|
Bobnumerotres posted:Nashandra advised king vendrick that the giants were a threat, when vendrick went over to slaughter them all he discovered the soul arts (hence the golems that are powered by souls at drangleic castle), but this somehow led to being afflicted by the undead curse? So he basically hollowed and became that thing. That's not a corpse that's a heap of clothing. Also i have a theory that king Venderick is The Chosen Undead, seeing as how he built drangleic after defeating "the four great ones". although that just might be another "history repeats itself sort of thing.
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 16, 2024 22:46 |
|
|
 Double fists; so strong you punch dogs through walls. Wolpertinger posted:If anyone's interested in making a pyromancy build and is agonizing over int/faith investments, worry not! I found a chart where someone neatly documented the exact damage gains for most major pyromancy spells for both int and faith and both together. Turns out having 99 in int AND faith together will barely multiply your damage by 1.5x. AKA - it's not worth it. Don't raise int/faith on a pyromancer unless you want to hit the requirements for specific spells/miracles/hexes, in which case you can enjoy a little bonus damage on top that's in no way required - you'd probably be better off raising Attunement if you really want more firepower, so you can cast more spells, more often. I'm less interested in the damage bonus and more in the casting speed increase. Once you hit the point of diminishing returns on attunemnet (though is there for one for casting speed?), if you wanted to increase casting speed to int/faith would be the best choices. My biggest problem with pyromancy is that the casting times can be atrocious, so right now minimizing that is my goal. Investing in int/faith will also give you more of a damage bonus on weapon enchantments if your using those. ...though I really should put some points into vigor since literally every enemy is two shotting me now. But if I dodge REALLY well I don't NEED hitpoints! 
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:53
|
|
|
Caik posted:As far as i know, there are 4. You sure? I think there's 3 giant and then the one not-giant.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:53
|
|
|
Which does more damage: Great Soul Arrow or Heavy Soul Arrow? I don't have the int investment for Great Heavy Soul Arrow yet.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:54
|
|
|
PublicOpinion posted:You sure? I think there's 3 giant and then the one not-giant. I counted the not-giant as one of the memories. There are more dead giants but you can't enter their memories.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:55
|
|
|
Baron O Beefdip posted:That's not a corpse that's a heap of clothing. Also i have a theory that king Venderick is The Chosen Undead, seeing as how he built drangleic after defeating "the four great ones". although that just might be another "history repeats itself sort of thing. Yeah I thought that was pretty obvious. Which means kindling the fire was the cannon ending of DkS1, which only prolonged the inevitable.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:56
|
|
|
Gus Hobbleton posted:Alright gently caress this game, gently caress it. This is unforgiveable. gently caress this poo poo, seriously. Believe I thought the same thing when I saw it. I was like YES, this is back. NO THEY nerfed it. What the hell. I loved the silly huge rear end hats.  edit: As for lore: I think it was the age of dark ending honestly. Chancelor Wager talks about how the peace was like the "Dark". Also because certain bosses are hinted they were corrupted by the dark, like mister Orienstein himself.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:57
|
|
|
Baron O Beefdip posted:That's not a corpse that's a heap of clothing. Also i have a theory that king Venderick is The Chosen Undead, seeing as how he built drangleic after defeating "the four great ones". although that just might be another "history repeats itself sort of thing. I don't think Vendrick is THE chosen undead, but another iteration of the chosen undead, and is as much the chosen undead as you are. With everything being cyclic, this game takes place in both the past and the future of Dark Souls 1.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:57
|
|
|
Gus Hobbleton posted:Alright gently caress this game, gently caress it. This is unforgiveable. gently caress this poo poo, seriously. Oh what the christ. This is an abomination. 
