Dark Souls II

[mikenoob]

Re: Dark Souls II

It's tough to say because you can practically do any boss in any order. Freja could be the first great soul boss you fight or the last. But yeah, if you haven't jumped into the pit, that's one way you gotta go.

[LambertandHam]

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It's tough to say because you can practically do any boss in any order. Freja could be the first great soul boss you fight or the last. But yeah, if you haven't jumped into the pit, that's one way you gotta go.

Yeah. On my first playthrough I cleared out most of the well before even getting to Freja or Pharros. This time I'm going through the "correct progression" I guess.

Just heard an awesome lore theory, had to see what you guys thought (late game spoilers). Some are saying that

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the Dragon at the Shrine isn't a real Dragon, but actually Aldia himself. When you kill that Dragon, it drops a Giant's Soul, while calling itself "us" in dialog. In Aldia's Keep, there is a stack of Giant bodies, as he was experimenting with giant souls. The DLC Homunculus mace mentions this. A bit about how Aldia experimented and kept trying for Dragons, only to suddenly disappear, never to be heard from again. Even Nashandra mentions that the Dragon is fake.

If true, man, that's amazing lore.

[LambertandHam]

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Sorry about the double post, but just finished NG+ . It was probably due to my gear and soul level, but I breezed through. The only boss that took a couple tries was the Royal Rat Authority in Pharros. That and I actually was able to complete Lucatiel's quest line, while the other guy

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died when Nashandra had two hits left...

. My longest boss fight was actually the female Scorpion in the Shaded Woods .

I took a bow and some poison arrows with me this time and it made all the difference. To be able to pick off certain enemies with poison, or weaken them before they got in club range was a godsend. That and Elizabeth Mushrooms are amazing if you take 1-2 before or during a boss fight. I'm going to stay at NG+ as I have

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my Jester hat, Jester Gloves, Covetous Gold and Silver +2, along with tons of lucky coins

to farm and item hunt with. I did get this sweet

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Archer hat from one of the Red Phantoms near the Castle's King Door.

If I had Gold still I'd put up a list of items for you guys(too much stuff), to see if you needed anything. I'm still trying to get one of those ultra rare

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Black Dragon Weapons

.

[BenGerman]

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Sorry about the double post, but just finished NG+ . It was probably due to my gear and soul level, but I breezed through. The only boss that took a couple tries was the Royal Rat Authority in Pharros. That and I actually was able to complete Lucatiel's quest line, while the other guy

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died when Nashandra had two hits left...

. My longest boss fight was actually the female Scorpion in the Shaded Woods .

I took a bow and some poison arrows with me this time and it made all the difference. To be able to pick off certain enemies with poison, or weaken them before they got in club range was a godsend. That and Elizabeth Mushrooms are amazing if you take 1-2 before or during a boss fight. I'm going to stay at NG+ as I have

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my Jester hat, Jester Gloves, Covetous Gold and Silver +2, along with tons of lucky coins

to farm and item hunt with. I did get this sweet

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Archer hat from one of the Red Phantoms near the Castle's King Door.

If I had Gold still I'd put up a list of items for you guys(too much stuff), to see if you needed anything. I'm still trying to get one of those ultra rare

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Black Dragon Weapons

.

I'm basically in the same boat, Lambert. I'm a little disappointed they nerfed Last Sinner on NG+, as I heard it was a wicked boss fight before the last patch.

[BlackNGold]

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Sorry about the double post, but just finished NG+ . It was probably due to my gear and soul level, but I breezed through. The only boss that took a couple tries was the Royal Rat Authority in Pharros. That and I actually was able to complete Lucatiel's quest line, while the other guy

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died when Nashandra had two hits left...

. My longest boss fight was actually the female Scorpion in the Shaded Woods .

I took a bow and some poison arrows with me this time and it made all the difference. To be able to pick off certain enemies with poison, or weaken them before they got in club range was a godsend. That and Elizabeth Mushrooms are amazing if you take 1-2 before or during a boss fight. I'm going to stay at NG+ as I have

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my Jester hat, Jester Gloves, Covetous Gold and Silver +2, along with tons of lucky coins

to farm and item hunt with. I did get this sweet

Spoiler

Archer hat from one of the Red Phantoms near the Castle's King Door.

If I had Gold still I'd put up a list of items for you guys(too much stuff), to see if you needed anything. I'm still trying to get one of those ultra rare

Spoiler

Black Dragon Weapons

.

NG+ was kind of a breeze for me too and think you hit the nail on the head as to why. Pimped out gear and high level.

I just got the

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both the Black Dragon Sword and Great Sword last night. Neither scale with anything so I'm going try both Raw and Mundane to see which is better. They both at least look really cool. I was wearing the exact same farming get up as you, LoL

[fishepa]

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Just went through Drangleic Castle and onto the Shrine of Armana. Also took some time and farmed the mad warrior armor and got all pieces, so now I'm running through DK2 looking like the predator. Woot

[BlackNGold]

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Just went through Drangleic Castle and onto the Shrine of Armana. Also took some time and farmed the mad warrior armor and got all pieces, so now I'm running through DK2 looking like the predator. Woot

That definitely has to be one of the best helmets in the game.

[LambertandHam]

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NG+ was kind of a breeze for me too and think you hit the nail on the head as to why. Pimped out gear and high level.

