Dark Souls 2

I can't use my white sign soapstone in these areas. Are you sure you're not theorycrafting here on wrong info?

You have to use the soapstone outside, I guess. I faced plenty of groups when I PvP'd in Belfry for chunks.

Elerion_sl said:

You have to use the soapstone outside, I guess. I faced plenty of groups when I PvP'd in Belfry for chunks.

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I guess if I throw down my 1.4m SM sign in a regular NG I'm not gonna get summoned now, I'd love to try this. Oh well, gotta finish the NG then.

What type of Phantoms did you see? I know there can be red, hostile to everyone, but blue? Golden, White?

White, so summoned by white soapstone. Belfry Luna falls naturally before people join sunbros, otherwise I guess there would have been some gold as well.

They really should change it to if you also kill a blue invader you get -1 from sin too. I've killed so many blues since starting NG+ on PC that it isn't even funny. Not too many of them are good at all and I'm not that good at PVP as it is.

If you don't have a Pharros Lockstone on you when you reach the Servants quarter's bonfire, you'll simply not go to Belfry Luna unless you really decide to throw down 4k souls for the sold Lockstone. I decided not to, because I knew what a fucking awful fight the Gargoyles are for a low level character.

Poise seems to be really weird in this game, as mentioned earlier I have a lot of poise, yet often I stumble even after 1 hit :/


But Black Knight Halberd still is ridiculously OP. Everything just melts.

and I have to say god this game drags out... Collected four ancient or whatever souls, expected final fight in Drangleic castle. Like DS1. Shrine of Armani least favorite zone so far. Water sucks.

The game is really broken in a lot of ways. The way mobs react to being attacked from range is frankly an affront to game design, for instance. You can cheese 75% of the content by just abusing spells or bows to kill things without them reacting or doing anything more than wander retardedly towards you in a straight line. The enemy AI is so bad it feels like some kind of alpha combat engine test.

Welcome to **** Souls, I see you are new here.

Yeah you have been able to exploit mobs from range since world one in Demon's Souls.

I'd even say it's a pretty core mechanic of the game, as there are plenty of mobs that trying to go toe-to-toe with generally ends up going very badly.

Yeah, abusing the AI is almost a design feature. This game is hard, you take what you can get.

I seem to recall another game that was pretty popular on this forum that had extensive mechanic exploitation. People raved about it because it encouraged smart play and thinking outside the box. What was the name of that game again? Ever-something-or-other I think.

Is there something I should be doing with the souls you get from defeating bosses other than just using them to level up? The description on all of them alludes to another use for them, but I don't have a clue what it is.

Just downed the gargoyles, they didn't seem too bad. I died more trying to kill the bastard NPCs at the top of the bell tower than I did to the gargoyles. I'm still just plugging away with my starter mace from being a cleric, and it's upgraded to about +6(I think the damage is listed as 180 base then +84 due to str or whatever). As long as you have a shield that blocks 95+% of physical, the gargoyles aren't too bad. Just a REALLY long fight trying to find the right spot to get in 1 hit while 3-4 of them barrage you. Probably took me 10 minutes to kill them once I finally did, but it was only my 4th or 5th try at most.

Boss Souls can be used to make Boss Weapons - which are generally cool-looking but inferior to whatever +10/+5 item you originally planned on using. There are a few exceptions - for example, I use the Dragon Rider Bow - but the rest of the Boss Weapons I tried were pretty underwhelming. Depends a lot on your playstyle. Check out a list here if you don't mind minor spoilers and are looking to see if it is worth investing:

Dark Souls 2 Wiki - Boss Soul Weapons


Giant Souls can be used for...well just keep those in your inventory. Trust me.

Several of the boss souls can be traded to various trainers for spells as well.

Servers down last night was a real ball breaker.

I upgraded the Smelter Sword to +5 (max) and it's hitting for over 500 per swing one handed with 40 str / 24 dex. Most boss weapons are not the best in class, but man are they fun to use, and almost all of them have special R2 attacks.

Lenas_sl said:

I upgraded the Smelter Sword to +5 (max) and it's hitting for over 500 per swing one handed with 40 str / 24 dex. Most boss weapons are not the best in class, but man are they fun to use, and almost all of them have special R2 attacks.

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I upped the spidersilk sword after seeing the dodge attack, dominates in PvP, very fast 2 hit counter type of attack.

Only boss weapons I'd say are particularly good are Sacred Chime Hammer (if you like big-ass 2H weapons, this is by FAR the best in the game once dark-infused and then buffed with resonant weapon), Moonlight Greatsword (only for pure-int builds after the nerf), and the Dragonrider Bow/Bow of Want (the latter if you have 50ish faith). Defender's Shield is alright if you have spare bones to upgrade it and you didn't get lucky with an Old Knight Shield in the first hour of the game.

Most disappointing by far I'd say is the Defender's Greatsword. People talked that thing up like it was something really special for a 50 faith build, but it's not even as good as a fucking Lightning Claymore +10. Ruler's Sword too, since the thing is completely broken and doesn't actually scale off the souls you carry at all.

I just ate all the other souls, aside from the ones that gave useful spells like Toxic Mist, Flame Weapon, etc.