Mmm. Something worth mentioning is that DS2 is loaded with interactables around every area. From light fixtures with a torch, hidden walls that take pressing the interact button like you're trying to talk to them, things you can knock down, wooden doors and chests you can destroy, rocks you can knock off to pull things up, walls that blow up, and more. NPCs are also way smarter in DS2 than the other games.
I still cant get over how good Majula is to this day. Its the only Souls hub area that Ive ever loaded into just for the sake of soaking in the atmosphere. The relaxing but oddly isolating music. The soothing background noise of the waves crashing onto the rocks on the cliffs below. And the warm sunset hues on the horizon.
Enjoying the VODs immensely. Is there any chance of a chapter marked where you transition into getting after gameplay? Some people enjoy the chatting that goes on "pregame" (checking for motion blurr, saying hi to the chat, intros to what the game plan is) but sometimes one just wants to get right to the exploring and dying. Please don't misunderstand, you have a lovely voice that I could listen reading a phone book, and the majula theme is the best part of ds2. But, as a VOD watcher, I'm here for your experience of the game in action.
I don't know why chat told you 25 or 30 ADP. 100 Agility is more than enough, and that's around 20 or 21 depending on your starting ATT (just level it up until AGI hits 100).
Yeah I've beaten the game and DLC a few times now and literally never touched ADP. I legit thought they were trolling her telling her to put points into that stat.
@@FastRedPonyCar The entire chat seems comprised of people who think DS2 is some kind of boogeyman you have to bruteforce. I bet she plays better than all of them lmao
My first playthrough was a dex character and I only put points into ADP because "I can make my dex character more agile!?" And "oooh elemental resistances." I'd never heard of an . Seeing her run past the game is kind of sad too. Imagine being those three knights this stream.
Ds2 was the one I first played with my bro, and even though he lives states away, we play this online together almost every weekend. Dgaf what the haters say, this game is awsome.
Very Good! You're instincts are sharp. Spoilers are inevitable when streaming live, understandable. Secrets in Dark Souls games are many, finding them naturally is always best. The need to help is also strong. Striking that balance is up to you. Enjoy your playthrough!
Good job so far. I feel like you've been moderately trolled by chat telling you to level up ADP this early. I've rarely ever put points into it during my 4 or 5 play throughs. Vigor and whatever your main skill for weapon use is will have a better early to mid-game return on investment. Hit harder, have more health. My suggestions: - ADP is more than enough now for the rest of the game. Don't put any more points into that stat. - Start using your torch more and light all the braziers you see. The game often has secret rewards or events that unlock when you light all the braziers in an area. You'll eventually come to one area that's extremely dark that has an awesome reward if you can find and light all of them. That and the game just looks a whole lot better when they're lit and glowing. - If you're going with strength build, you're not too far away from finding the claymore. IMO one of the best str weapons in the game. Switch to that and don't look back. You'll need 20 str and 13 dex to use it with 1 hand. Raw infusion for even more damage. - Use a shield. The large leather shield you picked up is pretty great in terms of weight to blocking ability. I used that quite a bit. - Powerstancing 2 weapons is awesome. If you're not familiar with it, check out a video or two explaining how it works, what the stat requirements are, etc. You can do some big damage with the right powerstance setup.
I've been going around in circles with this game for about ten years and bought the dark souls trilogy a few days ago to have another crack. Will utilize the ADP stat this time and hope for the best. Lovely vid. My ADHD assessment is in March!
Miss Chalice, do you have an estimated time for when you're streaming? I caught the end of the first stream, and missed the second. I'm glad that you're uploading them to youtube.
A tip that will save you lots of suffering: Armored anemies in this game take almost 2x more damage from blunt/impact weapons, so buy the small club with the old lady and go plow those hollow asses
If you want to stick with two-handed melee, then the important stats are VGR, END, VIT and ADP. Update these 4 stats to their soft/hard cap. Keep STR and DEX to minimum according to weapons you want to use until the previous 4 reaching soft/hard cap, then you can update these 2 for bonus damage. But don't worry, you can reset stats if you make mistakes when you bring certain item to the old women.
