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i am tim! posted:Great! Tracking the right stone down is a pain in the rear end early on anyway, so it saves me the trouble. fist weapons are obviously the coolest + best, but ds2 is pretty good about weapon variation in general. halberds are neat and have a quirky moveset. warped sword powerstanced with another sword lets you spin for days. the partizan is really powerful and more versatile than most spears (it's got a sweeping attack in addition to the standard thrust).
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Spears and polearms are uniquely good in this game.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:04
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Are you sure? The halberd feels way worse than in DS1. I loved the gargoyle's one too and could get them on DS2 to perform as good.
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Dec 23, 2016 23:12
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The aiming on the blades is far more exact in this game, but once you've got the proper distance sorted out, yeah they can be nice.
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Dec 24, 2016 02:53
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I have like 12 faith and 5 int. 26 str 22 dex. do I just want to raw all my weapons i plan to use?
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Dec 24, 2016 04:52
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Nevvy Z posted:I have like 12 faith and 5 int. 26 str 22 dex. do I just want to raw all my weapons i plan to use?
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Dec 24, 2016 06:28
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The only event that raw would be good for most weapons is if you hadn't invested whatsoever in str/dex, and even then it's a crapshoot. You're almost always better off not bothering with infusion if you don't know what you're doing, DS2's infusion system is a little quirky.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:30
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I have SOTFS, and I'm at the Undead Crypt. How much of the game do I have left (dlc excluded)?
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Dec 25, 2016 13:58
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Aging Millenial posted:I have SOTFS, and I'm at the Undead Crypt. How much of the game do I have left (dlc excluded)? there's an ok amount of content left, but you're entering the home stretch. i'd say you got 15-20 % of the game to go, maybe a little less if you skip some optional stuff. have you been to the dark chasms yet? (the answer would obviously be different if we included the dlc areas, which are sizeable.)
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Dec 25, 2016 14:09
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Aging Millenial posted:I have SOTFS, and I'm at the Undead Crypt. How much of the game do I have left (dlc excluded)? Not much, only a couple more zones.
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Dec 25, 2016 15:33
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No Dark Chasms yet. Plan is to beat the game finally this short Christmas break, meaning today and tomorrow. Made lot of progress yesterday. Gonna order some chinese food, then dig into more Souls. Aging Millenial fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Dec 26, 2016 |
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Dec 25, 2016 21:24
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Yeah, you're very near the end. In SotFS, one of the major endgame zones can be skipped entirely and the one right after it was dialed waaaaaaaaaaay back in difficulty from vanilla.
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Dec 25, 2016 22:27
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Whelp, Velstadt is too hard. His attacks drain 100% of my stamina, and his subsequent attacks pretty much finish me off. I am demoralized.
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Dec 26, 2016 03:13
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If you are dead set on blocking that giant hammer-chime, you could try a shield with more stability.
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Dec 26, 2016 03:17
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Blocking a hammer the size of a small car isn't a great idea, you'll want to dodge it. 99 agility is enough for a good dodge, if you don't have that, respec and put some points in ADP until you have it.
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Dec 26, 2016 03:49
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what was the reasoning for skipping that wholr zone? just that the game was dragging too much at that point? it was honestly one of the more memorable areas too
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Dec 26, 2016 04:08
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mastershakeman posted:what was the reasoning for skipping that wholr zone? just that the game was dragging too much at that point? it was honestly one of the more memorable areas too Dragon Aerie's really nothing more than a linear path with a whole bunch of goodies scattered around and copy-and-paste drakes to fight.The initial part was visually interesting but it's really sort of a slog to go through.
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Dec 26, 2016 05:12
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Vermain posted:The initial part was visually interesting but it's really sort of a slog to go through. Dark souls level design
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Dec 26, 2016 06:32
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Aging Millenial posted:Whelp, Velstadt is too hard. His attacks drain 100% of my stamina, and his subsequent attacks pretty much finish me off. I am demoralized. Got him! Took off all my armor and dodged his strikes. Only took 20 times.
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Dec 26, 2016 08:42
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Aging Millenial posted:Got him! The walk back to him always really pissed me off. I hate that big stupid room. 
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Dec 26, 2016 13:41
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Decrepus posted:The walk back to him always really pissed me off. I hate that big stupid room. Yes. A crucial moment from for me around this area (before pulling the lever to create the short cut) was realizing I could just run past most of the enemies. Anyway, is New Game + worth it?
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Dec 27, 2016 00:34
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Aging Millenial posted:Yes. A crucial moment from for me around this area (before pulling the lever to create the short cut) was realizing I could just run past most of the enemies. Overall, no, but DS2 actually does have a few - usually minor - things here and there to make NG+ more interesting.
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Dec 27, 2016 00:37
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DS2 actually gets the most changes in NG+ versus the rest of the series, but most of it is just extra monsters here and there. I like it.
