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Post by: Snowy on September 14, 2011, 09:24:51 AM
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Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Commander Fuckass on September 14, 2011, 09:28:35 AM
Dem giant wolf things  ghouldood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Geno on January 02, 2012, 11:31:54 PM
I fucking love this game.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 03, 2012, 01:03:13 AM
It's too bad that screenshot with the zombie dragon never actually happened. akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: silvertone on January 07, 2012, 09:44:13 AM
is there a game called Light Souls where you are jesus and you spread the Good Word
is there a game called No Attachment Souls where you play gandhi and you attempt to end imperialism via pacifism
is there a game called No Souls where you are a nihilist and you be dumb as fuck all the time
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: me003 on January 21, 2012, 11:51:11 PM
thief or wanderer?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Geno on January 22, 2012, 03:14:29 AM
Quote from: Master Shake on January 21, 2012, 11:51:11 PM
thief or wanderer?
Wanderer.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: me003 on January 22, 2012, 10:18:32 PM
lol i went with theif.


damn just got to my first boar, n can't kill that thing.

*killed it....by luring it to a door it didn't fit through.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Hiro on January 23, 2012, 12:02:02 AM
man i want this game a lot
but i should probs beat demon's souls first
lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 23, 2012, 08:29:53 PM
Quote from: Master Shake on January 22, 2012, 10:18:32 PM
lol i went with theif.


damn just got to my first boar, n can't kill that thing.

*killed it....by luring it to a door it didn't fit through.
Are you talking about the one in the Undead Burg? I just lured him into the fire and ran up the stairs and did it again once or twice. akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Geno on January 24, 2012, 09:53:27 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 24, 2012, 06:47:03 AM
I lured him to the stairs and got a backstab on him girl;
Pretty sure you can't backstab the boar...
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Geno on January 25, 2012, 03:50:23 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 25, 2012, 06:47:49 AM
The boar with the metal? Yeah you can, it has an open spot on it's ass.
No, I mean like the backstab action. I tried, and it didn't work.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: me003 on January 25, 2012, 08:33:23 PM
lol
Lvl. 42
Game got a lot easier when I equipped the Black Knight Sword...but it only got me so far...now I'm stuck in the catacombs trying to beat that headless kneeling statue with the axe.
Explored New Londo Ruins but got my ass kicked by the ghosts.

I would hate to be playing offline because those hints really help me find secret spots.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: me003 on January 25, 2012, 11:38:34 PM
lol every time i die I'm reminded of the playstation 1 system startup noise. The second notes
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIA0kaGFIhQ[/youtube]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 09:54:18 AM
So like, whats the legit way to kill the dragon on the bridge?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 10:17:23 AM
Also, i went back to the undead asylum, per kazs advice before going to blightown, and i walked into the room where you fought the asylum grendel looking fucker.
I walked forward, and the floor decides to break away. What do I see? Oh boy its grendels mother!
He swings his axe, and i die in a hit. What a nice surprise



But then i realize hes about as easy as the little ver.

But what a dumb way to start a boss fight.... by falling and taking damage.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 11:19:39 AM
Gotta take a sippy
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 11:20:29 AM
What
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 11:23:26 AM
You gotta t a k e  a  s i p p y.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 11:24:27 AM
Quote from: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 11:23:26 AM
You gotta t a k e  a  s i p p y.
i dont understand gibberish
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 11:25:36 AM
You have to grab your eatus flask and take a small sip of it to recover your health because of the fall damage.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 11:28:17 AM
Quote from: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 11:25:36 AM
You have to grab your eatus flask and take a small sip of it to recover your health because of the fall damage.
ok really? You think i really didnt know to do that? But you gotta make sure you are safe to do so, which tbh there isnt a lot of time to do so at the very start
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 11:44:13 AM
Yes there is. goowan There's plenty of time to land and mash Square to heal yourself lol. I didn't think that you didn't know to do it. It was just a joke. There's a Dark Souls comic that has someone dropping into the Nito fight with the line "better take a sippy"
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 11:47:03 AM
Quote from: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 11:44:13 AM
Yes there is. goowan There's plenty of time to land and mash Square to heal yourself lol. I didn't think that you didn't know to do it. It was just a joke. There's a Dark Souls comic that has someone dropping into the Nito fight with the line "better take a sippy"
well ok. Yeah thats true, there is time, but i found it easier to get behind him first. Actually, once i got behind him, i didnt even need to heal.

But yeah, while there is time to heal at the start, the first time, i was surprised and didnt have time
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 11:57:12 AM
I think that by the time I went back to fight him, I was already a sunbro, so I had that lightning spear miracle already. It was pretty easy with that.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 13, 2014, 01:38:22 PM
literally all you do for that fight is stay behind him and 2-hand whack his fat ass with any weapon of your choice it's one of the easiest bosses in the game as long as you're not slow (so unequip some stuff if you have to, or use havel's ring)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 13, 2014, 01:39:47 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 13, 2014, 09:54:18 AM
So like, whats the legit way to kill the dragon on the bridge?


regardless of method, make sure you shoot off his tail first before killing him. gets you the drake sword.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 13, 2014, 02:26:13 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 13, 2014, 09:54:18 AM
So like, whats the legit way to kill the dragon on the bridge?


i just waited until i was near the end of the game and i just shot it from under the bridge with my bow (bow of pharis +12, with a 40 DEX character) which was strong enough to easily kill it without it having time to recover
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 03:55:08 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 13, 2014, 01:39:47 PM
regardless of method, make sure you shoot off his tail first before killing him. gets you the drake sword.
no fuck you

that sword is so fucking shitty
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 13, 2014, 04:37:56 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 03:55:08 PM
no fuck you

that sword is so fucking shitty


i didn't say he had to use it, you cockweasel
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 04:41:01 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 13, 2014, 04:37:56 PM
i didn't say he had to use it, you cockweasel
then don't even suggest it you knob gobbler
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 13, 2014, 04:42:14 PM
why the heck would you pass up a free easy-to-get unique weapon that literally takes like a minute to obtain when you're in the area anyway

also, it counts for unique weapon trophy if he ever wants to get that
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 04:43:03 PM
because it doesn't fucking scale
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 13, 2014, 05:04:50 PM
you're kind of a faggot about this game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 05:19:41 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 13, 2014, 01:39:47 PM
regardless of method, make sure you shoot off his tail first before killing him. gets you the drake sword.
ive had that sword since first arriving there. its the sword i use.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Patrick Stickles on January 13, 2014, 05:22:57 PM
i keep getting obnoxiously close to beating quelaag or whatever and then when she has a sliver of health like i'm like "lol strategy" and run straight into her one hit kill move

FUN TIMES
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 05:24:21 PM
i dont car that it doesnt scale. its still quite powerful for now. i have other weapons in reserve for later, but right now i use drake sword.
Quote from: Thyme on January 13, 2014, 02:26:13 PM
i just waited until i was near the end of the game and i just shot it from under the bridge with my bow (bow of pharis +12, with a 40 DEX character) which was strong enough to easily kill it without it having time to recover
thats what i did.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 13, 2014, 05:26:36 PM
Quote from: Patrick Stickles on January 13, 2014, 05:22:57 PM
i keep getting obnoxiously close to beating quelaag or whatever and then when she has a sliver of health like i'm like "lol strategy" and run straight into her one hit kill move

FUN TIMES


i did that the first time because i got frantic after my weapon broke and started doing like no damage so i was hacking away like mad trying to take away her last sliver of health

i really don't think she's any harder than any boss before her though idk, although if you're slow you definitely need a good shield for fire damage, because her slashes have a very long reach

all i really did in that fight though was move around a lot and dodge everything (same thing i do in every fight lol)

and back way the fuck up when it looked like she was going to do her huge explody move that is a one-hit-kill in many cases (not always though)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: ncba93ivyase on January 13, 2014, 06:27:03 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 03:55:08 PM
no fuck you

that sword is so fucking shitty
it's good for the first 1/5 of the game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 13, 2014, 06:52:20 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 06:43:03 PM
you're kind of a faggot all the time but I haven't said anything because I'm nice. :(


wat
hell no snowy don't even
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: silvertone on January 13, 2014, 06:53:48 PM
quack drake sword quack quack
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 08:38:14 PM
Its as simple as using it until its not strong enough then use sumthin better later
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 08:40:26 PM
Besides , at least it can still be improved with materials.
Regardless, its helping for now, so i will continue to use it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 09:21:56 PM
"Please choose return to main menu before you quit next time"
What, does dark souls think its a pc now?

But yeah, oops
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 09:29:55 PM
lmao, I always just quit the game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 13, 2014, 09:34:35 PM
As in just shut off the game?
The demons of dark souls will claim your player characters life
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 13, 2014, 09:40:48 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 13, 2014, 09:34:35 PM
As in just shut off the game?
The demons of dark souls will claim your player characters life
For the most part. On the PC version I just save at a bonfire and close the game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 13, 2014, 09:49:25 PM
i just stop where i feel like stopping as long as there aren't any enemies around, go to "quit game" and go back to the main menu and then turn it off

since the game saves where you are anyway, there's not any particular point in quitting any particular place
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 14, 2014, 10:19:50 AM
blighttown suuuuucks
almost done though
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 14, 2014, 08:08:17 PM
Killed the hydra thing in ash lake.
Totally easy. I like how usually the hardest parts of these games are not bosses
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 14, 2014, 08:10:27 PM
well, not that he's a boss lol

just a very large enemy. and there's one in darkroot basin, too.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 14, 2014, 08:11:32 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 14, 2014, 08:10:27 PM
well, not that he's a boss lol

just a very large enemy. and there's one in darkroot basin, too.
thats true, but still, you know what i said is kinda true

Sure some bosses are genuinely hard, but most are quite predictable
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 15, 2014, 04:41:25 AM
i didn't even go to ash lake lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Patrick Stickles on January 15, 2014, 06:01:59 AM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 14, 2014, 08:08:17 PM
Killed the hydra thing in ash lake.
Totally easy. I like how usually the hardest parts of these games are not bosses
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 14, 2014, 08:10:27 PM
well, not that he's a boss lol

just a very large enemy. and there's one in darkroot basin, too.

wait where the fuck is ash lake

i just killed the one in darkroot because of a sign that said "safezone here" so i stood there and he was incapable of hurting me l o l
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 15, 2014, 11:28:23 AM
At the bonfire in blightown, in the cave, go left from there and there is a way up, next to some leech things.

Go up there, theres a fake wall revealing a chest. Behind that chest is another fake wall leading to an area called great hollow. Follow pathe of branches aaaaaalll the way down and soon you arrive in ash lake.

If you get past the hydra, all the way at the end of the path, is a giant dragon, and you can join the dragon covenant.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 15, 2014, 03:02:00 PM
Yeah, getting to ash lake is hard if you don't know where the hidden doors are.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 15, 2014, 06:27:23 PM
about to tackle sens fortress.
bring it on


btw, quelagg was fairly easy. i died once while figuring out her pattern, but the second time was no problem. similar strategy used for the asylum stray demon.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 15, 2014, 10:01:01 PM
Kellogg is really easy anymore. I remember I couldbt bet her at first but then I just started rolling more.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Patrick Stickles on January 15, 2014, 10:23:04 PM
i would've been fine but that stupid one hit kill attack i swear
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 15, 2014, 11:53:46 PM
I don't think she has a 1-hit attack confuseddood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 16, 2014, 12:12:10 AM
it's not a 1-hit kill, it's just extremely powerful lol. the one where she makes this explosion around her.

depending on your stats i guess it could be a one-hit kill
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 16, 2014, 12:16:00 AM
oh right, that

I always do STR/END/VIT builds so I can take one of those to the face and usually survive
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 16, 2014, 11:59:45 AM
Completed sens fortress (thank god)
Now in anor londo

[spoiler]iron golem was stupid easy[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 16, 2014, 12:31:10 PM
Anal Rodeo is always a good time
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 16, 2014, 02:46:12 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 16, 2014, 12:16:00 AM
oh right, that

I always do STR/END/VIT builds so I can take one of those to the face and usually survive


i prefer just wearing light-ish armor and being mostly a dex build and dodging everything
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 16, 2014, 02:55:03 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 16, 2014, 02:46:12 PM
i prefer just wearing light-ish armor and being mostly a dex build and dodging everything


same giggle;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 16, 2014, 03:47:24 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 16, 2014, 02:46:12 PM
i prefer just wearing light-ish armor and being mostly a dex build and dodging everything
Well I need END for my heavier weapons lol. I don't use super heavy armor, I need lighter stuff so I can flip around with my Zweihander.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 16, 2014, 05:36:32 PM
i have the gold rimmed robe looking thing.
and a lightning spear.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Patrick Stickles on January 16, 2014, 11:07:12 PM
Quote from: Thyme on January 16, 2014, 02:55:03 PM
same giggle;

see this is what i tried but instead it just made me die a lot

i only beat quelaag when i finally equipped some shit that could take more hits
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Infel on January 19, 2014, 06:28:27 AM
I picked this up a bit ago. Havel the Rock is the best. I went with Bandit/master key and started wrecking the black knights off the bat. Got to Havel and wet myself because you don't expect something that heavy to book it mach ten up a staircase to OHK you.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 19, 2014, 10:44:36 AM
Quote from: Infel on January 19, 2014, 06:28:27 AM
I picked this up a bit ago. Havel the Rock is the best. I went with Bandit/master key and started wrecking the black knights off the bat. Got to Havel and wet myself because you don't expect something that heavy to book it mach ten up a staircase to OHK you.
(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/053/c/a/havel_s_job_by_doodleyman-d5vw55m.png)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Patrick Stickles on January 20, 2014, 12:25:46 PM
i don't get what the hard on with havel is, your common black knights are way harder. it's so simple to get behind him and backstap, rinse, repeat as long as necessary. i mean yeah the one hit kill thing is cool i guess but avoiding it is like baby town frolics

the iron golem was also ridiculously easy. i first tried getting summoned to try it out and the asshole didn't get rid of the thing that throws the explosives at you, so i thought that was just part of the battle. did it on my own, and he did literally nothing but fall over a lot. like what

just taking on pricilla now and i get the whole footstep thing but so far i have not done a very good job avoiding her
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 20, 2014, 04:41:40 PM
oh my god....
that fight with smough and orstein was NOT FUN

i finally beat them after like 5 tries
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Patrick Stickles on January 20, 2014, 07:22:39 PM
yeah everyone pretty much agrees that fight is not fair for a solo fight
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 20, 2014, 07:35:11 PM
i needed solaire and some random dude to help me lol

tho this was after like 8 or 9 tries
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 20, 2014, 07:42:36 PM
Wait, you could summon sol for a helper?

Oh wait, i prob disnt know cuz i was hollow
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 20, 2014, 07:46:33 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 20, 2014, 07:42:36 PM
Wait, you could summon sol for a helper?

Oh wait, i prob disnt know cuz i was hollow


oh i only knew because i was looking at a walkthrough the whole time giggle;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Infel on January 20, 2014, 09:00:11 PM
Quote from: Patrick Stickles on January 20, 2014, 12:25:46 PM
i don't get what the hard on with havel is, your common black knights are way harder. it's so simple to get behind him and backstap, rinse, repeat as long as necessary. i mean yeah the one hit kill thing is cool i guess but avoiding it is like baby town frolics

It's more the psychological horror of that thing moving like a tank at you than anything. He was terrifying just to LOOK at. Then you beat him and it's like oh.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Patrick Stickles on January 20, 2014, 09:18:59 PM
Quote from: Infel on January 20, 2014, 09:00:11 PM
It's more the psychological horror of that thing moving like a tank at you than anything. He was terrifying just to LOOK at. Then you beat him and it's like oh.

i guess but i mean there's a hydra outside who will wreck your shit equally if you don't know how to approach it

in comparison it was definitely a lot more terrifying and challenging
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 20, 2014, 09:38:45 PM
Quote from: Thyme on January 20, 2014, 07:46:33 PM
oh i only knew because i was looking at a walkthrough the whole time giggle;
right. I knew you can summon certain npc phantoms for some bosses, but since i was hollow the summon sign didnt show up. So i has to do that fight the hard way
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 21, 2014, 08:34:10 PM
[spoiler]how hard is this area inside a painting im reading about? If i beat ornstein, should i be able to handle it? [/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 21, 2014, 08:42:49 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 21, 2014, 08:34:10 PM
[spoiler]how hard is this area inside a painting im reading about? If i beat ornstein, should i be able to handle it? [/spoiler]


yeah i went in there way before i could beat them
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 24, 2014, 07:25:29 AM
Oreo and Smores aren't very hard at all if you're just patient.

And Ornstein's supermode is much easier than Smough's. Just block everything with a high stability shield.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 24, 2014, 10:08:44 AM
Quote from: Placebo Headwound on January 24, 2014, 07:25:29 AM
Oreo and Smores aren't very hard at all if you're just patient.

And Ornstein's supermode is much easier than Smough's. Just block everything with a high stability shield.
i am nothing but patient in that game. Its not patience that is the problem. Its when smogh is charging at you, so i dodge outta the way. But theres orn doinghis dash right at me and smogh still there swinging and orn now slashing and throeing bolts, and theyre both right on me.


Two on one in a game like this is dickish, especially when one has large range, and one is fast, and both of their attention is on you. Constantly.

Regardless, i have overcome them, but that doesnt mean they werent a pain.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 24, 2014, 10:11:11 AM
Also i found smoughs super to be easier, because its basically the two asylum demons strat all over again.
Stay close and whack butt, and dodge the aoe attack, and repeat.

But tjats just me
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: silvertone on January 24, 2014, 11:51:49 AM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 24, 2014, 10:08:44 AM
i am nothing


same
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 24, 2014, 07:53:14 PM
Quote from: silvertone on January 24, 2014, 11:51:49 AM
same
hey
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 24, 2014, 08:40:39 PM
just did sen's fortress up to the annoyingly well-hidden bonfire that i wouldn't have known about if it hadn't been for a orange soapstone message

that place, while annoying, is also really fun lol. very tense.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 24, 2014, 11:29:29 PM
Smough's superform is annoying because that AOE attack is much wider that's Ornstein's version of it. And Ornstein has very few lightning moves and can all be dodge easily. The only annoying attack is that stab thing that takes most of your health, but it's easy to dodge back when you recognize the animation for it. Dodging to the left or right always gets you hit.

High stability shield is a necessity in that fight. If only to be able to dodge a Smough charge and still have enough stamina to block Ornstein right after. You just gotta keep both of them onscreen at once, which is where a little bit of annoyance comes in.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 25, 2014, 12:02:58 AM
By the way, what kind of build are you all using? I only really like sorcerer or dex builds personally.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 25, 2014, 01:52:36 AM
Quote from: Placebo Headwound on January 25, 2014, 12:02:58 AM
By the way, what kind of build are you all using? I only really like sorcerer or dex builds personally.


dex for me
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 25, 2014, 05:35:28 AM
dex as well
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 25, 2014, 11:37:14 AM
part of the reason i use dex is because my favorite weapons, curved swords, are always for dex builds lol

but also just because i don't really wanna be the guy carrying around a giant weapon or wearing huge armor, i'd rather be light on my feet and run around

also i like bows
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 25, 2014, 05:44:37 PM
these fuckin wheel skellies
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 25, 2014, 06:17:42 PM
There's just too many enemies that become enormously annoying when you're using a large weapon.

