DARK SOULS 2- Praise the sun

garjian said:
Just so you know, because I didn't, Sunlight Spear requires 55 Faith.
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Yeah I have about over 300,000 souls atm just trying to get 30 medals, so my faith will be around 45 or so if I decide to put all those points in Faith. I'm also going to use some spices.

Le_Bello said:
I wish I was anywhere near that guy (though saying that I might be - I think Doors to Ratbro/Iron Keep are my furthest areas), sounds like a good place to bro it up. Thought Mytha would've been a good option too but, eh.

That scaling though - How's the moveset?
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Well I started from 0 medals to 30 medals just fighting the Mirror Knight so I'll say it's a good place. Took me about four hours or so.

Moveset is still the same as it was in DS1. I like the scaling though. At 20 Str and 20 Dex, 87 base dmg +117 more dmg due to scaling. At +10 it's supposed to have A scaling for Str/Dex so I'll have to work on that. Hoplefully it's enhanceable too.
 
Oh my... I have some advice for anyone struggling...

Anything that "breaks" can be repaired, including Life Protection.

3k per death is nothing, you'd make that back getting back to whatever killed you, and you keep your human form.
 
holy shit! how's anyone supposed to get any of these rings?!

http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Illusory Ring of the Exalted
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Illusory Ring of a Conqueror#.UzAUSvldWls


so i've been playing with my fatih-strength build and it's pretty fun. really wanted to use vestadt's hammer and while i'm loving it, it is pretty linear and weighs a metric fuck-ton. i haven't really tested out it's 2-handed R2 yet though. so i decided to move onto the defender greatsword and it's awesome. it has a moveset similar to the claymore but it's 2-handed L2 (parry) casts sunlight blade onto it.
 
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Now that's sexy. Defender here I come.

Also the Rebel Shield (DS2 winning shield contest) has really good stats. 70.0 physical and 90.0 for everything else
 
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I need some coaching on shields. So far I refuse to use any shield that does not have 100 percent physical reduction. I have a feeling this makes me a scrub. Someone help me git gud
 
You know, I don't agree with not being able to pause the game. I get phone calls throughout the day and it kinda sucks.
 
The Landslide said:
I need some coaching on shields. So far I refuse to use any shield that does not have 100 percent physical reduction. I have a feeling this makes me a scrub. Someone help me git gud
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this isn't necessarily a bad thing. you can upgrade shields and they actually matter this time around. i got the sunbro shield and it starts with something like 55phy def. at the moment it's at +7 and has 75-ish phy def. i don't think it'll ever go to 100 but it's a helluva lot better than 55.

not very many shields actutally have 100phy def outside of greatshields (except mirror knight's shield, only 95 but it defelects spells). also if you're a lightweight character who dodges a bunch instead of blocking then i'd go with any of the shields that boost stamina recovery.
 
CappuccinoJak said:
this isn't necessarily a bad thing. you can upgrade shields and they actually matter this time around. i got the sunbro shield and it starts with something like 55phy def. at the moment it's at +7 and has 75-ish phy def. i don't think it'll ever go to 100 but it's a helluva lot better than 55.

not very many shields actutally have 100phy def outside of greatshields (except mirror knight's shield, only 95 but it defelects spells). also if you're a lightweight character who dodges a bunch instead of blocking then i'd go with any of the shields that boost stamina recovery.
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Where can I get a stamina boosting supershield?
 
CappuccinoJak said:
holy shit! how's anyone supposed to get any of these rings?!

http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Illusory Ring of the Exalted
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Illusory Ring of a Conqueror#.UzAUSvldWls


so i've been playing with my fatih-strength build and it's pretty fun. really wanted to use vestadt's hammer and while i'm loving it, it is pretty linear and weighs a metric fuck-ton. i haven't really tested out it's 2-handed R2 yet though. so i decided to move onto the defender greatsword and it's awesome. it has a moveset similar to the claymore but it's 2-handed L2 (parry) casts sunlight blade onto it.
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I think its possible to get the rings but....it will take LOTS of patience and complete mastery of the game to complete this. I wont be trying that anytime time soon
 
Shields seem weaker this time around, in part to buff great shields and to encourage more rolling and two-handed play. Good shields weigh a ton and end up with fairly specialized preferences. Still, damage reduction gets added to your base defense, so if you get a 60 70 or 80 defense shield and block an attack with it's subtracting damage from your base physical defense, armor and then shield blocks reduce even further. So don't freak out too much if your shield reduction isn't 100 percent. Stability seems to be more important.

