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THE PWNER posted:Why do people call them "Bellbros" We're just inviting some nerds to the party, bro.  CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG 
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Nah, the real answer is because all of the Bell Keepers are bros within themselves, helping each other out to make your life miserable and ring the bell forever. Still by far the best covenant in the game, though I'd argue being a door greeter for Doors of Pharros as a rat follower is good times all times.
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May 3, 2014 08:55
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Holy poo poo, how is the Greatsword Phanton im front of the fog gate in Huntsman's Copse giving me more trouble than any boss i've killed so far, Sentinels included?!  Also a question to any german goons, is it just me or can't the game be turned completely english in steam anymore?
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May 3, 2014 08:57
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I enjoyed rat covenant pvp a lot more than other covenant pvp, possibly because I really enjoy winning. Bell was fun but its less fun because sometimes you get summoned into terrible situations and its a bit more of a mess in terms of the people you face. Honestly though pvp got less fun after I hit around the 120 SL mark, since it became a lot more difficult to find fights and the fights would end up either me and someone else rolling and prodding or me against someone elses ability to hit a button to spam whatever spell they felt was most annoying. Rat covenant let me do fun things like throw fart clouds on people that broke all their poo poo and poisoned them to death while I dropped prism stones around them and that magic is now forever dead to me. Tiler Kiwi fucked around with this message at 09:05 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 09:01
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Ronnz posted:Holy poo poo, how is the Greatsword Phanton im front of the fog gate in Huntsman's Copse giving me more trouble than any boss i've killed so far, Sentinels included?!
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May 3, 2014 09:03
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The best Bellbros are only tryin' to give you a hard time and keeping with the spirit of things. It's rare you'll find one who's like, serious about PvP, actually using "optimal" equipment and whatnot. Though they exist, of course. When I'm doing it, and my fellow phantom has stuff like a greatsword and weapon buffs and such, I'll just take out the Channeler's Trident and Gough carvings for a happy dancing fun time. Anyway, Soul Memory is annoying. I just cleared Iron Keep and kept trying to help people with the Smelter Demon (inevitably for them to die to the post-plunge pulse attack -- OF COURSE), and inadvertently wracked up a ton while just dicking around. I'm nearly at 1,000,000 now. I haven't even done the Tomb of Saints and Shaded Woods paths yet. Though I'm still seeing summon signs so MAYBE that's actually normal?
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May 3, 2014 09:10
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I got summoned a few times for Smelter at 1.5m soul memory.
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May 3, 2014 09:12
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I haven't had any trouble with online play (either pvp or co-op) and I'm at 3 of the early big boss souls with over 2m soul memory. I don't think it really negatively impacts you as much as people think, either that or there's a ton of people with obscenely high soul memory.
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May 3, 2014 09:14
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Just started a NG+ with nearly 3M Soul Memory. I Sunbro'd too hard and my wings burned up.
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May 3, 2014 09:15
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Anyone know anything about the Chariot Lance? Is it any good? What about compared to the other lances?
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May 3, 2014 09:17
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Anyone having trouble with the Smelter Demon should pick up the Gyrm Greatshield. 100% physical reduction, 100% fire resist and high stability trivializes him as long as you roll away from his pulse attack. It also trivializes the Old Iron King.
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May 3, 2014 09:17
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So I'm not sure I understand exactly why some Hexes can be cast only with chimes and others only with staves. Can the Chime of Want cast all Hexes or only some?
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May 3, 2014 09:23
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MagicBoots posted:Anyone having trouble with the Smelter Demon should pick up the Gyrm Greatshield. 100% physical reduction, 100% fire resist and high stability trivializes him as long as you roll away from his pulse attack. It also trivializes the Old Iron King. I did not realize there was a 100% physical and fire shield. Goddamn.
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May 3, 2014 09:26
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Tonight I realized one of the most satisfying parts of being a Sunbro. Was running the Sinner a few times in NG+, because I got my poo poo stomped at first. Eventually, a dude hosts and we smoke em together. Then I see the same guy Sunbroing in the next group I join. Maybe the dude was just grinding exp (probably so :P), but its still pretty bitchin' to think that in Sunbroing, you're actually training/initiating new Sunbros by showing em how to kill a boss. For all its "LOL DIFFICULTY YALL THIS SHITS HARDCORE" stuff Dark Souls gets, its sort of nice to think about the ways players are helping each other there 
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May 3, 2014 09:43
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So ive tested out if you can progress in the brotherhood of blood with just invasions. Turns out you can't! I've killed dragonrider/chariot only with this character and invaded one host for a token of spite. I'm now sitting on 60 and I still haven't gained a rank, so BoB really gain only ranks from dueling. So to ever get Rank 3 you have to be the worlds most patient PVP savant.
