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dis astranagant posted:I guess I was just being twitchy and impatient, haven't swung a melee weapon in the last 10 hours of play or so and that was one that won't do much to this shitheads. If you have a smaller weapon you actually have more than enough time to hit them once or twice and walk backwards out of the way of their attacks. Not even roll, just walk back. Bobnumerotres posted:He came to Majula to brag about his sword and kill things with his amazing sword. He's honorable I guess but he's a dick. So I crushed his skull in with the large club, didn't even get to finish his "What?!" line. Pot, meet kettle. 
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Bobnumerotres posted:He came to Majula to brag about his sword and kill things with his amazing sword. He's honorable I guess but he's a dick. So I crushed his skull in with the large club, didn't even get to finish his "What?!" line. How could you, he just wants to join in the fun. I mean the dude says he's in your debt for depetrifying the statue for him and he's a man of his word. And he was the best summon for the Looking Glass Knight. Kept dude distracted while I continued pummeling the boss while Benhart takes the hits.
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My soul memory is 1.3m and I just got the fourth lord soul. I don't like the soul memory mechanic vs. the old soul level for co-op.
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May 3, 2014 05:18
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Soul memory is really cool when you're playing with another person the whole way through, but aside from that very specific circumstance it's mostly busted. Also playing through with someone else means you get a ton of souls. I'm SL 86 and I just killed the Lost Sinner.
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May 3, 2014 05:20
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Someone tried to tell me that Dark Souls 2 is much harder than the original and that he was glad the series was getting back to it's roots instead of "appealing to casuals like Dark Souls 1"
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May 3, 2014 05:23
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Elysiume posted:My soul memory is 1.3m and I just got the fourth lord soul. I don't like the soul memory mechanic vs. the old soul level for co-op. Yeah, although it kind of fits into Dark Souls motif of eternal despair at the callousness of the universe. The more that you help out your jolly sunbros to defeat the powerful foes that infest their worlds the fewer jolly sunbros you see. Eventually they dwindle to silence as you gain untold power. Finally you sit alone on a chair crafted from the skulls of your enemies surrounded by the glaring red summon signs of hackers.
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May 3, 2014 05:24
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Spanish Matlock posted:Yeah, although it kind of fits into Dark Souls motif of eternal despair at the callousness of the universe. The more that you help out your jolly sunbros to defeat the powerful foes that infest their worlds the fewer jolly sunbros you see. Eventually they dwindle to silence as you gain untold power. Finally you sit alone on a chair crafted from the skulls of your enemies surrounded by the glaring red summon signs of hackers. That's actually kind of beautiful. Thanks, Spanish Matlock!
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Its not like soul memory even keeps good players from torturing new ones. You can duel in the arena for infinite cracked red eye orbs. If your very efficient with your souls, you can easily get access to the top tier gear without getting a huge soul memory. If I wanted too I'm sure I could make a dickwraith that had access to high tier gear and a really good soul level, but was still capable of invading areas filled with low level people because my overall soul memory was low. I mean I guess eventually the souls acquired from doing that would push me out of their range, but that would take A LOT of invasions. New players makes more mistakes and are thus prone to losing souls, which the soul memory system punishes. Its really dumb. Bobnumerotres posted:He came to Majula to brag about his sword and kill things with his amazing sword. He's honorable I guess but he's a dick. So I crushed his skull in with the large club, didn't even get to finish his "What?!" line. He's just trying really hard to convince himself he's got a cool sword and not a fake, why you gotta crush his spirit (and skull)? Is the real moonlight greatsword even in this game? VVV Sorcery trivializes every souls game and if you use it a ton then you aren't even beating the game IMO. Not saying that to sound elitist, I just get no satisfaction out of using them since they make things so easy with no effort required. I will gladly spend 5 minutes punching the Rotten in his gut to get a satisfying battle, even when I could of just chucked some lightning spears at him and won in a minute. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 05:33 on May 3, 2014 |
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Manatee Cannon posted:Pot, meet kettle. I feel like after clearing an area the first time, the enemies there are just padding. If you can sprint past them do it. Those dudes are just annoying as hell with infinite poise and bullshit damage levels you don't see on any other enemy in the game (even if their hits are really easy to dodge). Lori posted:Someone tried to tell me that Dark Souls 2 is much harder than the original and that he was glad the series was getting back to it's roots instead of "appealing to casuals like Dark Souls 1" Dark Souls 2 IS waaayyyy loving harder than Dark Souls 1, but in terms of accessibility it has made leaps and bounds so your friend is kind of dumb. If anyone tries to tell you Demon Souls is hard, they're an idiot. I mean sure it has the flamelurker but it also has infinite laser beams that loving destroy every enemy in the game, and free overpowered as gently caress gear hand-outs like the fire longsword and crescent falchion.
