Dark Souls II

[Joseph Porta]

Am I really the only one with this:

Backstabbed from the front.

Getting hit by 1 handers (Or short weapons rather) who are way out of reach.

Missing all my attacks though they go through the char
 * I resorted to aatack without target lock, because its a conplete guess as to where the enemy is. Hes either 3 meters to the right, left, front or back..

Nothing ever hits    all I hit is ghosts..

[IR_Kuoin]

Am I really the only one with this:

Backstabbed from the front.

Getting hit by 1 handers (Or short weapons rather) who are way out of reach.

Missing all my attacks though they go through the char
 * I resorted to aatack without target lock, because its a conplete guess as to where the enemy is. Hes either 3 meters to the right, left, front or back..

Nothing ever hits    all I hit is ghosts..

PvP is way different than PvE, you can dodge attacks and connection makes things sometimes feel very unfair. At least lag backstabs like in Dark Souls are not as common but you'll get used to it

[Vibe]

Am I really the only one with this:

Backstabbed from the front.

Getting hit by 1 handers (Or short weapons rather) who are way out of reach.

Missing all my attacks though they go through the char
 * I resorted to aatack without target lock, because its a conplete guess as to where the enemy is. Hes either 3 meters to the right, left, front or back..

Nothing ever hits    all I hit is ghosts..

This is typical laggy DS2 pvp, you'll get used to it

[TheAppleSauceMan]

This is typical laggy DS2 pvp, you'll get used to it

Oh the joys of P2P.

So I'm considering rolling a new character. I'm feeling quite gimped as I didn't upgrade any weapons yet even though I'm about SL100, didn't want to waste materials on a weapon I wasn't going to use in the long run, realized the weapon I wanted to get and upgrade is very end game, and thus I am stuck on this second rat boss that you can't summon help for, and feeling very very underpowered. Any recommendations on an early to mid game faith weapon? Still using this damned un-upgraded Heide Knight Sword.

[Vibe]

Oh the joys of P2P.

So I'm considering rolling a new character. I'm feeling quite gimped as I didn't upgrade any weapons yet even though I'm about SL100, didn't want to waste materials on a weapon I wasn't going to use in the long run, realized the weapon I wanted to get and upgrade is very end game, and thus I am stuck on this second rat boss that you can't summon help for, and feeling very very underpowered. Any recommendations on an early to mid game faith weapon? Still using this damned un-upgraded Heide Knight Sword.

I used Claymore, Lightning infused (+10) all the way to the end, basically.

[Joseph Porta]

What exactly classes a weapon FTH? As for weapons rhat you might find usefull.. maybe the Fire Longsword? I always liked that one as a onehander, also got this slick 2h strong attack stab that does a good bit of damage. But its fire damage aswell, so I guess you dont want that as a fth char?

And yeah, I guess I just have to get used to the PvP, ive now won about.. 2/14 matches ive played?

Imma make another alt to play spear/1h with, to test out faster weapons in PvP, with my GS i cant really put out attacks and with the relatively slow attacks i think im more easily missing the targets.

[Vibe]

Faith = Lightning damage, any weapon goes as long as you infuse it with lightning

Greatsword in PvP takes some practice and baiting, slow weapons are hard to PvP with decently.

[IR_Kuoin]

Upgrading your weapon early on helps a lot, and the wasted material you can just buy back from McDuff or the blacksmiths daughter. And one thing about heavy weapons in Dark Souls 2 is that you now can manually aim them more effective instead of the auto-direction / non-lock on. I preferred the old style but takes some time to get used too. Can be a real pain in the ass missing some hits because you accidentally moved your stick / mouse  too far.

[Joseph Porta]

Yeahthats what I found out aswell, manual aiming with my GS made it far more likely to land though mistakes are made more easily aswell. Also mouse clicks look like to register less often with online play?

[Banok]

I used Claymore, Lightning infused (+10) all the way to the end, basically.

wait weren't you just complaining about infusions? I dont get whats to complain about if everyone can do it to thier weapons

or is it because it scales with int/faith or something?

[Vibe]

wait weren't you just complaining about infusions? I dont get whats to complain about if everyone can do it to thier weapons

or is it because it scales with int/faith or something?

I was complaining, but it's a faith char so you're actually suppose to infuse it with lightning. I don't have infused weapons on my DEX melee char.

[Banok]

I was complaining, but it's a faith char so you're actually suppose to infuse it with lightning. I don't have infused weapons on my DEX melee char.

why not?

[Vibe]

why not?

because tryharding is lame

[Banok]

still dont understand

what is the downside to infusing weapons, does it scale with int/faith or something?

[Vibe]

still dont understand

what is the downside to infusing weapons, does it scale with int/faith or something?

Lightning damage scales with Faith, Fire/Magic with INT, if you don't have enough stats in those (pure melees don't usually have faith/int) your infused weapons will do less damage. Infusion takes some physical damage and puts it into elemental.