I don't think the Artorias fight is winnable with a slow weapon. At least not on NG+++++etc; when I tried it.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 25, 2014, 07:23:35 PM
i just did the painting world and priscilla stayed invisible for the whole fight so i couldn't get her tail weapon :'(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 01:59:58 AM
just beat the gaping asshole, ran back to firelink shrine and quit for the night lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 09:05:05 AM
did you cut off its tail for the dragon king greataxe
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 01:33:10 PM
but of course

thank goodness that's made a relatively easy task because he's so slow, and it has the added benefit of nullifying his one longish-range attack
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 01:38:37 PM
the only tail i couldn't manage to cut off is priscilla's

good luck with that one, if you choose to fight her that is
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 04:36:54 PM
moonlight butterfly soul get !!

somehow i missed it on my first trip through darkroot garden
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 05:04:38 PM
also lol, the "curl up like a ball" prompt

that's all i've ever wanted to do in these games
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 07:04:26 PM
i can now confirm with 100 percent certainty that the ornstein and smough fight is absolute horseshit
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 07:36:24 PM
stray demon is impossible
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 07:45:39 PM
don't lock on, stay behind him, two-hand, be able to run and roll quickly to get away from his area of effect move

always be running to stay behind him as much as possible, he cannot hit you back there except with the aoe move
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 07:48:37 PM
immediately after posting that i discovered a strategy that sort of worked, which was allowing myself the fastest possible movement by ditching all my armor

I got him down to maybe 3/4 of his health before accidentally backing him up against a wall and getting one-hit killed with his axe. :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 07:52:08 PM
yeah no

stay behind him lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 07:54:02 PM
that's what i'm doing, but circling him is faster if i wear nothing

Down to half that time. :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 26, 2014, 08:00:48 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 26, 2014, 07:04:26 PM
i can now confirm with 100 percent certainty that the ornstein and smough fight is absolute horseshit
they were really hard for me the first time I played too lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 08:04:39 PM
alright he's dead

man i sure do hope that's the only boss for whom it's most advantageous to fight him with no armor
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 08:06:34 PM
you def don't need to wear no armor. just only enough that you are still at less than 50 percent equip load

[spoiler]and you know there is havel's ring[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 08:13:47 PM
Which I don't [glow=black,2,300]havel[/glow]. :(

perhaps i should go back and get that
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 08:14:47 PM
well, you should def get it soon, as it's one of the more useful rings in the game i'd say

it's in darkroot basin
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 08:15:39 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 26, 2014, 08:00:48 PM
they were really hard for me the first time I played too lol


i've died about twenty times and i give up for now
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 08:16:16 PM
oh wait

i do have havel's ring

lol whoopsies sillydood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 26, 2014, 08:18:16 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 26, 2014, 08:15:39 PM
i've died about twenty times and i give up for now
so summon someone lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 08:18:43 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 26, 2014, 08:18:16 PM
so summon someone lol


that would feel like cheating tbh :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 26, 2014, 08:20:09 PM
But it didn't when you and Tec held hands all through DeS? lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 08:20:49 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 26, 2014, 08:20:09 PM
But it didn't when you and Tec held hands all through DeS? lol


that was only after we'd both beaten the game once solo lol

our demon's souls playthrough is the second for both of us
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 08:21:19 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 26, 2014, 08:20:09 PM
But it didn't when you and Tec held hands all through DeS? lol


that was ng+, i'd already beaten the game by myself quite easily
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 26, 2014, 08:22:00 PM
well I hope you two at least looked cute while doing so
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 26, 2014, 08:24:29 PM
it was pretty adorable when tec died on every boss and got 1-hit ko'd by a mindflayer toothdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 26, 2014, 08:31:20 PM
cry;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 27, 2014, 01:35:13 AM
brute forced my way through about 900‰ of the catacombs because i wanted to have the ring of fog before going into blighttown, and obtaining the ring requires trading a skull lantern, only obtainable from the necromancers, with that crow in the asylum

man is it frustrating and anxiety-inducing rushing to kill a necromancer with five skeletons at your back, praying to doodthing you're not skewered to death by their swords before you have the opportunity to loot his freshly dead corpse for the one item you're even there for in the first place

and bonewheel skellies are hilariously absurd enemies lol

but with that done at least i won't have to worry about any immortal skeletons when i return later on to beat the boss
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 27, 2014, 01:38:16 AM
i haven't even been to the catacombs but i fought the wheel skellies elsewhere and man that was a shock the first time lol

they're cool though i like them
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 27, 2014, 07:05:27 AM
hopefully you're better prepared than i was and have at least a basic divine weapon upon entry, otherwise like me you might end up with an army of ever-respawning skeletons chasing you all the way throughout sillydood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Infel on January 27, 2014, 08:36:58 AM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 27, 2014, 07:05:27 AM
hopefully you're better prepared than i was and have at least a basic divine weapon upon entry, otherwise like me you might end up with an army of ever-respawning skeletons chasing you all the way throughout sillydood;
Quit being terrible and kill the necromancers already god they're not hard to find.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 27, 2014, 08:41:24 AM
if you would take the time to read above, you'll see i've already done that, as it was the very reason i went there to begin with

finding them was never the problem, it was focusing on them while their ever-respawning troops gang up on you from behind
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 27, 2014, 09:37:36 AM
Whenever I decide it's time to kill Pinwheel, I seriously just run through. I'm not messing with skeletons lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 27, 2014, 09:43:09 AM
shield up, dodge, let them run into a wall and hit them once they stop spinning
walk slowly so as to do this with only one or at most two at a time

it's easy really, tho i'll admit they can be p. rude that first time you encounter them in that basement in ariamis
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: ncba93ivyase on January 27, 2014, 10:09:07 AM
Quote from: Snowy on January 27, 2014, 09:37:36 AM
Whenever I decide it's time to kill Pinwheel, I seriously just run through. I'm not messing with skeletons lol
i did this too and didn't get why people said that section was so hard lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: silvertone on January 27, 2014, 01:35:36 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/Vkbr9Vy.gif)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 27, 2014, 07:45:34 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 26, 2014, 08:15:39 PM
i've died about twenty times and i give up for now
cool i did better. Only died like 5-6 times.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 27, 2014, 07:48:44 PM
Ive been using a pyromancer base build, but dont really focus on that.
I focus on str, dex, and a little vit.

Using quelaggs furysword, so great
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 27, 2014, 08:26:36 PM
hydra down

blighttown next, for real this time!!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 27, 2014, 08:38:31 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 27, 2014, 07:45:34 PM
cool i did better. Only died like 5-6 times.


uh yeah cool lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 27, 2014, 08:41:06 PM
okay cool
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 27, 2014, 08:43:40 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 27, 2014, 08:41:06 PM
okay cool
okay cool
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 27, 2014, 09:11:51 PM
yeah pretty much
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 27, 2014, 09:28:10 PM
finally beat Drake and Josh

really, i died so many times last night because i was just pissed off and thus was playing more and more horribly each try lol

i just tried to be as absolutely careful as possible in baiting ornstein, only hitting him with my sword when smough was far enough away, and then throwing in no more than one soul arrow if i deemed it absolutely safe enough (basically, when ornstein in is in his slow walk mode where he just steadily walks toward you, presumably about to do the move where he leaps in the air first and then dives at you)

and then once ornstein was down i used great magic weapon and whacked at smough's fat ass as fast as i could and just tried to always stay behind him and run REALLY far away when he did AOE butt stomp
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 27, 2014, 09:43:50 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 27, 2014, 08:38:31 PM
uh yeah cool lol
well, only because you tend to do better than me.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 27, 2014, 09:46:51 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 27, 2014, 09:28:10 PM
finally beat Drake and Josh

really, i died so many times last night because i was just pissed off and thus was playing more and more horribly each try lol

i just tried to be as absolutely careful as possible in baiting ornstein, only hitting him with my sword when smough was far enough away, and then throwing in no more than one soul arrow if i deemed it absolutely safe enough (basically, when ornstein in is in his slow walk mode where he just steadily walks toward you, presumably about to do the move where he leaps in the air first and then dives at you)

and then once ornstein was down i used great magic weapon and whacked at smough's fat ass as fast as i could and just tried to always stay behind him and run REALLY far away when he did AOE butt stomp
if you have a good shield, its possible to block his aoe attack and only take like one segment of health of damage. Thats what i did.
Now i have to wonder how nightmarish ornery is when smog goes down first


*Shudders
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 27, 2014, 09:52:08 PM
black knight shield is what i have been using - i do not have the required strength to wield greatshields

and i refuse to upgrade it because twinkling titanite is valuable and i'd probably rather use it on something else, so its stability is as good as it's going to get until i find a better shield that's not too heavy lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 28, 2014, 06:32:04 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 27, 2014, 09:52:08 PM
black knight shield is what i have been using - i do not have the required strength to wield greatshields

and i refuse to upgrade it because twinkling titanite is valuable and i'd probably rather use it on something else, so its stability is as good as it's going to get until i find a better shield that's not too heavy lol
the shield im using now is one with a spike on it
Its great. Its also a weapon. You can thrust with it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 28, 2014, 07:17:22 AM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 27, 2014, 07:48:44 PM
Ive been using a pyromancer base build, but dont really focus on that.
I focus on str, dex, and a little vit.



i chose pyromancer as my base as well, hoping (praying) that having an all-purpose ranged attack would cushion my descent into the world of dark souls much like the royal class' soul arrow does in demon's

i quickly realized that unfortunately fireball really isn't nearly as powerful an introductory spell as soul arrow was, because its range and usage count are quite limited and it's only ever truly useful in a handful of very particular contexts

as a result of that, coupled with the fact that you don't even have the privilege to purchase any of the soul arrow spells until much later in the game, i am much more directly confrontational this time around and rely solely on melee attacks for 900‰+ of encounters (i might only ever whip out my bow in cases where i want to draw one single enemy towards me as opposed to alerting an entire small army to my presence)

so ideally i build dex/strength, though lately i've been focusing more on vitality because i was a little low for my level lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on January 28, 2014, 10:37:08 AM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 28, 2014, 07:17:22 AM
i chose pyromancer as my base as well, hoping (praying) that having an all-purpose ranged attack would cushion my descent into the world of dark souls much like the royal class' soul arrow does in demon's

i quickly realized that unfortunately fireball really isn't nearly as powerful an introductory spell as soul arrow was, because its range and usage count are quite limited and it's only ever truly useful in a handful of very particular contexts

as a result of that, coupled with the fact that you don't even have the privilege to purchase any of the soul arrow spells until much later in the game, i am much more directly confrontational this time around and rely solely on melee attacks for 900‰+ of encounters (i might only ever whip out my bow in cases where i want to draw one single enemy towards me as opposed to alerting an entire small army to my presence)

so ideally i build dex/strength, though lately i've been focusing more on vitality because i was a little low for my level lol
you get more powerful pyromancies through an npc and if you advance in queelag's covenant or whatever it is
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 28, 2014, 11:12:58 AM
Pyromancy is seriously the best type of magic in DaS. If you join the covenant after killing Kellogg you can get awesome fire balls.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 11:26:53 AM
yea i did that covenant and got both spells from it just last night by feeding the fair lady thirty tasty humanities

also i think it opens a shortcut and that's the only way to rescue solaire near the end of the game? i haven't really looked much into this but i will when i get further cause i do want to save him
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 11:31:36 AM
Quote from: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo on January 28, 2014, 10:37:08 AM
you get more powerful pyromancies through an npc and if you advance in queelag's covenant or whatever it is


they're like all related. the witch of izalith tried to recreate the first flame and it fucked up and created all the demons and all of izalith turned to demons except for those who escaped and even two of the witch's daughters, quelaag and her similar-looking sister the fair lady, were turned partially demon. but then the npc that appears in blighttown (and i'm not sure how to make her appear but i'll look it up later) who sells pyromancies is also one of the witch's daughters and thus sister to quelaag as well, but she escaped turning demon at all.

but yea i actually haven't really messed with pyromancy much at all but i do wanna try the chaos ones i got from chaos servant covenant. and i do like poison mist just like in demon's souls. pretty useful spell.

i use magic in general more in this than i did in demon's souls, actually. the soul arrows are better, and there's more spells for various buffs that are actually useful. magic shield is complete ass though, found that out pretty quick.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 28, 2014, 11:59:08 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 28, 2014, 11:26:53 AM
yea i did that covenant and got both spells from it just last night by feeding the fair lady thirty tasty humanities

also i think it opens a shortcut and that's the only way to rescue solaire near the end of the game? i haven't really looked much into this but i will when i get further cause i do want to save him
yeah, that's the only way to save him. I think you also get an extra black phantom fight?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 28, 2014, 03:05:06 PM
Is there an enemy that drops humanity
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 03:12:43 PM
rats seem to drop them the most often from what i've seen, but i think most enemies technically can? the item version of humanity, at least

the only way to "absorb" humanity from an enemy (you kill an enemy and there's a sort of dark aura and your humanity number suddenly goes up by one) is if you haven't killed that area's boss yet and that's just as rare as finding item humanities

considering the high number of rats, the depths might be a good farming place for humanity

wear a ring that boosts your item discovery
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 28, 2014, 03:50:45 PM
the covenants

now there's a mechanic of this game i've been ignoring since day one

i'm not even quite sure how they work

at this point, i'm much more interested in pursuing decent melee weapons over magic, but i'm certainly not opposed to having more items and options for my offensive/defensive capabilities, so i guess i'll look into how those work tonight lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 28, 2014, 03:54:18 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 28, 2014, 03:05:06 PM
Is there an enemy that drops humanity


the rats in the depths have a moderate humanity drop rate, which can be greatly augmented if you have items like the covetous gold serpent ring or the symbol of avarice equipped

drop rate also scales with your humanity stat, maxing out at 10

speaking of which, how much humanity do you guys tend to have on you at any given moment lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 28, 2014, 03:56:40 PM
0 lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 03:57:33 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 28, 2014, 03:50:45 PM
the covenants

now there's a mechanic of this game i've been ignoring since day one

i'm not even quite sure how they work

at this point, i'm much more interested in pursuing decent melee weapons over magic, but i'm certainly not opposed to having more items and options for my offensive/defensive capabilities, so i guess i'll look into how those work tonight lol


it's only really manageable to do one or two covenants on your first playthrough because of the requirements of getting into some plus the penalties for leaving one too early

unless you've been helping people beat bosses as a phantom, for example, the faith requirement for being a sunlight warrior is really high

way of light or whatever is right at firelink shrine and open to anyone with no requirements and no penalties for leaving

chaos servant is behind quelaag's domain behind an illusory wall and is also open with no requirements, but just make sure you finish giving that covenant thirty humanities before leaving it, otherwise your humanity offering count is reduced by half and that's obviously very annoying

i haven't looked into the other ones really but chaos servant is def worth it for a story reason and for the pyromancies you get

im also pretty interested in trying the darkmoon one at some point, and the forest one too. don't really know about the others but i'll do them all eventually through various ng+ runs
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 03:59:01 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 28, 2014, 03:54:18 PM
the rats in the depths have a moderate humanity drop rate, which can be greatly augmented if you have items like the covetous gold serpent ring or the symbol of avarice equipped

drop rate also scales with your humanity stat, maxing out at 10

speaking of which, how much humanity do you guys tend to have on you at any given moment lol


lately it's been 0 because i've been either giving it to the fair lady or kindling or, in the case of fighting ornstein and smough, losing it lol

but while i'm going through a new area i usually end up with 1 or 2 before eventually using it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 28, 2014, 03:59:35 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 28, 2014, 03:50:45 PM
the covenants

now there's a mechanic of this game i've been ignoring since day one

i'm not even quite sure how they work

at this point, i'm much more interested in pursuing decent melee weapons over magic, but i'm certainly not opposed to having more items and options for my offensive/defensive capabilities, so i guess i'll look into how those work tonight lol
i just join every covenant and get free stuff.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 04:13:54 PM
well yeah you could do that to get the starting gifts for each covenant plus the trophy for each lol. although i think the stuff you get from joining princess guard is disabled unless you're still in said covenant. not that those spells matter if you're not playing online co-op.

and i think at least one is only accessible upon a certain "evil" decision on the player's part

and those without online (john) won't be able to actually progress in any of the pvp-focused ones :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 04:17:56 PM
actually i just remembered that you can get a couple souvenirs of reprisal through offline play so i guess you can technically get a good amount of those through a couple playthroughs and thus complete the darkmoon covenant without even actually doing it online like you're supposed to lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 28, 2014, 04:20:42 PM
Yeah, you can farm the crow bitches in the painting world for those.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 04:23:01 PM
yea, i assume they're very rare drops though so you'd be doing it for a while lol

and you get one by invading and killing knight lautrec in anor londo
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 28, 2014, 04:25:19 PM
ooh boy, tec in anor londo
can't wait for that one
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 28, 2014, 04:27:42 PM
ugh, these games and their rude assumption that i'm going to be playing and replaying them until i've maxed out the plus signs
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 04:30:11 PM
Quote from: Thyme on January 28, 2014, 04:25:19 PM
ooh boy, tec in anor londo
can't wait for that one


tec fighting drake and josh tomatoes;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 28, 2014, 04:30:59 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 28, 2014, 04:27:42 PM
ugh, these games and their rude assumption that i'm going to be playing and replaying them until i've maxed out the plus signs


it's more like an incentive really
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 28, 2014, 04:31:52 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 28, 2014, 04:30:11 PM
tec fighting drake and josh tomatoes;


i'm terrified already and i don't even know who or what they are awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 28, 2014, 04:33:58 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 28, 2014, 04:31:52 PM
i'm terrified already and i don't even know who or what they are awdood;
they are gay
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 04:35:14 PM
Quote from: Thyme on January 28, 2014, 04:30:59 PM
it's more like an incentive really


and it works pretty well seeing as how many people play these games over and over
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 28, 2014, 04:36:00 PM
Quote from: Thyme on January 28, 2014, 04:30:59 PM
it's more like an incentive really


these games are fantastic and i'd love to experience absolutely everything they have to offer but h. christ there's only so much time i can devote to a single title when i have so many others i need to get to >.<

fukken dark souls 2 is a couple of months away
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 04:38:22 PM
we still need to finish our DeS NG+ :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 28, 2014, 04:40:25 PM
that too goddamn

and i really would absolutely love to co-op through dark souls as well but there's no way i'm going to get to experience every covenant if it truly requires 3+ playthroughs
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 04:41:59 PM
well i guess it doesn't truly but it'll probably take two playthroughs and a lot of time
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 28, 2014, 06:02:03 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 28, 2014, 04:36:00 PM
h. christ there's only so much time i can devote to a single title when i have so many others i need to get to >.<


lol agreed :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: silvertone on January 28, 2014, 06:36:02 PM
lol epic Socratic ethic fail

Quality> Quantity.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 28, 2014, 08:53:45 PM
You can join every covenant in a normal game I think.

Also I'll do DeS NG+ with you guys if I'm in your level range lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 28, 2014, 09:19:00 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 28, 2014, 08:53:45 PM
You can join every covenant in a normal game I think.

Also I'll do DeS NG+ with you guys if I'm in your level range lol


join yeah but finishing them all in a single playthrough would probably be a huge pain
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 29, 2014, 01:53:11 AM
I think I'm the only one here that's beaten Dark Souls and Demon's Souls a thousand times already. akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 29, 2014, 10:04:29 AM
Quote from: Placebo Headwound on January 29, 2014, 01:53:11 AM
I think I'm the only one here that's beaten Dark Souls and Demon's Souls a thousand times already. akudood;
I really only do PvP in Dark Souls because there's nothing more for me to do. :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 29, 2014, 12:39:06 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 29, 2014, 10:04:29 AM
I really only do PvP in Dark Souls because there's nothing more for me to do. :(
I could never get into PvP. It's boring trying to run behind each other endlessly.

I hope it's better in Dark Souls 2.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 29, 2014, 12:41:46 PM
Quote from: Placebo Headwound on January 29, 2014, 12:39:06 PM
I could never get into PvP. It's boring trying to run behind each other endlessly.

