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monscim is balanced

hi everyone

Four Kings beheld the crowd below,
Fifty men their swords did show,
then Fifty mortal hearts did stop.
now Fifty headstones, cloaked in snow.
The Grey King, first among his race,
his eyes were cold, and grim his face.
He took the Fifty, gave them hope,
Which the First King shattered with his ancient mace.
The Fire King, second to the Grey,
beheld the Fifty, and Twelve did slay.
The Twelve with tortured faces dropped.
The Fire King roared to the rest, “Obey”
The Night King, third in royal rank
did breath a fume of death which stank
so violently, that Ten did fall,
their bodies gross, but their faces blank.
The Fourth King, nameless in all but deed,
was called the greatest, but fell to greed.
Twenty-Seven life-strings the King did snip.
and scoured the corpses, to sate his need.
But one outlived the Kings’ sojourn,
that man cried out as his soul did burn.
The Four Kings spared the man to preach,
and warn the land from the Kings ne’er away to turn.
Fifty graves for Forty-Nine men,
the final man cursed, and wept again
when at last his time came to be slain,
He still cries out, every now and then.

A thought just occurred to me--is that weird looking milfenito in the process of turning into one of those weird lizard things?

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>>74975197
hi

Requesting gwynevere ciaran pasta

>>74975290
Yes.

Milfanito songs pacify and soothe, DoS' corrupts

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Anyone on PS3 on NG+ wanna trade shadow gauntlets for shadow leggings? I have 8.4SM

So /dsg/, I haven't played DS2 in a month or so. I played it pretty much constantly when it came out, and I've logged a good 300 hours in. I quit because PvP was pretty much (insert heavy armor or dickwraith), fifty buffs pre-fight, and some cheese weapons/build. Is it still the same, or has the meta finally shifted? I won't bother going back to arena if everyone and their mom has gmb/oath/blabla with magix spam

>>74975470
>gwynevere ciaran pasta
did you mean Kalameet and Ciaran pasta?

>>74975698
The meta has shifted, but magic spam is valourized. Everyone buffs. But, that being said, at least people use a wide variety of weapons.

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>wog spammers

http://support.bandainamcogames.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/435/386/dark-souls-ii---how-to-access-the-new-crown-of-the-sunken-king-dlc

>Gryth the Rotten

That debunks any theories that he's Pharros. Neat.

>>74975698
It's worth playing again for the DLC.
As for pvp, there's always gonna be some gay shit.
You can't stop it, that's just the way things are.

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>you call yourself a souls fan
>haven't played king's field 2 yet

get out of my sight

how can people live with themselves using curved sword parries?

>>74975736
No someone apparently made a new one

>>74975857
Is jesters/fifty buffs still a thing? If so, I'm not going to bother.

>>74975878
Yea I was going to play the DLC.

I know there's going to be bad shit. I play DeS and DaS1, but at least in those games they were beatable. Cheese builds in this game go far and beyond the call of duty.

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kalameet is very sensitive about her weight

>>74975860
Pharros will be a mage. possibly a living skeleton.

he's based on a character from king's field.

>>74976042
>her
>HER
COME THE FUCK ON

>>74975916

The same way that people use any kind of magic in pvp and avelyns. Not to mention shields. Shields are ultimate crutch mode.

>>74975736
>disgusting furfaggotry fur shit
no, kill yourself faggot

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>>74976019

>>74976114
>avelyns
They suck ass now, though. The heavy crossbow is way better.

best dex weapons (besides katanas?)

>>74976114
everything is fine except for broken curved sword parries and spear/lance powerstance. If you use either of those things your wins are meaningless

>>74976042
>HE IS A FEROCIOUS DRAGON
>EVEN ANOR LONDO DARE NOT PROVOKE HIS IRE

>>74975682
Anyone with an extra pair of shadow gloves? I have extra pair of shadow legs.

>>74976203

Doesnt stop people from being cheapos and firing it off randomly the second they get some ground

>>74976184
Doesn't Denial cancel out any buffs you have and prevent you from buffing further?

>>74976203
>heavy crossbow
>not using glorious Sanctum Crossbow

>>74976184
I don't let them buff, but in arena you can't really get around it.

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>>74976209
>dex scaling

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>>74976117
So, should I post it?

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So is anyone else noticing Leo Ring and Flynn's Ring interacting weirdly? My counterhits more than double the damage I deal sometimes. Going from 300 to 700+ is just absurd.

>>74976353

Yes I am interested in this for reasons.

>>74976042
>SKYWARD OR NO, HE WILL NOT BE PUT DOWN EASILY

Did pyromancy get any kind of adjustments since the flame swathe nerf, or is it still the least desirable of the magic types?

>>74976110
>>74976239
>>74976430
she's very very sensitive guys

>>74975470
>mfw I'm a size fag and I've fapped to those two high quality pics of Gwynevere x Ciaran a multitude of times
T ..there's a Pasta?

>>74976356
Don't tell them.

>>74976019
>Is jesters/fifty buffs still a thing?
Yes.

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>>74976396
Ciaran shouldn't have picked a fight she couldn't win. She initially had the advantage against her draconic foe, but as time passed, she found herself tiring...with Kalameet showing little damage and no signs of slowing down. Suddenly, it happened...Ciaran could no longer keep up... As the dragon jumped at her, she ran underneath...only to stumble from her exhaustion. The fight was over, she had lost.

