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Mans posted:Wait, is there some controversy about the graphics that i'm unaware of? The preview videos demonstrated a dynamic lighting system that was not implemented in the actual release, due to how awful it ran on the current gen consoles. Some people are very mad about this.
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If anything the PC version's graphics are a slight upgrade from the console's, what with the resolution bump and sharper textures.
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Apr 12, 2014 03:54
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Pb and Jellyfish posted:So with liquid humanity gone in DS2, what affects item drop? Just rings/items? I'm kind of curious about how it works since it seems like they want to reduce farming as much as possible (what with the none respawning enemies and all). Rings/equipment/consumables. Thing is though they didn't actually mitigate farming much at all. They definitely expect you to make use of bonfire ascetic system, and there are many armor sets that can only be farmed from NG+ enemies in this way, which necessitates the use of farming items. Rather than say farming phalanx slimes for souls, you'll be doing boss runs via the ascetics to rack up a big soul count.
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Apr 13, 2014 03:24
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Organs posted:I'd like to know if the original Dark Souls will ever be updated to Steamworks, or if they're just going to leave that game to die. I don't think there is much they could do that would be cost efficient, but then again the Demon's Souls servers are still up after years of planning to take them down.
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Apr 15, 2014 17:17
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Gazaar posted:It has less (zero) to do with playerbase and more the matching being fundamentally broken in the first game. There are a lot of people around you in the PC version that you just don't really get to ever see or interact with. Judging by the console versions this won't be a problem. Connections rarely fail and when they do its often due to the host dying or the phantom being summoned by someone else. The more pressing issue will be the soul memory system and how it complicates the matchmaking.
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Apr 16, 2014 03:38
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RBA Starblade posted:I've been keeping myself in the dark about DS2 except some mechanics, are whips worth using now? What did that other goon mean when he said you won't be blocking? Is rolling that much better now? I plan on going through the game with my usual rpg battlemage build (with the bonus of magic and pyromancy being one). Though, dark sorcery is in faith now isn't it? There is a whip you can get early in, via trading a starting gift, that is quite strong. The other whips are marginally less useful. You'll be blocking, but shields overall have been nerfed a bit, specifically you won't be finding one with 100% block for a little while. Rolling is good, but you'll be wanting to invest in the stat that makes it better (adaptability). Hexes (dark sorcery) scale with both int and faith and require at least a bit of each to use.
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Apr 21, 2014 16:31
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Pr0phecy posted:The 10 early access steam weapons, are they weapons that are only available now and are findable ingame, or are they items already ingame that you will get really early in the game? They're not exclusive and they're not particularly good either.
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Apr 22, 2014 17:50
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Sex Robot posted:Dickwraithing is bad for business. We're trying to diversify the audience here brah. People losing makes them feel bad and people who feel bad won't buy DLC. Lol at your posting.
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Apr 27, 2014 15:15
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P_R_Deltoid posted:I think my game might be bugged. I can't see any summon signs when I restore humanity, but I see blood and messages everywhere. My Soul Memory is 74k and I am level 31 in No-Mans Wharf. Am I too high/low for this area? Is there another factor that could be preventing my being able to summon anyone? You in the champion's covenant?
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Apr 27, 2014 15:31
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P_R_Deltoid posted:Yes, I wasn't sure what it did so I just joined up. I see the wiki also says something about making the game harder? Is that on passively, or is it only when using an Awestone? Passively increases enemy hp and damage and doesn't allow you to summon anyone for help.
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Apr 27, 2014 15:35
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P_R_Deltoid posted:Wow. And it didn't say any of that crap when I signed up. I thought this game was annoying as gently caress because of this covenant. What a mistake trying to play blind and joining it was. Yeah its a dick move.
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Apr 27, 2014 15:42
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Ciaphas posted:How far into the game will I need to get before I can buy a spell to enhance my caestuses and be a true Muscle Wizard? I just got into No Man's Wharf and I've met a Miracle vendor, but no sorceries, and said vendor didn't have any enchantments anyway. Magic vendor on the docks of No-Mans sells one.
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Apr 28, 2014 17:21
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I never really used the name engraved ring on consoles, but now that I have buds I want to summon (and be summoned by) its pretty much the greatest thing ever. I haven't tried it yet but if it works with the red soapstone I'll be in love.
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Apr 28, 2014 17:33
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DoctorStrangelove posted:How do I infuse my poo poo? Give McDuff the dull ember.