I hope it's better in Dark Souls 2.
I made a Giantdad so it's pretty easy and fun lol

PvP in DaS2 looks promising.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 29, 2014, 01:45:42 PM
was smashin up some skellies with a divine club in the catacombs last night

gonna play dark souls a ton after work tonight
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 29, 2014, 03:54:50 PM
gonna experiment with covenants before making any progress i guess

which ones are generally considered to be the best/most relevant to the lore of the game, i'll focus on the most important for this playthrough
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 29, 2014, 04:03:39 PM
[spoiler=also, on a somewhat related note][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3MdOBH-jDc[/youtube][/spoiler]

that vastly improved lighting, omg
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 29, 2014, 04:05:18 PM
i suggest looking them up (i use the wikidot dark souls wiki just like i used their demon's souls one to look stuff up) and getting an idea of the ones you want to do

def at least do the chaos servant one because it helps you save solaire, although i would save it until right before you want to save him because you need to still be chaos servant +2 WHEN accessing the shortcut that allows you to save him - if you get to +2 and then leave the covenant and then try to access the shortcut, it won't work, and your offerings to the covenant will have been cut in half for leaving it...and since said offerings are humanity, that's a huge pain

so yeah generally speaking, don't leave a covenant until you've milked it for everything it offers because otherwise your offerings for it will get cut in half and you'll lose serious progress
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 29, 2014, 04:06:32 PM
and at the point you're at, it's probably too late to join the easiest one, way of white, at firelink. the guy seems to stop selling miracles and offering the covenant membership at a certain point in the game (i think it was after i rang the second bell)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 29, 2014, 04:10:58 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 29, 2014, 04:06:32 PM
and at the point you're at, it's probably too late to join the easiest one, way of white, at firelink. the guy seems to stop selling miracles and offering the covenant membership at a certain point in the game (i think it was after i rang the second bell)


i actually did join way of white at some point lol, probably as soon as i first reached firelink

but since then i've just been comfortably ignoring the covenants
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 29, 2014, 06:20:26 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 29, 2014, 03:54:50 PM
gonna experiment with covenants before making any progress i guess

which ones are generally considered to be the best/most relevant to the lore of the game, i'll focus on the most important for this playthrough
Well they all mostly effect what you'll be doing in the multiplayer (at least the good ones will). Do you want to do more co-op or PVP?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 29, 2014, 06:21:01 PM
neither at the moment awdood;

i guess i wouldn't be opposed to assisting as a phantom in the worlds of other players, but i don't really want to invite anyone foreign into mine just yet
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 29, 2014, 06:24:04 PM
i like the covenants more for the stuff you get from them lol

but yea a couple specifically require you to engage in pvp or co-op in order to progress

well sort of, since you can find sunlight medals and souvenirs of reprisal in the game on your own, just not all that many
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 29, 2014, 07:03:35 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 29, 2014, 06:21:01 PM
neither at the moment awdood;

i guess i wouldn't be opposed to assisting as a phantom in the worlds of other players, but i don't really want to invite anyone foreign into mine just yet
You'll want to be in Way of the Light and Warrior of Sunlight because they're co-op based.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 29, 2014, 07:10:51 PM
although way of the light (i thought it was white??) has no rewards of any kind so yeah

warrior of sunlight has great offensive miracles as a reward

btw being in these covenants also lowers your chances of being invaded
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 29, 2014, 07:16:05 PM
Warriors of Sunlight's miracles are amazing srsly
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 29, 2014, 07:16:13 PM
way of light does that for me already lol

but yeah i guess i'll at least try to join warrior of sunlight and chaos servant at the very least
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 29, 2014, 07:34:34 PM
requirement for joining warriors of sunlight is 25 faith initially, you have to lower it by killing bosses as a summoned phantom in other people's games

lowers by 5 per boss killed as a phantom
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 29, 2014, 09:21:58 PM
i just fought pinwheel

how is that weenie even a boss
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 29, 2014, 11:09:26 PM
beat gravelord nito!!

p. easy
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on January 30, 2014, 05:11:41 AM
The only boss I really have any trouble with is Manus. akudood;

Those DLC bosses are tough. Artorias takes awhile but not too bad if you're just careful, Sanctuary Guardian is simple, Kalameet is just fun to me as long as you're mobile. But Manus is just always a pain in the ass.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 30, 2014, 08:13:02 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 29, 2014, 11:09:26 PM
beat gravelord nito!!

p. easy
eeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 30, 2014, 11:16:00 AM
Quote from: Snowy on January 30, 2014, 08:13:02 AM
eeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE


yea the scream effects were awesome and he has an awesome design and it was just a really cool fight. and the music rules.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 30, 2014, 11:48:52 AM
sounds real fuckin' [glow=black,2,300]nito[/glow]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 30, 2014, 12:19:44 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 30, 2014, 11:48:52 AM
sounds real fuckin' [glow=black,2,300]nito[/glow]


i quickly found out that this joke has been made a billion times lol

but yeah come on tec hurry and get farther in this game, i plan on finishing this playthrough either tomorrow night or saturday night and i expect you to not be far behind :|
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on January 30, 2014, 12:45:08 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 30, 2014, 11:16:00 AM
yea the scream effects were awesome and he has an awesome design and it was just a really cool fight. and the music rules.
Nito was my favorite lord to fight. I really like how you can go to him before his fight and become a Gravelord lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on January 30, 2014, 12:58:04 PM
started back where i left off on this character. just killed moonlight butterfly (that fuckin music tho)

going straight from demon souls to dark souls is weird. like maybe the controls are little more clunkier in dark souls? i could be wrong though.

also wow my equpiment is ass. i need a better shield. right now im using a target shield i think? also im pyromancer
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 30, 2014, 01:06:38 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 30, 2014, 12:19:44 PM
i quickly found out that this joke has been made a billion times lol

but yeah come on tec hurry and get farther in this game, i plan on finishing this playthrough either tomorrow night or saturday night and i expect you to not be far behind :|


i plan to finish with at least shitetown today :(

and perhaps sen's fortress within the next few days
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 30, 2014, 01:48:45 PM
Quote from: Snowy on January 30, 2014, 12:45:08 PM
Nito was my favorite lord to fight. I really like how you can go to him before his fight and become a Gravelord lol


yea, i decided to just not do that covenant this playthrough though. i'll do it ng+.


Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 30, 2014, 01:06:38 PM
i plan to finish with at least shitetown today :(

and perhaps sen's fortress within the next few days


sen's fortress may seem a bit daunting due to the traps and such but it's actually a really small area, you'll get through it quick
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on January 30, 2014, 07:38:08 PM
sens fortress is straight bullshit but believe in yourself

i never beat it but im gonna beat the game this playthrough
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 31, 2014, 04:29:32 PM
finished blighttown, defeated queelag, and rang the bell lol

also did most of the great hollow while i was at it, but i didn't get all the way down to the bottom because there are just too many basilisks for me to be comfortable with down there (really, any is too many)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on January 31, 2014, 04:30:29 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 31, 2014, 04:29:32 PM
(really, any is too many)


agreed srsly
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 31, 2014, 05:51:10 PM
aaand just offered up 30 humanities to qeulaag's sister and got all the pyromancies available from that covenant

i'll finish darkroot garden next
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 31, 2014, 07:20:58 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 31, 2014, 05:51:10 PM
aaand just offered up 30 humanities to qeulaag's sister and got all the pyromancies available from that covenant

i'll finish darkroot garden next


just make sure you do not leave that covenant until you've done the last thing related to it: killing the red chaos bug at the lost izalith shortcut. if you do leave it, you'll be back to chaos servent +1 and said shortcut can't be opened until you're +2 again
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 31, 2014, 07:21:59 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 31, 2014, 04:29:32 PM
finished blighttown, defeated queelag, and rang the bell lol

also did most of the great hollow while i was at it, but i didn't get all the way down to the bottom because there are just too many basilisks for me to be comfortable with down there (really, any is too many)


a lot of them in that area are prone to jumping suicidally off of branches lol

anyway i just got through the duke's archives. bought all of big hat logan's spells while i was there.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 31, 2014, 07:32:03 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 31, 2014, 07:20:58 PM
just make sure you do not leave that covenant until you've done the last thing related to it: killing the red chaos bug at the lost izalith shortcut. if you do leave it, you'll be back to chaos servent +1 and said shortcut can't be opened until you're +2 again


lol don't worry, with all the risks and rewards involved with the covenants, i certainly don't plan on joining or leaving any on a whim
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on January 31, 2014, 09:01:57 PM
i am currently in tomb raider of giants

but i gotta say. when i fought priscilla , she kinda creeped me out.
its intimidating to see a tall white reaper just standing there
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 31, 2014, 09:21:56 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 31, 2014, 09:01:57 PM
i am currently in tomb raider of giants


i lol'd

currently doing a bit of farming so i can upgrade my pyromancy flame to +10, then afterwards i'll continue on with the story
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 31, 2014, 10:06:34 PM
i've tried like five times now to get seath's tail weapon

seath himself is a total pushover pansy of a boss but cutting his tail off is actually very frustrating...and takes a fucking century

the issue is that sometimes his tail slam randomly ends up being a 1-hit kill or hits you twice to kill you...or misses you completely. usually it misses. but sometimes it gets you just right and there's not really anything you can do about it.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on January 31, 2014, 11:07:22 PM
jesus christ

running into this piece of shit (http://darksouls.wikidot.com/kingseeker-frampt) in firelink for the first time gave my heart rate a good boost
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 31, 2014, 11:08:55 PM
lmao frampt rules

anyway i finally did get seath's tail weapon, and then actually killing him afterward was extremely easy. very simple boss, it's just his tail weapon is a huge pain, and "tedious" is putting it lightly considering how fucking long it takes lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on January 31, 2014, 11:25:14 PM
Took me .1 minutes
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: silvertone on January 31, 2014, 11:41:05 PM
took me less than 1 minute. i head shot instant death.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 31, 2014, 11:45:40 PM
can you guys maybe do that in the lobby instead of in here
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on January 31, 2014, 11:53:01 PM
Hey, I bought this dumb game so I'm going to talk about it.
I keep getting killed by skellingtons.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on January 31, 2014, 11:55:58 PM
don't go that way lol

graveyard with skeletons leads to catacombs which you shouldn't do until way later
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on January 31, 2014, 11:56:59 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on January 31, 2014, 11:55:58 PM
don't go that way lol

graveyard with skeletons leads to catacombs which you shouldn't do until way later


Which other way is there? I tried going up the stairs but it leads to dead end.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: ME## on February 01, 2014, 12:02:59 AM
Quote from: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on January 31, 2014, 11:56:59 PM
Which other way is there? I tried going up the stairs but it leads to dead end.
the other way is throwing this terrible game in the Trash
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on February 01, 2014, 12:03:30 AM
Quote from: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on January 31, 2014, 11:56:59 PM
Which other way is there? I tried going up the stairs but it leads to dead end.
uh
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 12:03:36 AM
Quote from: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on January 31, 2014, 11:56:59 PM
Which other way is there? I tried going up the stairs but it leads to dead end.


from the bonfire, see the well and the tree nearby? go past them, there's a sloping path going up the side of the cliff that's not very easy to see your first time

that leads you to undead burg, which is where you want to go first
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 12:04:22 AM
Quote from: David on February 01, 2014, 12:02:59 AM
the other way is throwing this terrible game in the Trash


you've enjoyed your time with demon's souls that you played with corey don't even try denying it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on February 01, 2014, 12:05:26 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 01, 2014, 12:03:36 AM
from the bonfire, see the well and the tree nearby? go past them, there's a sloping path going up the side of the cliff that's not very easy to see your first time

that leads you to undead burg, which is where you want to go first


Ok will try it.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 01, 2014, 12:49:15 AM
got to sif, died, and quit for the night

he seems simple enough as long as i stay under him
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 01:25:15 AM
i haven't tried going after sif yet, but i was planning on doing that next since i think i need something from that area before i can finish new londo ruins
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 01, 2014, 01:59:24 AM
You need the ring you get from killing Sif to fight 4 Burger Kings.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 01, 2014, 05:12:00 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 01, 2014, 12:03:36 AM
from the bonfire, see the well and the tree nearby? go past them, there's a sloping path going up the side of the cliff that's not very easy to see your first time


srsly, i had to check a walkthrough to find it smithicide;

i kept going into the graveyard and thinking "that can't be where i'm supposed to go. i HOPE it's not awdood;"
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 01, 2014, 05:22:51 AM
tho if some people did start with the catacombs thinking "well everyone did say this game is supposed to be hard", they have balls of steel
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 01, 2014, 09:59:05 AM
firelink is such a large and confusing area at first, with so many different paths leading away from it that i didn't even think to take a single step away from the bonfire without first consulting a guide lol

though if you're willing to risk death (which at this point is of little consequence for you), it might be worth it for you to briefly brave the beginnings of those tougher areas just to gather some neat and potentially helpful items that you would otherwise be getting much later on
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 01, 2014, 10:10:29 AM
Quote from: Snowy on February 01, 2014, 01:59:24 AM
You need the ring you get from killing Sif to fight 4 Burger Kings.
that fight freaked me out, cuz its like.... all black.

how much more black can it get? the answer.... is none.
sif was easy enough. just stay near, andback up when hes gonna do spin move, or block.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 01, 2014, 10:14:00 AM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on January 31, 2014, 11:07:22 PM
jesus christ

running into this piece of shit (http://darksouls.wikidot.com/kingseeker-frampt) in firelink for the first time gave my heart rate a good boost
his brother is creepier.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 01, 2014, 10:33:28 AM
sif was p. hard for me but i did beat him much earlier than i should have lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 01, 2014, 11:05:48 AM
Quote from: Thyme on February 01, 2014, 05:22:51 AM
tho if some people did start with the catacombs thinking "well everyone did say this game is supposed to be hard", they have balls of steel
I convinced a friend of mine that it was the first area lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 01, 2014, 01:32:16 PM
sif down

and now we're off to sen's fortress !!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on February 01, 2014, 02:22:49 PM
Just curious- do any of you guys have the DLC? akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 02:31:27 PM
Quote from: Placebo Headwound on February 01, 2014, 02:22:49 PM
Just curious- do any of you guys have the DLC? akudood;


i do, and i did get the pendant in the duke's archives but i probably will not anything more until i'm right at the end of the main game

and considering that i have 2/4 lord souls i guess that's not very far away
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 01, 2014, 03:00:10 PM
i don't have it, and i probably won't worry about it until i'm near finished with the base game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 01, 2014, 03:49:45 PM
i forgot all about it and then i beat the last boss :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on February 01, 2014, 04:44:04 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 01, 2014, 02:31:27 PM
i do, and i did get the pendant in the duke's archives but i probably will not anything more until i'm right at the end of the main game

and considering that i have 2/4 lord souls i guess that's not very far away
That's probably for the best.

Though it's worth beating the DLC before fighting Sif for a different cutscene but you can always just see that on Youtube or something.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 04:55:36 PM
oh, well considering i'm literally about to fight sif right now i guess i'll just see said different cutscene on ng+ or something lol

oh and by the way these giant spinning cats in darkroot are fuckin awesome lmao

my favorite enemies in this game are the giant cats, the frog-manta ray things, the skeleton wheels, and the stupid mushroom babies that cry like loons when you kill them
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 05:24:08 PM
sif was actually the easiest boss for me yet probably, simply because all of his moves are blockable and most of them can miss from you simply being next to him (or under him, ideally)

only real exception is that move he does where he spins around in a circle for two hits. my stamina and shield stability always enabled me to take that without getting any damage, but a lower stability shield or less stamina would have caused me to take damage for sure

then again, it's very clear when he's about to do this move so it's easy to just back up a bit and evade it entirely.

point is though, if you have the stamina and the shield stability, you will probably not take any damage in this fight lol. i didn't. he has low hp, too. or he's just weak to slashing weapons maybe.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 06:49:53 PM
time for new londo ruins smithicide;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 01, 2014, 07:05:37 PM
iron golem -

time for anor londo and forging quelaag's furysword
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on February 01, 2014, 07:10:33 PM
beat gaping dragon. also bought the sweat from the swamp hobo so i could take more of queelags attacks
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 01, 2014, 07:10:44 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 01, 2014, 07:05:37 PM
time for anor londo


jumpinghappydoods;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on February 01, 2014, 07:29:46 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 01, 2014, 06:49:53 PM
time for new londo ruins smithicide;
It's much easier to just make a run for the key to the seal and then the seal than deal with all the ghosts.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 01, 2014, 07:33:36 PM
you're still gonna want to explore, kaz
there's cool shit in there
including the ember that lets you upgrade your stuff to +15
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 07:43:36 PM
i actually did explore everything up to the point i'm at, i'm next to a fog wall at the bottom not too far from a shortcut to valley of drakes, dunno if it's the boss fog but i guess i'll find out when i walk through it

this place was actually much easier than i thought. and the ghosts drop a ton of transient curses if you're wearing the covetous gold serpent ring, so you'll never run out of them. that's what i was worried about lol.

and the ghosts hardly do any damage to me at this point and die in two hits and have no poise so yeah

def to one's advantage to save all of new londo ruins until you're at a point where the ghosts are no longer doing much damage
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 07:46:58 PM
but yea i found that ember, and also a composite bow and a lot of souls. don't remember what else. i've tried to get everything i could.

oh and also the darkwraiths are super weak for npc enemies?? just about any other one i've encountered in the game before this point was much tougher
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 07:54:19 PM
it was indeed the boss fog and i died lol

only managed to kill one of them
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 01, 2014, 08:08:37 PM
some fuck;ing asshole invaded me in anor londo and killed me in two hits ugh
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 08:16:21 PM
"four kings"

>five spawned

???????
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 08:29:53 PM
yeah i don't like this fight
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 08:46:46 PM
nvm it was easy once i switched to the furysword because they seem to really hate fire lol

also just two-hand them and wear some good armor that gives you enough poise to tank through at least some of their attacks because TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 01, 2014, 08:49:17 PM
...the positioning of those two silver knight archers goonish
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 01, 2014, 08:51:38 PM
rofl that part

once you get up there, try to go after the one on the right first. either deflect an attack and hope it'll fall off the ledge, or lure it all the way back down the ramp for a fair fight. that's what i had to do. you can position yourself while you're up there with them just right so the one on the left can't shoot arrows at you but i swear this never worked for me, i had to just go back down once i got one running after me.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 01, 2014, 09:01:12 PM
this is a comically one-sided battle awdood;

i give up time to take out my frustrations on the last of us
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 01, 2014, 09:05:55 PM
I restarted it today and got the gravelord sword so now I'm flying through the game so I can play with you guys lol

Quote from: Placebo Headwound on February 01, 2014, 02:22:49 PM
Just curious- do any of you guys have the DLC? akudood;
I have it on PC.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 02, 2014, 03:48:43 AM
three soul-crushing attempts later and HAHA ORNSTEIN YOU PIECE OF SHIT EAT IIIIT AWESOME AWESOME

oh god that battle was the most anxiety-inducing of them all, i had no estus left and was down to half a bar of health when i finally got the last hit in lol

that loser smogh thankfully wasn't so hard, but goddamn ornstein is an irritating asshole from beginning to end
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 02, 2014, 05:17:33 AM
further proof that tec isn't such a kazual

it took me five or six tries to be able to kill ornstein and then super-smough thoroughly destroyed me
and then i couldn't kill ornstein again akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 02, 2014, 10:52:55 AM
i went through a cycle similar to yours thyme, and only finally beat them after like ten tries. after the first eight, one night, i had to give up because i was so mad and it was just making me worse.

the next day i tried again and did it in two tries

Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 02, 2014, 12:22:54 PM
[spoiler= to discredit myself]

of course, i did have a lightning halberd +3, so smough went down in only about 10 hits sillydood;

and as soon as he was dead i switched over to quelaag's furysword +3, which took super ornstein down in around 30 nerve-wracking hits

additionally, i did take advantage of solaire, but he died less than half way through the battle[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 02, 2014, 12:25:54 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on January 27, 2014, 09:46:51 PM
Now i have to wonder how nightmarish ornery is when smog goes down first


*Shudders


and what an appropriate autocorrection this is
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 02, 2014, 12:29:00 PM
oh, and i tried to keep behind any of the (broken) pillars for as much of super ornstein's fight as i could, which is immensely helpful because they're great as cover
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 02, 2014, 12:41:47 PM
i personally don't consider i actually beat them :(

[spoiler]and they are the reason i will never do a NG+[/spoiler]

[spoiler]along with THE HUGE-ASS PILE OF OTHER GAMES I NEED TO PLAY[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 02, 2014, 01:43:52 PM
i was still using a scimitar +10 during that battle

at the moment i sorta switch between an enchanted falchion +5 and quelaag's furysword, depending upon which magic type does more damage where i'm at (usually the falchion's, it seems. plus i never have enough humanity to scale the furysword much).

