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Casual here that played Ds1 as a knight and wore heavy armour and slow rolled everywhere, I intend to continue along the one true path. 
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Captain Diarrhoea posted:Casual here that played Ds1 as a knight and wore heavy armour and slow rolled everywhere, I intend to continue along the one true path. This is the truth. Here is my first kill of Gwyn when DS1 came out on the PC:  Full Havel's, +15 Man-Serpent's Greatsword and Black Knight's Shield.  * Dex is so much more fun though.
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Apr 24, 2014 08:36
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Deprived is actually a really drat good idea for anyone who hasn't made up their mind. SL1, super easy to re-customize when you get the items and feel like doing so, and if you played any other Souls game you can handle the challenge. Couple gearing tips, though: Shields - A merchant in Majula sells three: A small shield (Warrior's starter shield), a 90% physical DR medium shield, and a 95% physical DR tower shield that has a high strength requirement. There is also a small shield in a chest down a tunnel behind the cat's house. It's going to be a while before you find any with 100% physical DR, and you should know that those that do have it tend to have higher requirements than they did in the last game. Weapons - The tutorial area has a dagger, and there's a broken sword and shortsword available not far into the Forest of Fallen Giants, the first area you're likely to visit. Enemies also drop weaponry, and a particular enemy, should you choose to fight it, drops a pretty good straight sword. Items - Don't forget to talk to the Emerald Herald to get your flask. Lifegems are super handy, and it will not be too long before you can get a virtually infinite supply, but careful early on. Poke around Majula for various other useful things. Oh yeah, something to bear in mind for Deprived specifically, concerning equipment: Though you're naked after you finish character creation, you'll still have the 'imported' set -- that being the rags you were wearing in the intro -- in your inventory. They're not great stat-wise, but better than nothing. Mazed fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Apr 24, 2014 |
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Apr 24, 2014 08:40
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Aren't the items the Explorer starts with useful?
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Apr 24, 2014 09:26
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What's the difference between lifegems and estus anyway?
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Apr 24, 2014 09:33
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Explorer has about 20k souls worth of items which is a lot of souls for the first few hours but they are all minor things. Lifegems are fast to use but heal over time, 5-10 seconds. Estus is slow but heals you in a second or two.
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Apr 24, 2014 09:36
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Azran posted:Aren't the items the Explorer starts with useful? I hear the headpiece gives a bonus to item find but you can buy the set early on anyway.
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Apr 24, 2014 09:37
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Azran posted:Aren't the items the Explorer starts with useful? Frankie! posted:What's the difference between lifegems and estus anyway? Both items "stack" so using multiple lifegems or drinking multiple times from an estus flask will refill your health much faster. VDay fucked around with this message at 09:42 on Apr 24, 2014 |
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Apr 24, 2014 09:39
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Not really feeling this 1 AM release on steam in Finland.
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Apr 24, 2014 09:40
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Man Im looking forward to this. Chopped through the whole game with a greatsword and heavy armour on xbox, ready to do the whole thing again with either hexes or dex weapons and a better frame rate.
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Apr 24, 2014 09:58
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Andrast posted:Not really feeling this 1 AM release on steam in Finland. I'm also annoyed. Game releases at the exact time I start my shift for the day. First world problems.
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Apr 24, 2014 10:06
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Fina posted:In Dark Souls I really started to enjoy playing light armor after my first character which ran around in Black Iron. Armor is fairly useful on a new game run(many bosses who would one shot you will two shot you instead, which is all the difference you need) but enemies start dealing so much damage in NG+ that even the heaviest of armor is largely a waste after the first few bosses. Eventually, no matter what, you'll need to know how to dodge. In PvP, armor is a really huge boon and being a fatass fully upgraded haveldad means you can take a lot of damage.
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Apr 24, 2014 10:08
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Game released here early because stores won't be open tomorrow until around 1pm, can't install because it hasn't been released officially yet. 
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Apr 24, 2014 10:15
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Ignimbrite posted:Game released here early because stores won't be open tomorrow until around 1pm, can't install because it hasn't been released officially yet. It should be unlocked on steam at 8am AEST tomorrow, just in time for sword swinging ANZAC celebrations.
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Apr 24, 2014 10:32
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I think its pretty cool that they did that though, good on those guys.
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Apr 24, 2014 10:43
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Playing Dark Souls 2 is a great way to spend the day if you're not into this nationalistic pro military crap.
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Apr 24, 2014 10:46
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Hell its just a great way to spend a day!
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Apr 24, 2014 10:50
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I assume starting as a half-naked Zombie (Deprived) is still an option? Not been looking too deeply in to the game as I want the full 'experience'.
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Apr 24, 2014 10:53
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cat doter posted:Playing Dark Souls 2 is a great way to spend the day if you're not into this nationalistic pro military crap. Is there something happening in America I am not aware of?
