This is my favorite Souls game. The B in B-Team must stand for best. =p
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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This is my favorite Souls game. The B in B-Team must stand for best. =p
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Elaborate
!Elaborate
It's the new enemy placements. Made me go all O: OOO: IIILDASLDIASDL OOOOO:
Let's just say there's more than just knights in Heide's pad now.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
So is there a change log? Even an unofficial fan one would be nice.
That was an interesting surprise haha
So
The crowns are mandatory, and you don't have to kill Ven?
Already met the scholar 4 times and answered yes to his questions
Already met the scholar 4 times and answered yes to his questions
You have to kill undead Vendrick in order to take his crown from Shrine of Amana. But you don't have to kill the one in the past. In fact, you can't even kill him.
watervengeance
Member
I got the new ending option without going through the DLC. All I did was defeat Vendrick but I didn't get his crown. Also, I'm pretty sure I didn't say Yes to all of the scholar's questions.
Very true, 60 fps makes a big difference. I'd like to see some of the faster-paced combat of Bloodborne and the build variety of the Souls series in Dark Souls 3, that would be amazing!
Strange, I thought you need to collect the crowns. Did you fight the scholar as well?
watervengeance
Member
Yep
Well I had a change of heart. Finally got use to the slower combat and weird stagger mechanic stuff. I still think the world in all the other souls games flow a lot better, but it's fine. I will see it through to the end. The trailer on psn got me to push through to the dlc stuff since it looked so cool.
Fallout-NL
Member
Damn, amazon(.co.uk) is slow as hell with the delivery of this game.
The DLC Trio is amazing and the first of the three I would argue is as good as any of the Demon's Souls levels (and Bloodborne now, too!)
sobaka770
Banned
I'm trying to go Dual-Wield and use swords that scale with AGI. Is it a viable tactic throughout the game or I should sill Max out strength instead as I saw multiple comments?
Bloodborne is only on one platform and it's already been two weeks since release.
ClayKavalier
Banned
I'm not sure I can take two From games simultaneously, but I'm really tempted to buy this. I've been banging my head against
(spoiler is just a boss name, people were spoilering them in the OT so I figured I should here) for a few days now, I don't know what it is but it's the hardest fight for me personally in a From game by far.
Going back to Dark Souls 2 with its shields and magic would be like cozying up with a security blanket at this point.
Vicar Amelia
Going back to Dark Souls 2 with its shields and magic would be like cozying up with a security blanket at this point.
Lanrutcon
Member
BB isn't very long, so I don't see the harm. Plus it gives us PC peasants something to do
SRTtoZ
Member
It depends entirely on the weapon(s). Look at them and see what letter they scale with. S>A>B>C>D>E. The better the letter, the more stats you will gain by pumping points into that attribute. So for example the Large Club I have is an A scale in strength, so that means the higher my strength gets the more damage my club will do compared to the other stats.
Lollipop Dave
Member
With the two npc summons nearby it was incredibly easy, I just knocked the
Sentinel
drotahorror
Member
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with cheesin some encounters. I'm sayin why would you cheese AND THEN complain on a message board about it? And then even diss From Software. Doesn't make sense to me. I cheese things in Dark Souls and in Bloodborne when I feel like I need to.
Somnium986
Member
She's in the room before the boss where you use the pharros lockstone. Didn't expect her to be there. Almost attacked her.
fuck I already killed the boss before I went to that room...baaaaaaaaah
Im doing the same so I can do the dlc which is what I didnt do in vanilla
Difference is that From can calibrate it on a per room/area basis. Stuff like sweetFX takes one profile and applies it to everything
No, I think Dark Souls 2 has the worst hit detection, but not by much. Bloodborne sometimes feels like Grab Attacks: The Game, and snapping into place is as jarring as ever. Dark Souls 2 is likely the lightest on clipping and weapon collision issues. Tracking is pretty close to what it is on the other games it feels like. Maybe somewhere between Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne.
So I really hate that you can't swing the follow-up attack in the direction you want after rolling. Instead, if you click the attack button while rolling, you will execute the attack in the way you were facing while rolling.
There's a specific term for this, but I can't think of it right now. Its absence is literally one of the biggest complaints I have regarding the combat. There's no excuse for this and a big backstep.
There's a specific term for this, but I can't think of it right now. Its absence is literally one of the biggest complaints I have regarding the combat. There's no excuse for this and a big backstep.
Yep, I'm finding it as tense as my first play-through with vanilla DS2. Enemies having an extended aggro-range plus the new enemy placements have caught me off-guard a few times and I'm only just past the second bonfire in FotFG.
