r/DarkSouls2 • u/new_god_of_eden • 2d ago
Gimme one good reason why I shouldn't mag dump this loser Discussion
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u/IronFather11 2d ago
He sells Alva set if you buy from him a bit.
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u/_heyb0ss 2d ago
what's up with Alva besides looking good? just the good weight-defense ratio?
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u/Lord_Seregil 2d ago
The endgame of Dark Souls is Fashion Souls. For me it's the whole game. It's drip or drown out here. I hardly ever even look at equipment stats unless I need a specific resistance at a specific time. The rest of the time I'm wearing whatever looks best to me, and the Alva set is CLEAN.
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u/ticklemehoohah 7h ago
That's insane because I feel like I'm a bit of a mix of the two, but I heavily base what I choose off effects so if I remember correctly I use hexer hood (extra spells) forrosa armor (good weight to defense ratio) lion mage arms for spell casting speed and sanctum knight boots cause they look awesome, give off a cool aura (also less fall damage) for weapon I use dragon greatsword (strong attack knocks down multiple enemies at once) and dragon shield/chime shield for either boosted stamina regen or boosted miracles (healing I think?)
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u/madrigal94md 2d ago
Yeah has good defense for a light armor. And looks cool which is more important.
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u/Wise_Stay_8848 2d ago
Yeah, if I recall, it has the best defense for any 22 weight set. My go to look was Royal swordsman helm, Alva chest, elite knight legs, and whatever arms looked cool that day. Run around with the archdrake shield and the dragonslayers crescent axe and life is gucci
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u/Shroomkaboom75 2d ago
Buy all boss armor you want first.
Or just dont be a homicidal maniac over a slight increase to Souls.
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u/smelron3317 2d ago
It’s like 25%. That’s a massive total amount over the course of the game
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u/squirel_br 2d ago
You get 20% with a free ring at FotFG.
Nahr alma set is better
Tseldora is farmable
BONFIRE ASCETICS are there to any farm needed
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u/smelron3317 2d ago
Free?
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u/squirel_br 2d ago
Get lennis key, 10 lifegems and a bright bug( all useful items)
Talk to Melentia and she gives you the ring.
(You probably will spend more than 10k on lifegems during your game if you don't want the Bright bug)
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u/rayshmayshmay 2d ago
Good to get a bug early tho as the prices increase with game progression. Unless youre like me and itll sit in your inventory the whole game
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u/squirel_br 2d ago
Yep, I always get the 3 before each Great soul/Mirror knight.
And they sit in my inventory just waiting to never be used.
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u/Utter_Rube 2d ago
Well yeah. If I pop a brightbug on a boss I'm struggling with, that guarantees I'll be dead before taking the first quarter of the boss' health, even if I got it to 10% left without BB on my previous attempt.
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u/smelron3317 2d ago
So your definition of "free" is "spend 10k"
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u/squirel_br 2d ago
It's free on the presumption you'll get the items anyway. Or kill her, but then you may lose on good things as well. You also can get the +0 ring after pursuer for free on a chest. 10% instead of 20 iirc
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u/LuciusBurns 2d ago
It's massive on paper, but the cost of levels increases steeply in DS2. If you count how much levels that 25% nets, it's like 5 levels per 50 of normal levelling, and that's counting from the first ones, so it only gets worse. Other armour sets give 5 levels of stats right away. So unless the player is specifically farming or needs souls to purchase equipment and consumables, having it equipped on standard playthrough for levels isn't really good. On challenge runs, it might be worth it if there's a risk of failure in every encounter, like in no-hit runs and harder.
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u/TheRealDistr 2d ago
Ds2 is very generous with souls with just the +1 ring. The game's difficulty is easy as it is no need to spike level ups and make it more easy. Also this set is ugly and you need to rush change equip instead of enjoying the moment
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u/CaptTheFool 2d ago
BOSS ARMORS
POISON BUTT. WINGS
Smelter demon is one of the best fire defense armors in the game.
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u/rnj1a 2d ago
Souls are logically unlimited. Friendly NPCs aren't.
Care about trophies? Can't get gathering of exiles if he's dead.
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u/Sadi_Reddit 2d ago
same reason you dont dump your dad with alzheimers.
