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Merry Deciever posted:Yea, the Fume Knight blows. Leaps out of the way of my big bonk stick when I use it, is too hard to hit with a regular club, so I'm switching to my +5 Butcher's Knife. Seems to work well enough, though he still basically three shots me fwiw there's a 12th item but after the fume kinght
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I usually leave the very first idol without using the wedge so when I beat Fume Knight, use it for the start of the DLC and to get the soul.
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fume knight is my big and beautiful husband, who I love despite being from ds2-much like being married to someone who grew up in detroit
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whew, did the frozen outskirts. The HORSE spawns were annoying, but I had an NPC team. Only died once to the Twin Tiger boss~ All in all the ice DLC is much less frustrating than the fire one. Found all the knights, so now to kill the King in the Oblivion gate (Went in there with only one knight my first time, heh)
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Merry Deciever posted:whew, did the frozen outskirts. The HORSE spawns were annoying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dgUgpa2oXo
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I had to burn an ascetic to re-fight lost sinner to try and get lucateil's quest done. God that fight is bullshit once the two pyros show up and start lobbing fireballs at you while you're trying to have a nice relaxing sword fight.
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I was so happy they put Fume Knight Ultra Greatsword in DS3 and then so sad it was not in Elden Ring (or something like it).
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Frozen outskirts isn't so bad if you do it after getting the King's Crown so you won't have to spend effigies to be human. Bring your pals Head of Vengarl, Abbess Feeva and Manhunter O'Harrah, then watch for the first landmark when the wind dies down, and hoof it over there. If any ponies show up, your posse will fight them. Wait for the wind to die down, look for the next landmark and haul rear end again. never stop to fight a pony. Run run run.
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Control Volume posted:I still havent done the frozen outskirts and I never will I never beat the boss but I sure collected all the loot!
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Frozen outskirts might be my favorite place to invade. I don't always get a hit, but when I do I know I'm guaranteed to be making someone's day a little more panic inducing
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axolotl farmer posted:Frozen outskirts isn't so bad if you do it after getting the King's Crown so you won't have to spend effigies to be human. Yeah, once I learned I can bring three whole NPC phantoms it wasn't so bad. I mean, it's still real bad, but I can finish it in one attempt or maybe two if I'm unlucky easily enough. The sword you can get from the boss Soul is one of my favorite From weapons ever. The shield is hilariously poo poo.
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Yeah, the level and boss fight sucks, but everything about that sword is pure sexiness. I wish other From games had the kind of wild or very different move sets you get on some weapons in DS2. That was one of my few disappointments with Elden Ring.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivsIU98-Adw Limit Breakers proving that DS2 is the superior Souls for 52 minutes
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giZm posted:Limit Breakers proving that DS2 is the superior Souls for 52 minutes DS2 is a wonderful janky mess, and this video is worth watching. 
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giZm posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivsIU98-Adw I really enjoyed this.  DS2 is my favourite of the trilogy and vids like this help me put it into cohesive thought as to why.
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The video triggered me, currently reinstalling DS2 SOTFS. I don't think I actually beat any of the DLCs, or even acquired the MLGS according to the Steam achievements. Shameful. Was that E3 presentation lighting mod ever finished? e: doesn't look like it giZm fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Apr 24, 2023 |
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I have been playing a full blown mod called Seeker of Fire and it has moved a ton of stuff around and makes it so you really have to explore everywhere. I really dig it. I just finished Crown of the Sunken king and previously did Crown of the Ivory King without losing a single life. Felt pretty fantastic. I do love how sprawling and long and packed with content it is. A feeling only matched for me by Elden Ring (Dark Souls II 2).
