DualShadow
Member
So I just got the game, and I wanna play a melee character, which starter class would be the best?
Im trying to decide between Knight and Warrior.
Im trying to decide between Knight and Warrior.
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mjc said:
He's really not hard. Just clam up behind a large shield in the beginning, spear a dog or two to death and circle around him and up the stairs. It's cake from then on.
DualShadow said:
I went knight as my first class and didn't regret it later on, but was not happy at the start. In the beginning, I felt slow and weak though. That heavy armor really doesn't help much at first.
semiconscious
Member
Sullichin said:
Stampy said:
awful hard to say what is & isn't intentional with these guys
. was the 4-2 spot in demon's souls intentional?...GhostWriter24
Member
I need help with Capra Demon and would be willing to help after we kill him in my world. Any takers? SL18 Sorc Ps3
Charmicarmicat
Banned
24FrameDaVinci said:
Just so you know, if you have the Master Key you don't even need to fight him, ever.
GhostWriter24
Member
Don't have it, but want to fight him anyway.Charmicarmicat said:
Sir Garbageman
Member
Mid game spoilers. Fire Keeper
So it looks like that gold bastard killed the Fire Keeper at the shrine. Do I use the black eye orb to get revenge?
razgriz417
Member
Sir Garbageman said:
Yea you can use it later on in
Anor Lando
Augemitbutter
Member
Sir Garbageman said:
yes, you will notice when it's the right time.
Pandoracell said:
Welcome to Dark Souls. The trick to this game is to learn the enemies moves and be able to avoid them and react accordingly. Also, this will show you their weakness. In the case of the first boss in the asylum, his weakness is his back. Just make sure you stay behind him, roll through his legs, etc. and attack him from behind.
Grinchy
Banned
Damn that's what I was afraid of lol.1stStrike said:
I cleared out the
blob that looks like the 1-1 boss in DeSouls
Grinchy said:
Like I said, Sen's Fortress. Back track out to Firelink Shrine and go to the bonfire by the blacksmith, and into Sen's Fortress. This will eventually lead you to the next area. After beating this area, you should then make sure all of your weapons and stuff are as upgraded as you can get them, and then go from there. My recommendation on order is:
Duke's Library / Crystal Caverns > Lost Izalath > Tomb of the Giants > New Londo
anddo0 said:
Don't worry about that until later on. You need to do some stuff first before you can go in there.
Felix Lighter
Member
No bonfire in
? This trip to the
is killing me. I'm not liking this fight at all.
New Rondo Ruins
four kings
Any tips for combatting the heavier enemies in this game? The Knight (The guy with the red cape) is about the biggest enemy I'm comfortable with fighting right now.
I think Im ~level 14 and I reached
.
There's a huge guy wearing a ton of armor, and a caster on the second floor. Doesn't really feel like I do much damage to them, and that's if I can even manage to land a hit.
Playing a Cleric with a Knight Shield and a War Pick with a semi-full set of chainmail.
I think Im ~level 14 and I reached
the lift in the Undead Parish that takes you back to the starting area where the bird drops you off
There's a huge guy wearing a ton of armor, and a caster on the second floor. Doesn't really feel like I do much damage to them, and that's if I can even manage to land a hit.
Playing a Cleric with a Knight Shield and a War Pick with a semi-full set of chainmail.
Tomat said:
Luring that big guy outside (down the steps) into that patio-type area might be useful. For the bigger guys I try to stay close to them with my shield up, if they don't manage to land a hit on your shield you can whip behind them and backstab pretty quickly, or at least manage to get two regular hits before they get turned around.
I forget specifically what kind of attacks he has though.
Is your pick upgraded at all?
Felix Lighter said:
Nope, there's no bonfire in there at all. The nearest thing is a shortcut which opens the door in the
valley of drakes so you can make a run from the elevator into that section of New Londo if you die
I only died once in there, and one shotted the bosses - so it was luckily not that bad.
prodystopian
Member
A few questions since I can't play more tonight:
About the Forest:
1.
2.
3.
Where should I go? Forest or Blight town? I just finished the Depths and have been running around since.
