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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Garcia
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I gambled between 2 builds during my 1st. walkthrough and the game seemed to be pretty flexible (at least between classes that aren't too far away from each other). I remember reading some people suggesting just what you just said: To choose a particular build only to get the benefits that are absent from other classes.
Sounds nice, then I'm off to go. =)
Deified Data
Banned
Haven't been really motivated to play NG+ on PS3, maybe I'll do it on PC.
Stone Ocean
Member
Nice title
I really didn't want to pre-order to get those hideous weapons, but I need that preload in my veins
I really didn't want to pre-order to get those hideous weapons, but I need that preload in my veins
Spring-Loaded
Member
Okay sweet
If I have to do anything that requires thought, I just become a complete mess
Garcia
Member
I'm so hyped for this game. My PC is a little old but I should still be able to play at 1080p with a good frramerate.
The only thing I've heard that I don't like is thatyou can be invaded at any time.
Don't worry too much about invasions. I only got invaded once during my first run (and the place was vibrant, packed with activity). I've heard those are pretty abundant once you reach the true NG: NG+.
NG is all about jolly cooperation, bowing to your allies, helping each other to grind thousands of souls and syncing war cries at the end of boss battles and sunbro signals. =)
-MD-
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You'll have to jump through a few hoops like clicking install and launching the game from steam.
It could get pretty intense.
I'm so hyped for this game. My PC is a little old but I should still be able to play at 1080p with a good frramerate.
The only thing I've heard that I don't like is thatyou can be invaded at any time.
Could always just go offline.
Garcia
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I'd suggest adding some pepper spray on the surface of the mouse just to increase the difficulty of the process.
ShyGuy0504
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Well that sounds good. I played DS1 on PS3 and got invaded not long after I restored my humanity so I played the rest of the game as a hollow.
I suck at PVP and I'm not a competitive person.
I could but I want to see the messages people leave.
-MD-
Member
He could just light himself on fire instead of playing DS2. Same end result and really easy to do.
Schweinehund
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I was going to go swordsman
[Minor mechanical gameplay spoilers]
But I'm going deprived, because there's an npc that can reset your stats back to base. Deprived starts with even stats on everything but swordmaster has more offensive stats with low vit
Metalingus5150
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Everyone should start as deprived.
Stone Ocean
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xBladeM6x
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-MD-
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You'll be fine.
Garcia
Member
Well that sounds good. I played DS1 on PS3 and got invaded not long after I restored my humanity so I played the rest of the game as a hollow.
I suck at PVP and I'm not a competitive person.
My online experience with DS2 was overwhelmingly positive. I spent 70+% of the time either summoning allies to grind souls or helping others to beat bosses or clear some areas. I honestly wish I had that much fun with the original Dark Souls when I played it (damn you GFWL, rot in hell). Dark Souls 2 feels alive. You will always, constantly find summoning signs and messages scattered throughout the world: Close to bonfires, next to fog gates, pointing out to hidden paths, you name it.
My excitement grows mainly because I know what a vast improvement the reduced loading times represent for this game. As much as I complained about the horrible performance of the PS3 disc version, I enjoyed every single Co-op moment, 100% of the time.
I believe you have the option to not activate the pre-order weapons.
fierrotlepou
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The wait wasn't so bad and I've been able to stay spoiler-free.
We're almost there.
We're almost there.
Garcia
Member
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
So annoying there is still a week to go.
Wish they would release early.
Wish they would release early.
I really hope they invasions are more fair, less buggy and not latency crippled this time around. Couple of months ago I tried playing DS1 (on PC) with a new character and I got invaded almost immediately after unhollowing, just about every time. The only exceptions were when the invader failed to connect, that would give me couple of minutes of free time. Although bonfires didn't work when they were attempting to connect so... That alone would be very annoying but the fact that so many invaders were lagging, warping, getting backstabs in even though they were way in front of me made it even worse. Then there were few nearly invincible guys that lost maybe 2% of their health bar if I got some good solid hits in. Didn't feel very fair or balanced. Game balance is quite important if you are going to force everyone into PvP. All in all, absolutely miserable experience and I quit that character less than ten hours into the game. If that had been my first character, I wouldn't be waiting for DS2 at all. Nor would I have played Demon's Souls while waiting for DS2. Actually I never got invaded at all during my NG+ run either, it's almost as if people were trolling the early game players only.
I know many people love the invasions and abus.. using every possible mechanic in the game to their advantage but for a lot of people the invasions are rarely fun. I mean feel free to hate my post but at the very least I hope the latency issues are fixed so that people from international space station with 56Kbps modems aren't trying to connect into my game making it impossible to ever touch them.
I know many people love the invasions and abus.. using every possible mechanic in the game to their advantage but for a lot of people the invasions are rarely fun. I mean feel free to hate my post but at the very least I hope the latency issues are fixed so that people from international space station with 56Kbps modems aren't trying to connect into my game making it impossible to ever touch them.
Great news if true.
I don't want the pre-order gear, but I couldn't resist the GMG deal + pre-load.
Stone Ocean
Member
Lovely. I'll make sure to turn them off for my first playthrough
CountAntonius
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So here is an important gameplay question. How many of you will use beards?
*raises hand*
*raises hand*
Garcia
Member
*raises beard*
Stone Ocean
Member
chaobreaker
Member
I just installed the latest version of the DS4 tool and now it's working. 1.1 was being finnicky with me.
eot
Banned
I think I'll try deprived + the covenant that
makes the game harder
CountAntonius
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Will the Xbox Guide button bring up steam like it does for gfwl on Dark Souls 1? Would be nice.
I'm so hyped for this game. My PC is a little old but I should still be able to play at 1080p with a good frramerate.
The only thing I've heard that I don't like is thatyou can be invaded at any time.
Well if the console versions were any indication, outside of a few specific areas invasions aren't too common.
-MD-
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Not by default, you might be able to set it as a hotkey somehow?
Either way your keyboard should be within arms reach if you need to tab+shift.
CountAntonius
Member
That's a shame.
phantomspiker
Member
Going with the Bandit, but I'll probably be a tank by the end.
Bandit looks the best for pure melee, so yeah gonna go with that.
legacyzero
Banned
So glad this thread is back. I was worried I didn't have a place to relieve my hype!
The Dear Leader
Banned
It does in Big Picture mode.
Does it not work in the actual game? I think the GB Quick Look mentioned something about the menus only responding to KB/M.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
masterkajo
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Did you try the "hide DS4" option? I couldn't get Dark Souls 1 to work without it.
*Adds to invasion list*
Is that a theme invasion as an Anor Londo archer, positioned just after someone would have defeated the actual anor londo archers? That's brilliant!
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