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Get hosed, Belfry Luna, I finally got past you. Without phantoms, even! The gargoyles are weak to magic along with lightning, if anyone needs help.
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ethanol posted:play dark souls 1 for five minutes and then weep at the lighting in ds2
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Apr 26, 2014 20:33
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Splurgerwitzl posted:All I see is how much prettier and smoother it is. It is but in the dungeons I find the lighting much better
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Apr 26, 2014 20:34
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Kiggles posted:Words about shields Usually when I make mistakes I'm trying to turtle with a shield like I would in Dark Souls the first, I'm going to try two-handing for a bit at your suggestion.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:35
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This is the first Souls game I'm going through blind and that's a blast so far. However, I need a tiny bit of information: Is there any way to shorten the time it takes to raise the shield? Google seems to imply Adaptability does nothing in that regard. My problem is there are enemies that - even if I hit them only once and immediately raise my shield - they seem to be able to get a counter in. Unless I stagger them of course. Am I just supposed to wait until they do a strong attack with a longer recovery?
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Apr 26, 2014 20:37
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Splurgerwitzl posted:In the Bastille I've got the first 3 bonfires and I killed the Ruin Sentinels but I can't figure out where to go next. Also this is the only area I've found to progress in except I guess Belfry Luna, so what am I missing? From the Bastille you can go to Sinner's Rise, which is kind of a standalone area with a boss in it that you really need to kill (Lost Sinner). If you kill the boss in Belfry Luna, you will get a key that makes the Lost Sinner fight easier by lighting up the arena. It's kind of a dead end though, so you'll have to go back to Majula and find another place to go. If you haven't already, kill the Dragonrider boss in Heide. This will unlock a path to No Man's Wharf and a miracle merchant who can operate a mechanism that changes the path in Majula to a whole new set of areas. Killing the Lost Sinner will also give you an item that will un-petrify that lady blocking the other path, but that area is kind of a dead end until late game.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:38
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Thanks man, you continue to be the best.ethanol posted:It is but in the dungeons I find the lighting much better
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Apr 26, 2014 20:39
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Cowcaster posted:An entire lighting engine/additional lighting sources isn't something you can tweak just by editing an .ini file someplace. It's not likely someone's going to reverse engineer the game code, inject a lightning system built from scratch, and distribute it as a mod. Yeah I don't really expect the old lighting system to be modded in. I was just wondering if the devs have released any kind of "sorry we done goofed, the old lighting system will be patched in later" kind of statements.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:41
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Splurgerwitzl posted:Thanks man, you continue to be the best. No problem, I actually just managed to finish the console version last night and I had a lot of moments of "Where the hell do I go now?" right up until the end.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:43
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Kimmalah posted:From the Bastille you can go to Sinner's Rise, which is kind of a standalone area with a boss in it that you really need to kill (Lost Sinner). If you kill the boss in Belfry Luna, you will get a key that makes the Lost Sinner fight easier by lighting up the arena. Can you expand on the "mechanism"? I've found the tower of flame but not the wharf, and I'm done with the bastille and belfry for now. Also I'm about level 70, and can only use great soul arrow and homing soul arrow for sorceries. Should I use the soul vessel to respec early, or just wait until I get a pyromancy hand and see? I can't use any miracles or hexes (6 Faith). I mean I'm doing fine, but for a battlemage I kind of just use magic as ranged attacks instead of both equally like in DS1, but until recently that was due to lack of spells, and now it's due to lack of stats.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:43
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What the, got summoned as a gray spirit and then the dude killed me, in the saints whatever thing. Thought for a sec that maybe that was the mirror knight thing.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:45
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Does anyone have ideas for decent stat allocation for a strength build? I've heard really, really mixed information on adaptability so I'm not sure if that's something I want to invest in, and so I've just been kinda doing my original Dark Souls plan of dumping points into strength, endurance, carry weight and health. If anything else is particularly useful I'd be glad to know.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:46
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Awwwww yeah, finally chumped that boss I was having trouble with. I suggest everyone check out the area at the very bottom of the Majula pit whenever you can, it's IMO the best designed area in the game so far.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:47
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RBA Starblade posted:Can you expand on the "mechanism"? I've found the tower of flame but not the wharf, and I'm done with the bastille and belfry for now. To get to the Wharf, you just go upstairs from the Dragonrider arena to that bonfire/the miracles lady up there. Then go across the bridge into the building next door, and down, down, down. At the very bottom of the building there will be a hole in the wall leading to a cave with a bonfire which leads to No Man's Wharf. The "mechanism" is in the center of the first room of the building you originally entered to get on the path to Heide. The miracle lady will move there once you exhaust her dialogue. Pay her 2000 souls (I think?) and she'll operate it, which moves the path for you. If you're going to be using magic a lot, I'd recommend investing some in faith yes. Lightning spears and hexes are very useful against late game enemies/bosses. Certain hexes are CRAZY powerful. The high level sorceries are good too, but they usually have very few casts even with equipment buffs and take a huge INT investment. Kimmalah fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Apr 26, 2014 |
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Apr 26, 2014 20:47
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Kimmalah posted:To get to the Wharf, you just go upstairs from the Dragonrider arena to that bonfire/the miracles lady up there. Then go across the bridge into the building next door, and down, down, down. At the very bottom of the building there will be a hole in the wall leading to a cave with a bonfire which leads to No Man's Wharf. Oh ok, thanks, I stopped just short of it then.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:48
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RBA Starblade posted:Oh ok, thanks, I stopped just short of it then. Yeah if you're into sorceries, the Wharf is good because there's a merchant down there who specializes in magic. Not Gavlan. 
