Dark Souls 2 /r/DarkSouls2 - Gather 'round the bonfire. |
- /r/DarkSouls2 - Gather 'round the bonfire.
- Got my Xbox stolen a few years ago mid play through. Finally returned to the game and beat the pursuer on the first encounter. I feel great
- What are the weird lanky black things in no man's warf
- Pond of the Dead
- DS2 plot and progression. How was I supposed to know any of this?
- Why I feel Dark Souls 2 has the Deepest (Most Meaningful) Lore. (Thesis warning! , will need a few minutes to read!)
- How do you climb down a ladder on PC?
- Xbox One Bluetooth Controller not working/ undetected on PC (SotFS)
- Starting DS2
- Lucatiels Equipment Achievement
- What are all of the banners on the King Shield in DS2?
- Anyone know how to get softbanned as fast as possible?
- Started my first playthrough.
- If I transfer my save file from one PC to another, can I get soft-banned?
- Build help
- Is it still a debate?
- Is there any way tk get end game gear at the start? (Honest question)
- I just beat Raime, naked with rapier +10 in NG+3!!!
- I am going to start ds2 today. What do i need to know?
- Am I missing a hex?
- Getting Forlorn scythe early on?
- Need a good dextery build ONLY for NG
- Are Fist Weapons Frowned Upon?
- Question
- Thinking about burning Ascetic for Gold Serpent Ring +2
- Maybe DS2 takes place close to the same time as DS1?
| /r/DarkSouls2 - Gather 'round the bonfire. Posted: 05 Jun 2020 11:10 PM PDT Welcome to the bonfire, our weekly off topic thread. This is a place where anyone can talk about anything unrelated to Dark Souls and get to know your fellow undead a bit better. Please be respectful and follow reddiquette. What's keeping you from going hollow these days? Helpful Information for New Users Be sure to check the /r/DarkSouls2/wiki page, where you can find community-created tips and research threads. Please help build the wiki! You only need 10 karma within /r/DarkSouls2 to contribute. [link] [comments] |
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| What are the weird lanky black things in no man's warf Posted: 05 Jun 2020 04:54 PM PDT |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 04:08 AM PDT Got to kill Graverobber, Varg and Cerah in one attempt in my current run, and I'm pretty proud about myself for once. Using a STR build and power stancing my 2 lovely +10 maces, the best way to nail it was : run, hit archer, the others catch up? Jump in the left pond, roll roll roll your boat to go out, heal if necessary, run back to the archer, hit, repeat Then deal the same way with the ninja one. Then the guy that look like Havel from DS1 Is there any other efficient and quicker way to deal with them? [link] [comments] |
| DS2 plot and progression. How was I supposed to know any of this? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 09:06 AM PDT Spoilers throughout, so stop reading now if you haven't finished the main game. I tried really really hard to play a no-guide run of DS2. I got it off Steam a while back and finally decided to take the plunge. But there were so many times I was just baffled and stuck because it was impossible to figure out what to do. I ended up going to guides and my immediate though was, "How the hell was I supposed to know to do that?" Here are some examples:
I can't remember anything similar in DS1. Sure things were hidden or difficult to get to, but there was always an avenue or an incomplete path I could head down that invariably would move the game forwards. There was never a need to go over a place that was already explored and look for something new. We're there signs and conversations I missed along the way that I missed? Was it obvious that Nashandra was the big baddie in the game? I knew she was evil, but not the end-boss. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 01:46 PM PDT Long thread warning in advance. This might turn into a "mah depression thread" but hopefully I type it a little better than that. if this post gets too personal, let me know Mods. It doesn't have much structure I would say and tends to ramble so, I ask you to bare with me lol. Hopefully, it is coherent enough to make sense. So anyways this is a post I have been wanting to write for a while once I was in "the mood" to do it. I'll begin it off by saying as you have probably seen many times before, that this will be a thread about depression, mental illness, and how Soulsborne has helped me cope with it. As a brief history, I've been dealing with abuse among other things ever since I was a child, with it having spiked starting about ten years ago. This of course led into the breakup of my family, and all the scars that follow along with that. In the summer of 2016 I realized I had developed deep depression, and it grew very deep beginning in early 2017. I had yet to play souls borne at the time, though I knew it for the "hardest games ever" memes. Fast forward to fall 2017, I am in the middle of a midlife crisis and after taking a break from college due to mental health reasons, I enrolled in some art courses. I always wanted to be both a writer and artist but never worked up the courage to start as I do not have any sort of natural