A piece of the wall next to it is breakable.
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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A piece of the wall next to it is breakable.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Alright so I totally know this has been answered before, but bear with me: is there any point to playing the original Dark Souls 2 on PC now that this version is out?
edit: in fact it was JUST asked and answered. Ignore me.
edit: in fact it was JUST asked and answered. Ignore me.
Bl@de
Member
Yes. NG+ can be started at the bonfire in Majula
bobawesome
Member
26 Loyce souls down.
24 to go. 
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
Loving this game so much. It's already up there with Dark Souls imho. Such a large and consistent experience.
Basically:
A big "Fuck you" to the cycle. You don't become king and then burn as fuel for the first flame. You don't just let it be and become a dark lord, potentially letting someone else relight the flame. Instead you walk away and let the flame fully die. Which is symbolised by the torches dying as your character walks away. That's how I understand it anyway. The regular ending is either king/ dark lord. Aldia ending is the third choice. No age of dark, no age of light. Just letting nature run its course
I hope Dark Souls 3 sheds some light on the Dark Soul and the first flame. They seem to be at odds with each other, yet humanities were used to keep the bonfires going.
drotahorror
Member
2nd FromSoftware game I've plat'd in less than a month.
Maybe like, my 7th or 8th plat. I don't do it for too many games.
drotahorror
Member
It's my favorite Souls game. Including Bloodborne. I'm in a very small minority when it comes to that.
maaaaaaaaan got a awesome cleric coop bro that walked me through the first dlc, pointing out all the secrets and shit, was so fun, then he left
trying to finish the rest of the zone now but im lost, I got some key that opens a optinal area and now I dont know where to go (besides the optional area)
if that coop bro hadnt pointed out the switches on the ceilings and shit it would have taken me ages to find im not gonna lie
edit: nvm found a path I didnt take, and I hear some lady singing. im so scared alone in this zone you have no idea. stupid spells not working
trying to finish the rest of the zone now but im lost, I got some key that opens a optinal area and now I dont know where to go (besides the optional area)
if that coop bro hadnt pointed out the switches on the ceilings and shit it would have taken me ages to find im not gonna lie
edit: nvm found a path I didnt take, and I hear some lady singing. im so scared alone in this zone you have no idea. stupid spells not working
drotahorror
Member
If you're pure caster you need to soul vessel right now yo. Casters are doodoo in the DLC's.
I haven't tried, but would using pyromancy work instead of respecing and making drastic changes?
Retrozocker
Member
Well...Caster! ;-)
I hope people know that you can stop those ghost from spawning in the hallway towards Velstadt.
maaaaaaaaan got a awesome cleric coop bro that walked me through the first dlc, pointing out all the secrets and shit, was so fun, then he left
trying to finish the rest of the zone now but im lost, I got some key that opens a optinal area and now I dont know where to go (besides the optional area)
if that coop bro hadnt pointed out the switches on the ceilings and shit it would have taken me ages to find im not gonna lie
edit: nvm found a path I didnt take, and I hear some lady singing. im so scared alone in this zone you have no idea. stupid spells not working
DLC areas is so fun to get summoned to. Pointing to hidden switches and stuff, it's awesome when the host understand what you want them to do
. One time I got summoned to Shulva and ran straight ahead to the tombs to help the host out, I figure he must have been surprised when
The phantom enemies became solid and took more damage as he was fighting them. He probably wondered where the fuck I ran off too :lol
One of my favourite Souls areas for sure. Shulva and Shrine of Amana are the coolest.
Crown of the Sunken King Aquired. Co-op'ed that
cunt like a motherfucker, #noshame #imascrub #dlchatesmages
still need to do the optional locked area tho, I believe there is also a boss there?
Sinh
still need to do the optional locked area tho, I believe there is also a boss there?
Augemitbutter
Member
but....you're not a beginner anymore.
drotahorror
Member
Maybe, but I doubt it. It seems magic in general did squat in the DLC's. I figured miracles/lightning would rip skeleton type enemies but nope, my soul arrows did more damage.
Personally if it takes 5+ soul arrows for me to kill a mob, it's taking too long. I never did the DLC's til new game+ but I had the best spells in the game at that point and 64 int with 44 faith. Stuff was taking way too long to kill.
Not to mention I wasn't having fun at all the entire time through new game and new game+. I respec'd to a +10 (ultra) greatsword and had a helluva good time. I just wanted to try caster out 1 time since I had never done it in souls games. Big regret spending 30+ hours playing something I hated.
FUCK thatboss. 130hp per dark orb, I miss my tankdragon
Were you soul-less? It took me 20+ hours to realize dark orb used my souls for damage. Then I stopped using it.
Casters are good but I don't think it's easy. I find it much easier to 2 hand and do work. Just a preference I suppose.
