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axolotl farmer posted:NG+ just is just kicking my rear end. Every enemy is a damage sponge, and there as rear end in a top hat red phantom enemies all over the place. I know right? It's great!
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axolotl farmer posted:NG+ just is just kicking my rear end. Every enemy is a damage sponge, and there as rear end in a top hat red phantom enemies all over the place. Players: Dark Souls 1 NG+ doesn't change anything, it just makes everyone tankier! Fromsoft: 
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Nov 20, 2021 21:03
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Demons Souls NG+ is still where it’s at. That gauntlet with all the souls you get from beating the game until you clear 1-1 and unlock the Maiden again is gut wrenching
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Nov 20, 2021 21:57
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Jesus christ this ultra greatsword mechanic where you always aim towards the last direction you moved your character towards is going to be the death of me. Oh okay let me make some fine adjustments past a doorway while locked on as a swarm of manikins sprint at me. Alright, let's turn my body 90 degrees to aim at absolutely nothing when I swing my R1. Also you know what's the worse thing about this game? There's a lag betweel pressing L1 and blocking. Meaning it's now impossible to do the classic L1 waggle.
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Nov 21, 2021 08:49
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I love DSII dearly and the greatsword aiming is one of the only things I find actually bad
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Nov 21, 2021 11:16
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loopsheloop posted:I love DSII dearly and the greatsword aiming is one of the only things I find actually bad Same tbf tho, some people really love the flexibility it gives you, especially in PvP; you can really catch people off-guard if you master it. As for me, I simply don't use the things, except maybe powerstanced.
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Nov 21, 2021 11:21
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Like it would be tolerable of the Greatsword's 2h R1 vertical swing had a wider hitbox, like that of say Ludwig Holy Blade transformed L2, or DS3 Vertical Ultras. Maybe I should give regular non-ultra-greatswords a try. Like how are things like Claymore at strength scaling and arcing swings? My character us at 50 STR 15 DEX.
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Nov 21, 2021 11:34
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Greatswords are excellent cookie cutter weapons in DS2, and there's a huge variety. I haven't tried the basic Claymore myself because there's so many funner options - you can get pretty much everything in Greatsword flavor, from super high dex scaling to strength-focused*, with magic, lightning, fire (or all at once), bleed...only native poison is missing. You can have special fun movesets (Mirrah, Majestic) or the standard "R1 sweeps, R2 smashes/stabs" combinations. *for your specific case, Mastodon Greatsword's probably the way to go
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Nov 21, 2021 12:08
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Unpopular opinion: DS2 just has way too many goddamn greatswords.
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Nov 21, 2021 18:13
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I like that there are two categories for greatswords: semi-practical and anime huge
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Nov 21, 2021 18:22
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Washin Tong posted:Unpopular opinion: DS2 just has way too many goddamn greatswords. Well, of course, since any self-respecting player will wield one in each hand.
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Nov 21, 2021 19:38
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Rubellavator posted:I like that there are two categories for greatswords: semi-practical and anime huge I'm not even counting the ultra greatswords, just the regular ones. DS2 has 23. You have 42 Big Swords™ in total if you also count the anime huge and curvy big swords. 73 if you count the smaller big swords and the tiny pocket sneaky big swords. That's a lot o' slashing, smashing, swirling, spinning and stabbing. Washin Tong fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Nov 21, 2021 |
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Nov 21, 2021 21:07
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Well you need Big Swords to kill the Big Guys in Armor.
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Nov 21, 2021 21:08
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Maybe dark souls two would have been better if they cut the lame big dudes in armor and gave us big dudes in swords
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Nov 21, 2021 21:14
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Control Volume posted:Maybe dark souls two would have been better if they cut the lame big dudes in armor and gave us big dudes in swords I'm afraid it's already the best Souls and giving it big dudes in swords would invalidate the rest of the games entirely.
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Nov 21, 2021 21:16
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if you like guys with swords then do i have a dusty tower for you
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Nov 21, 2021 21:20
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Nov 21, 2021 21:45
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all swords should be replaced with whips
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Nov 22, 2021 03:35
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Dark Souls II animations remind of DS1 poopwalking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qG0FgSLxjY
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Nov 22, 2021 04:00
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Time for Guts
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Nov 23, 2021 21:45
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Going through Heide’s in NG+, and it’s brutal. Figured, if they hit like a truck, you hit like a tank. So now I’m powerstancing a claymore and a zweihander. 
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Nov 24, 2021 22:32
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axolotl farmer posted:Going through Heide’s in NG+, and it’s brutal. Figured, if they hit like a truck, you hit like a tank. My congratulations for embracing the True Path. I wouldn't say that powerstancing is the be-all and end-all of this game since it's a massive stamina drain, but there's very little in the entire series that is as satisfying as crashing a powerstanced UGS or Great Hammers L2 onto a foe. 
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Nov 24, 2021 22:43
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Any tips on how to defeat the Squallid Queen? Doing pretty good with a Magic Ice Rapier when I don't die to stupid things.
