Dark Souls II - I'll remember you forever, Lucille.

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Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Hakkesshu posted:

I'm not going to go on an internet outrage campaign, but I do think it'll be very disappointing if the game will never end up looking as good as it initially did in that footage. This is a series that genuinely benefits from it, I think.

As someone who beat PS3 and is getting PC, it's absolutely a series that is being held back by the old gen and needs to seriously move on

# ¿ Apr 21, 2014 09:59

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# ¿ May 6, 2024 07:15

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Wait is release still 25th? I read somewhere it got pushed to May

# ¿ Apr 22, 2014 12:05

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Mazed posted:

Oh good! That works in a pinch.

And this is why this is good

Except the fail msg is in a different kind of window. Anyone who will fall for this would fall for the ring that makes you look like a white phantom :saddowns:

# ¿ Apr 22, 2014 14:21

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Sir Bedevere posted:

Preloading now. I bought a video card yesterday for this game; it's been around 5 years since my last gpu purchase. The anticipation is beginning to build into that gross, child-like Christmas eve feeling.

I'm a soul man.

YOU LIED brotha

# ¿ Apr 22, 2014 15:56

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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speaking of bell shields I run into a lot of PVPers who have a shield that chimes when you hit it. What's up with that

# ¿ Apr 22, 2014 16:11

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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BlueDestiny posted:

That looks great! Definitely gonna rock a whip at some point.

Whips are fantastic against organic creatures, terrible on PVP and armor

# ¿ Apr 23, 2014 10:28

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Honestly they are so lightweight you should just carry a good secondary weapon

# ¿ Apr 23, 2014 10:56

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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I have yet to see a single PVPer who could effectively field a whip

# ¿ Apr 23, 2014 11:44

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Tasoth posted:

Do weapons degrade faster now? It feels like weapons breakdown faster. The number of things I've had to beat to death with my fist is growing. Keep losing god damned soul stacks.

It's like the first time I played DS1 all over again.

Basically how it works now is think of your weapon health as regular health. Bonfire repairs it but once it breaks you have to repair it. You should avoid letting it break as much as you can because repairing is a bitch. If you can eat the equip load use a secondary weapon, otherwise at least have it ready to go in your inventory. It usually isnt a problem except on certain levels that have long stretches between bonfire or none at at all No Man's Wharf

Certain weapons like whips degrade REALLY fast, like after a handful of enemies. Keep in mind there's also substances that will break your equipment.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:34

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Are any console players noticing a marked difference in graphics? I haven't been following the thread closely

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:35

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Baron O Beefdip posted:

I went to a place and a crow dropped this giant flying knight guy on me. Now that i want to fight him he won't show up again. Anyone know what's up with that?

Boss who shows up a few times, the first one is optional but beating him gives you early extra prizes

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:36

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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bef posted:

Can you summon your friend via Steam??

You can't in console fwiw. There's a weird ring that supposedly helps match you but I never bothered with it

EightBit posted:

Streaming blind run on hitbox, holy poo poo this thread blew up:

http://www.hitbox.tv/EightBit

Hows the latency on Hitbox these days compared to Twitch?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:38

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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slev posted:

There are all these bloodstains in front of this treasure chest. I don't want to open it.

Open it you little bitch :getin:

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:40

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Grondoth posted:

Cleric is ROUGH this time around. Starting at the highest SL with 3 endurance and being forced to two hand a heavy weapon is much trickier than the other two times.

But man, the MACE this time! Holy poo poo.

How high is your ADP?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:45

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Stringbean posted:

Getting use to KB+M and its not too bad, cant seem to parry poo poo with it though

Oh and the first boss there the Last Giant? Tearing off its own arm to get at the player loving owns

Dunno how anyone would need help on that boss, but I've been dropping signs down to assist and have been getting summoned constantly.

I got my rear end handed to me in PS3 when I kept giving him space before I realize you gotta get up in his grill

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:47

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Zaphod42 posted:

He shows up three times throughout the game. If you kill him during the first, IIRC he doesn't show up during the second but still does during the third. Technically he's an optional boss all 3 times.