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Apr 28, 2014 17:35
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Omniblivion posted:Well... I gave the PC version a shot, and the controls blow so badly that I can't continue playing it. I'm currently in NG++ on my 2nd character on the PS3 version, but FROM is just terrible at ports to PC. I still haven't found a "Start" button on my keyboard- and having to right click to go back in menus, yikes. I've heard the default setup isn't too good, but you can fully remap all the keys.
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Apr 28, 2014 17:41
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Artix posted:So what's the deal with No Man's Wharf? I got to what I presume is the end, but there was just an empty dock and the ship that should be there is still way off by the entrance to the cove. I already have access to the Old Bastille, but I was trying to go the other way and there's just...nothing there. At the top of the level is a lever to pull to bring the ship to the dock.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:10
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ChaosArgate posted:or shoot the bell with an arrow. Whoa that works? That's awesome.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:12
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TheQat posted:Since sometime today I can see faded images of all the bonfires I don't have on the travel screen. Is that from the patch or from passing some point in the game? Happens sometime around drangleic castle though I can never really tell what exactly triggers it.
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Apr 28, 2014 20:21
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dis astranagant posted:There's this item on a body between the first 2 bonfires in the Earthen Peak that I haven't been able to figure out how to get. If you along toward the archer manikin it almost looks like you can jump to it but I've never managed to make it across. Try falling
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Apr 28, 2014 20:23
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Cardiovorax posted:I really do like the visual design of many of the areas in DS2. Majula feels really tranquil in a decayed way, which fits its theme perfectly. Getting into Heide for the first time and seeing the sea wash up against all the ruined towers is a real "whoa, that looks good" experience. Huntsman's Copse looks nicely creepy and diseased, I felt vaguely grimy all the time I was in the area. There's no real Anor Londo "whoa" moment yet, but I've seen only like half the areas in the game yet, so here's hoping. There's an area towards the very end that I felt was quite "whoa" but I dunno if anything can really compare to the first time seeing Anor Londo. To me, the jump in scope between Demon's souls and dark souls 1 was immense, where as ds2 has roughly the same scope. That sort of lessens the effect, even though I think that the areas in DS2 are overall very well crafted, if not fit together with the same care that DS1's were.
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Apr 30, 2014 00:09
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NihilVerumNisiMors posted:I went for 50 FTH and the Defender Greatsword and Better be lightning infused
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Apr 30, 2014 18:00
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holy poo poo I'm not even using Sunlight Spear and Im rocking poo poo left and right.
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WYA posted:Whats the point of dual weilding if you just attack as slow and cant block? If you alternate right and left attacks its actually faster. If you power stance you get more damage for the same amout of time spent attacking (at the cost of stamina). You can't block, but you can still parry with certain weapons in the offhand.
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Apr 30, 2014 22:59
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Cowcaster posted:Is it worth it to bonfire ascetic the gargoyles' fire and kill them for the gold serpent ring, considering I'd have to re-deal with the belltower chicanery? I wouldn't say so. You can get the +1 ring from the vendor in IK after you spend some souls there.
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Apr 30, 2014 23:44
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Danith posted:How come I can't fire the great arrows? I thought my bow was to small (was using the shortbow) but then I bought the dragonrider bow and I get the same thing. When I try to fire it he does the no ammo animation. You need a greatbow. The alonne knights drop one.
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May 1, 2014 15:28
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Asehujiko posted:will multiple flame quartz rings stack? It won't even let you wear multiples of the same ring.
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May 2, 2014 14:37
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poptart_fairy posted:So, getting a bit annoyed with the constant cookie cutter PVP stuff, I'm trying another shield-less character - a pyromancer using the Imported set you start with, and a club (or equally primitive looking weapon) but I'm curious about fire scaling. Is the damage on pyromancies acceptable without buffing INT, or what? I really have no idea how to read these numbers. They scale more with the level of your pyro flame than anything and will still hurt without stats.
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May 2, 2014 14:52
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THE PWNER posted:Yeah me either. I've heard they become really common in NG+ but are practically non-existant beforehand. It makes a certain amount of sense to me to do it that way, considering that there are other options for NG/low level pvp in the form of the bellkeepers and the rat cov. Keep the pvp enclosed in certain areas, and leave the general invasions for when people have their bearings. Plus invaders needed something on the line, and the consumable orbs fill that roll. The mistake IMO is not having the cracked orbs be sold until NG+. Their price, and the fact that the pool of players to be invaded is so much higher due to not having to be in human form, would still mitigate the invasions quite a bit until NG+ anyways.