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Nov 25, 2021 18:51
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MonsieurChoc posted:Any tips on how to defeat the Squallid Queen? Doing pretty good with a Magic Ice Rapier when I don't die to stupid things. realtalk: if you keep one of the skeletons around, she won't summon more. Keep the camera unlocked and always be aware of where everybody in the room is. Don't take risks; patience will see you through.
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Nov 25, 2021 19:09
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I believe it's one of the fights where one of the NPC phantoms you're given actually makes it harder, because they don't do enough damage to make up for the additional health she gets. I used a lot of midrange stuff when fighting her, since she's got a lot of close range punishments while her ranged attacks are pretty easy to dodge IMO. So I'd equip a bunch of Rouge Waters and then chug them while hucking pyromancies at her.
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Nov 25, 2021 19:30
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Buff your dark resistance and be aggressive. Her long-ranged attacks (hexes) are generally worse than her short-ranged attacks (halberd) due to how much they can zone you.
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Nov 25, 2021 21:42
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Yeah I summoned for Elana and it was probably worse, I still managed to kill her first try with hit and runs. Sinh was also first try even with 2 NPC summons. But his moveset isn't anywhere near as nasty as Midir's. The Cave of the Dead gank was almost impossible with NPC summons, I had to split them up and golf-swing the archer. Also don't heal with the mob nearby because the Havel will backstab you. Fume knight took like 3 tries, no summons, but he's extremely fun, almost like beta version of Gael. Blue Smelter demon took like 3 tries but the iron passage run is an absolute nightmare. At least the upper passage can be speedrun with a Gyrm's Greatshield, so long as you don't get bodyblocked by the gank. I'm now up to Alonne. The 2 NPC summons seemed useful but I'll repeat without any, I want to learn his moveset.
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Nov 25, 2021 23:14
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Everyone agrees the co-op sections of the DLC are bullshit and not worth it. They were included specifically to give non-DLC owners a way to get DLC-exclusive items, as the weird soapstone statues allow you to get summoned for the Cave of the Dead/Iron Passage/Frigid Outskirts without having the requisite key. I was frankly shocked to find that Seeker of Fire actually made those areas part of the critical path, but they also toned the difficulty way way down, because the way they're designed in the base game you're basically 'supposed' to have two player phantoms with you for all of them.
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Djeser posted:Everyone agrees the co-op sections of the DLC are bullshit and not worth it. They absolutely are bullshit, but it feels great to take them off the checklist at least once. Plus Blue Smelter provides the soul for the matching UGS, and powerstancing it with its sibling is brilliant, particularly as an alternate weapon set. Invade, parry with something else, then quick swap to the pair and hit that L2 for a colourful surprise. Also on the way to Lud and Zallen, you can find the Mirrah Hat and Ring of the Living.
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Nov 26, 2021 09:06
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I have no idea what any of those are despite having like 1000 hours in this game 
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Nov 26, 2021 21:56
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FishMcCool posted:They absolutely are bullshit, but it feels great to take them off the checklist at least once. Plus Blue Smelter provides the soul for the matching UGS, and powerstancing it with its sibling is brilliant, particularly as an alternate weapon set. Invade, parry with something else, then quick swap to the pair and hit that L2 for a colourful surprise. Also on the way to Lud and Zallen, you can find the Mirrah Hat and Ring of the Living. Also the Loyce Greatsword from L&Z is a fantastic weapon.
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Nov 26, 2021 22:04
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Where can I find the Ice Rapier?
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Bust Rodd posted:Where can I find the Ice Rapier? The basic soldiers in Eleum Loyce. Just sit at the first bonfire (outer wall or whatever) and farm the first few guys until you get it
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https://twitter.com/Stayd3D/status/1463955034475937793
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Nov 28, 2021 17:01
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Stupid rear end in a top hat now played by Tom Selleck.
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Nov 28, 2021 17:12
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I always wanted to do more with the Majula NPCs.
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Nov 28, 2021 20:03
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Well at least now a mustache ride is in the cards
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Nov 28, 2021 20:07
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Orv posted:Stupid rear end in a top hat now played by Tom Selleck. Wow why the hate on mr map?
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Nov 28, 2021 21:01
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DS2 has the best weirdo npcs.
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Finished Seeker of Fire yesterday. A bit more polished than Augur of Darkness, though in spots a little less ambitious too--this felt more like what the Dark Souls 1 people wanted from the game, and that's both a good thing and a bad thing. It's more like a "remaster" of Scholar's while Augur of Darkness felt more like just seeing what you could do with the engine. Seeker of Fire makes the Heide's boss While I had beef with some of the changes in both of them i still think they were both interesting takes on how to reconfigure DS2. In some ways they actually made me appreciate the base game more. I hate fighting the Royal Rat Authority and I hate fighting the Shulva gank squad, so what if we did the gank squad but instead of a Havel cosplayer it's the Royal Rat Authority and you're also in ankle deep water so you can't run good? But while I found a bunch of spots frustrating at the same time, i have to hand it to them--I enjoyed both and played them through to the end, although I did have to start relying on the built-in cheat items for Seeker of Fire, because they really pump some of the bosses' params. 8/10 pretty good on both of them, makes me want to do my own Dark Souls 2 mod. Djeser fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Nov 29, 2021 |
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