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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
- Thread starter VisceralBowl
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There are some pretty great changes that don't just constitute as enemy placement:
Examples in the "G*****":
They did some good work. The zone looks nice.
Examples in the "G*****":
Full visible Aurous set
More sconces
Fewer poison spitter statutes
An NPC invader that only spawns after you fully light the zone, that drops a full set.
More sconces
Fewer poison spitter statutes
An NPC invader that only spawns after you fully light the zone, that drops a full set.
They did some good work. The zone looks nice.
the...what? the game is 2 years old man, im pretty sure you can say zone names, especially when you are going to spoiler tag stuff in them anyway
That's what I did, I thought it was intended behaviour. What would be the point of weapon degradation if you you could make it to every bonfire without them breaking. And with the abundant bonfires that really didn't happen in many locations anyway.
It would have low durability.
Deified Data
Banned
I never understood the problem with pelting them with poison arrows until they die.
In the early areas i have to say that i'm not liking the changes to enemy placement, it seems they have prioritized ganking which is not a good way to up the difficulty. I mean, i'm blazing through cause i've already played a lot the original release but i can see its unfairness to new players.
Thank god for that though.
Thank god for that though.
Deified Data
Banned
The lightning miracles themselves are useless, yes. Faith still has great utility and lightning still scales well when infused on a weapon.
Zombegoast
Member
The AI for the NPC you summon are usually bad and don't attack even when locking on to an enemy.
There are plenty if first time players here. Part of the joy of the game is exploration.
Zambatoh
Member
Jesus Christ.
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Am I counting that right? 10 freaking Knights at once?
That is maybe overkill. The game seems like it is going to be quite a bit more difficult.
Sure but he's already spoiler tagging the info, why not spoiler tag the zone name instead of using ******
I don't think it's fair to assume everyone wants to know the name of areas in the game.
Don't take that away from people and potentially ruin something for them. I love finding out the names of areas in souls games. First it starts with area names, then it's enemies, bosses, weapons and items.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
Sorry guys but I'm pretty sure durability is working as intended. People went from never ever having weapons break to actually having to keep an eye on them, which is entirely the point. Just be smart about switching weapons in and out and don't let them fully break before going to a bonfire. I played through all of DaS2 on pc before without it being an issue and it's not an issue in SotFS so far.
Mechanized
Member
Pretty sure it's not because it has been explained already why it's broken. "It's not a problem for me" doesn't mean it's not an issue.
Only if you purposefully and idiotically aggro them all at once.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
I'll agree hitting walls and dead bodies and losing durability isn't right, but it seems to me many are complaining that their weapons are actually breaking, period. When they are used to steam rolling everything with 1 weapon and never having to glance at durability between bonfires. There's a happy middle ground some where
Okay, that's fucking hilarious.
Agreed, it was standard praxis when DS1 was ported to PC and the DS2 OT as well iirc. It does no harm to spoilertag names anyway, might as well do it. I know a lot of people held out on the game in the hopes of a next gen port and here we are.
Meanwhile NPC invaders just got better smarter and trickier as the DLC's went on, I hear the newly added ones in SotFS are smart too. I mean
Maldron the Assassin
Same man, I played through Ds2 on PC at 60 FPS using a rapier and never found it an issue. I guess the people hitting walls all the time need to git gud
SiegfriedFM
Member
Coming from the PS3 version, hell yes. I would have bought it just for the 1080p and 60 fps, but getting a vastly remixed experience is great.
Same man, I played through Ds2 on PC at 60 FPS using a rapier and never found it an issue. I guess the people hitting walls all the time need to git gud
I use Katanas and rarely have an issue, went through the Iron King DLC and had it break once. Luckily I had a backup +8 katana.
