Dark Souls 2: YOU DIED HARDER

When you get summoned and defeat the boss, your equipment should be repaired and estus refilled. Not so if you lose though. Seems to reliably be the case in my game.

Chariot was a big pain. I attempted it about a dozen times in other people's worlds (1 Win, 11 Losses) before I felt comfortable enough to do it in mine. Summoned some help for it and we managed to pull it off on first attempt. Was pretty lucky.

xp

ah right, clearly i was doing some losing in other worlds.

-accidentally destroying a treasure chest is the worst feeling

-so apparently getting cursed is not a big deal in this game, but poison is no joke.

i got to some shithole called 'the gutter' and died from poison with the bonfire in sight. i never want to go there again.

Getting cursed makes you go hollow, right? So if you were human when you got cursed, that would really suck.

true. on the other hand if you're playing hollow with the ring of binding on, it does nothing.

so i guess if you're actively playing co-op and you get cursed, then your phantoms get banished (or you do if you're a phantom)?

I just got to the Gutter too.

FUCK POISON GRAAARRRGH

vs lost sinner:
with 85% phys shield: 0/20
with 100% phys shield: 1/1

haven't reached the gutter yet but i guess that is the new world 5/blighttown huh? brilliant

is that what's down the well? don't tell me.

I just got to the Gutter too.

FUCK POISON GRAAARRRGH

― bizarro gazzara, Monday, March 17, 2014 3:32 PM

I CRIED

vs lost sinner:
with 85% phys shield: 0/20
with 100% phys shield: 1/1

― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, March 17, 2014 5:09 PM

vs gauntlet of exploding mummies
1/50

So many weapons, hard decisions. I'm pushing STR but so many of the big fuck off swords I want to use scale hard with DEX as much or more. I might go Great Club. Good move set and A STR scaling off the bat.

ha i'm having same problem. i wanna use the drangleic claymore but i don't have the dex. i did two-hand the great club against an invader to great effect, even though i lost it pancaked him flat on the ground

finally defeated that stupid horse (solo) after countless tries. i ended up getting very good at rolling under the spikes instead of standing in the alcoves, and on my successful run i didn't even take any damage, lol. turns out doing so wasn't worth much besides the sense of accomplishment.

now i'm venturing into Harvest Valley, so desolate. i feel like my path choices at this point are poison vs poison.

i dunno, that blood guy had some great dialogue

ha. i admit i killed him and took his hood because i'm not really trying to invade anyone.

oh btw, apparently killing the boss at the same time it kills you doesn't count for anything in this game.

Just beat Mytha the Baneful Queen after a frustratingly poison-soaked couple of hours trying. Now I'm amusing myself joining co-op games and watching players who haven't yet realised the One Weird Tip to dealing with her poison wade into swift and inevitable deaths.

(FUCK A POISON btw)

Yeah, putting your summon sign down in front of that boss seems like it would be an exercise in frustration.

I'm still at Forest of the Giants, looks like I need to put in some more hours!

You guys, the "white ring":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayr-spKR0Sk

Dark Souls 2: YOU GRIEFED HARDER

wow that guy's a dick

Smelter Demon was giving me hell last night. First time I’ve had to redo a boss often enough to stop enemies from respawning. Apparently there's a shield out there that makes this a lot easier, might have to track it down.

Got to experience The Gutter and (lol) Black Gulch last night. Good to see From keeping everyone’s favorite Valley of Defilment/Blighttown template alive. I honestly didn’t mind The Gutter too much. It was the first time I extensively used the torch and it’s kind of a fun mechanic IMO. Black Gulch is a straight up middle finger though. I guess it’s more of a quick obstacle course you need to sprint through before the fog door, but God help anyone trying to FIGHT through that.

I only managed to beat the Smelter Demon with support from co-op helpers. Wasn't thrilled to see the Pursuer pop back up after the Smelter Demon was vanquished :(

Also, I met a guy called stiffmeister666 last night. Not quite pizzalawyer420 but it still made me laugh.

invaders are always like 'DatD1ckwraith' or something (real example)

I went human three times for Smelter, but the summoned help was mostly useless. :/

haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqlHENpAvMw

So how about that giant, non-aggressive insect in The Gutter. Nobody seems to know its purpose.

isn't one of the starting items a weird egg/larva type thing? Maybe you can offer that up...

i ran around the shaded ruins for awhile before it sunk in that i had no business being there yet, and i'm curious about the silent/sleeping man with the body of a giant scorpion...

i think there's a ring that allows you to talk to that guy.

I haven't had any time to play this since knocking out 3 bosses over the weekend. i'm waaaay back in...wherever you are when you've defeated the two heide tower bosses and the wharf boss.

i'm still just exploring the forest of giants... need a day or two to devote.

i spent less time on skeleton lords and chariot combined than i did getting the lockstone that you have to jump to. the real truth about this series of games is they are at their most sadistic when they make you do anything that approximates platforming.

oh yeah i died a bunch of times trying to do that, then gave up.

Think I'm pretty close to finishing, just going round trying to find anything I missed now. Have had a lot less trouble than I did with first but guessing the final boss will be a real pain.

DS and DS2 do secrets better than any game I've ever played. It's so satisfying to discover a hidden area, and they're always so well integrated.

i'm sure i'm missing lots of explodable walls.

Yeah turned out I missed a load of hidden bonfires near boss fights. Black Gulch is worth exploring a bit more.

yeah. this one makes it even trickier by having some of the secrets accessible by a button press instead of a weapon smack.

i've been missing a lot of obvious stuff 'cause i'll see a path on some initial exploration and think 'hmm, that looks like it goes on awhile, i'll come back later' then totally forgetting about it. i'm into it though, it's nice to be able to come back to an area and have things left to discover, without worrying about making it to the boss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_BzwEaHBlc

http://i.imgur.com/CjQoCpz.jpg

haha, I've seen that tag a couple of times.

lol i got eaten (and spat out) by the Covetous Demon. it was worth it.

earthen peak is pretty fun.

just started playing this, they certainly didn't dumb it down lol. framerate is pretty crappy so far, not Blighttown bad but not great either. got a good laugh from reading the inscription on the monument by the sea.

I beat the last boss earlier today... and I've only collected three of the four old souls. Hmm.

The story-ending boss, I mean - the one in Drangleic Castle.