About to buy Dark Souls II: the DLC.
What should i expect?
Can't you just, I don't know, download it and play?
It's...alright, really.
The area has better level design than any other area in DaS2
There's too much artificial difficulty though and most of the new items are shit. The only good item is Flynn's ring and everything else is useless
>>257105984
It's a decent time. Worth 10 bux I'd say. Lots of maze like exploring with a little bit of a puzzle element going on. /v/ generally bitched about the bosses but I liked them.
>>257106693
Fucking amazing singleplayer level design
Fucking horrible multiplayer level design
Some cool new enemies
A more aggressive nashandra that uses forbidden sun and summons bellboy and golden skellingtons
An optional Ganksquad boss the reward for which is a really out of place dress
A dragon boss who's easy as shit if you've played Monster HunterJester Thomas going in without lube
>>257106693
Don't you have Facebook? This is what people do now, pose fake questions about things to let others know they are doing something.
>>257105984
It's pretty good. Most of /v/ will tell you otherwise because even months after release, it's still a cool meme to blindly hate on DaS2.
>>257107008
didnt mean to quote
Artificial difficulty.
Bosses with loads of minions
boss with fuck loads of health that kills you in 2 hits
>>257107096
No. It's the fact that the dev said he wouldn't release DLC, then made three fucking DLCs
>>257107096
Within a year of the game being out the hate will likely stop, I knew it would happen just as it did for Dark Souls.
I didn't figure this out for a while, which really impaired my progress, butyou need to hit the blue glowing things, you'll know them when you see them. bring a bow
>>257107185
Git gud
>>257105984
It's pretty good. The level design is better than anything in the entire base game, although it's got the most boring color palette in the entire world and the game is still insistent on putting Bonfires every ten feet and having you unlock shortcuts between them for some retarded reason.
Was disappointed by the boss design, however. Enemy design fares better, and it's interesting that the DLC enemies are some of the very few that don't track your movement like spinning retards, so you can actually just backstab everyone a la Dark 1.
Also bring Seed of the Giant Tree because invasions are a huge bitch in the level. Never died up to regular enemies but invaders ruin my day.
>>257107245
There was no hate for Dark Souls
Fuck Elana. Fuck her and this team's JUST ADD MORE ENEMIES mentality. I liked Sinh tho.
>>257105984
the first dlc for dark souls 2no but seriously expect a nice area with great level design, that actually feels interconnected rather than being a straight line
>>257107452
>I've been on /v/ for two days
>>257107452
Yes there was, not as harsh as release dark souls was less fucked but there was still criticism by demon souls veterans.
>>257107601
There was no hate for Dark Souls
Pretty good but the bosses are shitty as hell: a ganksquad, a reskin of another boss that turns into a ganksquad eventually, a reskin of a boss from a previous game with slightly different attacks
Also if you try invading there, I guarantee you won't have fun if the host is at all smart
I liked the level design, and some of the enemies were pretty cool like the ghost guys. The bosses sucked pretty bad except the dragon which had a monster hunter feel to it. The new items are ok, nothing that great.
>>257105984
A waste of money.
>>257107185
Of the minions, only Velstadt couldn't be two-shotted with either of the characters I brought (Technically my brawler could one-shot the skeletons, if you consider power stance attacks one attack).
How is the second one unusual for the series? Bosses with loads of health that hit like trucks is nothing new.
>>257107609
Discounting everyone who was bitter that it went multiplat, I'd say the vast majority of people liked Dark Souls. They might prefer Demon's Souls (if they're stupid), but the issues with Dark Souls 1 were more subtle than its sequel.
It won /v/'s best gameplay award in the year it came out, back when people actually gave a shit about the awards because it was novel and hadn't yet become a horrible abomination.
>>257106725
>artificial difficulty
top kek
>>257107061
Dont they just post a shitton of photos of them doing things then complain about nothing?
Can you pirate the DLC and it'll work with a legit game? Like in Skyrim and Fallout.
>>257106725
>Sanctum Mace
>Wrathful Axe
>Yorgh's Spear
>Sanctum Repeating Crossbow
>Thunder Quartz Ring +3
totally worthless.
>>257108245
>Enemies with super high poise. They stagger you in one hit, even if you are wearing full Havel's
>First obligatory boss fight summons Velstadt and teleports behind you while you are busy dodging his attacks
>Second obligatory boss fight forces you to roll (if you have shit ADP you are fucked). Its attacks cannot be blocked
>Optional boss fight forces you to fight 3 NPC at the same time. One of them fires greatarrows from a distance, the other one is havel and hits hard as fuck and the other one is one fast motherfucker.