Kalameet cranes his neck around to look for his foe, only to see her collapsed on the ground, desperately trying to get back up. The dragon realizes that she was at his mercy and grins at the thought. Taking a few steps backwards, he begins to position himself right above the knight of Gwyn... She looks up in horror as Kalameet sits down upon her. When he lifts himself up, there is no sign of Ciaran, except her two tracers on the ground...until you look at the base of the dragon's tail. There, lies Kalameet's large anus...with Ciaran's thin legs poking out. Wanting to escape her tight prison, Ciaran begins to struggle and squirm, unwittingly massaging the dragon's prostate causing waves of pleasure to flow through the beast. His cock throbs with with each of her movements, preparing itself for release. Kalameet roars in satisfaction and tenses his anus muscles, drawing her further and further inside. She screams out as she slides deeper into the monster she was sent to kill, but no one but the dragon could hear her. Soon, her feet slip past his moist hole and she sinks all the way inside her captor. This drives Kalameet over the edge, causing him to blow his load.. His cum splatters across the forest floor. Satisfied, the ancient beast walks of, leaving behind a pond size puddle of dragon semen with the knight's trademark weapons floating in the center.

>bluebong invading from hidden sanctum bonfire
>use orb, "looking for world to invade" message stays up for about two minutes, eye is grayed out
>get unable to find world to invade message, but the OK button is greyed
>immediately fades out to loading screen
>wait at loading screen for about four minutes
>end up invading somebody by den of the imperfect bonfire
>no "Invaded the world of X" message, no name above their health bar
>jester's top and hat, harvel's legs and gauntlets, pyromancy flame and straight sword
>he lags like a motherfucker, his ping must be measured in seconds
>he teleports around seemingly at random a couple times then dies on his own, somehow, even though all the imperfects in the area were dead and I'd never hit him
>return to my world, suddenly all my orbs and soapstones are greyed out and can't be used, but I can still use the bonfire

What the fuck.

I've been away.. Just did the DLC, wasn't as bad as everyone made it sound.

Questions though..

1. Does Mundane still work the same?

2. I know length of weapon buffs are dependent on stats now, but is their damage still the same? (+50 element * 30% element on weapon increase) or whatever the fuck it was?

3. Dark weapon apparently hits the same as Resonant weapon now?

4. Are phys builds viable now? Or to get max damage should I still be infusing and then buffing?

I read the patch notes but they didn't really help much.

>>74976356
which weapon ?

>>74975858
Is using it at all looked down upon? I have one cast and I'll use it if I'm hiding around a corner, disguised, or cornering an opponent

Posting again from last thread

Anyone in the 15m+ sm range have a spare Reeves shield? I can't get it to drop.

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>>74976483
>HE IS CALLED KALAMEET
FUCK YOU

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I wanted to make a spanish conquistador character.

going to use the espada ropera and maybe lucerne?

this is the best i could do

>>74976682
Oh also ps3

>>74976668
I'm only using the longbow and ricard's but I'm noticing it on both.

>invade guy named Guts with Guts build
>start attacking him
>he pulls out a monscim
that's not Guts you fucking faggot

>>74976825
being a shitter with a character named Guts is the meta

>>74976825
>invaded the world of Guts
>jester chestpiece, gyrm greathelm and the rest havel
>katana, monscim and stacked buffs

>>74976681
I don't mind it if they use it the way you do.
I have a problem with spammers, that's all

>>74976825
>not knowing guts' hand transforms into a scimitar

>>74976794
Travelling Merch gloves instead of infantry gloves.

use manikin sabre since it's essentially a falcatta.

>>74976432
Cast speed has an impact on it with this latest balance patch. I honestly get more PvP wins with Pyromancy than any other. Great Combustion + Flame Whip + Baiting = MUH DIK

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Does the "playthrough" CE table changes the game cycle or it just adds +ascetics to every bonfire?

>>74976681
Don't lie faggot, you spam WotG like everyone else who has it attuned.

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>>74976825
Berserk fans are cancer, what did you expect?

>>74976825
They're cosplaying as shitty youtubers

>>74976682
>>74976805
I don't know if they changed the sm tiers but I'm at 27 m and I have 5 of them
Just tell me where

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They never fucking come down.

>>74976586
i want that to happen to me

>>74977296
I killed every boss so I have no idea where

My psn is grimtcg

>>74977423
Black Witch Robes for covering so much are surprisingly slutty

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>>74977105
Nope. Don't have enough attunement to spam it. I got one cast. I pretty much use it for the afformentioned techniques or if I can bait someone being blindly aggressive into running into it.

>>74977476 #
>>74977378 #
Okay so I'm at just under 50% load.

Should I replace the Old Leo Ring

bonfire intensity five skeleton just parried me and riposted for an instant kill
nerf skeletons

>>74977812
It scales inversely with your maximum equip load
Max bonus is equal or less than 60 max, which is 10 vitality with the 3rd dragon ring or 14 without it.

>>74977458
glad for you.

>>74977812
Do you want 12% increased counter damage or 50 extra AR?

What's the deal with the waterwraiths/lizardmen in Amana? Why are they so special that they get their own Deluxe Nito Kareoke?

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So I'm running a pure dex flynn ring build.

Where the fuck do I put my levels now?

