From Software The Dark Souls II Megathread™

[UndetectedButthurt]

-420 brofists for messing up Plural vs. Possessive.

 

[Murk]

that's was a contraction, like the ones yer mum has when i fuck her

 

[UndetectedButthurt]

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

 

[Dreaad]

hey that's now way to speak a memester

no*
Also, in other news my ironman char died... in ng+... to the fucking last giant. Goddamn triple foot stomp and over confidence. Damn it, but I must complete the quest for no death NG+ playthrough.

 

[UndetectedButthurt]

Also, in other news my ironman char died... in ng+... to the fucking last giant. Goddamn triple foot stomp and over confidence. Damn it, but I must complete the quest for no death NG+ playthrough.

Git gud m8. Dis guy (http://www.twitch.tv/letofski/profile) lasted through NG+7.

 

[DragoFireheart]

It's always with the mom jokes.

How about I fucked your dad and made him my bitch!? What now son!

 

[UndetectedButthurt]

Here... Have some dank memes.

 

[DramaticPopcorn]

I like his vids normally but couldn't finish this one

 

[UndetectedButthurt]

BUMCO just confirmed:

-DX11 Steam version is $49.99
-If you own base game + DLC it's gonna be $19.99
-If you don't have the DLCs - $29.99

Goes live on April 1st

 

[praetor]

20 bucks for... some different enemy&loot positions? fuck that

 

[Murk]

Also, bloom and some subtle but unnecessary color filters.

Apparently, some new items too (1 armor set, 1 gs, 1 scythe so far)

Also, ayyyyy lmao

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

Ok i want to talk about this video AGAIN (Actually i want to read some opinions about it)and cause i don't have friends and i'm alone in this world i come to here to talk about it. There's a lot of points that i'm don't agree with, but im talk about two of them:

- The video it's one year old and talk about the boss design AGAIN. I don't understand, i found the bosses of this game interesting in therms of gameplay and some of them are nice in aesthetic design. I think that the first DS bosses are a bit mythified.

- I found the critic of the hitboxes a bit funny, because i suffered "magical" issues with the hitboxes of Taurus demon's mace, Bed of chaos, Artorias superjumps and Manus hand. And i found the autolock in the first DS too. I think that the fact of enemies with infinite stamina is accurate.

 

[Damned Registrations]

I think almost all his criticisms in there are valid, actually. The only ones I really disagree on are the agility thing (I think it's an excellent change, though I wish it tied more into equipment weight somehow) and the multiple enemy complaint. Fighting multiple enemies is pretty much the only way to force the player out of the banal dodge-counter method of fighting that works on every 1v1 fight ever. It forces you to actually position the enemies to your advantage.

I think he's right on the money for everything else though. Yeah, the hitboxes have always been funny, but they weren't nearly as noticeable back when bosses didn't have magical agility to do a 180 degree turn in the last 3 frames of an attack. And he was definitely right about the bosses lacking the atmosphere or uniqueness to make them interesting. Moonlight Butterfly wasn't a terribly complex or difficult fight, but it was interestingly unique. Likewise for Sif and a lot of other fights in the previous two games. DS2 had more challenging fights, but like he said, this mostly boiled down to really narrow timing on when you can dodge their super tracking swings, and the music and bosses themselves often don't fit the situation. DS2 only has a decent number of novel bosses (Chariot is a great one, rat vanguard is nice as well, so was the Flexile Sentry) because the sheer number of boss fights is much higher. Admittedly it's hard not to rehash anything after the first two games, but stuff like the Ornstein fight or the giant rat were really really derivative. I don't even mind that they have a bunch of armoured big sword guys, but there was really no need to rehash previous bosses so exactly, they already had a shitton of other bosses.

 

[UndetectedButthurt]

- I found the critic of the hitboxes a bit funny, because i suffered "magical" issues with the hitboxes of Taurus demon's mace, Bed of chaos, Artorias superjumps and Manus hand. And i found the autolock in the first DS too. I think that the fact of enemies with infinite stamina is accurate.

