@Khade97 Exploring the Darkroot Garden more would definitely be a reasonable choice as there is a very doable boss that you didn't find yet. You also might want to explore around Firelink Shrine as there are 2 other areas it leads to that you didn't mention. It is not usually recommended to attempt to do either of them just yet, but of course you may choose to disregard that and see what's up for yourself.
Regarding your character, it's partly a matter of taste mainly based on what weapon you want to use, but pumping strength up to 40 if that's going to be your main damaging stat is probably a good idea and you should certainly meet the requirements of the weapon you want to use ASAP, as IMO 20 endurance will be ok for a while (a key stat though), especially if you find any equipment that increases your maximum equip load.
If you can't sprint and roll quickly though, wearing lighter armour is probably going to keep you safer.
If you're getting a Logitech one I'd recommend against the F710. Used it for over a year now for all kinds of games. Problem is, even at full charge it will stop responding for several seconds every now and then, even if the USB receiver is no more than half a meter away. I'm pretty sure it's not just mine as there are a lot of users with the same problem on support forums.
Yeah, I tried a custom ENB that was posted here a few days ago, and it was all blurry. The default settings on Gedosato are what I like. Only the trees in Majula when facing the sun look weird.
Here's the full screenshot, I probably can reduce the DoF a bit more and it would maybe fix the weird branches.
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I don't understand Depth of Field.
My picture looks better because I can't see some of it!
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Like, that's pretty not ok. They should either all do it, or none of them do it.
Well, DS hardly has a "all weapons are sidegrades" system in the first place, why is it suddenly not okay for specifically parrying?
Yeah. It's pretty obvious when you start really looking into the weapons that there really isn't any kind of balance to be had. You have huge weapons that deal major damage, that are also extremely fast with great range. On the other hand, you have small weapons that may be fast, but do piss damage, break easy, and have almost no range.
*shrug*
its hugely disappointing and its why i am probably done with ds2 after just a couple of playthroughs
the game is fairly homogeneous at the high end and it just isnt that interesting a space to explore because there isnt enough internal balance
Funny. I thought that about DS1. And DeS.
What I'm trying to say is not much has changed.
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Whats getting you the worse in iron keep? It's fairly large but I didnt find any one part of it to be a royal pain outside of the smelter demon.
platforming. i think i might be off my game today, keep falling into lava due to failed jumps (or unresponsive b button). i've cleared out smelter and belfry sol and went up top area and worked my way down and sometimes my character would just fucking do another jump when i hit the rafters and go flying into lava. fucking annoying as hell. i've been using the ring of life protection to make it less annoying though.
Jumps? I'm almost certain you don't need to make any jumps to get through the area. Collectibles, yea. But for the main area you should never need more than a roll.
no the way in from the second bonfire is a required jump since there is a massive hole there with two tmnt's. the rafters stuff is collectibles and damnit those are required in my mind. shinies.
Yeah but that jump is one of the easiest kinds. You have lots of run-up. The thing that kills me for jumps are the short ones that you have to 1) start moving 2) THEN press the run button 3) THEN press the jump button. you cant hold down the run button to start moving then jump, it just dont work.
I hold down the run button to start moving for every single small jump I have ever made in this game.
Hum..never worked for me. Whenever i tried it it would make me roll instead of jump. I usually end up running for a bit perpendictular to the jump then make a sharp or angle turn at the cliff and jump, hoping ill land right.
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Whats getting you the worse in iron keep? It's fairly large but I didnt find any one part of it to be a royal pain outside of the smelter demon.
platforming. i think i might be off my game today, keep falling into lava due to failed jumps (or unresponsive b button). i've cleared out smelter and belfry sol and went up top area and worked my way down and sometimes my character would just fucking do another jump when i hit the rafters and go flying into lava. fucking annoying as hell. i've been using the ring of life protection to make it less annoying though.
Jumps? I'm almost certain you don't need to make any jumps to get through the area. Collectibles, yea. But for the main area you should never need more than a roll.
no the way in from the second bonfire is a required jump since there is a massive hole there with two tmnt's. the rafters stuff is collectibles and damnit those are required in my mind. shinies.