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Internet Kraken posted:Is the real moonlight greatsword even in this game? Yes, you need a ng+ boss soul to make it. edit: Duke's Dear Freja drops the Pale Drake soul when you kill her, and that can be used to forge the sword. Manatee Cannon fucked around with this message at 05:34 on May 3, 2014 |
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Internet Kraken posted:How could you kill Benhart? He's such a friendly guy Aren't you the one that killed the level-up girl....?
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Internet Kraken posted:Is the real moonlight greatsword even in this game? It is. It's also so incredibly broken that they had to make it not enchantable in the first patch of the game, so it would stop being the best damage thing in the game. No clue how you get it though!
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Hmm, kinda stuck. After getting the four things I need I went into the castle to find King Vendrick. Crawling all the way upstairs, I find the queen, she tells me to go look for him. I beat up the two dragonriders then spent a while in that apparently pointless (except for a flask shard) loop. Exhausted all the queen's speech. Even Shalquoir says he is with the dead. So I decide to go the Undead Purgatory. I kill the gently caress out of the Chariot boss and find the bonfire but there's nowhere to go from there. I guess that's not the right path? Also when does that happen when you can see all the possible travel locations? After you do the first half of the game I guess?
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Dr. Carwash posted:Aren't you the one that killed the level-up girl....? I can't believe that's even possible. In Demon's Souls they made candle eyes invincible, but I think you actually NEED her to complete the game.
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Dr. Carwash posted:Aren't you the one that killed the level-up girl....? She might as well be an ATM machine that requests your soul input. She exhibits no personality and I only felt remorse about killing her because it deprived me of leveling up for a little bit.
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Sober posted:Hmm, kinda stuck. After getting the four things I need I went into the castle to find King Vendrick. Crawling all the way upstairs, I find the queen, she tells me to go look for him. I beat up the two dragonriders then spent a while in that apparently pointless (except for a flask shard) loop. Exhausted all the queen's speech. Even Shalquoir says he is with the dead. So I decide to go the Undead Purgatory. I kill the gently caress out of the Chariot boss and find the bonfire but there's nowhere to go from there. You passed up somethign important on that loop. Remember those guard statues? You are suppose to kill them near the golem statue in order to make a elevator go down so you can up to get a key that lets you progress to the next area. You also see the possible travel locations after you talked to Nashandra, I guess it's the game's way of saying btw here's some places you will look forward to or have missed.
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Sober posted:Hmm, kinda stuck. After getting the four things I need I went into the castle to find King Vendrick. Crawling all the way upstairs, I find the queen, she tells me to go look for him. I beat up the two dragonriders then spent a while in that apparently pointless (except for a flask shard) loop. Exhausted all the queen's speech. Even Shalquoir says he is with the dead. So I decide to go the Undead Purgatory. I kill the gently caress out of the Chariot boss and find the bonfire but there's nowhere to go from there. Keep going with the castle, why would you not keep going with the obviously not complete castle?
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Sober posted:Hmm, kinda stuck. After getting the four things I need I went into the castle to find King Vendrick. Crawling all the way upstairs, I find the queen, she tells me to go look for him. I beat up the two dragonriders then spent a while in that apparently pointless (except for a flask shard) loop. Exhausted all the queen's speech. Even Shalquoir says he is with the dead. So I decide to go the Undead Purgatory. I kill the gently caress out of the Chariot boss and find the bonfire but there's nowhere to go from there. That wasn't an infinite loop. In the room with the Stone Soldiers (before the two chests, one of which had Soul Greatsword and Caitha's Chime), you need to kill one near the golem. After that, there will be a lift accessible in the room right after the bonfire. That'll bring you to a key which opens the door at the bottom of the lift. That happens when you talk to Nashandra.
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Sober posted:Hmm, kinda stuck. After getting the four things I need I went into the castle to find King Vendrick. Crawling all the way upstairs, I find the queen, she tells me to go look for him. I beat up the two dragonriders then spent a while in that apparently pointless (except for a flask shard) loop. Exhausted all the queen's speech. Even Shalquoir says he is with the dead. So I decide to go the Undead Purgatory. I kill the gently caress out of the Chariot boss and find the bonfire but there's nowhere to go from there. After you talk to the queen. And the next area you're supposed to go to is in the castle, past the queen and the dragonriders. Keep looking. And remember, the big statue guy with the hole in his chest is activated to turn his switch if you kill an enemy who is standing next to him. (You had to do the same thing to open the front gate of the castle, though you might have not noticed and just done it by accident while killing everything, like I did) Wolpertinger fucked around with this message at 05:39 on May 3, 2014 |
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Can someone point me towards a rundown of what each weapon infusion is good for? I just got the Dull Ember and thanks to the Silky Stones I'm rolling in rocks.