Pursuer is no joke, at least not if you go there early. And beyond him is arguably the biggest skill check in the main game. I obviously wiped there needlessly for hours, before I realized what CoC does. That's a Souls experience, all right. But you seem to have found another road. The main thing about ADP is that it increases Agility, you can totally beat the game without investing in it. I can think of a few bosses where you might wanna have 96 or even 99 Agility, but it's really not necessary until the 2nd and 3rd DLC. We're talking 3 bosses in total, not all 6. The way I usually level up in Soulslike is Vigor to 50 and then strength or dex, depending on the weapon scaling. Which sometimes means getting them both up. As long as you upgrade your weapon, you will be fine. I would say that stamina and equipment load are endgame and NG+ luxuries. Same with ADP. I must say, I have never seen anyone upgrade armor before. That seems like a high NG+ priority. On endgame pieces. I wrote this because chat is making you waste points. Which makes the game harder than it needs to be. At some point, you're gonna want to get Ring of Binding, which is gonna take like 5 minutes from one of your Bonfires. Or 30 seconds, if you yolo it instead of fighting.
Just started watching the first video and I wanted to point out - if you decide to play with KB/M at any point, you'll probably want to turn off and on the "disable double click" option everytime you load the game. For some reason it's bugged, and when it's not engaging correctly it means that all attacks that are bound to clicks will have a weird delay to them... Played through the game like that the first time around, and it was not a nice experience.
I beat DS2 this year. Was my first ever souls experience and I’ll say…. It was a nightmare. But after completing it. Playing Elden ring with its amazing movement, it makes this game look so much harder 😂🤓☝️🔥
Enemies stop spawning after killing them 12 times over. It's a great mechanic to exploit whenever you want to clear a path to a boss, farming souls and levels in the process.
I found this 9min45 vid helps explain why the controls feel a little off in ds2 compared to other fromsoft games... ua-cam.com/video/DrjrMQ-m7Bs/v-deo.html But once you know, you can adapt fairly easily
To the comment regarding “ds2 feels different” especially from someone who’s never played it before, that is an interesting observation. Ds2 does feel very different from the rest of the franchise. Different team made it so yeah but atmosphere wise as well. Drangleic feels very “ruined” and “abandoned.” It feels like exploring the remains of a kingdom from long ago. It feels very self contained compared to the rest of the trilogy. There’s also no fire to link. The story revolves entirely around saving yourself from the curse. It gives the story a more personal bent than becoming the Elden lord or linking the fire. There is no grand design. Just you, the curse, and Drangleic.
About adp: You dont need to Up so much on it. After you reach 100 agility the game flows very well. Honestly, 90% of the game's combat is based on spacing, just use the space between you and the enemies in a smart away and you'll barely roll in the game. Adp is overrated and overhated haha. I almos never up ADP anymore, is the last stat I put points on it, you can just dodge the majority of the game's attacks by runing to the right.
Miss Chalice, boss running is a *very* bad habit for this game. The game was designed to punish running to the boss and avoiding the level. It wants you to engage with the levels. DS2 doubled down on the slow methodical nature of Souls games. I kind of wish no one told you to pump points into ADP. Its allowing you to ingrain bad habits you'll pay for later at higher levels. Boss running especially when you haven't completed exploring an area means you will miss things. Not just items and npcs but also some unique behaviors of enemies. And a unique mechanic that can make getting to the boss easier. A different mechanic change is probably going to catch you sooner or later on these runs. Ngl I was hoping it'd catch you while running to the Dragon Rider. That said The Pursuer is like The Crucible Knight. It's goal is to teach you to parry and help you git gud. Although he can teach two other lessons depending on how you play. So good luck on The Pursuer. Also your cat really does look like Shalquoir lol
Such a shame that apparently every new DS2 player nowadays has to endure that ADP nonsense. ADP is like any other stat in DS2 - it is part of YOUR BUILD. Imagine she is absolutely fine with the basic dodge and Estus drink speed. She could invest all those levels in other stats - to withstand more hits, to have more stamina to actually do stuff, equip heavier weapons and armor, have the stats to be able to wield a wider range of weapons/stronger weapons. So that she actually can build her character the way she wants, which is a big part of the fun playing RPGs IMO. By forcing players to invest in ADP, you are denying them this fun, the freedom to make your own choices about your build. As always, you have to learn the attack patterns and how to avoid them, no amount of ADP or Agility will help you with that.