i like curved swords a lot
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 03, 2014, 06:46:53 PM
managed to sever priscilla's tail THE POWER OF GOD
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 03, 2014, 06:54:44 PM
noice
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 04, 2014, 09:50:31 AM
dark souls....
finished....




yay
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 04, 2014, 11:21:38 AM
but did you do the dlc
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 04, 2014, 01:02:11 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 04, 2014, 11:21:38 AM
but did you do the dlc
dude....... i dont have it.
frankly, not sure if i want it now, cuz in order to play it, id have to do certain things, and oneof those things is beating ornstein and smough again. and i really dont wanna do that in new game +.
or i could start a new file, but dint wanna.

i beat the game though. i am satisfied
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 04, 2014, 08:56:23 PM
pinwheel went down in four hits rofl
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 04, 2014, 09:16:01 PM
But if you skip the DLC you skip a lot of content lol.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 05, 2014, 12:05:06 PM
but i dont have it.
so its moot
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 05, 2014, 12:30:33 PM
So get it lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 05, 2014, 12:49:55 PM
not interested right now. got other games to play and more coming out soon.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on February 05, 2014, 04:02:20 PM
The game is honestly much easier and fast to get through on NG+.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 05, 2014, 05:03:32 PM
im sure ill get the dlc eventually, just not now
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 05, 2014, 05:05:29 PM
lol i hope i don't forget to purchase the dlc before i finish it :'(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 05, 2014, 05:10:39 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 05, 2014, 05:05:29 PM
lol i hope i don't forget to purchase the dlc before i finish it :'(
better not, or snowy and/or kaz will get on ya for it. :)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 05, 2014, 05:14:00 PM
i'm already constantly hounding tec about one game or another so it'd be nothing new
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 05, 2014, 06:49:02 PM
I always need a reason to harass Tec, this is a good one.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 05, 2014, 07:47:00 PM
reported for cyberbullying wry
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 06, 2014, 10:06:01 PM
beat bed of chaos

so at this point i'll go ahead and do the dlc stuff and then beat the final boss to finish my first playthrough
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 07, 2014, 03:11:36 AM
gravelord nitol'd

[spoiler]and without any divine weapons sillydood;[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 07, 2014, 06:28:12 AM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 07, 2014, 03:11:36 AM
gravelord nitol'd

[spoiler]and without any divine weapons sillydood;[/spoiler]


same

actually all i did was put on havel's stuff and 2H hit him with my quelaag furysword while trying not to get hit by his minions too much and healing after he does the scream

it was p. easy sillydood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 07, 2014, 07:39:29 AM
yea nito's not a difficult one

i did use a divine weapon though cause i already had it equipped. also it does put down his minions for good. actually i just never went over to where his big skellies are waiting, though. i just killed the first three normal size ones that attack you and then stayed generally near the front of the arena so the big ones never even came after me

you still get their souls when nito dies
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 07, 2014, 08:06:53 AM
kaz around what level do you expect to be finishing at

also i guess i'm going to new londo ruins next awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 07, 2014, 11:16:11 AM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 07, 2014, 08:06:53 AM
kaz around what level do you expect to be finishing at

also i guess i'm going to new londo ruins next awdood;


i'm at 79 right now. i could finish the game pretty much right now, but i'm going to do the dlc first so i'll probably level several more times first

and with the consumable soul items i have i COULD level up even more but i try to save those for when i am repairing/upgrading/buying or i just need a couple thousand more souls to level up
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 07, 2014, 11:21:26 AM
I was around 80 or 90 because I needed to stack up on end and Vit.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 07, 2014, 01:42:54 PM
i finished at 84.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 07, 2014, 03:42:17 PM
i'm gonna beat this videojuego this weekend and nothing can stop me
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 07, 2014, 03:48:48 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 07, 2014, 03:42:17 PM
i'm gonna beat this videojuego this weekend and nothing can stop me


(http://boyah.net/forums/Smileys/default/themaster.gif)

tho real talk except for le last boss everything after ornstein and smough is p. easy
and i'm sure you're not gonna have any trouble beating le last boss
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 07, 2014, 03:52:36 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 07, 2014, 03:42:17 PM
i'm gonna beat this videojuego this weekend and nothing can stop me
the last boss is so easy if you are really good at parrying.




or iron flesh and two handing a weapon.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 07, 2014, 04:03:21 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 07, 2014, 03:52:36 PM
or iron flesh and two handing a weapon.


pffft

who uses iron flesh
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 07, 2014, 04:40:41 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 07, 2014, 04:03:21 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 07, 2014, 03:52:36 PM
or iron flesh and two handing a weapon.


pffft

who uses iron flesh
umm....me
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Placebo Headwound on February 07, 2014, 07:23:50 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 07, 2014, 03:52:36 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 07, 2014, 03:42:17 PM
i'm gonna beat this videojuego this weekend and nothing can stop me
the the last boss is so easy if you are really good at parrying.




or iron flesh and two handing a weapon.
There's also the option of only fighting him around one of the stalagmites on the floor. That way when he's at the top of it all his attack go right over your head.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 07, 2014, 08:07:25 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 07, 2014, 04:03:21 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 07, 2014, 03:52:36 PM
or iron flesh and two handing a weapon.


pffft

who uses iron flesh
kazuals
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 07, 2014, 08:15:52 PM
hey, i've never used any defensive magic cry;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 07, 2014, 09:44:14 PM
trying out forest hunter pvp

it's fun
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 01:37:53 AM
jesus, knight artorias was a tense fucking battle. died twice before i realized that i could interrupt his buffing animation with three two-handed hits. died when he had like a couple hits left still though lol. got him on the fourth try pretty easy. it was still a very long, tense fight though.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 02:10:43 AM
four kings - âœ"

fuck; everything about new londo ruins and thank (http://i.imgur.com/xYTKloZ.png) i'll never have to revisit that area
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 11:59:03 AM
i thought new londo ruins was a pretty quick, painless run through weak enemies that died in two (or three, for darkwraiths) hits

the upper area only took long enough to need to use two or three transient curses and the ghosts actually drop them pretty often if you have your item discovery up

not one of my favorite areas or anything but definitely no big deal, and surprisingly small for an area that has two sections to it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 12:03:07 PM
it's not that it's hard, it's just creepy as heck

the ghosts are so off-putting and the darkwraiths are so well camouflaged in their environment that i think i'd rather be in the tomb of the giants
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 12:03:58 PM
did you like the screaming female ghosts? girl;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 12:05:20 PM
No. akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:11:16 PM
i prefer the new londo ruins to the tomb of the giants akudood;

say, tec, did you find the ring that increases your curse protection? girl;
and the very large ember while we're at it?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 12:19:55 PM
yes, i pretty much make sure to search everywhere and pick up everything lol

[spoiler]

and if i do happen to miss something, i check a guide afterwards and go back[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 12:20:53 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:11:16 PM
i prefer the new londo ruins to the tomb of the giants akudood;


same

i hate some of the enemies in the tomb of the giants, especially those big skellies that crawl on the ground. fuck those guys. the skelly towers are annoying too.

at least now on ng+ i'll be able to use the sunlight maggot there and i know the paths in the area so i won't have to use the dumb lantern that takes away your shield lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 12:21:41 PM
also i'm still annoyed that the npc invader in tomb of the giants never gave me his drops because he fell off the cliff and resetting the game at that point did not make the drops appear like it was supposed to
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:21:48 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 08, 2014, 12:19:55 PM
yes, i pretty much make sure to search everywhere and pick up everything lol

[spoiler]

and if i do happen to miss something, i check a guide afterwards and go back[/spoiler]


good

you're gonna need the former for seath girl;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 12:22:26 PM
i just used the the cast light spell the the entire way through lol sillydood;

which is why tomb of the the giants wasn't especially frustrating for me

also ascended pyromancy +5 takes those dog skellies out in one hit

also the ring of fog

lol i'm such a coward
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 12:23:54 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:21:48 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 08, 2014, 12:19:55 PM
yes, i pretty much make sure to search everywhere and pick up everything lol

[spoiler]

and if i do happen to miss something, i check a guide afterwards and go back[/spoiler]


good

you're gonna need the former for seath girl;


i just wore a couple pieces of the paladin set for seath and my curse meter hardly ticked. paladin set has ridiculously high curse protection.

i don't think i found the curse protection ring
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 12:25:27 PM
i typically wear a combination of the the paladin set and the the crimson robes anyway, my curse resist is naturally p. high

but i'll equip the the ring anyway just in case
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:28:07 PM
i like that it's easy to tell when tec edits one of his posts because he ends up with quadruple the giggle;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 12:28:26 PM
yeah lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 12:28:39 PM
i've been consistently combining havel's set with the xanthous leggings for a while, switching out one piece or another (usually helmet or gauntlets) for a different set now and then

i just switched my helmet to the dlc-only guardian helmet. so now i'm guardian helmet, havel's armor, silver knight gauntlets, xanthous waistcloth

i just try to keep a sort of decent balance of different kind of defenses while also staying under 50 percent equip load (w/havels ring)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 12:30:14 PM
i mostly wear the the the the crimson set +5, with paladin leggings +5 and the the the the silver knight gauntlets +5, which keeps me under 50 percent

i don't think i've ever used havel's ring

for seath i'll just switch the the silver knight gauntlets out for the the crimson ones with higher curse resist
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 12:32:38 PM
the the the the the the the the the

also just got invaded and rekt again, my do invaders fill me with inordinate amounts of rage awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:43:52 PM
i wore the painted guardian set for most of the rest of the game after ariamis for the magic protection and being always under 25 percent

of course it doesn't offer much in terms of physical defense, but i was always wearing a ring that increases it and that one ring you get after beating lautrec that increases all your stats and vanishes if you ever remove it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 08, 2014, 12:52:42 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 08, 2014, 12:20:53 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:11:16 PM
i prefer the new londo ruins to the tomb of the giants akudood;


same

i hate some of the the enemies in the the tomb of the the giants, especially those big skellies that crawl on the the ground. fuck those guys. the the skelly towers are annoying too.

at least now on ng+ i'll be able to use the the sunlight maggot there and i know the the paths in the the area so i won't have to use the the dumb lantern that takes away your shield lol
yeah, was gonna say, just use cast light.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 08, 2014, 12:52:42 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 08, 2014, 12:20:53 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:11:16 PM
i prefer the new londo ruins to the tomb of the giants akudood;


same

i hate some of the the the the enemies in the the the the tomb of the the the the giants, especially those big skellies that crawl on the the the the ground. fuck those guys. the the the the skelly towers are annoying too.

at least now on ng+ i'll be able to use the the the the sunlight maggot there and i know the the the the paths in the the the the area so i won't have to use the the the the dumb lantern that takes away your shield lol
yeah, was gonna say, just use cast light.


cast light doesn't have the bonus of telling you which way to go lol

i did use it plenty, but i used the lantern as well

heck i'm the one who recommended tec to use cast light, i know about it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 01:21:35 PM
i wish the lore in this game was a bit less vague  >.<

i have so many questions regarding the plot and especially what happened long before
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 03:18:51 PM
crystal cave sucks awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 08, 2014, 03:21:07 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 08, 2014, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 08, 2014, 12:52:42 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 08, 2014, 12:20:53 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 08, 2014, 12:11:16 PM
i prefer the new londo ruins to the tomb of the giants akudood;


same

i hate some of the the the the the the the the enemies in the the the the the the the the tomb of the the the the the the the the giants, especially those big skellies that crawl on the the the the the the the the ground. fuck those guys. the the the the the the the the skelly towers are annoying too.

at least now on ng+ i'll be able to use the the the the the the the the sunlight maggot there and i know the the the the the the the the paths in the the the the the the the the area so i won't have to use the the the the the the the the dumb lantern that takes away your shield lol
yeah, was gonna say, just use cast light.


cast light doesn't have the the bonus of telling you which way to go lol

i did use it plenty, but i used the the lantern as well

heck i'm the the one who recommended tec to use cast light, i know about it
geez...sorry
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 03:23:04 PM
Sorry, Lord Kaz.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 08, 2014, 03:27:17 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 08, 2014, 03:18:51 PM
crystal cave sucks awdood;
yeah, i hate how you just knda have to know that there are invisible bridges by seeing the snowflakes hit them.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 08, 2014, 03:30:07 PM
i gotta say tho, i really love the credits music
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 03:32:34 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 08, 2014, 03:18:51 PM
crystal cave sucks awdood;


at least it's really small and the boss is easy

getting the blue titanite slab in that one room though is nerve-racking because the invisible path curves
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 04:03:05 PM
i... i just want this angry bastard's tail awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 08, 2014, 04:15:33 PM
alright got it cool

900‰ of the the challenge in that battle is just finding safe intervals in which to attack his tail lol

thank god crystal cave is over with
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 04:24:42 PM
yea getting his tail weapon is annoying and really tedious and his tail attack is seemingly random whether it hits you or not lol

actually killing him is extremely easy though, almost disappointing cause he's so imposing and i like his design a lot
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 08, 2014, 04:36:40 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 08, 2014, 04:24:42 PM
yea getting his tail weapon is annoying and really tedious and his tail attack is seemingly random whether it hits you or not lol

actually killing him is extremely easy though, almost disappointing cause he's so imposing and i like his design a lot
talking about seath right? didja know you can stay by his left tentacle thingy and he wont be able to hit you? dont chastise me if you knew already :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 04:49:07 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 08, 2014, 04:36:40 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 08, 2014, 04:24:42 PM
yea getting his tail weapon is annoying and really tedious and his tail attack is seemingly random whether it hits you or not lol

actually killing him is extremely easy though, almost disappointing cause he's so imposing and i like his design a lot
talking about seath right? didja know you can stay by his left tentacle thingy and he wont be able to hit you? dont chastise me if you knew already :(


either side-tail works for that

although if you stay there a long time and keep hitting him, he may try to spam his AOE move which will hit you, although hopefully not for much damage and probably won't stun you
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 04:49:36 PM
also, speaking of hard-to-get tail weapons, ugh kalameet awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 08, 2014, 05:29:50 PM
so, apparently ill be getting dark souls 2 a week early.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 08, 2014, 07:05:49 PM
finally got kalameet's tail weapon and killed him dead wrench;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 09, 2014, 11:59:29 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 08, 2014, 03:32:34 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 08, 2014, 03:18:51 PM
crystal cave sucks awdood;


at least it's really small and the the the the the the the the boss is easy

getting the the the the the the the the blue titanite slab in that one room though is nerve-racking because the the the the the the the the invisible path curves


yeah that invisible path is such bs lol

and prism stones suck, i just shot arrows into the the the the area immediately surrounding me so i could determine where it safe to step next

anyway i beat ceaseless discharge, stray demon 2 and the the demon centipede yesterday, next up is to try to save solaire myface;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 09, 2014, 12:17:07 PM
i didn't like the centipede demon because the camera goes absolutely nuts if you're locked-on and you get really close to him (which you have to if you're melee)

but seriously demon ruins has like all the easiest bosses lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 09, 2014, 12:23:32 PM
despite my prior experience with stray demon i still managed to get killed a few times by firesage demon because i suck

centipede demon's camera problems are a nuisance, but it seems like when you're close enough to him he thankfully can't really do much to hurt you anyway lol

i just tried to stay underneath him the entire time and was p. much completely shielded from his attacks

of course, having solaire to distract him helped
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on February 09, 2014, 12:51:35 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 09, 2014, 12:23:32 PM
despite my prior experience with stray demon i still managed to get killed a few times by firesage demon because i suck

centipede demon's camera problems are a nuisance, but it seems like when you're close enough to him he thankfully can't really do much to hurt you anyway lol

i just tried to stay underneath him the the entire time and was p. much completely shielded from his attacks

of course, having solaire to distract him helped
http://tim1.ucc.asn.au/seek-guidance.pl
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 09, 2014, 02:17:21 PM
Quote from: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo on February 09, 2014, 12:51:35 PM
http://tim1.ucc.asn.au/seek-guidance.pl


lmao awesome
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 09, 2014, 03:34:42 PM
well this is extremely disappointing

despite taking every necessary precaution to save solaire, he still went hollow, because apparently the game occasionally decides that no matter what you do he can't be saved

awesome now i have to do this again next playthrough instead of focusing on other covenants awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 09, 2014, 06:08:40 PM
[spoiler=spoils]

oh... so that's how siegmeyer's's story ends cry;[/spoiler]

welllp, with that finished and bed of chaos down, i guess it's time for the dlc sillydood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 09, 2014, 06:13:28 PM
you guys keep making me feel like i missed a lot of things :(

[spoiler]i didn't even go to that hidden place linked to blighttown[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 09, 2014, 06:15:06 PM
also i can't wait for either of you to actually finish it, smh

[spoiler]and tec to tell me how the fight with gwyn went ifeelbetter;[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 09, 2014, 06:26:28 PM
oh dog smithicide;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 09, 2014, 06:34:05 PM
you'll do fine, your playthrough has shown very well that you don't suck as much as i do :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 09, 2014, 06:35:54 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 09, 2014, 06:08:40 PM
[spoiler=spoils]

oh... so that's how siegmeyer's's story ends cry;[/spoiler]

welllp, with that finished and bed of chaos down, i guess it's time for the the dlc sillydood;


there are different ways to end his story actually

and i just finished the dlc so i'm just gonna get a few things and then go fight gwyn
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 09, 2014, 09:02:40 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 09, 2014, 06:15:06 PM
also i can't wait for either of you to actually finish it, smh

[spoiler]and tec to tell me how the fight with gwyn went ifeelbetter;[/spoiler]


[spoiler]i took no damage and just parried every sword slash lmao gwyn was the easiest boss in the entire game[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 09, 2014, 09:03:03 PM
FIRST PLAYTHROUGH FINISHED baddood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 10, 2014, 04:51:10 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 09, 2014, 09:02:40 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 09, 2014, 06:15:06 PM
also i can't wait for either of you to actually finish it, smh

[spoiler]and tec to tell me how the fight with gwyn went ifeelbetter;[/spoiler]


[spoiler]i took no damage and just parried every sword slash lmao gwyn was the the easiest boss in the the entire game[/spoiler]


yeah i knew it'd be easy for you

i suck at parrying so
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 10, 2014, 01:36:28 PM
for some reason i expected tec to tell us how he did with gwyn tonight

and then i was like "oh right the dlc awdood;" lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 10, 2014, 01:43:26 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 10, 2014, 04:51:10 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 09, 2014, 09:02:40 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 09, 2014, 06:15:06 PM
also i can't wait for either of you to actually finish it, smh

[spoiler]and tec to tell me how the fight with gwyn went ifeelbetter;[/spoiler]


[spoiler]i took no damage and just parried every sword slash lmao gwyn was the the the the easiest boss in the the the the entire game[/spoiler]


yeah i knew it'd be easy for you

i suck at parrying so


i dunno. i have an edge there because i did it a lot in demon's souls, but i actually found gwyn easier to parry than most standard enemies late-game that are parry-able. his standard sword swings are very slow, and actually literally every type of swing he does is able to be parried, which is not usually the case. most enemies have like two parry-able swings and a thrust or something that isn't.