I just got the

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both the Black Dragon Sword and Great Sword last night. Neither scale with anything so I'm going try both Raw and Mundane to see which is better. They both at least look really cool. I was wearing the exact same farming get up as you, LoL

Sweet. I can't get the

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Black Dragon Sword to drop. All I'm getting are sheilds(I'm up to 3 Black Dragon shields now).

I do have around 90 Titanite Chunks sitting in storage. It just isn't worth the souls for me to level up anymore(around SL 205), so I buy other things. With the items we both use, I can get around

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100K souls a run at Dragon Shrine in NG+

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I'm basically in the same boat, Lambert. I'm a little disappointed they nerfed Last Sinner on NG+, as I heard it was a wicked boss fight before the last patch.

I was dreading that and The Rotten(he always kicks my ***). They made Lucatiel decently strong. She barely got hurt against The Sinner or Smelter, and was decent through The Rotten. Jester Thomas is the best, even in NG+.

[BlackNGold]

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Sweet. I can't get the

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Black Dragon Sword to drop. All I'm getting are sheilds(I'm up to 3 Black Dragon shields now).

I do have around 90 Titanite Chunks sitting in storage. It just isn't worth the souls for me to level up anymore(around SL 205), so I buy other things. With the items we both use, I can get around

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100K souls a run at Dragon Shrine in NG+

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I was dreading that and The Rotten(he always kicks my ***). They made Lucatiel decently strong. She barely got hurt against The Sinner or Smelter, and was decent through The Rotten. Jester Thomas is the best, even in NG+.

I got lucky and got one pretty early. If you're still not having any luck I can farm them a little and see if I can get another one. Then you could just summon me and I could just drop it for you. I see you're SL is 200ish, what's your SM? I know my SL is 152, just don't know my SM off the top of my head.

Both Black Dragon Swords are very cool looking and do pretty decent damage when made raw. Not sure if they can be infused, I forgot to check that. Since I have a plethora of Soul Vessels, I'll do a balanced respec and try making them Mundane as well.

Yeah I have a good bit of Titanite and the various infusing stones too.

Lucatiel definitely got buffed. And I agree, Jester Thomas is a beast. he absolutely wrecks medusa girl with his pyro.

I don't know why felt the need to do boss nerfing, I thought they were just fine.

[LambertandHam]

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I got lucky and got one pretty early. If you're still not having any luck I can farm them a little and see if I can get another one. Then you could just summon me and I could just drop it for you. I see you're SL is 200ish, what's your SM? I know my SL is 152, just don't know my SM off the top of my head.

Both Black Dragon Swords are very cool looking and do pretty decent damage when made raw. Not sure if they can be infused, I forgot to check that. Since I have a plethora of Soul Vessels, I'll do a balanced respec and try making them Mundane as well.

Yeah I have a good bit of Titanite and the various infusing stones too.

Lucatiel definitely got buffed. And I agree, Jester Thomas is a beast. he absolutely wrecks medusa girl with his pyro.

I don't know why felt the need to do boss nerfing, I thought they were just fine.

Wouldn't you know, after farming for a bit last night, one dropped.

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I'll attribute it to the BlackNGold luck boost . I'm with you on the bosses. They weren't any harder, they just required more patience. The Scorpioness in Shaded Woods took so many hits on NG+, really high defense. I brought out the Mastodon Great Sword for bosses like The Rotten and

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Nashandra

and they were quicker/same damage as my club.

[BlackNGold]

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Wouldn't you know, after farming for a bit last night, one dropped.

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I'll attribute it to the BlackNGold luck boost . I'm with you on the bosses. They weren't any harder, they just required more patience. The Scorpioness in Shaded Woods took so many hits on NG+, really high defense. I brought out the Mastodon Great Sword for bosses like The Rotten and

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Nashandra

and they were quicker/same damage as my club.

Haha, awesome. Glad you got one to drop! They are so wicked looking.

Sometimes a weapon change is what's needed because some enemies are more resistant to particular damage types (crushing, slashing, stabbing, etc.) in addition to different elements.

[LionsFanNJ]

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So I walked into the throne room in Drangleic. NOPENOPENOPE. I don't trust it so I went to finding a bonfire first.

Also adding the mad warrior helm makes my mage look like some wicked barbarian with the lion mage armor. Lol I love it.

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[LambertandHam]

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So I walked into the throne room in Drangleic. NOPENOPENOPE. I don't trust it so I went to finding a bonfire first.

Also adding the mad warrior helm makes my mage look like some wicked barbarian with the lion mage armor. Lol I love it.

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First time through or NG+?

[LionsFanNJ]

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First time through. Been taking my time playing

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[LambertandHam]

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First time through. Been taking my time playing

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Ah. I'm the same way, as I feel panicky when I have 50k+ souls and I'm wandering around.


On another note, I(late, late game spoilers)

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talked to Navalaan while farming Petrified Dragon Bones. Now I remembered the words of wisdom about not going anywhere near the lever, but I did talk to him while hollow. He asked me to murder people, which I accepted. He doesn't take the items from you, and you don't have to murder anyone .

- Wants ladder figurine from guy in Majula

- Wants Cale's helm

- Wants the Hexer near Huntsman's staff

- Wants the Emerald Heralds feather

With the exception of the ladder figurine, all the items stayed in my inventory and work fine still. He simply checked them as "proof" and I didn't even touch an NPC. Man he is an awesome character. He is amusingly evil, even with the evil laugh when you're done shopping with him.