I finished off big two headed spider last night and killed headless guy. When I went back two Vengarl he started selling his swords. I really like the red rust scimitar moves and it's a pretty nice strength based scimitar with great scaling off one stat. Pity that it takes twinkling titanite.

I decided to respec again, this time I dumped points out of ADP and moved them back into End, health and carrying weight. I noticed that these particular stats actually increased base physical defense while Adp only boosted resistances and base poise. While I nearly had 40 poise with Alva's armor on top on 40 ADP I was still getting stun locked often. I found that Attunement also raises agility on top of cast speed and giving spell slots. It seems like Attuneme scales a bit slower with agility over adp though, but I tried a cost benefit analysis to see if the resistances were a good benefit for ADP. I used the Smelter Demon fights to check. Overall, there's a barely noticeable effect, and I think attunement might be a better stat to raise if you want agility as it's other benefits boost spell cast time and grant more spell slots. Even when I had 40 adp and 110 agility, though, I didn't notice an improvement in recovery or shield raising speed. I suppose, though, you would need a lot more than 110 to see an improvement in response time.
 
The Landslide said:
Where can I get a stamina boosting supershield?
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there's multiple this time around. the archdrake knight guys in shrine of amana can drop one, there's one that can also parry spells, and i think there's a rose one bu ti don't have one.

here's the wiki page for shields: http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Shields#.UzB8zvldWls

the stamina regen shields are:
slumbering dragon shield
blossom kite shield
and shield of the insolent

not sure if there are any more, but those are the ones i've encountered so far.
 
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CappuccinoJak said:
there's multiple this time around. the archdrake knight guys in shrine of amana can drop one, there's one that can also parry spells, and i think there's a rose one bu ti don't have one.

here's the wiki page for shields: http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Shields#.UzB8zvldWls

the stamina regen shields are:
slumbering dragon shield
blossom kite shield
and shield of the insolent

not sure if there are any more, but those are the ones i've encountered so far.
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I just got Blossom Kite Shield today...
I wish it didn't give a stamina regen boost, as I really like the shield and would like to use it on my token shield character, but I can't stand that stupid green aura.

You find it in a memory by the way.
 
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That is all
 
What builds are you guys rocking?
I use these myself:
Hiede Knight Iron Mask +10
Jester's Robes +10
Looking Glass Gauntlets +5
Knight Leggings. +10
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Rapier +10
Shotel +10
Pyromancy Flame +10
Lingering Dragoncrest shield when I'm not using Chloranthy.
Witchtree branch for repair.
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Leo Ring
Ring of Giants +1
Ring of Blades +1
Stone ring ( I usually change these alot)
Bleed Black Scorpion +5 and Poison Flamberge +5 are also favorites.

I think my character looks fanciful as fuck. I'm also clearly trying to minimax with my poise, but even at +70 poise you still can't get hit. You have to play so cautiously in pvp. 2 combos or one pyromancy and you're dead usually.
 
My build:
shit

Fuck Ancient Dragon. Fucking retarded fire AOE. The boss is incredibly easy and boring, but that fucking AOE attack.
 
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I just started this game and I already hate it.

The one thing annoys me the most is, why the fuck there is no pause? I mean, I understand the immersion and such, but is a game, if I'm the middle of a bossfight and the phone sounds or someone knocks the door I'm supossed to make them wait 15 minutes? I mean, doesn't sounds fair the posibility of losing all your souls because someone knocks the door.
 
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NeclordX said:
I just started this game and I already hate it.

The one thing annoys me the most is, why the fuck there is no pause? I mean, I understand the immersion and such, but is a game, if I'm the middle of a bossfight and the phone sounds or someone knocks the door I'm supossed to make them wait 15 minutes? I mean, doesn't sounds fair the posibility of losing all your souls because someone knocks the door.
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it's been like this ever since demon's souls.

also using a bonfire ascetic at the 1st bonfire in castle drangleic resets the throne of want bosses. sucks that i have to go through the unskippable credits again, but the throne duo each get 2 weapons for their souls and the final boss gives 3. been working on getting the chime of want upgraded, but petrified dragon bones are annoying to get. so i've been farming the pickaxe guys in aldia's keep for them.
 
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