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Internet Kraken posted:Yeah, the best way to start is to chose the master key and take the elevator down from firelink. It'll lead you to an area you need the key to unlock, but its a great place with lots of cool loot and fun times to be had Part of that is true 
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Stokes posted:Yes. I have seen small orange signs. I'm not sure what it rewards you with though. It's just a smooth and silky stone like a normal small white soapstone.
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May 22, 2014 21:53
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I don't know about you guys, but I'm having a blast with Sunlight Spear. http://gfycat.com/BothTallBactrian  > Try rolling Oh, and stop thinking about the bells.
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May 22, 2014 21:54
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kazil posted:It's just a smooth and silky stone like a normal small white soapstone. Yeah, you need to beat a boss with the white soapstone as a sunbro to get your medal.
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May 22, 2014 22:04
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:I don't know about you guys, but I'm having a blast with Sunlight Spear. http://gfycat.com/BothTallBactrian The bells are stupid and I hate them and the last two Bell Keepers who invaded me both got shoved down that big center hole and died.
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May 22, 2014 22:08
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God I hate the timing on guard break. It never works online. There is no timing I can push the stick then rb where it will not just punch and get me killed. e: I didn't know you can't block powerstanced ultra greatswords. RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 22:20 on May 22, 2014 |
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May 22, 2014 22:10
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Colapops posted:The bells are stupid and I hate them You are one of the good ones. Why can't more people be like you? Why can't more people hate the bell, and stay far, far away from it?
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May 22, 2014 22:18
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RBA Starblade posted:God I hate the timing on guard break. It never works online. There is no timing I can push the stick then rb where it will not just punch and get me killed. I used M+KB too and Guard Breaking is one of the hardest things to pull off.  It'd be nice if there was a button I could just press for it, but I can't seem to fangle up an auto-hotkey script for Forwards+R1 (W+Q) without it just doing one or the other.:EDIT: Being a fun Red Phantom is hard. People see you and instantly want you dead. The last person to dance around with my trident got a few souls out of it. 
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May 22, 2014 22:23
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A player's ghost at a bonfire just walked up to me and bowed. 
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May 22, 2014 22:31
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I think it's worth repeating that the reason Guard Breaks are impossible to perform is because the increased framerate on PC, meaning the timing is twice as strict as it's intended. Until From releases a patch, you'll want to set the in-game framerate to 30. I followed this guide for Nvidia cards. It works perfectly, and makes guard breaks and lounging attacks way easier!
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May 22, 2014 22:41
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Doflamingo posted:I see the first Dark Souls is on sale @ Steam. How difficult would it be to jump in taking into account that DS2 is the only game in the series that I've played so far? You're going to be shocked at how easy it is for you now. The beginning of the game, anyway. Dark Souls is harder than 2.
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May 22, 2014 22:44
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Jordbo posted:I think it's worth repeating that the reason Guard Breaks are impossible to perform is because the increased framerate on PC, meaning the timing is twice as strict as it's intended. Until From releases a patch, you'll want to set the in-game framerate to 30. I followed this guide for Nvidia cards. It works perfectly, and makes guard breaks and lounging attacks way easier! I don't know if it's a problem with the method or just 30fps looking so bad but I couldn't hander the visible stuttering...
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May 22, 2014 22:49
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Jordbo posted:lounging attacks 
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How much does resonant weapon buff a weapon? A resonant weapon dagger just ruined my poo poo in three pokes. Also should I just give up on pvp on my chars past 1 million sm? It's 20 to 30 minutes an invader for the bells, 30+ for rats. Is NG+ more lively for bells or rats or mostly just the sentinels?
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I don't have a problem guard breaking, I just try inputting the fwd+R1 at the same time with good success
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Honestly I suspect 2 might actually be the harder game and people think it's easier because they're better at it. You start DS2 a fair bit weaker than you do DS1, and DS2 never quite reaches Anor Londo archers-level bullshit but I think they have more "gently caress you" moments overall to compensate. You also don't get as many O&S, 4 Kings, or Artorias-style roadblocks (the Sentinels are the only one I can think of), although something tells me all that time I spent learning to fight Artorias made me a lot better at dealing with most of DS2's bosses. Also, the fact that summoning is a million times more accessible and consistent probably has something to do with it too.