Chalice. Chat is trolling you hard. ADP IS THE WORST STAT TO LEVEL WHEN YOU START. It gives you very tiny frames improvements per point dodging and it will cripple you early on. Push Vigor!!! for survivability at beginning , End for more attacks and second the weapon stat of the weapon you wanna use dex or str. I played DS2 around 20 times never touched ADP. ADP was advertised as a joke in some online guides so it became a running gag. Don't be fooled. Also use effigy to get hit points to full again. ADP helps you ZERO with combat or staying alive at the beginning.
While I agree getting more health and stamina is always going to be helpful, leveling ADP early on is absolutely helpful in combat. ADP is the attribute that most quickly levels the Agility stat, which on top of increasing the number of dodge-roll i-frames (even just a few more i-frames can be a huge lifesaver), it also speeds up using items (including flask), switching equipment, and guarding. The animation speed of those actions starts quite a bit slower than in DS1 or Elden Ring, so at least in my opinion, DS2 starts to feel a lot better and more survivable when your character's Agility gets to around 100.
@@ShowerSkeletonNope it's proven to get ANY notable frames dodging your ADP needs to be 92+ which is a huge waste of stat points. Check comparison videos. ADP is a joke for noobs to be fooled. Starting the game and dumping ADP points is a huge waste. Chat is trolling her.
Great timing, just finished part 1
I'm only halfway through 1st part ...i fear watching over 100 hours of this playthrough might be too much for my schedule :'(
@@fo4urm640hey no pressure at all! There will be a main channel video summarising my experience :)
Mmm. Something worth mentioning is that DS2 is loaded with interactables around every area. From light fixtures with a torch, hidden walls that take pressing the interact button like you're trying to talk to them, things you can knock down, wooden doors and chests you can destroy, rocks you can knock off to pull things up, walls that blow up, and more. NPCs are also way smarter in DS2 than the other games.
Your reaction to seeing Majula for the first time was so special! Genuine great gaming moment.
"When I'm done, I'd like to do a lore-esque video" I know it may not seem like it now, but you're gonna have a lot to work with!
This is very chill and comfy, I like it. I actually got this algorithmed my way without seeing your main channel before!
Ah Majula. Seeing it is always a bit like coming home.
Weird for a fictional place but there we are.
I still cant get over how good Majula is to this day. Its the only Souls hub area that Ive ever loaded into just for the sake of soaking in the atmosphere.
The relaxing but oddly isolating music. The soothing background noise of the waves crashing onto the rocks on the cliffs below. And the warm sunset hues on the horizon.
love having these in the background as i work
super nice to see you get more comfy w talking and commentating and chat interactions
You're relaxing to listen to, and clearly, you see ds2 for how it is. Enjoy the ride
Dang already making great progress let's goooo
Thank you for adressing the screentear miss Chalice now i can enjoy you suffering through this game in high quality! what a great day :D
Having tons of fun watching these, keep up the great work, you are progressing very well
Enjoying the VODs immensely. Is there any chance of a chapter marked where you transition into getting after gameplay? Some people enjoy the chatting that goes on "pregame" (checking for motion blurr, saying hi to the chat, intros to what the game plan is) but sometimes one just wants to get right to the exploring and dying. Please don't misunderstand, you have a lovely voice that I could listen reading a phone book, and the majula theme is the best part of ds2. But, as a VOD watcher, I'm here for your experience of the game in action.
