8.3mil soul memory and just starting NG+ I'm just going to speedrun it for the remaining 3 spells and then I'll have the platinum. This was my first souls game and it was amazing. Is it better than DS1?

You need NG++ for the covenant spells.

Dark Souls 1 is by far the better game in almost all regards.

Yeah I'm just going to farm the rotten for the 2mil souls to open the shrine. I'll probably do the same for NG++ as well which is 8mil right? I debated doing the rank 3 covenants for the spells instead but figured that would take ages. I'll have to see if dark souls 1 is on psnow.

NG++ you need 3million souls to open the Shrine of Winter; that is souls earned from the moment you enter NG++. I had most every boss soul left in my inventory and I popped them all in hopes of getting it open and I was still about 2million and change short.

Legitimately found it easier to rush the 4 bosses and their respective bonfires. The difficulty jump from NG+ to NG++ is hardly noticeable and the amount of shit you can skip seems like a joke.

The last mop up play through only took a few hours.

Oh 3 million won't be bad. I don't know why I thought it was 8mil. Do you remember what the quickest route would be for the 4 primals? I'm just about to the last sinner now. I explored every single nook and cranny on NG so I have no clue what the best route would be.

there are some changes in SOTFS that may make some of the rushing not as safe
like running to the 2nd bonfire for the rotten, on NG++ he will have a minimum of 2 NPC invaders, potentially 3 and there is now something in the way of the bonfire so he can't just rush into it

everyones entitled to there own opinion

dark souls 1 had great pvm but if you consider the pvp better than dark souls 2 im really curious why

mostly back step parrying and people that fish for backstabs

Dark Souls 2 is based off of Soul Memory essentially removing twinks from the game and completely fucking all levels of interaction. The introduction of the Agape Ring didn't solve the problem and only skirted the issue.

Dark Souls 2 connectivity is completely trash. The amount of desync and lag in the game was known from the very beginning and they allowed users to personally region lock the game in an effort to fix it.

Magic was OP at launch and still is OP because of the reason above. It's extremely hard to dodge when working with a delay and it's even harder at higher soul levels when all you face is Havel Mages.

Dark Souls 2 made parrying extremely easy. You don't even have to be skilled to parry anymore considering the window is so extremely open that even the lag doesn't close it.

i find the connectivity is far better than what i remember of DaS1, probably due to use of a server instead of P2P

I actually found parrying was easier in DaS1 for exactly what you mentioned
I pretty m,uch never parry in DaS2, but I didn't have much trouble in doing it in DaS1

the connectivity for me was just as good as it was for ds1, and i have no problem dodging magic attacks. mabye the soul mass or crystal version can be hard at times but thats it

i was a beast at parrying in ds1, but in ds2 im only half decent at parrying pvm

i honestly just dont think your very good at pvp. but hey mabye you think your beast and wouldnt mind a 1v1 vs me with that 120fg. dont have scholar for ps4 yet tho, only own norm ds2 and 1 on ps3

and ya i agree the soul memory thing was retarded