Technically 5 in NG+

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:53

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Genocyber posted:

How to fix the lightning in this game: shows off a later game area

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN6GJRVghOo

Yeah I made it like 30 seconds

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:56

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Internet Kraken posted:

Holy poo poo, I thought I was good at Dark Souls but this is destroying me. Of course it starts out way loving harder. Okay, here's one tutorial area with zombies. Done? Now fight these guys twice your size.

Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP

FuzzySlippers posted:

To the person who asked about rumble on the DS4: I definitely get rumbling every time I'm summoned.

I assume you are using the 3rd party DS4 thing right?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:58

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Also dont forget to

Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP
Raise ADP

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 02:59

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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menieres_4_life posted:

This may have been answered earlier, but can I summon a bro who is on an Xbox?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 03:07

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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FuzzySlippers posted:

Make sure you are hiding your DS4 controller with the tool and restart the game with it hidden. If you have the DStool running without it hidden it might be screwing up even your xbox controller.

For DS1 vets especially: don't play too cautiously. In DS2 enemies are more likely to run down your stamina and stagger you or use a shield break. Turtling isn't always the best option.

Also don't bother rolling if your ADP isn't high enough

just die :getin:

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 03:44

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Control Volume posted:

Anyways, does attacking chests and destroying them turn anything inside into rubbish? I did this to two chests out of curiosity and I'm hoping I didn't screw myself out of some good poo poo.

uhh dont do that man

attack once. no more no less

NEVER R2

honestly if you are curious look up the wiki to see what was in it and if you can live without it

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 03:45

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Where are the first two maces located again?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 05:27

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slev posted:

I just got exploded after killing the three sentinels in lost bastille

HAHAHAHA You died :darksouls:

Hope you dont get invaded before you get to your bloodstain :haw:

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 08:09

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Estus can be increased (look for shards) and upgraded with sublime bone dust
Estus can be increased (look for shards) and upgraded with sublime bone dust
Estus can be increased (look for shards) and upgraded with sublime bone dust
Estus can be increased (look for shards) and upgraded with sublime bone dust
Estus can be increased (look for shards) and upgraded with sublime bone dust

Dude on eagle dropship will show up later (killing him now is just a bonus)
Dude on eagle dropship will show up later (killing him now is just a bonus)
Dude on eagle dropship will show up later (killing him now is just a bonus)
Dude on eagle dropship will show up later (killing him now is just a bonus)
Dude on eagle dropship will show up later (killing him now is just a bonus)

Raise ADP if your rolling sucks
Raise ADP if your rolling sucks
Raise ADP if your rolling sucks
Raise ADP if your rolling sucks
Raise ADP if your rolling sucks

Hold run to move faster up/down ladders, PRESS to jump off
Hold run to move faster up/down ladders, PRESS to jump off
Hold run to move faster up/down ladders, PRESS to jump off
Hold run to move faster up/down ladders, PRESS to jump off
Hold run to move faster up/down ladders, PRESS to jump off

Talk to hooded m'lady to level up
Talk to hooded m'lady to level up
Talk to hooded m'lady to level up
Talk to hooded m'lady to level up
Talk to hooded m'lady to level up

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 08:22

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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I can't get the DS4 to work on PC for the life of me...

I run the Xinput wrapper poo poo and install and then....it just doesn't loving work

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 08:48

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neetengie posted:

Did you install the 360 drivers?

I have a 360 running on it. I don't know if it has to be specific drivers but yeah

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 08:52

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Except their overhead strike is unblockable :ssh:

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 08:58

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Captain Diarrhoea posted:

Bought this as a pre-emptive victory present to myself for after my interview this morning.

