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Man I started a new game to mess around a little and hit up the bell brothers to gain chunks (bell points) for a weapon and now it's a day later and I've got 60 some chunks and haven't done squat!!!
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Feb 17, 2016 01:54
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Basically the earlier you become a bellbro the more chunks you are going to get. At a certain point you'll stop getting hits and then suddenly you'll start getting a bunch of hits. I dunno there's really no pattern to it.
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Feb 17, 2016 01:56
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I'm over 500k now and still getting constant luna summons which seems unusually high as I remember it but I'm not complaining.
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Feb 17, 2016 02:00
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ponzicar posted:Maybe I played too much Everquest back in the day, but I find that mmo style pulling works pretty well on that room. Tag the melee ones with an arrow, and let them come to you one at a time. There are others that are triggered when you walk through a certain area, so walk through that area then immediately retreat to the previous room where you can dispatch them safely. For the archers, I just counter snipe them, which is slow, but easy to do. That's all fine and good, but it takes forever and is kind of tedious. And that would be just fine, except if you die to Smelter Demon you have to do loving all of it over again. That's the real issue.
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Feb 17, 2016 06:17
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I played the gently caress out of this at launch but I fell off before the DLC dropped and I'm looking to to do a full clear of everything before DSIII comes out: what kind of a tryhard build will carry me through with minimal issues? Are power-stanced maces still king?
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Feb 17, 2016 07:41
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Edit ^^^^ strike damage is still king yes. I wish more DS bosses had the gimmick of not necessarily having to hit you to slowly damage and whittle you down, or of creative zoning period. The only ones I can think about are Quelaag, Smelter, Nashandra and the headless thing in bloodborne. Honorable mention to the Chariot boss whose arena IS the boss fight. More bosses need to use their arena as well as their attacks. Like someone earlier said, soloing things like the throne defenders is the height of tedium in the game, nothing different mechanically than the old knights in that circular arena in Heide. Just run around waiting until you can poke.
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Feb 17, 2016 07:43
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Your Computer posted:It doesn't help that enemies stop respawning, so instead of potentially taking hours/days/weeks to farm something you might just... not get it. There are ascetics, but they have the unfortunate side-effect of making the mobs harder and harder.
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Feb 17, 2016 08:16
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The Crooked Warden posted:I played the gently caress out of this at launch but I fell off before the DLC dropped and I'm looking to to do a full clear of everything before DSIII comes out: what kind of a tryhard build will carry me through with minimal issues? Are power-stanced maces still king? I wouldn't say they're king, but they're still very good. Dex build with a rapier for big enemies and a spear for other stuff is very strong too. Otherwise, if you know where to go and how to get all the stuff to make it work, hexes with dark orb spam is probably the easiest, but also most boring way to play the game.
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Feb 17, 2016 10:05
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So I played this back at launch, and beat it. I also played the DLC as it launched, and that was fun. I bought Scholar of the First Sin because I forgot I already had the DLC, and I started a new game... Whats up with the changes to loot and enemies? No Heide Knight by that tree, an ogre at the river?? And a Grand Lance by the Kings Door, and the door is guarded by a tower shield knight? Did I accidentally join the hardmode Covenant?
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Feb 17, 2016 11:08
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Annath posted:So I played this back at launch, and beat it. I also played the DLC as it launched, and that was fun. Welcome to SotFS
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Feb 17, 2016 11:15
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I like how there are Hollow Soldiers attacking a Giant Tree in the keep. However, the elevator to get to/from the Last Giant broke: the button stayed depressed after I beat him. If I hadn't had a Homeward Bone, I would have had to jump to my death  Also, where can I get a Heide Sword if the Knight is gone?
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Feb 17, 2016 11:28
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Annath posted:So I played this back at launch, and beat it. I also played the DLC as it launched, and that was fun. A lot of items and enemies have been changed up in SotFS, mostly for the better in terms of level design, and the novelty makes the game more interesting if you played through the original version. If you want to find Heide Knights there are a bunch near the Dragonrider and demiOrnstein. Covenant of Champions is great because enemies never despawn while you're a member, I think that's a change for SotFS but I could be mistaken. In general SotFS is more fun for me than the original, there are just a couple of places that are harder than before. Protip: bring lots of poison arrows to the Iron keep, pull Weeabos from a distance with a single arrow and poison the archer ones, otherwise you'll get ganked pretty badly.