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Speaking of framerate, I noticed a comment on GeDoSaTo's newest release and googled it, finding this: http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/2517i8/durability_bug_is_linked_to_framerate/ That sucks.
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RBA Starblade posted:How much does resonant weapon buff a weapon? A resonant weapon dagger just ruined my poo poo in three pokes. It buffs it by an absurdly OP amount. If you sacrifice 2000 souls you get 50% dark damage buff and a +50 dark attack buff on your weapon. If you sacrifice no souls you get a 10% dark buff and then same +50 weapon buff.
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May 22, 2014 22:58
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RBA Starblade posted:How much does resonant weapon buff a weapon? A resonant weapon dagger just ruined my poo poo in three pokes. All of the weapon buffs apply a flat damage buff to every attack along with a percentage increase to the appropriate elemental damage. That first part of the equation makes them especially good on fast-attacking weapons like a dagger.
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May 22, 2014 22:59
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RBA Starblade posted:How much does resonant weapon buff a weapon? A resonant weapon dagger just ruined my poo poo in three pokes. I think that compared to other spell buffs which give +50 attack buff and a +30% element buff, resonant weapon does +50 and +50% for the cost of 2000 souls and it's duration being shorter.
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May 22, 2014 23:03
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RBA Starblade posted:Also should I just give up on pvp on my chars past 1 million sm? It's 20 to 30 minutes an invader for the bells, 30+ for rats. Is NG+ more lively for bells or rats or mostly just the sentinels? Uhh... just join the blood covenant and/or dragon covenant, get the signs, and then use them for fast pvp. I'm still finding duels at Iron Keep bridge at 3 million soul memory.
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I'm pushing 5m SM in NG and can still find loads of fights at Iron Keep. You're not going to get very many belfry or ratbro hits though, so either toss your sign down on the bridge or prepare to lose a lot of souls repairing your soul ring.
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May 22, 2014 23:11
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Jamfrost posted:Uhh... just join the blood covenant and/or dragon covenant, get the signs, and then use them for fast pvp. I'm still finding duels at Iron Keep bridge at 3 million soul memory. I'm not that far in the game on this char for dragons, and the blood one didn't get me much either (duels have never occurred for me). I'm mostly just using the red soapstone sign now, but the bridge gets a little dull. Hell I've done laps in the belfries waiting for people too and nothing.
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May 22, 2014 23:13
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RBA Starblade posted:I'm not that far in the game on this char for dragons, and the blood one didn't get me much either (duels have never occurred for me). I'm mostly just using the red soapstone sign now, but the bridge gets a little dull. Hell I've done laps in the belfries waiting for people too and nothing. That sounds like you've got some connection problems to be honest, if you're sure that's all good you could munch on some tokens of spite and grab the red string from Titchy Gren.
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AndroidHub posted:That sounds like you've got some connection problems to be honest, if you're sure that's all good you could munch on some tokens of spite and grab the red string from Titchy Gren. Ding ding ding. 1m SM is not that high for PvP, if he's reached the point where even running laps around the Belfries isn't working then that's a red flag. Something is hosed on his end.
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Have any of our resident CE-divers had a chance to look into weapon riposte/backstab values? Knowing which of the various daggers/thrusting swords give the greatest-value backstabs/ripostes is something that would be quite useful. I had no idea that breaking the hanging jars in Covetous Demon fight made it an even easier boss to cheese.
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Captain Oblivious posted:Ding ding ding. 1m SM is not that high for PvP, if he's reached the point where even running laps around the Belfries isn't working then that's a red flag. Something is hosed on his end. It's not like I have a problem besides the usual when I'm actually doing it. Or in any other pc game. And on new chars if I go to the belfries it's fine and dandy. Not to mention signs working fine. RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 23:33 on May 22, 2014 |
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Have you restarted your computer or router at all since you started getting this problem? Because sometimes it can be that simple, just a quick restart can fix all kinds of stuff.