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>>74977935
reminds me of this

>>74978059
endurance
always more endurance
you can never have enough

>>74977812
You have to run with actual low vitality (9 with third dragon, 14 without).

Okay so does Flynn's Ring scale off your max load, as in leveling your VIT fucks it up, or is it from your total load from all your equipment?

Is cheat engine just a pc thing?

>>74978059
you could try to get 25 faith and 20 attunement after lowering vigor so you can attune sacred oath, or, if you're going pure dex, throw some more points into end (you don't have third dragon ring from what I see) and max out your vit at 14 for better stamina regen without reducing your bonus. Also get enough ADP for 105 agility.

>>74978059
take 1 point off vit
2 points off vig
acquire 66 end

>>74978267
Vit

>>74978267
Max load. Leveling vit fucks it up (9 or 10 with third dragon, 14 without for maximum damage)

>>74978059
>dex
Why not just go mundane? You get like 100 more AR with a 14 mundane build than any dex weapon with A scaling. PSS is about the only weapon that's stronger as a pure dex build

>>74978303
>1 point of vit
10 is the max with the 3rd dragon ring, there's no reason to take off 1 point

How much str is needed to powerstance orma and reeves?

You know what would be great? If there's a system in place to stop Reds from sprinting into boss fog the second I invade as a blue. Failing that, refund my blue eye orb if no blows were landed or the guy runs through the gate as Im spawning

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anyone know how to change your name in cheat engine?

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>>74978294

http://gamehubbs.com/darksouls2/builds/11470

>>74978547
50 I think

>>74978547
Was it on black gulch?

How much profit did From Software gain from Dark Souls 2? If loads, you think they'll use it to fund Bloodborne and make it a lovely game?

>>74978379
PSS?

Why is Dueling Bow the best gesture, and the only one you should ever use?

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>>74977716
How else are you supposed to seduce an honorable questing knight?

>>74978453
You technically lose like 1 point of AR going from 9 to 10 with TDR.

>>74978676
>14fps

Has anyone got a link to a calculator that works out the number of souls you need to reach a certain level? I want to lower my soul memory

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>>74978715
nerd alert

lets get him boys

>>74978738
You don't. I have 2 flynn builds with 10 vit and TDR. Flynn's is giving me the full 50

>>74978667
I fucked up

>>74978482
see:
>>74978667

>>74978557
Open CE and select the game process. Don't open a table. Set "Value Type" to String and check the Unicode box. Type your character's current name in the field and hit enter.
Doubleclick each result on the left to add it to the table at the bottom. Chance each value to your desired new name. Character limit is 36.

What happened to that qt 3.14 streamer from a few weeks ago?

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I just found out I can talk to Vendrick. The way he talks about the crowns seems like he'll do something once you collect all of them.

Also I wish Drakeblood Armor wasn't a shiny black, it'd look great if it was the same color as EKS or Alva. And enough with the capes From. I want a knight, not a holy crusading paladin.

King's Field fans are really annoying

>>74978795
>36
31.

Begginers here, any tips? Here are current stats
Vitality: 21
Attunment:13
endurance:18
Strenght:20
dexerity:14
Resistance:10
intelliggence:11
faith:11
Equip load: 35/87
Im playing as a knight with the morning star fully upgrade and elite knight armor almost fully upgraded
Got a crest shielf and fireballs and fireorbs
Trying to prepare for blightown, I went down there and got my ass kciked so Ive been farming for over 3 hours and getting souls and upgrading my shit
So, again, any tips or anything I need to change?
:3

>>74978059
What's your soul memory?

>>74975882

I have played it. And it's fucking dog shit. Both King's Field games are.

Fuck off hipster.

>>74978667
I've had it done to me 7 times in a row in Heide's. Bitches camp the gate in front of Smalls.

Do I really need a controller to play Dark Souls 1 on the PC? A friend of mine gifted it to me and I'm hesitant to play it with KB+M. I have Dark Souls 2 for PC with 180+ hours and I found the PC controls fine after I tweaked them.

>>74978846
really? I love it black just because it contrasts EKS or alva, because I usually wear those when i need their colour.

Plus i like looking ornate

>>74978846
I agree

>>74976209
Dude the fucking puzzling stone sword has my dick in a twist.

>>74978993
How do you find the Mouse and Keyboard fine on DaS2....? If you have no problem with it on DaS2 you shouldn't have too much trouble with DaS1. Just remember the jump mechanic is different

>>74978993
So open the game and try it.

>>74978846
>he'll do something once you collect all of them
mwahahahaha

>>74978795
thanks, shame i have to type my name like 50 fucking times

>>74978850
Noob

>>74978884
909655, why?

>>74978850
Do go into Blighttown from the Depths. Go in from the Valley of Drakes. You're missing literally nothing going in from there than opposed to going in from the Depths. Also, make sure you got the Rusted Iron Ring and the Doll from the Asylum, back tracking is a bitch without teleports.

>>74979132
Copypasta.

>>74979132
What do you mean? Just select every value and press enter to change them all at once

I sure hope Iron and Ivory Crowns look less shit than Sunken. Crown of the Great Lord was the best looking crown-like headpiece in the series... I'd like so much to have it back.

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>>74979029
Well, I mean I don't really mind it being a shiny black, I just can't combine it with other knight looking armor without it looking mismatch. I wish I knew how to retexture. I'd retexture this just for that purpose. Right now I just roll with this because there are too many capes.

