Somnium986
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Just beat
. Time to farm some titanite chunks. :3
Ruin Sentinels
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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Dragon1893
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The quantity and variety of locations in this game never ceases to impress me and some of them are truly beautiful, the game doesn't get the credit it deserves for that.
It's one of the things that stands out above the other games in the series for me. It always feels fresh.
where, I havent seen any yet
hopefully Ill start getting some in the poison zone, I always forget the name
Tarkus
Member
They're probably the next hardest boss in the non-DLC game under Velstadt. If you did by yourself, you are an excellent player.
I would like to see someone take on the
Sentinels
At that point I believe that it would be something on the order of 80% luck to complete.
Omega Ultimus
Member
Wait,
are considered the hardest boss in the game by you guys? Maybe I overleveled....
Anyway, just figured out you can front-stab after hitting an enemy with a strong enough R2 attack. Made the Heide Knights much more manageable.
Ruin Sentinels
Anyway, just figured out you can front-stab after hitting an enemy with a strong enough R2 attack. Made the Heide Knights much more manageable.
I did in my first play through. I did them a bit later in the game though, after progressing several of the other main paths.
The game is far less linear than a lot of newer players realize.
I'll be impressed if you clear forest straight into bastille and immediately proceed to one-shot them.
Guys do you really have that much trouble? I made a promise to myself to never coop bosses (well, I offer myself to help others but I don't accept help) and I only break it to advance story shit. im sure I've soloed them a dozen times.
It's not so bad when you realize you can fight them 1 at a time on the platform you start on.
Rodney McKay
Member
I'm thinking about getting back into my PC copy of DS2, but I don't really want to mess around much with builds and stuff.
What's a simple, effective way I should be allocating my stats? I like to be able to roll well (one of the things that initially put me off about DS2 was how it was tied to one of the stats now) and usually stick with medium armor when I play.
I think the last character I was playing as I was mainly doing strength and using the starting club since i heard it has some of the best scaling.
What's a simple, effective way I should be allocating my stats? I like to be able to roll well (one of the things that initially put me off about DS2 was how it was tied to one of the stats now) and usually stick with medium armor when I play.
I think the last character I was playing as I was mainly doing strength and using the starting club since i heard it has some of the best scaling.
I did it myself in the short time I played vanilla on PC with a dex character.
It's ridiculously tough though lol. Tired me out for awhile just from how hard it was.
OneOneSeven
Banned
Some people are easily impressed. I honestly don't understand how anyone could think Bloodborne is anything special to look at. Must be those PS4 exclusive blinders.
Texture quality is pretty bad, character models are mediocre, weird shimmering and a lack of sharpness throughout the entire game. The only thing aspect of the graphics that occasionally looks like a PS4 exclusive is the lighting from time to time.
Just about every other PS4 exclusive looks better. There is no excuse. You're telling me that developers can make games that look like Killzone or Infamous and somehow Bloodborne is ok? Nope.
It's definitely better than DS2. No argument there at all.
Somnium986
Member
Really? I always found them to be easy. I did it co-op this time, but I've done it solo multiple times. With an decently upgraded weapon it's not that bad.
Is the fight any different in the new version? Because I've beaten the
Sentinels
EDIT: Why are people trying to say that Bloodborne is not a gorgeous game? Get off of the PC master race bullshit, it looks great. The only thing wrong with the visuals is the lack of 60fps. Everything else is fine.
AWizardDidIt
Member
I believe you can only really kill that first one 1v1 at the beginning. After that the other two will engage you together and the limited space available on that platform makes fighting them both there a dicey proposition.
Also yeah, I beat the Sentinels on my 2nd try this most recent run with a dual wield character. Wasn't too bad.
Yeah, I never had trouble with the
Ruin Sentinels
Now that I think about it, I'm not sure which boss in the game has given me much trouble. I think the
Old Iron King
Same here. I explained my tactic above. It really wasn't that hard imo.
SRTtoZ
Member
First few hours impressions:
Looks great, runs great on PS4. I love the lighting especially in dark areas with the torch.
I forgot how fun the slower paced shield (or non shield) combat was compared to Bloodborne. (I love Bloodbornes combat, just saying slower is different and still just as fun)
I feel like a god so far, maybe its because I'm fresh on the souls formula but so far I havent died even to the massive gank squads in the first few areas.
Love the fact that items are scattered around in different areas because exploration isnt a waste of time if you beat the vanilla version.
Durability bug or not, whatever it is, is still shit. I couldnt make it from the first bonfire in the FOFG to the 2nd bonfire without changing weapons. Still, I'm going into this open minded and I'm okay with it. I like that I have to try different weapons this time around, but still, its not a good feature to have in a game, period. Its weirdly stressful, every few enemies you look at that little red durability bar and start getting nervous, I fucking hate that.
So far its great, well worth the money, and you literally have about 100+ hours worth of content here with everything included.
Looks great, runs great on PS4. I love the lighting especially in dark areas with the torch.
