Dark Souls 2 Weekly General Discussion Thread (February 05, 2021) |
- Weekly General Discussion Thread (February 05, 2021)
- Dark Soul 2's Lore is integral to the series, why does the community keep wrongfully asserting it doesn't matter?
- Vengarl’s Helm (oc)
- Build Showcase: Meet the Spy
- After quitting DS2 a few weeks ago and almost refunding it, I went back to it.
- The Fate of the Bearer of the Curse
- Would You say that lordran/drangleic/lothric is afterlife or maybe even hell?
- Just recently started the game and am pleasantly surprised!
- I Pulled The Lever
- Sunbros for Jolly Co-Op in Undead Crypt?
- The Afflicted Bosses in Sunken Crown aren’t attacking
- Wth
- Can’t power stance blue flame?
- Off-meta PvP - Mirror match with Greatsword
- Is Soul Memory too High for co-op?
- Need some CREO pc 1.9million SM
- Who is the Heroic character of this game?
- Steam SOTFS Can't play game in fullscreen
- PS4 FREE theme
- Ancient Dragon - help
- Straight sword question.
- Need summoning help
- Do loyce souls carry over to new game plus?
- I just finished earlier today DS2! (and counted my deaths to bosses)
| Weekly General Discussion Thread (February 05, 2021) Posted: 05 Feb 2021 09:00 AM PST Welcome to the weekly general discussion thread! This thread is for the community to discuss whatever is on their mind (whether it is Dark Souls 2 related or not). Have a question that you've been meaning to ask but haven't gotten around to making a post yet? Something on your mind you want to discuss? Playing a game that you think others would like? Comment away! All we ask is that you are respectful of each other, and have fun! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 04 Feb 2021 11:33 PM PST There are still people out here saying Linking the Fire is the canonical end to DS2. There is a whole lot wrong about that, considering there's an entire game dedicated to explaining why either ending can be canonical. Obviously, 3 has a lot more to do with 1 aesthetically. It has Anor Londo in it, after all. It makes direct references to the first game... just like 2 did. 2 is all about the idea of Cycles, that the Age of Fire and Age of Dark are continuously stuck in the same cycle, with history endlessly repeating itself. This has been misinterpreted as the Age of Fire being endless, but that was never, ever the case. Straid outright explains it.
As we can now infer, the Age of Dark isn't a true end. It merely is a pitstop, a band-aid on the eternal curse Gwyn has created. But for those who are still on the fence, Dark Souls 3 confirms this:
This a quote from the Age of Dark ending. Dark Souls 2 is all about the endless cycle of this world. It's setting up everything 3 does, it's many facsimiles to 1, like 3, are there for a specific reason. Then we have Aldia, who basically spills the beans on every bit of 3 before we even knew what a Ringed City was.
This is quite clearly describing how Gwyn branded the Darksign on Humanity, something we only learned enough about to understand in The Ringed City DLC. Another popular misconception is that "Dark Souls 3 ignores Dark Souls 2" This is plainly, obviously wrong.
Finally, the last one is the most understandable: "Dark Souls 2 has nothing to do with Linking the Flame". This is plainly wrong. Forgivably, it was less clear in the original version of the game, but the DLC, and furthermore Scholar of the First Sin, cleared this up beyond need for discussion: The Emerald Herald tells you, right before you assume the Throne (or find a way past Light and Dark with Aldia):
Vendrick says this:
There is a mountain of dialogue from him, and item descriptions about him, that outright confirm the Throne of Want is this Age's way of Linking the Fire. Finally, there is an oft-forgotten neat bit with the Pilgrims of the Dark and the Darklurker, and their relation to Londor. No quotes here, just speculation, but considering the Pilgrims in Dark Souls 3 are connected to Angels (which the Darklurker resembles) which are connected to Dark, it's not a stretch to assume this is also a connection. This has been my personal way of venting, I hope you enjoyed my informative rant. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted: 05 Feb 2021 09:15 AM PST Meet the SpyDisguises, invisibility and daggers in the back are all standard-issue for an assassin in a fantasy setting. Unsurprisingly then, the Spy can be translated pretty well into a Souls game, losing only his revolver and sapper in the process. The Spy build depends on both Dexterity and Intelligence to varying degrees depending on the direction you want to take it. I generally don't recommend daggers for a main weapon for PVP so this is probably the type of build you respec into for PVP. It's unlikely that any experienced players are going to fall for an invader with the White Ring or a Chameleon ambush, but newer players might and you can always practice your trickstabs if they don't. Weapons:
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| After quitting DS2 a few weeks ago and almost refunding it, I went back to it. Posted: 05 Feb 2021 07:34 AM PST Just finished the main game last night, it is honestly really good. Power stance is such a cool mechanic. I don't really see where the hate comes from for ds2. I ragequit originally in No Man's Wharf because I got mad at the enemy placement, which I still believe is pretty annoying for that area, Iron Keep, and Shrine of Amana. Other than those 3 areas I felt like the areas were really well designed and fun. I also love the boss fights because I like fighting the 'Dudes in armor' style bossfights more than anything else. I heard the DLC is good so I am going to play it today, I hope I enjoy it. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Fate of the Bearer of the Curse Posted: 05 Feb 2021 01:36 PM PST Hey, so I was doing some thinking about the Bearer of the Curse. I've seen the question "what happened to him/her" many times on this sub and other places. The general consensus is that (if you walk away) you wander the lands with Aldia eternally immortal thanks to the crowns as you watch the cycles endlessly repeat themselves. It's a pretty cool idea and thought as I can just imagine BotC chilling with Aldia, watching as the flame gets so burnt that old kingdoms such as Drangleic/Drang and Lordran travel through time and converge with Lothric. However, I don't think the BotC actually made it as far as we think. The blessing of the crowns prevent hollowing, right? So as long as the undead curse exists, the crowns effectively make him immortal. But what happens when someone else decides to link the flame and become a Lord of Cinder? All of a sudden, the anti-hollowing crowns lose their worth. They don't imitate the curse or make you immortal. So, it seems more likely that the BotC would wait until someone else links the fire and dies of natural causes right? This would also be useful for another theory I've seen a couple times of Wolnir's Crown being made up in part by the crowns of our BotC. However, this wouldn't be possible if he were Undead as he couldn't be killed. So what if he weren't? Once again, someone links the fire, kingdoms rise, the BotC becomes mortal and Wolnir and his army claim his crowns among many others. I know it's less fun than the thought of the BotC surviving till the painting of Ash is created and then chilling with the Ashen One. But at the end of the day, I think he did in fact find a cure for his hollowing in that he waited until some other nobody decides to link the fire and stave off the Undead Curse. tl;dr The BotC probably died of natural causes since the crowns don't grant immortality, just prevents hollowing. When the flame is inevitably linked again, he dies a mortal as he originally set out to do. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Would You say that lordran/drangleic/lothric is afterlife or maybe even hell? Posted: 05 Feb 2021 07:53 AM PST You can see in dark souls 2 in the intro as the player character is throwing himself into the portal. It could be the whole other reality/dimension presented just as is or afterlife/hell to the proper world from which the character makes the jump. In all 3 games, the lands are converging, moving, phasing in and out. There is proof of that in each of the games. Subtly in Dark Souls1 with summons and dlc. Then hollowing theme, impossible geographic locations (iron keep) and dream like state of the world in Dark souls 2. And DS3 just goes all out in Ringed City. You cannot properly die there, everyone and everything, even the land changes and goes "hollow" with time. People speak about lands which do not exist (or are at least not presented to us) as if they remembered their previous life. Anyhow - I find it really intriguing. There is also Demons Souls. People say that the trilogy takes place in the broken archstone, land of giants and we see giants in Anor Londo and especially in Dark Souls 2 and 3 (yhorm) but there is no hollowing theme in Demons Souls and there is no fog theme in the trilogy. And as for hell? It certainly fits as the world is literally the most horrific description You could imagine of hell. People forgetting (blacksmith), going hollow, changing into monsters, dying over and over again. The hell could just as well be it's own world, working with it's own laws . Maybe developers failed a bit to properly show this but I don't think elevator to Iron Keep is bad level design or an oversight. Maybe there is a chunk missing but my guess it was always made to be up there. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Just recently started the game and am pleasantly surprised! Posted: 05 Feb 2021 07:03 AM PST I wouldn't call myself the most avid souls fan, or the best souls player. I've beaten DS3, played halfway through DS1, and just a week ago beat Sekiro, so I decided to check out DS2. I don't have a PS4 so Bloodborne isn't an option, and I wanted to check out the game that seemed to be the most divisive in the community. People seem to think it's either the worst souls game by a long shot or their absolute favorite, so I just had to see what the fuss was about (Scholar of the First Sin edition, of course). Lo and behold, 25 gameplay hours later, I'm really enjoying DS2! It definitely seems to be the most approachable of the games, with relatively easy bosses and bonfire teleporting right off the bat (the thing that actually kept me from beating DS1 was the amount of backtracking you have to do before unlocking the lord vessel). Not only that, but the online community, while definitely not the most active, seems pretty good as far as communities go, although there has been a distinct lack of invaders in my playthrough so far. I'm really glad I gave the game a try, because despite (or possibly because of) its differences I'm really enjoying the experience. All that aside though, a real question: does having the human effigy effect prevent me from being summoned or just prevent me from summoning others? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 05 Feb 2021 02:08 AM PST First time playing Dark Souls 2 and I pulled the lever and now I'm sad. For context, I'm running a sorcery build for the first time that I want to build into hex so im in a bad way atm. Don't pull the lever. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunbros for Jolly Co-Op in Undead Crypt? Posted: 05 Feb 2021 02:38 PM PST PS3. I'm on my first DS2 run. I can't stand to clear the area to Velstadt again and again, there are no shortcuts and that bell is tilting me. Someone please? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Afflicted Bosses in Sunken Crown aren’t attacking Posted: 05 Feb 2021 02:34 PM PST Except for the Archer. I Lured the double sword guy into a pit and he's not moving out of that spot. The Havel cosplayer now just circles me and doesn't attack. Only way I damage him is by using the block break. What is this? I wanted to beat these guys fair and square but they've now made it super easy. This isn't my first attempt but it is my first run through of the game [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 05 Feb 2021 02:33 PM PST I Fr honestly dunno Why everybody hates on This game, Yea It's bosses aren't anything special, but theres 2 times more of them than in ds 1 or 3. It might be just me but i find the technics personally much better than in Dark souls 1. It might be bcs I'm used to it since i started w ds2 but i just don't Like the playstyle in ds1. + so far all the bosses were kinda crap (capra Demon lmao) [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can’t power stance blue flame? Posted: 05 Feb 2021 02:15 PM PST I have the minimum stats required to do so (23 strength, 20 dex, 50 int) but it just won't let me do it. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Off-meta PvP - Mirror match with Greatsword Posted: 05 Feb 2021 05:05 AM PST Just a goofy match i had in the arena that was extremely fun! Lots of fainting, baits, fakes, stanceswapping and general moves that are normally far too risky when faced with fast meta weapons. Enjoy! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is Soul Memory too High for co-op? Posted: 05 Feb 2021 01:22 PM PST So my SM is 298,723 and I'm at Lower Earthen Peak. I can't summon in my friend who is 2,980,483. I just need help and can't figure out what to do. I'm online but get no summon signs at all. What do I do? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Need some CREO pc 1.9million SM Posted: 05 Feb 2021 01:16 PM PST If anyone could spare some CREO it would be much apreciated and i would help you in anyway i can thx [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who is the Heroic character of this game? Posted: 05 Feb 2021 09:12 AM PST We know of one from most games. Artorias - DS1 Gael - DS3 Ludwig - BB Who is the one in DS2? Burny Ivory king, Alonne or Raime? also, i would like to know about the Demon's souls' hero as well. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam SOTFS Can't play game in fullscreen Posted: 05 Feb 2021 12:57 PM PST I just got DS2 SOTFS on Steam, but I can't seem to get it work in fullscreen. Even when I apply the fullscreen settings in-game, it remains in windowed mode. It's really annoying. I've looked up solutions and tried some of them, but nothing seems to work. Does anyone know of a way to fix this? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted: 05 Feb 2021 12:46 PM PST Hi, I need help fighting the Ancient Dragon. I really need the fifth giant soul ... My SM is 4.4 million. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 05 Feb 2021 08:46 AM PST I have a "quality" build, with strength being a little bit higher than DEX. I would like to use a straight sword, but on the internet everyone has a different opinion. Anyway, those that I see the most are -Longsword -Drakekeeper's -Varangian Obviously before upgrading I'm going to try the moveset, I'm just curious in what you guys think is the best, AND what has the highest AR and DPS. Thanks! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 05 Feb 2021 11:44 AM PST i'm on my last couple bosses for ds2 and i'm having a lot of trouble, i'm playing sotfs on ps4 and i'm about level 160, if anyone wants to send me a friend request to help out sometime that would be very much appreciated my psn is vampmula [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Do loyce souls carry over to new game plus? Posted: 05 Feb 2021 11:01 AM PST I've tried looking it up, but I can't find anything. I killed the armorer guy at the start of the game because I'm stupid, so I don't know if he should waste my time with the loyce shit or not [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I just finished earlier today DS2! (and counted my deaths to bosses) Posted: 05 Feb 2021 10:21 AM PST https://i.imgur.com/XnIsGL1.png Link to image with my death count I just wanna say that I enjoyed a lot! I never though of it being unfair, but sometimes it was just trolling me with a bunch enemies... though, it is harder than DS3... took me 58h to finish, I'm yet to finish the DLCs... Order Name Deaths
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