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RyokoTK posted:DS2 actually gets the most changes in NG+ versus the rest of the series, but most of it is just extra monsters here and there. I like it. I probably should have specified that DS2 is also the only Souls game with a NG+ that's even remotely worthwhile, yeah.
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Dec 27, 2016 02:18
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Decided to finally start playing online and I thought it'd be fun to join the blue sentinels. I was hoping to get Targray's equipment the legit way this time but I had no idea that the requirements were so stupid. It can't really take 500 victories can it?
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Dec 27, 2016 11:32
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Wanna know the worst part? The only way to get his halberd is to kill him. He does not give it to you at max rank. It's like they forgot.
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Dec 27, 2016 11:34
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Tallgeese posted:Wanna know the worst part? That's great. Maybe that's why they made him such a dismissive dick. 500 victories is just insane, 50 alone would be an absolute chore. Well the halberd looks great but I'm really not feeling the set. So much clothing in the game and most of it just doesn't look that good, especially if it shows any skin. Is there a reverse of the ring of the dead in the game? Hollowed skin is so much better than the dayglow skin of the living.
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Dec 27, 2016 12:03
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One of the arena covenants doesn't just require 500 wins; it requires 500 more wins than losses.
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...! posted:One of the arena covenants doesn't just require 500 wins; it requires 500 more wins than losses. That's the Brotherhood of Blood. The Blue Sentinels just requires the 500 wins, but it still has a catch: unlike the Blood Arena, you have to use a Token of Fidelity to enter the Sentinel Arena. That's right: not only do you need 500 wins for the Blue Sentinels, each of those wins needs to be paired with a successful boss kill in co-op.
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Dec 27, 2016 18:43
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One Hundred Monkeys posted:fist weapons are obviously the coolest + best, but ds2 is pretty good about weapon variation in general. halberds are neat and have a quirky moveset. warped sword powerstanced with another sword lets you spin for days. the partizan is really powerful and more versatile than most spears (it's got a sweeping attack in addition to the standard thrust). Thanks! Sounds like trying a spear out would be pretty cool . I'm starting to get a biiiit sick of the slow swinging heavy weapons so I'm gonna give the Longsword a go. I've always dismissed it as being as "starter weapon" but everyone keeps saying it's the reliable standby. Is uninfused the way to go with Quality still?
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i am tim! posted:Thanks! Sounds like trying a spear out would be pretty cool . I'm starting to get a biiiit sick of the slow swinging heavy weapons so I'm gonna give the Longsword a go. I've always dismissed it as being as "starter weapon" but everyone keeps saying it's the reliable standby. Is uninfused the way to go with Quality still?
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Got a longsword to about the same place I had my claymore and it's pretty good so far! I've changed my loadout to have the Longsword, Craftsman's Hammer and a Winged Spear in my right, the Stam Regen Shield and a bow in the left. I'm liking the light weight of it compared to what I had before, and two handing while using the shield for the stamina regen is proving to be pretty awesome! I didn't have enough titanite to get my Spear out of the small shard chokepoint, but it's still working pretty well with the range. I'll definitely have to pump it up.
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is there a weapon thats a good upgrade from the mace? feels weird to do endgame content with such a basic weapon even if its powerful
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^^^ Two maces. Craftman's hammer. Maybe the large and great clubs. Or, you know, just stick with the mace if that's what's working for you. The Souls series is a rarity in that your starting stuff can carry you all the way through the game.
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If you want strike damage, craftman's hammer or a greathammer like the large/great club. Bandit Axe is a good alternative and if you are going mainly for STR, the red rust scimitar is amazing.
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King of Solomon posted:That's the Brotherhood of Blood. The Blue Sentinels just requires the 500 wins, but it still has a catch: unlike the Blood Arena, you have to use a Token of Fidelity to enter the Sentinel Arena. You can rank up the Blue Sentinels through blue invasions, which is how I got my rank 3 initially. And you can farm cracked blue eye orbs a lot faster than fidelity tokens. It's really a lot easier than ranking up a red, because you can't lose points.
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Working my way through this with the Scholar of the First Sin edition I got back in May but never finished after fiddling out at Harvest Valley with the initial release. Just beat the Iron King. Feels good, man. Dunno how I'm liking the upped difficulty. I feels like a bunch of "well let's just toss an extra enemy or two at 'em, and lots from places they can't see, oh and let's have pursuer fights god drat everywhere." Still, I'm enjoying it after a long hiatus.
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I just got that king ring and I have a couple of questions. Is the bonfire behind the door next to cardinal tower useful for anything at all? What's the point? Nowhere to go from there. What is left for me to do in this game? I know there's crowns in the 3 places I can teleport to. Anything else?
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Jan 3, 2017 19:39
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There's the DLC stuff (the crowns), plus several new places to access with the King's Ring. (All are in some way necessary to the endgame, so if you've found one the existence of others isn't really a spoiler.) That bonfire is one of them, though for the moment you can't make progress there. Try looking around for the other doors.
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in case you've already looked around and want a more explicit answer where to go: open the door in the shaded woods
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