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AndroidHub posted:Have you restarted your computer or router at all since you started getting this problem? Because sometimes it can be that simple, just a quick restart can fix all kinds of stuff. Multiple times. Cox is a piece of poo poo and things drop a lot. e: I swear it is not possible to hit a human player with an ultra greatsword unless they aren't playing. RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 23:45 on May 22, 2014 |
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Just fought a dude named "Wall" who was wearing full havels and fighting with what seemed like a fully upgraded havel shield. poo poo was actually hurting pretty good.
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Oh boy oh boy I just got to the Shrine of Amana. This thread's got me looking forward to this area!  Drangleic castle was pretty fun. The Dragonriders were a sad and pathetic fight, but the Looking Glass Knight made up for it. I was hoping I'd get to fight an invader during it but alas, he only summoned NPCs. I'm thinking of hanging around and doing the red soapstone trick to try and get myself summoned for it. That room with the Ruin Sentinels is really mean. I was trying to carefully open each door one at a time and fight each sentinel safely by itself, but then the third one knocked me through the floor so I had to start over only now the doors were open.  I got it all done in the end though.
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Regy Rusty posted:I'm thinking of hanging around and doing the red soapstone trick to try and get myself summoned for it. Do it. Its a lot of fun (for the 50% of the time you don't get instagibbed by two helper phantoms and the host). move the soapstone sign around every 5 seconds or so to minimize someone summoning you for a duel, and it may just be placebo, but I felt like moving the sign frequently increased my hit rate. You'll also probably be invaded at some point while waiting around. Did anyone ever confirm if the NG fight can summon players? I've only gotten summoned into NG+ fights (from NG), but I only ever tried at the very end of NG, and after inflating my SM from a bunch of co-op.
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I like being a bellcop because you find more silly/interesting builds doing that than fighting somebody using Dual Avelyn, Bat Staff, or Santier's for the millionth time.
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voltron lion force posted:Just fought a dude named "Wall" who was wearing full havels and fighting with what seemed like a fully upgraded havel shield. poo poo was actually hurting pretty good.
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Yaya posted:I like being a bellcop because you find more silly/interesting builds doing that than fighting somebody using Dual Avelyn, Bat Staff, or Santier's for the millionth time. Well, I think that ending two and a half hours of not getting summoned to the bell towers more than five times with a soul greatsword that killed me from behind the guy who cast it, a guy with a demon great hammer who swung it twice as fast as I can swing a greatsword, and a guy with a washing pole that took 80 damage from my 400 damage phys/fire weapon and hit me from twice the size of its blade is a great way to cap off Iron Keep pvp. 
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Manatee Cannon posted:Yeah, you need to beat a boss with the white soapstone as a sunbro to get your medal. Actually, I've gotten the medal just by timing out on the regular size soapstone. It takes a while but you don't need to beat a boss (and I think it's more fun to bro-op through the level instead of fighting the boss over and over).
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Hikaki posted:Actually, I've gotten the medal just by timing out on the regular size soapstone. It takes a while but you don't need to beat a boss (and I think it's more fun to bro-op through the level instead of fighting the boss over and over). I didn't even know it was possible to time out on the regular soapstone until I helped a guy through the entirety of the wharf and unexpectedly got Duty Fulfilled as we were heading down the dock to the boat.
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Well I just found out that the miracle Soul Appease works on rats. In specific, that the Royal Rat Vanguard can be defeated by the following strategy: 1. Walk to center of room. 2. Cast Soul Appease 4 times. I know other AE strategies work there but seriously, try this, it's like setting off a neutron bomb.
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Do ascetic's reset arenas? Like, if I wanted to get 2 copies of the Looking Glass Knight's soul, I wouldn't have to reacquire the key again, right? Because I suddenly have a burning need to be a Mirror Knight Mirror Squire. Flytrap fucked around with this message at 01:18 on May 23, 2014 |
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Yaya posted:I like being a bellcop because you find more silly/interesting builds doing that than fighting somebody using Dual Avelyn, Bat Staff, or Santier's for the millionth time. Last time I messed with belfries I swore a quarter of the grey spirits were some sort of Mustache Mcfisticuffs.
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