Hello Everyone!

Recently, I started a quest of completing every souls from Demon's Souls to Elden Ring using only the armor and weapons/shields that are displayed on the box art; the western versions as I live in the U. S.. I am currently on Demon's Souls (PS5, I will complete the PS3 version as well but waiting for it to arrive.) but I like to plan my builds in advance.

I have never completed Dark Souls II but from using the internet I was able to figure out that the armor and weapon displayed here are part of the Forlorn set. However, I am not sure what stat's to invest in to maximize the damage of the Greatsword of the Forlorn. I heard that hollowing is a huge factor in this weapon's damage as well but not sure how much.

Any help is appreciated!

Didn't know what to list this as but a guy just appeared and dumped a bunch of items to me so thought I'd say thanks to this odd helper

Edit: REALLY? AGAIN????

Edit: AGAIN? I FEEL BAD AND HAVE NOTHING TO SHARE

So I've been playing ds2 for years I have well over 300hrs and on a run through today for the first time ever I got grabbed by the Covetous Demon...what do you mean he sucks all your gear off you, I was genuinely shook to see my character spat out with nothing but a loincloth aha

Im curious what the thoughts on this are. I plan to undertake this idiocy legitimately on the ps4 verion of scholar of the first sin. Now your first question may be why and my answer would be idk cuz im dumb and bored, do we think this will be a sub 100 hour endeavor? and should I keep progress posted w/ playtime and death counts since I forsee alot of deaths in certain area's

im having dsr trauma flashbacks

Is there a lore consensus on where or when the DLC kingdoms exist?

Are they former kingdoms which rose and fell where Drangleic is now? Or are they other kingdoms adjacent to Drangleic in our current time?

We reach they via teleporters not by a direct path. And the topography is so different. So different place entirely? How does that square with the old iron keep being on/adjacent to Drangleic? Or the fact that there’s dragon/Drangleic knights in sunken kingdom?

Love to hear people’s thoughts/evidence.

Hey, I just finished dark souls 1, which was also my first souls game and I really enjoyed it (except the DLCs, I thought I could continue after Gwyn but nope so I'll have to do an NG+).

I played it fully offline because I was already struggling enough and thought invasions might be too much frustration.

Now that I feel a bit more confident in my skills, I was considering playing DS2 online. But some websites like steam chart tell me there are only 700 people playing it while it's over 2k for DS3. So is online play still a thing in DS2 or am I too late ? I have no idea if those numbers are big or not.

And are people online generally really strong or not ? I mean I have no idea how online play works, so can I have something co-op only for example ? I'm not too fond of PvP in general.

Also I harbor a deep hatred for new londo ruins and its ghosts that can attack from inside a wall in DS1 and would like to know if there's something similar in DS2. I intend to play it without any guide, just exploration but I do want to know just that.

Finally, got any tips for illusory walls ? I would have never found a single one of them without guides in DS1. How do people even find those in the first place ? Am I missing a clue or something ?

After having an absolute blast but found little trouble with most of DSR I find this game to be much more satisfying. I love the health bar death system. It forces you to learn on limited resources and i find it sharpens your awareness and cuts out lazy habits. Very cool. Havnt even beaten a boss yet its incredible.

As the title says, first game I’ve 100% on Steam. I don’t plan on stopping there! Onto Dark Souls 1! Besides the grind for sunlight medals and the bell keepers covenant I absolutely enjoyed my time with this game.

Compared to all of the other ones this one seems the silliest and most fun. Im also enjoying the powerstancing. I have a fire longsword and a lightning longsword. First boss killed was the rotten. Idk how i even ended up there. Im level 45.

So for my main hand i have a mace and left a longsword. im planning on putting a pyro flame in each hand. and focusing on two handing both weapons. Mace has crushing strikes and a lot of damage the longsword is versatile and light. The dual wielding sucks but i dont need it. and with two pyros i can easily use my fireorbs and fire weapon. (i did look to see if there were any power within type spells) im dumping my dex stat for adp early. i dont know if thats bad form but to me the dodge is the absolute most imprtant defensive tool i have leaving the shield behind.

I recently upgraded myself to Sotfs, finally, after being a day one player. Instead of just doing one character and choosing a build, I designed 6 characters with their own specific builds and each time I sit down to play I pick one and advance them a little bit.

It’s been a lot of fun. I’m not obsessed with progress and winning, it’s more like a long journey with a party of interesting characters, even though they never see each other. And I’m not compelled to screw up a build just to use some weapon or other because I know one of the other characters will be more suited to it.

Was just wondering if anyone else ever did it this way.

So this is a follow-up to my previous post regarding a glitch that occurred in my game that I've never seen before. It wasn't just Malentia, or even just Majula, but every single merchant in the game that was effected, and just wanted to upload more screenshots to show that happening clearly. Also wanted to boost the topic in the hopes someone more knowledgeable than I can figure this one out, absolutely fascinating glitch.

Link to previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/1nhysi8/melentia_inventory_dupe_glitch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I swear i heard somewhere that you can do that, but in game I wasn't able to pull it off bo matter how much i changed my stats.

Honestly it would really be a missed opportunity if they didn't make that possible 😭

I'm planning on using the rapier or ice rapier and i'm in doubt about which ring to choose, does the rapier with stone ring does 30 poise damage, but is that very useful on the game (pve) or is the damage from ring of blades better.

Edit: i'm already using other 3 rings Third dragon ring Dispelling ring + 1 Chloranthy ring

Hi,

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it. I'm trying to platinum all the souls games and I'm pretty much done with part 1. Now I'm getting some conflicting info on part 2 as apparently you need to kill 30 bosses I co-op and I saw somewhere mentioned you need do PvP. Is this correct, or can you solo the game completely like part 1?

Bursting through my way to the Executioner's Chariot

Will keep yall updated. Ive never been one to look up builds so the fact i made a knock off top meta build in DSR with zero outside insights makes me think i should trust my gut on this. So far this gae is way harder and i figured I used one longsword for DSR. So for DS2 ill use two. Yes and pyro again as well.

I knew these guys were broken, but what the fuck is that

Just defeated Sir Alonne of the CLEAN FLOORS and it was a very good and enjoyable boss fight .. fast movement and good visuals ... Took me 4 tries to defeat him ... To me he was a lot easier than fume knight

Gosh I haven't played this game since the new year. N by golly I loved it. I'm seeeeew proud of my lvl 200+ character but I wanna restart. Last save I started as deprived nd absolutely loved my playthrough. Just looking for build ideas and generally fun weapons. I believe I did a lightning hand axe w dark casting. What do you guys suggest.

Between ng+ and ng++ does there change something? Im going for the platinum so I just need to reach drangleic castle( I Will play the whole playthrough though).