I forgot how fun the slower paced shield (or non shield) combat was compared to Bloodborne. (I love Bloodbornes combat, just saying slower is different and still just as fun)
I feel like a god so far, maybe its because I'm fresh on the souls formula but so far I havent died even to the massive gank squads in the first few areas.
Love the fact that items are scattered around in different areas because exploration isnt a waste of time if you beat the vanilla version.
Durability bug or not, whatever it is, is still shit. I couldnt make it from the first bonfire in the FOFG to the 2nd bonfire without changing weapons. Still, I'm going into this open minded and I'm okay with it. I like that I have to try different weapons this time around, but still, its not a good feature to have in a game, period. Its weirdly stressful, every few enemies you look at that little red durability bar and start getting nervous, I fucking hate that.
So far its great, well worth the money, and you literally have about 100+ hours worth of content here with everything included.
Just popped it in my ps4 a few hours ago. Love it. Never played 2 but I was addicted to demons and dark souls 1. I have bloodborne also but I hate how it forces you to play fast and the limited options. I love having tons of weapons and armor to choose from in dark souls, OK I said my 2 cents now go back to playing
ichtyander
Member
Regarding the ending, I'm not 100% clear on what to do.
Played vanilla DS2, just wondering if there's something more to it at the end this time.
I've beaten all of the vanilla sans the DLCs, met Aldia 3 times so all that's left for me to get the "bad" ending is to fight Nashandra and then Aldia right after her? The DLC areas don't influence the ending, right? Something like fighting Aldia while wearing the blessed King's Crown etc?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Omega Ultimus
Member
Although I never really had trouble with the
Old Iron King (well besides that lava pit near the entrance, haha)
Ruin Sentinels'
The only time I really struggle is when the boss has never-ending adds, but that's because I like to take risks and nuke the bosses/beat them as fast I can.
Intheflorsh
Banned
I've done this multiple times and I consider myself a pretty mediocre Souls player.
It's pretty easy when you realize they're weak to
Strike
Not to pile on, but I didn't find Ruin Sentinels very hard either. You can easily kill the first one before the other two join in, then you just go slow, circle strafe, take a quick hit or two when you can. Eventually you'll get the second one down, and killing the last sentinel solo is no challenge at all.
SRTtoZ
Member
Tarkus
Member
The Ruin Sentinels are your first big road block. With a summon, of course it's trivial.
That not exactly your average GAFfer
Somnium986
Member
where, I havent seen any yet
hopefully Ill start getting some in the poison zone, I always forget the name
It's down the ladder near the sentinel bondfire. If you have a Pharros Lockstone, you can open an area to a covenant. If you join it you'll be given a ring that will allow to invade the bell tower. Your reward for killing the host is a titanite chunk.
Speaking of Ruin Sentinels,i was wondering if i could use the hidden rooms in the boss area as a cheap way to evade their attacks but nope,fucking fog walls won´t let me get inside the rooms.
They´re not that hard(even without summon) but i always fight them after completing No Man´s Wharf, so maybe i´m a little overleveled.
They´re not that hard(even without summon) but i always fight them after completing No Man´s Wharf, so maybe i´m a little overleveled.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Semi related, but the music for that boss is so good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwQ5eLfhc_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwQ5eLfhc_I
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
We are just going to disagree here.
Somnium986
Member
After playing BB, going to the inventory through the touch pad is weird.
No, no, and no. My first playthrough was when the game first released. I wasn't overleveled, because my character level in comparison to the enemies of the area and other bosses seemed about right.
Seriously. Locked on to one, do the clockwise strafe and dodge their hits, then wait until one draws closer to you away from the pack. Pick them off that way, and they aren't hard. That is how I remember my strategy. I was a turtler too, so that shows that I really wasn't all that great of a player.
a very cute dog
Member
No real downsides for choosing Deprived, right? I'd like to have some build flexibility but I don't remember if Deprived is inefficient or anything.
SRTtoZ
Member
Yea, it shows there are a few communication issues at From because the PS4 version should have been similar to Bloodborne at this point. Options opens the inventory/menu and the touchpad does gestures.
DrROBschiz
Member
Nope just makes things slightly more challenging till you build up a bit
AWizardDidIt
Member
The vista upon entering the Old Iron King dlc is just incredible. I had to stop and just admire it for a long time.
Tarkus
Member
Nothing further.
Somnium986
Member
FUCK that I'm too shit for pvp
Well it's basically a gank convent. You could always wait for another player to aid you. :3
AWizardDidIt
Member
Was pretty psyched after going through Belfry Sol. I normally suck at PvP in this game yet somehow I got invaded 3 times one after another and actually won each fight. Double Ultra Greatswords is just too strong!
Agreed. Though I gotta say, DS2 has the best inventory management in the series. Love how the camera changes to show your character when you're swapping equipment.
Yeah I chose Explorer on my first playthrough because of the high adaptability, but the other stats are low so I couldn't equip much at first besides knives and broken swords. The early goings through FotFG were really tough at that point.
AgentOtaku
Member
Fantastic post!
I too was one of the skeptics until I put in the time with the original release. Now im fairly confident I prefer DS2 over 1... it's just a better game I feel.
Picking up my PS4 copy here shortly