The hitbox critique is bullshit since the guy doesn't seem to understand how Agility works in this game (example of bandit starting class trying to roll through Ornstein's attacks). People that can't grasp game mechanics and complain about shit that's untrue just rub me the wrong way. Other shit like shockwaves and grab attacks have always been bullshit. They are just as bad in Bloodborne.

 

[Murk]

I donno, relistening to that video it seems to make less sense. There's just some really nitpicky stuff like how you start off as a male and then go to character creation instead of just starting at char creation. It just... doesn't matter. Then there's stuff like missing how AGI works or talking about how Dark Souls mechanics are poor for multiple enemy fights when... that was quite common in DS 1; and also that the view is itself objectionable (Freja fight is quite fine, even with the spiders -- if you want to argue there should be better bosses just because then... yeah but we can argue _everything_ should be better.) If I had to roughly quantify the video I'd say that I'm about 1/3rd in agreement and the other 2/3rd I either disagree with or its just minor crap I don't care about.

Initially I was disappointed with DS2 as well but I warmed up to it aloooot.

I've replayed DS 2 way more than DS 1 and found that I can do more varied and interesting things in DS2 in terms of character builds and play styles (self imposed challenges or not.) Online play is also hugely improved in DS 2.

I still hold that DS 1 PVE > DS 2 PVE, and atmosphere n blah blah, but in terms of anything mechanical or gameplay related DS 2 wins by a landslide. Whether it's online, how smooth it runs, ease of use, or functionality (multiple souls, rolling in more than 4 directions, environmental effects from water, various different factions that are actually different in how they work, etc.)

 

[Makabb]

Hmmm should i get scholar on ps4 or pc

 

[Caim]

Depends on if your have the original version and/or how powerful your PC is.

 

[80Maxwell08]

I think the problem with critiquing any of the Souls games is that they all basically share the same flaws and strengths. You could probably credibly complain that the flaws still haven't been fixed but DS2 did fix many things from previous installments. It's just that the general level and world design took a hit in the end product and from the sounds of things the DLCs fixed that. I think if they made a third Dark Souls with the improvements from DS2, only tweaking minor things and focusing on bosses, levels and the world it would probably be the best game in the series.

 

[Makabb]

I think the problem with critiquing any of the Souls games is that they all basically share the same flaws and strengths. You could probably credibly complain that the flaws still haven't been fixed but DS2 did fix many things from previous installments. It's just that the general level and world design took a hit in the end product and from the sounds of things the DLCs fixed that. I think if they made a third Dark Souls with the improvements from DS2, only tweaking minor things and focusing on bosses, levels and the world it would probably be the best game in the series.

If they remove magic, and have bloodborne combat

 

[Murk]

Yeeeeaaahhh.

 

[praetor]

I think the problem with critiquing any of the Souls games is that they all basically share the same flaws and strengths. You could probably credibly complain that the flaws still haven't been fixed but DS2 did fix many things from previous installments. It's just that the general level and world design took a hit in the end product and from the sounds of things the DLCs fixed that. I think if they made a third Dark Souls with the improvements from DS2, only tweaking minor things and focusing on bosses, levels and the world it would probably be the best game in the series.

If they remove magic, and have bloodborne combat

lolno. the only thing from Bloodborne worth taking is the Cthulhu mythos and (some of) the big levels

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

New balancing patch coming:
http://bandainamcous.tumblr.com/post/115061637131/we-want-to-thank-you-for-your-continued-patronage

We want to thank you for your continued patronage and support of Dark Souls II! This message is to inform you of the changes coming in the next calibrations (1.15) update.

