Although they're called dragon rider's we fought without them riding any dragon but apparently they actually were supposed to mount them on fights but the developer cut the dragon or beast because according to him they were hard and even without the dragon they looked imposing but man I wish they kept these because they look cool.

What's even more interesting the dragon was actually a boss fight without the big knight they were called the wyrm dragon the boss area was actually in the same location is the red dragon before the dragon slayer boss fight.

Ultimately the idea was not abandoned because in elden ring they made it into the dragonic Sentinels so at least we now had an idea what were they boss fight looked and felt.

It starts in a forest and then you meet some ladies laughing at you that says you will lose your souls. Fast forward and and you're in huntsmans copse and you meet some skeleton on a bandwagon in a narrow hallway. Yeah and then you gotta bear seek seek lest. And then of course the funny elevator ride to Iron keep. And then there is this hobo king Vendrick in a dark room you gotta fight. Well that's what i wanted to share.

Just finished my replay. Amazing game tbh, way better than ds1 imo.

I used the crypt black sword most of my run, and eventually went with the demon great hammer. I ended up having an easy time with a lot of these bosses so I tried to rank based on move set, how fun they are to face when they are supposed to be fought etc.

Dislike- bosses I thought were terrible and not fun, aswell as having bad designs.

Meh- bosses I thought were fine but didn’t care for. Designs that were just meh.

Okay- bosses that were kinda fun. Didn’t have a great time with em but were good enough. Designs that were actually kinda cool.

Solid- bosses I actually enjoyed. Designs I liked.

Good- bosses I liked a lot and have mainly positive thoughts on. Designs I thought were very cool

Great- bosses I had a great time with and have very minor issues with. Great designs aswell

Amazing- bosses I personally had the most fun with and my fav designs.

I’m just confused asf. The animation played, i was still walking somehow, and i didn’t heal?

While it may sound as an obvious no at first since the giants were driven back and their lord captured and imprisoned for life under the fort, the giants did succeed in their objective of destroying Drangleic
and getting their revenge (even though they were eventually driven back or retreated across the sea back to their homeland) so I’m interested in what you guys think

It blew me up on my first playthrough lol

After trying different armor styles ive notice this glitch, i played ds2 for 9 years on and off and never heard anyone talk about this. Anyone else notice this or am i just late to the party? P. S if any of you have a subtitute for the vangral head itll be much appreciated thanks

I'm really struggling in the third DLC, and I'm about to give in and use that kind of build.

(Sorry if the tag isn't the right one)

So, I recently got a copy of DS2: SotFS for my PC.

Since I’d already beaten the game a few times, I decided to look for some mods, and I found this one—which I think is fucking amazing:

(https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/1514)

Basically, the mod lets you power-stance *any* weapon; for example, you can mix a dagger with an ultra greatsword—it’s so much fun.

It works like this: the weapon in your main hand determines the moveset (if you’re holding a dagger, you get the dual-dagger moveset), which allows for some seriously broken weapon combinations. From the little bit of testing I’ve done, some of my favorites are "Ultra Greatsword + Heide Knight Sword" and "Ultra Greatsword + Rapier."

Both setups offer a really fast moveset, so the Ultra Greatsword's DPS skyrockets.

If anyone wants to try a fun new playthrough of DS2: SotFS, I 10,000% recommend this mod.

What are your favorite mods?

I hate the predictive parry nonesense for everything they did after ds1, and im currently working my way through iron keep on a dagger run. is there a weapon, any weapon, with a parry startup fast enough that i dont have to guess which attack the alonne knights are going to use before i press parry? currently the only one i can parry on reaction is the slow thrust with the buckler, anything else it seems like if the animation already started the parry wont start up fast enough. ive seen talk about the monestary scimitar, but it looks like it was nerfed at one point but i saw people talking about it being reverted at another point but im not yet at aldias keep so i cant test it myself

So I'm playing the SoTFS edition and I'm having a good bit of trouble just getting to him without dying or being on a fourth of my hp due to the fireballs and giants was it this hard in the original release or is SoTFS just kicking my ass, could use a bit of advice on how to deal with it

I don't know if it's in vanilla, this is in Softs

It spins till this day 💃🕺

As I understand it split damage is generally a detriment in the other souls games because every damage type has to go through it's own layer of damage reduction but In this game I've seen people saying that mixing damage types is fine. Is it simply because elemental damage reduction is percent based?

I heard ppl say he is not supposed to be the first boss but he's the only one i found. beat him to death with a club and got him to 20% numerous times and saw a tip online to stick close to his sheild, easily beat him after that with some dodges and the small platform wasn't much of a deal ngl. got around it. only problem was those long combos he gains when he gets low on health. fun game so far, 100% harder than dsr at the start with he controls being so different+ took ages to get the first boss lol. idk why ppl slander this game so far

Perhaps you've seen it, maybe in a dream. A murky, forgotten land. A place where souls may mend your ailing mind. You will lose everything... ... once Branded. The symbol of the curse. An augur of darkness. Your past. Your future. Your very light. None will have meaning, and you won't even care. By then, you'll be something other than human. A thing that feeds on souls. A Hollow. Long ago, in a walled off land, far to the north, a great king built a great kingdom. I believe they called it Drangleic. Perhaps you're familiar. No, how could you be. But one day, you will stand before its decrepit gate. Without really knowing why... Like a moth drawn to a flame. Your wings will burn in anguish. Time after time. For that is your fate. The fate of the cursed.

The altar in Things Betwixt likely functions like the Shrine of Winter and the other two DLC shrines that take you to other eras/geographical locations.

I think that everything before the whirlpool is in the future. The old woman you speak to, the past you forget, the decrepit gate of Drangleic, etc.

The altar is in their back yard and they ask you "you spoke to that kind old dear, didn't you?", which seems like the old women are aware that people are being directed to the decrepit gate and pulled to Drangleic. They sort of say as much when they mention "they all end up here, the ones like you".

When you wake up at the altar it's all wet and you're still dripping from the whirlpool.