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May 2, 2014 15:17
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Time_pants posted:I found Darkdiver Grandahl in Black Gulch but he says I'm not ready to embrace the darkness or something. What gives? Why can't I join the covenant? You gotta find him in two other places first shaded woods and drangleic Brasseye posted:what is the reward? A ring that makes your weapon invisible.
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May 2, 2014 15:53
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Laughing Zealot posted:Do you just get summoned to refill estust/refresh gear on a no bonfire run? You could use the small soapstone, or just die.
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May 2, 2014 16:14
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Arthur Crackpot posted:People who summon two white phantoms before summoning a Red Sign phantom deserve every bad thing that ever happens to them. You can cancel out of emotes now so its really a non issue.
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May 2, 2014 16:41
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Domattee posted:Holy poo poo Darklurker. How the hell are you supposed to deal with this. One of them always hangs the gently caress back lobbing lasers or that bullshit darksuperdeathball at me while the other clings to me doing nothing but the AoE. I've almost run out of effigies on my vendors trying to kill this fucker. Pyromancy. Other than that just learning the patterns and taking your time.
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May 2, 2014 16:48
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I dunno, it seems like a reasonable place to stop leveling and I've never felt outmatched because of it.
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May 2, 2014 17:40
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Manatee Cannon posted:There's no point to not leveling when you're being matched based on soul memory and not soul level. I realize that, but its just my own preference to keep my dudes from leveling up too much, to preserve the build diversity or whatever.
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May 2, 2014 17:48
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Asehujiko posted:Bellbros who just stand there while I fight the host and leap off the bridge when the host wins because they were expecting a free chunk If they wanted a free chunk they would have fought the host with you.
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May 2, 2014 18:01
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HMS Boromir posted:Just found the blue sentinel covenant, but I can't seem to use the cracked orbs anywhere? I'm human, in the covenant and connected to the server but it won't let me use them anywhere, even in places I'm 100% sure are PvP areas. Am I missing something obvious? You can't use the orbs in transitional areas. Places that are between fog doors basically. Maybe that was it?
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May 2, 2014 18:04
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Elman posted:I play on PC and I've been having a lot of trouble finding matches with blue orbs or in any of the arenas. Red orbs seem to work fine, and coop or bell/ratbros work great though. If you're not already, being in NG+ helps a lot with this. The requirement for players having sin is the bottleneck there, and its much more likely that they do in NG+. HMS Boromir posted:I dunno, I can't seem to use it anywhere in Heide's before the second bonfire or anywhere in the Forest, whereas it works immediately past the second Heide's bonfire (EDIT: Apparently technically the first bonfire of No Man's Wharf?) or in the Bastille, which is consistent with it not working in places where I've killed the boss. Huh I dunno. Usually I just use them on the bridge leading up to the neo-ornstein fight. Blue orbs don't care about your location and will put you anywhere where it finds someone with sin so you don't actually have to move around areas like you do with the red orbs.
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May 2, 2014 18:16
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Cowcaster posted:Where's the earliest place to farm ascetics, and as spectacular as a +10 mace is will it still cut the mustard on ng+7? I really want that fantastic goat hat, but I haven't got a single overpowered sorcery to rely on. The only place to really farm them is the dark chasm. Navlaan and Grandahl both sell a bunch though.
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May 2, 2014 18:25
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You're pretty much at the mercy of the host when you get pulled into their world as a grey phantom (this is the rat covenant's doing btw). You don't actually have to kill them to win, just make it to the fog door, so sometimes its best to just run. At any rate you don't lose anything by being summoned and you may win a pharros stone if you make it out. Its also only for the two rat cov areas.
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May 2, 2014 18:35
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Asehujiko posted:What covenants do I need to get the "all sorceries/miracles/pyromancies/hexes" achievements? only Bell Keepers +2, Pilgrims of Dark +3 and the rest being sold in NG++? Or is there something else I've missed? Heirs to the Sun +3
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Metanaut posted:Do I have to actually be in Belfry Luna to bellbro? Even when I'm wearing the ring, all that happens is I get invaded. Although I just beat the gargoyles, does that make any difference? If you're trying to invade you want to be somewhere other than in Luna.
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