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Apr 24, 2014 20:19
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I heard that if you kill the boss/whatever as a white phantom, you return to your world with your humanity restored. Is that a glitch or a deliberate mechanic? Should I be throwing down white signs if I'm in need of restoring humanity without effigies?
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Apr 24, 2014 20:20
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Appoda posted:I heard that if you kill the boss/whatever as a white phantom, you return to your world with your humanity restored. Is that a glitch or a deliberate mechanic? Should I be throwing down white signs if I'm in need of restoring humanity without effigies? It's deliberate, it always has been, it was glitching out during release but it's stable now. Yes.
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Apr 24, 2014 20:22
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Welp, time to stop reading the thread until I get my physical copy, I guess. It's been good and true brothers and sisters. See you after you've already beaten the game twice or thrice.
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Apr 24, 2014 20:23
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I didnt play DS1 much but I am preloading this now. Can I summon more than one friend for jolly coop or is it just me plus one?
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Apr 24, 2014 20:24
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Innerguard posted:I didnt play DS1 much but I am preloading this now. Can I summon more than one friend for jolly coop or is it just me plus one? 2 people max.
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Apr 24, 2014 20:24
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So uh, it seems that if you've used a VPN to decrypt the game files early, you don't need to remain connected to play. You can launch it avoiding Steam by just using the .exe in the game folder. Servers... appear to be up too? I've got some really weird graphics glitch in the main menu's 'Information' panel though, the text is flickering like crazy.
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Apr 24, 2014 20:29
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Is it  to describe how to use a VPN?
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Apr 24, 2014 20:30
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How's the M+KB controls for you folks who have tried them out?
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Apr 24, 2014 20:31
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StashAugustine posted:Is it No. Pretty simple really, I've done it for other things, but I won't speak to it since I haven't done it for circumventing Steam. edit: that said, it's probably better to just wait 2 hours. Our VPN goonbros are probably going to find out in a few days that Gaben got mad and nuked all the japs and then we'll laugh at them. Atlasesque fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Apr 24, 2014 |
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Atlasesque posted:No. Pretty simple really, I've done it for other things, but I won't speak to it since I haven't done it for circumventing Steam. No-one has ever gotten banned for unlocking a game early with a VPN. It's buying from another country with a VPN that fucks you. It's pretty simple. Go to the FlyVPN site, download the Lite client, exit Steam, use the Free Trial login to login Japan 02/03, launch Steam, decrypt game, launch game, disable FlyVPN, don't close the game until 6PM EST.
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Apr 24, 2014 20:34
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So yeah the online's definitely working, I can see grey phantoms in the newbie area. Hi guys 
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Apr 24, 2014 20:42
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I bought a key yesterday and it still hasn't arrived, are pre-order keys different from regular keys or did I miss out on the pre-order content?
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Apr 24, 2014 20:43
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For anyone who hasn't picked this up yet and missed the Easter sale (J4XXU2-JTFTLL-8ENDXZ) gets you 25% on Dark Souls 2 on Greenmangaming. I got my code immediately after paying. From here: http://blog.playfire.com/2014/04/dark-souls-ii-25-off-on-gmg.html
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Apr 24, 2014 20:47
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I'm an idiot can I still get this game for 25% off? I am truly an idiot thanks guy above me
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GMG rules and you should get that deal if you have not bought the game yet.
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Apr 24, 2014 20:49
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Anti-Hero posted:How's the M+KB controls for you folks who have tried them out? I've heard a couple people say they aren't god awful like Dark Souls 1. You also can completely customize them so that's nice. Gamepad stuff can't be changed besides moving Jump from pushing L3 down back to double tapping circle/x
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Apr 24, 2014 20:49
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For anyone wondering about loading times. I installed it on my 500gb SSD. From the start of the loading screen to the end is about 3 seconds.
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Apr 24, 2014 20:49
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So everyone who's logged in now is using a VPN and it's not that Steam just hasn't updated, right? arrggh fuckin chomping at the bit here GRRR gotta souls 
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Apr 24, 2014 20:49
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Sultan Tarquin posted:For anyone wondering about loading times. I installed it on my 500gb SSD. From the start of the loading screen to the end is about 3 seconds. For comparison PS3 Disc load times are 30 to 40 seconds. PS3 PSN digital version load times are 25 to 30 seconds.
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Mazed posted:So everyone who's logged in now is using a VPN and it's not that Steam just hasn't updated, right? Game doesn't unlock for another 2 hours.
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Apr 24, 2014 20:50
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I'm not going to use a VPN because I'm a god-fearing american and also I'm probably too stupid to figure it out. If you get invaded by McRib is Back!, be sure to not laugh at me too much.
