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    Dark Souls 2 /r/DarkSouls2 - Help a hollow.


    /r/DarkSouls2 - Help a hollow.

    Posted: 11 Aug 2020 11:09 PM PDT

    Welcome to our Wednesday thru Thursday sticky thread "Help A Hollow."

    Do you need the game mechanics explained a bit? Don't understand scaling, infusion, or magic? Just can't take on Velstadt solo?

    If you have a question or need a hand then skip /new for the day and get the help you need. Leave a comment below and someone will help you shortly. Or sort comments by new and be a helpful hollow. Remember to check out /r/DarkSouls2/wiki and contribute!


    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.

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    3D printed human effigy

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 04:14 AM PDT

    I printed a human effigy last night that can be used as a decor light with a small tea light placed inside!

    https://imgur.com/gallery/guuwBF9

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    The relation between Velstadt and Elana (Theory)

    Posted: 11 Aug 2020 04:02 PM PDT

    So we know that Vendrick sent the drakeblood knights to Shulva to destroy Sinh, but I think Vendrick also sent Velstadt as well. I think while he was in Shulva, he met Elana, similarly to how his brother met Nadalia. They fell in love but he separated from Elana; Velstadt might have had second thoughts about being a part of Drangleic while also being tempted to become king of Shulva by marrying Elana, but he chose his own kingdom over Elana and returned home. Elana never forgot about him though, and still summons his spirit to protect her as he once did a long time ago. Velstadt and his brother both falling in love with fragments of Manus but being tempted to leave their kingdoms behind is an interesting idea which makes Velstadt an even more interesting character than just "Vendrick's loyal protector". Feel free to criticize in the comments but I think this theory is pretty plausible!

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    IT'S DONE

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 08:14 AM PDT

    Fat roll run complete! Gotta say, was much easier than I thought it would be. Almost died to Nashandra 3 times(curse damage is a bitch). Currently in the credits, will put death count in the comments when I'm out of the credits.

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    I Can’t take this, In short, help me please

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 12:57 PM PDT

    I need help beating the blue smelter demon, I either get so close or not close at all and I've been trying for days now with different strats. Not sure if I just need to get food or if this boss is just wack but for love of god I need help

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    Need a play through buddy

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:54 AM PDT

    SotFS edition, ps4, please have mic and I don't care about skill

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    I played Dark Souls 2 DLC blind with the Poorly Translated Mod installed...

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 10:19 AM PDT

    As the title would indicate, last night was very interesting. Earlier in the day, I had decided to install the Poorly Translated Mod for DS2:SotFS just for the laughs. I had seen a number of YouTubers and Streamers do Dark Souls 3, so I wanted to jump in on 2 and see what I could get into.

    At first, I just was playing a new character through the very familiar parts of the game. But then, I decided later to log into my main character and do Frozen Eluem Loyce and The Old Iron King DLC. Keep in mind as we go forward that I had never played either of these DLCs ever, and didn't pay attention much when it would be shown in video. I was in the dark, so when I say it was fun trying to figure out where the "Prevention is the key to solving the problem" key item went, believe me. I looked it up later, and it was the Garrison Ward Key.

    Things also went kinda wrong when trying to navigate between bonfires if I got stuck. How was I supposed to know where the "Loy special refrigerators" area was to get to the "camera drop" bonfire?? Again, looking them up later, I found that the refrigerators or whatever was referring to Frozen Eleum Loyce and camera drop meant the Expulsion Chamber.

    In hindsight, this was probably a mistake, but it was still funny reading the item descriptions, or being told "You cannot have a campfire" when I tried to sit during an invasion. It was all good fun. In closing, i want to say I wish I could include some examples of the wacky translations, but I do not know how to include them or link them. However, people who have play this mod know that I am not making up the translations here.

    Thank you for reading:)

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    The Key to the Embedded is my new favorite weapon.

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 11:04 AM PDT

    Decent damage, wonderful moveset, can be buffed, weighs practically nothing for a greatsword and uses half the stamina as most.

    The only drawback that I can see is that it doesn't seem to be upgradable

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    DS2 Network Test Beta

    Posted: 11 Aug 2020 03:41 PM PDT

    I was going through my PS3 games during this pandemic and I still have the Dark Souls 2 Network Test Beta. I thought you all might appreciate this.

