Dark Souls II

Mickeroo · 28-03-2014 3:31pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

I got there twice, fairly easy to run past and they stop chasing you when you get into the dragon but how easy it is for the dragon to one shot you only for you to have to make that run again just puts me off. I heard you can summon your mans
head
for the fight though, would nearly try again just to see what that looks like!

Yupp, 4 souls looks like Vendrick will have 2x the defense instead of 16x defense with 1 soul.

He just has his full body, you can summon him for the throne watchers too.

Wooden Jesus · 28-03-2014 3:32pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

Speaking of, what is up with run up to the Ancient Dragon boss? load of giant knights and 3
Ornsteins
??? Wouldn't even think of trying to fight them all.

I actually liked the approach. I did it so many times they stopped spawning, its not so bad with lighting and sunlight spears and its great for soul and item farming. I was intent on beating the dragon before NG+ but its just impossible.

I also got great craic out of invading other people on the final approach :P That's gonna be fun in NG+

Zero-Cool · 28-03-2014 3:32pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

He just has his full body, you can summon him for the throne watchers too.

Aw I thought it would be a floating head, just headbutting the dragon

calex71 · 28-03-2014 4:00pm

Ah bloody Luciteil :mad:

Back at iron keep now , almost had him and she went can died from the aoe fire on him. Had to let him get me then, the red eye is not as effective as it is on say the rotten during that fight. I even asked the other lad I summoned to wear his too, to there were 2 of us using them and he still spent most of his time clobbering her

I have noticed though that sometimes she can be stuck out side for a good chunk of the fight, I must read up and see if thats reproducible in any way

Wooden Jesus · 28-03-2014 4:07pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

Aw I thought it would be a floating head, just headbutting the dragon

Get on to the developers thats DLC gold

J_E · 28-03-2014 4:08pm

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

I actually liked the approach. I did it so many times they stopped spawning, its not so bad with lighting and sunlight spears and its great for soul and item farming. I was intent on beating the dragon before NG+ but its just impossible.

Nah, not at all, Ancient Dragon is insanely powerful but his AI is so easy to abuse if you know which spots to hang around. Either exploit his front breath or rear stomp attack and he'll never fly.

Zero-Cool · 28-03-2014 4:28pm

Cydoniac wrote: »

Where the hell do you get those wings!

calex71 · 28-03-2014 4:28pm

Best dark souls kill ever ^

Must try that myself, just got the armor, to get it

throw 3 aesthetics into the majula fire and spend 16 k with the armor merchant there.

if in the 1st play.

Mickeroo · 28-03-2014 4:29pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

Where the hell do you get those wings!

I think you can buy it in NG+, moonlight butterfly set or something. I think when you do a running jump it hovers too

calex71 · 28-03-2014 4:34pm

1.03 patch notes from Reddit

ew update information has been announced today in Japanese Dark souls site. Release date is yet to be confirmed. info.darksouls.jp/other/pc/information_detail/2014-03-28-01.html
Patch notes.....
Successful Online coop with white / small sigh stone will now revive you back to human
Bug where entrance door to Drangleic Castle did not open has been fixed
failing to create multiplayer session no longer disables use of online items such as white soap stone
starting boss fight with Mirror Knight while summoning coop player no longer fails / cancel summoning process
death match error at the undead purgatory has been fixed
you will no longer be able to take off Covenant related rings while being summoned
bug which dropped items were not be able to picked up again due to the 'inventory is full ' message has been fixed
dialog will now pop up when you enter the coffin at the Things Betwixt
fixed bug where at certain areas blood stains, illusions and messages were not displayed
bug which location of object and item were reset has been fixed
display response time at character making has been improved
bug where angle of the tattoo chosen at the character making screen did not display correctly has been fixed
response time of start menu / bonfire menu has been improved
certain items not being available at the shops in NG+ and later has been fixed
summoned players no longer fall under the ground at Earthen Peak
bug which caused souls to be lost while equipping life protection ring has been fixed
bug which caused face icon displayed at the summon sign to be of different player has been fixed
Trophy icon for the Guardian of Fort(?) fixed
Controller now vibrate when guarding
equip menu info on dark magic has been fixed
bug which caused player to fall through elevator while using binoculars and casting spell has been fixed
I did my best at translating but for some part I have no idea how things are called in English version, so there could be mistakes.
Anyway, enjoy playing and praise the sun!

I see the life protection mentioned in there, no changes made only fixes which I have had happen a few times, usually during the dragon rider fight on the way to blue sentinels, happened every time with the ring on.

So that to me is a clear sign that those rings are otherwise as intended by the devs.

Zero-Cool · 28-03-2014 4:39pm

response time of start menu / bonfire menu has been improved

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Wooden Jesus · 28-03-2014 4:43pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

Where the hell do you get those wings!

Ng+ the greedy vendor guy sells them if you spend enough souls. I thought the armor looked absolutely ridiculous and pointless but that kill is beyond epic

Mickeroo · 28-03-2014 4:46pm

I look forward t not having to quit the game when 90% of the summonings or invasions fail.

Zero-Cool · 28-03-2014 4:56pm

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

Ng+ the greedy vendor guy sells them if you spend enough souls. I thought the armor looked absolutely ridiculous and pointless but that kill is beyond epic

So what is the story with NG+, do you keep all your gear/items like aged feather? Do NPC's reset to 0 as in what they sell, storyline, etc? Most important, can you start NG+ on a different save in case DLC gets released, you can go back to NG to play it if it takes place half way through the game?

