by Dibsville Wed May 08, 2013 5:38 pmObviously, we've all discussed what we'll do when Dark Souls 2 comes out, but this thread is not just a discussion, it is for what you will REALLY do when it comes out.
By that, I mean what are you actually going to do.
No "probably's", no "maybe's", what will you do. What rules are you going to do, how will you limit yourself, if you even do limit yourself.
Are you really ready for another souls experience?
First off, I'm getting 12 Strength and Dexterity right off the bat. Assuming that they are keeping the original Dark Souls type requirements system, that should be more than enough until I can get some of my other stats raised. I may bump Dexterity up to 14, assuming I don't start off as a class that has that anyway.
I'm getting 15 Vitality right after that. I'm going to want to take some blows, but I don't expect to just be a rag doll.
15 Endurance is more than enough, if it's not I'll take off my armour. Who needs it anyway, "it's just weighing me down".
I'm going to accept my deaths. In fact, I'm probably going to die intentionally. I want to know what to expect from every single attack; when to roll, when I can block, when guard break can be used without leading to death, when I can attack more than once or twice, etc.
I'll be leveling up Intelligence and Faith equally, as I did in my first playthroughs of the previous souls series.
If there is a Resistance stat, I'll be leveling it up. Whether we like it or not, Resistance may be extremely revamped and even viable in Dark Souls 2, so it's going to better to test everything rather than be missing out on something that could actually be useful.
As I did in the previous souls series, I'm going to conserve. I played Dark Souls before Demon's Souls, so my innate gaming abilities had to be transferred to Dark Souls from other games. This meant that what I did was affected by my previous play styles, in other words, I didn't kill NPC's, I explored everywhere and received a TON of deaths from doing so, and I didn't really experiment with the other weapons, but instead relied on high AR to get me through (damn you DoA4).
I'll be open to interactions with people. If I see a soapstone, I'm going to summon it. Doesn't matter what colour it is, I'm not going to be picky.
This time, I'll rely more on attrition battles rather than trading blows. Just to give an example, the first time I fought Artorias I was on a SL 1, and at the time I didn't know that DLC enemies literally laugh at the face of anything but pure melee.
I died very quickly, and did practically nothing.
This means I'll be more or less using medium speed weapons with medium damage. If I can get an Estoc early on, I'll most likely end the game with the Estoc (I just recently started using it, and I'm loving it to death)
I'm going to explore. No exceptions, if I see two paths, and one seems to be the right path, I'm going on the other one before proceeding.
Post what you're actually going to do when the game comes out. Like a set of rules you're going to follow. Obviously we may stray off of these, but it's better to get the idea down now rather than figure it out when we're right in the moment.
Then again, what we may think is best may be the complete antithesis of what the game is about. But I'm ready for that, and I'll willingly learn from my mistakes.
By that, I mean what are you actually going to do.
No "probably's", no "maybe's", what will you do. What rules are you going to do, how will you limit yourself, if you even do limit yourself.
Are you really ready for another souls experience?
First off, I'm getting 12 Strength and Dexterity right off the bat. Assuming that they are keeping the original Dark Souls type requirements system, that should be more than enough until I can get some of my other stats raised. I may bump Dexterity up to 14, assuming I don't start off as a class that has that anyway.
I'm getting 15 Vitality right after that. I'm going to want to take some blows, but I don't expect to just be a rag doll.
15 Endurance is more than enough, if it's not I'll take off my armour. Who needs it anyway, "it's just weighing me down".
I'm going to accept my deaths. In fact, I'm probably going to die intentionally. I want to know what to expect from every single attack; when to roll, when I can block, when guard break can be used without leading to death, when I can attack more than once or twice, etc.
I'll be leveling up Intelligence and Faith equally, as I did in my first playthroughs of the previous souls series.
If there is a Resistance stat, I'll be leveling it up. Whether we like it or not, Resistance may be extremely revamped and even viable in Dark Souls 2, so it's going to better to test everything rather than be missing out on something that could actually be useful.
As I did in the previous souls series, I'm going to conserve. I played Dark Souls before Demon's Souls, so my innate gaming abilities had to be transferred to Dark Souls from other games. This meant that what I did was affected by my previous play styles, in other words, I didn't kill NPC's, I explored everywhere and received a TON of deaths from doing so, and I didn't really experiment with the other weapons, but instead relied on high AR to get me through (damn you DoA4).
I'll be open to interactions with people. If I see a soapstone, I'm going to summon it. Doesn't matter what colour it is, I'm not going to be picky.
This time, I'll rely more on attrition battles rather than trading blows. Just to give an example, the first time I fought Artorias I was on a SL 1, and at the time I didn't know that DLC enemies literally laugh at the face of anything but pure melee.
I died very quickly, and did practically nothing.
This means I'll be more or less using medium speed weapons with medium damage. If I can get an Estoc early on, I'll most likely end the game with the Estoc (I just recently started using it, and I'm loving it to death)
I'm going to explore. No exceptions, if I see two paths, and one seems to be the right path, I'm going on the other one before proceeding.
Post what you're actually going to do when the game comes out. Like a set of rules you're going to follow. Obviously we may stray off of these, but it's better to get the idea down now rather than figure it out when we're right in the moment.
Then again, what we may think is best may be the complete antithesis of what the game is about. But I'm ready for that, and I'll willingly learn from my mistakes.
