tractor fanatic posted:

As terrible as GFWL was, at least you could send and receive messages to and from random people on it

Good Citizen posted:

Some of the shortcuts in this game don't make much sense. Like, why does that tree at the second bonfire in huntsman's even exist? Has anyone ever used that shortcut for anything?

McKilligan posted:

Got a few more questions here -
So, is there EVER a point to imbuing a weapon? Even when I'm fighting enemies that have a vulnerability, seems like a regular weapon that scales well drastically outdamages any kind of imbued weapon. I read that if you enchant a weapon that's already imbued, you get a higher bonus, so using magic weapon on a, uh, magic weapon would do 30% more magic damage than if it were cast on a standard weapon, is that right? Even with that, a +10 standard weapon with scaling seems much better...

Another one, Is there ever really a point to dual-wielding? I've toyed around with it a little bit, and have run into a few pvpers who dual wield, but never really saw the point myself. Do the movesets flow into one another better with certain weapons? Something about power wielding? Why is this kind of thing never explained in-game.

Thumbtacks posted:

That's not correct, you can use blue orbs regardless of your covenant.

Nuebot posted:

Well gently caress, I forgot how god awful the blue covenent was. At about 30 million SM it takes me ten minutes to find a sinner still. Inevitably every dude I invade will either be hacking or have three phantoms. Sometimes both because I find myself frequently getting insta-gibbed by phantoms.

Bobnumerotres posted:

Finally got the poo poo I needed to powerstance two velstaldt bells. Now I have too much SM for PvP. SM is the worst thing ever.

Heliosicle posted:

Also it kind of looks to me like the Aurous armour takes inspiration from Yurt's Gloom armour, they aren't entirely the same but do have a lot of similarities.

Bob NewSCART posted:

What's the best way to farm souls in the early game? I wanna get enough levels for another attunement slot, at least 20 dex/str for drangelic sword and shield, enough equipload to wear drangelic set without fat roll. What I'm saying is I need a bunch of souls. I have access to the first bonfire of no mans, huntsmans, and lost bastille as well as all of forest and heide.

I noticed that co oping for bosses does not give a lot of souls. At least for dragonrider and pursuer.

y_3 posted:

I got tired of spamming emit force in bellbro pvp so I decided to upgrade a broadsword to +10 (love the moveset) and infused it with dark. Suddenly I'm 2-3 shotting people and I'm wondering if it's the +10 upgrade, the infusion, or both. Or if it's just that and people not adding points to vigor.

I have 15 str, and I think 28 int/fth. Sometimes I'll have a chance to use Dark Weapon which is huge but I don't need it. Is the infusion scaling that well with my int and faith or would I be doing similar damage without the infusion? I'd test it without the infusion but that was my only darknight stone. Only 800k SM if that's a big deal.

Zombies' Downfall posted:

Cardboard Box posted:

I thought I was safe, so I left the game running while I went away from the computer for a few minutes

apparently I wasn't safe, so I died. the last bonfire I used was the one at Sinner's Rise. so I was repeatedly dying to the archers there who knows how many times for about ten minutes.

well, there goes the 100k souls I was carrying.

Azzents posted:

For what it's worth, Avelyn (the autocrossbow) users are like anti-fun police. Especially people who dual-wield them.

Internet Kraken posted:

Hardly. While its not impossible to dodge, its harder to avoid than most attacks because its 4 rapid fire shots that hit in succession. You have to time your dodge so that the i frames last through all 4. Also if there's any lag you're probably going to get hit.

Really though my problem with Avelyn is its so easy to incorporate into a build. Basically anyone can use Avelyn. Furthermore using it carries no risk since it fires so fast from long range. As far as I know you can't really punish someone for using Avelyn unless they're doing that ridiculous dual build, because for them reloading is actually an issue. As a result tons of people use it. It gets old really fast.

Genocyber posted:

No it's very easy to dodge Avelyn. Roll diagonally forward and you'll dodge all three bolts if you time it right. Of course, the opponent can delay the volley and hit you as you're coming out of a roll, but that actually requires forethought on their part, and you can avoid that by predicting and rolling another time, so nbd. And you can very easily hit someone after they fire an Avelyn voller; there's a good two seconds or so while they're reloading, giving you plenty of time to hit them once, and thus stunlock them for a bit.

turtlecrunch posted:

OtherDSWaifu, you had best stop invading the Abyss with your crappy little katana you're making me use up all my magic herbs.

I do admit I had a moment the first time you showed up but I was then underwhelmed by the results. Thanks for the 2 ascetics I guess.

Volt Catfish posted:

There isn't a foggy misty spell that causes equipment breakage, is there? Missed opportunity, FROM!

Inspector_666 posted:

Can somebody explain the difference between the Way of the Blue and Blue Sentinels? I have read both descriptions on a DS2 wiki but I can't figure out how they're different aside from actually being two separate covenants.

Schwack posted:

Oh drat, I just glanced at it the other day and assumed it was Strength. Guess I'll use the greatsword then.

Red Crown posted:

I suppose I should add a Power Fist to my Spess Marine arsenal. What's a good, gigantic, intimidating looking fist weapon?

Hikaki posted:

I've seen this argument used before and I think it's more of a gameplay thing than a lore thing. How do you explain all the other armor that you can wear that is originally huge like Smough's or the Looking Glass Knight's?

Whix posted:

Is there any use for Token Of Spite besides needing one to join the bloodbros and for dueling?

Tokyo Sex Whale posted:

It'd be a kinda nice thing to do if they gave everybody a free soul vessel each time they did a major balance patch. I just think that'd be a nice thing.

argondamn posted:

I'm really loving sick of red invasions every 10 minutes.

EvilCornbread posted:

Should you be able to run past all the guards on the way to Velstadt? I swear I've done it before but now I'm getting wrecked/staggered when trying to go through the fog door.