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Feb 17, 2016 11:30
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Is there still a way to despawn one of the Ring of Blades +2 knights in PS4 SotFS? I am having no luck with that fight, keep getting my rear end kicked. I can parry the duo some of the time, but one mistime will get me killed because I don't have much health or armor on my fast-rolling quality build.
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Feb 17, 2016 11:33
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Filthy Hans posted:Is there still a way to despawn one of the Ring of Blades +2 knights in PS4 SotFS? I am having no luck with that fight, keep getting my rear end kicked. I can parry the duo some of the time, but one mistime will get me killed because I don't have much health or armor on my fast-rolling quality build. If they haven't changed anything, getting hit by the curse stab of one will cause the other to lose focus on you long enough to zone out.
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Feb 17, 2016 11:39
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Filthy Hans posted:A lot of items and enemies have been changed up in SotFS, mostly for the better in terms of level design, and the novelty makes the game more interesting if you played through the original version. If you want to find Heide Knights there are a bunch near the Dragonrider and demiOrnstein. Covenant of Champions is great because enemies never despawn while you're a member, I think that's a change for SotFS but I could be mistaken. In general SotFS is more fun for me than the original, there are just a couple of places that are harder than before. Protip: bring lots of poison arrows to the Iron keep, pull Weeabos from a distance with a single arrow and poison the archer ones, otherwise you'll get ganked pretty badly. I killed one of them with barely a tiny sliver of health left, then misjudged the safe zone on the other's dark orb orgasm and died while healing. I panicked because the one I killed had dropped something, but when I came back and killed the other, it dropped the ring of blades +2. I might be wrong here, but if you can survive just long enough to kill one, it might be enough. Of course, they're easy 1-on-1, so maybe that's not saying much. Annath posted:Also, where can I get a Heide Sword if the Knight is gone? The Heide Knight Sword is now a random drop and you have to farm heide knights in the tower of flame (ugh). But the Heide Spear, the one true Heide Weapon, is still a guaranteed drop, it just shows up a little bit later. Heithinn Grasida fucked around with this message at 11:51 on Feb 17, 2016 |
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Feb 17, 2016 11:48
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Alabaster White posted:If they haven't changed anything, getting hit by the curse stab of one will cause the other to lose focus on you long enough to zone out. I got curse stabbed and it didn't despawn the other, so no dice
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Feb 17, 2016 12:46
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Filthy Hans posted:I got curse stabbed and it didn't despawn the other, so no dice In vanilla 2 it doesn't despawn, the second one just kind of floats around laconically for a few seconds so you can run behind the throne and bone.
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Feb 17, 2016 13:03
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Krowley posted:Just get in the covenant that keeps enemies from despawning This is news to me  If it's the covenant of champions, what more does it do in SotFS?I wish I knew before I wiped out all the Heide Knights.. Or does it also work retroactively?
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Feb 17, 2016 14:06
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Your Computer posted:This is news to me
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Feb 17, 2016 14:09
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Filthy Hans posted:Is there still a way to despawn one of the Ring of Blades +2 knights in PS4 SotFS? I am having no luck with that fight, keep getting my rear end kicked. I can parry the duo some of the time, but one mistime will get me killed because I don't have much health or armor on my fast-rolling quality build. Yeah. You have to leave the throne room while one of them is in an attack animation but the other isn't, and re-enter the room before that attack animation finishes. The one that wasn't in an attack animation will disappear.
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Feb 17, 2016 14:17
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Feb 17, 2016 17:20
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Work Friend Keven posted:Is there a way to turn the name filter off on steam I'm tired of invading K***ts. Yes. Well, I dunno if this works in SOTFS, I don't have it, but it did in vanilla. http://tay.kinja.com/the-dark-souls-2-pc-name-censor-how-to-avoid-and-disa-1580435881
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Feb 17, 2016 17:35
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Another question; did curved sword parries get completely ruined in SotFS, or am I just that rusty? I remember using the Warped Sword twohanded and having great success parrying everything but now I can even properly parry Hollow Soldiers  Parry shields still feel the same.
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Feb 17, 2016 17:40
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Suitaru posted:Yes. Well, I dunno if this works in SOTFS, I don't have it, but it did in vanilla. http://tay.kinja.com/the-dark-souls-2-pc-name-censor-how-to-avoid-and-disa-1580435881 Ok... Thank you.