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Apr 24, 2014 10:57
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Please don't disparage my biscuit holiday.
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Apr 24, 2014 10:59
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Opens up exactly at midninght today in Spain. For completely unrelated reasons, I have tomorrow off 
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Apr 24, 2014 10:59
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Does anybody know how long gamecards.eu usually takes to send out their keys?
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Apr 24, 2014 11:01
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IchGestalt posted:I assume starting as a half-naked Zombie (Deprived) is still an option? Not been looking too deeply in to the game as I want the full 'experience'. You can start as Deprived, but you'll be human at the start; not hollowed. So for the best experience, jump off a cliff as your first action. The result will surprise you and make you laugh, and confirm that this is a true dark souls game.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:04
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I've heard a lot about the whole enemies not respawning thing. Has this been an issue for people? I'm pretty bad at Dark Souls and am worried that this might impact how I play.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:05
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Meinberg posted:I've heard a lot about the whole enemies not respawning thing. Has this been an issue for people? I'm pretty bad at Dark Souls and am worried that this might impact how I play. Unless you're absolutely awful at reclaiming your bloodstain, it won't kick in to be enough of a burden. Using the white soapstone will help you recover anything you lost.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:10
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Meinberg posted:I've heard a lot about the whole enemies not respawning thing. Has this been an issue for people? I'm pretty bad at Dark Souls and am worried that this might impact how I play. Its no big deal. Its only if you kill them and even then you have to kill that enemy 12 times for it to stop spawning so you have a pretty big margin of error there. You shouldn't worry about not getting enough souls to level with or anything
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Apr 24, 2014 11:12
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Meinberg posted:I'm pretty bad at Dark Souls and am worried that this might impact how I play. Honestly, no. I've found that in general I've had to actively decide to depopulate an area to do so. And you can always get new souls by helping other people even if you did run an area to extinction.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:13
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I thought they stopped spawning eventually if they kept killing you, not the other way round? Thats what it felt like in the shaky early stages of my first play through. Either way I didnt find it to be a problem, you dont need to grind in this game.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:17
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I preordered from simplycdkeys a couple of weeks ago for the first time but I haven't gotten my key yet. Is that normal? When can I expect to get it?
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Apr 24, 2014 11:21
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Ekster posted:I preordered from simplycdkeys for the first time but I haven't gotten my key yet. Is that normal? When can I expect to get it? Some people got their keys this morning, so they are sending them out. Hopefully they'll get to everyone today.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:22
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Mordaedil posted:Is there something happening in America I am not aware of? Wrong country.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:22
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Turra posted:Some people got their keys this morning, so they are sending them out. Hopefully they'll get to everyone today. Ah alright, I'll keep a close look on my mailbox then.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:23
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cat doter posted:Wrong country. 
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Apr 24, 2014 11:27
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Samopsa posted:You can start as Deprived, but you'll be human at the start; not hollowed. So for the best experience, jump off a cliff as your first action. The result will surprise you and make you laugh, and confirm that this is a true dark souls game. Huzzah! Half-naked Zombie fun times return! What a glorious game.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:28
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I woke up at 5:30 this morning to play before class. Imagine my surprise when Steam said the game ain't even unlocking for another 12 hours. What's the deal with that? (And why do I feel like this late unlock is a sign that the developer is scrambling to finish the game?)
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Apr 24, 2014 11:32
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The game is unlocking a full day ahead of schedule and either way the game would have gone gold a while ago so I don't know why you think that. 
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Apr 24, 2014 11:35
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Magna posted:I just bought it on GMG for 25% off using J4XXU2-JTFTLL-8ENDXZ. Used this green man gaming code and am now pre-loading dark souls II for only 30 English pounds. Feels good man. 
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Apr 24, 2014 11:38
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Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:I woke up at 5:30 this morning to play before class. Imagine my surprise when Steam said the game ain't even unlocking for another 12 hours. What's the deal with that? (And why do I feel like this late unlock is a sign that the developer is scrambling to finish the game?) Its a sign you don't understand how timezones works. And/or are a time traveller.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:41
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Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:(And why do I feel like this late unlock is a sign that the developer is scrambling to finish the game?) I'm sure FROM is just in a flurry of activity right now... "Hey guys we haven't finished key components to the game we need more time!" "I've got it! Instead of April 25, we push it forward to April 24! We'll blame it on ANZAC" Makes total sense right? Anyways, totally stoked for tonight - Have no idea what to roll though. Might just Strength build it, maybe I'll throw some faith in there too. But I'm also really interested in a dex/ magic build. Ugh.
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Brasseye posted:I thought they stopped spawning eventually if they kept killing you, not the other way round? Thats what it felt like in the shaky early stages of my first play through. Either way I didnt find it to be a problem, you dont need to grind in this game. Nope, extinction is based on how many times you kill each enemy.
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