Dark Souls II

tok9

noodler wrote: »

At an impasse!

Have beaten the Sentinels as phantom loads of time but no effiagies left and cant' take them solo!

Leave down a summoning sign in places and hope that after you finish you'll be back human.

noodler

tok9 wrote: »

Leave down a summoning sign in places and hope that after you finish you'll be back human.

I have beaten them 5 or 6 times now helping other using White Soap and Mini white but no luck yet.

Randall Floyd

noodler wrote: »

I have beaten them 5 or 6 times now helping other using White Soap and Mini white but no luck yet.

I think if the person that summons you dies you return to your world human, not sure though

Haha just "began a duel with chronic bowels" aparently

Kirby

Spent the night duelling other Blue sentinels members and also using blue eyed cracked orbs to invade the guilty. Great fun.

I must have killed over 30 people. The guilty now fear the HokemPokem! :P

Zero-Cool

The old King was a bit underwhelming, finished him on my 2nd go solo. 1 last great soul to go.

sheehy83

sheehy83 wrote: »

The old King was a bit underwhelming, finished him on my 2nd go solo. 1 last great soul to go.

He takes crazy damage

calex71

sheehy83 wrote: »

The old King was a bit underwhelming, finished him on my 2nd go solo. 1 last great soul to go.

70+ hours of the game played and I had to google to see which one that was, says it all about the game vs the 1st one really. Great as it was there where so many forgettable things

I'm currently telling a pal how to and where to go in DS1 with what gear etc from memory with only 2 full plays of that one.

Zero-Cool

Just reached my 1st bonfire in the gutter. Give me blightown any day!!!

Wooden Jesus

Anything in particular i need to beat

Vendrick

22 damage with a 2 handed +10 greatsword, 8 damage with a soul spear

YouSavedMyLife

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

Anything in particular i need to beat

Vendrick

22 damage with a 2 handed +10 greatsword, 8 damage with a soul spear

Souls of Giants lower his defense. You get them in the dream trees

J_E

calex71 wrote: »

70+ hours of the game played and I had to google to see which one that was, says it all about the game vs the 1st one really. Great as it was there where so many forgettable things

I'm currently telling a pal how to and where to go in DS1 with what gear etc from memory with only 2 full plays of that one.

DS1 is definitely more memorable as a whole, I think this has to do with Hidetaka Miyazaki not directing this one, he really brought the atmosphere that it has. I still think the sequel is great though.

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Souls of Giants lower his defense. You get them in the dream trees

Also fairly easy to get from Black Gulch if you use a bonfire ascetic at the first bonfire to respawn the giant soul drop, although this means you have to be fairly comfortable fighting the Rotten. Forget getting Ancient Dragon's giant soul lol, the fight is insane.

Mickeroo

Kirby wrote: »

Spent the night duelling other Blue sentinels members and also using blue eyed cracked orbs to invade the guilty. Great fun.

I must have killed over 30 people. The guilty now fear the HokemPokem! :P

The blue orbs working now? Might sign up to the blue sentinels again so!

YouSavedMyLife

Dark Souls 2 is a good game and all but alot of the areas are reminiscent of Dark Souls and it felt like they didn't bring anything new to the table bar

Dragon Aerie

which was fantastic by the way. One message i found left around the game alot was "Not this place again..."

So true.....so true...

Wooden Jesus

Cydoniac wrote: »

DS1 is definitely more memorable as a whole, I think this has to do with Hidetaka Miyazaki not directing this one, he really brought the atmosphere that it has. I still think the sequel is great though.

Also fairly easy to get from Black Gulch if you use a bonfire ascetic at the first bonfire to respawn the giant soul drop, although this means you have to be fairly comfortable fighting the Rotten. Forget getting Ancient Dragon's giant soul lol, the fight is insane.

Excellent,

Iv got 1 soul from the 2 giants in the gulch, should i just leave vendrick for the end. I presume he's optional

J_E

Mickeroo wrote: »

The blue orbs working now? Might sign up to the blue sentinels again so!

Yeah, I'm getting invaded by arbiters more regularly now too, nice to see it working well and people always around even at higher levels.