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Feb 17, 2016 18:21
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argondamn posted:Yeah. You have to leave the throne room while one of them is in an attack animation but the other isn't, and re-enter the room before that attack animation finishes. The one that wasn't in an attack animation will disappear. This sounds like discovering Mew by figuring out you need to push the truck with a Graveler that you taught Roll-Out to. I don't know if it's worth playing through the game again to that point to find out if this is right or not. I've done it like 8 times at this point and I'm a little burnt out.
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Feb 17, 2016 22:38
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Gologle posted:This sounds like discovering Mew by figuring out you need to push the truck with a Graveler that you taught Roll-Out to. I don't know if it's worth playing through the game again to that point to find out if this is right or not. I've done it like 8 times at this point and I'm a little burnt out.
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Feb 17, 2016 23:00
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On today's episode of "What the gently caress were you thinking, From?" - The Undead Crypt! Stones! Bells! And more invaders than you can count on all your digits, feet included! At the same time! Even pulling teeth isn't this fun!
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Feb 18, 2016 04:44
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By invaders you mean those loving mages, right?
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Feb 18, 2016 04:49
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Suitaru posted:Yes. Well, I dunno if this works in SOTFS, I don't have it, but it did in vanilla. http://tay.kinja.com/the-dark-souls-2-pc-name-censor-how-to-avoid-and-disa-1580435881 It will work for you, however unless you do certain name shenanigans it doesn't fix your name showing properly to others.
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Feb 18, 2016 05:02
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argondamn posted:Yeah. You have to leave the throne room while one of them is in an attack animation but the other isn't, and re-enter the room before that attack animation finishes. The one that wasn't in an attack animation will disappear. Thanks, I'll try this
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Feb 18, 2016 05:04
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Your Computer posted:On today's episode of "What the gently caress were you thinking, From?" - The Undead Crypt! No one to blame but yourself for lighting those torches. The wraith looking dudes are pretty miserable though. I got my revenge when I murdered them for about an hour straight to farm up two blue flames. The trick is that you can break their spawn statues and those do not respawn.
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Feb 18, 2016 05:10
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Your Computer posted:And more invaders than you can count on all your digits, feet included! That's your fault -- you were told not to light anything in there.
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Feb 18, 2016 05:42
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Obligatum VII posted:No one to blame but yourself for lighting those torches. The wraith looking dudes are pretty miserable though. I got my revenge when I murdered them for about an hour straight to farm up two blue flames. I've played the vanilla game for several hundred hours, having difficult enemies spawn sounded like fun. Their locations in conjunction with the awful new design on the other hand wasn't Even getting through the tombstones without any enemies takes a while, and it's so ill suited for many weapon types. I suppose they were trying to cut down on running straight to the shortcut, but the new Crypt is some seriously lazy design.
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Feb 18, 2016 05:51
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Is there a list of all the gameplay and enemy changes in SotFS?
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Feb 18, 2016 16:16
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I'm using dual scimitar power stance right now, and may switch to falchion. Are there any other dex weapons I should be keeping an eye out for? I just reached huntsmans and have gone through sinner and the rotten.
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Feb 18, 2016 16:17
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Mr E posted:I'm using dual scimitar power stance right now, and may switch to falchion. Are there any other dex weapons I should be keeping an eye out for? I just reached huntsmans and have gone through sinner and the rotten. Warped Sword has a unique powerstance moveset that's pretty cool and works well with thrusting swords.
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Feb 18, 2016 16:21
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dis astranagant posted:Warped Sword has a unique powerstance moveset that's pretty cool and works well with thrusting swords. The Warped Sword's basic R1 chain is also slightly different, it starts with the upward-swinging attack that's normally the second in the chain for scimitars etc. It comes out a little faster, I think.
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Feb 18, 2016 16:28
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Suitaru posted:Yes. Well, I dunno if this works in SOTFS, I don't have it, but it did in vanilla. http://tay.kinja.com/the-dark-souls-2-pc-name-censor-how-to-avoid-and-disa-1580435881 Like 8 variations of sodom (-ize, -ist, etc) but not sodomite? Guess I got the charname for my next run lined up
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Feb 18, 2016 16:57
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I find it hilarious and kind of ironic that "but" and "hole" are on the censored name list.
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Mr E posted:I'm using dual scimitar power stance right now, and may switch to falchion. Are there any other dex weapons I should be keeping an eye out for? I just reached huntsmans and have gone through sinner and the rotten. Try power stancing rapiers, they do good to great damage depending on what rings you wear and R2 is a parry even in the power stance. Huntsman's Copse has the barbed whip, whips are fun for power stancing too once your dex is high enough. Katanas are probably good too but I don't know for sure because I never use them.
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