Haha, that mirror knight detail. No more turtling.
I wonder if jump being assigned to L3 means that sprint will be shifted there, too.
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Some additional Dark Souls 2 details
- Thread starter Dresden
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Haha, that mirror knight detail. No more turtling.
I wonder if jump being assigned to L3 means that sprint will be shifted there, too.
H_Prestige
Banned
Nope, only the entrance to Nito is blocked.
I don't like that as I seem to lack the ability to press L3/R3 without losing precision with the stick itself.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
Ha! Same. Always a struggle for me
Laurentius
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SOTKy
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I'm sure there will be some kind of requirement for this, a la:
Kindle the flame five times, and it will be available for teletransportation
Laurentius
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EOG75
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Refreshment.01
Member
There wasn't any change in light intensity when i took out the lamp. That's called bad feedback, even tought it is an user error. But they gave me bad feedback, so i couldnt correct my mistake.
Btw, im playing the game withouth using any kind of help. So im in the vast minority of players.
For me they were almost perfect. Evade and run on "B" doesnt make sense to me. Should be on "A"
Mechanized
Member
Jump on L3... er what?
Face it Tiger..
Banned
Remind me to disconnect my ethernet cable while facing him.
Refreshment.01
Member
I don't understand the reply. If it was directed to me could you elaborate?
Manmademan
Member
Seems about right.
Cloudius12
Member
I don't think it was directed at you.
On topic, Jump on L3 seem really counter intuitive.
Majukun
Member
you need to have th e right character/weapon,if you don't (like me) you need to be at an high enough level to keep up with their cloning,killing them really fast..if you can't deal enough damage, they attack you toghether and there's no way to avoid their attacks..for me,that is unfair..i want to be able to use the type of character i've chosen and be able to avoid the attacks with pure skill ..not being forced to level up my character because if i don't kill them fast enough the boss become impossible
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Where the hell was this game? I didn't see t anywhere, other than my shuttle bus
He's lvl 1 in that screenshot so i don't see how you can still be claiming you need to be high level and it's not random. Just because it doesn't follow the usual pattern doesn't mean it's unfair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCAcFixc8Q8&
A good walkthrough for the boss.
demosthenes
Member
It would be awesome to be the first person there, no candles.
Sanctus is a shit shield that heals a whopping 1HP per second.
Butcher Knife/Server heal a Huge 5HP per strike, Smoughs Hammer is 10HP. All these are strength weapons and are balanced to accommodate for the shitty health regen they give.
Ring of Evil Eye? Are you joking? 30HP per kill makes it one of the shittiest rings in the game. I'd take Tiny beings ring over that shit.
Replenishment is a casting. Requires stat investment, easily countered in PvP with a backstab.
As for Mushrooms/Divine blessings, yes they were a shit addition to Dark Souls and should never have existed. However they were a rare loot and could not be purchased (2 in the game could) or farmed.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
I liked jumping with O.
Strong R2 spells sounds awesome.
Strong R2 spells sounds awesome.
InfiniDragon
Member
Yeah, 4K is a pain but with practice you can beat them at low level. I've downed them at SL 23 with a buffed Shortsword, the key is learning how to dodge the annoying stuff so you can stay on the offensive (and you can dodge ALL of them, including the grab and homing beams).
Majukun
Member
he just has a really good weapon (if i remember well of dark souls stats works for weapons)
you still have to deal a big amount of damage in a small amount of time,something that is a pretty difficult thing to do if your character is focused on speed and doesn't have a strong enough weapon...or defensive magic so that you don't need to care about enemy attacks
basically,the boss doesn't allow different approaches,you can just use brute force,any other methods is doomed to fail because after a couple of clones,you are fucked.
i too managed to do the same thing the guy made in the video..but only when i came back with more levels and an upgraded weapon,so that the kings would fall before the next one appeared.
you can dodge as long as the fight remains 1 vs 1...when more kings attacks at the same time,it's impossible to keep an eye at all of them and avoid all their attacks,that's why you need raw power and nothing else..my character didn't have that strenght,so my game reached a screeching alt because of them,because as i was,it was impossible to defeat them.
luckily i didn't make the aramis painting world,so i just naturally leveled without grinding in places i had already completed.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I'm hoping they were just abundant in the demo and not the final game...
J-Roderton
Member
Hell I'd rather take on a boss + an invader than have to deal with that bullshit like S&O again.
That seems antithetical to the Estus Flask mechanic. IIRC the healing system was changed because they wanted to reduce grinding.
edit: though humanity also healed you, I wonder if it's still in the game.