Yeah but that jump is one of the easiest kinds. You have lots of run-up. The thing that kills me for jumps are the short ones that you have to 1) start moving 2) THEN press the run button 3) THEN press the jump button. you cant hold down the run button to start moving then jump, it just dont work.
I hold down the run button to start moving for every single small jump I have ever made in this game.
Hum..never worked for me. Whenever i tried it it would make me roll instead of jump. I usually end up running for a bit perpendictular to the jump then make a sharp or angle turn at the cliff and jump, hoping ill land right.
You, uh.
You hold it down while keeping the analogue stick in neutral.
ie take your fat hyperactive thumb off the movement stick
In DS1 this would make you backstep. Doesn't in this if you hold it down instead of tap.
Oh and set your jump to click in. It probably doesn't work with the old controls.
With click in you can jump instantly. Hold sprint-> press up-> click in = leap
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Other players resist the fact maces have short range, and many monsters resist because mace can't chain infinitely because it's knockback is greater than how far you step. I loved my mace for a while but I couldn't handle that lack of reliability when a claymore would never let me down.
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Gosh if you love the heide sword so much what are you gonna do when you get your hands on a real lightning weapon.
You'll need new pants.
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@Khade97 Exploring the Darkroot Garden more would definitely be a reasonable choice as there is a very doable boss that you didn't find yet. You also might want to explore around Firelink Shrine as there are 2 other areas it leads to that you didn't mention. It is not usually recommended to attempt to do either of them just yet, but of course you may choose to disregard that and see what's up for yourself.
Regarding your character, it's partly a matter of taste mainly based on what weapon you want to use, but pumping strength up to 40 if that's going to be your main damaging stat is probably a good idea and you should certainly meet the requirements of the weapon you want to use ASAP, as IMO 20 endurance will be ok for a while (a key stat though), especially if you find any equipment that increases your maximum equip load.
If you can't sprint and roll quickly though, wearing lighter armour is probably going to keep you safer.
Do you mean the Hydra in Darkroot? I found that and promptly ran away like the coward I am. As to Firelink I found the Catacombs but the enemies would never die so assumed I needed to do something somewhere else first?
I don't really have any weapon I want to use, in so much as by going in blind (and just using in game hint messages) I don't really know what is coming up. Drake sword does me well but I guessed by the lack of stat scaling it would be outshone eventually. Black Knight Greatsword seemed nice, and if I boost Str high enough I can one-hand it with a shield which just seems epic.
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Also my problem with mace is how slow it is. Fighting one on one this isn't so much a problem but against groups the thing causes me to take much more damage than other, better weapons for that sort of thing.
Agreed. Dual Scims/Caestus are awesome for stunlocking. Dual straight swords? Meh. Not a fan. Katanas? Still not a fan. I was hugely disappointed when I realized that dual Blacksteels wasn't all that great.
My Faith build might have to use dual lightning Scims... hmm. That might be awesome.
Agreed. Dual Scims/Caestus are awesome for stunlocking. Dual straight swords? Meh. Not a fan. Katanas? Still not a fan. I was hugely disappointed when I realized that dual Blacksteels wasn't all that great.
My Faith build might have to use dual lightning Scims... hmm. That might be awesome.
A thing many people don't realise.
Chaining attacks from rolling R1's, running R1's or normal R1's will often cut off a significant amount of the start up time of R2's, L1's and L2's.
With dual straight swords, for example, R1, L1, L1 is a combo.
L1 by itself has a long windup. R1 - L1 has no windup.
This is why dual great weapons wrecks faces. If the R1 hits the L1 with both giant weapons has no windup and combos. One whiff punish and they're dead.
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Agreed. Dual Scims/Caestus are awesome for stunlocking. Dual straight swords? Meh. Not a fan. Katanas? Still not a fan. I was hugely disappointed when I realized that dual Blacksteels wasn't all that great.
My Faith build might have to use dual lightning Scims... hmm. That might be awesome.
A thing many people don't realise.
Chaining attacks from rolling R1's, running R1's or normal R1's will often cut off a significant amount of the start up time of R2's, L1's and L2's.
