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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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same lol
Parry him right in front of the ballista. I did this and was able to get two shots in succession and downed him in one go.
This is basically how I feel now too. I was considering renting this having only beaten the main game and never seeing any of the DLC but it sounds like they haven't done anything to fix the game's flaws and have doubled down on them in some cases.
eot
Banned
Jesus Christ.
Fucking hell, those guys are even more annyoing than the infinite stamina mace guys. Too bad they patched out the binoboost, that was the best way to go through that area.
The DLC's are arguably the best parts of the game though, so you might want to give them a go.
But the majority of the base game is nothing special, and gets even more tedious at times now.
EatChildren
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Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ.
From pls
Chance Hale
Member
I hope they added a mob during the AD fight just for laughs.
Yes, I agree this is probably the best tactic, need to improve my parrying.
Backfoggen
Banned
They are a lot harder than the Black Knights, they are super fast and do tons of damage. They also behave closer to NPC invaders than normal monsters. They dodge and use stuff like jump attacks.
No, they've actually removed a lot of a lot of sources of frustration in other parts of the game. Some changes are questionable but most are for the better.
eg.
Sinners Rise:
the archers that aggroed on to you when you respawned have been removed
Much less frustrating placement of ladies leading to the third bonfire. Was able to clear it all without cheaping out with a bow.
the path to the boss isn't just a wall of knights, and there are more consequences for lighting up the place
SiegfriedFM
Member
Uppermost level of Tseldora was interesting. Instead of a camp of disorientated farmers, there's a
And I wish all those "aw shucks, guess I'm not playing this" people could choose to listen to those who really enjoy the new challenge.
ton of falconer soldiers, as well as a mimic. I killed the mimic but was ganked before I could get to it again, what did I miss?
And I wish all those "aw shucks, guess I'm not playing this" people could choose to listen to those who really enjoy the new challenge.
You'll get items that you can use of them throughout the game.
Backfoggen
Banned
CyberPunked
Member
Doing another strength build. What's the best strength weapons these days?
In the first gif, you were in the start up and inside the hit box.
This one is different, it does looks off. What is your adaptability stat currently? Your dodge roll should have been clear.
After fighting the Pthumerian descendant who throws his boomerangs through the fucking walls I don't want to hear about this ds2 hitbox nonsense anymore. That shit was way more infuriating than anything I've experienced in 150 hrs of DS2. A team my ass.
Chance Hale
Member
Edit: Misread, but yeah. Bloodborne proves "A" and "B" have problems with clipping.
BrawlPurist
Member
Jesus Christ.
I'd like to clarify that all these guys are friendly to the player unless attacked. Taking the
Petrified Egg
Ancient Dragon
That makes a quite big difference from he original.
Backfoggen
Banned
The other games maybe have a handful of examples like that, not enough to actually be a negative point. Here it's almost constant.
I feel like this is another thing that only comes up at 60 fps. Never felt this way with my initial playthorughs on PS4.
I never did Lucatiel's quest in vanilla, just found her in Bastille so what bosses do we have to summon her at for the quest again?
edit: whats up with the new random statues blocking doors? theres 1 in bastille...thats so random, are there like a million of the item to free them now? I know the old woman sold one for 12k
edit: whats up with the new random statues blocking doors? theres 1 in bastille...thats so random, are there like a million of the item to free them now? I know the old woman sold one for 12k
Hey, you know your adaptability stat? I'd like to know if it's actually a hitbox issue or a low invincibility frame issue.
Backfoggen
Banned
It was 10 in that gif. I pumped stuff into ADP right away.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Jesus Christ.
"What dark souls 2 got wrong"
Ah ok. I'll go for that boss later in the day and see how 20 adaptability fares.
"What neogaf got wrong"
Did everyone intentionally miss the post where the guy explains that they're not hostile as long as you beat the giant knights????
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Im so close to buying this, I didn't get very far in 2 on PS3.
What are the chances I could play without a shield and not face a ton of frustration? I'd love to wield some huge 2 hander but I only ever made it far in DS1 by using a spear and a shield.
Any thoughts? Is a 2 hander viable? What sort of stats should I go for?
What are the chances I could play without a shield and not face a ton of frustration? I'd love to wield some huge 2 hander but I only ever made it far in DS1 by using a spear and a shield.
Any thoughts? Is a 2 hander viable? What sort of stats should I go for?
I basically want to play as Guts from Berserk
Yeah it's definitely viable (in vanilla at least). I play both my normal (by choice) and SL1 (by necessity) characters that way and it works well. It does make some bosses a bit harder though.
BrawlPurist
Member
I've been running around poking things with a claymore and not using my shield except to parry. I'd say it's more than viable (still) to grab the biggest sword you can find and slam some chumps into the floor (though I'd recommend keeping a faster, smaller weapon around for backup.). As for stats, you'll want to get VIT(carry weight) and ADP(roll i-frames) up early so you can dodge better. After that, dump into STR, END, VIT, and VGR and you oughtta have smooth sailing. Well, as smooth as Dark Souls ever goes, anyways.
Not necessarily, though that can certainly be a good strategy in certain situations.
I think it comes down to having to learn the enemy's attacks better than you would otherwise. You need to learn the wind-up animations better, and you need to know exactly how to get out of the way of an attack, where before you might have just ate it with a shield and not really 'learned' a whole lot.
Some enemies. Lot of waiting for the right moment to strike too though since you'll be slow and leaving yourself open if you miss or they attack mid swing.
I never understood the problem with those, parry arrow, kick off, done and dusted. I died once when I was grasping the situation. The closet to the issues I'm having in DS2 were in the forest, on way to
Sif
eot
Banned
I thought you could parry even when 2-handing in DkSII
I got through there like 2nd time in my first playthrough. Next playthrough, I died like 25 times trying to do it.
I also beat the Capra Demon my very first time. Doesn't always mean it doesn't have some level of cheapness to it.
BrawlPurist
Member
You can, but how well it works depends on the weapon. Big fuck-off greatswords have a parry animation with a wind-up so long you have to begin your parry before even installing the game to actually land it. Stuff like curved swords and rapiers have parry frames better than most shields; only small shields (in my opinion) are better.