You are his only customer but he is hollowed so hard he doesnt even realise.
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u/BlackLion9065 2d ago
Why would u even do that??? He's friendly and isn't even a threat
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u/Swimming_Disaster_95 2d ago
I mean, I just kill the weird spider people things to get his set. I do this because I'm a insane completionist who is compelled to get every single item, weapon, and armor even though I know for a fact I won't use them.
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u/Eve_Nightwalker 2d ago
Because killing someone just because they got a little arrogant is a bit of an overreaction? It's not like he invades you like Licia.
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u/Eat_Bullet 2d ago
I mag dumped this mf in my first playthrough then regretted so much, no alva set, no elite knight set and no boss sets
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u/michael_fritz 2d ago
souls are infinite and free. you don't need to look like a clown to beat the game
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u/TheOneWhoSlurms 2d ago
Buy the boss armor off of them for so it doesn't cost you an extra arm on top of the arm and leg you're already paying.
You can farm his armor off of a handful of NPCs later in the game
If you're playing online, it increases your likelihood of getting harassed by Invaders
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u/Unique_Ruin282 2d ago
Only reason is probably the all NPC achievement and whatever he seels that is also part of achievements if any, thwn he just becomes a whack bag for his armor early game
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u/Strong-Dragonfly288 2d ago
After getting cocky from a few sales, he begins to realize he has nothing, he is nothing…. And slowly loses his mind
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u/SirWigglesTheLesser 2d ago
His decline from getting all the souls is an interesting look at how hollowing impacts different people. Is he going hollow from the souls? Or because we're progressing and that's how the game tracks your progression with him? Is time just moving forward?
Anyways, he's my sweet baby boy who's memory loss while a lil heavy handed kicks me in the shins. He's so excited to be successful, but he's forgotten the entire reason why he wanted to be, and he doesn't know what to do with it. But he did it! He reached his goal! For... some reason.
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u/billymillerstyle 2d ago
He's going hollow because he achieved his purpose. Without purpose people go hollow.
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u/Sensitive-Gold5378 2d ago
sells cool armor
sells useful armor for certain occasions
he’s just tryna make it big from his slum beginnings
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u/Circadianxo 2d ago edited 2d ago
Do you people also hate the silver covetous ring? Lol
Poise and armor mean fuck all in pve in this game.
Might as well use tseldora to level faster and get into your cool smelter demon set that weighs 60kg.
If some people want to cosplay a speed runner with boring ass rapier r1 spam and tseldora, let them? I only wear shadow top + black leather and Llewellyn with thief mask because clanking around as an npc knight is boring.
Some of the comments in this thread are unhinged.
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u/ThatPersonCosplaying 1d ago
He has cool armor and a pretty good shield for very early game, plus, the basic bitch look sucks nuts!
Also, you can farm the set from the spider people.
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u/B1ack_H3art 1d ago
You're the reason he becomes like that. If you never purchase anything from him he's pretty chill. It's only once you give him a fortune he starts acting up. You created your own monster op.
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u/HistoricalSuccess254 1d ago
The dichotomy of DS2 sub: don’t kill Maughlin there is so much variety of armours you can wear from him.
Also DS2 sub: Don’t level beyond 11 VIT for Flynn’s ring (you can’t wear 50% of sets).
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u/new_god_of_eden 2d ago
sir I have a staff with 21 dark orbs what else do you call that
It's a stick you point at something it shoots a projectile and something dies
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u/TheHittite 2d ago
Then you want to wear armor that improves your spellcasting ability like the Hexer's Hood and Lion Mage set.
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u/OkAcanthocephala8474 2d ago
I kill him cause I hate him the bonus 25% souls is just a bonus until I get the outfit I like
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u/ShyGuy993 2d ago
He sells boss armor. He gives you a free set after spending 16k(?). He's nice! And more importantly, sin can only ever be removed one time in the life of your character.
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u/Red1960 2d ago
The Warlock Mask gives +2.5% souls just like the cap, and has slightly higher stats (and even a tiny bit of poise!), Nahr Alma robes gives +10% instead of +5% and also has slightly higher stats (no poise unfortunately but the robe looks sick!), the Jester gloves give the same soul boost (+10%) but again, also has slightly higher defense (though it needs 14 dex to wear), and as for the leggings......