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May 3, 2014 09:46
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FrickenMoron posted:So ive tested out if you can progress in the brotherhood of blood with just invasions. Turns out you can't! I've killed dragonrider/chariot only with this character and invaded one host for a token of spite. I'm now sitting on 60 and I still haven't gained a rank, so BoB really gain only ranks from dueling. 
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May 3, 2014 09:48
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I mean cracked orbs. I gave myself 198.
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May 3, 2014 09:49
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Perfect Potato posted:It's really startling watching someone play the Artorias DLC while playing DS2 and hearing Felkin or Wheelchair Guy or anyone who even mentions the ideas related to the DLC spout "I feel great Dark in you, Dark is calling, Dark Dark Dark Darkity Dark" non-stop. The writing in this game is real bad and that's not getting into lore or map design or anything like that. Yeah, while this is probably the Age of Dark coming to an end, it does feel like the lore took a major backseat to everything else in the game. It's a bit disappointing since Dark Souls 1's environments were fantastic and told you just as much about the setting as the item descriptions did. I have no idea how any of the various portions of Drangleic mix together. I get that it's probably Lordran well into the future, but I have no real sense-of-place for a lot of the environments (with the biggest disconnect being the Earthen Peak and the Iron Keep) and I miss that.  Don't get me wrong, this is a very good game and I'm having fun, but it feels like it has more rough edges than its predecessor in a lot of ways. It feels like they've purposefully obfuscated things to make the world more "mysterious" which has only served to make it more shallow in my opinion.
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Perfect Potato posted:It's really startling watching someone play the Artorias DLC while playing DS2 and hearing Felkin or Wheelchair Guy or anyone who even mentions the ideas related to the DLC spout "I feel great Dark in you, Dark is calling, Dark Dark Dark Darkity Dark" non-stop. The writing in this game is real bad and that's not getting into lore or map design or anything like that. Not to mention that it tries really hard to be subtle but they may as well have put up a billboard in Majula that says "WELCOME TO TOTALLY NOT LORDRAN" in my head all of the names of places are just "Not [wherever they were in DS1]" like Not Crystal Cave and Not Anor Londo
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May 3, 2014 10:00
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The transitions in DS2 are definitely more abrupt and I feel more like I'm playing a Mario-style game with clearly separated worlds than a single contiguous map. Part of it's how DS1 had maps leading to maps leading to maps in a web, but DS2 is basically laid out like a fan. Once you start on a path, you stay on that path until you've cleared it. In DS1, most of the dead-end or connector zones are small or focused. (I couldn't find a good map) You've got things like Ash Lake, the Painted World of Ariamis, etc., but most of the map is heavily interwoven with shortcuts and side trails. But then look at DS2:  Now the majority of paths are a straight line or slightly branched. The longest chain in DS1 with no shortcuts was Izalith. In DS2, most of the game is chains. As a result, the world feels much less connected to me. They put in flexible bonfire teleporting from the getgo, and while it's a huge step forward in terms of accessibility, it has a detrimental effect on the connectedness of the world because it meant they could completely forego the heavy reliance on shortcuts from DS1. Elysiume fucked around with this message at 10:04 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 10:01
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Alright so I made it to Dragon Shrine and talked to Ancient Dragon, what do I have left to do? I sort of know about the memories but that's about it.
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May 3, 2014 10:06
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Is there a Mace-equivalent of the great sword that is not made of wood? Essentially I am looking for something that resembles the basic mace, morning star or hammer. Because fashion. Ps the morning star and regular mace have very similar damage stats and I went with the star. Should I switch to the mace for the scaling?
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Mindblast posted:Is there a Mace-equivalent of the great sword that is not made of wood? Essentially I am looking for something that resembles the basic mace, morning star or hammer. Because fashion.
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Daynab posted:Alright so I made it to Dragon Shrine and talked to Ancient Dragon, what do I have left to do? I sort of know about the memories but that's about it. Remember those weird giant trees in the woods? Also where do I find the games earliest hexes/sorcery spells? Soul arrows are really boring
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LmaoTheKid posted:Has this been posted yet because it makes me very happy. This is amazing. Now I want to see a game where you basically just dance your way blissfully through an otherwise depressing and violent fantasy world.
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May 3, 2014 10:14
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It turned out I was playing the first couple of areas with a broken controller.. (I had no idea why this game was so much harder than ds 1) To be fair now I am like stuck on a boss anyway but that's because I suck. I haven't gone that far yet but I also really dislike that ds 2 doesn't connect the maps like ds 1 did. Fredrik1 fucked around with this message at 10:21 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 10:18
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bef posted:Also where do I find the games earliest hexes/sorcery spells? Soul arrows are really boring For hexes, you could kill Dragonrider then open the path to Huntsman's Copse. Trainer is right there near the first bonfire.