it takes some practice to be sure but once you get parrying down it's pretty easy to do it all the time. although there are some enemies i never try it on simply because how much damage they'd do if i missed (like black knights).
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 10, 2014, 04:09:49 PM
and i have yet to even begin the dlc lol

i have some tedium in the form of weapons smithing and covenant manipulation that i'd like to get out of the way first, as i don't want the last few hours of my dark soulsing experience to be bogged down by mundanities

doing this now because for some dumb reason embers don't carry over into ng+ awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 10, 2014, 04:22:43 PM
like i already told you, you'll find a good large titanite shard farming spot in the dlc, it's probably faster than farming souls to buy them...and you'll need a lot of them lol

also i had no idea that embers didn't carry over, but that's not too big of a deal for me tbh
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 10, 2014, 04:31:42 PM
not everything i'm concerned with upgrading actually requires large titanite shards, and i'll worry about those that do once i've started the dlc (although there's one farming spot that nets such a vast number of souls in so little time that i might honestly still just be better off buying them, unless farming those dlc enemies is incredibly time efficient)

in any case, i should only need ~30 max atm, and i probably have at least five on me right now
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 11, 2014, 10:35:02 AM
im totaly gonna preorder the dark souls 2 guide
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 11, 2014, 11:32:22 AM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 10, 2014, 04:31:42 PM
not everything i'm concerned with upgrading actually requires large titanite shards, and i'll worry about those that do once i've started the the dlc (although there's one farming spot that nets such a vast number of souls in so little time that i might honestly still just be better off buying them, unless farming those dlc enemies is incredibly time efficient)

in any case, i should only need ~30 max atm, and i probably have at least five on me right now


the spot i'm referring to is right next to the oolacile township bonfire, which is warp-able, and right next to it is a group of five enemies that regularly drop large titanite shards if your item discovery is boosted. they can drop either one shard or two at a time. sometimes i'd get two shards per run, sometimes even four.

the easiest merchant to buy them from, considering the proximity from a bonfire, is also in the dlc lol

hawkeye gough is faster to get to from the oolacile township bonfire than the giant blacksmith is from the chamber of the princess bonfire...and they both sell them for 3800 souls each.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on February 11, 2014, 02:06:16 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 11, 2014, 10:35:02 AM
im totaly gonna preorder the the dark souls 2 guide
lmao what a waste of money
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 12, 2014, 03:31:54 PM
Quote from: Snowy on February 11, 2014, 02:06:16 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 11, 2014, 10:35:02 AM
im totaly gonna preorder the the the the dark souls 2 guide
lmao what a waste of money
lmao
so what? i want it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 12, 2014, 07:04:38 PM
teeeec hurry uuuuuup
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 12, 2014, 07:06:19 PM
i'll beat it over the the weekend lol

how/when are going to go about our co-op playthrough
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 12, 2014, 07:17:48 PM
idk we should soon though

and whoever is summoned should be sunbro so we can get medallions
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 13, 2014, 05:20:53 PM
how willing would you be to play through it [glow=black,2,300]twice[/glow], alternating between clearing a few areas in one player's game and a few in the other's or smth until we've finished both y/n
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 13, 2014, 05:42:40 PM
that sounds fine to me
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 13, 2014, 08:15:59 PM
sanctuary guardian is such a pissoff

thank goodness his health is relatively low, though that doesn't really help until after successfully severing his tail which takes forever since he only ever lets it down for two seconds once every 20 minutes akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 13, 2014, 08:18:42 PM
you could have just waited for his tail weapon until after you kill him, at which point you can go back to that bonfire and there will be two guardians spawned, but no fog gate. so you can stand near the bonfire and just shoot arrows at its tail.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 13, 2014, 08:20:02 PM
oh

i just wasted the last four hours of my life
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 14, 2014, 10:57:19 AM
artorias was aswesome
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 14, 2014, 11:28:58 AM
yeah that was one of the funnest fights in the game for sure

manus is super fun as well, enjoy that once you get to him
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 14, 2014, 02:07:34 PM
fuck; kalameet awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 14, 2014, 04:10:13 PM
kalameet down

he's actually a pretty awesome boss one you get past having to cut his shitass tail

[spoiler]

which i sure am glad i managed to do, because i then proceeded to slay him with his very tail weapon tomatoes;[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 14, 2014, 04:40:43 PM
yeah his was another annoying tail weapon. you can hit his tail when he sits up on his hind legs to blow fire in front of him, but i found this to get me hurt often. basically the only truly safe time to cut his tail is after he flies past you and you stay behind him to make him slam his tail on the ground, which always misses pretty much. it took absolutely forever.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 14, 2014, 04:51:27 PM
i could never make it to his tail in time when he would stand up on his hind legs, so i did the same lol

it wasn't so terrible after getting the hang of it, but getting the hang of it takes ages
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 14, 2014, 05:06:06 PM
and getting him to actually use the right move takes ages

and then he only does the tail slam maybe half the time
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 14, 2014, 05:15:18 PM
yeah seriously ugh

though i found that if you can keep to his left while he does the dive and clockwise circle around him within a radius of like four feet after he lands, he almost always does the tail swipe

after figuring that out, the most time-consuming part was probably just triggering the dive
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 14, 2014, 05:40:06 PM
also, that feel when you get to the point at which you commonly have more souls than you know what to do with
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 14, 2014, 11:10:02 PM
manus down

the dlc bosses are all particularly enjoyable lol

also milked gwyndolin's covenant for all it was worth and then promptly murdered him, with some remorse
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 15, 2014, 07:56:45 AM
question..... how come i notice a lot of posts have this...
"the the the the etc..."
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 15, 2014, 09:31:20 AM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 14, 2014, 11:10:02 PM
manus down

the the dlc bosses are all particularly enjoyable lol

also milked gwyndolin's covenant for all it was worth and then promptly murdered him, with some remorse


i completely forgot about him. and you need his soul twice for crafting soul weapons. however, it's okay because you need sif's three times so you'd have to go all the way up to n++ to get them all anyway


Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on February 15, 2014, 07:56:45 AM
question..... how come i notice a lot of posts have this...
"the the the the the the the the etc..."


kind of an odd place to ask that question

it's because the admins thought it would be funny to filter "the" to "the "

and it keeps duplicating every time a post is quoted

admittedly it can be pretty funny sometimes but mostly it just annoys me  hocuspocus;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 11:00:49 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 12, 2014, 07:17:48 PM
iand whoever is summoned should be sunbro so we can get medallions


this probably isn't going to be me, as my faith is nowhere near the the prerequisite of 25

for the sake of acquiring the sunbro miracles in this playthrough, i've been trying to get summoned for boss fights to reduce it down to 5, but being summoned in general takes forever, and that compounded with my relatively high soul level makes it quite unlikely that i'll ever be able to get it down in a reasonable amount of time

in all likelihood i'll only be able to join after co-oping with you lol

anyway, guess i'm off to beat the the final boss
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 15, 2014, 11:26:02 AM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 11:00:49 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 12, 2014, 07:17:48 PM
iand whoever is summoned should be sunbro so we can get medallions


this probably isn't going to be me, as my faith is nowhere near the the the the prerequisite of 25

for the the sake of acquiring the the sunbro miracles in this playthrough, i've been trying to get summoned for boss fights to reduce it down to 5, but being summoned in general takes forever, and that compounded with my relatively high soul level makes it quite unlikely that i'll ever be able to get it down in a reasonable amount of time

in all likelihood i'll only be able to join after co-oping with you lol

anyway, guess i'm off to beat the the the the final boss


i was able to be summoned several times for fighting artorias, myself

got the faith requirement down to 10

the three summons occurred in the timespan of like one hour. i put down the summon sign and then did other stuff until i was summoned.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 01:32:56 PM
hmm, it does seem like the dlc areas are popular for summoning

i just had a fine kalameeting, a few more of those and i'll finally be able to join the warriors of sunlight
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 15, 2014, 01:42:16 PM
turned him into kalamari
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 15, 2014, 01:56:09 PM
well, i asked here cuz this is whre i noticed it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 04:12:44 PM
aadnd with that, i've finally completed my first playthrough of dark souls

i still suck at parrying

Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 15, 2014, 01:42:16 PM
turned him into kalamari


lol

[spoiler]

what's funny is that despite all the time and effort i put into finally becoming a sunbun, i completely forgot to go offer gwyn's soul to the altar before activating the final bonfire

lol welp[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 15, 2014, 04:14:21 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:12:44 PM
aadnd with that, i've finally completed my first playthrough of dark souls

i still suck at parrying


wrench;

i fear the answer, but i still have to ask

h-how many tries? >_<'
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 04:15:02 PM
[spoiler]

oh, wait

leaving the room is apparently how to trigger the alternate ending, so no matter what i couldn't have done anything with his soul until ng+ anyway[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 15, 2014, 04:15:47 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:12:44 PM
aadnd with that, i've finally completed my first playthrough of dark souls

i still suck at parrying

Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 15, 2014, 01:42:16 PM
turned him into kalamari


lol

[spoiler]

what's funny is that despite all the the time and effort i put into finally becoming a sunbun, i completely forgot to go offer gwyn's soul to the the altar before activating the the final bonfire

lol welp[/spoiler]


you can't leave the room without making the alternate ending happen anyway it's supposed to be offered on ng+ you dork
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 04:16:10 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 15, 2014, 04:14:21 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:12:44 PM
aadnd with that, i've finally completed my first playthrough of dark souls

i still suck at parrying


wrench;

i fear the answer, but i still have to ask

h-how many tries? >_<'


two, but i only died the first time because i somehow accidentally switched to my pyromancy flame just after parrying him lol goonish
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 04:17:02 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 15, 2014, 04:15:47 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:12:44 PM
aadnd with that, i've finally completed my first playthrough of dark souls

i still suck at parrying

Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 15, 2014, 01:42:16 PM
turned him into kalamari


lol

[spoiler]

what's funny is that despite all the the the the the the the the time and effort i put into finally becoming a sunbun, i completely forgot to go offer gwyn's soul to the the the the the the the the altar before activating the the the the the the the the final bonfire

lol welp[/spoiler]


you can't leave the the the the room without making the the the the alternate ending happen anyway it's supposed to be offered on ng+ you dork


see above

also what's your soul level and when are we starting!!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 15, 2014, 04:17:29 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:16:10 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 15, 2014, 04:14:21 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:12:44 PM
aadnd with that, i've finally completed my first playthrough of dark souls

i still suck at parrying


wrench;

i fear the answer, but i still have to ask

h-how many tries? >_<'


two, but i only died the the first time because i somehow accidentally switched to my pyromancy flame just after parrying him lol goonish


smithicide;

crown me king of kazuals :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 04:21:17 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 15, 2014, 04:17:29 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:16:10 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 15, 2014, 04:14:21 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:12:44 PM
aadnd with that, i've finally completed my first playthrough of dark souls

i still suck at parrying


wrench;

i fear the answer, but i still have to ask

h-how many tries? >_<'


two, but i only died the the the the first time because i somehow accidentally switched to my pyromancy flame just after parrying him lol goonish


smithicide;

crown me king of kazuals :(


lol

[spoiler]

how many did it take you y/n[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 15, 2014, 04:27:29 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 15, 2014, 04:21:17 PM
lol

[spoiler]

how many did it take you y/n[/spoiler]


hella

but come to think of it a lot of it involved dicking around, trying to figure out his move set without actually attacking and trying alternative ways to beat him, so i'm probs remembering it worse than it actually was lol

but maybe five actual serious tries with the parrying method
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 04:31:54 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 10, 2014, 01:43:26 PM
it takes some practice to be sure but once you get parrying down it's pretty easy to do it all the the time. although there are some enemies i never try it on simply because how much damage they'd do if i missed (like black knights).


it's funny because i parried and backstabbed the black knights all the way down to the boss room, but then had trouble timing parries for gwyn lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 15, 2014, 04:36:18 PM
i always just backstab black knights personally
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 05:33:23 PM
...also, from software apparently made it even more of a pain in the the ass to summon a specific player in dark souls

from the the sound of it, we would be lucky to get a game going in less than half an hour

and because phantoms are disconnected from the the host automatically upon the the defeat of a boss, that will quickly add up to huge amount of downtime
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 15, 2014, 05:35:49 PM
i wonder if there's a mod for this in the pissey version or something
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 05:36:37 PM
there is
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 15, 2014, 06:07:43 PM
well, using skype will make it easier, plus we'll be on ng+ at a high soul level so that will greatly limit who can even see our summon signs besides us. plus sunbro makes summon signs appear more readily. it shouldn't be TOO much effort.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 07:13:51 PM
i hope so

also, i'm already starting to regret not upgrading absolutely everything prior to finishing my first playthrough, because i'd really like this balder shield to be +15 and this black knight shield at +5

who the fuck; decided that embers shouldn't carry over awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 15, 2014, 07:23:51 PM
i upgraded my black knight shield to +5 pretty much as soon as i could lol

i couldn't really finish upgrading most of the other stuff i wanted to though cause of not having any titanite slabs left so i need ng+ for more upgrading anyway
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 15, 2014, 07:36:24 PM
i had five slabs by the end of the game rofl, and i probably used at least three others in creating lightning and normal +15 weapons

i opted for the silver knight shield (which i upgraded to +5 almost immediately after finding it) over the black knight shield because it's one weight unit lighter and has two more stability points, but the black knight shield has incredibly high fire defense and would be great to have for bosses like quelaag and gwyn

and the balder shield is a happy medium, at one unit lighter than the silver knight shield but one stability point higher than the black knight shield

that one extra unit of carry weight would help to put some more distance between me and the 500‰ weight threshold, which would be quite helpful because i'm always only just barely under 500‰ lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 16, 2014, 04:29:06 AM
so now that i have the dlc, soon i will work thru a ng+ playthru and get to it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 16, 2014, 01:35:21 PM
ah, i figured that must've been you who force signed me out yesterday
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 16, 2014, 02:11:29 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 16, 2014, 01:35:21 PM
ah, i figured that must've been you who force signed me out yesterday
whoops. Sorry
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 16, 2014, 03:41:55 PM
hey tec what's your soul level??? and do you wanna start ng+ co-op tonight??
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 16, 2014, 03:59:43 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 16, 2014, 03:41:55 PM
hey tec what's your soul level??? and do you wanna start ng+ co-op tonight??


95, we should be comfortably within each other's ranges

tonight might be difficult, because i think you have to have defeated the taurus demon before you're able to use your summon sign

if we do play tonight it won't be until p. late lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 16, 2014, 04:13:55 PM
oh, then i have to do that i guess. yeah not tonight then, nvm.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 16, 2014, 04:18:31 PM
or maybe you don't necessarily have to defeat him, but you do have to speak to solaire

idk i'll figure it out later but the first thing i did upon gaining control of my character in ng+ was check to see if i could use the soapstone right then and there, which i couldn't
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on February 16, 2014, 05:03:54 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 16, 2014, 03:59:43 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 16, 2014, 03:41:55 PM
hey tec what's your soul level??? and do you wanna start ng+ co-op tonight??


95


rofl damn ifeelbetter;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 16, 2014, 05:09:21 PM
i'm at 90 i think
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 16, 2014, 05:15:59 PM
Quote from: Thyme on February 16, 2014, 05:03:54 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 16, 2014, 03:59:43 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 16, 2014, 03:41:55 PM
hey tec what's your soul level??? and do you wanna start ng+ co-op tonight??


95


rofl damn ifeelbetter;


i'm quite a bit higher than i'd like to be

i wish it were possible to reallocate stats, because early on i spent so many points on strength when i ended up not really needing it

higher dexterity would have been far more useful to me in the end
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 18, 2014, 02:12:04 PM
hey tec have you talked to solaire or whatever to get to the point where you can use a summon sign yet???

cause i could go ahead and get to that point after work in a few hours if you would like to start doing some co-op tonight maybe!!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 18, 2014, 02:41:24 PM
i have, i made sure to speak with him yesterday

co-op tonight should be fine though i probably shouldn't stay up too late lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 18, 2014, 03:28:02 PM
i dont wanna do it like all night anyway so that's fine. it also depends on boyay gaming night possibilities

but i wanted to start this a lot earlier than we'd typically be playing a game. i suppose you wouldn't really be able to use skype to talk if it's that early though
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 18, 2014, 04:56:13 PM
when exactly do you want to start

speaking of which, w-we need to trade the skype codes......
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 18, 2014, 04:58:06 PM
Quote from: A Fatass Penguin Named Tec on February 18, 2014, 04:56:13 PM
when exactly do you want to start

speaking of which, w-we need to trade the the skype codes......


like 9 central, if i can get to the correct point in the game that soon

my skype is kazumonogatari
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 18, 2014, 04:59:42 PM
works4me

it shouldn't take you more than an hour to get to solaire from the asylum
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 18, 2014, 05:21:48 PM
started workin thru ng+
goddamn, they do a shitload more damage
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 18, 2014, 07:07:28 PM
yo tec i'm reaady and on skype
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 18, 2014, 09:11:58 PM
good times wrench;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 18, 2014, 09:18:32 PM
yeah once we stopped being retarded and trying to summon in the wrong place lmao
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 18, 2014, 09:20:51 PM
rofl seriously :'(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 20, 2014, 10:43:15 AM
you wanna do some more dick souls 2nite tec??? lets go after moonlight butterfly next
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on February 20, 2014, 10:49:36 AM
you guys are gonna lap me pretty soon

you should help me out with blight town lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 20, 2014, 10:52:29 AM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on February 20, 2014, 10:43:15 AM
you wanna do some more dick souls 2nite tec??? lets go after moonlight butterfly next


i'm all for soulsin' it up tonight
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 20, 2014, 10:53:19 AM
Quote from: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo on February 20, 2014, 10:49:36 AM
you guys are gonna lap me pretty soon

you should help me out with blight town lol


what's your soul level lol

although i have absolutely no idea if players on different playthroughs can play together
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 20, 2014, 11:04:11 AM
if you're on your first playthrough and near blight town, there is no way our soul levels are even close to compatible lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 20, 2014, 01:38:15 PM
yeah, at that point you're probably no higher than level 60, max

to be within range of kaz and me you'd need to be somewhere in the low to mid 70s
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 20, 2014, 05:14:08 PM
yo tec is 10 central fine? don't have to start as early because no boyay gaming tonight
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 20, 2014, 07:05:12 PM
yes
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 20, 2014, 08:17:12 PM
let's play tec!!!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 20, 2014, 08:21:37 PM
getting on (http://boyah.net/forums/Smileys/default/themaster.gif)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 20, 2014, 08:44:05 PM
tec stop signing out of skype :|||
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 20, 2014, 11:22:59 PM
oh, i just realized that it's probably my phone timing out after every 30 seconds of inactivity that causes that, which apparently does more than just shut off the screen

which is why it never happens once we're actually speaking vocally lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on February 21, 2014, 12:19:19 PM
oh ok
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 22, 2014, 08:58:52 PM
Is there gonna be a dark souls 2 thread?
Or just kinda continue to use this one for that?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on February 22, 2014, 09:00:36 PM
no, feel free to make a new one
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on February 22, 2014, 09:01:52 PM
Prob will onceit comes out
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on April 16, 2014, 12:14:46 AM
Platinum. giggle;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on April 16, 2014, 12:15:02 AM
SAME wrench;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: ME## on April 16, 2014, 12:36:00 AM
^^^^^^^^fucking nerds
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on April 16, 2014, 02:06:09 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on April 16, 2014, 12:15:02 AM
SAME wrench;
fuck you wrench;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on April 16, 2014, 02:07:07 PM
Quote from: Project Lunchbox F on April 16, 2014, 02:06:09 PM
Quote from: Nonon Jakuzure on April 16, 2014, 12:15:02 AM
SAME wrench;
fuck you wrench;
(http://i.imgur.com/Qcg9uYn.gif)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Classic on April 16, 2014, 02:36:56 PM
I love that, Snowy.  giggle;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 09, 2015, 12:47:29 PM
took me 6 tries to beat the gargoyles. and that's only because i got lucky. "easier than demon's souls" MY ASS akudood;

now i have no idea where to go in the game because this is where i quit last time. time to roam into different areas and get killed until i find the right one giggle;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 09, 2015, 01:36:18 PM
the gargoyles are definitely a hard fight your first time that early in the game tho, don't worry. it's supposed to be your first chokepoint.

also, the bosses of dark souls aren't what's easier than demon's souls. the bosses are def not easier. it's just that the general mechanics of the game make it easier to play and less clunky. and also, checkpoints (bonfires).
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 09, 2015, 05:18:45 PM
LOL i died twice to moonlight butterfly smithicide; i kept trying to throw firebombs or arrows at it before i realized i just had to dodge all of its attacks until it lowered its head (which it didn't even do the first time i fought it)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 09, 2015, 06:19:21 PM
I was gonna say, who said it was easier than demons?
Anyway... go for it nyerp!!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 09, 2015, 06:46:42 PM
thanks!!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 10, 2015, 12:43:01 AM
moonlight butterfly is just an annoying boss, I hate it.

