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Return to Drangleic is up next in the "Return to ____" rotation. Feb 27th - March 13th. I played the hell out of the PS3 version, even got the platinum (10 years ago  ), but this time I'll be playing the SotFS version on PS4. Any useful bugs or dupes in that version ala the soul dupe in DS1? The only "trick" I remember is beelining to The Rotten in NG+ and NG++ to farm it for souls instead of fighting the other bosses again.I sword-and-boarded my way through the PS3 game, but I'm going to try and mix it up this time. Maybe double clubs 
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You do you, but most of the fun with RtD imho is to do everything and summon/invade/get summoned on the way. Farming the Rotten for souls is kinda counterproductive in that regards as it's not only boringly repetitive, but it also propels you further in soul memory, potentially matchmaking you out of the various people going through the world with a fresh new character (only potentially though, because SM ranges aren't that bad unless you farm hardcore). Main tip would be to check for boss souls weapons, as some require NG+ drops. Like iirc, MLGS is crafted from NG+ Freya soul. So if you have something specific in mind, you know straight away who to aim for first with an ascetic.
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Feb 13, 2024 15:48
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The real trick is to do the infinite Giant King loop for half a million souls per pop
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Feb 13, 2024 16:12
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Everyone who hasn’t done a DS2 hexer run should totally do a hexer run for Return to Drangleic.
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Feb 13, 2024 17:10
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axolotl farmer posted:Everyone who hasn’t done a DS2 hexer run should totally do a hexer run for Return to Drangleic. And grab the MLGS on the way because it's the prettiest version in the entire series and it's a nice change come endgame when you're a bit tired with spellcasting.
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Feb 13, 2024 17:15
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A melee weapon is neccessary for the DLCs unless you actually enjoy plink damage bad time. Hexes + MLGS = good times 
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Feb 13, 2024 17:24
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FishMcCool posted:You do you, but most of the fun with RtD imho is to do everything and summon/invade/get summoned on the way. I'll be doing that for NG for sure. Gonna go slow and do everything, then just do some cleanup for NG+ and ++.
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Feb 13, 2024 17:26
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drat, and I just did a DS2 replay a few months ago. I was planning on making my next playthorugh NG+ to finally experience all those changes too but... what the hell. Does anyone have a recommended zone order? Last time I did Return to Drangleic I went to Brightstone Cove before Huntsman's Copse and it completely hosed my soul memory and pushed me out of co-op range for the rest of the game
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Feb 13, 2024 17:33
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Scrap Dragon posted:Does anyone have a recommended zone order? Last time I did Return to Drangleic I went to Brightstone Cove before Huntsman's Copse and it completely hosed my soul memory and pushed me out of co-op range for the rest of the game Probably following the Fextra Life game progress route. Don't know if it's the "best," but a lot of people use it so you should have a decent pool to pull from.
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Feb 13, 2024 17:42
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Scrap Dragon posted:drat, and I just did a DS2 replay a few months ago. I was planning on making my next playthorugh NG+ to finally experience all those changes too but... what the hell. On the teleport menu, certain zones will have an orange outline which indicates that there's a large amount of online play in your SM range there. That's a good guideline for where you should be. But in terms of what branches to go for first, I'd say the order is intended to be Lost Sinner -> Old Iron King -> The Rotten -> Duke's Dear Freyja. That's the order I usually go at least.
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Feb 13, 2024 17:59
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Electromax posted:Here's the full version: https://twitter.com/vgcartography/status/1757391102829609323?t=bDrIZfoOcqiuwH6IK1EAhQ Also this kicks rear end. Love your work.
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Feb 13, 2024 18:06
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axolotl farmer posted:Everyone who hasn’t done a DS2 hexer run should totally do a hexer run for Return to Drangleic. I did a hexer run and I think it was after they nerfed some dark orb ability, and it was still fun!
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Feb 13, 2024 18:36
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Scrap Dragon posted:Does anyone have a recommended zone order? Last time I did Return to Drangleic I went to Brightstone Cove before Huntsman's Copse and it completely hosed my soul memory and pushed me out of co-op range for the rest of the game Whatever order gets you the equipment you're looking for the fastest.
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Feb 13, 2024 19:06
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Electromax posted:Here's the full version: https://twitter.com/vgcartography/status/1757391102829609323?t=bDrIZfoOcqiuwH6IK1EAhQ very well done
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Feb 13, 2024 19:51
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Dark Souls 2 is a literal nightmare dreamscape. It's the only way it makes sense, and I love it. There was someone I was supposed to rememeber about, though...
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Feb 13, 2024 20:12
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i know people think this is the bastard child of the series (correctly) but it has a certain charm to it that the other games just don't have. honestly i think i might like this one more than 3, i realize that's lunacy to say but something about it just hits right. i love this stupid broken game. also this is still the funniest poo poo i've ever done and i'll never do something like this again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDkr1O-B298
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Feb 13, 2024 20:42
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Thinking DS2 is good, perhaps even the best, is actually the correct opinion and you are among friends.
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Feb 13, 2024 20:51
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Lmao, beautiful shot John Murdoch posted:Thinking DS2 is good, perhaps even the best, is actually the correct opinion and you are among friends.
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Feb 13, 2024 20:58
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Dark Souls 2 is the best one.
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Feb 13, 2024 21:07
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As someone who played 1-3 in a row for the first time over a few years, 3 really felt like the weakest with 1 feeling the strongest.