    DS2 Network Test Beta

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    As a caster, what boss souls can I safely consume?

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:39 AM PDT

    Hi,

    So I've just used a branch to unlock Straid since I was told he sells another Dark Orb scroll, which is always great. I see that he's also the NPC that trades boss souls for weapons. I've traded the Ruin Sentinel soul for Heavy Homing Soul Arrow since I'm trying to unlock all spells (Despite maining as a hexer, more spells are always nice lol) but all the other souls I have are just for high STR and DEX weapons. Someone told me the Dragonrider Bow is good, but with a 20 STR requirement I'm not so sure I want it... I also see there's no item for the Lost Sinner soul (Just killed her) so wondering if I'm safe to consume it since I can't trade it for anything here...

    What I'd really like to know is which boss souls give me caster items such as spells and gear? Because I'm really thinking of just eating all the others as I'm wanting to stick to being a caster with only a bit of melee (10 STR 16 DEX, currently using Fire Longsword (Not upgraded yet, should I?) and hoping to get a Silverblack Spear)

    Thanks!

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    I am not the best at ds2 lore. Can someone tell me do we meet the sunken king. First i thought it might be sinh but that doesnt make sense

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 06:55 AM PDT

    Shrine of Amana is really cool.

    Posted: 11 Aug 2020 06:03 PM PDT

    Frustrating but cool. In fact, it's my second favorite area before Shulva. I don't know why people hate it. Sure there are homing missiles, it's just a matter of rolling and killing crawlers. Also you can use Bell Keeper Shield. You can avoid all of the large enemies if you want.

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    ALDIAS HERE AND I DONT HAVE SCHOLAR OF THE 1ST SIN! IS THIS NORMAL!?

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 02:47 AM PDT

    I finally beat Sir Alonne without npcs

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 06:31 AM PDT

    I dont normally do this but this was a big deal for me, in my original playthrough of scholar Alonne was sort of my nemesis, much more than Fume Knight, and I felt like beating him WITH npcs was hard enough. Beating him alone (no pun intended) was almost unimaginable to me. Through persistence I finally did it though.

    Never give up on yr dreams my friends.

    https://youtu.be/yzI-5G1G62w

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    So is Burnt Ivory King has the best entrance to a boss fight?

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 08:02 AM PDT

    Edit: i forget to mention this thread is actually apply for all soulsborne games & bosses

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    I beat this time couple days ago but I still watch this boss fight in youtube man.

    The whole build up for this boss fight was epic. With knights jumping along with you, then they closing the doors, such a cool move.

    And when ivory king come to ground, walking in flames, jesus i came so hard

    I wonder if there are any better "entrances" to a boss fight. If you know someone can challenge him, please share it

    thank you

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    DS Quality of Life Questions

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 01:41 PM PDT

    Hi, so I have some time on my hands and I'm studying game design principles. Plus I'm playing through the game!

    Some things frustrate me in the DS series and I was wondering if maybe I missed easy ways to accomplish them.

    Please don't take any of these as insults or crying, I know I come off as insulting accidentally a lot of the time. I just want to learn and also get some thoughts from other people. Opinions can vary about what makes a game too easy and what sources of difficulty make the game special and I don't want to say anyone is wrong. I love the souls games.

    I would like to know if I'm missing a good way to deal with the following items, or how you handle them yourself :)

    1. Keeping track of overall attributes when equipping weapons and armor (yes I've heard that armor stats don't really matter most of the time)
      1. When I go into my menu to select a new piece of gear, I believe I am shown a comparison of the base properties of the gear and not the results I'll get when my stats are accounted for. I get a comparison with the base properties of my currently equipped gear, but without attribute bonuses it's not apples to apples.
      2. My total character properties are hidden away in the player status menu, so when I'm shuffling around gear it's hard to tell which is the most effective combo.
    2. When buying items from a shop, I can only see if my attributes are too low for use. I can't see how many levels it would take to meet the requirement.
      1. whenever I back out of a shop menu to check my stats, I can't go into my menu until the vendor is done saying goodbye. 🙄
    3. I don't know of a way to see how an item I wish to purchase will actually turn out when I equip it, until I actually purchase it. I would use an online calculator.