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giZm posted:acquired the MLGS Hexer with the true MLGS was a fun build. Recommended! e: The trophy is for the fake MLGS. The true one is the good one. axolotl farmer fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Apr 24, 2023 |
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VideoGames posted:I have been playing a full blown mod called Seeker of Fire and it has moved a ton of stuff around and makes it so you really have to explore everywhere. Augur of Darkness is pretty decent too. It came out a bit earlier than Seeker of Fire and has more jank to it, but it's also a lot more cavalier and experimental with its changes, while Seeker of Fire felt more like a Dark Souls 1 fan trying to make a Master Quest version of Dark Souls 2. As an example, here's Heide's in Augur of Darkness.  e: They may have since fixed it, but one of the weird bits is that your bloodstain would wind up on whatever the last piece of vanilla land you were standing on was. So you could die all the way out while doing some platforming puzzle but your souls wind up underneath a newly-placed pot by the ladder you climb to get to it. The creator of Augur of Darkness really likes pots. Djeser fucked around with this message at 09:56 on Apr 24, 2023 |
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axolotl farmer posted:Hexer with the true MLGS was a fun build. Recommended! Wait hang on there's two MLGSs? Can you powerstance them? Also Hexer sounds like a good idea, there's multiple Dark Orbs, right?
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giZm posted:Wait hang on there's two MLGSs? Can you powerstance them? The NPC sitting by the ruins in the beginning has one, but it's a fake. quote:Also Hexer sounds like a good idea, there's multiple Dark Orbs, right? Plenty of copies yeah, and the spell comes with genereous numbers of casts in itself, so it's your bread and butter for spamming damage. And DS2 has consumables to replenish spell casts.
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Djeser posted:Augur of Darkness is pretty decent too. It came out a bit earlier than Seeker of Fire and has more jank to it, but it's also a lot more cavalier and experimental with its changes, while Seeker of Fire felt more like a Dark Souls 1 fan trying to make a Master Quest version of Dark Souls 2. What on earth? That looks wild! And jumping platform puzzles? Sign me up! I think I might have to give that a go.
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 Yes, indeed. Majula in 4k, and it barely taxes the system.
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giZm posted:Was that E3 presentation lighting mod ever finished? There's also the Firelink Edition mod, but that one's probably going to take a while.
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giZm posted:Wait hang on there's two MLGSs? Can you powerstance them? Yes, you can powerstance them. The true one isn't available until NG+ unless you burn a bonfire ascetic and defeat The Duke's Dear Freya again to get Seath's soul.. Lore reasons.
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Carpator Diei posted:Do you mean Flames of Old? The dev has had some real-life troubles, but is still working on it, fortunately. that looks terrible imo. But more power to the modders i spose
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axolotl farmer posted:burn a bonfire ascetic and defeat The Duke's Dear Freya again to get Seath's soul..
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giZm posted:I will absolutely do that then, thank you for the heads-up. You can also do it twice in a row and get two copies of the real sword. The fake is kind of lame, and intensity 3 Freya isn’t really harder than intensity 2
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I really want to grab DS2 again so I can try mods, but it never seems to be on sale on Steam. There's gotta be a night-time mod for Majula, right?
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FireWorksWell posted:I really want to grab DS2 again so I can try mods, but it never seems to be on sale on Steam. It was 75% off last winter sale. Couldn't find a night-time Majula mod but I also didn't look very hard.
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 And so it begins. Granted this was from a suicide run to get the Ring of Binding, but still. Also I'm going to basically Vlog this, just so I don't get distracted half-way through. e: does ADP also determine casting speed or is it DEX again? giZm fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Apr 24, 2023 |
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Neither. It's mostly attunement, but some faith and intelligence too. http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/casting-speed
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Fister Roboto posted:Neither. It's mostly attunement, but some faith and intelligence too. Oh man, now that old guy in No-Man's Wharf will actually talk to me for the first time, this is exciting.
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Shameless double post. Beat Pursuer and Last Giant, died once to invading Armorer Dennis, grabbed the The Tower Apart bonfire, then went back to Heide's to beat Dragonrider, died once more at No-man's Wharf because of greed, became BFF with Lucatiel, beat Flexile Sentry, grabbed Exile Holding Cells bonfire Hit SL50 at that point. DS2 always felt easier than the other Souls games, even more so now as a wizzard. 
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You'll find that magic annihilates the base game, and then gets nerfed hard in the DLCs.
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IIRC it’s only spells specifically though so if you’re, say, a hexer, a dark infused weapon should still work fine
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