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Feb 13, 2024 21:09
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I think story-wise 3 is probably the best one if you take the DLC into consideration (i loving love gael as a character) but man there's just something about ds2 that hits. except the frigid outskirts
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Feb 13, 2024 21:12
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Thumbtacks posted:i know people think this is the bastard child of the series (correctly) but it has a certain charm to it that the other games just don't have. I don't think that's correct at all, actually
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Feb 13, 2024 21:17
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Honestly 3s story felt the weakest of them all. It almost felt like a dark souls fanfic rather than something written by the creators.
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Feb 13, 2024 21:17
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Frigid outskirts is fantastic for invasions if you're a total bastard
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Feb 13, 2024 21:21
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John Murdoch posted:Thinking DS2 is good, perhaps even the best, is actually the correct opinion and you are among friends.
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Dyz posted:Honestly 3s story felt the weakest of them all. It almost felt like a dark souls fanfic rather than something written by the creators. I was so utterly disconnected from 3 and its chopped up mess of a world that I would argue that it barely even has a story, just lore. Had the exact same problem with Elden Ring too.
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Feb 13, 2024 23:22
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DS3 is the MGS5 of dark souls
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King of Solomon posted:I don't think that's correct at all, actually It is the odd man out in a lot of ways.
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Feb 13, 2024 23:57
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DS2 definitely looks the shittiest. Its got so many ugly wall textures and big cube rooms. Dark souls 1 has that "old game" look, so the shittiness is actually good.
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Feb 14, 2024 00:29
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uninstalled elden ring to make room for dark souls 2 does anybody else play the base version of ds2 for the return event? i never got sotfs since i dont have an issue with the game's enemies and from what i understand sotfs adds in a bunch of enemy hordes or something? but apparently its the version everyone plays maybe?? if i buy the season pass, is that just the dlc or does it include the remixed enemies too?
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Feb 14, 2024 02:02
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Proletarian Mango posted:uninstalled elden ring to make room for dark souls 2 I think the original version of ds2 doesnt have online anymore(?)
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Feb 14, 2024 02:04
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Dyz posted:I think the original version of ds2 doesnt have online anymore(?) oh poo poo that reminds me the whole reason i stopped playing last year was because the servers went down and i couldnt connect how tf did i forget that thankfully it appears to have been fixed. i just started up the game and it connected to the dark souls 2 server right away and i made it in game without any kind of errors
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Feb 14, 2024 02:14
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DS3 is the technically best game in the series, with regards to balance, tight gameplay and quality of life stuff. DS2 is the most fun game with the best fashion souls, weirdo npcs, huge build variety and just all round lots of things to do and lots of different ways to play.
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DS2 is also the one that really really would benefit more from a proper remaster (Scholar feels like a big patch tbh). Visually it aged the worst (cept for Majula) in my opinion and animations will always feel off, both from the player and enemies. Most of my complaints are in the technical part because gameplay ones (even the ADP tax) I can live with and just adapt after a bit of playing. At the other hand I agree with build variety, weird npcs, quests and routes to discover being the better things. I like all three DS games more or less equally, each one because of different reasons.
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DS2 is my favorite, I find it relaxing. In DS3 everything screams at you and the combat is incredibly twitchy, it's a great game and I loved playing through it multiple times but I found it exhausting to play after a while. I love DS1 similarly, but the time I spent with it was just different, I hated the pvp back then and only wanted to do things like SL1 challenge runs. I didn't really learn to appreciate souls pvp until DS2, because the game forced it on me and I had no real choice. Rubellavator fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Feb 14, 2024 |
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Feb 14, 2024 09:34
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DS2 rules and it's the only Soulsborne where PvP is fun
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Feb 14, 2024 09:42
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Worst parts of DS1 are the long hikes because you forgot to optimize your route pre-lordvessel. Also the parts that are objectively bad.
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Feb 14, 2024 10:24
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Proletarian Mango posted:if i buy the season pass, is that just the dlc or does it include the remixed enemies too? Grabbing the DLC for original DS2 doesn't change anything in the base game. For maximum confusion it's still technically referred to as Scholar of the First Sin in places. That said if you can get the actual Scholar version, I'd argue it's worth it. People downplay the breadth of the changes and (slightly) exaggerate the bad parts. In exchange for a handful of areas being made harder, you get loads more NPC phantoms to play with, several areas are cleaned up (or just plain actually finished this time), the DLC keys are properly integrated into the game world, and certain items are available sooner which opens up more builds. And the lighting is nicer. Despite its reputation, a lot of the remixed enemy layouts are less "let's make a wacky romhack version of DS2" and more "let's strip out some of the slapped together stuff and replace it with something more fitting".
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John Murdoch posted:Grabbing the DLC for original DS2 doesn't change anything in the base game. For maximum confusion it's still technically referred to as Scholar of the First Sin in places. Basically ends like this: Vanilla DS2 on PC and PS360 gets the old experience even with DLCs. PS4/Xbone and Full pack Scholar on PC are upgraded. I first played the SoTFS version on PC with all the new stuff so it was fun to get a DS2 Scholar copy on PS3 and compare with the older stuff. I prefer the new changes even if sometimes it leans harder on ganking.
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I wouldn’t mind going back to base DS2 as an unremixed version. Might be fun. Been so long! What’s the easiest way to do that?
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