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Apr 26, 2014 20:54
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Kimmalah posted:Yeah if you're into sorceries, the Wharf is good because there's a merchant down there who specializes in magic. Not Gavlan. Cool, I'll keep an eye open. Last, unrelated, question: If I've never been to belfry sol, and joined the bell keepers in luna, can I still get summoned there later? I may just switch back to that covenant early.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:59
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BobTheJanitor posted:Turns out that all you need to activate the pre-order weapons is a text file. That is amazing.  Makes you wonder if the weapons looking/being lovely is also on purpose.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:00
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Genocyber posted:That is amazing. I love how most of the pre-order shields are all more or less "this is a shield with some stupid bullshit on it which makes it kind of lovely to use as a shield but I guess you could".
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Apr 26, 2014 21:01
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Made a new character called Blue Man Group. Made him all blue and plan to do a dual caestus strongman run. Put down a small white sign and got summoned then the 3 of us managed to kill the pursuer and I accidentally killed the host with the fire bomb shortcut. Whoops!
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Apr 26, 2014 21:05
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RBA Starblade posted:Cool, I'll keep an eye open. Last, unrelated, question: If I've never been to belfry sol, and joined the bell keepers in luna, can I still get summoned there later? I may just switch back to that covenant early. Yeah, he's kind of hard to see. I ran past him several times before I thought "Hey I wonder where this other path goes." I'm not sure about the covenant stuff. I've heard mixed answers on it, some saying you have to be nearby to be summoned and others saying you don't. I never really did bellbros myself.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:07
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GreatGreen posted:I'm sorry I've committed the cardinal sin of suggesting your new favorite game might not be the absolute perfect apex of human entertainment, but it was an honest and sincere question about an issue that lots of people find important. You sounded like a retarded twat when you called the game a massive bait and switch, and if that's your idea of sincere then you need more practice asking questions. OK I guess. It happens for games in development all the time. Everyone's enjoying the game for what it is while holdouts like you continue to bitch about it. With sweetfx or durante's addon, you can replicate a similar look.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:09
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Not Al-Qaeda posted:What the, got summoned as a gray spirit and then the dude killed me, in the saints whatever thing. Thought for a sec that maybe that was the mirror knight thing. It BEGINS!
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Apr 26, 2014 21:10
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Why the gently caress is there a crossbow-rigged chest right next to Gavlan in Dead Man's Wharf? ... I know why 
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Apr 26, 2014 21:13
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Cheston posted:Why the gently caress is there a crossbow-rigged chest right next to Gavlan in Dead Man's Wharf? Honestly I think it's kind of weird that he's just chilling in that house. I got there (pretty much half-dead) and he's just chugging his beer like nothing. Then his second location in the loving POISON CAVE.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:18
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I missed dark souls pvp. The amusement of watching people die to monsters before you even reach them. The triumph of winning a 2v1 and the satisfaction of lightning spearing someone's backside as they try to sprint away from you to heal.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:19
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Replaying this on PC reminds me how much I hated certain areas. The run from the bonfire to Chariot is a pain, and so is the Chariot fight. I rolled a wizard dude so I could use spells but I can't use spells because if I do I won't have any for the boss fight.