This update will be deployed at the following time -
4/1 2:00 AM PDT
4/1 5:00 AM EDT
4/1 10:00 AM CET
4/1 6:00 PM JST

See below for a full list of changes:

• Weapon “Thief Dagger” increase of the attack power
• Weapon “Broken Thief Sword” increase of the poise damage amount and decrease of the durability level.
• Weapon “Manikin Knife” addition of the bleeding effect
• Weapon “Royal Dirk” increase of the attack power of the counter attack, and the durability level
• Weapon “Red Rust Sword” increase of the poise damage amount, attack property changed to slash during the both-handed normal attack
• Weapon “Sun Sword” Menu display changed to “slash / thrust”
• Weapon “Drakekeeper’s Sword” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Mail Breaker” increase of the damage amount at the fatal blow
• Weapon “Spider’s Silk” increase of the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Espada Ropera” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Manikin Sabre” addition of the bleeding effect
• Weapon “Melu Scimitar” increase of the durability level, increase of the necessary soul for repair
• Weapon “Washing Pole” attack property changed to thrust during one-hand strong attack, one-hand dash attack, both-handed dash attack
• Weapon “Chaos Blade”, “Blacksteel Katana” increase of the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Thorned Greatsword”, “Moonlight Greatsword” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Bluemoon Greatsword” decrease of the necessary soul for repair
• Weapon “Mirrah Greatsword” increase of the necessary skill level and the status correction value, decrease of the attack power and the durability level
• Weapon “Black Knight Greatsword” decrease of the necessary attunement
• Weapon “Old Knight Greatsword” decrease of the necessary strength, increase of the poise damage amount
• Weapon “Hand Axe”, “Battle Axe”, “Bandit Axe” increase of attack power
• Weapon “Infantry Axe” decrease of the necessary strength, the consumption of dexterity and stamina, and the durability level, increase of the poise damage amount
• Weapon “Gyrm Axe” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Dragonslayer’s Crescent Axe” increase of the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Butcher’s Knife” increase of the poise damage amount and the HP recovery amount during attack
• Weapon “Lion Greataxe” increase of the attack power
• Weapon “Giant Stone Axe” increase of the attack power and the poise damage amount
• Weapon “Gyrm Greataxe” increase of the attack power, the poise damage amount, and the durability level
• Weapon “Black Knight Greataxe” increase of the poise damage amount, decrease of the necessary attunement
• Weapon “Drakekeeper’s Greataxe” increase of the durability level, attack property changed to slash during both-handed strong attack
• Weapon “Morning Star” increase of the bleeding effect
• Weapon “Reinforced Club” increase of the attack power, decrease of the durability level
• Weapon “Handmaid’s Ladle” addition of the adaptation positive correction, increase of the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Blacksmith’s Hammer” increase of the poise damage amount
• Weapon “Black Dragon Warpick” attack property changed to thrust
• Weapon “Aldia Hammer” attack property changed to thrust, increase of the necessary dexterity, and the status correction value
• Weapon “Pickaxe” attack property changed to thrust, increase of the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Gyrm Great Hammer” increase of the attack power
• Weapon “Iron King Hammer” increase of the status correction value and the durability level
• Weapon “Malformed Skull” addition of the bleeding effect
• Weapon “Old Knight Hammer” increase of the poise damage amount
• Weapon “Drakekeeper’s Great Hammer” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Sacred Chime Hammer” decrease of the stamina consumption amount
• Weapon “Spitfire Spear” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Gargoyle Bident” increase of the necessary strength, status correction value, and the attack power of the counter attack, decrease of the necessary dexterity
• Weapon “Dragonslayer Spear” attack property changed to thrust during one-hand strong attack and both-handed strong attack
• Weapon “Heide Lance”, “Heide Greatlance”, “Chariot Lance” increase of the stamina consumption amount during dash attack