Also all the bosses have a lot of HP and they are unoriginal as all fuck. Elana's got the same backstory as Nashandra because From was too lazy to come up with something original. The gank squad are a bunch of cosplayers. At least Sinh was kind of original
>>257108408
No. But you can do this. Do this step by step though.
open ds2 in ce
new scan for 0
right click on first result
open memory browser
right click on second line
go to address
replace value with DarkSoulsII.exe+4853E7 and click ok
double click on first line
change jb to jmp and click ok and yes
sit at your bonfire in Majula and new scan for 4650
then teleport to Hidden Chamber and next scan for 25660
2 results should show
then simply change the two results to 35650
use a homeward bone or aged feather
Don't close CE or the memory browser. If you are stuck on a infinite load screen because you didn't rest at the DLC bonfire after teleporting to it just switch both results to 4650 and wait a bit.
best track of the game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNhqsri8Mdc
>>257108984
>Second obligatory boss fight forces you to roll
this is a DSP tier complaint
>>257110189
Not all people spend points on ADP because there is no need to roll before the Sinh boss fight
>>257109882
>2:59 onwards
MY DICK!
OP here.
Thanks for the opinions, especially the positive ones. You guys are alright.
>>257108984
>Elana's got the same backstory as Nashandra because From was too lazy to come up with something original.
Or that there is a connection you huge fucking retard.
>>257107008
Don't think it would've been fun for white phantoms to just activate everything and carry the host through the area without him seeing any switch interactions
then again red phantoms can't either so they're usually stuck and cant reach the host.
from had to struck a balance which they didnt
>>257110796
"we couldn't come up with something original, so we are gonna make some boss related to not think of a backstory"
all DLC are about kings, so I guess we still have to fight 2 more Nashandra clones
BRAVO FROM
>>257105984
>good level design
>shitty mobs
>shitty bosses
>short as hell
>>257111003
>we're too lazy to think up something not connected to the main game, so we're just going to lazily slap up this Artorias guy because we're too lazy to think of a new plotline
wow Bravo From more like SholamSoft am I right, fellas?
>>257111172
Based retard
From made that DLC our of scraps of unfinished content and they admitted that.
Meanwhile on no DLC DaS2...
>>257111323
From also promised no DLC for Dark Souls, you absolute fucking spastic.
>>257111426
What part of my post did you miss?
>>257110308
it's not like you can't roll with low agi, you just need to time it better as you have less i-frames
there are plenty of bosses you can't just block your way to victory in the main game too
>>257111642
>From promises no DLC
>slaps it up from content that should have been in the game
>t-thank you based From, GOTY
>From promises no DLC
>actually, we could get something done
>makes shit from scratch
>KEK JEWSOFT LAZY FROM AT IT AGAIN
>>257107239
I think he said they wouldn't unless there was a large demand for it.
for all you people that complain about sihn and cant roll or some shit, use:
poisonbite ring+1
flame stone ring +2
flame sweat (recast if needed)
Optionally some flame resistant armor set
and he will barely take 20% off your max hp and barely poison you, you can just chug estus after anyways
>>257106725
>There's too much artificial difficulty though
So once again /v/ cant get gud
Let me guess you think the bastille mob is unfair too? Or maybe the drakekeeper with the mace?
Nah they are all easy peasy once you fucking learn to play the game.
>>257107239
they said they had no DLC planned
that's fucking it
>>257108984
But god did they do a terrible job at making the Sihn fight.
>NG+
>Summon both phantoms.
>One gets killed while the Dragonbro keeps chipping at Sihn.
>I'm just sitting there.
>Flinging heat seeking Sunlight Spears at Sihn while chomping on herbs like I just turned vegan.
>They literally bounce off in the air and hit Sihn while he's flying away.
>Dragonbro just takes a sippy at continues chipping at Sihn.
The only time when Sihn didn't pay attention to Dragonbro he would try to fry me alive but luckily he doesn't repeat the same attack pattern twice.
>>257112197
>"git gud"
the from defense force has arrived it seems
Let me guess, the ogre in Aldia's keep is not artificial difficulty either?
/v/ i... i just killed onion bro... It was mistake, he was sitting there and there was this silver knight and onion bro was in the way, i had to kill him, he went full hostile on me. Is there any way to resurrect onion bro??? ;_;
>>257112757
Why would it be?
You dont know how to fight a single ogre? Even things betwixt is harder
>>257105984
>Implying anyone buys shit and then asks about it on /v/
nigga just start with "I'm thinking about getting"
>>257112757
No. You can run past both of them.
>>257112801
no
>>257112736
Sinh was fun as fuck
he's shit with summons though, stop being awful
>>257105984
>buying DLC
>>257112918
>>257112957
It's an ogre that cannot be seen or heard, so there is no way to know it's there.
Once you approach the wall it will use its bite attack which will definitely kill you unless you are wearing full havel's
>>257105984
Are those fucking Guars?
>>257113083
>2 ogres previously
>a door directly after a door
>being that dumb
>not having his sound up to hear the monsters
>>257113083
You serious? You mean you don't go to the corner of the wall to avoid dealing with his frontal assault?
>>257113083
I knew it was there
>>257113230
the ogre can't be heard unless you are wearing the ring of whispers
it's because there are 2 ogres before it that you will think there is NO other ogre.
>>257113259
I'm talking about the first time you go there
>>257105984
They remind me of Mimics from the Manga Adaption of All you need is Kill.
>>257113083
i went for the item on the right, and then the ogre smashed through the room, didnt get hit and will never get hit since first time It didnt...