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:58
|
|
|
dis astranagant posted:Which does more damage: Great Soul Arrow or Heavy Soul Arrow? I don't have the int investment for Great Heavy Soul Arrow yet. Going on Dark Souls 1 logic but it seems to be the same here (correct me if I'm wrong): "Great" as a prefix means a higher damage version of the same spell. "Heavy" is actually a different spell altogether, it takes much longer to go off but does proportionally larger damage than the basic soul arrow. So: Soul Arrow -> Great Soul Arrow Heavy Soul Arrow -> Great Heavy Soul Arrow
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:59
|
|
|
Caik posted:I counted the not-giant as one of the memories. This, but there is a guy in Vammar that requires beating Jeigh first.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 04:59
|
|
|
I encountered this guy while Sunbroing earlier:   I wish I could send him a message because it made my day. I never thought I'd long for the days of GFWL's capabilities over Steam's. 
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:00
|
|
|
Something pretty weird happened to me. I was in Pharos' Doors when suddenly the game teleported me to another player's world as a gray spirit. I'm in the Sunshine Cult covenant, so what the hell? Also I think the player who did it was baiting me somehow because the monsters started attacking me and he was sniping me with magic from the 2nd floor.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:01
|
|
|
Baron O Beefdip posted:That's not a corpse that's a heap of clothing. Also i have a theory that king Venderick is The Chosen Undead, seeing as how he built drangleic after defeating "the four great ones". although that just might be another "history repeats itself sort of thing. Maybe he just took credit for the players actions.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:01
|
|
|
Cowcaster posted:Going on Dark Souls 1 logic but it seems to be the same here (correct me if I'm wrong): "Great" as a prefix means a higher damage version of the same spell. "Heavy" is actually a different spell altogether, it takes much longer to go off but does proportionally larger damage than the basic soul arrow. So: That's not very helpful. Was trying to make up my mind if it was worth grinding a minute to get heavy soul arrow for pursuer but it was unnecessary.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:02
|
|
|
notZaar posted:Something pretty weird happened to me. I was in Pharos' Doors when suddenly the game teleported me to another player's world as a gray spirit. I'm in the Sunshine Cult covenant, so what the hell? Welcome to the Rat covenant. You're basically put at a huge disadvantage so that some Rat player can get a lockstone.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:03
|
|
|
dis astranagant posted:That's not very helpful. Was trying to make up my mind if it was worth grinding a minute to get heavy soul arrow for pursuer but it was unnecessary. Heavy soul arrow will do more damage than great soul arrow, but it takes longer to cast. Great soul arrow is just soul arrow that does more damage. I don't know how to make it clearer than this.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:04
|
|
|
tRIDAV posted:Welcome to the Rat covenant. You're basically put at a huge disadvantage so that some Rat player can get a lockstone. It also happens to be the most fun covenant so far, IMO. I just wait up above and start playing the Price is Right music as soon as someone gets summoned as I watch them flail helplessly towards the exit. Sometimes I even interfere.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:07
|
|
|
Gus Hobbleton posted:I don't think Vendrick is THE chosen undead, but another iteration of the chosen undead, and is as much the chosen undead as you are. With everything being cyclic, this game takes place in both the past and the future of Dark Souls 1. I think there's too much creation myth in DS1 for it to be anything but the actual start of the cycle. That's some purestrain lovely fantasy mythology in the opening. Gwyndolin and Frampt came up with the "chosen undead" to get another body in the Kiln, and as important as that undead ends up being, I don't think the term has any real meaning beyond their plot. Does it even get used in 2? The cyclical angle is right for sure, though. I don't think Vendrick literally killed Seath and Gwyn and so on, but he certainly had to deal with entities influenced by their souls, just as you do.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:07
|
|
|
tRIDAV posted:Welcome to the Rat covenant. You're basically put at a huge disadvantage so that some Rat player can get a lockstone. I wasn't part of the rat covenant, so why did I get summoned instead of the other way around?