I don't know why chat told you 25 or 30 ADP. 100 Agility is more than enough, and that's around 20 or 21 depending on your starting ATT (just level it up until AGI hits 100).
Yeah I've beaten the game and DLC a few times now and literally never touched ADP. I legit thought they were trolling her telling her to put points into that stat.
@@FastRedPonyCar The entire chat seems comprised of people who think DS2 is some kind of boogeyman you have to bruteforce. I bet she plays better than all of them lmao
My first playthrough was a dex character and I only put points into ADP because "I can make my dex character more agile!?" And "oooh elemental resistances." I'd never heard of an .
Seeing her run past the game is kind of sad too. Imagine being those three knights this stream.
Ds2 was the one I first played with my bro, and even though he lives states away, we play this online together almost every weekend. Dgaf what the haters say, this game is awsome.
Ok I have already listened to this one 4 times while working, ready for the new one :)
Just saw the announcement on the lore channel community tab from a year ago. Apparently, I found it at the right time
Very Good! You're instincts are sharp. Spoilers are inevitable when streaming live, understandable. Secrets in Dark Souls games are many, finding them naturally is always best. The need to help is also strong. Striking that balance is up to you. Enjoy your playthrough!
Finally i can watch you play , your so entertaining
For me, DS2 has a certain dreamlike quality that the other souls titles don't have. The vibes are a big part of why DS2 is my favorite souls title.
Glad you're gonna go through with this. There are a lot of cool dynamics with this one.
These stream VODs are hella comfy
Hi Chalice! Glad to see you streaming!
Elden Ring Origins blind playthrough? Naisu!
Thank you UA-cam recommendations.
Loving these vids, super chill and enjoyable to watch you play my fav of the trilogy, look forward to hearing your thoughts on it when you're done
Good job so far. I feel like you've been moderately trolled by chat telling you to level up ADP this early. I've rarely ever put points into it during my 4 or 5 play throughs. Vigor and whatever your main skill for weapon use is will have a better early to mid-game return on investment. Hit harder, have more health.
My suggestions:
- ADP is more than enough now for the rest of the game. Don't put any more points into that stat.
- Start using your torch more and light all the braziers you see. The game often has secret rewards or events that unlock when you light all the braziers in an area. You'll eventually come to one area that's extremely dark that has an awesome reward if you can find and light all of them. That and the game just looks a whole lot better when they're lit and glowing.
- If you're going with strength build, you're not too far away from finding the claymore. IMO one of the best str weapons in the game. Switch to that and don't look back. You'll need 20 str and 13 dex to use it with 1 hand. Raw infusion for even more damage.
- Use a shield. The large leather shield you picked up is pretty great in terms of weight to blocking ability. I used that quite a bit.
- Powerstancing 2 weapons is awesome. If you're not familiar with it, check out a video or two explaining how it works, what the stat requirements are, etc. You can do some big damage with the right powerstance setup.
I was watching this like it’s asmr. Comfy as ever and slept like a baby. Her voice is so relaxing to me
If you zoom in really hard on emerald herald, you'll notice one of her eyes is a different color than the other
Lets gooooo more Peak Souls 2
I've been going around in circles with this game for about ten years and bought the dark souls trilogy a few days ago to have another crack. Will utilize the ADP stat this time and hope for the best. Lovely vid. My ADHD assessment is in March!
Miss Chalice, do you have an estimated time for when you're streaming? I caught the end of the first stream, and missed the second. I'm glad that you're uploading them to youtube.
ALREADY?!?!? THANK GOD
Getting the right mix of stats to level up the poise parameter helps absorb damage
A tip that will save you lots of suffering: Armored anemies in this game take almost 2x more damage from blunt/impact weapons, so buy the small club with the old lady and go plow those hollow asses
Yes! Let's go! Part 2 babyyyyy
the kitty made the gameplay 100x better
Sweet just finished pt 1 last night
Watching this makes me want to buy the game and play again
me watching videos at 480p on my phone: yeah looks great all the time 🙃
If you want to stick with two-handed melee, then the important stats are VGR, END, VIT and ADP. Update these 4 stats to their soft/hard cap. Keep STR and DEX to minimum according to weapons you want to use until the previous 4 reaching soft/hard cap, then you can update these 2 for bonus damage. But don't worry, you can reset stats if you make mistakes when you bring certain item to the old women.