I bet you went full yolo
>>257113404
>it's because there are 2 ogres before it that you will think there is NO other ogre
>not unpetrifying the first ogre
>not fighting all 4 ogres before the dragon
casual
I also play melee
Is Shula lost izalith in the past or something?
>>257113404
Ah. The first time. I actually saw him through the bars but he didn't fuck me up even while I was wearing full Royal Soldier Set.
>>257113545
brawl is better, get gud
>>257113559
No.
the whole DLC universe area is set in the time during vendricks memory, so right after the fall of the kingdom, or right before it... and before the invasion of the gaints possiblyA drangleic crest can be found inside the last area of the DLC, vendrick sent his soldiers to kill the dragon
>>257113481
>progressing through the game is considered "yolo" now
>>257113560
>I actually saw him through the bars
I'm talking about the one that's behind that ogre
there is an ogre that can be seen from the bars in the door and it's pretty obvious that it will break the wall (because it was in the old demo) and after that one there is another ogre that cannot be seen
>>257113560
>I actually saw him through the bars
He measn the other ogre. Hes behind a door afer a door which was the biggest tell in the universe.
>place filled with enemies that can smash down doors
>just fought off a few and open a door
>what? another door immediately after?
>no way in hell its another ogre, yolo
Final boss fight OST is pretty good. If ppl paid attention to the story, the queen that sang to the dragon (2nd boss fight) was keeping it asleep. She fucked everything up like how the first queen bitch w/ Vendrick did. So all the DLCS revolve around a queen fucking shit up.
Really dark souls 2 is mostly people fucking shit up cause they don't step back and consider the long term of their actions besides Vendrick
>>257107452
Are you new here?
>>257105984
More grey and brown.
>>257113728
oh stahp
>>257113794
The Drakeblood Knights under the command of Yorgh were sent to kill the dragon
>>257113983
.... and the crest on Yorghs ring is the crest of drangleic
>>257105984
what platform?
if PC, expect a lot of hackers and savefile corruption
>>257114092
but they weren't sent by Vendrick
>>257114218
Highly probable it was aldia yes but the crest is only seen in drangleic castle and on drummonds (under vendrick) shield
>>257113894
Vendrick was also an idiot
>random woman comes out of nowhere and tells him "vendrick go kill the giants" and vendrick is like "woah she's hot, better do what she says so she marries me later"
>>257114570
She told him that the Giants had something to stop the curse iirc and he did steal the thing that made golems that lead to the construction of his civ
>>257114954
>Long ago the queen came to us, alone, from a faraway land, she warned our lord of the looming threat across the seas... of the giants. The king crossed the oceans... and defeated the giants
>no helm matches the mad warrior set
>try to look up someone getting summoned into the elana squalid queen fight as an invader
>find this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Limdh2dE13E
Jesus fucking christ how bad at videogames can you be?
>>257117109
You can't get summoned as an invader
>>257113404
>not exploring properly
>not coming out behind the first ogre
>not being busy picking up the loot on the ground while the other ogre smashes the gate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxRMOr91rrc&list=UUWJb-VSoWcKiEznjcnZCmXQ
jesus christ how horrifyingly bad
>>257117428
I was wondering about that. Shame too, since the concept around the Mirror Knight boss was great. Probably my favourite boss in the game. And I don't normally invade people so getting summoned by the boss was cool. It would've been great too if you could do it with Elana
>>257117913
>Makes me laugh when all these kids come on to these types of video claiming to have defeated her first time. You probably did it on a normal NEW GAME with a level 800 for crying out loud, I HIGHLY doubt any of you killed her first time on NG++. Please, stop trying to prove how good you are online because honestly NO ONE cares at all. Thanks.
He mad
>>257117913
>getting hit by that close-range AoE attack even once
>>257118729
and he keeps summoning that useless NPC that just makes her more powerful. It's like he doesn't know shit about Dark Souls
>>257119121
The previous Souls games only increased the total HP of bosses if you have a summon with you.
Dark Souls 2 increases their HP and DEF.
Harder is better and more fun, amiright?
>>257119575
>implying any of it is hard
Who is on the shield of the insolent? Big Vinny?
>>257108462
>Sanctum Mace
God damn that weapon is such a baller, sick that it has strike as main damage type, I can dish out ~700 per hit with it.
>>257113067
Sinh is boring, all he ever did when I fought against him was fly in the air, fucking lunge, fly some more and lunge again.
>>257107239
He said he was open to DLC as long as there fan fan demand after he said there was no DLC planned, and long before the game was released. Get your facts straight.
>>257107452
>>257107685
>>257108223
>There was no hate for Dark Souls
>daily artificial difficulty threads since 2011
>>257112757
That Ogre in Aldia's Keep is the only legitimate form of artificial difficulty in either game since there was literally no way of knowing he was going to burst through the door.
>>257115595
Did Vendrick defeat the Giants before or after the giants invaded Drangleic?
>>257117913
Jesus Christ I can't fucking stand this flamboyant faggot.
He's the epitome of ":D German memes XD funny :)", clickbait and normalfaggotry. Just look at his fucking intros Jesus Christ it feels like I'm watching non-ironic pro quickscope montages.
It frightens me these kind of people are treated as voices of reason in this already shit community.