Wooden Jesus · 28-03-2014 5:01pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

So what is the story with NG+, do you keep all your gear/items like aged feather? Do NPC's reset to 0 as in what they sell, storyline, etc? Most important, can you start NG+ on a different save in case DLC gets released, you can go back to NG to play it if it takes place half way through the game?

You keep everything except keys. Its worth stocking up on titanite and spells and get as much as you can before you finish the first playthrough.
You can't start it on a new save, to be honest I think NG+ is when the game really comes to life. More invasions, more items, tougher enemies and a couple of little sadistic surprises

Mickeroo · 28-03-2014 5:06pm

Is there anything to stop you going straight for the king's seal when you start NG+?

Wooden Jesus · 28-03-2014 5:15pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Is there anything to stop you going straight for the king's seal when you start NG+?

You don't get to start with anything that can skip parts of the game. They take the kings ring fragrant branch of yore and all keys when you start.
All NPC's are reset too so you can go on a rampage in majula before you finish

Mickeroo · 28-03-2014 5:16pm

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

You don't get to start with anything that can skip parts of the game. They take the kings ring fragrant branch of yore and all keys when you start

Ah balls, thought you could keep the branch maybe.

DinoRex · 28-03-2014 5:49pm

But isn't sin carried over?

calex71 · 28-03-2014 6:49pm

Santiers Spear been sat in my in my inventory for ages, never realised what I had, break it and then the fun begins :pac:

J_E · 28-03-2014 9:45pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Is there anything to stop you going straight for the king's seal when you start NG+?

You can't do it conventionally. You can

Get to Drangleic castle with 1 million soul memory rather than the four souls

though.

Turtles in PVP. Just give it up already.

calex71 · 28-03-2014 10:17pm

Cydoniac wrote: »

You can't do it conventionally. You can
Get to Drangleic castle with 1 million soul memory rather than the four souls
though.

Turtles in PVP. Just give it up already.

How does that work ? I know about unpatching the game and doing the jumps but you would still have to

beat the sinner to get the yor branch

J_E · 28-03-2014 10:22pm

calex71 wrote: »

How does that work ? I know about unpatching the game and doing the jumps but you would still have to
beat the sinner to get the yor branch

It just does. 4 boss souls is not the only requirement to open that door. 1 million soul memory does it also. It's not a glitch.

calex71 · 28-03-2014 10:37pm

Cydoniac wrote: »

It just does. 4 boss souls is not the only requirement to open that door. 1 million soul memory does it also. It's not a glitch.

Well thats a massive short cut and for me in NG++ to get to the chancellor

for the last few spells

iamanengine · 28-03-2014 10:57pm

Need titanite chunks so joined the Bell Covenant, if you wear the ring can you get summoned from anywhere or do you have to be in one of the areas?

Mickeroo · 28-03-2014 11:07pm

iamanengine wrote: »

Need titanite chunks so joined the Bell Covenant, if you wear the ring can you get summoned from anywhere or do you have to be in one of the areas?

Anywhere, you'll know it's searching to invade if the symbol by your health bar is flashing. There's one or 2 areas you won't invade from like majula for example.

So I just used a bonfire esthetic on the place unbeknownst bonfire to try and summon Bernhart for the giant lord again and get him to survive ( as well as get another giants soul) but lo and behold no summon sign for either him or drummond yet boss and everything has respawned, anyone any ideas?

calex71 · 28-03-2014 11:07pm

iamanengine wrote: »

Need titanite chunks so joined the Bell Covenant, if you wear the ring can you get summoned from anywhere or do you have to be in one of the areas?

If you wear the ring and just sit at the servants quarters bonfire in lost Bastille you will get summoned repeatedly, with hardly a pause between them I found.

calex71 · 28-03-2014 11:10pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Anywhere, you'll know it's searching to invade if the symbol by your health bar is flashing. There's one or 2 areas you won't invade from like majula for example.

So I just used a bonfire esthetic on the place unbeknownst bonfire to try and summon Bernhart for the giant lord again and get him to survive ( as well as get another giants soul) but lo and behold no summon sign for either him or drummond yet boss and everything has respawned, anyone any ideas?

Talk to him in Memory Of Orro and then go back in

Edit: If you are going for Luciteil aswell do not talk to here in Aldia's Keep unless you are 100% you have 3 wth her. I found this out the hard way

Edit Edit: The

throne guardians

don't count it seems for Bernheart

Mickeroo · 28-03-2014 11:10pm

calex71 wrote: »

Talk to him in Memory Of Orro and then go back in

Must have been just a bug, 2nd time i went in they were there. Now the never ending struggle

to get him past the giant head alive.

Zero-Cool · 28-03-2014 11:11pm

Vendrick on my 2nd go, thanks to johnnie about tip burning the aestetic in the gulch to get another gisbt soul. 5 souls made vendrick very easy.

Went onto the throne of want 1st time with 2 sun bros, got to final boss and I got greedy with my swings when it needed one more hit and I hit killed. The shame that I let the boys down was awful

I must say The Soul protection ring Is brilliant. Playing in human form is way better than hollow, summon signs every where.

Dark Souls II

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