>>74978993
i dont know what they were thinking, but someone must have been extremely drunk when they mapped out the controls on the pc. i couldn't even figure out how to exit the fucking game with the keyboard because none of the standard buttons used for menus did anything.

Can you screenshot on PS3
I want to take a picture of my build without using my phone.

>>74979247
Iron King will be the best
literally buckets of lore

>>74979235
wow i forgot i could do that
i feel retarded

I'm getting really sick of how bad the hitboxes are on the Espada Ropera. It's a sweet-looking weapon but it's not doing me many favors in PVP. Should I get a Estoc?

>whips can't be parried
>mfw powerstanced +5 poison Spotted Whips
>with the Sanctum Knight Gauntlet and Crest of the Rat
You are already dead.
Also why the hell is the Black Scorpion Stinger suddenly the best thrusting sword? Not that I'm complaining of course.

>>74979195
I have no clue what the valley of drakes, when I looked it up it suggested sl 50-60
Im 38

>>74979326
PS Button + Start Button.

>>74979362
what do the sanctum knight gauntlets do?

>>74979336
knowing how vain and nacisisstic he was it will probably be a huge, jewel-encrusted golden replica of his dick made to match the size of xanthious crown from das1.

>>74979235
>>74978795
so i just changed my name and it crashed my game upon tabbing back in

>>74979467
Nothing, he's talking about the sanctum soldier gauntlets, which increase poison bonus

>>74979402
You're not fighting anything in the Valley of Drakes; go down to New Londo, there's a door to the right after exiting the elevator tower, open the door (if you have the master key) and go to the Blighttown Entrance.

>>74979258
Yeah, I heard that I need to get a mod or two to fix the controls, that puts me off a bit.

>>74979102
I found them to be alright once I spent a good hour figuring everything out.

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new as fuck to the game finally learned why soul memory ruined pvp

i feel sad now

>>74979336
I just meant design. I don't want it to look like overdesigned encrusted/moldy/covered with mucus shit, with inlaid shiny bijouterie. Just a simple, maybe slightly decayed symbol of power.

>>74979467
Increase poison AR by about 1 third.

>>74979405
Thanks

>>74979467
They give +60 to your Poison AR. The Crest of the Rat ring also gives +60. With 50 Dex, I have a +261 bonus on my Spotted Whips' poison damage of 287. Two hits is all it takes to poison somebody, and they do a respectable amount of damage too. The also can't be parried. New meta.

>>74979195
>missing literally nothing
>giant rats and basilisks
>the pyromancer dude and the cloth sack mask
>knight mcthornface
>gaping anus dragon
>irish trinket peddler

>>74979616
>SM
>That'll fix twinking
>Oh wait, what about the rest of PvP?
Stupidest, fucking, decision. They should've just put a cap in to where you can PvP.

>>74979734
>new
i've been using dual spotted whips for a while in conjunction with dual old whips

Are there any spells that cannot be parried?

>>74979514
What's your name? If it's something like Ricard you can screw up and end up changing other shit like the name of the Rapier, maybe that caused a crash.

One thing that I do is I have a character with a shitty name like 'adhergdslkfg' and then search for his name while he's loaded in the game, then when I switch to my actual character, there should be like two values left which display the actual name (you don't even need to do a new scan or anything)

Oh and sometimes you do get crashed, but the new name usually stays

I thought the Butcher's Knife was "amazing" now.
You lied to me, /dsg/.

You LIED to me.

>>74979735
You can do the Depths, I meant going into Blighttown from the door after the boss you nignog.

>>74976825
>See tons of shitty Guts characters that can't cosplay for shit.
>Only Griffith I met was beautiful.

>>74979786
Do Old Whips do a fuckton of damage to hollowed players/hollow enemies or is it just a smaller bonus?

Also speaking of which, Soul Appease is like a poor-man's WotG against hollows. Shit's amazing, but if the player you're fighting against is wearing full armor or something you can't ever tell if they're hollow.

>>74978062
oh my god

I couldn't even be mad

>>74976184
RING OUT

>>74979812
Lots
Soul Greatsword, scraps of life, etc

WOOOOOOOOOO
BUT FUUUUUCK
After hours of farming, I finnaly got the full balder set in das 1
Althouuuuuuu
I almost fully upgraded my elite knight armor
does balder armor have any advantages over elite armor?

>>74979928
Hit them. If their voice is low-pitched they're hollow.

>>74979998
>9998
fak
Balder armor seems to be lighter right now...

>>74979812
Stuff that isn't directed at you. So AoE stuff like Wrath of the Shitters.

>>74979998
fashion > function

>>74978850
Just get on with it already. You don't even need +1 equipment for blighttown (unless you get invaded by one of those twinking havelmancers).

>have to kill duke's dear freja in NG+ for old paledrake soul
>farm 15 pet bones
>finally make Magic Moonlight Greatsword
>the moveset is absolute shit
>restat and never use it again.

>>74978706
puzzling stone sword from the dlc. Starts off with S scaling, twinkling upgrade path, and both a strait sword and a whip moveset.

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>>74979998
You can download a crappy reskin that gives them shimpan.

>>74979928
Soul Appease is op as fuck, they sometimes try to run away but the range on it is insane and ignores walls
I've had people try hide to go chug and Soul Appease always gets them, I love it

Up to this point I've just been hacking my way into the DLC everytime. A little annoying to not be able to warp between bonfires / not die without breaking the save, but eh.