With dual straight swords, for example, R1, L1, L1 is a combo.
L1 by itself has a long windup. R1 - L1 has no windup.
This is why dual great weapons wrecks faces. If the R1 hits the L1 with both giant weapons has no windup and combos. One whiff punish and they're dead.
This, pretty much. I'm working on another character now that uses axe in main hand and curved sword in the left for parries. You can still chain R1, L1, L1 without powerstance on a lot of weapons.
Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
Who boosted the Dragonshrine to NG+++ while farming? this guy!
Who bought a ton of chameleon items? this guy!
Who's sitting on a ledge as an innocent vase staring at the huge enemies I purposefully left alive? this guy!
And now for the kicker...
Who activated a seed of tree giants? thiiiiiiis guy.
So far, 3 invaders have come knocking and met their end without me having to move an inch.
Who boosted the Dragonshrine to NG+++ while farming? this guy!
Who bought a ton of chameleon items? this guy!
Who's sitting on a ledge as an innocent vase staring at the huge enemies I purposefully left alive? this guy!
And now for the kicker...
Who activated a seed of tree giants? thiiiiiiis guy.
So far, 3 invaders have come knocking and met their end without me having to move an inch.
i dont know what any of this means but it sounds hilarious.
Who boosted the Dragonshrine to NG+++ while farming? this guy!
Who bought a ton of chameleon items? this guy!
Who's sitting on a ledge as an innocent vase staring at the huge enemies I purposefully left alive? this guy!
And now for the kicker...
Who activated a seed of tree giants? thiiiiiiis guy.
So far, 3 invaders have come knocking and met their end without me having to move an inch.
i dont know what any of this means but it sounds hilarious.
The seed makes all enemies hostile to invaders, the boosting made all enemies insanely strong, and the chameleon item turns me into a vase so the invader can't find me. The invader spawns, starts looking around for me, eventually wombles into an enemy and gets annihilated because they're not suppose to attack invaders.
I have to try this on the belltower. Which bonfire boosts the enemies there?
Also my problem with mace is how slow it is. Fighting one on one this isn't so much a problem but against groups the thing causes me to take much more damage than other, better weapons for that sort of thing.
Also my problem with mace is how slow it is. Fighting one on one this isn't so much a problem but against groups the thing causes me to take much more damage than other, better weapons for that sort of thing.
Slow? It hits not any slower than my claymore, and for better damage on practically everything.
It does have problems against groups but that is more due to not really having any decent sweep.
Man I miss the Large Club's old R1. The step sweep was so fun.
For such short range the one handed R1 attack should be faster.
The r2 attack has decent range but is quite slow.
The two handed r1 is okay, at least you take a step. The r2 is really good damage but wow slow, especially the second hit. Solo opponents only.
But hey, I mean, if you like it, I'm not knocking it. I'm using magic mace on my mage right now. It's a decent enough weapon. Killed Asceticed Skeleton Lords with it even!
It's moveset has no where near the qualities I want to make it my end game weapon or even a permanent staple.
Also I fold "bad recovery" into "slow". I'm not just talking about windup. You have to wait ages to dodge as well.
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Also my problem with mace is how slow it is. Fighting one on one this isn't so much a problem but against groups the thing causes me to take much more damage than other, better weapons for that sort of thing.
Slow? It hits not any slower than my claymore, and for better damage on practically everything.
It does have problems against groups but that is more due to not really having any decent sweep.
Man I miss the Large Club's old R1. The step sweep was so fun.
For such short range it should be faster.
The r2 attack has decent rang but is quite slow.
But hey, I mean, if you like it, I'm not knocking it. I'm using magic mace on my mage right now.
It's moveset has no where near the qualities I want to make it my end game weapon or even a permanent staple.
See, it's a funny thing. I should be thinking the same thing. I never went around without a weapon with an extending thrust in DS1 - Balder's, Claymore, whatever, I wanted something that could give me that little extra reach. It was a prerequisite for me giving a weapon the time of day - either it had a bit of reach, like the bigass club, or it had some lunging move that gave me some reach in moments of need.
