Dark Souls II

[IR_Kuoin]

Finished the game today, a bit of mixed feelings.

These guys

Those are actually the enemies in Harvest Valley / area after the demon. But their masks are gone and now they have no head. Still their armor set masks doesn't even look as cool

(Manequin) enemies

Also, this weapon; love it http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Curved+Dragon+Greatsword#.U2QKw_l_uio

[SixThumbs]

Well, you gotta dodge at the right timing as well. One thing I found very reliable in DSII pvp is to dodge their attacks based on their animations, might sound weird since ghost reach exists, but try it, works every time. Can be hard with the fastest weapons, but I pretty much never get hit unless I trade hits.

This advice allowed me a handful of wins today now that that quirk has been brought to my attention. Although it makes the combat sometimes feel more like a rhythm exercise than anything else.

It does seem they got the balance down a lot better now, at least in the two PVP spots I've found, SL ~97. I haven't a had a match yet where I felt either hopeless or just overpowered compared to the kind of damage my opponent could dish out.

[PieParadox]

Finished the game today, a bit of mixed feelings.

These guys arent in the game. This fight or location even isnt in the game. This? Still no. Neither this or that.

Game Spoilers:

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Haven't seen this enemy yet, but he is supposedly the dragon from the trailer:
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Ancient+Dragon#.U2Sh5vldXg8

[Latvian]

got to love to invade someone and lagg like fuck and wake up dead cuz he is from china or something

[IR_Kuoin]

got to love to invade someone and lagg like fuck and wake up dead cuz he is from china or something

Turn on restricted region. That will keep most Asians away.

[Patoson]

I have a couple of questions for you, Tor, since you seem to know a lot about the game, and if you don't mind.

I read a previous post of yours where you said ADP was pretty useless for rolling (the +iframes). I was wondering if having high ADP (over 100 AGI) would help with rolling with the lag, or is it really better to spend the points in VIT to have faster and longer rolls? Also, what does one need to avoid / get out of stunlocks? Poise?

[Latvian]

i did that from begining and yet i fight martians

[Tor!]

Yes, higher agility does help actually. When I said it was pretty useless, I honestly did think so until I met attacks that had longer "active" frames, like the magic sword swing some mages do. I went from 85 to 100 agility and I do feel a difference, so Gravoth was right all along 

I use alot of throwing knives as well, and agility helps a tiny bit on that side too 

About poise, here's a good thread

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http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/693331-dark-souls-ii/68945708

[Tot.]

Have you guys seen this critique video? What do you think about it?

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While the guy is has a point about probably everything else, I find it hilarious that he brings up Royal Rat Authority and Mages Congregation (or whatever) as examples of difficult boss fights, while in fact they are piss easy the second you drop the console lock-on mindset, which completely fails in one vs. many fights and limits your movement speed.

The actually dissapointing thing is that there just arent any fast and aggressive opponents like Artorias or Sanctuary Guardian, the pinnacle of this dissapointment it being Nashandra, which is a total joke. The critique guy is spot on about the lack of iconic and memorable fights. When I think about Dark Souls 2 first thing that comes to mind are those masked guys and that dragon, and none of them are in the game or were severely castrated to be just part of the filler content.

The other annoyance for me was the amount of fights that involve multiple enemies with very long weapons that swing through each other - because Dark Souls still ignores weapon clipping through environment/objects - like gargoyles, three sentries and dragonriders. Its not difficult per se, its just crappy mechanics getting in the way of having a good fight.

[Gravoth_iii]

Have you guys seen this critique video? What do you think about it?

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While the guy is has a point about probably everything else, I find it hilarious that he brings up Royal Rat Authority and Mages Congregation (or whatever) as examples of difficult boss fights, while in fact they are piss easy the second you drop the console lock-on mindset, which completely fails in one vs. many fights and limits your movement speed.

The actually dissapointing thing is that there just arent any fast and aggressive opponents like Artorias or Sanctuary Guardian, the pinnacle of this dissapointment it being Nashandra, which is a total joke. The critique guy is spot on about the lack of iconic and memorable fights. When I think about Dark Souls 2 first thing that comes to mind are those masked guys and that dragon, and none of them are in the game or were severely castrated to be just part of the filler content.

The other annoyance for me was the amount of fights that involve multiple enemies with very long weapons that swing through each other - because Dark Souls still ignores weapon clipping through environment/objects - like gargoyles, three sentries and dragonriders. Its not difficult per se, its just crappy mechanics getting in the way of having a good fight.

It seems all he says is pretty much spot on. Could it be because miyazaki (or w/e his name was) isnt working on the game anymore? Anyways for some reason im still enjoying the game thoroughly, and still think its on par with DaS1 but in different aspects.

[IR_Kuoin]

Also that video had a lot of good points that I did not realize at first.

[Teeth]

I think he is mentioning a lot of design flaws that were also present in Dark Souls, but overall he has good a few good points. Dark Souls has gotten me to smile a few times because I could spot that someone really did his best do design something. Just high quality and focused design in many ways, while Dark Souls 2 has so much poor ideas and lazy implementation. A real shame.

[Latvian]

whats up with online thingy not working lately?

[IR_Kuoin]

Servers are up now, finally after 5 - 6 hrs ...

[Tennenoth]

Servers are up now, finally after 5 - 6 hrs ...

Just in time for when I was about to fight the Duke's Dear Freja. Watching Patoson & my brother run around in a big loop as she laser beams her way around the room was hilarious.