Resonant Soul uses souls. Dark Orb does not
but I always have souls anyway
edit: hoooooooooooooly shit this run back to the
trio boss
edit: and Crown of the Sunken King fully done
Man that was exausting, even with coop. I love/hate this zone, the look and level design is awesome, but its quite hard and frustrating especially as a mage. I bet its much more satisfying on a second playthrough when you know what to do.So I have just finished the main story and want to move onto the DLC but I am looking to respec. I currently have about 50 int and have been using the moonlight greatsword along with some pyro. What would you guys suggest I go for to complete the DLC's I'm at about 165 soul level and I have the rulers sword.
Rulers Sword is useless unless you have 1,000,000 souls or so on you.
Yep. Hope you switched out of your dark build by now.
I'm really loving Dark Souls II. Only put in 4.5 hours so far, and just beat the first boss on my first try. I'm not going to let that lull me into a false sense of security as I did with Bloodborne. Cleric Beast was a breeze, then I died 10+ times to Father G. I'm expecting the same to happen with me the next boss in Dark Souls II.
Time flies with these games. Whenever I die I immediately want to give it another shot; this gets me stuck in a loop of playing for hours!
Time flies with these games. Whenever I die I immediately want to give it another shot; this gets me stuck in a loop of playing for hours!
drotahorror
Member
Resonant Soul uses souls. Dark Orb does not
but I always have souls anyway
doh, you are right, I gott'em mixed up.
Got that right
Heads up, patch is on the way to fix durability decreasing when weapons hit corpses and making it easier to execute guard break and jump attacks.
http://info.darksouls.jp/other/pc/information_detail/2015-04-16-01.html
http://info.darksouls.jp/other/pc/information_detail/2015-04-16-01.html
bobawesome
Member
Finally got all of the Loyce Souls. Boy, that was not worth it.
Sweet for the corpse bug getting fixed. But durability itself won't be increased. Ta-da, it worked as intended at 60 FPS all along!
Some funny area names when using google translate. Like, wtf is Gilligan's Tower of Soil? Earthern Peak? Heide? :lol
Edit: Oh Gilligan is the ladder dude, Tower of Soil is obviously Earthern Peak. I are dumb.
They've also fixed Sleep Mode disconnecting you from the online servers for consoles it seems. A whole bunch of Xbone connectivity fixes
usp84
Member
Well i hope that now some people will relize that it was a real problem lol
Between the weapon slots and the bonfires repairing gear, it seems pretty clear that durability is meant to be a resource like estus charges, but this should fix the problem of inherently low durability weapons becoming unusable after one clusterfuck of a fight in a narrow corridor.
Aye, I can now do the Katana full sweep at a bunch of dudes without fear of it breaking. I like how people who played on last gen consoles pretty much got EZ Mode with increased durability. Another thing that is telling is how you only fatroll once you go above 70%, probably raised that ceiling to accomodate equpping several weapons at once.
That was never in question, what people said was that the higher durability loss overall was the intended effect in 60 FPS. In 30 durability didn't decrease as much. Easy to get the two confused though, and probably the source of many unecessary arguments
drotahorror
Member
With bonfire ascetics and the champion covenant you can max out so many weapons in your first new game that durability shouldn't even be an issue.
I used dual caestus for a lot of the game, so dual swords should be viable. Make sure you have the stats power stance whatever weapons you're using. You can't really play this exactly like Bloodborne though; there's no health regain mechanic and popping lifegems/estus takes a little longer than blood vials.
Some weapons were disproportionately hurt by the corpse durability loss. This change will barely effect most weapons, but will make a giant difference for some.
... Unless the translation or notes are incomplete, and they are also tweaking the wall or phantom penalties.
ive played all the games as a dodge-heavy sword wielder(Dex focused), and DS2 is fine as one. Rough in the early going though as you really need to bulk up AGL to make dodge rolling feel more viable with more I-frames. Once you hit around 95 in the stat, you will be far more capable of surviving the various swipes without feeling the timing windows are broken. So highly recommend prioritizing adaptability to raise AGL in the early levels if you want to be light and nimble on your feet.
Otherwise, don't expect blood borne here, but being an aggressive dodge-spammy dual wielder can be very fun here too.
meh
durability isn't really a problem
I think I'd appreciate the guard break and jump attack stuff though
I like the jump attack change. I learned to love it in BB, but coming back to this I found it very inconsistent to pull off.
the B-team made a better game than the A-team
Honestly, I hope they keep the significant durability loss for hitting walls. I cheesed the fuck out of Bloodborne by hitting enemies through walls with impunity. If you aren't going to program enemy AI to actually account for walls and pillars, then you need mechanisms in place to discourage clipping abuse.
There's a breakable wall along the side that leads to the next room