But in DS2 the sheer damage and seeming poise damage difference with my other onehanders just had me keep the damn thing for the entire game since the moment I got it right up until the final boss. That's why I'm thinking of what to bring to NG+. I kinda want to vary a little after an entire game of Bow and Mace Souls. I even upgraded a sun Sword to +10 and barely used it because there didn't seem to ever be a situation where the sword was the better option.
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I just two handed with whatever weapon I had. Every weapon can stunlock anything stunlockable two handed.
And most of them have much better recovery than the mace.
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Also my problem with mace is how slow it is. Fighting one on one this isn't so much a problem but against groups the thing causes me to take much more damage than other, better weapons for that sort of thing.
Slow? It hits not any slower than my claymore, and for better damage on practically everything.
It does have problems against groups but that is more due to not really having any decent sweep.
Man I miss the Large Club's old R1. The step sweep was so fun.
A mace hits for significantly less damage than a claymore does if infused (at least for me), certainly less damage than the Defender's Greatsword even without it's built in miracle active, and swings at about the same speed for worse range, worse AoE, and worse tracking (again, all in my experience).
I loved the mace for a while, but I just couldn't get into it. It didn't swing fast enough to hit multiple targets when I was being swarmed, the mace's poise break was right below the cutoff for several larger enemies (esp. the iron keep knights) that claymore could stagger, and the R1 chain had several problems; on enemies the mace could stagger, an R1 from outside of fisting range would miss the third or fourth blow; on non humanoid enemies the upward strike after the downward would frequently track poorly.
It's a fine weapon and I used it for a long time, but I don't find it to be that superb. Strike damage is very good when you have tons of strength scaling, but I don't think the moveset works out in PvP or against certain mobs and if you're going to be hitting mostly with infused damage (also best in PvP, from my experience), weapons with higher base damage or innate non-physical damage offer more power there.
EDIT: Also, in my experience, the Sun Sword is very mediocre. Most smaller slashing weapons seem to be, honestly.
I've played through and beaten all 3 souls games. I can always roll a new character, but I was wondering: Has any one gone backward and played previous From Soft RPG's like King's Field, Shadow Tower, ect. I wonder if that would be a waste of time and money and there was a reason these things didn't catch on till Demons' Souls or if I would genuinely appriciate them, allowing for older game mechanics obviously.
Has anyone done this? Are those old From dungeon crawlers any good or should I just re-roll my way through the three Souls games once again?
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Also my problem with mace is how slow it is. Fighting one on one this isn't so much a problem but against groups the thing causes me to take much more damage than other, better weapons for that sort of thing.
Slow? It hits not any slower than my claymore, and for better damage on practically everything.
It does have problems against groups but that is more due to not really having any decent sweep.
Man I miss the Large Club's old R1. The step sweep was so fun.
A mace hits for significantly less damage than a claymore does if infused (at least for me), certainly less damage than the Defender's Greatsword even without it's built in miracle active, and swings at about the same speed for worse range, worse AoE, and worse tracking (again, all in my experience).
I loved the mace for a while, but I just couldn't get into it. It didn't swing fast enough to hit multiple targets when I was being swarmed, the mace's poise break was right below the cutoff for several larger enemies (esp. the iron keep knights) that claymore could stagger, and the R1 chain had several problems; on enemies the mace could stagger, an R1 from outside of fisting range would miss the third or fourth blow; on non humanoid enemies the upward strike after the downward would frequently track poorly.
It's a fine weapon and I used it for a long time, but I don't find it to be that superb. Strike damage is very good when you have tons of strength scaling, but I don't think the moveset works out in PvP or against certain mobs and if you're going to be hitting mostly with infused damage (also best in PvP, from my experience), weapons with higher base damage or innate non-physical damage offer more power there.
It's only got C scaling on the Magic Mace.
Really this is a case of never actually really branching out because you were content with what you had. You can't just instantly pick up a new weapon and it is better. You have to upgrade them to the same level at a minimum and they need to be weapons appropriate to your build.
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Is there anything bad that can happen from me using backup saves?
I have farmed a bunch of red eye orbs on one and use that as my invasion save because of how bullshit it is to get them, especially at lower levels in the arena...