Jeez, about time!!
This game is magical to me.
perfect company for my study session :)
I accidentally skipped a bit into the vod and it was you getting flattened by the turtle knight lmao
YES more peak souls 2!!
need the full walkthrought ,more ds2 vids pls 😍😍😍😇
Peaceful Souls 🗡
There is a chest loot with a ring that stops your health from depleting the full 50%..i cant catch the live stream but enjoy watching the vods👍
on the end screen there's a link to a playlist but it says it is unavailable
50:10 the ska starts
You should buy either the Mace or the Rapier at the blacksmith, they're much better than the starting weapon.
She want's to eventually go greatsword.
Might wanna install DS2LE and Fromsoftserve's Second Sin upscaled texture pack, just to make the game pop out
Chalice! Yay. I will be super pleased when you stream Bloodborne. But looking forward to seeing this run :)
Yesss I'm playing DS2 for the first time rn, too 🤣
I was level 223 when i finished DS2. Levels seem to come really easy in this one, compared to others
I finished DS1 just over Level 100, DS3 Level 118
Pursuer is no joke, at least not if you go there early. And beyond him is arguably the biggest skill check in the main game. I obviously wiped there needlessly for hours, before I realized what CoC does. That's a Souls experience, all right. But you seem to have found another road.
The main thing about ADP is that it increases Agility, you can totally beat the game without investing in it. I can think of a few bosses where you might wanna have 96 or even 99 Agility, but it's really not necessary until the 2nd and 3rd DLC. We're talking 3 bosses in total, not all 6.
The way I usually level up in Soulslike is Vigor to 50 and then strength or dex, depending on the weapon scaling. Which sometimes means getting them both up. As long as you upgrade your weapon, you will be fine. I would say that stamina and equipment load are endgame and NG+ luxuries. Same with ADP. I must say, I have never seen anyone upgrade armor before. That seems like a high NG+ priority. On endgame pieces. I wrote this because chat is making you waste points. Which makes the game harder than it needs to be.
At some point, you're gonna want to get Ring of Binding, which is gonna take like 5 minutes from one of your Bonfires. Or 30 seconds, if you yolo it instead of fighting.
Just started watching the first video and I wanted to point out - if you decide to play with KB/M at any point, you'll probably want to turn off and on the "disable double click" option everytime you load the game. For some reason it's bugged, and when it's not engaging correctly it means that all attacks that are bound to clicks will have a weird delay to them... Played through the game like that the first time around, and it was not a nice experience.
So, you like big buff spectral knights with a huge sword I see. 😏
I beat DS2 this year. Was my first ever souls experience and I’ll say…. It was a nightmare. But after completing it. Playing Elden ring with its amazing movement, it makes this game look so much harder 😂🤓☝️🔥
Looked you up on google and went to
Images and boom cheeks 😂 not complaining but damn
56:40 damn simps ruining everything XD
Enemies stop spawning after killing them 12 times over. It's a great mechanic to exploit whenever you want to clear a path to a boss, farming souls and levels in the process.
I would like to know the games in the fromsoft catalog that you have played ms chalice
This game likes darkness, use a torch 🙂
I found this 9min45 vid helps explain why the controls feel a little off in ds2 compared to other fromsoft games...
ua-cam.com/video/DrjrMQ-m7Bs/v-deo.html
But once you know, you can adapt fairly easily
The enemies start to not spaw back after 15 kills so you can make some training ultill they are gone learn how to do jump attack for ex
Anyone knows her streaming schedule?
To the comment regarding “ds2 feels different” especially from someone who’s never played it before, that is an interesting observation.