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:08
|
|
|
notZaar posted:I wasn't part of the rat covenant, so why did I get summoned instead of the other way around? Rat covenant is basically reverse invasions. They force you to invade them.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:09
|
|
|
That's the way it works. There are two areas in the game that are the Rat King's turf. If you walk into that area in your world, you can be summoned by someone in that covenant. The goal is to make it to the bonfire at the end while fighting the other player and his buddies and traps. If you win, you get a lockstone. If he wins, he gets a lockstone and a rat tail which is used to upgrade his covenant rank. *EDIT* It would be better if I could summon people to my Fun House with proper giant head gear but NOOOOOOOO.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:10
|
|
|
So after finding out about the Crypt Blacksword, I burned an ascetic to refight The Rotten to get his NG+ specific soul drop. My Guts cosplay is finally complete.  Well, except for the beard and brown hair, but this wasn't my original intention so sod it, close enough. 
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:10
|
|
|
MUST PROTECT THE BELLS
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:11
|
|
|
That's a nice oversized sword. You know what would go with it real well? A giant oversized hat. What a shame...
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:12
|
|
|
BARONS GAMES WHINER posted:MUST PROTECT THE BELLS Usually I'm annoyed when devs don't account for clipping in their own equipment sets but in this instance it's just hilarious to me.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:13
|
|
|
Gus Hobbleton posted:That's a nice oversized sword. You know what would go with it real well? A giant oversized hat. Looks like Barons has you covered. Having said that, if Big Hat Logan's swag cap is in this game or the Father Mask I'd don it in a heartbeat, anime be damned.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:14
|
|
|
So as i go into NG+ i plan on respeccing into Hexes. How do you build for Hexes good?
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:16
|
|
|
Vanderdeath posted:I encountered this guy while Sunbroing earlier: Is... is that a recreation of John Locke? Also in the future after you co-op with someone they should show up under "Recently met players" or something to that effect in the Steam Overlay. It won't tell you who was who exactly but I imagine that's nothing a "Hey were you <name>" message couldn't fix...
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:17
|
|
|
Is sunbroing viable in NG+? I can't decide if I should murder all my NPCs and become a dickwraith or try to help people/be a blue phantom.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:17
|
|
|
Mimetic posted:Is sunbroing viable in NG+? Definitely. In NG+ some bosses get upgraded in ways other than just health/damage increases. People will need help.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:20
|
|
|
I'm a little miffed at how there's content that you can literally lock yourself out of if you don't have the prescience to know what knob to twist when (or play the game with a wiki open in another window). I just found out that I can't actually get the pyromancy forbidden sun because I pulled a lever on the first floor of the dungeon and freed Navlaan without knowing how that would hose me. My question is, if I finish this dungeon and then go back to the opening bonfire and use an ascetic, will that reset Navlaan's quest chain or am I going to have to re-play through the game up to this point on NG+? Also, since apparently I've gotten way too many souls for NG in order to actually get matched with any BoB duels, if I toss two ascetics into the fire under the Chancellor, is that going to make the final boss NG++ status on my first go thru? I'd like to try and wrap up all the pryomancies in one go, but I'm seriously bummed about loving up with Navlaan. As far as the lore theorizing goes I completely believe that Vendrick was supposed to be the protagonist from DaS. The four "major" souls align too perfectly with the four lord vessel souls from the first game for that to be coincidence, with the exception of the Four Kings, who don't really seem to get an analogy in this game. Also, I would contend that not lighting the kiln is the canon ending, because in that ending of DaS the narrator says something like how this action by the chosen undead will usher in an age of darkness, and like half the content in DaS2 is all about the darkness.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:21
|
|
|
What are some good recommendations for mid-game Dex weapons? Right now I'm relying on my starting +7 Scimitar and a +7 Twinblade, with a little Magic Weapon thrown on when I need a little more damage. I don't fully understand the infusion mechanic yet, but as far as I understand it, if I magically infuse my weapon, and THEN cast magic weapon, I get a pretty significant increase in power, right? I'm thinking about getting the Warped Sword, but I havent' found much petrified dragonbone yet, and looking at it's stats it's only marginally better than a +10 scimitar. What are the good dex boss weapons?
