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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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AWizardDidIt
Member
Yes.
Once you get the Ashen Heart you can go there and go into the "Memory of the King" where you can speak with Vendrick in the past. It's from one of the DLCs
nice
Robot Pants
Member
So does the dragon skeleton in aldias keep not attack anymore?
Doctor Rover
Member
I've been having a pretty good run despite the changes, I was able to defend myself from 3 separate Dark Spirits by pelting them with throwing knives before they got to me.
This is probably one I'll have to look up later but I don't think this area look this good on DX9.
It's great to get people that know the game well.
Beating the Trio with 3 people was fun, and thanks to them I'm in a new area I haven't seen before...
I can't wait to get deeper.
This is probably one I'll have to look up later but I don't think this area look this good on DX9.
It's great to get people that know the game well.
http://i.imgur.com/KdRIE9r.png
It's great to know that this little swarm is just as mean as before
It's great to know that this little swarm is just as mean as before
Beating the Trio with 3 people was fun, and thanks to them I'm in a new area I haven't seen before...
I can't wait to get deeper.
VaultBoy101
Member
Thats's what I've been working on tonight. 20 human effigies later and various strategies used, still no closer. The closest I got was actually on my first attempt. This was the toughest part of the vanilla version for me as well.
Everything's fine until the split happens and you're being attacked from both sides.
You have to light all the torches now.
Somnium986
Member
was just about to ask this heh. what about the locked door in the hallway with the hippoguys? I did the wall breaking stuff but cant find a key for the door
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
32 hours into my first ever playthrough and going in blind, no walkthroughs or any of that jazz, been messing around with my build as I go depending on what random crap I find along the way. Spent a bit of time doddering about looking for the next area to make some progress from time to time, but it's been smooth sailing for the most part. Currently at the Undead Crypt at Lvl 132, stats are as follows:
VGR: 21
END: 20
VIT: 48
ATN: 10
STR: 35
DEX: 20
ADP: 16
INT: 3
FTH: 13
Got a bit of faith just so I could use the heal miracle earlier on in the game to make up for a lack of estus uses and lifegems, made the first couple of areas much easier. Then after that it was all about the big weapons, and heavy physical defense. Using the Royal Solider's Ring +1 to increase my equip load by 15% and to get it up to 116.1, the bracing knuckle Ring +1 to lower the durability loss for my weapons by 35% and my armour and rings by 25%, the Ring Of Life +1 to increase my health by 7.5%, and the Ring Of Blades +1 to give myself 35 extra attack. I can wear a ton of heavy armours and big, slow hard hitting weapons and still be just under the equip load requirment of 70% to get a compotent roll without falling into the "fatroll" tier. Weilding a Claymore +10, Greatsword +10, a Drangliec Sheild, a clerics chime, and a longbow along with the mirror knight armor set so it's a ton of stress on my equip load!
So fun to be able to kill bosses in just a few weak hits and easily block almost all physical damage from the bosses! Been helping people beat bosses to earn a bit of souls on the side for weapon upgrades and stuff.
Love this armour set.
VGR: 21
END: 20
VIT: 48
ATN: 10
STR: 35
DEX: 20
ADP: 16
INT: 3
FTH: 13
Got a bit of faith just so I could use the heal miracle earlier on in the game to make up for a lack of estus uses and lifegems, made the first couple of areas much easier. Then after that it was all about the big weapons, and heavy physical defense. Using the Royal Solider's Ring +1 to increase my equip load by 15% and to get it up to 116.1, the bracing knuckle Ring +1 to lower the durability loss for my weapons by 35% and my armour and rings by 25%, the Ring Of Life +1 to increase my health by 7.5%, and the Ring Of Blades +1 to give myself 35 extra attack. I can wear a ton of heavy armours and big, slow hard hitting weapons and still be just under the equip load requirment of 70% to get a compotent roll without falling into the "fatroll" tier. Weilding a Claymore +10, Greatsword +10, a Drangliec Sheild, a clerics chime, and a longbow along with the mirror knight armor set so it's a ton of stress on my equip load!
So fun to be able to kill bosses in just a few weak hits and easily block almost all physical damage from the bosses! Been helping people beat bosses to earn a bit of souls on the side for weapon upgrades and stuff.
Love this armour set.
Somnium986
Member
You mean the one with the chains? You need to lure the hippo guys to the door and bait them to swing, and he'll break the door down. Just make sure he's close enough.
FairXchange
Member
Just had an awesome session, so glad I picked this up. Dark souls 2 is even better than I remember, and with all the changes and updates this game has got, it's so refined. I've been invading, exploring, levelling. The graphics look damn good too.
The skeleton drops the key now instead of the dragon
Dragon skeleton drops it the key. It use to be the dragon boss. I think.what skeleton
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Ughh so I cant summon or be summon in the game. I have the White Sign Soapstone and unhallow as well. Stupid question short, did the summoning change in the game? I am online since I can see the outline of players and their messages as well. In the menu I cant click on "Go Online" but it says its connecting online when I start the game.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
PS4? Did you suspend and resume, by any chance?
If so, exit to the main menu and hold down the PS button and close the application. Then, just relaunch the game.
An odd bug that also affects Bloodborne, oddly enough.
Yep. Twice here on XB.
yoooooooooooooooo this
, he looks so pretty.
can I have his armor pls? :3
edit: wait theres a bunch of them. this is new for sure
dragon knight fella right at the start of dragon shrine, near a big fucker
can I have his armor pls? :3
edit: wait theres a bunch of them. this is new for sure
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Yeah its PS4. Thanks I will give it a try.