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Overbite posted:Replaying this on PC reminds me how much I hated certain areas. The run from the bonfire to Chariot is a pain, and so is the Chariot fight. I've been playing wizard dude from the beginning, and aside from a brief stint before I found the magic merchant and had to swing a mace for a bit, I haven't used a weapon since (except for one specific enemy who is a complete rear end in a top hat and resists all types of magic but is super vulnerable to backstabs). Remember that there are both consumable items that restore spell uses, and that doing coop restores uses. It's not much help for that fight though; that fight is a nightmare for a caster. I beat it only by summoning a sunbro with a giant axe who cleaved through everything for me while I helped out on certain key enemies. Edit: I do have 5 or 6 attunement slots, which helps a lot in terms of having enough spells. I also have hexes, and supplement my casting with those quite frequently.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:24
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Overbite posted:I rolled a wizard dude so I could use spells but I can't use spells because if I do I won't have any for the boss fight. Here's how I played my magic user: Enough Str/Dex to wield the Fire Longsword. This will hurt a decent amount of dudes. Alternatively, just use a mace and never look back. Attune 1 or 2 high count spells (Soul arrow, dark orb, greater soul arrow) to take out annoynaces or risky engagements. Lightning spear for things you Want loving Dead. Maybe take heal or a magic weapon variant too. This is, of course, an INT/FTH hybrid.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:24
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Notice trap and ambush, take care of ambush, leave soapstone warning of ambush and trap, immediately forget about trap, receive free express delivered arrows. I R SMRAT PLAYER. Overbite posted:Replaying this on PC reminds me how much I hated certain areas. The run from the bonfire to Chariot is a pain, and so is the Chariot fight. Pump up your attunement, buy second set of soul arrows.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:25
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Overbite posted:Replaying this on PC reminds me how much I hated certain areas. The run from the bonfire to Chariot is a pain, and so is the Chariot fight. Use the Yearn spell for the skeletons. They'll be so distracted that you can kill the necromancers and the chariot will probably kill them. By that point I had put some into faith, so I just lightning speared the horse to death. Lightning spears and hexes are the best for wizard dudes, level faith and GET THEM. For the spell cast problem, your options are pretty much keep killing the guys before the gate until they stop spawning or use items that restore spell uses (amber herbs, twilight herbs, rouge water, crimson water, etc.). You can also hot key those items for quicker use in a fight. Edit Or that too. Eqipping multiples of the same spell will double your casts while also eating an attunement slot. There's also a hood you can get that will raise your number of casts, if you have the right stats and talk to the dude at the beginning of Huntsman's Copse. Kimmalah fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Apr 26, 2014 |
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Apr 26, 2014 21:26
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Kimmalah posted:Honestly I think it's kind of weird that he's just chilling in that house. I got there (pretty much half-dead) and he's just chugging his beer like nothing. Then his second location in the loving POISON CAVE. Doesn't he stack a bunch of anti-poison stuff, eventually in infinite quantities? Dude probably grows weird stuff on his beard from all the not-showering he must be doing, harvests those and mixes up some vile poo poo.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:28
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Kimmalah posted:Use the Yearn spell for the skeletons. They'll be so distracted that you can kill the necromancers and the chariot will probably kill them. By that point I had put some into faith, so I just lightning speared the horse to death. Lightning spears and hexes are the best for wizard dudes, level faith and GET THEM. Where do I get this spear? I don't remember seeing it on a merchant.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:29
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Overbite posted:Where do I get this spear? I don't remember seeing it on a merchant. Lightning spear is a miracle, not a sorcery so you'll need to level faith and get a chime for it. The miracle merchant (Licia) is in Heide, then moves to Majula - down in the building you use to get to Heide. Yearn is sold by Carhillion, the sorcery merchant. It seriously saved my rear end in that fight (and many others).
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Is it normal for lucatiel's summon sign to not show up?
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Hahahaha the channeler's trident is back. I don't have the stats to use it though; just enough to use the fire longsword (which is getting a little boring). I bought a couple caestus and dagger dual wielding was fun if ineffective though.
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I almost ended up killing Cale. After avoiding the rolling boulder I saw a targetable dude at the top of the hill and just ran up and hit him like three times. And he somehow still remained friendly.
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PvP is just as wonky as ever it seems. Fought some more guys in the rat covenant and the hit detection was terribly spotty. Maybe its because I'm using Pate's Spear, which as far as i can tell is the longest thrusting weapon in the whole game, but it seems like sometimes I'd hit a guy and it would do nothing. Then I'd roll away from his attack and take damage from it mid roll during my i frames. Can some console guys tell me how much I need to worry about the Soul Memory system? I've been kind of hesitant on spending my souls on anything that doesn't contribute to direct progress, such as consumables. I don't want to buy a bunch of useless poo poo just for fun if its going to put me at a huge level deficit compared to the people I'm matched with.
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Internet Kraken posted:PvP is just as wonky as ever it seems. Fought some more guys in the rat covenant and the hit detection was terribly spotty. Maybe its because I'm using Pate's Spear, which as far as i can tell is the longest thrusting weapon in the whole game, but it seems like sometimes I'd hit a guy and it would do nothing. Then I'd roll away from his attack and take damage from it mid roll during my i frames. I don't know if they ever patched it, but there was a sword that could basically stab people from all the way across a room in PVP.
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KoldPT posted:Any tips for The Rotten? This boss gave me trouble too, here's what worked for me as a melee character bait him into attacking and you can back roll all his attacks, at the end of his attack run up and slice his cleaver arm a few times, it'll fall off. Afterwards he becomes a joke til he regrows it. If he curls into himself then if you played dark souls 1 you know what's going to happen. Rinse and repeat while avoiding fire pits and you win Hope this helps!
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