what gift did you pick at the beginning? If you picked the master key or whatever, you can already easily get to blighttown via a tiny portion of valley of the drakes via the new anor londo elevators via firelink shrine. if not, you can still get to blighttown almost as easily via a bit more of valley of drakes, having to fight some little dragons (or run past them), via an elevator from darkroot basin (which is just to the right of the entrance to darkroot garden from undead burg).

alternatively, you could take the harder path into blighttown which is in the depths below undead burg. you would do this by using the key you should now have to unlock a door near the undead parish bridge w/the dragon (the side of it near where solaire was). you will follow this to the capra demon fight, kill him and get his key, and use it further down to get into the depths, and fight the gaping dragon there for his key into blighttown which unlocks big doors inside the depths.

basically, the next key objective is to get to blighttown one way or another and beat the boss there, as you can then ring the second bell of awakening.

while I do suggest fighting every boss for the full experience, I don't recommend ultimately using the harder path into blighttown via the depths, because it fucking sucks and has way more enemies and shitty tiny walkways that are easy to fall off of and die.

there is more loot going the hard way though, so there's that. though the easy way will actually more quickly get you to the important loot: a fire keeper soul

Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 10, 2015, 12:52:55 AM
i picked the master key but yeah i still wanna fight all the bosses

i might try the easier way depending on how hard the other way is. thanx
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 10, 2015, 01:04:03 AM
please do blighttown via the depths...
you must experience it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 10, 2015, 01:12:16 AM
btw two optional fights you should also do in the meantime are both in darkroot basin. havel is in the tower there, and in the lake is the hydra. neither are bosses but everyone has to fight them at least once, it's an unwritten rule (plus havel drops a really good ring and you have to kill the hydra to access the dlc later anyway)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 10, 2015, 12:19:19 PM
havel instakilled me when i walked into his room so i approached him from above and backstabbed him to death tomatoes;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 10, 2015, 04:49:40 PM
got really lucky and only died once to the capra demon because i already knew how to deal with him

but then i got lost in the depths and used a homeward bone to get back to firelink because Dance Wizard and his Rat Legion scared me away and i never found a bonfire in there :'(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 10, 2015, 06:53:12 PM
You passed by it. Remember the hallway with the slime enemies all over the ceiling, with water on the ground? The bonfire is behind a door at the end of that hallway.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 10, 2015, 06:56:04 PM
...fugg
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 11, 2015, 12:49:20 PM
i killed the Gaping Asshole but i didn't get its tail awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 11, 2015, 01:09:23 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 11, 2015, 12:49:20 PM
i killed the Gaping Asshole but i didn't get its tail awdood;
It's called the Gaping Vagina. Get it right sillydood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 11, 2015, 05:34:28 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 11, 2015, 12:49:20 PM
i killed the Gaping Asshole but i didn't get its tail awdood;


well that's a pretty frustrating trophy anyway so don't worry lol

mostly because seath's tail weapon is a huge pain to get
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 11, 2015, 06:05:09 PM
oh i dont really care about trophies but i dont like missing stuff like that

tfw remembering all the little places i forgot to go back to in demon's souls right after i beat it >_<'
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 12, 2015, 12:12:15 PM
lautrec is now claiming that he's had enough with the firekeeper. should i just go ahead and kill him now y/n
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 12, 2015, 03:46:36 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 12, 2015, 12:12:15 PM
lautrec is now claiming that he's had enough with the firekeeper. should i just go ahead and kill him now y/n


you could, but you'd be missing out on some unique loot and one of just a handful of noteworthy side quests

i'd let him kill her, you can use the undead parish bonfire (the one in old church with the blacksmith leading to darkroot garden) as a temporary home base
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 12, 2015, 04:07:20 PM
okay i guess. R.I.P. in pieces girl-whose-name-i-cant-remember :'(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 12, 2015, 04:13:51 PM
fret not, for it's better this way, for both of you

[spoiler]

be sure to stop by her cell after she's been brutally slaughtered so you can actually continue with the quest lol[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 12, 2015, 07:52:21 PM
btw, if you paid lautrec for information about petrus and rhea of thorolund, you have opened a can of worms that will cause you to have to kill petrus at some point so he doesn't kill rhea, as she has unique miracles i imagine you'll want to buy from her

i don't think anything will happen to her as long as you didn't talk to lautrec about her and petrus, but just to be safe, assume the worst imo

so once you rescue rhea from the tomb of the giants, i recommend immediately going to undead parish and entering the church, where you will find her praying at the altar, and buy all her unique items/miracles so you don't miss out on them. and then she will simply go to the next area of her sidequest without petrus killing her. this requires buying all her unique stuff.

or, once she's at the parish, you could simply kill petrus back at firelink. but not before then, otherwise she'll be hostile.

but definitely do NOT kill any boss after rescuing her BEFORE you get her stuff, otherwise you risk her demise

http://darksouls.wikidot.com/rhea-of-thorolund
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 12, 2015, 08:09:03 PM
holy shit wow that's confusing lol. i did pay lautrec for information OOPS. i don't go to tomb of the giants until way later in the game though right?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 12, 2015, 08:12:56 PM
yeah you won't have access to tomb of the giants until you have the lordvessel placed at firelink...so not until you've finished anor londo, basically. even then, you don't have to do the four areas that open up after you have the lordvessel in any particular order, so you could potentially wait a long, long time to go to the tomb of the giants if you wish
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 13, 2015, 04:42:36 PM
im so fucking mad at blighttown

i missed the bullshit second bonfire that's fucking hidden in the poison swamp and then died trying to go down the """elevator""" to get back to it

FUCK
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 13, 2015, 05:06:08 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 13, 2015, 04:42:36 PM
im so fucking mad at blighttown

i missed the bullshit second bonfire that's fucking hidden in the poison swamp and then died trying to go down the """elevator""" to get back to it

FUCK
shitetown
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 13, 2015, 05:08:26 PM
also i got invaded for the first time ever in either this game or demon's souls

they mostly threw poison/toxic shit at me and then kept luring me next to edges so that they could use a spell to knock me off (which of course eventually worked awdood;)

Quote from: Jojo on August 13, 2015, 05:06:08 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 13, 2015, 04:42:36 PM
im so fucking mad at blighttown

i missed the bullshit second bonfire that's fucking hidden in the poison swamp and then died trying to go down the """elevator""" to get back to it

FUCK
shitetown


yep
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 13, 2015, 09:48:42 PM
yeah blighttown is lame, worst part about it tho is those assholes that shoot toxic darts. gotta have the spider shield to block that shit
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 13, 2015, 11:22:51 PM
not to mention the silky smooth 15fps
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 14, 2015, 12:28:54 PM
beat quelaag!!

[spoiler]i summoned for the first time ever (maneater mildred) because i was human when i was at the boss door and why the fuck not?

she was easy sillydood;[/spoiler]

i love how this game disguised an npc as a regular enemy, whom i shot on sight and then killed!! :D there goes that guy!!! fucking bullshit
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 14, 2015, 03:30:52 PM
aaaand i just accidentally sent another pyromancy merchant to his death (laurentius) by answering a fucking yes or no question!!! now my only chance for upgrading my pyromancy is some lady hidden in the fucking swamp of blighttown who i luckily got to spawn in my game somehow or else i'd be completely fucked!!!!! DARK SOULS: PLAY WITH A GUIDE OR FUCK YOU

yes im mad
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 14, 2015, 11:03:42 PM
disguised an NPC as a regular enemy? You mean quelaags sisters egg servant dude? I can see how you'd make that mistake lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 14, 2015, 11:22:45 PM
yeah i mean him. "oh of course this game would put an enemy right before a post-boss bonfire. i'll just shoot him with an arrow to lead him to an open area. wait why is he talking to me." awdood;

you can chalk this one up to me making stupid assumptions, but i think the vague npc interactions & questlines are still my least favorite thing about these games. they're designed for you to fuck them up on your first time through the game and then try to learn from your mistakes on subsequent playthroughs. but i'm an impatient fuck who wants to see all the good stuff happen the first time damn it akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 14, 2015, 11:27:21 PM
you really do have to be extremely careful when you come across anything that looks like an enemy but seems isolated or otherwise out of place

a quick r3 test in such situations will indicate whether not they're actually enemies lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 14, 2015, 11:29:24 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 14, 2015, 11:22:45 PM
but i think the vague npc interactions & questlines are still my least favorite thing about these games. they're designed for you to fuck them up on your first time through the game and then try to learn from your mistakes on subsequent playthroughs. but i'm an impatient fuck who wants to see all the good stuff happen the first time damn it akudood;


but yes, i agree

[spoiler]

it's why i keep a trusty guide by me at all times, it's the only real way to optimize your first playthrough[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on August 15, 2015, 05:09:43 AM
this happened to me with
[spoiler]that cat thing in the forest[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 15, 2015, 10:53:15 AM
Lol

Thankfully I had already learned about the R3 trick from someone else to tell between npcs and hostiles
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 16, 2015, 12:59:57 PM
after iron tarkus and i destroyed the iron golem in like a minute flat, i ignored the weird yellow circle thing and went back to the blacksmith to buy the crest of artorias. should i go to that area in darkroot garden yet?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 16, 2015, 01:36:57 PM
you don't technically need to buy the crest of artorias to get in there. the back entrance is up the ladder at the waterfall in darkroot basin. but having the crest is convenient because it allows you to have access to the bonfire right outside that door when going through the area.

you can do that area at any time before new londo ruins, basically. its boss, sif, is not particularly hard nor particularly easy. you just need to do it eventually because once you beat sif, you get a ring that will allow you to finish new londo ruins (you can't fight the boss there without said ring)

but new londo ruins' boss is probably the hardest of the "big four" you have to do once you have the lordvessel, so i always save it for last. still, i do sif way before then, usually.

by the way, are you planning on doing the dlc? if so, i would suggest doing it right before doing the last area of the game (so do it after you have all four lord souls, basically)

i would personally say you should go ahead and do darkroot garden now, because the only other direction to go right now is anor londo...and you will want to be well-prepared for it. the anor londo boss, which awards you the lordvessel, is easily the hardest boss in the main game.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 16, 2015, 01:43:12 PM
yeah i plan on doing the dlc but i haven't bought it yet lol

and yeah i'm definitely dreading ornstein & smough so time to procrastinate!!! n_u
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 16, 2015, 01:51:54 PM
you can definitely do some procrastinating. before you fight ornstein and smough, you could fight two other bosses in anor londo. gwyndolin, near one of the bonfires (note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well), and priscilla (in the painted world)

but yeah ornstein and smough are going to give you issues, they give everyone issues. the first time i played dark souls, i honestly died at least ten or twelve times before beating them, so don't be surprised if you do too. it's a long fight that will try your patience and your resources, and make you try all sorts of strategies.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on August 16, 2015, 02:17:37 PM
Quote from: Sakura Kinomoto on August 16, 2015, 01:36:57 PM
but having the crest is convenient because it allows you to have access to the bonfire right outside that door when going through the area.


it also gives you easy access to one of the best grinding areas in the game tbh
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 16, 2015, 02:17:45 PM
Quote from: Sakura Kinomoto on August 16, 2015, 01:51:54 PM
(note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well)


wtf is there any way to avoid that? can you kill gwyndolin later when you don't need that bonfire as much?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on August 16, 2015, 02:31:11 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 16, 2015, 02:17:45 PM
Quote from: Sakura Kinomoto on August 16, 2015, 01:51:54 PM
(note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well)


wtf is there any way to avoid that? can you kill gwyndolin later when you don't need that bonfire as much?


sure hocuspocus;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 16, 2015, 02:32:08 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 16, 2015, 02:17:45 PM
Quote from: Sakura Kinomoto on August 16, 2015, 01:51:54 PM
(note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well)


wtf is there any way to avoid that? can you kill gwyndolin later when you don't need that bonfire as much?
you can NOT kill him
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 16, 2015, 02:32:38 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 16, 2015, 02:17:45 PM
Quote from: Sakura Kinomoto on August 16, 2015, 01:51:54 PM
(note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well)


wtf is there any way to avoid that? can you kill gwyndolin later when you don't need that bonfire as much?


yeah absolutely, you can kill gwyndolin at any time.

there are four bonfires in anor londo. the one at the beginning, which is the one that goes out after you're forced to kill what's-her-face (this one is warpable once you have the lordvessel), the one shortly afterward in the elevator area right next to gwyn's tomb (where you fight gwyndolin), the one inside the palace in a room where you'll begin exploring said palace, and the one right after killing ornstein and smough (also warpable).

the first one becomes pretty unnecessary eventually, so don't worry too much.

the real pressing issue for killing gwyndolin is that you might want to do his covenant first. he offers two miracles through it that you can't obtain anywhere else. said covenant is not worth doing the "legit" way, tho. the items required are only acquired via invading sinful players and killing them (legit way) or by being dropped by the harpy enemies in the painted world (much better way).

imo, stock up on those items from the harpies, give em to gwyndolin, get your miracles, then kill him.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 17, 2015, 12:47:31 PM
killed sif. :( fuck those forest npcs though
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 18, 2015, 03:15:34 PM
i did it on my 2nd try, but who the FUCK thought that part in anor londo with the archers was designed well enough to keep in the game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2015, 04:38:53 PM
lmao yeah that part is awful. there are a million tactics out there written for that part. my preferred method is simply to walk right up to the one on the right, because if you get right next to him, you can sorta just nudge him off the ledge while the one on the left can't hit you with arrows because there's a small piece of wall in his way
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 19, 2015, 01:02:15 PM
oh.........you need to go back to undead asylum in order to get the peculiar doll.........and go to the catacombs in order to get a ring that lets you fight gwyndolin.......well, i guess i'll just keep trying to kill lautrec awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 19, 2015, 07:02:08 PM
oh lmao I forgot to mention those :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 20, 2015, 02:18:59 PM
i dont wanna play this game anymore
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 20, 2015, 02:25:43 PM
what's discouraging you cry;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 20, 2015, 03:09:49 PM
ornstink & shit
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 20, 2015, 03:16:18 PM
lol

[spoiler]

there's no shame in summoning solaire[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on August 20, 2015, 03:18:22 PM
Quote from: Tectron on August 20, 2015, 03:16:18 PM
lol

[spoiler]

there's no shame in summoning solaire[/spoiler]


[spoiler]and an online player[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 20, 2015, 03:18:42 PM
and there's also no shame in spending the entire fight hiding behind those conveniently-placed pillars
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 20, 2015, 04:12:21 PM
Ah... the gruesome twosome that stopped me and kazs coop playthrough... which we will go back to eventually
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 20, 2015, 04:14:35 PM
are you guys in ng++ or smth

taking them down in co-op isn't so bad in ng+ lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 20, 2015, 11:04:36 PM
Quote from: Tectron on August 20, 2015, 04:14:35 PM
are you guys in ng++ or smth

taking them down in co-op isn't so bad in ng+ lol
i think we started fresh
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 21, 2015, 02:20:57 PM
summoned solaire and someone else and won. turns out the fight can actually be fun in co-op!! no regrets lmao
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 21, 2015, 08:35:18 PM
It's a really fun fight in general once youve really got it down, but yeah as far as co-op battles go its one of the best
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 21, 2015, 10:11:48 PM
quelaag's furysword is so cool
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 21, 2015, 10:13:23 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 21, 2015, 10:11:48 PM
quelaag's furysword is so cool
thats actually the sword I used ever since I got it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 21, 2015, 10:20:27 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 21, 2015, 10:11:48 PM
quelaag's furysword is so cool


ya

the main draw, really, is that it stacks with humanity. so the higher your humanity stat is, the higher the furysword's attack goes.

note that obviously true scaling weapons that scale big time with other stats (dex or str) will ultimately be better in the end, but the furysword is super, super good for being as easy as it is to get, and obviously great for anything weak to fire, since most of the furysword's attack is fire-based anyway (thus it is unfortunately nigh useless against things strong against fire)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 21, 2015, 10:28:40 PM
it's probably my favorite boss weapon, but like kaz said standard weapons have much better parameter scaling and win out at higher soul levels

my favorite weapon overall is the hilariously broken great scythe girl;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 21, 2015, 10:32:56 PM
a fully-upgraded furysword with 10 humanity in your stats, wielded two handed, is my ideal way of taking out the completely annoying Four Kings boss as quickly as possible

i do not like that fight and i refuse to do it with any sort of caution or strategy, save for dodging some particularly obvious huge moves

so even in ng++, when i had several better weapons, i'd still pull out the furysword for that fight
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 28, 2015, 04:28:51 PM
killed priscilla

"this land is peaceful, its inhabitants kind".......whut
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 28, 2015, 07:23:15 PM
Yeah... vaatividya madr a joke about that in one of his vidyas
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 28, 2015, 08:48:44 PM
did you get her tail weapon
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 28, 2015, 10:14:01 PM
yes!!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 28, 2015, 10:14:46 PM
good jorb wrench;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on August 28, 2015, 10:34:34 PM
nice. her tail weapon can be a pain in the ass to get. probably second hardest after seath's. unless you count dlc bosses in which case kalameet's is a huge pain too.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 31, 2015, 10:02:09 PM
holy fuck i was so surprised after i lied down in that coffin in the catacombs. i really thought i had discovered a secret way to get to nito early. what an awesome moment

also jesus christ that tense walk to the next bonfire after killing pinwheel
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 31, 2015, 10:16:43 PM
how many seconds did it take you to beat pinwheel sillydood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on August 31, 2015, 10:21:42 PM
he (they?) wasn't hard but there were like 20 of them at the end so i probably could've died if i fucked up sillydood;

also i didn't know their weakness beforehand so i used the shitty divine longsword +3 i had been using in the level. i can't imagine how easy it would have been if i had been using the furysword lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on August 31, 2015, 10:29:12 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 31, 2015, 10:21:42 PM
he (they?) wasn't hard but there were like 20 of them at the end so i probably could've died if i fucked up sillydood;

also i didn't know their weakness beforehand so i used the shitty divine longsword +3 i had been using in the level. i can't imagine how easy it would have been if i had been using the furysword lol
yeah. the furysword can possibly take him out before he can even split once
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on September 02, 2015, 07:53:52 AM
Pinwheel is the hardest boss though.