Feels so good to be an asshole invader again. I love it. And blue sentinels can suck it.
Mmmm, hello again Zweihander, the darling that killed 90% of DS1 for me. Now to relearn how to use this bad boy, unfortunately unlike the previous one this game is filled with huge humanoid enemies that don't get knocked down by its smackdown, which makes me sad.
So, where's the best way to take this baby? I'm a fat brick of STR, END and VIT, should I just pump some more strength or should I enchant it at some point? It did pretty well as a fire weapon in DS1 if memory serves.
Well, can't say anything about Infuse damage. With int and faith scores of 3 and 6 respectively I didn't feel it worth it to infuse :P. So my Claymore is purely nonmagical, and hits for significantly less than my similarly upgraded nonmagical mace on most enemies I tried it on. Same for the Sun Sword - even when both weapons hit +10 and the sun Sword had more attack rating, it was doing less damage on almost everything and stunning less. I mostly used the Sun Sword because damn it I spent a slab on this thing I'm going to USE it.
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Regarding your character, it's partly a matter of taste mainly based on what weapon you want to use, but pumping strength up to 40 if that's going to be your main damaging stat is probably a good idea and you should certainly meet the requirements of the weapon you want to use ASAP, as IMO 20 endurance will be ok for a while (a key stat though), especially if you find any equipment that increases your maximum equip load.
If you can't sprint and roll quickly though, wearing lighter armour is probably going to keep you safer.
Running Gedosato with default settings.
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Here's the full screenshot, I probably can reduce the DoF a bit more and it would maybe fix the weird branches.
My picture looks better because I can't see some of it!
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Yay?
It can make for some really good pictures, though. But just pictures. It never looks good in motion, and isn't how we actually see things.
Funny. I thought that about DS1. And DeS.
What I'm trying to say is not much has changed.
Hum..never worked for me. Whenever i tried it it would make me roll instead of jump. I usually end up running for a bit perpendictular to the jump then make a sharp or angle turn at the cliff and jump, hoping ill land right.
You, uh.
You hold it down while keeping the analogue stick in neutral.
ie take your fat hyperactive thumb off the movement stick
In DS1 this would make you backstep. Doesn't in this if you hold it down instead of tap.
Oh and set your jump to click in. It probably doesn't work with the old controls.
With click in you can jump instantly. Hold sprint-> press up-> click in = leap
It actually probably is. Dragons and demons tended to have lightning weaknesses in DS1 and I suspect it carries over here too.
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That was me with my mace. Nothing resists strike damage, apparently.
You'll need new pants.
I don't really have any weapon I want to use, in so much as by going in blind (and just using in game hint messages) I don't really know what is coming up. Drake sword does me well but I guessed by the lack of stat scaling it would be outshone eventually. Black Knight Greatsword seemed nice, and if I boost Str high enough I can one-hand it with a shield which just seems epic.
Moveset>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>damage.
My Faith build might have to use dual lightning Scims... hmm. That might be awesome.
Are we doing Fashion Souls now?
A thing many people don't realise.
Chaining attacks from rolling R1's, running R1's or normal R1's will often cut off a significant amount of the start up time of R2's, L1's and L2's.
With dual straight swords, for example, R1, L1, L1 is a combo.
L1 by itself has a long windup. R1 - L1 has no windup.
This is why dual great weapons wrecks faces. If the R1 hits the L1 with both giant weapons has no windup and combos. One whiff punish and they're dead.
"Man, I would sure love some lasik eye surgery. Let me just stand here while the boss sweeps their surgical laser towards OHMYGODITBURNS".
(context: I had just used up all my stamina doing two handed swings to clear out the mini spiders - none left to roll)
How else are you gonna cosplay as one of those badass Heide Knights?
That reminds me I still gotta farm the helmet. Good thing I've been hoarding Ascetics through two playthroughs.
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They just want a great big HUG!
This, pretty much. I'm working on another character now that uses axe in main hand and curved sword in the left for parries. You can still chain R1, L1, L1 without powerstance on a lot of weapons.
Who bought a ton of chameleon items? this guy!
