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Upset? Not really, but definatly disapointed. It was to be expected really. They really shouldn't be advertising with that old footage though, that's flat out false advertising.


Also I've been trying to make some sense of the map. Assuming this thing is even (supposed to be) accurate.
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Also same map with player paths as I see them drawn up.

Imo you can tell they didn't put as much detail in the overall map design. In DS1 if you got a good vantage point you could see a bunch of other explorable areas in the distance. I remember from up high in undead burg you could see undead parish and sen's fortress behind it in the distance, firelink, valley of drakes in the chasm below connecting to the end of darkroot, and blighttown on the other side of the wall below. From within the tomb of giants you could see izalith and ash lake in certain areas. Really makes the whole thing feel like one interconnected whole.
Whereas in DS2 most you ever see from a good vantage is an endless expanse featuring terrain according to the area's theme. Well except in majula, that place offers a glimpse of the land showing heide in the distance and what I assume is the fort in giant forest.

I still haven't figured out any sort of defense but rolling away. :y
Started out as a knight, but immediately found I quite literally couldn't use shields to save my life.
"Right-o, enemy is attacking; time to raise shield aaand... woops, now I'm facing backwards."

So now I'm duel-wielding swords and rolling my way around. I'm so bad at this. >_>;

Ah don't feel bad about it, I don't use a shield either. Never in DS1 and so far not in 2. The way I see it, shields are for cowards who feel the need to hide behind a piece of metal! 
I've always two handed my weapons so far. Not tried power stance yet, but I think I'd like it.

Mind you I still block sometimes. A weapon with a high block value helps with that, if you're in a situation you absolutely have to.

The co-op for bosses I find especially silly. "Can't beat a boss? Bring a pair of overpowered, kitted out folks with twice your level and let them kill it for you! Want to learn a boss fight? Phantom into someone else's game and die without worry!

Yeah that's why I pretty much play dark souls offline exclusively. Online play trivializes the game to much, while its nail biting difficulty is, for me at least, its charm. That, and balance is never to great for interesting pvp, imo.

Speaking of magics, well this may sound silly but...how do you unattune a spell?

I've looked all over for any information on how to do it. I'm trying to attune a spell that'll take up two slots but can't for the life of me remove the spells I want to make room. I've tried literally every key I've bound, to no avail. This is so silly. 

Dark Soul 2 easier? Tell that to this persuer guy, makes fighting artorias look like childs play. Seriously how the hell am I supposed to fight this thing in such a cramped space.

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One-eyed Ogre dudes. The guy who hadn't played DS1 would have come back for those guys in about another 10 hours when they felt equipped to deal with them in a one-on-one fight, after being bitten in half and one-shot the first time they encountered them. The guy who has played DS1, the instant they got a shortbow, went and sniped them until they were at 5% health then walked up and stabbed them once.

Guilty as charged I will admit. 

Keyboard mouse yes. I unbound the double click nonsense, didn't seem practical. Any way to turn it off altogether?

People sure do seem to conflate socialism and communism a lot.

Not entirely ununderstandable, especially for a capitalist point of view. If capitalism and communism are two extremes socialism does sit somewhere in between. Any shift from capitalism towards socialism is also a step closer to communism.

Not that I'm implying that's a bad thing. I do understand even the mention of the word can cause a bit of knee jerking, especially over on that side of the atlantic.

Those don't seem to hard. Fair bit of numbers crunching, especially without calculator, but they seem rather obvious.

Is it possible you are putting to much focus in recognizing patterns in the given information and looking for a matching methodology to use? In my opinion the most logical way to solving such problems is to start with the answer to arrive to and work your way down from there. I would for example always read the latter part of the question for what is asked first, then read the given information.