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Shindragon posted:You passed up somethign important on that loop.  After murdering all those swordsman in front of those statues that light up (which is how I even got into the Castle in the first place) when something dies close to it I'm surprised I didn't make the connection. I am the loving worst at Dark Souls.  Oh well at least I got some exploring done? 
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There's no reason to save any boss souls that don't go into sorceries/pyromancies/miracles, right? The weapons aren't used in any achievements?
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1.3 mil is ridiculously easy to get by doing any amount of jolly cooperation, long long before you reach Drangleic Castle. Whatever levelling curve exists in this game is absolutely savaged by any amount of multiplayer. That was my experience at least. I hit 1.3 mil by the second Old Soul without even trying. Also farming the Black Dragon Shield is going to drive me to madness  Bobnumerotres posted:Dark Souls 2 IS waaayyyy loving harder than Dark Souls 1, but in terms of accessibility it has made leaps and bounds so your friend is kind of dumb. 
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Elysiume posted:There's no reason to save any boss souls that don't go into sorceries/pyromancies/miracles, right? The weapons aren't used in any achievements? Nope, no weapon achievements apart from +10 a weapon but that' it. Nothing about collecting boss weapons.
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Ooooookay, the spiders in brightstone cove can drop zweihanders for some reason.
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Doctor Zaius posted:Ooooookay, the spiders in brightstone cove can drop zweihanders for some reason. Maybe I should try to dual wield them.
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Lori posted:Someone tried to tell me that Dark Souls 2 is much harder than the original and that he was glad the series was getting back to it's roots instead of "appealing to casuals like Dark Souls 1" Sounds like you got trolled pretty hard. In other news FUUUUUUCK THOSE DARK CHASMS HOLY poo poo
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Doctor Zaius posted:Ooooookay, the spiders in brightstone cove can drop zweihanders for some reason. Those spiders drop a ton of weapons for no reason. The wiki claims they can even drop poo poo like Ricard's Rapier. I got great scythe from one, which kind of makes me want to cosplay as Sigmund for invasions but trying to win PvP duels with a great scythe would be a pain.
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Fuuuuck I literally depleted the Dragon Shrine trying to get the Black Dragon Shield to drop. This thing is so rare I may well need to resort to goon trades. Surely one of you had the good fortune of it dropping, right? Surely...? 
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Captain Oblivious posted:Fuuuuck I literally depleted the Dragon Shrine trying to get the Black Dragon Shield to drop. This thing is so rare I may well need to resort to goon trades. Surely one of you had the good fortune of it dropping, right? Surely...? Wait, you can trade stuff in this game?
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Doing a first run through and can someone give me a hint on where to get something akin to the spider shield in ds1 to deal with my boss of earthen peak problem?
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Spanish Matlock posted:Wait, you can trade stuff in this game? Yeah, you summon a dude and either you or he drop items. They can then get picked up.
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I can't think of a shield, but you can get rid of the poison on the floor in the boss room by lighting the windmill blades on fire
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Internet Kraken posted:Those spiders drop a ton of weapons for no reason. The wiki claims they can even drop poo poo like Ricard's Rapier. I got great scythe from one, which kind of makes me want to cosplay as Sigmund for invasions but trying to win PvP duels with a great scythe would be a pain. I can attest the spiders drop ricards rapiers. I had the gold covetous serpent ring and the jester hat when it dropped for me. Also a second zweihander. Zwei zweihanders? e: Control Volume posted:Those spiders also drop mastodon greatswords. Also these.
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Internet Kraken posted:Those spiders drop a ton of weapons for no reason. The wiki claims they can even drop poo poo like Ricard's Rapier. I got great scythe from one, which kind of makes me want to cosplay as Sigmund for invasions but trying to win PvP duels with a great scythe would be a pain. Those spiders have a drop list of 10-20 completely random weapons. I've had runs down to DDF that give me four brand new weapons.
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Are the really big fuckoff weapons that much better or just there for cool style points? Just using a vanilla +10 mace or something I still smack bosses for 300-400 or so damage a 1Handed R1 hit.
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