Are bonfires returning?

I don't know if they are, and if no one knows, do you think they are? Or no? I wouldn't think so. If Dark Souls II is the sequel to the Dark Lord ending, then it would be a little weird. I hope something like that returns, instead of some kind of Nexus.

I would think so, however, I would think that (I know this makes Dark Souls seem pointless) regardless of what ending you choose the fire goes out. Just think about it eventually someone will not link it or you'll just run out of people. Anyways I would think there would be something similar to bonfire as the character is still an undead. Characters seem to be a focus in this one so maybe they'll replace bonfires somehow?

Personally i think it would be weird if the bonfires werent there anymore....bonfires are like the staple of Dark souls...You move through a level, reciving punishing blows and struggle to survive, then suddenly on the distant you see it....sweet salvation..finally i`ll get a breather just have to finish of these few enemies and then I`ll be set. Please dont die.....whoa..that sword was a bit to close........praise the sun!!

I think it will come back

I hope.

i think bonfires will return, lorewise the undead themselves are connected on quite an intimate level, it is where the spirits of lost undead return to, where estus flasks can be refilled..

I also think that the whole bonfire thing is probably gonna become a common feature in the series, they have an iconic kinda feel really. If I had to pick things that can sum up dark souls and represent it, bonfires would be one of the higher ups on my list.

Serious_Much wrote:i think bonfires will return, lorewise the undead themselves are connected on quite an intimate level, it is where the spirits of lost undead return to, where estus flasks can be refilled..

I also think that the whole bonfire thing is probably gonna become a common feature in the series, they have an iconic kinda feel really. If I had to pick things that can sum up dark souls and represent it, bonfires would be one of the higher ups on my list.

Bonfires, death, accomplishment, and more death is what I'd say. It's almost unthinkable that they would ditch the mechanic as it's one of the best approaches to a "spawn" system I've ever seen. I was just suggesting that if this takes place a long time after 1, or even if it follows the dark lord ending at all, than the fire may have gone out. I know this may mean little, but in the Dark Souls trailer it makes a point to show you bonfires, but in Dark Souls II it makes a point to show off characters and darkness.

Mr. Tart wrote:Haven't read much lately about Dark Souls 2, so i don't know if it has been confirmed or not, but if it's played on earlier than Dark Souls, then yes, of course they should return, however if not, i don't think so. I do hope they don't return though, for one reason and one reason only: While the series is made up of two games only at the moment, both games have different ways of playing through, and i'd like to see that pattern continue. What i mean by that is that i want something new, something fresh and unique.

DeS was a different world though, so changing it makes sense. Not as much in this case.

well to me firelink is the "nexus" of dark souls

raecor14 wrote:well to me firelink is the "nexus" of dark souls

Of course. I thought I was the only one who felt this. Characters gather here, both main bosses are under them, and there's the Crestfallen Warrior.

Don't forget that they both have handicapped maidens.

Oh yeah. And murderous bastards with Shotels.

Here's a pipedream mechanic: create a radial world, you start at the center of it. You explore outward in any direction. "What's this have to do with bonfires," you ask? You're about to find out, so shut up, sit down, and don't interrupt me again.

In this radial world, you find bonfires as you explore outward. But! They have limited uses. When you die, they use up their power to revive you, eventually extinguishing. You can power up your bonfire (The specifics on how this is done isn't a big deal. Reward for doing covenant stuff, feeding it humanity, reward for doing co-op/invasions, whatever.) giving it more charges to revive you with. So as you explore more and gain more humanity, you have more bonfires lit, making it safer to travel around. If you die, and the last bonfire you were at is extinguished, you go to the bonfire you rested at before that. If you keep dying, entire areas of the world can get extinguished, and roaming around in them becomes really dangerous.

Also maybe make it so that it passively powers up based on enemies you kill in the area (in addition to whatever other power-up mechanic it has) so that it's actually a good strategy to kill enemies while going through the level on the way to the boss instead of sprinting past everything after dying, and also so you don't have to constantly spend resources to maintain low-level areas.

i like the idea that a bonfire would diminish each time it spits out your broken corpse and then having to use humanity (or equivalent) to re-kindle it. i don't know that it needs to be more complicated than that however.

if this was to come about, i would want to see a return of the Demon's Souls mechanic where you are returned to human form after defeating a boss. to make it less expensive to kindle bonfires and to encourage co-op after a death.

buried deep within each zone there should also be a firekeeper that you can revive to keep at least one bonfire active at all times so that it won't diminish after spitting you out.

The problem with diminishing... Accessibility. Adding this feature makes everything more difficult and for no reason really. It's a good idea, but it could put off new players who get all their bonfires wiped out and because its souls they dunno why or how to correct it

Saturday-Saint wrote:Here's a pipedream mechanic: create a radial world, you start at the center of it. You explore outward in any direction. "What's this have to do with bonfires," you ask? You're about to find out, so shut up, sit down, and don't interrupt me again.

In this radial world, you find bonfires as you explore outward. But! They have limited uses. When you die, they use up their power to revive you, eventually extinguishing. You can power up your bonfire (The specifics on how this is done isn't a big deal. Reward for doing covenant stuff, feeding it humanity, reward for doing co-op/invasions, whatever.) giving it more charges to revive you with. So as you explore more and gain more humanity, you have more bonfires lit, making it safer to travel around. If you die, and the last bonfire you were at is extinguished, you go to the bonfire you rested at before that. If you keep dying, entire areas of the world can get extinguished, and roaming around in them becomes really dangerous.

Also maybe make it so that it passively powers up based on enemies you kill in the area (in addition to whatever other power-up mechanic it has) so that it's actually a good strategy to kill enemies while going through the level on the way to the boss instead of sprinting past everything after dying, and also so you don't have to constantly spend resources to maintain low-level areas.

Your idea of a hardcore, kind of open world Dark Souls... is genius.

If they're going to extinguish bonfires, then they better give us an assload of humanity.

Nah, they'd probably give us even less humanity

I know they like difficulty, but they have to make it reasonable.

I'm only joking Actually I would think that they would hate this idea as it would cause players to cling to familiar environments and not go out and get stabbed by psychos in porcelain masks that surprise us when we've wandered to far away from the bonfire.

If they do have bonfires again, I really hope they let you steal other peoples. I was really disappointed when I found out you couldn't invade someones world kill one of there bonfire keepers and then go back to my world without them being the wiser. So when they return to find it extinguished they would see an item to pick up and it would be an orb to invade my world. I honestly thought that when Lautric did it to me in DkS the game was showing me that I could do it to other players.
Anyways I think this would be an interesting mechanic to add to DkS2.
What do you guys think?

Oh_the_Humanity wrote:If they do have bonfires again, I really hope they let you steal other peoples. I was really disappointed when I found out you couldn't invade someones world kill one of there bonfire keepers and then go back to my world without them being the wiser. So when they return to find it extinguished they would see an item to pick up and it would be an orb to invade my world. I honestly thought that when Lautric did it to me in DkS the game was showing me that I could do it to other players.
Anyways I think this would be an interesting mechanic to add to DkS2.
What do you guys think?

That sounds... Friggin' genius.