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Well that explains me not finding any. Also not sure how I missed the large club, since I've been through that room plenty for the bellfry.
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Mindblast posted:
Yes, it's something ridiculous like a 100 point spread by 40 str. Buy 2 while you're at it: powerstance maces will change your life. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 10:24 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 10:21
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So how is ENB series supposed to work exactly? The wrapper just crashes and the injector isn't doing anything at all, even with different presets. You just dump everything in /Game and run the injector .exe before running the game, right? What am I missing?
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Sober posted:I did not realize there was a 100% physical and fire shield. Goddamn. The best part of that shield is not so much the stats, more the fact that it's literally just a huge rock you're carrying around. Spacedad posted:This is amazing. Holy poo poo, I must learn how to do this. For all multiplayer. All of it. The quest to turn Drangleic into a dance party is on.
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In Fashion Souls news, the Dragon Sage hood makes you look like a cyclops and it's great: The wiki says the rat and blood covenant rings increase poison and bleed build up respectively, is this actually true? Because the wiki has some schoolyard rumor level stuff, like: quote:Mist-Shrouded Leader That sounds pretty made up and the comments after that all seem to imply that it's bullshit, but we've seen that the undead purgatory boss has a special Ceaseless-esque win condition for getting it to fall into the hole so who even knows. edit: The Watcher shield has a particle effect when blocking that looks sort of like the acid splashes, what is it actually doing? Anything? Wiki doesn't mention it. PublicOpinion fucked around with this message at 10:56 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 10:51
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So far I'm having a lot of fun with Dark Souls 2. Only got the one great soul, but I'm enjoying getting summoned. The fact the community is so active's really helping. Also, fashion souls!  I really like the knight look for some reason. I know it's not the most interesting, but I enjoy it. 
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PublicOpinion posted:In Fashion Souls news, the Dragon Sage hood makes you look like a cyclops and it's great: Holy poo poo, that helm.  I heard the rumor about the dual-washing pole ghost guy too, which would be kinda cool if it were true, but it seems rather far-fetched. As for the Undead Purgatory special win condition: I wish that if you actually went through the trouble to get the horse to fall into the hole, it'd come for you again later, having somehow not died.
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May 3, 2014 10:57
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 That last boss rush and ending cinematic was kind of a let down. But at least Queen Skeletor has taken her rightful place at Castle Greyskull. Sunbroing the hell out of the game was pretty dang fun even if the Price is Right failure horn played through my head when the host decides that now is the time to start meleeing then proceeds to get hit in the face by the boss's backswing.
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Is the Crypt Blacksword any good as a PvE weapon? I'm considering using it, but I've never tried using an Ultra Greatsword in any of the Souls games. I've always used either Dexterity weapons or spells. Anything I should be aware of when making the switch?
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Ulvirich posted:Sunbroing the hell out of the game was pretty dang fun even if the Price is Right failure horn played through my head when the host decides that now is the time to start meleeing then proceeds to get hit in the face by the boss's backswing. Not that it gives away much, but you may want to spoiler the screenshot and stuff about the endboss.  But the best way to go about it is definitely to save Throne Defender and Watcher for right before the end. Feels a lot more climactic. Too bad they aren't anywhere near Ornstein and Smough in terms of difficulty. Imagine having to fight them right before Gwyn in the first game. That would be a Dark Souls move. 
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It's funny how people were bitching about Dark Souls not having a hub world that lead into sections like Demon's Souls, and now people are bitching Dark Souls 2 doesn't have a seamless interconnected world like Dark Souls did. Also I think "easiest boss" has to go to the Demon of Song, I guess maybe it was easier because I was melee, though. Attack, attack, step back, step forward, repeat.
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Finished the PC version 2 days ago as my first playthrough. Having only played Dark Souls 1 on PC, the whole summoning and online component was new and exciting to me, given how broken Dark Souls PC online was (even with DSCFix, failure after failure and rarely a sign to be seen). That being said, summoning 2 or even just 1 person to help me in fights really trivialised a lot of bosses. Definitely a lot more rewarding in NG+ soloing each boss. I really like the look of those claws, I wanna try a "Wolverine" playthrough. Am I right in thinking in order to maximise damage out put on Claws, would be to + 10 Fire imbue them, get dex to 40 (and minimum str. req) and put the rest into intelligence?
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THANK YOU whoever mentioned that you could equip four rings in this thread like 60 pages back. I was trying to catch up on this thread (terrible idea too much scrub whining) until I saw that, exclaimed "no loving way" and loaded up my game to check. Somehow I had a mental block that those were arrow slots and it never even registered (even after slotting my arrows!) that it was a ring area. Ive been checking every nook and cranny in this game and still almost played through the whole thing missing something that obvious..
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