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Newbiesaurus May 21, 2014 @ 4:27pm
Recommended soul level for ng+?
Just want to make sure I'm prepared for the horrors.
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Prince-Nyan May 21, 2014 @ 4:33pm 
NG+ is seperate from NG. So once you hit NG+ it's all SM, SL means little to nothing there besides pvp but by ng++ you should be back with the crowd
(Anything past NG+ is the same server)
Last edited by Prince-Nyan; May 21, 2014 @ 4:34pm
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Dark-Master.Barbzilla May 21, 2014 @ 4:33pm 
Anywhere from 90-180 seems about right for a normal playthrough. However, NG+ can be done with a level 1 character, provided you are clever enough. So, I wouldn't say there is a strict minimum to be safe there, just once you feel comfortable beating all of the NG content, move on to the NG+ content for more challenge.
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Valhalla May 21, 2014 @ 4:39pm 
Surprisingly NG+ isn't too hard. But it seems to get much harder at NG++ and beyond. An easy way to test it is you bonfire ascetic an area, and see how well you perform there. The ascetic turns that zone into NG+, so it gives you an idea how hard it will be.
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SundownKid May 21, 2014 @ 4:42pm 
It doesn't really matter to be honest. You will get so many souls from NG+ and forward that you will level out eventually.

Just try to have maxed weapons and you should be fine.
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Dark-Master.Barbzilla May 21, 2014 @ 4:44pm 
Originally posted by Valhalla:
Surprisingly NG+ isn't too hard. But it seems to get much harder at NG++ and beyond. An easy way to test it is you bonfire ascetic an area, and see how well you perform there. The ascetic turns that zone into NG+, so it gives you an idea how hard it will be.

Very good suggestion (though he will not get some of the encounters from NG+ that way, he will get a feel for the difficulty spike, which is the largest spike in difficulty you will face from a + btw). I might suggest popping it somewhere in the early game where you had trouble to test if you are ready, or somewhere where you can farm something useful (FBoY, extra weapon you liked, dragon bone, whatever) for maximum effect.
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Sunshine May 21, 2014 @ 4:56pm 
you can always farm up to SL 300+ before you leave NG if you're scared. doesnt matter what difficulty you're on fast Giant Lords is fast xp
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Lorentzeus May 21, 2014 @ 4:58pm 
Originally posted by SRRT Thaddius:
you can always farm up to SL 300+ before you leave NG if you're scared. doesnt matter what difficulty you're on fast Giant Lords is fast xp

I was doing 400k Souls per 5 mins or less.. lol
Last edited by Lorentzeus; May 21, 2014 @ 4:59pm
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Dark-Master.Barbzilla May 21, 2014 @ 5:00pm 
Originally posted by Galactic Goliath:
Originally posted by SRRT Thaddius:
you can always farm up to SL 300+ before you leave NG if you're scared. doesnt matter what difficulty you're on fast Giant Lords is fast xp

I was doing 400k Souls per 5 mins or less.. lol

Was that with a true Co-Op partner, or randoms?
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Lorentzeus May 21, 2014 @ 5:08pm 
Originally posted by Dark-Master Barbzilla:
Originally posted by Galactic Goliath:

I was doing 400k Souls per 5 mins or less.. lol

Was that with a true Co-Op partner, or randoms?

What do you mean? I farmed the Memory of Jeigh And you can't summon there. You get like 400k souls every time you complete that. And since there's a bonefire aestetic you have kinda infinite farming.
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Dark-Master.Barbzilla May 21, 2014 @ 5:09pm 
Wasn't sure where you were, I just know that without aestetics I'm not hitting those numbers, but I'm having to rely on bad players at least half the time, and bad latency another quarter.
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tcpl May 21, 2014 @ 5:36pm 
Hmm, for me NG+ was easier than NG, so much so that I just stopped playing and started a new character. This was with a claymore-wielding, shieldless, magicless character. Everything just dropped in 1-2 swings.
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evilQuälgeist May 21, 2014 @ 5:37pm 
go as high as you like, capping yourself doesn't help at all!
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Newbiesaurus May 21, 2014 @ 5:41pm 
Originally posted by Quälgeist:
go as high as you like, capping yourself doesn't help at all!

Well the things is that I finished the game with 1mil soul memory and 120 soul level. So I don't know if it's underleveled or not. But anyways I don't have much of a choice anymore since I kinda did an end game killing fest where I kinda accidently killed off every npc in majula. NG+ here we come.
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Dark-Master.Barbzilla May 21, 2014 @ 5:44pm 
Originally posted by Newbiesaurus:
Originally posted by Quälgeist:
go as high as you like, capping yourself doesn't help at all!

Well the things is that I finished the game with 1mil soul memory and 120 soul level. So I don't know if it's underleveled or not. But anyways I don't have much of a choice anymore since I kinda did an end game killing fest where I kinda accidently killed off every npc in majula. NG+ here we come.

You will be fine, just dump some points into stats and make sure your gear is upgraded and you shouldn't have an issue. 120-150 is prime pvp level range currently, many people reroll after that (and the ones that don't go on to extreme lengths), so just prepare wisely.
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Newbiesaurus May 21, 2014 @ 6:01pm 
Originally posted by Dark-Master Barbzilla:
Originally posted by Newbiesaurus:

Well the things is that I finished the game with 1mil soul memory and 120 soul level. So I don't know if it's underleveled or not. But anyways I don't have much of a choice anymore since I kinda did an end game killing fest where I kinda accidently killed off every npc in majula. NG+ here we come.

You will be fine, just dump some points into stats and make sure your gear is upgraded and you shouldn't have an issue. 120-150 is prime pvp level range currently, many people reroll after that (and the ones that don't go on to extreme lengths), so just prepare wisely.

I'm well off in pvp, just wanted to know if it was a decent lvl for ng+
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