From Software The Dark Souls II Megathread™

i should have repaired it when it got broken

well at least i killed other 3 big fuckers before i run out of effigy. wonder how far is that Amana from Sinners Rise

fuck me i forget about that ring.
mage at sls 90 with 12 vigor was rather stupid idea

 

Vigor is the noob stat.

Raise that Adapt/End/Vit first.
Dodging > Tanking.
Blocking is a supplement to dodging.
Skill > stats.

 

I may have used 5 effigies so far, I would only use them before a boss fight or a in a particular hard area like the royal soldier ambush in Last Bastille. After getting the ring of binding I am almost always set (Demons Souls vet here) so I make do with 75% health just fine.
As a sidenote I have this weird thing going on where I might go very far into levels blind but might get killed in stupid ways after. Maybe I am extra cauteous before and later I screw myself by thinking too much on how to proceed hahaha
Edit oh and you can get effgies from the crows too, it is not frequent (they mostly drop ores) but you do get effigies from time to time along with my mastahtroll white ring

 

My own twitchiness is my downfall when it comes to ledges and pits.

 

Would be hilarious if From designed this as a surprise rogue-like. "Down to 20% health and can't get effigies? Roll a new character, homey."

 

Holy shit the Shrine of Anna is a fucking nightmare.

 

I have to wait til next week to finally play DS2 but from what people online are saying, The Lost Sinner is on par with Artorias.

 

She's not too bad if you summon a companion (It just becomes a game of one player aggro'ing her, while the other kicks the shit out of her from behind), but on your own she's a fucking beast.

 

Played the first one solo on PS3 (offline) and don't want to deal with that shitty hardware again. I even purchased a PC version of it (which was much better). Gonna pick this one up for PC. Looks good for a fan of the series.

 

Anybody in NG+ yet? I've heard a rumor that Soul Memory doesn't factor into multiplayer after the first playthrough and if that's true I'm going to speed through the few remaining areas rather than dicking around in co-op/PvP.

Because fuck Soul Memory. That and broken roll attacks are really the only major complaints I have with this game now (just found out soft-caps for QoL stats are less than 40 in most cases; extremely smart move by From) and being able to eliminate one of them would greatly contribute to enjoyment.

 

4chan is reporting that NG+ is basically the "real" game:

Soul memory goes away.
Mirror Knight summons real players, covenant is active.
There's equipment and spells exclusive to NG+.
You can also buy invasion orbs in NG+.
More vendors sell infinite shit.
Bosses get new moves. And Stuff...
Fucking Red Phantoms Fucking Everywhere, like the preview demos.
Burning a bonfire ascetic in NG will bump an area to NG+, permanently. So in NG+ it will be NG++, unless you burn again, in which case it goes up to NG+++, and so forth.

More and more it's starting to look like NG+ is From's original vision of the game and NG is just casualized for newcomers and crybabbies. However, NG+ is on different servers so PVP will be slim till more people get there.

 

also if you visit smelters demon room after you killed him you meet

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Pursuer

again. You fight two

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Pursuers

at once the Drangleic castle in NG+.


fuck drangleic castle and that fucking room with 5 ruin sentinels and stone soldiers. my hollowed sorcerer was almost done with them but got crossbow bolt in the back from some fucking invader than i repeated that room , cleared all 5 alcoves but the last one with Darkdiver did not open got bored with that fight went to iron keep bridge to skull fuck some dragonbros. it seems that all good PvPlayers are in Brotherhood of Blood

 

I knew it! I knew the areas shown in the network test and the gameshow WERE harder and I recall a few extra moves on the turtle knight and some enemies had been removed, along with the red phantom ambushes where some enemies remained as in the Torturers before the Chariot boss but got turned into regular enemies.
Seems like From got us our cake too; the NG is the toned down version and NG+ is the real game with the encounters and challenge they envisioned originaly
I will never doubt From Software again!

 

I'm hooked. The magic is still there...

 

After finishing the game as a melee character I respecced as a magic user.
The jump in power is delicious. Put points into int, faith, adapation and become God.
A God who's really good at dodging.

 

I think they should have put in a goal like ringing the bells in ds. The game seems kind of aimless. Go here. Go there, be awesome dude.

 

What's soul memory?

 

It's the total amount of souls your character has gained. It's used for match making to prevent twinking.

 

So looks like From fixed NG+.

NG+ in the previous Souls games felt like an afterthought. HP bloat and more damage, but not much else.

 

PS3 master race got patched today to 1.02. From has no idea when xfags get their update thanks to Microsoft being a piece of shit when it comes to getting simple patches for your games on their crappy console.

In any case is anyone else disappointed with the music in DaS2? Now that I've beaten the game I could not identify any other song but the one that plays in Majula.

 

the majula theme is so fucking boring and grating... first thing i'm doing on PC is finding a mod to swap majula for Things Betwixt theme (still not particularly engaging, but miles ahead of majula). but yeah, pretty much the whole soundtrack is generic trash. i said as much when watching that kenneth stream and people here attacked me for it the music sounds as if it was composed from a generic hollywoodian orchestral sample database

as generic DaS1 music was, it had quite a few standout tracks (personal favourites being Ash Lake, 4Kings, Artorias, Gwyn, Pinwheel and Nito) and most of them were really, really thematically fitting (much more so than DeS, imo. but i'd have no problems with someone preferring DeS' soundtrack)

 

What? The Majula one is fucking amazing

 

I dont think that tracks like Mytha-Covetous Demon-Demon of Song would fit in Hollywood. Also if Old Dragonslayer theme did not pump you up than something is wrong with you dude.

I find Nashandra theme is as fitting her fight as was Gwyns theme in his fight.They are very different bosses

Also Demons Soul has maybe like two good tracks - "Maiden Astrea" and "One who craves Souls". They are in my opinion two best tracks in Souls series but rest is average at best

Strange thing that the most memorable tracks for me in Souls series where always character creation and end credits songs

This. I am 40 hours in and i still did not get bored by it even though i warp to Majula every 20 minutes

 

okay, okay, i exaggerated a bit majula is still shit, though

 

And why exactly would that be 'shit'?

btw I totally forgot to give the crows my starting gift. Did just so, and what did I got? A shitty old whip oh well atleast it makes an awesome Sound.