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KPC_Mammon posted:My first two characters were a lightning throwing cleric and a hexer. The post release patches have killed any desire to play this game. Deep down, some part of me fears that any character I make will be nerfed to be useless within a month. Is there any chance of the game being rebalanced so that magic isn't completely poo poo? Magic, particularly hexes, are still good, and I maintain that making clerics reskinned sorcerers was a mistake anyway; their utility spells are still very strong.
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KPC_Mammon posted:My first two characters were a lightning throwing cleric and a hexer. The post release patches have killed any desire to play this game. Deep down, some part of me fears that any character I make will be nerfed to be useless within a month. Is there any chance of the game being rebalanced so that magic isn't completely poo poo? Hexes are still awesome. Clerics suck, go hex or sorcery.
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Mar 22, 2015 21:52
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Simply Simon posted:Spears are still okay, but don't expect them to do miracles The Spears are kind of trash against most things. Unlike when the game was first released and Lightning Spear was the single best PvE tool in the game, now they've only good for weakening enemies as most things won't even die in a single cast. You just don't have enough casts to make use of them in most boss fights; hell, you probably won't even have any by the time you reach the boss door if you like to use them during the regular level. There are a few enemies that are weak to lightning that you'll incinerate in one hit though, so that's cool. High faith characters have amazing support options that blow Lightning Spear out of the water and I dunno why you'd even bother with them after a point. They aren't worth it.
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Mar 22, 2015 23:21
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. Their biggest problem is the low amount of charges, but at least you get two copies of the standard variants. It's feasible if only to deal with some really annoying situations (Ogres for example) and bosses far more easily than in melee. Okay, you could do that with a bow and poison arrows mostly because you have high dex, but that's kind of a lame argument - you COULD also do everything with a Rapier because that's just so efficient, brah!!
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KPC_Mammon posted:My first two characters were a lightning throwing cleric and a hexer. The post release patches have killed any desire to play this game. Deep down, some part of me fears that any character I make will be nerfed to be useless within a month. Is there any chance of the game being rebalanced so that magic isn't completely poo poo? Go use buffs. Stab people.
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Mar 22, 2015 23:21
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Magic is still very useful (barring the DLC content), but there's basically no reason to use the Lightning Spear line of spells beyond flavor. Heavenly Thunder, however, is still quite powerful, and it can chunk down larger bosses like The Rotten or Guardian Dragon handily.
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Mar 22, 2015 23:23
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The best offensive spells for any magic type is the weapon enchantments anyway.
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Mar 22, 2015 23:27
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I have 9 petrified dragon bone to trade for twinkling titanite if that is possible. 576k SM.
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Mar 23, 2015 00:13
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If I remember right you can't drop upgrade materials.
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Mar 23, 2015 00:14
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Iretep posted:If I remember right you can't drop upgrade materials. This makes me sad. I just want to not farm twinkling titanite for the third time
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Mar 23, 2015 00:18
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Am I misunderstanding, or has the Old Iron King DLC punished me for exploring thoroughly? See, I'm at the Fume Knight, and I have used all 10 of my Smelter Wedges, so there's a healing spot off in the corner. I looked it up and see that the 11th wedge cannot be found until after defeating the Fume Knight. So since I found all the things and used up all my wedges, now I'm punished by having to take extra care with positioning so the boss doesn't get healed? That seems kind of lovely, to be honest. If it was just impossible to not have a healing spot there, that would be one thing, but it seems like if I hadn't found all of the idols and used up all of my wedges, the boss would be easier, so I feel like I'm being punished for exploring.
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Mar 23, 2015 00:50
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DarkHamsterlord posted:Am I misunderstanding, or has the Old Iron King DLC punished me for exploring thoroughly? Yes.
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Mar 23, 2015 00:53
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DarkHamsterlord posted:Am I misunderstanding, or has the Old Iron King DLC punished me for exploring thoroughly? Even with all 4 healing spots active, the arena still has plenty of room to fight Fume Knight without him getting healed. Don't sweat it.
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Mar 23, 2015 00:55
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Yeah, it doesn't seem like it'll be a problem. I'm just not a big fan of how the game has become harder because I was thorough.
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Mar 23, 2015 00:58
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DarkHamsterlord posted:Yeah, it doesn't seem like it'll be a problem. I'm just not a big fan of how the game has become harder because I was thorough. That exact problem is why I saved the statue by the Majestic Greatsword for last on my new character.
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Mar 23, 2015 01:23
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Huh, $30 or so isn't bad if we end up getting a discount on top of it. SOTFS that is.
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DarkHamsterlord posted:Am I misunderstanding, or has the Old Iron King DLC punished me for exploring thoroughly? I did this, I had to hug him and forced myself to learn all his patterns (I wasn't sure about the healing range and was trying to figure out where to keep him in place so I could actually get him low consistently.) He never once healed, in the 20+ times I fought him and lost, not once, not even for a second. Except for the winning run, where he inexplicably jumped away for the first time and healed when he had a sliver of health remaining. A final test to see if I had really mastered the boss of if I just got lucky. Yes, these games are punishing you, always punishing you for everything you do all the time.
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Mar 23, 2015 02:04
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Just save the one near the first bonfire til last, it's pretty much just there to demonstrate the gimmick and is super easy to avoid.
