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Simply Simon posted:hell yeah DS2 rules so much
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP4fWbBCV4g
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Oct 18, 2022 00:40
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DS2 kicks rear end, it's always nice to see people talking about how good it is.
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Oct 18, 2022 01:56
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It's one of my favorite games ever and I find myself replaying it pretty often. I mostly go for no deaths that turn into no bonfires at some point.
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Oct 18, 2022 02:03
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This was a very cool video and I am a little sad that the chest does not get used any more. I rock dual great clubs often and would definitely use the club reskin. I played a bit more yesterday and was NOT prepared to see three red phantoms by the Old Dragonslayer drawbridge alongside the dragon. That was a pretty good surprise 
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Oct 18, 2022 08:03
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The only thing I'd change about ds2 is some sort of weapon availability randomizer. There are some cool weapons that are fairly far into the game (like the whip sword) at which point you're unlikely to want to use them. Mix it up a bit!
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Oct 18, 2022 08:05
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So far I have only died twice in NG+. Once to the red phantom on the bridge in things betwixt (he kicked me off into the void) and once to a red phantom outside the old dragonslayer's room (my club got caught on the drawbridge and he did a spear spin that one shot me). I have also been using a +1 puzzle sword but need some twinkling titanite to upgrade it. My great clubs are both +10. My memory on where to go is so murky and I am just wandering, but it feels SO thematically relevant to everything that I kind of love it
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Oct 18, 2022 09:42
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distortion park posted:The only thing I'd change about ds2 is some sort of weapon availability randomizer. There are some cool weapons that are fairly far into the game (like the whip sword) at which point you're unlikely to want to use them. Mix it up a bit! VideoGames posted:I have also been using a +1 puzzle sword but need some twinkling titanite to upgrade it. My great clubs are both +10.
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Oct 18, 2022 10:13
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FishMcCool posted:I went into Drangleic all cocky from having beaten DS1, once, with Havel's set and a BKS. To say it was a bit of a shock would be an understatement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kr7KDCsIws&t=225s This you in the first bit?
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Oct 18, 2022 10:51
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Mazerunner posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kr7KDCsIws&t=225s I just knew that would be Happy Souls.  The first Pursuer sequence sums it up alright.
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Oct 18, 2022 13:06
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https://twitter.com/DarkSoulsGame/status/1584821061501100032
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Oct 25, 2022 10:15
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Just invaded someone by the waterfall in the copse and somehow killed them, which never happens. It's good to be back online.
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Oct 25, 2022 13:36
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Was in the middle of a playthrough and to my shock, I connected to the server out of the blue. Jolly cooperation signs out the nose. Is pure hex and sorcery gimped for DLC areas? I picked up my level 140 hexer the other day and was doing absolute poo poo damage in Shulva despite the main enemies being weak to dark. Maybe I'm just used to the damage of my rapier dex build.
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Oct 26, 2022 12:23
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DLC enemies, unfortunately, have massive elemental resistances. My Hexer got through there okay because I'm not only casting; a Dark Silverblack Spear + Dark Weapon deals enough damage (and part of it physical) to be successful. You can also try the ol' raw weapon + buff.
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Oct 26, 2022 12:39
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As much as I love DS2, the weird slow animations, and specifically that trying the door animation only to be told after going through the animation that it's locked still annoy me and stop me from starting it again. But then again it has Majula, the best place in gaming. Oh and the shrine of Amana. I think the visible pain here sums it up quite well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zLW5tmLJfU
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Oct 26, 2022 12:46
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DS2 is the souls game that best recaptures the moody, unmoored dream-like atmosphere of king's field and I appreciate it for that
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Oct 26, 2022 12:49
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Simply Simon posted:DLC enemies, unfortunately, have massive elemental resistances. From what I recall it's less that they have big elemental resists and more that they have a specific resistance to spells. MLGS still works fine but soul spear does gently caress all.
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Oct 26, 2022 14:49
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It's been a while, but as I remember, Dark Orb was still doing its job. You need to cast more of it, but eh, there are plenty of copies around to stack the casts. But yeah, it's faster if you have a weapon as an alternative. MLGS with Enchanted infusion turns to pure physical damage that scales with INT. It's a pretty reliable fallback, not to mention how stylish you look when wielding it.
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Oct 26, 2022 15:00
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Dark Silverblack Spear hits like a truck and you'll have the right stats for it.
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Oct 26, 2022 21:47
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The zones are cool and I like how strike weapons are good. I don't like how the enemies track too quickly which makes the gank squads annoying. Hands down the best DLC areas in Fromsoft games
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Oct 26, 2022 21:56
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Strike being so powerful makes the caestus surprisingly viable. Punchies are fun
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Oct 26, 2022 21:59
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https://i.imgur.com/OPDUe2K.mp4
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Oct 26, 2022 22:06
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lmao, classic
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Oct 26, 2022 22:14
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Amana is dirt easy fyi when you realize you can simply side step and juke all the homing projectiles the enemies launch at you.