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SuicideSnowman posted:Game doesn't unlock for another 2 hours. So it was said, but it helps to be sure. Time to be productive before Souls.
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neetengie posted:It's deliberate, it always has been, it was glitching out during release but it's stable now. Yes. Thanks! It's a shame that you can't join that Champions covenant and still summon white phantoms. A criticism my co-op buddies had was that co-op made enemies and bosses too easy -- we weren't jolly co-oping because we were having trouble with an area, but because we just wanted to stomp over Lordran while cracking dumb jokes on skype. I can see why it's in place, but it'd have been fun to have that increased difficulty to offset three dudes whacking monsters with ascended pyromancy, crystal/dark magic, and zweihanders. Oh well, I guess a good way to circumvent this would be to just level up every area with a bonfire ascetic. Would that make bosses last long enough to be a challenge, or do multiple players break boss AI in such a way that the extra health and damage won't help enough?
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Appoda posted:Thanks! An ascetic would help if you want higher difficulty, but I think that some stuff that's normally NG+ won't occur on an Ascetic I think Last Sinner's lil helpers don't spawn on an Ascetic bonfire, could be wrong though Honestly I would prefer World Tendency to come back instead of bonfire ascetics coming in, but maybe it'll just make the game a bit worse. And for multiple players, I think they're easier to solo since you can follow their patterns in a better manner, while multiple people can make them a bit more unpredictable.
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Wish I was more specific with my recent birthday list. Got a copy of Dark Souls 2 for PC but it is a physical copy that needs to be picked up in store. No downloading for me  .However, looking forward to the rest of this thread!
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Selious posted:For anyone who hasn't picked this up yet and missed the Easter sale (J4XXU2-JTFTLL-8ENDXZ) gets you 25% on Dark Souls 2 on Greenmangaming. I got my code immediately after paying. Just confirming that this still works as of right now (1PM PST) with no problems and saved me a cool 12 bucks.
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Apr 24, 2014 21:01
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I've been trying to keep away from any and all DS2 information until I can actually play the drat thing, but I have a quick question: Me and a friend played through the entirety of DS1 together by summoning each other in each area. Will something similar be possible here, or have they made that pretty much impossible with the new summoning systems?
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Appoda posted:I heard that if you kill the boss/whatever as a white phantom, you return to your world with your humanity restored. Is that a glitch or a deliberate mechanic? Should I be throwing down white signs if I'm in need of restoring humanity without effigies? White Phantoming / Sunbroing also refills your spellcasts if you manage to beat the boss. Very useful.
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This game is loving hard. I'm at 50% hp, have no health items, die pretty often at that drat forest with 3 enemies and ugh. Lost thousands of souls and haven't even unlocked leveling yet.
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Not Al-Qaeda posted:This game is loving hard. I'm at 50% hp, have no health items, die pretty often at that drat forest with 3 enemies and ugh. Lost thousands of souls and haven't even unlocked leveling yet. Have you talked to people at Majula?
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Isaacs Alter Ego posted:I've been trying to keep away from any and all DS2 information until I can actually play the drat thing, but I have a quick question: Me and a friend played through the entirety of DS1 together by summoning each other in each area. Will something similar be possible here, or have they made that pretty much impossible with the new summoning systems? There are systems in place that make it easier to summon friends A ring that lets you choose a god, which makes signs of people that also chose that god more likely to show up for you - worked pretty well when I played with my brother
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Isaacs Alter Ego posted:I've been trying to keep away from any and all DS2 information until I can actually play the drat thing, but I have a quick question: Me and a friend played through the entirety of DS1 together by summoning each other in each area. Will something similar be possible here, or have they made that pretty much impossible with the new summoning systems? It should be easier. I would tell you more but was beaten by a goon who also reminded me about spoiler tags. oh well. Just look up one post. MagusDraco fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Apr 24, 2014 |
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Not Al-Qaeda posted:haven't even unlocked leveling yet. Yes you have. Explore better.
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Not Al-Qaeda posted:This game is loving hard. I'm at 50% hp, have no health items, die pretty often at that drat forest with 3 enemies and ugh. Lost thousands of souls and haven't even unlocked leveling yet. I assume you've left the tutorial area, Things Betwixt? You can level up as soon as you reach Medula, talk to people there.
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VDay posted:Just confirming that this still works as of right now (1PM PST) with no problems and saved me a cool 12 bucks. Same, this is the way to buy Darksouls!!
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Renamed account name to Black Iron Tarkus, changed profile picture. I'm prepared to die 
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Time has suddenly started to move much more slowly, this is going to be a long rear end hour and 15 minutes.
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