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Mar 23, 2015 05:08
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Forgive me if this has been mentioned in the thread, but something I've never seen just happened. (SotFS spoiler, maybe?) When I lit the primal bonfire after The Rotten, it exploded and something I can only accurately describe as a pillar of flesh rose out of it to explain what rekindling the flame will accomplish. I'm assuming this is something that got patched in for Scholar of the First Sin?
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Mar 23, 2015 14:10
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Yeah, that's part of the storyline stuff they added with the latest patch.
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:Yeah, that's part of the storyline stuff they added with the latest patch. OK, cool. It really threw me off. Kinda lovely that the explosion causes damage. I barely had enough health to survive.
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Filler Bunny posted:I have 9 petrified dragon bone to trade for twinkling titanite if that is possible. 576k SM. If you trust the person you're trading with you can just swap weapons, and "trade" mats that way by upgrading the other person's weapon.
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Mar 23, 2015 15:33
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Is there a chart somewhere that has the places I should be dropping my sunbro sign by level? I was messing around and farming easy souls but it made me outlevel the area pretty quickly and now I have no idea where I should go.
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Mar 23, 2015 15:52
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Robo Reagan posted:Is there a chart somewhere that has the places I should be dropping my sunbro sign by level? I was messing around and farming easy souls but it made me outlevel the area pretty quickly and now I have no idea where I should go. It works by how many total souls you've collected, rather than what level you actually are http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Summon+Range+Calculator This handy chart has the soul memory ranges, as well as how many tiers up or down you can go with various summon/invasion signs. The souls memory ranges widen once you enter New Game+, iirc.
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Mar 23, 2015 15:58
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Robo Reagan posted:Is there a chart somewhere that has the places I should be dropping my sunbro sign by level? I was messing around and farming easy souls but it made me outlevel the area pretty quickly and now I have no idea where I should go. Level doesen't matter. Co-op and invading is based on soul memory.
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Mar 23, 2015 15:58
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Is Sins of the First Scholar supposed to be completely standalone? I never got around to finishing this on the PS3 so I might as well grab the remaster on PC since it'll come with the DLCs too (also because the PS4 version is $70).
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Eej posted:Is Sins of the First Scholar supposed to be completely standalone? I never got around to finishing this on the PS3 so I might as well grab the remaster on PC since it'll come with the DLCs too (also because the PS4 version is $70). its suppose to be, probably will work like deus ex human revolution director's cut did, it will see you own the original and dlcs and thus give you a varying discount based on how much of the dlcs you have and then when you buy the new version it will be a separate entry on your steam games list.
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Holidae posted:Forgive me if this has been mentioned in the thread, but something I've never seen just happened. It happened to me after freja, but I didn't take any damage which is weird.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:00
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I don't recall taking damage from it ever.
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Robo Reagan posted:Is there a chart somewhere that has the places I should be dropping my sunbro sign by level? I was messing around and farming easy souls but it made me outlevel the area pretty quickly and now I have no idea where I should go. Even better, there's an indicator in-game now. Pull up your teleport/bonfire list and look for the ones with the orange borders. Those are the areas with the most online interaction (both co-op and invasion) going on, both a. right the gently caress now (so it'll adjust over the course of an evening) and b. at your particular soul memory. Think of it as an example of "this is where you want to go to sunbro/invade".
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Mar 23, 2015 21:41
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From a little while back: I uh... I should probably come back later.
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SHISHKABOB posted:I don't recall taking damage from it ever. Hmm...maybe I had some kinda bug on my health bar then? There was definitely a pretty sizeable chunk of yellow on my health bar that went away when i stood up.
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Mar 24, 2015 03:24
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Mr Dog posted:From a little while back: So that's where he was.
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Grabbed this for the PS3 back when it was first released. Thinking of grabbing it for PC since I never ended up doing the DLC stuff. Am I best off just waiting for Scholar? I don't really get what's going on with that.
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LuciferMorningstar posted:Grabbed this for the PS3 back when it was first released. Thinking of grabbing it for PC since I never ended up doing the DLC stuff. Am I best off just waiting for Scholar? I don't really get what's going on with that. Yes. Scholar will have both the base game and the DLC packaged together, so it's overall cheaper to just wait to buy Scholar.
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It also has upgrades over the current version of the game. There's absolutely no reason not to just wait until April and buy the remaster.
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Not giving money to the FromSoftware Ponzi scheme known as Dark Souls 2 is a valid reason.  Joking aside, nope. Also Bamco mentioned there will be a stream at 6PM Pacific on the 26th showing more about the game, till 7PM.
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Is the AI in this game programmed to prefer to attack the player over NPCs? I notice that in the fight immediately before the final boss of the Ivory King DLC, all four of my buddies can be attacking one dude and he's still tossing fireballs at me, ignoring all the guys who are piled on him. edit: also is the buddy AI designed to leave enemies at 10HP and then go attack a different guy so I have to go finish them off, because that's probably the most annoying part of this fight
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dark souls 2 is literally a scam because wow gently caress you lightning bolts used to be good now they're not gently caress YOU FROM SOFTWARE I WANT MY MONEY BACK
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SHISHKABOB posted:dark souls 2 is literally a scam because wow gently caress you lightning bolts used to be good now they're not gently caress YOU FROM SOFTWARE I WANT MY MONEY BACK Agreed
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I played through the game when it came out as a dex char who eventually started throwing lightning bolts. Think I might up re-release for xbone because I never played the DLCs. I wanna try hexing this time around -- any basic tips/things I should know?
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