    Given that weapon properties, upgrades, etc are mined by users (AFAIK), I understand that FromSoft doesn't want to take away from a sense of experimentation and mystery. The problem I have is that if soul memory is going to limit my multiplayer experience (a source of souls and fun... yes that old dead horse) and if I don't have an indefinite source of souls, experimentation is risky.

    I wonder if they could have tightened up the soul economy and made armor more meaningful if the player didn't need to experiment, depend on the internet, and use spreadsheets in order to make good gear decisions.

    I know hard choices can add to a game though. Thanks for any replies!

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    Help.

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:27 AM PDT

    Im very early into late game (got past shrine of winter today) now I'm at the final boss?

    Am I supposed to be here this early?

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    What PVE weapon(s) is the most versatile / reliable?

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 02:45 AM PDT

    Having a really hard time deciding a weapon. Mostly been using rapier/estoc which are amazing against single bosses but suck against crowds.

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    Gender bender coffin

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 01:11 PM PDT

    Can I get the appearance I started with? Didn't know what this was when I interacted with it, and I think it's a bit dumb that it gives you different features when you change back to your original gender

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    Any good early game weapons for faith/int builds?

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 01:04 PM PDT

    Looking for weapons for a friend, we cooperated, and he started as a sorcerer, but he converted into a healer support with heide sword, dmg spells and medium armor. This build is for coop only, and so far I was taking the role of melee tank, with medium armour (higher def than him, more hp) and heavy hitter (fire sword+3 longsword +3 dual wield, +1 rapier and a morning star for strike). He is planning on working with his current plan, but he could use more stuff. Since we are early game, I started looking for good weapons. So far the Heide sword would be fine, and then an infused longsword or rapier.

    His main stats are int and faith, his dex and str are low. Any suggestions please. Thanks!

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    Blue Cathedral Drawbridge

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 05:32 AM PDT

    Every time I pull the lever to make it go down I can't help but place myself in a spot were perspective make it seem like I will get it on the head.

    I'm that dumb.

    And every time, although it never happened, nor did I ever heard someone say it happened, I fear THAT time It will crush me because I'm too close, because it was possible all along.

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    PVP seems very hackable right now

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 12:54 PM PDT

    Just had two opponents in SOTFS, BoB duel arena instantly heal (no noise, no animation, their health bar just went up to full), and I think I annoyed one enough that he did something that crashed my window. It seems like there was a bit of a delay of their character not moving much when they healed, so likely they're using another program or something to trigger it?

    This is the frame it froze on:
    https://i.imgur.com/vP3PqSB.jpg

    This is the error report from W10 (Forgive it being small, it is trying to pop up on the monitor that the game was fullscreened on, but the game is unable to yield to the window to pop up):
    https://i.imgur.com/d7pFysC.png

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    Servers in Midwestern NA might be down

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 12:54 PM PDT

    My friends and I are getting messages when we try to start the game saying

    "Calibration acquisition is presently restricted. Restart DARK SOULS II, or wait one hour and try again."

    And then the standard message you get when it starts you in offline mode.

    Are the servers down, or is this a seperate issue?

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    Can you play ds2 with a playstation 4 controller?

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 06:30 AM PDT

    Ive looked up guides but none of them have worked am I doing some thing wrong?

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    To davi1924 thanks for the fun pvp, man.

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 12:23 PM PDT

    I... Just beat Fume Knight for the first time ever and... it was cuz of a glitch.

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 06:05 AM PDT

    I have no idea what just happened and my hands are literally shaking!!

    I was fighting him for 3 times using a Rapier and lost and now in my fourth try, he glitched out and didn't go to his second phase! He was fighting me with his longsword and ultra greatsword until the near end of his health and I got him!

    BTW, this was my first ever time playing Dark Souls 2 with the DLCs.

    It took me 6-7 tries (4 tries with rapier) and now I did it!

    I was initially playing as a Hex and Dark Scythe character (played DS1 multiple times as melee so why not?) And I had no trouble draining boss health with Dark Orbs until I met him.

    So I did what was what they call the filthy casual move, I went ahead and searched "Best weapon for Fume Knight" and came to the conclusion that it was Rapier, so I went to the old woman in Things Betwixt, reallocated my points from INT and FTH to STR and END, upgraded my Rapier to +10 and won in my fourth try (definitely cuz of the glitch lol)

    Has this happened to anyone else?

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