Who's sitting on a ledge as an innocent vase staring at the huge enemies I purposefully left alive? this guy!
And now for the kicker...
Who activated a seed of tree giants? thiiiiiiis guy.
So far, 3 invaders have come knocking and met their end without me having to move an inch.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
i dont know what any of this means but it sounds hilarious.
The seed makes all enemies hostile to invaders, the boosting made all enemies insanely strong, and the chameleon item turns me into a vase so the invader can't find me. The invader spawns, starts looking around for me, eventually wombles into an enemy and gets annihilated because they're not suppose to attack invaders.
I have to try this on the belltower. Which bonfire boosts the enemies there?
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Slow? It hits not any slower than my claymore, and for better damage on practically everything.
It does have problems against groups but that is more due to not really having any decent sweep.
Man I miss the Large Club's old R1. The step sweep was so fun.
I debated what to do but decided not to wait out the timer. Only got 100 souls off of him too.
For such short range the one handed R1 attack should be faster.
The r2 attack has decent range but is quite slow.
The two handed r1 is okay, at least you take a step. The r2 is really good damage but wow slow, especially the second hit. Solo opponents only.
But hey, I mean, if you like it, I'm not knocking it. I'm using magic mace on my mage right now. It's a decent enough weapon. Killed Asceticed Skeleton Lords with it even!
It's moveset has no where near the qualities I want to make it my end game weapon or even a permanent staple.
Also I fold "bad recovery" into "slow". I'm not just talking about windup. You have to wait ages to dodge as well.
See, it's a funny thing. I should be thinking the same thing. I never went around without a weapon with an extending thrust in DS1 - Balder's, Claymore, whatever, I wanted something that could give me that little extra reach. It was a prerequisite for me giving a weapon the time of day - either it had a bit of reach, like the bigass club, or it had some lunging move that gave me some reach in moments of need.
But in DS2 the sheer damage and seeming poise damage difference with my other onehanders just had me keep the damn thing for the entire game since the moment I got it right up until the final boss. That's why I'm thinking of what to bring to NG+. I kinda want to vary a little after an entire game of Bow and Mace Souls. I even upgraded a sun Sword to +10 and barely used it because there didn't seem to ever be a situation where the sword was the better option.
And most of them have much better recovery than the mace.
A mace hits for significantly less damage than a claymore does if infused (at least for me), certainly less damage than the Defender's Greatsword even without it's built in miracle active, and swings at about the same speed for worse range, worse AoE, and worse tracking (again, all in my experience).
I loved the mace for a while, but I just couldn't get into it. It didn't swing fast enough to hit multiple targets when I was being swarmed, the mace's poise break was right below the cutoff for several larger enemies (esp. the iron keep knights) that claymore could stagger, and the R1 chain had several problems; on enemies the mace could stagger, an R1 from outside of fisting range would miss the third or fourth blow; on non humanoid enemies the upward strike after the downward would frequently track poorly.
It's a fine weapon and I used it for a long time, but I don't find it to be that superb. Strike damage is very good when you have tons of strength scaling, but I don't think the moveset works out in PvP or against certain mobs and if you're going to be hitting mostly with infused damage (also best in PvP, from my experience), weapons with higher base damage or innate non-physical damage offer more power there.
EDIT: Also, in my experience, the Sun Sword is very mediocre. Most smaller slashing weapons seem to be, honestly.
Has anyone done this? Are those old From dungeon crawlers any good or should I just re-roll my way through the three Souls games once again?
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It's only got C scaling on the Magic Mace.
Really this is a case of never actually really branching out because you were content with what you had. You can't just instantly pick up a new weapon and it is better. You have to upgrade them to the same level at a minimum and they need to be weapons appropriate to your build.
I have farmed a bunch of red eye orbs on one and use that as my invasion save because of how bullshit it is to get them, especially at lower levels in the arena...
Feels so good to be an asshole invader again. I love it. And blue sentinels can suck it.
So, where's the best way to take this baby? I'm a fat brick of STR, END and VIT, should I just pump some more strength or should I enchant it at some point? It did pretty well as a fire weapon in DS1 if memory serves.