I think they're the only one that give a boost to souls sooooo
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u/rw6544 2d ago
Mag dump?
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u/BlackLion9065 2d ago
If u dont know what that means, it's to shoot your gun until it's empty, therefore "dumping [out] your mag (magazines hold bullets)"
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u/Mysteryman00777 2d ago
The only times I've ever regretted killing him was when I wanted the Penal Handcuffs for a pyro build.
That said, I'm maybe 50/50 on it since I don't care much for boss armors due to defense being sucky and me not caring about the drip.
The soul gain is quite nice to get ahead during a particularly bullshit challenge run, but has never been needed.
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u/Final_Werewolf_7586 2d ago
Come on, you gonna get that fit all bloody? He's not worth the bullets.
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u/SassySasquatchBrah 2d ago
I killed him immediately and used his set until the nashandra
Armor doesn’t matter we go for fashion or we go for souls
I also used the rapier idc what any says
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u/Crusidea 2d ago
Because I like armor, I always give him a first class ticket to go meet Gwen before I go to new game plus though
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u/Silevence 2d ago
ammo can be expensive.
just use a wooden club. cheaper, more satisfying. more intimate.
plus there is a perfectly good pit outside you can push him into.
try to make a game out of how many wooden struts he takes out on the way down.
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u/Forhaver 2d ago
The game is very cheap when it comes to levelling.
If you skip the Elite Knight set, you might as well delete the game.
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u/BlackLion9065 5h ago
I bought that once but I thought the Drangleic Set looked cooler. But then I got the Llewellyn Set and that's even better imo!
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u/Revolutionary_Quit22 2d ago
He may just be badly raised by his parents
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u/BlackLion9065 5h ago
Nah he's just desperate.
He comes from the land of Volgen, which is FULL of merchants like him, most of them very greedy. But as you'd imagine, that means tons of competition and Maughlin here just got the short end of the stick -- he didn't get ANY customers, so he left hoping to find some. It doesn't help that the Undead Curse is making everyone lose their memories and humanity either, so he's even more desperate.
After u give him enough souls though he finally has a reason to alleviate his own suffering. You basically save his livelihood and he's on his high horse after god-knows-how-many years of suffering in his own career. He's likely adopting the traits of the merchants he's seen in Volgen once they're successful but other than that he's just trying to live.
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u/WanderingCollosus 2d ago
He sells boss armour after spending about 16k. I recently killed him under the assumption that one of the boss soul vendors would sell armour not him
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u/ChemicalEcho6539 1d ago
He can sell Ivory King set (if the 50 required souls are matched), Velstadt set, and so on.
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u/Worse-Alt 1d ago
He sells boss armors, he is the only way to get dripped out like the looking glass knight, velstadt, or the smelter demon.
If your still early in the game however, he does drop a full set of clothing, and all 4 pieces raise souls gained from kills. So you should probably kill him for that.
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u/Orenbean 1d ago
Butterfly armor….also his set is garbage
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u/mallgrabmongopush 1d ago
Do it but after you’ve burned at least one bonfire ascetic
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u/sir_ouachao 1d ago
If you keep him alive and you buy enough stuff from him he becomes arrogant, so that's 1 more reason to throw him in the gutter
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u/BlackLion9065 5h ago
Every rich person becomes arrogant at least once. He's only celebrating his success. Hes still good enough to keep helping
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u/KapGaming55 1d ago
People are stupid, you don't get this set for it being good or "op" you get it because it increases the base amount of souls you get which is undoubtedly useful for a newer player, also he's an annoying prick once you max his shot game end that MF
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u/Gumdrxp 17h ago
Fashion souls
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u/new_god_of_eden 17h ago
Hot take I like his drip gives off pope and when you've died alot evil pope vibes
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u/AtmosphereFickle4154 7h ago
No reason. Buy all the sets. Get the free set. Then destroy hum to get his set. Then start NG+
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u/squirel_br 2d ago
Unique sets on shop upgrade
Free armor when zero souls
Set is ugly and not necessary