About the Forest:
1.
Can I enter the forest covenant if I turn it down once? I tried talking a second time but I didn't get a choice again.
2.
I found the wolf, but he seems a bit too powerful right now. If I'm only hitting him for 50 damage, should I be fighting him later?
3.
Is there a bonfire in the darkroot other than the one below where the knight was?
Where should I go? Forest or Blight town? I just finished the Depths and have been running around since.
Charmicarmicat
Banned
Where can i pick up the Server sword? Trying a Google search Of Dark Souls + Server is obviously not very helpful
prodystopian
Member
Tomat said:
I found that part quite difficult. I ended up picking up the drake sword and it made it a lot easier since I hit significantly harder against those enemies. Warning: Drake sword is quite powerful and you might feel like it is a bit cheap. I felt as though the next boss was a little easy because of it.
Felix Lighter
Member
Damn. To add insult to injury suddenly every time I try to summon someone into my world it fails.1stStrike said:
prodystopian said:
1. Not sure.
2. I'd try later if that's all the damage you are doing. Trick is
to stay between his legs/under him the whole time.
3. Yep go to
the door with the shiny lock. Hit the wall to it's left and bam, hidden bonfire. Also the bonfire you use as a base if you want to grind in the forest.
Charmicarmicat said:Where can i pick up the Server sword? Trying a Google search Of Dark Souls + Server is obviously not very helpful
It's
in the Blighttown swamp, far right corner (when looking over the swamp from bottom of the scaffolding that you climb down) surrounded by leeches. Past the shortcut to the Great Hollow.
Charmicarmicat said:Where can i pick up the Server sword? Trying a Google search Of Dark Souls + Server is obviously not very helpful
Coming down from
Blight Town - hang a left and go to the far edge of the swamp where the slugs are. It's way in the back corner on a corpse and there's a bunch of slugs surrounding it. Hard to miss.
The special ability on it doesn't give you much
health
prodystopian
Member
mujun said:
Thanks! Should I be doing blight town first, though?
Is there a merchant in this game that sells arrows other than the one in undead burg?
razgriz417
Member
prodystopian said:
1. Yes but you need to pay the absolution fee, 2k souls * your level. I turned it down at first and was bummed but after I grinded out 68k souls (on their own protectors hehe) they were willing to talk to me again
I would suggest finishing up the front end of the forest if you haven't done so and get the
butterflyboss
I found a bug when I am fighting that big armor knight in Undead Perish. I saw it coming so I was running like hell, I ran
I used the same tactic to beat Havel.
all the way to the first gate (before you fight the boar), and it chased me all the way. However after attacking once near the stair there, it just turned away and slowly walking back to its spawn point. I followed him and keep attacking his back, he didn't fight back and die. I think enemy has certain limited area, and if they get out of the area they will try to get back to the spawn point without reacting to you.
I used the same tactic to beat Havel.
I entered from Darkroot Basin, enter the door to lure it out. It would attack once then head back into the tower, allowing me to get 2-4 free hits. I repeated this for awhile and eventually brought him down.
prodystopian
Member
elty said:
This is true of a lot of miniboss type enemies in both Demon's and Dark Souls.
Edit: Thanks razgriz.
prodystopian said:
I'd leave
Sif
So you've finished the Depths? If you have then, yeah, I'd do Blighttown. It's not hard as long as you are careful (ambushes, precarious paths and poison). Make sure you find and rest at the bonfire closest to the boss, too. Otherwise you'll have to do a lot of it again.
razgriz417
Member
O and one thing about blighttown, if you are part of the forest covenant they'll be a merchant you can buy, katanas, claws, great axes, flameburg, demon spear, etc. from down in the bottom of blighttown. A lot of people ask about him later so I figure I'd give you a heads up
razgriz417
Member
I upgraded it to +2 and found that it was still weaker to the drake sword at +0, tho my str/dex wasn't that high, probably 16/14 at the time. Not worth it imo because it uses twinkling shards I believe and those are harder to come by than normal titanite. I'd suggest upgrading a different weapon instead.bigjimmystyle said: