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I see you lurking Locke...

How is your DS2 run going now that you got it working? I'm looking forward to SoTFS after I completely drain all the fun out of Bloodborne. (Possible? not sure)

Edited, Apr 27th 2015 6:00pm by Shojindo

Just what the shrine needed! I'll still bite most likely. I may need a break though from the souls universe before I do it. Witcher 3 might be just the thing.

They break, and are unusable until the blacksmith repairs them. Can be spendy for some things. I never had durability issues in the DS2 except on some of the Katana's. I believe they know that the high frame rates are a problem and will be patching it finally to not hurt as bad if you take an extra swing at a falling corpse.

Played several more hours, and... well, I really suck at this game Sometimes I have runs where I go through enemies like a warm knife through butter... and sometimes I die on the earliest parts of the game. I can't quite figure out where my mistakes lie, besides not getting the timing right.

On my original character I managed to beat The Last Giant on my fourth attempt. Unfortunately I found out that you need to summon Pate (and have him survive) to get his stuff later... so I started a new character. My first one was a knight to start with, and I mostly threw points into strength, dex, and stamina. This new one started as an explorer (which gave me the hat right away, a dagger, and twice as many life gems), and I've mostly run with the dagger. Sometimes the dagger is my favorite, and sometimes it bites. I'm doing a bit better with her (far fewer deaths, and some jolly cooperation), but again, I seem to mess up all too often. If I do a run around to kill enemies and get some extra souls, I usually burn through all four of my estus flasks in between bonfires. I feel like I shouldn't be getting hit if I was doing it right...

Also, f*ck the Pursuer. Haven't managed to beat him on his first appearance either time, even though I summoned a phantom to help me on the most recent attempt. I did make the unpleasant discovery that he can curse you, though Not looking forward to his fight, which I think is the next one.

Edit: As for the durability, no idea what was my issue before. I was using the broadsword, not the longsword, and it seems to decrease a bit faster in my recollections... I don't have as many issues this time, though if I take a longer route I may need to switch out my weapon once. Since Explorers end up with two daggers, it hasn't been a problem. Anyone have a good recommendation for early weapons? I like the dagger for its speed, but the Heide Knight Sword does more damage and has a poking move that's not too shabby. Not sure if I should be looking for something else. I ran my last Dark Souls run with just the Reinforce Club... ah, that was amazing. Not sure if there's an equivalent here, or if it would be as effective, as enemies seem to be super aggressive, travel in packs, and are too damn good at surrounding me...

Edited, May 3rd 2015 8:46pm by LockeColeMA

Being a cleric and using a mace is also a good way to early blunt damage, plus miracles.

Also a good way to get a feel for the game. That fire Longsword will definitely be your friend with a Sorc build.

Use the Heide Knight's Sword, since it has great lightning damage and can be infused with double lightning or another effect once you get the Dull Ember.

Early on, it's an excellent choice, but since lightning scales with faith, it will probably fall behind as stats start getting higher.

Unfortunately, there's a real problem in having a weapon with multiple damage types(phys + elem, usually) due to both damages being fully hit by resists. It can work out fairly well if you're using a weapon with a high percent of the damage from the element with an enchant spell, but generally speaking, having a weapon that does a single damage type tends to be better from a purely dmg per swing perspective. At least, that's been my experience. Others have said differently.


Not as far as you might think, if you're willing to murder the right NPC and get a little lucky with the crows(or, if you're not lucky, go to Harvest Valley and loot a chest for a Raw stone).

☼ \[†]/ PRAISE THE SUN!

The cat in Majula sells a ring that makes enemies target you as a much higher priority than your allies. Wear that and a good shield and Lucatiel can pretty much solo Sinner(at least in the older version). Works really well for upping the area difficulty to get the soul for the flame weapon enchant.


I think that's the case until you get to the Dragon Shrine area. Definitely infuse that one ASAP if using purely magic and not hexes.

It's the best around for hexes, but for pure sorcery, it doesn't upgrade as well. And it requires twinkling titanite to upgrade. Absolutely should be used for a hex build, though.

There are three parts to doing it. One's intuitive, one's a spell, and one's sort of a puzzle element. I'll spoiler the latter two.
1. Fire Resist gear
2. Spell: SpoilerPyromancy - Flash Sweat
3. Puzzle Element: SpoilerThere are jars filled with water in several parts of the level. Break them by rolling through them and you'll get wet, highly increasing FR. or SpoilerUse a lockstone to fill the hot spring and get soaked there.