Endgame spoilers:
You first must kill Vendrick in the Undead Crypt, then go to that door again while human (doesn't work if you're undead) and I believe it should open for you unless something changed from the last gen version.
hmm these
arent new, they just look prettier I think, and theres a lot more of then. I assume they all aggro if I
?
I dont even know what the
is for anyway, and I have no desire to fight the
>_>
dragon knights
take the egg and/or attack ancient dragon
I dont even know what the
egg
ancient dragon
duck_sauce
Member
You cant skip the end credits and they go on forever......god that is super annoying. Thanks From.....great design choice!
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
To play with Krazy but we have already left him way far behind while not even really trying to advance :-/
soxinthebox
Member
So I played for about an hour and got part way through the giant forest near majula but my mace and healing item broke and now I just have weak as daggers and short swords to rely on. Should I just restart the game? Is there any simple way to repair my broken items?
Also how do I actually spend souls on levelling? I had a couple thousand but lost them all since I didn't really know where to cash them in. :/
Also how do I actually spend souls on levelling? I had a couple thousand but lost them all since I didn't really know where to cash them in. :/
As always there are specific items there that you may want to get early. THe bosses are mostly pretty tough though, some of the toughest in the series. I would go in to each find some good items, but perhaps leave the bosses for later. Always go in and check out a DLC when you find one though.
Yeah, they only want to bow and see you tear down the enemies that do aggro. I like the change; it's certainly not the horde mess the screenshot posted last week was depicting.
Somnium986
Member
Where is the new location of the S
?
unset Staff
Yea, some aspects still look rough, but the uncompressed textures really highlight how detailed some of the armor and weapons are. I am really loving the makeover it received in terms of the improved lighting and darkened zones as well. Torches are definitely useful now.
Also greatly enjoying the remixed enemies and item layouts. Game feels far more natural in how it divvies up treasure with a more natural progression. New enemies guarding locations that were once empty or devoid of interference has made this version feel more complete and polished. More variety in the actual combat encounters too, at least in the first few zones I have visited thus far.
Answered already, but you really have to get accustomed to dodging at the last second due to certain enemies delayed tracking, not a big deal once you do but conditioning to it is rough. Build up your AGL stat (LAME) but you really feel quite a difference in the i-frames starting in the mid-90's and beyond where maneuverability is somewhat more forgiving while dodging. Game starts to feel more familiar at that point.
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
NPC (i think?) summon spoiler
Also... dumb question but how do I check for illusory walls? I see a lot of messages saying "Illusory Wall". I assume most are trolls but every now and then Ill come across one with a really high rating on it so I think its real. But if I attack the wall nothing happens.
Just summoned a guy wearing Havels armor and rocking two shields. Im almost positive this was an NPC cause his name was very NPCish..... but he was getting down with two shields LMFAO.
Also... dumb question but how do I check for illusory walls? I see a lot of messages saying "Illusory Wall". I assume most are trolls but every now and then Ill come across one with a really high rating on it so I think its real. But if I attack the wall nothing happens.
I was at that point when I dove into the first DLC on PS3. Felt perfectly fine and balanced for my gear at that time, so I imagine it still holds up the same. Held off on DLC2/3 for this port, but the first pack alone took over 12 hours to fully complete and was by far some of the best content seen in the entire game.
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
Lost Sinner has got my number :/ I cannot beat this thing for the life of me. Starting to regret doing a battlemage. The lack of stamina is killing me.
(Also the slow healing animation is ridiculous, seriously.)
(Also the slow healing animation is ridiculous, seriously.)
Somnium986
Member
You need to press the confirm button to check for a illusory wall.
Charmicarmicat
Banned
You have to press X against them now. Also, messages can't 'block' a secret wall, so if there's a message and you can't open the wall, it's just someone being an asshole.
ok so I did the
, the
, I have 4
(im not fighting the
for the 5th I cba with that fight and at my soul lvl im not finding any summons there) so I guess all I have left is
and then the last boss
before the DLC correct?
3 giant memories
dragon memory
giant souls
ancient dragon
Vendrick
(es)
Sure. I was told to do the DLC before beating the game, maybe that makes more sense in a narrative standpoint.
SiegfriedFM
Member
Restart. It's probably quicker.
Keep an eye on the red bar under your weapon. If it goes low, switch to another weapon. They repair automatically at bonfires but not if you break them completely, then you need a blacksmith and he isn't available until you reach the second bonfire in there and do a specific thing.
You spend souls at the Emerald Herald in Majula. You must have missed her.
hmm good idea. I checked my inventory and I have the 3 things needed for the 3 dlcs so I might do that
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
soxinthebox
Member
Thanks, will start over since this feels hopeless.
edit: took no time getting past where I was before
The Mango Sentinel
Member
So how much are the graphics actually improved? I'm thinking about buying this just because my 360 stopped functioning and I didn't get to finish it.
Quoting myself for some help
I got myself a 100% dark block shield, and put on some dark defense rings.
Even being able to block some of their attacks, its still too chaotic when theres
two of them
I'm going to do what I did last time, respec into int/fth and go pyro its ass.
The PS4/Xbone versions look like the PC version. The dark areas are more dark and requires you to either fight blind or equip a torch. It adds quite a lot to the atmosphere.
Except that, nothing noteworthy regarding the graphics.