• Weapon “Grand Lance” increase of the stamina consumption amount and the durability level during dash attack
• Weapon “Great Scythe” increase of the attack power
• Weapon “Great Machete” increase of the attack power, decrease of the stamina consumption amount
• Weapon “Full Moon Sickle” increase of the attack power, the poise damage amount, and the durability level
• Weapon “Crescent Sickle” increase of the attack power and magic attack power
• Weapon “Scythe of Nahr Alma” increase of the attack power
• Weapon “Bone Scythe” increase of the attack power and , decrease the durability level and the status correction value
• Weapon “Scythe”, “Santier’s Spear” Menu display changed to “slash / thrust”
• Weapon “Mastodon Halberd” increase of the poise damage amount and the weight
• Weapon “Black Knight Halberd” increase of the Fire attack power, addition of the necessary faith
• Weapon “Old Knight Halberd”, “Knight Halberd”, “Old Knight Pike” increase of the poise damage amount, Menu display changed to “slash / thrust”
• Weapon “Drakekeeper’s Warpick” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Claws” increase of bleeding attack power
• Weapon “Malformed Claws” increase of the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Manikin Claws” addition of the bleeding effect
• Weapon “Whip” increase of the status correction value
• Weapon “Notched Whip” increase of the bleeding attack power and the status correction value
• Weapon “Bloodied Whip” increase of the attack power
• Weapon “Old Whip” decrease of the damage amount at the fatal blow
• Weapon “Olenford’s Staff” increase of the cast speed
• Weapon “Bell Keeper Bow” decrease of the attack power, the status correction value, the necessary strength, the necessary dexterity, and the weight
• Weapon “Smelter Sword”, “Drakewing Ultra Greatsword” attack property changed to thrust during both-handed strong attack
• Weapon “King’s Ultra Greatsword” increase of the poise damage amount, physical property damage reduction, dark property damage reduction and the durability level
• Weapon “Pursuer’s Ultra Greatsword” increase of the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Drakekeeper’s Ultra Greatsword” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Crypt Blacksword” increase of the physical property damage reduction
• Weapon “Black Knight Ultra Greatsword” increase of the fire attack power, addition of the necessary faith
• Weapon “Old Knight Ultra Greatsword” increase of the poise damage amount
• Weapon “Lost Sinner’s Sword” increase of the fire property damage reduction , attack property changed to thrust during both-handed rolling attack
• Weapon “Stone Twinblade” increase of the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Twinblade” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Benhart’s Parma” increase of the magic property damage reduction
• Weapon “Iron parma” increase of the reception ability
• Weapon “Llewellyn Shield” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Drangleic Shield” increase of the magic property damage reduction
• Weapon “Shield of the Insolent” increase of the dark property damage reduction
• Weapon “Stone Parma” increase of the lightning and fire property damage reduction
• Weapon “Grand Spirit Tree Shield” increase of the fire and magic property damage reduction, decrease of the weight
• Weapon “Moon Butterfly Shield” increase of the physical property damage reduction, decrease of the weight
• Weapon “Slumbering Dragon Shield” increase of the physical, lightning, and cursing property damage reduction
• Weapon “Chaos Shield” increase of the physical, magic, lightning, and dark property damage reduction, decrease of the reception ability
• Weapon “Wooden Shield” increase of the magic and lightning property damage reduction and the reception ability
• Weapon “Drakekeeper’s Shield” increase of the durability level and the weight
• Weapon “Bone Shield” increase of the physical and magic property damage reduction
• Weapon “Drakekeeper’s Greatshield”, “Greatshield of Glory” increase of the durability level
• Weapon “Sunlight Parma” increase of the lightning and poison property damage reduction
• Weapon “Blossom Kite Shield” increase of the magic and poison property damage reduction
• Weapon “Wicked Eye Greatshield” increase of the physical property damage reduction