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:22
|
|
|
Gus Hobbleton posted:That's the way it works. There are two areas in the game that are the Rat King's turf. If you walk into that area in your world, you can be summoned by someone in that covenant. The goal is to make it to the bonfire at the end while fighting the other player and his buddies and traps. If you win, you get a lockstone. If he wins, he gets a lockstone and a rat tail which is used to upgrade his covenant rank. Well now I finally understand why I couldn't summon any phantoms to help me out. Would have been pretty useful for that irritating giant dog/rat boss.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:23
|
|
|
homeless poster posted:I'm a little miffed at how there's content that you can literally lock yourself out of if you don't have the prescience to know what knob to twist when (or play the game with a wiki open in another window). I just found out that I can't actually get the pyromancy forbidden sun because I pulled a lever on the first floor of the dungeon and freed Navlaan without knowing how that would hose me. My question is, if I finish this dungeon and then go back to the opening bonfire and use an ascetic, will that reset Navlaan's quest chain or am I going to have to re-play through the game up to this point on NG+? Also, since apparently I've gotten way too many souls for NG in order to actually get matched with any BoB duels, if I toss two ascetics into the fire under the Chancellor, is that going to make the final boss NG++ status on my first go thru? I'd like to try and wrap up all the pryomancies in one go, but I'm seriously bummed about loving up with Navlaan. Ascetics do not refresh questlines. For that one in particular yes you are screwed out of it until NG+. On the one hand yes it does suck, but on the other hand there are seriously 10 developer messages saying not to loving pull the lever. If you want the covenant-exclusive spells, you need to actually get to NG++ or reach rank 3 in the respective covenants. You can not change his inventory through Ascetics.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:24
|
|
|
homeless poster posted:As far as the lore theorizing goes I completely believe that Vendrick was supposed to be the protagonist from DaS. The four "major" souls align too perfectly with the four lord vessel souls from the first game for that to be coincidence, with the exception of the Four Kings, who don't really seem to get an analogy in this game. Remember that the four kings all shared one lord souls shard. Their analogy is the Old Iron King. Both went too far in their quest for more and more power and they hosed their respective kingdoms over.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:24
|
|
|
Sydin posted:Looks like Barons has you covered. Not big enough, and neither of those are. Baron O Beefdip posted:So as i go into NG+ i plan on respeccing into Hexes. How do you build for Hexes good? Dark damage seems to soft cap around 28 int/fth, but a lot of the spells require more than that. My hexer is around 40 of each right now and my dark damage hasn't increased much since then. Other than that, just build like a normal spellcaster, and make sure you infuse your stuff to be dark for more scaling.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:24
|
|
|
McKilligan posted:What are some good recommendations for mid-game Dex weapons? Right now I'm relying on my starting +7 Scimitar and a +7 Twinblade, with a little Magic Weapon thrown on when I need a little more damage. I don't fully understand the infusion mechanic yet, but as far as I understand it, if I magically infuse my weapon, and THEN cast magic weapon, I get a pretty significant increase in power, right? I don't know about good boss weapons but I hear a lot of praise for Ricard's Rapier as a fantastic dex weapon.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:24
|
|
|
Isn't there a boss whip that has amazing poison scaling if you infuse it?
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:27
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 16, 2024 22:46 |
|
|
Rat covenant is all about being a rat bastard. You draw people into your world which you've turned into a carousel of death with the lockstones. People who sit on the top floor sniping are idiots. The easiest way to win fights in the rat covenant is to get right up in your opponents face as they fight enemies. If you let them kill all your bros then you're going to die alone, but if you attack them while they try to fight the enemies you'll basically always win. In the Dwarf Fortress, there are two cubbyholes right next to where grey phantoms spawn in. Nobody ever checks these. You can hide in them, wait for your opponent to start fighting the elephant guard, and then run out and ambush them with your preferred form of dickery. I enjoyed walking right up behind someone and casting flame tempest. Its hilariously unfair for the invader, but you lose absolutely nothing if you get killed so its not really a big deal. I like to give out gifts to my victims by dropping items right by the entrance. That way even when I kill them in a cheap way they get a consolation prize!
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2014 05:30
|
|