You Didn't Get The Job

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 10:20

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Dirk the Average posted:

So something interesting for people who played Dark Souls - Illusionary walls are different in Dark Souls 2. Instead of smacking the wall with a weapon, you need to walk up to them and hit the same button that you use to pick up items. I had to actually look that up online because I couldn't believe that I hadn't found a single fake wall even though I'd run across 10+ messages about them.

They go both ways. Stone walls unless Pharros Walls need to be activated. Many walls like in No Man's Wharf you have to destroy

SuicideSnowman posted:

The sentinel fight is bullshit. That is all.

Raise ADP if your rolling sucks. Raise STR if you aren't doing enough damage. If you're a magic whore I don't know what to tell you

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 10:42

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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I got my DS4 working. YAAAY

scamtank posted:

oh my god what the hell I batted an airborne firebomb back to sender with my bastard sword

wat

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 10:47

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Attestant posted:

Less valuable. Most normal titanite is pretty easy to get your hands on.

Uhhh Titanite Slab is the rarest in the game.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 10:51

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Dunk Bot 3000 posted:

Hey so I safely descended into that Leonidas well in Majula and what the gently caress just happened? I'm exploring some weirdo rat crypt and then I get summoned and ganked? How? What? Why?

There are zones specifically for PVP depending on covenants. That's one of them

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 11:01

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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http://www.twitch.tv/alansmitheeplays

Gonna stream if anyone cares, even though eerbody and they gramma playin

scamtank posted:

It was airborne and I swung my sword and it honest to god made changed direction and smashed right in the head of the royal hollow that tossed it.

Definitely a first time I've heard this was possible

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 11:11

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Question, does the cleric hold a shield up all the time or is my DS4 being weird?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 11:51

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

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Streaming PC if anyone cares
http://twitch.tv/alansmitheeplays

Godfucking damnit my DS4 isnt working...

I got it working last time I played. Now I turn on the xinput mapper thingy and the controller lights up, but nothing

Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Apr 27, 2014

# ¿ Apr 27, 2014 09:15

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Anyone know how to open the doors in Sinner's Rise right by The Last Sinner?

# ¿ Apr 27, 2014 13:16

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Minorkos posted:

I loved the misty woods. It's great because you'll get paranoid and start seeing enemies where there aren't any. And sometimes the enemies disengage you for a while and you just swing around randomly in hopes of hitting them. It's so fun

I think the one thing Dark Souls 2 did well as a as a sequel was creating new, fun areas. Then again there are also some real lovely ones as well. There's a certain, really iron-y area that I really disliked for the most part, but that's probably just because I lost about 200k souls in that area put together.

Some of the bosses are just super fun designs, too. Skeleton Lords, Executioner horsey, Royal Rat Vanguard were all really fun boss designs, even though they weren't all that hard. The first one especially was super fun to do in co-op. Just you and 2 other dudes hacking away at lots of skeletons.

Misty Woods: turn your camera angled downward, it obviously fucks with your distance vision but this way you got more contrast between the white silhouette and the ground. It sucks but it's better than letting them all sorta blend in with the fog

# ¿ Apr 27, 2014 14:29

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MadJackMcJack posted:

When I played Dark Souls I got invaded a grand total of once, and never managed to find anyone to invade, even after both joining that forest covenant and dicking around in the forest as a human.

And then along comes The Bell Keepers Jesus Christ I had to take the ring off as I was getting summoned every 10 seconds (that's not hyperbole, I would literally get back to my world and be summoned straight away). And setting foot into the area? How am I supposed to progress when I'm invaded every minute? Is that area even required to progress, or can I ignore it?

I can also see why people are hating the hexes. One guy who invaded me was using them, and he killed me in two shots using some big ball of death spell

What level are you? I've been wearing the ring for the better part of an hour and nothing

# ¿ Apr 27, 2014 14:34

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# ¿ May 6, 2024 07:15

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Pwnstar posted:

I've got over 100 chunks of titanite but I can't stop defending the belltower, its too much fun.

I can't stop backing up bell invaders and killing bell cops like you :smug:

# ¿ Apr 27, 2014 14:38

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