Screaming Meat
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Amazing. Definitely worth it!
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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Amazing. Definitely worth it!
TalesFromHoth
Neo Member
Ok, not sure how exp you are with the game, but if you know this already I apologize.
Make sure you are human (use an effigy) and not undead. You can't summon NPC's or players to help you if you are undead as the symbols on the ground won't show up.
I'm also on PS4 so let me check my characters and see if I have anyone around that level.
My PS4 gamer tag is in my profile and you can add me as a friend.
comshoplesce
Member
you must be human to see signs on floor to summon? đeeze, didn't know...
will add you....there's something about soul memory calculator?
will there always be symbol on the ground before boss?
will add you....there's something about soul memory calculator?
will there always be symbol on the ground before boss?
zero shift
Banned
So I have managed to kill
I have also cleared the areas in between, but despite that I don't know what I am suppose to do next. I feel that I have gone everywhere in the game.
Sinner, The Rotten, and the Giant Spider in Brightstone.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I swear everyone gets stuck there lol...
Remember Licia, the miracle vendor? If she's still at the Tower of Flame, talk to her there and exhaust all her dialogue. She'll then relocate to that circular area between Majula and Heide's Tower. Pay her 2000 souls to activate the contraption and she'll unlock a new path for you.
zero shift
Banned
Who the fuck thought people would figure this out?
comshoplesce
Member
Yeah, game is just too difficult...i mean it's beautiful and all but without any guidance...
In Bloodborne everything is more easy, more fluid to understand what's your next step.
In Bloodborne everything is more easy, more fluid to understand what's your next step.
zero shift
Banned
If you think this is too difficult then never play Dark Souls 1.
If it makes you feel any better... Pursuer is actually one of the harder boss in the game. IMO if you can beat him you can beat most other challenges in the game as he's quicker than most other bosses.
You should explore other areas around Majula, there are many other paths to go to. Level up, get more items then come back to the Pursuer. The key to Pursuer is spacing and dodging a bit late. When he holds his shield up he will do a single power attack where he zones in on you and you need to dodge it (dodge it late) then hit him a couple of times. If he starts his slash fast he will do the 3 hit combo and you should just stay out of range and be ready to dodge the final attack of his combo. The other attack is his blue blade cursee attack, his blade will shine blue. Just back the hell up and punish him when he tries to poke you. Not much to the boss fight, just dodge, attack him a couple of times, stop to regain stamina and reposition and then repeat. Use your shield only for last ditch saves. In fact I would just go two hand mode for more damage (press Triangle).
Make sure you are putting points in agility for bettee dodging I frames and your equipment load is below 70%. That is one of the biggest mistakes people make coming from Bloodborne, they just equip armor with best stats and then their rolls become worse.
Made pretty good progress tonight, even though I'm still farting around in the forest of Fallen Giants. Giant is down, boosted some stats, leveled up my swords (haven't found anything but trash armor sets yet), did a lot of Jolly Cooperation. There's still the Persuer, who I'm reasonably sure I can get with time, but when each attempt costs me my max HP and effigies aren't exactly easy to come by...
That leaves the part of the fort on the other side of the wall in the swampy tree branch shanty town, whatever's on the other side of that door guarded by that huge knight, and whatever lurks in the salamander's cave. All seems like stuff to tackle later.
I guess there's still some loot in the area outside the fire cave I haven't gotten yet, I could always spend a few deaths trying to jump to those...
That leaves the part of the fort on the other side of the wall in the swampy tree branch shanty town, whatever's on the other side of that door guarded by that huge knight, and whatever lurks in the salamander's cave. All seems like stuff to tackle later.
I guess there's still some loot in the area outside the fire cave I haven't gotten yet, I could always spend a few deaths trying to jump to those...
comshoplesce
Member
dahbomb: agility is vitality?
nah that's endurance, which controls stamina.
vitality is equipment load
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Stats
nah that's endurance, which controls stamina.
vitality is equipment load
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Stats
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Agility is a separate stat that is affected by ADP and, to a lesser extent, ATT.
zero shift
Banned
So I have the game downsampled at 4K and it looks great. The problem is when I go into some rooms, there are times when my TV stops displaying my computer screen. Is there some settings I need to change to stop this from happening?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Eh, it was never a problem for me. I guess I just like to explore, I noticed there was path that was locked off at the beginning so I checked there again at some point and since I always exhaust all dialogues from NPCs, Licia was there already.
TalesFromHoth
Neo Member
This game is all about the "Never give up" attitude, you will get better, you will get your strategies down, you will win.
FYI: If you help others beat bosses and you survive you will get your humanity back for free.
zero shift
Banned
So how do I beat
in Inner Earthed or whatever it is called? The entire floor is poison and I brought that poison resistant ring but it does nothing. Do I just have to kill her as fast as possible?
the Medusa like boss
Tarkus
Member
Carry a light source and have a close look at the windmill by the bonfire.
People skip that area a lot because of fast travel I believe. If you don't recognize that there's another path there people just write it off as a useless connection to Heide's. Why go by foot when you can warp? Grumble grumble fast travel at the beginning of the game.
Oh, I'm no stranger to how the Souls games work.
Though I wonder if I leveled myself up outside the co op window that most people are at in the area. Bonfire used to be lousy with summon signs, but it dried up. May have had something to do with how late at night it was, though.