I actually tried to
fight the Pursuer in the first encounter
The early game reminds me of how much I struggled initially with DS2. The fact you have a low amount of HP, combined with only a few charges of the Estus Flask makes the game really hard early on. Once you get 5+ Estus charges though, you're laughing.
I'm also trying dual-wielding this time. Am I stupid or what? Is this a legit way to play or will I get smacked down later on? It's tough, especially when you've played every Souls game so far with your shield up as you move around every corner. With vanilla DS2 I went the mace/Bastard sword + shield combo which saw me through NG+. I'll push on through for now. Game looks really good on PS4 too.
Gnome Scat
Member
So I'm terrible at Dark Souls but I want to give it another go on Xbox One. I know the basic controls, but could I have some tips on how to not suck when starting Dark Souls II?
Dont click while rolling. Just wait a little bit.
Backfoggen
Banned
No.
Somnium986
Member
Durability actually seems like it's even lower now.
It isn't, though. You can visually inspect the durability loss and what you hit and count it out.
Take things slow. Try to dodge if the enemy is huge instead of blocking. Watch your stamina closely. Especially while learning just getting in a hit and backing off with full stamina is not a bad idea. Explore every nook and cranny. Become human (item called Human Effigy) and don't be afraid to summon help if you need it.
Somnium986
Member
I haven't had the best experience with durability on my playthrough so far. It's just that I don't remember my weapons degrading this fast on vanilla PS3 or, PC. Starting to think I'm going crazy. :[
Some of the new enemy placements really don't gel well with the issue. FotFG was already one of the worst areas for durability, and the extra (optional hollows) AND the few extra in the tight hallway almost guarantee massive durability loss from wall hits if you aren't using thrust attacks, which isn't even an option for all weapons.
Most weapons/areas are really unaffected by the new placement, though.
The early game is much, much harder than later. Be persistent, use friend summons, and don't hesitate to do exploratory death runs to get items and open shortcuts. Losing souls isn't even a worry.
Once you're out of the first few areas, your options start to open up immensely and combat gets less frustrating.
Oh, and use a bow.
Once you're out of the first few areas, your options start to open up immensely and combat gets less frustrating.
Oh, and use a bow.
sublimit
Banned
If you are going for a melee build focus on raising strength,dex,endurance and adaptability.The later is particularly important if you like to dodge/roll a lot.
Red Liquorice
Member
I would say don't go for crazy big weapons at the start. If you're not great at Dark Souls putting all your stat points into STR/DEX early on won't help much. Better to put them into making your character survive longer
So use a basic longsword or similar low stat requirement weapon, get a 100% physical block shield and level up Vigor (more HP), Endurance (more stamina), Vitality (Equip load for equipping more/better armour) and Adaptability (more i-frames on your roll etc).
Once you've got a decent health bar and more adaptability, then put points into STR/DEX for a sexier weapon. Good thing is leveling up is so cheap in DS2, it's quicker to get to mid-high level than previous games.
fuck me lol. So, im just clearing
, I get to
summon and I summon her right, but I want to continue clearing, so im killing all the mobs, getting all the items while shes waiting near
for some reason (I guess because Im dropping down and shit), anyway, Im sloppy so I use up all my estus except 1, my greatsword is at 1/3 durability, I got like 15k souls so I think "ok better go to the bonfire"
...nope, no bonfire for you friend, you have a summon out. ok then, Ill just use a homeward bone. nah son, no bone for you either lol. I didnt know summons prevented that. So im like, ah fuck it, its just 15k souls, lets fight
.
and we kill him haha. very close, and she almost died, but I got him. or we got him. so the quest continues!
also I completely forgot about
armor, and now I must farm it, its so good
oh and btw, Iron Keep seems about the same. some archers changed position, but overall it feels the same so far. Im also overlvled as fuck and loving it lol
Iron Keep
Lucatiel
Smelter Demon
...nope, no bonfire for you friend, you have a summon out. ok then, Ill just use a homeward bone. nah son, no bone for you either lol. I didnt know summons prevented that. So im like, ah fuck it, its just 15k souls, lets fight
smelter demon
and we kill him haha. very close, and she almost died, but I got him. or we got him. so the quest continues!
also I completely forgot about
Alonne Captain
looking
oh and btw, Iron Keep seems about the same. some archers changed position, but overall it feels the same so far. Im also overlvled as fuck and loving it lol
Somnium986
Member
Made me not like the game the first time I played it on PS3 tbh. Now I like the FoFG even less now due to new enemy placement and volume. Game started to click with me again after I got out of No Man's Wharf.