and I was so completely hooked that it became one of my favorite games ever. I'm almost 120 hours in DS2 and still liking it very much.
Boris' ENB Series is an awesome piece of software and I'm glad it even exists.
Went a little hollow in PVP after respeccing my 50STR build to use the Black Knight Greataxe. I know, I know, it sucks. But I didn't think it would be that bad. The main problem is that there is a very small "sweet spot" you need to connect with to get full damage. You could hit a dog with the blade of the axe and one shot it for 650+ damage, or hit it slightly closer to the pole and only get like 300 damage. I wouldn't mind it if the difference wasn't that great and if it wasn't so hard to land a hit with this thing in the first place in PVP. The lead time on swings is slow, its poise damage is beaten by many other STR weapons, it eats up stamina, it's heavy, requires too much stat investment and the scaling isn't great.
Brought my character to 160 to try to make that work (because of the additional stat investment needed; I was barely getting by at SL150 with less VGR,STR, and ADP than I had before).
But after about an hour and 2-3 wins (tons of losses) I conceded that I didn't like this build at all and I sought out another soul vessel.
... Now I have 60VGR, Fire Malformed Club+10 and flame weapon. It's so much better than the BKGA it's depressing. Better poise damage, can be imbued, can be buffed, much lower stat requirements, much better base damage (that completely nullifies BKGA's shit scaling bonus), better moveset for PVP, much lighter. The only caveat is that I need bracing knuckle ring+2, because the durability is so bad that it would break in mid fight, but it's light enough that I don't need royal soldier's ring+2 anymore to keep under 50%, so that's fine.
Still keeping 50STR for when I want to use my other favorite STR weapons. But... comparing malformed skull to Grym Greataxe (one of my favorite weapons in the game) is depressing too.
Brought my character to 160 to try to make that work (because of the additional stat investment needed; I was barely getting by at SL150 with less VGR,STR, and ADP than I had before).
But after about an hour and 2-3 wins (tons of losses) I conceded that I didn't like this build at all and I sought out another soul vessel.
... Now I have 60VGR, Fire Malformed Club+10 and flame weapon. It's so much better than the BKGA it's depressing. Better poise damage, can be imbued, can be buffed, much lower stat requirements, much better base damage (that completely nullifies BKGA's shit scaling bonus), better moveset for PVP, much lighter. The only caveat is that I need bracing knuckle ring+2, because the durability is so bad that it would break in mid fight, but it's light enough that I don't need royal soldier's ring+2 anymore to keep under 50%, so that's fine.
Still keeping 50STR for when I want to use my other favorite STR weapons. But... comparing malformed skull to Grym Greataxe (one of my favorite weapons in the game) is depressing too.
Laurentius
Member
This was my exact first thought as well.
Time to make an ugly fatass alt character with a Full Moon Sickle + Butcher's Knife.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Take some pictures too I want to see please if you wouldn't mind.Will do
Instead of the Grym great axe why not use the Gyrm axe? It has better scaling, higher damage, and the same moveset as the great axe but is a bit shorter and is a bit lighter.
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