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

Excellent,

Iv got 1 soul from the 2 giants in the gulch, should i just leave vendrick for the end. I presume he's optional

Yep, entirely optional, you will steamroll him on 5 souls, doable at 4 just need to be patient.

SK1979

Anyone got any recommendations for light (caster) armour and a shield with low ish strength requirements.

Got the hexers set but it's expensive to upgrade (twinkling titanite) so any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Cheers.

Un Croissant

So I rented this yesterday and spent last night playing through the first hour or so a few times with different characters to get a taste for it. There is so much I don't understand.

I managed to beat the last giant but I'm stuck from there.

I settled on a bandit (although knowing me....) but I'm using the exact same kit out that I used for the warrior. Falconer armour with a shield (invaluable) except I use stabby short swords. The bow is helpful in dealing with some of the heavier guys.

So my question is, should I stay running bandit (what stats do I need to improve) or should I go back and play through again as a warrior/knight?

Sorry. Thanks.

Retr0gamer

Class only matters at the start of the game.you can build any character you like from a starting base and there's even an item to respec if you aren't happy later on.

Wooden Jesus

SK1979 wrote: »

Anyone got any recommendations for light (caster) armour and a shield with low ish strength requirements.

Got the hexers set but it's expensive to upgrade (twinkling titanite) so any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Cheers.

The saints hood for extra spells, not sure where to get it but its early in the game somewhere, The lion mage armor gives you faster casting speed

You find it in the shaded woods before the boss, check in the ruins on the right and use a fragrant branch of yore on the lion and go passed the annoying curse pots

johnny_ultimate

SK1979 wrote: »

Anyone got any recommendations for light (caster) armour and a shield with low ish strength requirements.

Got the hexers set but it's expensive to upgrade (twinkling titanite) so any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Cheers.

An upgraded Drangleic Shield served me well throughout. Remember to take advantage of the magic shield spells, they're incredibly useful in some circumstances, especially if you're facing off against fellow casters.

calex71

Ha just found info about this item Illusory Ring of a Conqueror, good luck getting that one.

Makes the left hand weapon invisible, to get it you have to finish NG without dying

:eek:

Zero-Cool

I only seem to have 3 great souls old king, rotten & sinner. I have the dukes freja one but it looks like a normal boss soul but looking it up it says that is a great soul?

krudler

Back into it now made some progress last night, beat the Covetous Demon, which was piss easy and got to the other boss in Earthen Peak, need to get some co-op going for that one though, got her down to about halfway and got demolished.

johnny_ultimate

sheehy83 wrote: »

I only seem to have 3 great souls old king, rotten & sinner. I have the dukes freja one but it looks like a normal boss soul but looking it up it says that is a great soul?

Nope just looks normal, so you're all good. It is confusing though!

Mickeroo

calex71 wrote: »

Ha just found info about this item Illusory Ring of a Conqueror, good luck getting that one.

Makes the left hand weapon invisible, to get it you have to finish NG without dying

:eek:

There's one you get for not resting at a binfire too.much more doable though as you can replenish estus and that by summoning.

krudler

Mickeroo wrote: »

There's one you get for not resting at a binfire too.much more doable though as you can replenish estus and that by summoning.

How you supposed to warp though? unless you just make your way back through every area through Majula again, that'd take forever although it was the same in the original game before you got the Lord Vessel I guess.

Sgt Hartman

Just back from a weekend break so I'm gonna get stuck into the Earthen Peak final boss this eve. I'll have to stop the poison flow in the area, grab myself a Human Effigy from somewhere, level up my equipment a bit more and take that headless bitch down with the help of some jolly co-operation :mad:

Mickeroo

krudler wrote: »

How you supposed to warp though? unless you just make your way back through every area through Majula again, that'd take forever although it was the same in the original game before you got the Lord Vessel I guess.

You'd have to slog through every area yeah, you could homeward bone when you want to level up though.

johnny_ultimate

I always find those crazy requirement game unlocks amusing - by the time I actually achieved them, I doubt I'd have much interest in actually playing the game again