S&O are somewhat predictable though, this seems even harder.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
*goes into boss chamber*
*sees all candles are lit*
*nope.gif*
*sees all candles are lit*
*nope.gif*
I think the lifegems are fine if on average enemies are much more dangerous. More difficult but more ways to regenerate health isn't a bad idea, but that's dependent on how much harder the game is. If Mirror Knight is any indication of how much From wants to bend you over a barrel then it should be fine.
Likewise, warp from the beginning can be balanced by either limiting the simultaneous amount of bonfires being up, or making bonfires a lot more distant from each other making getting to one a lot harder and harrowing. That's a good reason to implement lifegems actually, if the bonfire is so far away that getting by on 5 Estus Flasks isn't even remotely enough.
Likewise, warp from the beginning can be balanced by either limiting the simultaneous amount of bonfires being up, or making bonfires a lot more distant from each other making getting to one a lot harder and harrowing. That's a good reason to implement lifegems actually, if the bonfire is so far away that getting by on 5 Estus Flasks isn't even remotely enough.
You really don't need a good weapon though. I beat the 4 kings today with a SL1 character with a fire hand axe +5... I was wearing harvel's armour (any super heavy armour will do though, the giant set works just as well) and a grass crest shield (although, you can use herbs instead). I died a couple of times before succeeding but it definitely wasn't that bad.
And if I remember correctly, when I killed with my first character I was wearing a rapier, which is definitely not one of the biggest weapons in the game.
I think they're fine too but they have to be in moderation. They even heal slower than humanity which everyone had in abundance and which the 'omg dark souls2 sold out!' is pretending to forget.
Won't work, sounds like if you're offline (like on the E3 floor) an NPC invader will come out instead. It'll still be really hard.
It's hard to make a judgement because I haven't seen how fast the healing is.
lolno. That means hosts could disconnect from invaders with complete impunity.
I've never understood smough and ornstein as being that tough, sure I died a few times there but no more than I died to many other bosses. You just have to choose when to attack carefully.
Wheel Skeletons were a pain in the ass as were the Anor Londo archers. that's all though
the way the camera works (or doesn't work) in Dark Souls sometimes it's like they already do.
Wheel Skeletons were a pain in the ass as were the Anor Londo archers. that's all though
the way the camera works (or doesn't work) in Dark Souls sometimes it's like they already do.
I haven't disconnected while being invaded but isn't like that now? I got disconnected a bunch of times due to GFWL crapping out and all that happened was as if I simply exited the game manually. I could start up the game in offline mode and be right where I was, with all the enemies still dead.
I'm wondering how they're going to handle balancing invaders with hosts for this fight; maybe invaded black phantoms will have their health cut in half ala curse or soul form, or maybe they're relying on hosts to summon.
Either way, I can't wait to play the game and topple this mofo.
Either way, I can't wait to play the game and topple this mofo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=z_JFDPCtXFY#t=405s
Much slower healing than humanity.
Well a npc invader is in most cases easier than a human.
Humanity is 100% heal, of course it will be faster. However you were also defenseless while using it. That lifegem works way too fast for my liking.
Future PhaZe
Member
Doesn't really scare me. There will be a shield to negate most of that lightning and most bosses you can take down really quickly or at least evade long enough to deal with the invader.
Also there will probably be summon spots for phantom assistance.
There was a point where Dark Souls had a lot of mystique but really once you get through a good chunk of the game you realize it's just a matter of finding the right blacksmiths and trial and error for whatever shit they throw at you in between bonfires.
I'm looking forward to the game but not terribly so.
Also there will probably be summon spots for phantom assistance.
There was a point where Dark Souls had a lot of mystique but really once you get through a good chunk of the game you realize it's just a matter of finding the right blacksmiths and trial and error for whatever shit they throw at you in between bonfires.
I'm looking forward to the game but not terribly so.
Majukun
Member
yeah i know..but i didn't had enough strenght,because,as i have already said,my character was more of a nimble warrior with lot of dexterity and stamina..with an havel armour i was barely capable to move.
basically,to beat them you have to deal enough damage in a short amount of time,and you can do it if
a)you have sheer power
b)you have enough defense to sustain damage and not deplete all your stamina defending,so that you don't waste too much time avoiding damage and can focus on attack most of the time
c)both
if you don't have those,yourr only chanmce is to go back and return when you can deal enough damage..while at pretty much every other boss (except the O&S duo),i could just focusing on avoiding damage and counter,depleting boss life little by little
ebullientprism
Member
Wait, if I wanna do a running jump, how am I supposed to press O + L3 + left stick all the same time. 
Holy shit, I hadn't seen the recovery speed! That is insane! How can this be a common drop???