Which reminds me, regarding the
recoloured, cool as hell weapons found in the Majula chest, are they in the re-release? I want my white handle Blacksteel Katana, and that bluemoon broadsword was dope as hell
addyb
Member
Bought this on psn last night. Not played it yet as I'm still on bloodborne. Looking forward to it though. Finished demons and dark a couple of times apiece but never played this when first released as my mum was terminally ill at the time and gaming took an obvious backseat. So here I am pondering whether to finish BB first or at least get my character etc all setup on this at the very least. I have seen some of the game. Literally the opening and then Majula when I watched a friend briefly on his pc.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
I've never played Dark Souls 2 and I'm playing it for the first time with SotFS. I'm also reading through this thread daily, so I appreciate the spoiler tagging when it happens.
I played it on PC, having a really hard time justifying the money :/ Oh well, since i cant play Bloodborne, may as well bite it.
I assume
they've worked those weapons into the DLC now. Did they just appear in a chest in Majula? I can't really remember.
Sounds Like Dark Souls to me
Those Dragon Knights didn't aggro on me.
They all bowed when I went close by.
They aggro if you hit them, and they might get hostile if you kill the ancient dragon (haven't tried it yet tho)
Just be patient,no this game doesn't have any important connections to the first one
levyjl1988
Banned
I would like to know if dragon fire from dragons still clip through the rock walls in Dragon Aerie. Died too many times from that BS and it doesn't make sense. I'm out if that's still broken.
I'm still pissed about them keeping the blood pulses during the boss cinematics. Worst decision ever. They never had such stupid crap in Dark Souls 1.
I'm still pissed about them keeping the blood pulses during the boss cinematics. Worst decision ever. They never had such stupid crap in Dark Souls 1.
Dead bodies should have been fixed but slamming a sword against a wall should have a durability penalty I think. I agree there's nothing wrong with not being able to make it to a bonfire with just one weapon in places. I always had a second on standby.I'll agree hitting walls and dead bodies and losing durability isn't right, but it seems to me many are complaining that their weapons are actually breaking, period. When they are used to steam rolling everything with 1 weapon and never having to glance at durability between bonfires. There's a happy middle ground some where
Huh. I put hundreds of hours into Dark 2 and never heard of this. Any documentation of this on a wiki or somewhere?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
So just to clarify, the dx9 is just dark souls 2 right? All PC editions of scholar are dx11?
Theres is a dx9 and dx11 version of DSII for PC. They are separate games (Even in the steam library)
Edit: Even the "Standard" dx9 version of DSII gets the new content and npc, but not the DX11 upgrade or the new enemy placements.
The durability thing is not just when hitting bodies and walls. It goes down faster when normally hitting enemies.
Maybe it's a more noticeable problem with starting weapons - my broadsword would get at risk super fast - and maybe only certain weapons are affected? No clue.
In any case, as the game progresses and I become stronger / have stronger weapons I haven't noticed the issue as much, it becomes more similar to the previous gen version, where it was indeed intended to have more than one combat-ready weapon.
I don't know if only certain weapons are "broken", or certain enemies, or zones, or whatever, but the difference is there. It shouldn't stop people from playing, though, because at least for me the problem became much less noticeable (well, at least so far, I haven't played that much yet).
Maybe it's a more noticeable problem with starting weapons - my broadsword would get at risk super fast - and maybe only certain weapons are affected? No clue.
In any case, as the game progresses and I become stronger / have stronger weapons I haven't noticed the issue as much, it becomes more similar to the previous gen version, where it was indeed intended to have more than one combat-ready weapon.
I don't know if only certain weapons are "broken", or certain enemies, or zones, or whatever, but the difference is there. It shouldn't stop people from playing, though, because at least for me the problem became much less noticeable (well, at least so far, I haven't played that much yet).
Am I really going to rebuy this game on PC? I never beat it the first time around, felt really inferior to DS1... It's really sinisterly smart to release this after bloodbourne considering it's the only PC alternative atm.
Actually... I might prefer to get lords of the fallen...
Actually... I might prefer to get lords of the fallen...