talent regarding those things lol. It was in my intro to traditional drawing class that someone mentioned to me about the music of dark souls and I should try it. I was a big fantasy music fan for things like FFXIV, or really anything with an emotional orchestra. So after some apprehension, I finally listened to music. I remember originally seeing glimpses of Soul of Cinder's boss battle the previous year when everyone was streaming the release of DS3. Sure enough, his music was the first I listened to, and when the second phase hit (before I even knew it was an homage to Gwyn's piano) I got nailed in the feels. Soon after I basically bought dark souls 3, all just because of the music, which tends to happen. I have started entire games or MMORPGs because of their soundtrack, and it's usually worked out lol. So I end up playing through DS3 and eventually complete all of it, including the DLC. I basically did all my major art projects to the DS3 soundtrack alone that year. Following DS3 is when I first entered DS2 and bloodborne at the same time. I ended up finishing bloodborne first due to it being more similar to ds3's gameplay speed. (That was definitely a deep game, but it would not eclipse ds2 lore-wise.) I return to DS2 and fully play it out, making sure I get all my interactions with Aldia (though I never did the crown dlc). Long story short, DS2 was the first game to make just sit there while the credits roll, and think while saying "that was deep..." Eventually, when I would return to the series to replay ds1 remastered after a long break, and going back to ds2, it really hit me how DS2 is my favorite just for the lore alone. DS2 strays away from the other soulsborne games whereas it focuses on people, humanity, and their psyche. While the other games focus on your traditional high fantasy elements, gods, magic, etc. DS2's lore and character side stories really are the best metaphor for a battle against depression out of any of the games. Almost every character's side story explores the psychology behind their despair, sense of inevitability, and the little hope left in trying to stop the approaching hollowing of the undead curse, something which has ruined society for who knows how many years after Lordran. Luciatel, Vendrick, and Aldia are the biggest examples of this. Between the musings of Aldia and Vendrick and lLuciatel, you really witness what an inevitable "doomsday' scenario does to people. You see the desperation, and then the utter despair and defeat that befalls Vendrick especially, when he realizes Nashandra's machinations, and flees to the Crypt, unable to stop the curse, only able to stop his former love. Aldia's dialogue, philosophical as ever, really hits home the theme of trying to find a path beyond the cycle ( in my case the never-ending depression) while he muses on how people try to remain blissfully ignorant of reality until it gets to the point where it can no longer be ignored (the curse appearing) His writing really strikes me as I feel it also hits a lot of how society is today. People tend to take things at face value, not looking into the meaning of things, and it often ends up leading to a lack of fulfillment in life. Similar to how people who suffer depression try to ignore it at times, for various reasons such as fear of judgment, etc. Yet when it fully this, do they realize the damaging effects that ignoring it has caused. You can see how desperation or despair can really drive the human mind and soul to dark places, such as Aldia's eventual dark experiments that caused even Vendrick to condemn him. He sacrifices everything, even his own morality, in what would become a vain attempt to try and save himself and humanity from the encroaching doomsday curse of hallowing. Then we go to our main 'antagonists' the children of Manus. Each daughter further exploring the topic of human psychology, by being a literal embodiment of human emotions. Nashandra the victim of want and lust, Nadalia, victim of loneliness, Elana, victim of wrath and anger, and finally Alsana, the victim of fear. Each character's entire existence is driven by the emotion they embody, to the point it essentially consumes them, except for Alsana, who was saved by the Ivory king, thanks to his unending compassion and kindness. She was able to go beyond her nature, because of other people. However, the other three sisters, especially Nashandra, did not have this. Instead, their kingdoms fell to ruin, or they helped cause it. I am a writer, and I often enjoy analyzing antagonists in particular as they usually end up the most "human" characters in a story due to their motivations an development I have often debated whether Nashandra is a true "villain" as we typically call the character. I know she is the main reason aside from the curse that Drangleic fell, due to her manipulation. However as we can see in the DLC, it seems obvious Vendrick still loves her, considering he calls her "my dear shandra." I'm sure if we had someone we dearly loved, it would be hard to let go, despite whatever major betrayal, it's just being human. But as I said, I sometimes wonder if Nashandra is really more just a 'force of nature" alongside Elana and Nadalia. They are consumed by the emotions, and I wonder if their nature had been counteracted like Aslana's did, would they have become good essentially, as she did? I highlight the daughters of menus due to their theme of human emotions, plus Aslana is a perfect example of what support and kindness from others can do to someone who is in essence consumed by fear or despair, etc. If it wasn't for the help of others in my family and friend circles, I do not know what might have happened. Things like this are what DS2 really captures the essence of when it comes to depression and psychology. A lot of the music is also very good at conveying these stories, as good music usually does. You hear the somberness in Aldia's theme and it reminds you of his sacrifices, plus the inevitability that the world faces with the curse. Ivory King's theme is powerful, bombastic, since yer fighting in Hell, but it also has a tone of tragedy, as you are fighting to save a fallen king and hero who sacrificed everything to save his people, his wife, and the world at large from the old chaos. Finally, another big mention is Sinh, the dragon. I do not know if Sinh would have been benevolent if he had even been awake before Sir Yorgh ransacked the city. But, in his theme when it swaps to the choir only, you can hear the tragic notes they sing, highlighting the tragedy of the sunken king, his people, and Sinh who himself was wrong by attempted murder, just for his blood. (Not to mention the tragedy of Sir Alonne and the Iron King, whose music describes the memory taking place, since you are roleplaying as the Iron King in the memory I assume) So, I feel I have covered my main points if you made it this far I think you for reading this conglomerate of talking points and reflection. I am sure I could have nailed some points better, but this post was written kinda freeform. Dark Souls 2 is really a prime example of storytelling focused around the nature of being human, psychology, and dealing with philosophy and grief. If you have any thoughts on things, let me know. Hopefully, it was coherent enough lol. If something isn't clear let me know, I can probably explain things better in individual posts. Thanks again for reading my "thesis. [link] [comments] |
| How do you climb down a ladder on PC? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:38 PM PDT Guys this is super embarrassing After rebuilding a rig, I've finally been able to play ds2. I'm stuck after meeting Dyna and Tillo. There's a ladder and I've spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to go down it. Please help me! [link] [comments] |
| Xbox One Bluetooth Controller not working/ undetected on PC (SotFS) Posted: 06 Jun 2020 01:47 PM PDT I hadn't played DSII in a while and wanted to do a run to get all achievements but I boot up the game and my controller (which works for literally every other game that I have) suddenly isn't detected. I have used it before and probably have a couple hundred hours played over a bluetooth connection. (plugging it in has no effect, either) It's probably only been a few months or so since playing the game normally. I have looked up other posts with similar problems but their solutions don't work. Such as: disabling HID game controller in device manager, even hidden devices. In my bluetooth settings it says I have 2 separate controllers paired but one of them I can't remove, even through device manager I can't uninstall it, it doesn't even show up. So that may be the problem? This is quite worrying because I love DSII and I would like to play it again. If you know any other tricks or something else I could have missed please help. (All my drivers and windows version are up to date) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 01:46 PM PDT So I got into dark souls 1 a couple months back and fell in love with it. I finally got my hands on ds2 and I cant wait to see how it expands on the first game. Im gonna update after I beat the final boss, wish me luck fellow undead bros [link] [comments] |
| Lucatiels Equipment Achievement Posted: 06 Jun 2020 01:25 PM PDT I'm working on getting The Dark Soul achievement in Dark Souls 2 and had a thought. If someone were to drop the items you get for completing her quest line, would you get the achievement? Or do you have to complete the quest line yourself? [link] [comments] |
| What are all of the banners on the King Shield in DS2? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:48 PM PDT |
| Anyone know how to get softbanned as fast as possible? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:38 PM PDT Title. Im softbanned because of a hacker and my friend wants to play with me. He is currently fishing for hackers in the arena, since he reloaded a save with different SM twice and he didnt get softban. Anyone know of an easy way to achieve it without Cheat Engine? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:33 PM PDT I've played for 2 hours now. I plan on playing as a sorcerer with a thrusting sword in the main hand. Where do i get more spells? What is the best thrusting sword? [link] [comments] |
| If I transfer my save file from one PC to another, can I get soft-banned? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:31 PM PDT I'm in a situation where I have to go between 2 places bi-weekly, and I want to play this game at both locations. If I load my save files onto a USB and transfer my files to the save folder on my other PC (with steam on same account) can I get banned? And if yes, is there a way around this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:30 PM PDT Just beat looking glass boss, and i want to change my build im currently on my first ds2 run, I have 20 vig 20 end 20 vita 35 str 34 dex 16 adp Tried to do some hybrid str dex. Any suggestions? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 08:28 AM PDT Wether Drangelic is Lordan from DS1, close to it, or in the same world but far away? Read long analysis on that matter on wiki Just found a Catarina helmet in Crown of the Sunken King DLC, so I guess onion guy from DS1 does not live far [link] [comments] |
| Is there any way tk get end game gear at the start? (Honest question) Posted: 06 Jun 2020 11:57 AM PDT I'm not talking about twink. I just want fashion early game, then I will speedrun to the PvP state. The equips aren't particularly strong. I played a PvE character for too long, and long trespassed the sm treshold for PvP. I want to PvP, but I am done with the PvE. I mean that it doesn't interest me as much. The items I want are (all +0):
Could someone help me? Is there even any way I could be helped? Thanks a lot, doodes! [link] [comments] |
| I just beat Raime, naked with rapier +10 in NG+3!!! Posted: 06 Jun 2020 11:55 AM PDT |
| I am going to start ds2 today. What do i need to know? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:17 AM PDT I've played through all soulsborne games (and sekiro) expect this one, but from what i've heard ds2 is quite different from the bunch. What advice would you give on stats, builds, weapons, class and gifts? Are sorceries, pyromancies or miricals viable? What are some mechanics i should know about up front? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 11:27 AM PDT |
| Getting Forlorn scythe early on? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 07:09 AM PDT Hi everyone, I wanted to use this scythe for my pve run and I was wondering if I can get the scythe early in the game ? I read the wiki about the Forlorn spawn locations but I don't know if he can carry the scythe in early areas(for example in the forest of fallen giants or in lost bastille) [link] [comments] |
| Need a good dextery build ONLY for NG Posted: 06 Jun 2020 04:34 AM PDT I will not be playing NG+ because I will stop playing on PC when new consoles come out. I'm saying this because I think weapons that have an S or A scaling are a bit waste on NG, right?! I completed ds1 recently with heavy armor+greatshield+ultra heavy weapon. Want a different play style now [link] [comments] |
| Are Fist Weapons Frowned Upon? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 10:17 AM PDT Got invaded in FotFG. I'm running a duel caesti build at the moment and after a few combos they would occasionally use the "No Way" gesture. Now when I'm being invaded I generally don't care what I do to win, but I do plan on using the RSS at some point, and I like to fight honorably when I'm summoned as a red phantom. Hell I like to fight fair when I'm an invader! I'm genuinely scared I'm using some kind of cheap, unspoken "try-hard" build. Likely just my lack of experience in online in general. I played the first 4 FromSoftware titles offline and only now got into the multiplayer aspects so the unspoken language of gestures and what's considered "legit" are lost on me [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 09:57 AM PDT Does anybody know if there's armor that functions similarly to curved nil? Velstadt armor does very little for me right now. [link] [comments] |
| Thinking about burning Ascetic for Gold Serpent Ring +2 Posted: 06 Jun 2020 09:39 AM PDT New player here. I want to farm Old Radiant Gems / Lockstones from minions in Royal Rat Authority bossfight. In order to have biggest droprate, defeating NG+ version of Belfry Gargoyles seems pretty plausible. However, with such a gank as this boss, I won't be able to do it without being hit. I have 18 VGR, around 1200 HP. Using pretty much starter Knight class armor, not upgraded. My main question is - will I get ohko'd by NG+ Gargoyles attacks? If yes, will Brightbug help? Or any other tips? [link] [comments] |
| Maybe DS2 takes place close to the same time as DS1? Posted: 06 Jun 2020 09:22 AM PDT I was playing and started thinking that if it's on a whole other continent, then while they might have the bonfires happening and the undead rising, they may not have any knowledge left of the lore or the quest to link the flame over there. So during the whole time that countless undead strive to link the flame in DS1, simultaneously, the undead in DS2 might be working to resolve their own understanding of the mystery of their endless existence. It probably doesn't line up right, but I thought it was funny. [link] [comments] |
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