Ds2 does feel very different from the rest of the franchise. Different team made it so yeah but atmosphere wise as well. Drangleic feels very “ruined” and “abandoned.” It feels like exploring the remains of a kingdom from long ago. It feels very self contained compared to the rest of the trilogy.
There’s also no fire to link. The story revolves entirely around saving yourself from the curse. It gives the story a more personal bent than becoming the Elden lord or linking the fire. There is no grand design. Just you, the curse, and Drangleic.
About adp: You dont need to Up so much on it. After you reach 100 agility the game flows very well. Honestly, 90% of the game's combat is based on spacing, just use the space between you and the enemies in a smart away and you'll barely roll in the game. Adp is overrated and overhated haha. I almos never up ADP anymore, is the last stat I put points on it, you can just dodge the majority of the game's attacks by runing to the right.
Miss Chalice, boss running is a *very* bad habit for this game. The game was designed to punish running to the boss and avoiding the level. It wants you to engage with the levels.
DS2 doubled down on the slow methodical nature of Souls games. I kind of wish no one told you to pump points into ADP. Its allowing you to ingrain bad habits you'll pay for later at higher levels.
Boss running especially when you haven't completed exploring an area means you will miss things. Not just items and npcs but also some unique behaviors of enemies. And a unique mechanic that can make getting to the boss easier. A different mechanic change is probably going to catch you sooner or later on these runs. Ngl I was hoping it'd catch you while running to the Dragon Rider.
That said The Pursuer is like The Crucible Knight. It's goal is to teach you to parry and help you git gud. Although he can teach two other lessons depending on how you play. So good luck on The Pursuer.
Also your cat really does look like Shalquoir lol
Such a shame that apparently every new DS2 player nowadays has to endure that ADP nonsense. ADP is like any other stat in DS2 - it is part of YOUR BUILD. Imagine she is absolutely fine with the basic dodge and Estus drink speed. She could invest all those levels in other stats - to withstand more hits, to have more stamina to actually do stuff, equip heavier weapons and armor, have the stats to be able to wield a wider range of weapons/stronger weapons. So that she actually can build her character the way she wants, which is a big part of the fun playing RPGs IMO. By forcing players to invest in ADP, you are denying them this fun, the freedom to make your own choices about your build.
As always, you have to learn the attack patterns and how to avoid them, no amount of ADP or Agility will help you with that.
If you're looking for anyone to make those emotes for you I do have a fair amount of experience making emotes/emojis
Chalice. Chat is trolling you hard. ADP IS THE WORST STAT TO LEVEL WHEN YOU START. It gives you very tiny frames improvements per point dodging and it will cripple you early on.
Push Vigor!!! for survivability at beginning , End for more attacks and second the weapon stat of the weapon you wanna use dex or str. I played DS2 around 20 times never touched ADP.
ADP was advertised as a joke in some online guides so it became a running gag.
Don't be fooled. Also use effigy to get hit points to full again.
ADP helps you ZERO with combat or staying alive at the beginning.
While I agree getting more health and stamina is always going to be helpful, leveling ADP early on is absolutely helpful in combat. ADP is the attribute that most quickly levels the Agility stat, which on top of increasing the number of dodge-roll i-frames (even just a few more i-frames can be a huge lifesaver), it also speeds up using items (including flask), switching equipment, and guarding. The animation speed of those actions starts quite a bit slower than in DS1 or Elden Ring, so at least in my opinion, DS2 starts to feel a lot better and more survivable when your character's Agility gets to around 100.
@@ShowerSkeletonNope it's proven to get ANY notable frames dodging your ADP needs to be 92+ which is a huge waste of stat points. Check comparison videos.
ADP is a joke for noobs to be fooled.
Starting the game and dumping ADP points is a huge waste.
Chat is trolling her.
09:14 WOW
lfg
Chalice fan dude reporting to watch
Epic pleasant Episode🙋🐻❄️✨💎🤌👍