[youtube]hb-HRDIiRXA[/youtube]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 03, 2015, 10:11:02 AM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 31, 2015, 10:21:42 PM
he (they?) wasn't hard but there were like 20 of them at the end so i probably could've died if i fucked up sillydood;

also i didn't know their weakness beforehand so i used the shitty divine longsword +3 i had been using in the level. i can't imagine how easy it would have been if i had been using the furysword lol


wait, he can split into more than three?

tbh i've never seen the fight last long enough for much to happen
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 03, 2015, 01:14:42 PM
lol i think you're meant to go into the catacombs as soon as you hear that rhea of thorolund is trapped down there. so pinwheel is supposed to be right after capra demon i guess???
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 03, 2015, 03:48:25 PM
you can't finish tomb of the giants until after you have the lord vessel, as placing it on firelink shrine is what unlocks the barrier in front of nito's boss room. So logically there's no real reason to do Catacombs before that point either, imo. But who knows what the developers had in mind.

btw, are you bothering to do Nito's and Gwyndolin's respective covenants before killing them?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 03, 2015, 05:51:10 PM
well beating pinwheel gets you the rite of kindling at least. 15-20 flasks probably would've been helpful in anor londo

also no i'm still giving humanity to quelaag's sister so i can save solaire and those require you to invade a bunch of people and i don't really care for that lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 03, 2015, 09:19:32 PM
they do require that, but on the other than, they don't really

while the intended method getting the souvenirs of reprisal for gwyndolin and the eyes of death for nito is certainly to engage in the proper PvP, its not the only method

you can also get them via enemy drops. the basilisks (frog guys that spit petrifying clouds) in the depths drop eyes of death at  pretty decent rate. you can also find these guys in the great hollow, an optional area below blighttown. as for the souvenirs, they're dropped by the harpy enemies in the painted world, at an okay rate.

when going for these, wearing the covetous gold serpent ring (found in tomb of the giants, look up the exact location) and possibly also having some humanity in your stats to raise your item discovery will help. Covetous ring should be enough, but each humanity does a bit too, up to 10. Symbol of Avarice works too but I doubt you have it yet.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 03, 2015, 10:23:19 PM
oh okay

[glow=black,2,300]still not gonna do it though LOL[/glow]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on September 03, 2015, 10:30:07 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on September 03, 2015, 10:23:19 PM
oh okay

[glow=black,2,300]still not gonna do it though LOL[/glow]
not really worth it anyway unless you intend to platinum the game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 04, 2015, 06:54:14 AM
yeah pretty much

the miracles you get aren't that good
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 04, 2015, 04:37:48 PM
killed nito on my first try!! [glow=black,2,300]although i already knew you had to kill the skeletons with divine weapons from watching my brother play 2 years ago[/glow]

also killed ceaseless discharge! [glow=black,2,300]using the instakill trick that i also knew from watching my brother play awdood;[/glow]

my demon's souls playthrough was much more blind than this. nito was still pretty intense tho
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 04, 2015, 05:19:01 PM
yeah nito can be hard if you don't kill the skellies, pretty easy if you make sure to

btw there are giant skellies in the backside of the boss room, but as long as you never go over there they won't aggro so that also makes the fight easier
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 04, 2015, 05:59:13 PM
i had to kill all the skellies gonk;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 04, 2015, 10:01:02 PM
beat the demon firesage. another rehash of the first boss. in an area where the design objective was "put 45 taurus and capra demons everywhere because FUCK you." great. (fuck the tauruses especially)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 04, 2015, 10:22:22 PM
lol yeah and there's that group of taurus demons that just happen to be guarding the large fire ember or whatever

demon ruins is a pretty lame area in general, thankfully it's small. so why does it have three bosses for being as small of an area as it is? who knows? all three of them are pretty lame though, firesage being the lamest since it's just a retread
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 04, 2015, 10:31:57 PM
demon ruins and [glow=black,2,300]lost izalith[/glow] are probably the weakest areas in the game, ugly half-baked stains upon what is otherwise mostly brilliant level design

also, i stepped through nito's fog without having a divine weapon on me lol sillydood;

lucking his arena is just large enough that the skellies are easily avoided/managed, even if respawning
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on September 05, 2015, 12:02:51 AM
Quote from: Tectron on September 04, 2015, 10:31:57 PM
demon ruins and [glow=black,2,300]lost izalith[/glow] are probably the weakest areas in the game, ugly half-baked stains upon what is otherwise mostly brilliant level design


ahemmm......
don't forget shitetown
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 05, 2015, 12:08:54 AM
shitetown is garbage, but at least it doesn't feel incomplete or like it was thrown together in the last few seconds of development

those other two area feel like they had the bare minimum amount of planning and effort put into them
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on September 05, 2015, 03:12:06 AM
as far as cool areas go tho

sen's fortress y/n
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 05, 2015, 12:57:42 PM
sen's fortress rules

my favorite part of the game is actually the entirety of the duke's archives/crystal cavern tho

ash lake is also really neat, weird how it's the only area of the game (other than firelink shrine) that has background music iirc
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 05, 2015, 02:42:31 PM
wow, centipede demon was fantastic. having to fight a boss entirely on the 3 feet of land in front of the fog door...from software really outdid themselves.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 05, 2015, 05:41:36 PM
there is a better area to fight him on where you have about twice as much room (well maybe). from the fog door hug the right wall, staying on as much land as possible. you will shortly reach an area of land that is optimal to fight on. you still gotta run through at least a little lava though so lol

the boss has a cool design but it's a lame fight any way you slice it
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 05, 2015, 06:16:59 PM
yeah i found out that area AFTER the boss fight lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 05, 2015, 06:18:05 PM
Quote from: Thyme on September 05, 2015, 03:12:06 AM
as far as cool areas go tho

sen's fortress y/n


i do like sen's funhouse

but by far my favorite area is the one immediately following it, anor londo lol

other top tier locations include the painted world, duke's archives, and ash lake

dlc areas are great too
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 05, 2015, 09:17:28 PM
the whole dlc for dark souls is one of the best parts of the game in general. great new bosses, creepy new areas, some cool new weapons and a fantastic new heavy armor set, and the amazing ability to communicate with other players through the carvings

sadly, for the most part i was not nearly as enthusiastic about most of dark souls ii's dlc. while i enjoyed several of the bosses, several more of them were just a giant pain (hated all bosses in ivory king) or just plain boring (sunken crown dragon boss), and sunken king's area was...well, not fun. kind of a mixed bag, still worth playing all three tho, for the good bosses if nothing else
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 05, 2015, 10:40:53 PM
skipped most of lost izalith via the chaos servant shortcut and beat bed of chaos in 3 tries (1 for each "part"). sillydood; now to actually explore that hellhole of dragon asses
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 05, 2015, 10:47:28 PM
there isn't much to find in the area with all the dragon legs tbh. most of it is miscellaneous useless loot. might be a decent goodie or two, idr really.

most of the good loot is in the areas past that section.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 06, 2015, 10:28:41 PM
that encounter with seath...LITERALLY artificial difficulty lmao
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 07, 2015, 10:09:04 AM
The first one where you have no choice but to die? Guess it's Souls' take on obligatory impossible-at-first rpg bosses.

He's actually super easy once you fight him for real...unless you're trying to get his tail weapon.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 07, 2015, 10:30:16 AM
most rpgs don't take away all your accumulated experience points when you die though n_u i cant wait to kill that asshole
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 07, 2015, 12:45:19 PM
tru

thankfully when you replay it and you already know about that, you can put on a ring of sacrifice so when seath kills you, you'll retain your souls and humanity
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 07, 2015, 07:54:41 PM
tfw invaded right as i press the button to kindle a bonfire
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 08, 2015, 10:05:26 PM
beat seath first try. didn't even try to go for his tail since he spins around like he's on a record player. he had a really cool entrance, but it was weird that there was no fog door. confuseddood;

also the duke's archives were great so why did they have to spoil it with an area like crystal cave awdood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Snowy on September 09, 2015, 07:58:34 AM
yeah, Crystal Caves were ass lol. Duke's Archives were fun though.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 09, 2015, 02:40:06 PM
i like crystal caves but it can be frustrating your first time lol

getting the blue slab, in particular, is completely nerve-wracking. you should've seen me and tec co-opping that part lmao

but yeah seath's tail is a pain because he spins and when you're behind him he likes to start slamming his tails around randomly and this does way, way more damage than any of his other attacks and can stunlock you so you simply die with no way to get away if you're unlucky enough to get hit multiple times.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 09, 2015, 04:38:53 PM
i've never been a fan of crystal caves

not only is it a pain because of the enemies and because instrumental platforms are completely invisible, but also the actual geometry on some of the bridges is so poorly designed that you can sometimes get pushed off them for absolutely no reason other than shoddily programmed collision detection
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 10, 2015, 06:48:37 PM
oh god there are like 3 separate fog doors to go through i cant handle new londo ruins its too spooky :'(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 11, 2015, 07:21:50 PM
beat the four kings first try!!! i think 6 total had spawned in by the end lmao
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 11, 2015, 07:27:01 PM
good job, it took me three or four attempts with them lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 11, 2015, 07:33:39 PM
wait WHOA i just found out that the only way to get that other primordial serpent to show up is if you beat 4 kings before you even place the lordessel in firelink altar??????? wtf

anyway time to do the dlc
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 11, 2015, 07:55:51 PM
doesn't matter unless you're trophy hunting anyway lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 11, 2015, 11:34:52 PM
did you do the optional hidden areas? the great hollow and ash lake? not that there's a lot to do in them but ash lake is just really cool
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 11, 2015, 11:36:11 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on September 10, 2015, 06:48:37 PM
oh god there are like 3 separate fog doors to go through i cant handle new londo ruins its too spooky :'(


how'd you like them screaming ghosts that stay stationary until you get close enough
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 11, 2015, 11:38:48 PM
Quote from: Sakura Kinomoto on September 11, 2015, 11:34:52 PM
did you do the optional hidden areas? the great hollow and ash lake? not that there's a lot to do in them but ash lake is just really cool


great hollow is absolute shite but it's worth suffering through it to get to ash lake
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 11, 2015, 11:42:14 PM
yeah the hollow is just a place to get some materials, otherwise it sucks lol. impossible to navigate without just falling through most of it.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 12, 2015, 12:37:44 AM
yeah i already did great hollow & ash lake. lots of items and crystal lizards in the former that i'll never get though n_u also fuck those basilisks

Quote from: Sakura Kinomoto on September 11, 2015, 11:36:11 PM
how'd you like them screaming ghosts that stay stationary until you get close enough


i screamed

but i think the bottom part of the level is spookier since the darkwraiths and those 2 sludge monsters blend in with the environment :'(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 12, 2015, 01:02:12 PM
if i ever play this game again i'm not killing gwyndolin or priscilla a second time because they're just kinda minding their own business. but at least they're better optional bosses than old king doran or fucking blue dragon

also THAT'S the first boss of the dlc? this is gonna be hard goonish
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 12, 2015, 03:46:43 PM
Sif is also just protecting his master's grave :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 12, 2015, 03:48:21 PM
Also yeah the DLC is seriously no cakewalk. I think all the bosses in it are really fun though, I love the DLC for that game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 13, 2015, 12:09:47 PM
6 tries for artorias. thank christ his buffs run out after a while >.<
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 13, 2015, 01:15:35 PM
Oh, actually he's easier if you always stay close to him, because when he dashes back to start buffing himself, if you run in and hit him a few times you'll cancel it out. Free hits + no buff for him.

I love that fight tho. Try Kalameet next!!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 13, 2015, 05:48:10 PM
oh. i would always just hit him 2-3 times and roll away like crazy lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 14, 2015, 09:11:46 PM
HOLY FUCK I BEAT KALAMEET ON MY FIRST TRY WITH 0 ESTUS AND 32 HP LEFT
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 14, 2015, 09:18:25 PM
whaaaaaaaaaaaat

did you get his tail weapon

it must have taken me more attempts to beat kalameet than any other boss lol, probably 10+ retries

(though i did go for his tail which certainly adds an additional layer of complexity to an already challenging fight)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 14, 2015, 09:24:56 PM
no i didnt get his tail weapon lol. fuck that

does me being level 92 have anything to do with it sillydood;

but still it was so exhilarating RUB IT
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 14, 2015, 09:50:24 PM
he's a fun fight

between artorias and kalameet, the dlc easily has some of the most thrilling battles in the game, it alone contains two of my three favorite bosses lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 15, 2015, 12:18:54 AM
imo Manus is also a super fun fight, and the Sanctuary Guardian is pretty good too

Artorias is my favorite fight in the DLC, followed by Manus, then Kalameet
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 15, 2015, 10:39:33 PM
beat manus 4th try. that one spell where all the black orbs fly inward in a circle kept killing me when i had him on the ropes lol. i learned to ALWAYS have above half health. he looked really fucking cool

time to actually beat the game omg cry;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 15, 2015, 10:43:00 PM
congrats and good luck wariodood;

[spoiler]also did you summon sif for the manus fight y/n[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 15, 2015, 10:48:29 PM
also did you have the pendant that blocks dark magic? not that it's particularly easy to use on any of manus's spells other than the dark rain one
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 15, 2015, 10:57:55 PM
Quote from: Tectron on September 15, 2015, 10:43:00 PM
congrats and good luck wariodood;

[spoiler]also did you summon sif for the manus fight y/n[/spoiler]

no. awdood; i wish i had known about that
Quote from: Sakura Kinomoto on September 15, 2015, 10:48:29 PM
also did you have the pendant that blocks dark magic? not that it's particularly easy to use on any of manus's spells other than the dark rain one

no. but i just looked up where it was. wtf i though that message was just trying to be creepy, not actually telling you what to do lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 18, 2015, 03:11:10 PM
beat the game!!

i summoned solaire for gwyn just for some closure to his storyline, but gwyn killed him and i killed gwyn right afterwards :(

what a fantastic game. this and demon's souls are like my favorite games now
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 18, 2015, 03:33:43 PM
congrats nyerp, very happy to hear that you liked them as much as you do giggle;

which ending did you pick y/n

and between dark and demon's which would you say you prefer lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 18, 2015, 04:10:14 PM
i linked the fire because im not an Ass Whole

i think i slightly prefer dark souls, even if it is less polished, because its "story" and interconnected world drew me in more (which is weird because demon's souls had way better atmosphere), and just because it's longer sillydood;

also it has no world tendency ugly;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 18, 2015, 07:28:56 PM
i too prefer dark souls (by a sizeable margin) for a multitude of reasons (world tendency truly is terrible), though actually the one area where i would say demon's has a clear advantage over dark is in its more coherent, more compelling storytelling lol

atmosphere-wise i'm not sure which i prefer, but demon's does an amazing job at creating an inescapable sense of dread whereas dark feels slightly less oppressive

well, hope you're prepared to be disappointed both atmosphere and plot-wise when you eventually pick up dsii nyandood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on September 18, 2015, 07:50:16 PM
i cant wait boyahbby
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on September 18, 2015, 10:44:01 PM
i too prefer dark souls. especially for simple mechanical reasons. it just plays better.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: me003 on September 24, 2015, 03:51:27 PM
I got to gwyn and stopped playing because he rekt me.. I was just getting the timing down for a parry, but still getting rekt. Also at Artorias in the DLC and can't beat him either.  :(
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on October 16, 2018, 10:37:34 AM
bumpin this shit for when i play this game for the first time on nintendo switch THIS friday in 2018 lol  goodjob;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on October 16, 2018, 10:46:57 AM
Playing the game for the first time in general?

Or just for switch?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on October 16, 2018, 10:49:12 AM
i have played like an hour and some change of the pc version when it first came out and it was behaving very shittily and i put it down and never gave it another go


so in practical terms, yes, the very first time in general. i intend to complete it this time (though it might take me literally 2 years of frustration and patience like bloodborne did)
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on October 16, 2018, 12:36:49 PM
oh man i can't wait for you to get to anor londo
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on October 16, 2018, 01:35:20 PM
Quote from: Samus Aran on October 16, 2018, 12:36:49 PMoh man i can't wait for you to get to anor londo

That Section Where Thyme Summoned An Online Player Like A Little Bitch
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on October 16, 2018, 08:17:06 PM
little bitch indeed
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on October 24, 2018, 06:39:16 PM
Quote from: Samus Aran on October 16, 2018, 12:36:49 PMoh man i can't wait for you to get to anor londo

so can i get help getting to him... lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: ClassicTyler on October 24, 2018, 07:30:24 PM
I still haven't ventured on further than the first shrine because I'm a scared little bitch.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on October 24, 2018, 08:48:30 PM
Quote from: reeper on October 24, 2018, 06:39:16 PM
Quote from: Samus Aran on October 16, 2018, 12:36:49 PMoh man i can't wait for you to get to anor londo

so can i get help getting to him... lol

anor londo is a place
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on October 25, 2018, 07:55:56 AM
i kept getting rekt as expected and this shit aint even hard im just an idiot  doodhuh; frig
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on October 25, 2018, 07:56:51 AM
also this make sense since this shit doesnt pause even when you go to the switch's home menu


but my pro controller died mid combat last night and the game just keeps on going so of course i got fucking slaughtered lol come on man 
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on October 25, 2018, 09:10:23 AM
don't put any points into resistance, kiddos
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on October 26, 2018, 01:48:47 PM
yeah, Resistance is generally not a good stat to focus on, especially early game. really only all that useful once your other defensive stats have softcapped

your main defensive stat you'll want to focus on is Vitality, especially when you're new to the game. more health is never a bad thing. likewise, at least a healthy amount of Endurance for more stamina and equip load, to allow for heavier armors (but stay below 50% load if you want to maintain good movement speeds)

other than that, your other stats are going to be based on your play style. do you want to use offensive magic that isn't pyromancy (while also making your pyromancy stronger)? invest in Intelligence. do you want to use "miracles," basically a mixed bag of offensive and defensive magics? invest in Faith. you'll also want to invest in Attunement to make either of these useful, as you'll need more spell slots.

on the other hand, if you want to focus on melee, Strength and/or Dexterity are going to be your focus. Dexterity is for fast weapons (like curved blades) and for bows. Strength is for big weapons. a mix of both is necessary for stuff like straight swords.

various pieces of equipment will have requirements in various stats to even use them to begin with. and on top of that, they have stat scaling. it goes from E to S. this is how much stronger the weapon gets depending on that stat. it'll amount to an added amount of right hand or left hand damage, indicated by a +(number).

there's your basic stat rundown, to those who are new to this
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on October 26, 2018, 01:52:15 PM
Thanks daddy I will heed your words
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: ClassicTyler on October 26, 2018, 04:20:52 PM
Thank you! I'll forget all of that but come back and read it as I'm leveling up.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on October 27, 2018, 10:51:22 AM
Quote from: Samus Aran on October 26, 2018, 01:48:47 PMyeah, Resistance is generally not a good stat to focus on, especially early game. really only all that useful once your other defensive stats have softcapped

your main defensive stat you'll want to focus on is Vitality, especially when you're new to the game. more health is never a bad thing. likewise, at least a healthy amount of Endurance for more stamina and equip load, to allow for heavier armors (but stay below 50% load if you want to maintain good movement speeds)

other than that, your other stats are going to be based on your play style. do you want to use offensive magic that isn't pyromancy (while also making your pyromancy stronger)? invest in Intelligence. do you want to use "miracles," basically a mixed bag of offensive and defensive magics? invest in Faith. you'll also want to invest in Attunement to make either of these useful, as you'll need more spell slots.

on the other hand, if you want to focus on melee, Strength and/or Dexterity are going to be your focus. Dexterity is for fast weapons (like curved blades) and for bows. Strength is for big weapons. a mix of both is necessary for stuff like straight swords.

various pieces of equipment will have requirements in various stats to even use them to begin with. and on top of that, they have stat scaling. it goes from E to S. this is how much stronger the weapon gets depending on that stat. it'll amount to an added amount of right hand or left hand damage, indicated by a +(number).

there's your basic stat rundown, to those who are new to this

thanks man i went ahead and put all my skills in vitality and endurance for the most part. thanks for the curved sword tip, i want to try and make my character speedy. also can my knight get pyromancer gloves and stuff?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on October 28, 2018, 12:54:19 AM
I finally got the repair box from the blacksmith

So happy now I can use my better weapons more often. Just got a claymore too. This game is tight hopefully I can beat it lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on October 28, 2018, 01:01:30 AM
Quote from: Samus Aran on October 24, 2018, 08:48:30 PM
Quote from: reeper on October 24, 2018, 06:39:16 PM
Quote from: Samus Aran on October 16, 2018, 12:36:49 PMoh man i can't wait for you to get to anor londo

so can i get help getting to him... lol

anor londo is a place

well don't forget that anor & londo are actually the names of the area's bosses lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on October 28, 2018, 01:09:46 AM
Quote from: reeper on October 27, 2018, 10:51:22 AMthanks man i went ahead and put all my skills in vitality and endurance for the most part. thanks for the curved sword tip, i want to try and make my character speedy. also can my knight get pyromancer gloves and stuff?

pyromancy is available to anyone, yes, fortunately

it's a pretty fun set of abilities but imo most pyromancies aren't actually very useful until the flame is almost fully upgraded

i actually chose the pyromancer class in dark souls but quickly ended up being an almost exclusively melee fighter lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on October 28, 2018, 01:33:03 AM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on October 28, 2018, 01:01:30 AM
Quote from: Samus Aran on October 24, 2018, 08:48:30 PM
Quote from: reeper on October 24, 2018, 06:39:16 PM
Quote from: Samus Aran on October 16, 2018, 12:36:49 PMoh man i can't wait for you to get to anor londo

so can i get help getting to him... lol

anor londo is a place

well don't forget that anor & londo are actually the names of the area's bosses lol

But I only remember one boss in anor londo...