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Oct 26, 2022 22:34
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Or just roll through them, I didn't struggle with it and I usually leave adp at base level
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Oct 26, 2022 22:38
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Elden Lord Godfrey posted:Amana is dirt easy fyi when you realize you can simply side step and juke all the homing projectiles the enemies launch at you. though the amount of complaints about amana was still kinda wack. is and was a good area
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Oct 26, 2022 22:40
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Amana is okay as an area but it's usually the spot where I think "god drat this game just will not end"
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Oct 26, 2022 22:42
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The best thing about DS2 is that there's so much of it.
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Oct 26, 2022 22:47
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giZm posted:The best thing about DS2 is that there's so much of it. Especially when you take ng+ into play.
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Oct 26, 2022 23:08
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Volte posted:Amana is okay as an area but it's usually the spot where I think "god drat this game just will not end" i've seen a lot of blind LPers burn out at aldia's manor, enough that i feel like there's something particularly discombobulating about either the zone itself, or the zones leading up to it, that makes players feel drained but since i like this game myself... giZm posted:The best thing about DS2 is that there's so much of it.
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Oct 26, 2022 23:11
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Honestly, I think it does drag toward the end, and I think Shrine of Amana is unfortunately placed at that exact point, which makes any shortcomings just that much more aggravating. E: Aldia's manor also makes sense IMO. I think what both areas have in common is that they come immediately after what you might have assumed was going to be the end goal. You get all the old souls then you go to the castle--surprise there's more. You go through the shrine and the crypt and finally meet Vendrick and get his ring---no wait there's still more. It's less an issue of the game length itself and more that these are the areas right after the game has zoomed out and shown you your goal is just a bit farther than you thought. christmas boots fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Oct 26, 2022 |
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Aldias is far worse than Amana, the keep is incredibly tedious and the hippos have the worst grapple attack in the game
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Aldia's Keep is a straight line you can run the whole thing in seconds.
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christmas boots posted:Honestly, I think it does drag toward the end, and I think Shrine of Amana is unfortunately placed at that exact point, which makes any shortcomings just that much more aggravating. yeah, to elaborate a little more, it's definitely the fact that the game also withholds vital mission-related ~*lore*~ about what you're actually doing and what your real objectives are for a while longer; aldia's can feel like a real low point because you finally, finally met Vendrick, the one goal you're sorta clear on and the one thing everyone's been telling you do and what you've been striving for, and the encounter's a big nothing like, all a blind LPer has to go on at that point is that you got a new ring from him that'll maybe open up those locked doors you passed along the way? that's all at an equivalent point in DS1 you would've had a big lore and mission update from gwynevere and/or frampt that would've given the player a clear new drive to propel themselves to end-game, at aldia's you're almost even worse off because what you thought was it, wasn't, and you gotta grope in the dark until you get the goods later
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Catgirl Al Capone posted:DS2 is the souls game that best recaptures the moody, unmoored dream-like atmosphere of king's field and I appreciate it for that Yeah ds2, to me at least, feels like the way a souls game *should* feel. I still get mad as hell when I get hit while waiting for the estus drink to actually fill the health bar
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Gaius Marius posted:Aldias is far worse than Amana, the keep is incredibly tedious and the hippos have the worst grapple attack in the game SotFS Aldia's Elden Lord Godfrey posted:Aldia's Keep is a straight line you can run the whole thing in seconds. Original DS2 Aldia's Shrine suffers from the problem that it's either obnoxiously difficult or just kind of tedious, once again varying some depending on what version. Mirror Knight is a good climatic fight, but all of the areas afterwards feature interesting ideas interspersed with tedium and/or some degree of bullshit. Also the pacing gets even worse if you trudge back to the non-Aldia king's gates. One is useless until you can memory hop, the other leads to the Throne duo which you might rightfully assume is the end of the game, but oops. John Murdoch fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Oct 27, 2022 |
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Playing through as a hexer this time. For backup against resistant bosses (Elana  ) I have used a hand axe infused with magic. It’s actually a pretty drat good weapon!
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axolotl farmer posted:Playing through as a hexer this time. For backup against resistant bosses (Elana Enchanted MLGS is the elite caster's weapon of choice for any-kind-of-magicy damage resistant foe. Nobody expects the book nerd to suddenly go pure physical two-handed.
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Dec 6, 2022 19:34
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It doesn't even need to be Enchanted, boss elemental resistances are rarely high enough to blunt damage from snazzy weapons like the MLGS or Crypt Blacksword. That MLGS there? It's Magic infused, not Enchanted.
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IIRC the DLC enemies and bosses mostly have resistances to spells so magic/elemental/dark damage from weapons is still pretty good.
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