However, I really did enjoy the DLC. You guys think the season pass might maybe be worth it?

>>74979976
>>74980124
make sense
What about soul spear?

>>74980163
kek

>>74980163

R2 catches a lot of people unaware.

>>74980251
Soul spear is parryable and probably the easiest spell to parry if you're trying to get good at it

>>74980196
>tfw on ps3
>>74980129
Are you s-sure anon kun?

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>Invade some geekazoid in Heides
>Adds me on Steam
>Sends me this http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/20xwhy/pvp_etiquette/
>Backstab him while he's typing
>Pulls out his ethernet cable
I SERIOUS hope you guys do not do this

>>74980239
At the rate From is going chances are you can CE your way into each of the new DLCs.

So no. Why pay for something you're already getting for free?

Does Enchanted Bluemoon Greatsword get scaling bonuses?

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Why do you use buffs?

>>74980402
to win against people with buffs/havels

>>74980367
Hahaha holy shit, what a faggot. Invasions aren't supposed to be honorable duels, that's what the arenas are for. Good job backstabbing his ass.

>>74979849
If you're using it against heavy armour then its shit, the one thing I hate about axes is that for such a heavy, slow weapon, they have to do slash damage.
I mean, they have a blade and all, but it really is annoying doing like only 200 damage with the Gyrm greataxe

>>74980402
Powerstancing isn't buffing.

>>74980239
Only pathetic poor scrubs don't buy it.

>>74980367
top fucking lel

>>74980402
I use buffs to maximise damage
>not using fire buffed BKUGS + smelter sword

I love that this game finally fixed firestorm

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>>74980324
That's too bad anon-chan.

>>74980398
Yes, but Enchanted is the worst infusion. It adds like a C scaling that scales off your Intelligence. You might as well just do a Magic infusion and then buff it with Crystal Magic Weapon for more damage than an Enchanted infusion.

>>74980548
I used Cheat Engine to infuse my Smelter Sword with fire. What a beast it is, now. Same with a Lightning Dragonslayer Spear and Dark Scythe of Want.

>>74980369
I'd be basically paying for adding the bonfires to my warps, unless someone has figured that out.

>>74980367
>Havel
>Smelter

He deserved it.

Also reminds me a bit of this vid, start watching at 8:33 to see what I mean http://youtu.be/PR9aNyuzvLc?t=8m33s

>>74980556
how so

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>>74980557
B-but my gay men pc should be coming in within the next 4-10 days!

>>74980308
Is it even worthwhile to spell parry apart from it looking awesome on their screen? I mean for such a high risk, there's very little reward because its easy as fuck to just dodge

Is sacrificing points into int/faith worth it at all for a pyromancy build? Or should I just grab as much cast speed as possible?

>>74980402
Because I get more AR by dumping ~30 points into attunement and faith to cast Sacred Oath than I would by dumping those points into strength or dex.

>>74980632
That's some other guy that ALT-F4ed

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>Make strength/pyromancy build
>Going through Earthen Peak
>Get to Covetous Demon
>Holy fuck I'm doing so much damage with the greatsword
>Get to upper earthen peak
>Two-shotting every enemy
>Fuck Mytha in her cloaca

MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK BERSERKERRRRR! I'M COMIN' FOR YOU, IRON KING!

Goddamn, this feels so fucking good after trying to do a sorcery/rapier build, every kill with the greatsword is so satisfying, just seeing it slam into the ground, and pulling it back up to finish them off, throwing a fireball or two, just to draw out an enemy that's a bit too far, or something.

I'm probably not going to use this for pvp, since I suck at timing with anything besides the longsword, but goddamn it this is fun!

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>>74980701
Are you really going to buy Dark Souls a second time though?

Really?

>>74980728
It's purely a rule of cool thing. I do it when invading mages because there's no penalty if I lose and when I can do it consistently it's really cool.

>>74980402
Because this game ruined my Enchanted falchion

>>74980632
I've never met anyone using the Manikin Mask that didn't act like a complete and total retard.

55 int and 29 faith for Dark Greatsword???
da fuq is this shit, this better do like 3k damage or something

>>74980804
I was gonna buy das 2
:^)

>>74980796
Guts is one of the best and most fun PvE builds, yeah. I tried it on PvP though and consistently got my ass handed to me, what a shame. But if I were in offline mode, hell yeah I'll be guts.

HAI YAIII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJm8iFlcP4

I asked this a wile ago but no one answered.

When is a good time to switch from Magic infusion to Enchanted infusion for a longsword if I have the minim str/dex required to wield it but am pumping int and atn.

>>74980823
Just spice it down, tonkis.

>>74980959
>spicing
gay

>>74980942
99 int is the only time when you should use Enchanted. Even then it gives you physical damage that scales off your int, is that really what you want? CMW + a magic infusion will usually do more damage since most people don't have very high magic resistance compared to their physical damage resistance.

>>74980942
Never
Uninfused is better

Fire Tempest or Chaos Storm?

>>74980921
>not the Eminem mashup version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs9uU6uSLJc

I bet you didn't realize this existed.

>>74980959
i realize that, but the stat requirements for it are ridiculous.

>>74981065
Chaos storm is stronger

>>74981065
There's no reason not to use Chaos Storm.