He was like, a serpentine, wizard dude or something....

 hocuspocus;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on October 28, 2018, 11:09:40 AM
I'm knight going with the claymore and just purchased the heal miracle. Found a great cheese spot to gain 555 souls from the dragon heating up those old bone soldiers. Have been leveling up quite a bit so I can go back and clear up those pesky knights then go face this next big boss
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on October 29, 2018, 06:15:30 AM
i smacked a big pig yess
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on October 29, 2018, 09:18:22 AM
hey guys

you want a cool sword? i got a cool sword for ya

it's called the d r a k e  s w o r d tomatoes;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on October 29, 2018, 09:23:57 AM
Quote from: Nyerp on October 29, 2018, 09:18:22 AMhey guys

you want a cool sword? i got a cool sword for ya

it's called the d r a k e  s w o r d tomatoes;
thank u have cheated and learned of this secret
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on October 29, 2018, 02:29:39 PM
oh yeah i forgot about that lol, great weapon early on
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on October 29, 2018, 02:43:16 PM
but ONLY early on
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 02, 2018, 08:49:45 PM
i killed capra demon on the second try, noobs hyped that dood way too much
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 03, 2018, 10:24:51 PM
yeah he's not hard, it's just he's the first boss where you have to fight more than one thing at a time so he catches new players off guard

basically if u kill the doggos right away it's a real easy fight
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 04, 2018, 09:26:35 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 02, 2018, 08:49:45 PMi killed capra demon on the second try, noobs hyped that dood way too much
i killed him on my first. was all like oh no i am dying, then saw he had like 1 hit point left so i attacked him instead of defending myself. was not that bad but i did milk that dragon exp quite a bit
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 05, 2018, 08:42:05 AM
Quote from: reeper on November 04, 2018, 09:26:35 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 02, 2018, 08:49:45 PMi killed capra demon on the second try, noobs hyped that dood way too much
i killed him on my first. was all like oh no i am dying, then saw he had like 1 hit point left so i attacked him instead of defending myself. was not that bad but i did milk that dragon exp quite a bit
the only reason i died on my first try is i didn't anticipate how small the boss arena was going to be and how quickly he was going to bumrush me, so i p much got instagibbed upon entering the fog. second time i just b-lined for the stairs and wrecked everything.
im currently in lower blightown but i kind of feel like i need to go visit my homie the blacksmith to get some upgrades for some shit i'm holdin' on to. just seems so far away at the moment cry;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 05, 2018, 12:51:17 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 05, 2018, 08:42:05 AM
Quote from: reeper on November 04, 2018, 09:26:35 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 02, 2018, 08:49:45 PMi killed capra demon on the second try, noobs hyped that dood way too much
i killed him on my first. was all like oh no i am dying, then saw he had like 1 hit point left so i attacked him instead of defending myself. was not that bad but i did milk that dragon exp quite a bit
the only reason i died on my first try is i didn't anticipate how small the boss arena was going to be and how quickly he was going to bumrush me, so i p much got instagibbed upon entering the fog. second time i just b-lined for the stairs and wrecked everything.
im currently in lower blightown but i kind of feel like i need to go visit my homie the blacksmith to get some upgrades for some shit i'm holdin' on to. just seems so far away at the moment cry;

There is a decent shortcut I found to get back to the blacksmith.

I screwed up and tried to get the drake sword by shooting the dragon tail but didn't have enough arrows so I went back to get some but the dragon flew away when I came back lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 05, 2018, 01:30:22 PM
if you're already at blighttown and are just now trying to get the drake sword: don't bother. it falls off hard right before you get to blighttown if you've been upgrading your gear.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 05, 2018, 05:37:36 PM
Made it back to firelink shrine heck ya
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 05, 2018, 07:09:33 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 05, 2018, 01:30:22 PMif you're already at blighttown and are just now trying to get the drake sword: don't bother. it falls off hard right before you get to blighttown if you've been upgrading your gear.

i have a claymore at +5 right now as my main weapon. i guess i wanted to kill the dragon for the 10k souls and the sword would have been nice to try out too.

im just running around right now, had two bosses to battle but couldn't find the firepit near them so i didn't even enter into the white puff clouds
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 05, 2018, 07:44:56 PM
Quote from: reeper on November 05, 2018, 07:09:33 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 05, 2018, 01:30:22 PMif you're already at blighttown and are just now trying to get the drake sword: don't bother. it falls off hard right before you get to blighttown if you've been upgrading your gear.

i have a claymore at +5 right now as my main weapon. i guess i wanted to kill the dragon for the 10k souls and the sword would have been nice to try out too.

im just running around right now, had two bosses to battle but couldn't find the firepit near them so i didn't even enter into the white puff clouds

i ended up respawning the dragon and got the drake sword. is it worth upgrading my claymore+5 to a raw claymore?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: famy on November 05, 2018, 08:06:39 PM
Quote from: reeper on November 05, 2018, 07:44:56 PM
Quote from: reeper on November 05, 2018, 07:09:33 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 05, 2018, 01:30:22 PMif you're already at blighttown and are just now trying to get the drake sword: don't bother. it falls off hard right before you get to blighttown if you've been upgrading your gear.

i have a claymore at +5 right now as my main weapon. i guess i wanted to kill the dragon for the 10k souls and the sword would have been nice to try out too.

im just running around right now, had two bosses to battle but couldn't find the firepit near them so i didn't even enter into the white puff clouds

i ended up respawning the dragon and got the drake sword. is it worth upgrading my claymore+5 to a raw claymore?
i forget the scaling for the claymore lol but raw just reduces the bonus from your scaling and increases the base damage. its fine early on or maybe for intelligence/faith or w/e builds but if you're strength then definitely no lol and it wont even end up being more powerful in the end
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 06, 2018, 05:46:24 AM
just ran around and collected a million fuckin' rings like sonic the god damn hedgehog time to hopefully conquer blightown  akudood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 06, 2018, 08:33:30 AM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 06, 2018, 05:46:24 AMjust ran around and collected a million fuckin' rings like sonic the god damn hedgehog time to hopefully conquer blightown  akudood;

did you kick that dude to get the sweet stats boost ring
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 06, 2018, 09:33:07 AM
i don't think so lol but i went and got the rusted ring and then bought the poison resistance ring so i can get through the spoopy goopy poopy at the bottom of blighttown 
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 06, 2018, 01:22:40 PM
did you find the ~secret area~ that you can access from the swamps of blighttown? not that i would suggest going there before finishing bt anyway
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 07, 2018, 11:00:25 PM
No I haven't Kaz, I got to the bonfire in Blighttown last night. This place is hard to navigate sometimes I got stuck or something lol. God I hate poison,
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 12, 2018, 05:54:56 AM
Everything's bigger in Anor Londo!
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on November 12, 2018, 09:42:12 AM
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Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 12, 2018, 09:57:48 AM
that's basically how i felt when the demon flyin' thing s dropped me off here lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on November 12, 2018, 11:33:02 AM
Even though I bought Remastered on ps4, I still kinda want the switch version lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 12, 2018, 12:06:03 PM
i mean unless portability is a major draw, its basically the same as OG dork souls just with a slightly drabber palette, shittier audio, and having to train your brain to use B to confirm and A to cancel

but blight town is 30fps so thats cool 
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on November 12, 2018, 12:10:46 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 12, 2018, 12:06:03 PMi mean unless portability is a major draw, its basically the same as OG dork souls just with a slightly drabber palette, shittier audio, and having to train your brain to use B to confirm and A to cancel

but blight town is 30fps so thats cool

Portability is pretty much the only reason, seeing as how ps4 blight town is 60fps lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 13, 2018, 07:10:24 PM
i might try to play it on the big screen for once. been getting slaughtered in blightown lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 14, 2018, 06:24:02 PM
damn bro u gotta catch up

im getting shit on by the anor lando archers now doodhuh;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on November 14, 2018, 06:36:57 PM
gotta parry that last one
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 14, 2018, 06:44:43 PM
can you parry the arrows? or do you mean on the rare occasion where I get up on the dude
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 14, 2018, 07:29:37 PM
You can't party arrows lol

I just kinda run up to the one blocking the way forward and kill him quickly or push him off with a kick or smth , trying to be quick so the one behind me doesn't own my ass with arrows
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on November 14, 2018, 08:26:00 PM
i've never had a problem with the one behind firing arrows at me once i reach that point
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 14, 2018, 08:53:44 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on November 14, 2018, 08:26:00 PMi've never had a problem with the one behind firing arrows at me once i reach that point

yeah, as long as you're not at the wrong angle, the one back there typically gets his view blocked by a pillar iirc
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 14, 2018, 09:28:59 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 14, 2018, 06:24:02 PMdamn bro u gotta catch up

im getting shit on by the anor lando archers now doodhuh;
>

had to pull some laaate nights at work plus not sure if i could get some dudes to help me out while im on vacation in denmark

games so tight, though it can be brutal. is that place particularly hard? kaz was saying it cant wait til we get there for some raisin
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 14, 2018, 09:36:44 PM
technically i would say the first big hurdle is sen's fortress, but that's for non-combat reasons. as far as traditional souls difficulty goes, yeah, anor londo is where the difficulty suddenly spikes.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 07:08:36 AM
I got past the archers I'm relatively fine now lol

Sen's Fortress was a pain in the dick cuz the enemies suddenly get super difficult compared to what you've faced thus far, but they're still manageable imo. The bigger problem is LOTS N LOTS OF TRAPS!!

Anor Londo is tuff because that's when shield cheesin' stops being a viable strategy. Most enemies knock out your stamina with a shield hit, or even ignore your shield entirely. Ya gotta git good at roll dodging and/or parrying at that point
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on November 15, 2018, 07:15:33 AM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 07:08:36 AMI got past the archers I'm relatively fine now lol

please do come back and tell us how you did with the boss of the area girl;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 07:24:08 AM
Will do I have heard he (they) is a real asshole

I'm at the fog I've just been too busy dickin' around lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on November 15, 2018, 09:27:15 AM
You guys gonna attempt a shieldless run on ng+?
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 11:14:57 AM
>playing a game twice

This is cmongler bro ain't no time for that
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on November 15, 2018, 01:40:04 PM
But ng+ is a must in souls
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 02:50:18 PM
It's also necessary for Undertale but I still played that shit only once
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Thyme on November 15, 2018, 02:58:10 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 11:14:57 AM>playing a game twice

This is cmongler bro ain’t no time for that

same

Quote from: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 02:50:18 PMIt’s also necessary for Undertale but I still played that shit only once

same

i just watched a dozen let's plays of the runs i didn't do
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on November 15, 2018, 04:00:05 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 02:50:18 PMIt's also necessary for Undertale but I still played that shit only once

Undertale is hardly necessary for even a single play through
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 15, 2018, 09:17:21 PM
Quote from: Big Goop on November 15, 2018, 04:00:05 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 02:50:18 PMIt's also necessary for Undertale but I still played that shit only once

Undertale is hardly necessary for even a single play through

You haven't even played it lol, don't just base your opinion of something on its fandom
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: TooB on November 15, 2018, 11:03:49 PM
Quote from: Samus Aran on November 15, 2018, 09:17:21 PM
Quote from: Big Goop on November 15, 2018, 04:00:05 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 15, 2018, 02:50:18 PMIt’s also necessary for Undertale but I still played that shit only once

Undertale is hardly necessary for even a single play through

You haven't even played it lol, don't just base your opinion of something on its fandom

Except yes I did, so please don't assume

Did I finish it? No, but that's why I said what I said
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 16, 2018, 10:13:20 AM
LETS KEEP IT GAME(dork souls) RELATED GUYS


okay this skinny guy and fat guy asshole are really FUCKIN ME UP shit
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: strongbad on November 16, 2018, 12:31:23 PM
damn i kind of want a switch now this would be a cool game to play on the go
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 16, 2018, 02:20:42 PM
On the one hand yes


On the other you have to now resist throwing the entire console when you get rekt
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 16, 2018, 09:11:17 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 16, 2018, 10:13:20 AMLETS KEEP IT GAME(dork souls) RELATED GUYS


okay this skinny guy and fat guy asshole are really FUCKIN ME UP shit

like i said, difficulty spike n_u
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 16, 2018, 09:21:37 PM
Lol I'm on my way back to the dark roots whatever place. Just beat off the ceaseless discharge finally
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 16, 2018, 11:53:34 PM
you're doing darkroot after ceaseless discharge? interesting befuddlement

i never do ceaseless discharge until i'm ready to do lost izalith, the area after the demon ruins. but lost izalith isn't open until after anor londo...and even then, it's the last post-londo area i do because i kinda hate it

ceaseless discharge is an interesting boss. i've heard lots of different strategies for him. i just fight him right where you pick up the armor that pisses him off to begin with.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 17, 2018, 09:53:29 AM
Quote from: Samus Aran on November 16, 2018, 11:53:34 PMyou're doing darkroot after ceaseless discharge? interesting befuddlement

i never do ceaseless discharge until i'm ready to do lost izalith, the area after the demon ruins. but lost izalith isn't open until after anor londo...and even then, it's the last post-londo area i do because i kinda hate it

ceaseless discharge is an interesting boss. i've heard lots of different strategies for him. i just fight him right where you pick up the armor that pisses him off to begin with.

There is a cheese strategy to beat ceaseless discharge. You run to the altar then back to the white fog, he gets stuck and becomes easy as pi to kill.

I was going to go down to the demon ruins but man that was pretty tough so I stopped lol and looked up a guide which said I had some more stuff to do in dark root.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 20, 2018, 04:47:05 AM
I ended up going to the catacombs first before going back to Darkroot, sliced open pinwheel to get extra kindle, I just can't heal enough in this game lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 20, 2018, 07:47:25 AM
I'm getting closer to beating Smough and Ornstein, the fight isn't as tough as I originally thought now that I've got the dance-around-the-pillars strategy down for the most part; it just takes a ton of time and patience. Managed to take down Ornstein and almost got Smough, but he killed me at the last minute with some cheese electric ass bounce. i was out of flasks and as such was at half health when i got hit by the electricity; if i had one more, which i would have had if i didn't goof and get hit by a knight on the way in, i probably would have won lol oh well


doing this solo with no summons btw lol, the sentinals gaurding the room make trying to summon solaire a pain in the dick and thus far seems like more trouble than its worth, and i havent paid for my nintendo online yet sooooo
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: reeper on November 20, 2018, 12:42:45 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 20, 2018, 07:47:25 AMI'm getting closer to beating Smough and Ornstein, the fight isn't as tough as I originally thought now that I've got the dance-around-the-pillars strategy down for the most part; it just takes a ton of time and patience. Managed to take down Ornstein and almost got Smough, but he killed me at the last minute with some cheese electric ass bounce. i was out of flasks and as such was at half health when i got hit by the electricity; if i had one more, which i would have had if i didn't goof and get hit by a knight on the way in, i probably would have won lol oh well


doing this solo with no summons btw lol, the sentinals gaurding the room make trying to summon solaire a pain in the dick and thus far seems like more trouble than its worth, and i havent paid for my nintendo online yet sooooo

Hmm no summons and the bosses sound like a pain, I'm not exactly looking forward to that boss

I'm about to go to Lando soon, I'll have to see how hard this place is. I'm still not great at parying or backstabbing  yet

Still walking around with this drake sword, I thought I'd get a better sword by now lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on November 20, 2018, 12:46:24 PM
pick a different sword and start upgrading it. the drake sword is a meme that can't carry you through the game
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 20, 2018, 01:23:51 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on November 20, 2018, 12:46:24 PMpick a different sword and start upgrading it. the drake sword is a meme that can't carry you through the game
yeah drake sword was useless to me before i even got to blight town, i don't know how reaper is still using it lol
start upgrading stuff at the blacksmith my dude. my gargoyle halberd does almost 150+ damage on the drake sword at this point lol
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 20, 2018, 09:45:58 PM
I fucking did it I beat the bastards holy shit lol I was sweating like crazy
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on November 21, 2018, 12:20:32 AM
Quote from: reeper on November 20, 2018, 12:42:45 PMI'm about to go to Lando soon, I'll have to see how hard this place is. I'm still not great at parying or backstabbing  yet

Still walking around with this drake sword, I thought I'd get a better sword by now lol

you should definitely ditch that thing and upgrade something else, as the two above me said. what you choose to upgrade kinda depends on your build but yeah

also, don't worry too much about being good at parrying. in the main game, it's really only all that useful against the final boss.  otherwise it's just an advanced tech that only works on certain types of enemies, so i wouldn't worry about it much. backstabbing, on the other hand, is extremely useful and not at all difficult. just circle around an enemy and do the backstab. makes enemies like black knights into jokes. again though, only works on specific types of enemies.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 21, 2018, 06:49:19 AM
Quote from: reeper on November 20, 2018, 12:42:45 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on November 20, 2018, 07:47:25 AMI'm getting closer to beating Smough and Ornstein, the fight isn't as tough as I originally thought now that I've got the dance-around-the-pillars strategy down for the most part; it just takes a ton of time and patience. Managed to take down Ornstein and almost got Smough, but he killed me at the last minute with some cheese electric ass bounce. i was out of flasks and as such was at half health when i got hit by the electricity; if i had one more, which i would have had if i didn't goof and get hit by a knight on the way in, i probably would have won lol oh well


doing this solo with no summons btw lol, the sentinals gaurding the room make trying to summon solaire a pain in the dick and thus far seems like more trouble than its worth, and i havent paid for my nintendo online yet sooooo

Hmm no summons and the bosses sound like a pain, I'm not exactly looking forward to that boss

I'm about to go to Lando soon, I'll have to see how hard this place is. I'm still not great at parying or backstabbing  yet

Still walking around with this drake sword, I thought I'd get a better sword by now lol
Oh, you definitely don't have to do it the way I did it. If you are paying for Switch online you can summon someone for jolly cooperation, which honestly, yes you should take advantage of lol. Alternatively you can summon Solaire as an NPC buddy, assuming you've been talkin' to him thus far, but the caveat is you have to summon him half-way through this gigantic room with two tricky royal sentinels in it. they're huge, fast, and have a gigantic fucking range with their halberds. you also have to be human to summon him. the best course of action is to kill the sentinels before you summon him, because otherwise he'll get caught up in fighting them and probably take a lot of damage before you even get to the boss, however fighting them yourself before you summon if you're shit at video games like me can lead to taking a lot of damage from the sentinels because they're assholes, which wastes precious flasks that you'll need for the boss fight, or just dying completely, which leads to wasting humanity since you need to be human to summon his ass.

all that being the case is why i just chose to b-line straight for the boss as a hollow without even bothering trying to get solaire to fight with me lol. the fight is the toughest thus far, but honestly isn't that hard once you figure out a strategy. it mostly just takes a lot of patience and discipline with not getting greedy with trying to get hits in. i can give more tips once you get there.

as far as parrying and backstabbing, they aren't super necessary for londo. what's more necessary is git'n good at dodging and rolling. a lot of enemies can quickly wear down your stamina when you shield block or just ignore your shield completely. that said, once you get to the section of londo where there's a fuckton of silver knights, being able to parry them consistently will make your life much much easier. you can basically parry -> 1 shot stab all of them, vs having to dance with them for a minute or two each to take them down, and in some areas you're facing like 3 of them at a time which makes doing that dance real risky.

also good look with the archers lol that shit was even more frustrating than the boss.
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 21, 2018, 06:49:55 AM
also i cheesed ceasless discharge cuz i wasnt really sure where to go or what to do so now hes dead yaay
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Nyerp on November 21, 2018, 10:02:05 AM
get ready for the absolute worst part of the game goodjob;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on November 21, 2018, 10:23:15 AM
lol that's what my RL dark souls veteran friends have said too frick  sillydood;
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on June 05, 2019, 11:55:41 AM
lol im about to beat bed of chaos damn i might actually finish this shit
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: Samus Aran on June 06, 2019, 01:43:49 AM
enjoy the worst boss ever in souls history
Title: Re: Dark Souls
Post by: C.Mongler on June 06, 2019, 06:11:48 AM
i didn't that shit was stupid lol

also i lied im not beating this shit gwyn is 2 hard someone parry for me