• Weapon “Bound Wooden Shield” Menu display changed to “Parry / Strike”
• Weapon “Transgressor’s Leather Shield” increase of the dark property damage reduction and weight
• Weapon “Vessel Shield” increase of the fire property damage reduction, decrease of the weight
• Weapon “Umbral Dagger” increase of the damage amount at the fatal blow
• Weapon “Retainer’s Short Sword” increase of the necessary attunement and the magic correction value, decrease of the necessary strength
• Weapon “Ice Rapier” increase of the attack power of the special attack during strong attack, decrease of the shot speed
• Weapon “Eleum Loyce” decrease of the necessary faith, increase of the durability value
• Weapon “Bewitched Alonne Sword” increase of the durability value, attack property changed to thrust during one-hand strong attack, one-hand dash attack, and both-handed dash attack
• Weapon “Drakeblood Greatsword” increase of the attack power and the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Sanctum Mace” increase of the poison attack power
• Weapon “Yorgh’s Spear” increase of the durability level and the attack power of the counter attack
• Weapon “Rampart Golem Lance” increase of the stamina consumption amount during dash attack
• Weapon “Wrathful Axe” increase of the durability value, decrease of the dark correction value, Adjustment of the special attack triggering time during both-handed strong attack
• Weapon “Possessed Armor Greatbow” increase of the durability value and the status correction value
• Weapon “Sorcerer’s Twinblade” decrease of the necessary strength, the necessary dexterity, the necessary faith, and the stamina consumption amount, addition of the magic correction
• Weapon “Ivory King Ultra Greatsword” increase of the necessary attunement and the magic attack power, addition of the magic correction
• Weapon “Aged Smelter Sword” increase of the durability level, attack property changed to thrust during both-handed strong attack
• Armor “Astrologist’s Robe”, “Astrologist’s Gauntlets”, “Astrologist’s Bottoms” decrease of the weight
• Armor “Mask of Judgment”, “Manchettes of Judgment”, “Tights of Judgment” increase of the resistance to poison
• Armor “Black Witch Veil” increase of the resistance to magic and curse
• Armor “Black Witch Domino Mask” decrease of the HP decreasing rate
• Armor “Peasant Hat” addition of the faith positive correction, addition of the attunement negative correction
• Armor “Peasant Attire”, “Peasant Long Gloves”, “Peasant Trousers” addition of the adaptation positive correction, addition of the attunement negative correction
• Armor “Syan’s Helm”, “Syan’s Armor”, “Syan’s Gauntlets”, “Syan’s Leggings” increase of the resistance to fire
• Armor “Singer’s Dress” increase of the resistance to magic, fire, lightning, and dark
• Armor “Vengarl’s Helm” addition of the vitality positive correction
• Armor “Rusted Mastodon Helm”, “Rusted Mastodon Armor”, “Rusted Mastodon Gauntlets”, “Rusted Mastodon Leggings” increase of the resistance to dark
• Armor “Old Knight Helm”, “Old Knight Gauntlets”, “Old Knight Leggings” increase of the toughness
• Armor “Looking Glass Mask” addition of the faith positive correction
• Armor “Agdayne’s Cuffs” addition of the faith positive correction
• Armor “Llewellyn Armor”, “Llewellyn Gloves”, “Llewellyn Shoes” increase of the toughness
• Armor “Creighton’s Steel Mask”, “Creighton’s Chainmail”, “Creighton’s Chain Gloves”, Creighton’s Chain Leggings” increase of the resistance to bleeding
• Armor “Cale’s Helm” addition of the dexterity positive correction and the endurance positive correction
• Armor “Bell Keeper Helmet”, “Bell Keeper Bellyband”, “Bell Keeper Cuffs”, “Bell Keeper Trousers” increase of the resistance to lightning
• Armor “Mad Warrior Mask” addition of the adaptation positive correction
• Armor “Targray’s Helm”, “Targray’s Armor”, “Targray’s Manifers”, “Targray’s Leggings” increase of the resistance to lightning
• Armor “Retainer Robe” increase of the resistance to fire
• Spell “Soul Appease” working to anything else other than Hollows.

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

"Balancing" patch.

 

[Zep Zepo]

This update will be deployed at the following time -
4/1 2:00 AM PDT
4/1 5:00 AM EDT
4/1 10:00 AM CET
4/1 6:00 PM JST

Date is April 1

Everything good is increased, everything bad is decreased.

I smell April Fools.

Zep--