>>74981065
Chaos Storm is the highest tier, so use that. You can only get one per playthrough though and you have to get it on the bitch fire rocks in the Iron Keep, so take that as you will.

someone could drop me an old whip?
PS3, SM: 3m

>>74980921
Susumu Hirasawa needs to do the soundtrack for the next Souls title.

>>74980728
It's cheaper on stamina and a bit quicker to recover, but the difference is so small it doesn't matter. Just do it to be a badass and on the off chance that god smiles upon you and the spell flies back in their face.

>>74981074
Damn that was good.

Speaking of raps, anyone else listen to based Windmills? This song is Dark Souls related if you listen closely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Lim-3fpaw

>>74980942
I sometimes use enchanted because if you use magic only and have no pure melee weapon, GMB users can be a real pain in the ass

>>74981220
I wish From would make a game with Miura.

can someone post a webm of the special attack for the thorned greatsword

>>74981224
I've got a Magic Magic Shield, so I have 100% magic defense. I think I'm good.

Though I might practice spell parrying at the homing bitches in Amana just for the cool fctor.

Alternating between Red Rust Scimitar and Butcher's on my STR/FTH build. Is lightning infusion still the best option for me even though faith builds got nerfed?

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How do other players work into the lore of these games?
With summons and red phantoms?

With Licia, she became a red phantom and tried to kill you twice. Then you invaded her world, and killed her.
Does Licia die when you kill her or does she just come back to life like you do?

What about other players? Are they just the remnants and souls of other soldiers and knights who were on the same journey as you before they died? How are you able to summon them?
What about you being summoned personally to another world to help another player?

I'm so confused.

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What do you think, Hidetaka Miyazaki, in living flesh, the man himself, is doing RIGHT FUCKING NOW AT THIS VERY MOMENT!?!?!?

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who generic here

>Can only get one Soul of the King per playthrough

But why?

>>74981158
I think that fire tempest and fire storm cast the fire pillars faster than Chaos storm, but its really hard to actually tell. Really hate when From does stuff like this, like how there's ten types of soul arrow but most of the time you only really need to use the strongest one

>>74981360
Practice on the necros in Brightstone Cove. From the second bonfire you can just drop down and BOOM you got two necros making a spit roast of you.

>>74981398
Sleeping

>>74981216
You could just
use the small white soapstone to get smooth and silky stones
and drop those at dyna and tillio
or give them a petrified something

>>74981398
Probably sleeping.

>>74981443
because

>>74981360
They're decent for getting the window down, but bear in mind that their spells are pretty slow compared to a soul spear, both in cast time and projectile speed. Don't practice so much that you get the timing in muscle memory.

>>74975249
What is this fagotty poetry?

>>74981486
i've done that a lot of times
nothing

>>74981443
Vendrick's a person, not some two-bit boss.

>>74981417
Elite Knight is no longer the generic scrub armor, that goes for Drangleic, Vengarl, Alva, Faraam and lately Drakeblood.

How to mod DkS 2 on 360?

>>74981384
Time is convoluted in Lordr- I mean Drangleic.

>>74981384
The flow of time is convoluted.

Yes, that's all the explanation you get.

>>74981551
lol

>>74981334
>>74981220
That would be fucking amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV26zIE0130
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV0qK53UCVw

Imagine listening to these ingame as you blast through enemies, cleaving them in half with your big ass sword as you make your way, slowly, inevitably, to Griffith. It would be the greatest final boss in the history of videogames.

>>74981224
I'm pretty sure that even if the spell does get deflected onto them, it doesn't deal any damage.
Why From

>>74981551
>dark souls
>mods

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>>74981220
>>74981334
FROM makinga Berserk game would be the fucking best.

>>74981551
By buying an Alienware.

>>74981548
I find that 90% of people who use full Faraam are hackers, the other 10% are just shit at the game. So many of the hackers (the non 838 havelgrym ones, the legit no damage taken dudes) run full Faraam

Is there some babbies first trainer that comes with Faraam equipped at the start or something?

>>74981535
That's some awful luck anon. Wish I had a character at 3m to help you

>>74981548
I didn't say generic scrub, I said generic. Elite Knight is generic as fuck.

>>74981604
No, it still does. I've seen reflected spells do damage to mobs. I've never managed to hit the one that actually cast it, though.

>>74981384
>she became a red phantom and tried to kill you twice
wot? I only invaded her after I got the cracked eye orb. She never invaded me.

>>74981384
I killed Licia when I first encountered her and she still invaded me in Drangleic Castle and the Undead Crypt. The explanation here is that there isn't one and like most of the lore, make up the story for yourself so that it best suits you.

>>74981417
Oddly enough I didn't care for the EK armor in DS1 that much but I fucking love it in 2.

>>74981697
you never were invaded by a dark spirit in the castle or the crypt?

>>74981697
She's the Nameless Usurper who invades you twice in the game.
The above sentence is spoilers. Do not read it.

infuse the puzzling sword or no? (either fire or dark)

>>74981681
>Is there some babbies first trainer that comes with Faraam equipped at the start or something?

Did you watch this video lately?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNUmB2t4NsQ

>>74981761
The Nameless Ursuper I think. I don't remember it looking anything like her because I killed it both times in a matter of five seconds.

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>>74981384
It's not Licia that invades you.

>Every sorcerer starts fight with homing soul crystal and crystal Souls spear

Do these fucking scrubs know the roll buttons exist?