Cleared out the last of the Forest. Did some co-op in Heide. Lost a ton of souls to the mace knight outside of Dragonrider's room, and promptly fell off a cliff fighting the first knight up the stairs from the bonfire : /
I fucking hate these knights. They're not even that hard, but it's so god damn tiresome to wait for an opening to hit them safely.
I fucking hate these knights. They're not even that hard, but it's so god damn tiresome to wait for an opening to hit them safely.
comshoplesce
Member
I've been watching youtube videos and some user do kill some NPC as
Maughlin the Armourer or Licia of Lindeldt
why?
Maughlin the Armourer or Licia of Lindeldt
why?
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Licia of Lindeldt
will allow you to access an area of the game after she moves from the Tower of Flame. Not sure what happens if you kill her before you access the area. Assuming there is alternative way as well. You can invade her after she moves from the Tower of Flame with Crushed Eye Orb. In addition you need to kill 3/4 great souls as well. She drops the Soothing Sunlight miracle. I think thats the only way to get that miracle.
I dont believe killing Maughlin the Armourer lets you gain an type of special items.
Maughlin
drops the complete Tseldora set. It's by far the easiest way to get it.
Licia however
will always drop the Rotunda Lockstone whenever she dies but Soothing Sunlight is only a drop if you invade her world with the Crushed Eye Orb.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
comshoplesce
Member
buraindo: so what is common sense,
one other question: soul of defeated bosses, do you use them or leave them?
kill them or leave them?
one other question: soul of defeated bosses, do you use them or leave them?
I dropped this at the
to go play Fallout 4, but F4 has been so underwhelming in its first 5/6 hours that I'm considering going back to finish this one off.
So... how far from the end am I? How many hours?
Are the included DLC areas worth playing? How long do they take?
Undead Crypt
So... how far from the end am I? How many hours?
Are the included DLC areas worth playing? How long do they take?
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Keep alive until the very end IMO. Just like any other souls items. Look in your inventory to use them. But majority of the bosses souls can be traded for special weapons from a dealer or used to create special weapons as well.
You're not too far from the end of the base game.
The expansions are very good and I would highly recommend you play through them. I think they're about 6 hours each more or less, depends on how much you look around.
I rarely kill NPCs, but yeah iRAWRasaurus' advice is spot on.
I suggest trading the boss souls at least the first time through just to see and try new and unique weapons and spells.
zero shift
Banned
I have 3 great souls so far
. And while I killed
I did not get a great soul for some reason. What do I do now? I feel that I have been everywhere.
Iron King, Sinner, and The Rotten
The Duke's Dear Freja
Tarkus
Member
If you have the Soul of Duke's Dear Freja then you have her great soul. It looks different than the other great souls. Sounds like it's time for the Shrine of Winter.
HundredEyeMonk
Member
Hey guys.
My wife picked this up for me a few months ago (Xbox 1). I am ashamed to admit it is still in the plastic wrap.
I enjoyed Demon's Souls and Dark Souls was decent. One of the reasons I have put the game off is that the character build choices are a bit... overwhelming. Is there anyway way to respect in DS2? Am I going to totally mess a character up if I focus on one type of weapon vs another?
I don't want to feel like I am being punished later on in the game because I picked a starting build/focused on a weapon and didn't know any better.
My wife picked this up for me a few months ago (Xbox 1). I am ashamed to admit it is still in the plastic wrap.
I enjoyed Demon's Souls and Dark Souls was decent. One of the reasons I have put the game off is that the character build choices are a bit... overwhelming. Is there anyway way to respect in DS2? Am I going to totally mess a character up if I focus on one type of weapon vs another?
I don't want to feel like I am being punished later on in the game because I picked a starting build/focused on a weapon and didn't know any better.
Yeah there's a respec option and upgrade materials are plentiful so you don't have to worry about being punished for going down a specific route.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
You can respec in this one. There are some items, in limited numbers (but still quite a few per playthrough, maybe 4-5 of them? and they're even technically farmable), that you can consume to re-allocate your stats. Upgrade materials are also not too bad to obtain, titanite slabs for example are quite more common so you can experiment with various weapons.
But yeah in all those games, most weapons are viable til end-game if upgraded properly (and if pumping the stats that boost their damage of course).
How do I get that item on the scaffolding across the way from the Cardinal Tower? I tried to jump after I stripped all my equipment and put on the life ring and silver cat ring, but I still went splat : /
You can respec with an item and paying a fee to an NPC.
You can respec with an item and paying a fee to an NPC.
Arjen
Member
You can't get there until much later in the game.
That's a very late game pick up I believe.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
No it's
.
twinkling titanite
Arjen
Member
Yeah I know. It was an attempt at humor.
By the second area you find them you can farm them somewhat easily in early game. There's 6 found in the base and 3 in DLC.
zero shift
Banned
I don't see any other great soul in my inventory.
Tarkus
Member
They look like a flame.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Did you pick up the glowing thing after killing the boss, zero shift?
Oh lol... whoosh!
Freja's Soul doesn't share the same icon as the other Great Souls, it looks the same as any other regular boss'. The actual Great Soul you get from the ground after the fight doesn't get stored in your inventory.
down 2 orth
Member
Does anyone else get sick of chasing after crystal lizards? I hate seeing those things cuz I know I need to get their goodies, but I end up spending forever sometimes running around bashing the shit out of everything with my giant club only to have it squeak by by the length of a skunk's hair.
zero shift
Banned
Do I need to kill that Chariot boss right now in Huntsman Corpse? He's like really hard. The battle isn't really made for Sourcers.