Dark Souls 2: YOU DIED HARDER

gotcha. when i initially went in there, i thought the little blue guy was my invader and then i saw the actual invader. i was fucking around wasting time by chasing him around a hole before finally starting to beat on him.. got him down to 1/3 health then all of a sudden another phantom invaded and i just kept getting sniped from a distance /:

there should be a ring that lets you invade in miniature size

ring of diminutive aggravation

ng+ immediately killed me. jesus christ

not sure if i have what it takes for ng+, although i really want to respec and try dex + pyromancy. this darkdrift invisible katana needs to be put to use.

i really liked aldia's keep, even if the boss was easy.

i loved that view right before the boss there

yeah that was a nice moment. i think that boss was the first one i beat without dying once, solo at least.

i love how you see those stone pillars extending waaaaay up into the sky, and then you end up taking the elevator up so high that they're off in the distance below.

the lighting in here is really cool too

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/NQ77XCGotlg/maxresdefault.jpg

mastodon raver pants

marshmallow roasting chime!

finally beat the last boss. must have attempted it about 20 times yesterday getting more and more frustrated, wake up this morning and destroy it at the first attempt like it's no big deal. i enjoyed the game overall but it really felt like DS 1.5, a remix/refinement of the first game but without bringing anything new to the table. I should try and play a magic build at some point, have heard that they can be really overpowered after the initial hump though?

lol glitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kGMu0A-64I

xp I'm enjoying playing a magic build, though I've yet to find any awesome wizard threads so am going around dressed in crappy knight's armour. Doesn't quite have the same cache!

lol.

i finished the game over the weekend too. all of the endgame areas are really great, if short. i eventually caved on the last boss and summoned help, but the penultimate fight against vendrick took many tries and felt appropriately satisfying.

started ng+ with a dex/pyro build to try out all those cool katanas but i'm having a really hard time changing my play style. at the same time it seems boring to go through the game again with the same character, so i think it's time to step away for awhile and make some records instead of playing Souls in my free time.

also i was dumb and accidentally let navlaan out of his cell, and his repeated invasions sure made a few parts way harder than they would have been otherwise.

at the same time it seems boring to go through the game again with the same character

thats why soul vessel is cool, keep the character but change the stats for a new build

that's what i did but i suck with my new build. :(

my old build was strength-based, great shield/claymore/a little bit of magic for range. did basically the same thing in DS1 so it's super ingrained.

oh i see. dex is more dodge-rolling rather than tanking hits. i got pretty good at dodging in ds1 but this game has seems to have some wacky hitboxes. half the time i'm wondering how something that visibly missed me is still taking off health. maybe the in-game enemies have lag now instead of just pvp phantoms connecting thru dialup in lithuania

beat three bosses last night, feelin like a badass. got invaded 2 times in the belfry luna and vanquished them then decided to just check out the boss, fully intending on dying. after killing the first two gargoyles, i started to think "hey i think i can do this!!" and beat them on my first try

fine work

therefore fine work

so my pure melee "idk wtf i'm doing so i'll just put stats in str and end" build is showing its weakness during invasions. most of the time the phantoms will run and roll away from me before i can get in range. and tips on ways i can close the distance?

yeah I had a breakthrough last night, beating The Rotten and that big stupid spider. Now going to the castle. Those swordsmen guys are infinitely respawning, right? Do you run past them?

iirc you have to kill a certain number of them (near the statues) to get the door to open

and tips on ways i can close the distance?
― diamonddave85‌ (diamonddave85), Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:43 AM

i think theres a pyro that acts like a long range firebomb. otherwise upgrade a bow and shoot poison arrows then watch the invader panic as their health meter rapidly depletes

good ideas, i've just been using the sea bow for killing poison moths and some sniping. i think i'll craft the dragonrider bow and upgrade that

pig secrets!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2-PICH0Ls

I'd heard of that one, but I had no idea you had to lead the pig so far!

what the hell

dragonrider bow + poison arrows is the way 2 go

^got me through the shrine of amana and a few invasions

beat scorpioness najka on my first try yesterday ...burning through nearly all my lifegems in the process. took about 30 minutes and at no point during the fight did i think i even had a chance

pc version drops today

from namco's current list of pc version bugs:

Game crashes upon start-up

lol

i'm done with the game for awhile but still enjoying watching speed runs and impressive feats like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raFaXLsAqOI

http://i.imgur.com/vp8X0jL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0eehavm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/PZowoC8.png

i messed doing pvp in NG+ for awhile, it's cool and all but i'm the worst pvp'er ever to pvp.

then i went back to DS1 and started a new game with a dex build, and man...i don't like to compare the two games, and i totally enjoyed my time in DS2, but the DS1 engine feels so much weightier and the world is just instantly immersive. it's just as fun as the first time (only way easier).

you should try the dlc this time around if you're doing a new build

definitely, thanks for reminding me.

http://i.imgur.com/zgtW2dz.jpg

drunk-gleic

http://i.imgur.com/V1AEekB.gif

lol

beat this game last night and tried my hand at some pvp covenants and got my ass handed to me. guess it's time to reroll

i was thinking about captain drummond last night and thought it was really cool the way that you get his armor set early in the game and don't really realize it was his until he gives you the helm in one of the giant's memories

also, is the last giant supposed to be the giant lord? similar height, similar groans, similar moveset

I can see this having a very rich multiplayer, but as a single player game... Dark Souls 1 is better :/