>>74981641
That would be really cool, but I'd be interested in seeing what FROM and Miura would come up with if they made a new IP together.

>>74981595
Given how slow Miura is at getting chapters done and released for Berserk, it could be a way for him to finally finish the fucking story as well.

He's mentioned being burnt out on the series so many times, I think giving the written story to Miyazaki and letting the From A-team do it would be a great way to finish the tale.

But it'll never happen.

>>74981801
It's speculated that she is, anyways.

Question is, what are her motives? It's not like Chester, who was just a faggot.

>>74981821
No, it's like the Sun Sword in that it becomes worse when you infuse it. They're one of the few good physical damage weapons without infusions. Pop a resin on it for extra damage if you like though.

>>74981838
It seems kinda silly if it isn't, considering the person who invades you does it twice, then Licia, when you invade her, comes after you because you found out her "secret"

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>>74981417
>not using Royal Soldier Set
>calls himself "generic."
Infantry Set is also acceptable.

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>>74981674
>buying an Alienware
>ever

>>74981827
Yeah. Then I realized that half of the ones I fought had it too.

I still figure it was just like a co-incidence and that it was the equivelant of Elite Knight in 1, but maybe?

>>74981852
I don't think I've ever seen any sorcerer use anything else but those, even though the new patch has made a lot of the gimmicky spells quite viable now. Soul shower is really good because now it has tracking and the one that shoots heaps of little soul arrows is kinda good, too

Shockwave is still absolute shit though

>>74981920
>chester
>invades you for no real reason
>gets pissy because you didn't allow him to murder you

>>74981910
There's a new chapter coming at the end of August. We might get off the boat by the end of the year!

Yeah, the fact that Miura outputs maybe 4 chapters a year nowadays shows that he's really burnt out. It's such a shame too because I fucking love Berserk. I think he spends most of the time on his art though, obviously you can tell it's super detailed and that he's a perfectionist.

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>casting Profound Still in Bellfry Luna PvP
>all these buttdestroyed apes who can't cast their hexes and homo soulmasses

>>74981920
Like real life 3DPD, she's greedy and wants more money.

Except instead of trying to trick you into marrying her and then forcing you to pay child support, she's just straight up trying to murder you.

>>74981996
Licia stole the Soothing Sunlight miracle from the Lindeldt Monastery, that is why you invade her.

>>74982132
That image makes me physically ill. What the fuck is in that case?

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>jester thomas

holy shit, i wish all the npc phantoms were like that

maybe with just a little less hp, though

>>74982015
The infantry would be perfect if not for the stupid metal pieces on the side

>>74982179
It's an art project.

>>74982020
or perhaps...

>>74981379
Pls respond

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>>74982092
Just like real reds!

>>74982090
I was using soul shower even when it sucked because it was good for annoying people but yeah. What are some other gimmicky spells that have been made useful?

>>74982171
So, she steals the spell, you kill her and take it, and you don't have to give it back to the monastery?
What's the point?

>>74980643
In dark Souls it would only have 2 combined casts and the second cast only shot 3 pillars
This one gives you 2 separate and equal casts to start off with and my attunement makes it 6

>>74982267
Yeah, Lightning is generally the best infusion unless you're an all 50's Mundane faggot.

>>74981838
Isn't that one of the NPC phantoms in the DLC, summonable for Sinh?

>>74982330
I see
same with fire whip

>>74982267
Only Faith SPELLS got nerfed.

Lighting scaling wasn't touched.

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>>74982309
There's nothing more deliciously ironic than when reds whine about blueberries invading them.

>>74982389
yup, I love pyromancy even more now

>>74982321
No one said the CU wasn't a dick.

>>74982171
>>74981996
Her "secret" was the chamber lockstone, except you don't technically know that in-game until after you kill her.

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>want to play some DaS2
>cant focus on anything because of my fucking tornado phobia, since shit is going down in my state tomorrow
>try playing the game, losing every single fight to stupid mistakes, close the game and repeat

being a phobiafag is truly suffering

>>74979773
If SM only applied to NG it would be a fantastic system

>>74982406
As a former blue turned red, I have no idea why other reds would whine as most blues are shit terrible

I started this game as a sorcerer, but now I kinda want to start over as a bandit.
The problem is, I don't know which I want to be my 'canon' character.

>25 Atn
>still no extra casts of Litning Spare
Why does From hate Faith?

>>74981838
I wouldn't be surprised if that was just an oversight.

>>74982316
Dead Again is really powerful if you invade somewhere like the first part of FoFG. Half the time they don't know how to react to the spell and run into a body, I've dealt like 2000 damage with just a single corpse once.
Soul Appease probably doesn't count as gimmicky, but I never see anyone use it and that thing is OP as fuck, mainly due to it being near-unavoidable for guaranteed 700ish damage

Dunno if there's any other gimmicky spells that are any use though

>>74982523
a phobia is an unjustified fear.

tornados can pick up your house and move you 3 towns over. that seems rather justified to me.

>>74982543
That's exactly why I whine. They waste so much time hiding behind mobs and thinking they're clever and running off to heal over and over that they're not even fun to stomp on. They're just tedious.

Doesn't help that every single fucking one of them is a faith build waifufag with watcher's armor.

>>74982638
I had to visit some relatives anyway.

How should Blue Sentinels be fixed so that their assistance PVP isn't dead
I think Blues should be able to assist those that are covenantless, sunbros, and maybe victors

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>>74982516
>Murdering someone because they scammed a few souls off you

>That feel when ERPing
>Someone messages me
>They have a funny looking avatar
>It's a kingseeker and they want to know if I'm interested in getting gangbanged by 3 dark wraiths while they watch.
Send help

>>74982738
Yessss goyim, feed me that delicious humanity cum.

>mfw i found a sick ass new top for my character
>its not as good as based Vengarls but it looks so much better

What do?
My outfit now is:
Saint hood
Shadow top
Drang. Gauntlets
Vengarl boots

My weapons are the Butcher knife and notched whip.

>>74975052
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or4QiKC1mSU

Tell me wut fux happen to game pl0x

>>74982682
Help against bellbros.

>>74981838
Wait is that Licia's face? I've always been 100% sure she's butt ugly, what a qt!

>>74982781
Looks > Def

>>74982638
but that shit is rare and having one impact your area is rarer still

it's justified when one is staring you down, but otherwise it's unjustified

>>74982682
Maybe make it so that any time an invasion occurs in an area you're in with your ring equipped, you automatically get pulled to the invaded world.

And when you spawn in, automatically drop the invader's max health by half, triple the host's defenses, and make the host immune to all damage so long as you persist in their world, but only if they're in the Way of the Blue. All others just get the beefed up defenses

>>74982732
g r i m
d a r k
s o u l s

>>74982523
oh shit, i live in MS, should i be worried?

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Why did Fromsoft ruin clerics? They're now a shitty mix of warrior and sorcerer.

Which video game dev do you want Miyazaki to work with?

Personally, I'd like to see Miyazaki and Kojima make a game together.

>>74982682
Help against every invasion in both blue covenants with the ring on. don't want to help? Dont wear the ring.

>>74982967
Because From hates Faith.

>>74982841
No, that's the nameless usurper. Licia's butt-ugly and has gray hair.

>>74982657
You know that's surprisingly accutrate, at least for my experience with blues. Pretty much every blue I see has some form of buff, but mainly GMB and sunlight blade.
Plus most waifufags I encounter in this game are assholes, like they mock you with gestures if you lose and they always use shit like buffed katanas that can three-shot you

Funny how the Watcher's Greatsword is now better than the Defender Greatsword.

>>74982969
Bioware

>>74982987
Nah, Faith used to have the premiere run of the game. They just fucked up when they tried to nerf it.

>>74981838
>>It's not Licia
>Wait is that Licia's face?

A 2nd grader wouldn't fail that hard at reading comprehension.

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>tfw love leydia black robe
>tfw it has horrible stats and upgrades with twinkletits

why

>>74983034
>degenerate souls 3
>was vendrick's black half-son a tranny, a male, or a female?
>he was clearly a male!
>or perhaps...

If i spice Sacred Oath will it give me less AR?

>>74983126
My bad. I meant old Bioware.

>>74982863
Have you ever walked outside, noticed it was humid as fuck and that the sky is actually green?

There's also that eerie tranquility before shit hits the fan.

>>74983136
who knows
I do

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>>74983068
>implying anyone reads on 4chan
>implying we don't all just only look at the picture.

>>74982657
I don't see the point in that, when I invade as a blue I don't heal. I am here to get in, try and help the host and get out. Not go full tryhard in an already iffy even fight. I like the concept of blues, most people just see it as the easy way to gank-squad a red or they want WoG cause From is stupid in making it cov specific and really powerful.

>>74983083
>caring about stats
Fashion>everything else.

>>74982896
Sounds like something From would do to be honest, hell I wouldn't be surprised if they made it so you could black crystal invaders out of your world

>>74983136
I think it only reduces the duration. Same with if you spice down buffs like GMB or Sunlight Spear. It doesn't actually reduce the effectiveness, just how long it lasts. I'm not quite sure though.

>>74982682
But it isn't dead. I got two of them just today.

>>74982987
>From hates Faith
The most OP spells in the game are still Miracles and Hexes
That's post nerf

>>74983083
>soul shower
for what purpose?

>>74983189
>not Vanquisher's Seal
What's your lowest stat have to be before Mundane Caestus become better than your bare fists with Vanq? 50 I'm guessing? I still like fists better because they don't have durability.

There never seems to be enough unique armor in these games.
All the armor you get are either from enemies or from NPCs, which is armor you see everyone else wearing.

>>74983324
Nigga that shit is really good now, it has tracking just like the faith spell

>Graverobber, Varg and Cerah have the best theme in the game
Are these characters based off of playtester builds or something?

>>74983483
Wait what, did they increase the damage or does the tracking make it not hit for 40 anymore?

>>74983253
What dood? From has already made it WAY easy for invaders.

They can invade you when you're full hollow with 50% reduced max health, even after you beat the boss for that area.

You can be invaded back to back. The only way to stop invasions is to burn a Human Effigy. Which also prevents summons.

>>74983486
Havel is Havel
Powerstancing berserker blades is a weeaboo thing, and Alva is popular armor

Archer is patches with a mask on.

>>74982996
I see... I'm kind of sleep deprived so I'll blame it on that, I thought for a moment that the ugly lady that pops up in my head every time I see her name was somehow misplaced.

Nameless Usurper top qt though

If you played the DLC on NG, what was your SM? I'm trying to find a good range for putting my sign down.