I've already done a couple of no bonfire/no death runs, but I like these type of video series so I'll bookmark this for later viewing, thanks
I've already done a couple of no bonfire/no death runs, but I like these type of video series so I'll bookmark this for later viewing, thanks
I'm about halfway through. Did you do it all in one sitting? I only ask because it watches like a speedrun. I've never done this run on NG like this, it's really a bit of a different challenge than stocking up on consumables and doing it on NG+, kudos.I hope you'll let me know if you've liked it or not.
Oh yeah, lol. It was the last wooden ledge you were so close the character was half off the edge, phew!
They'll need attunement like crazy, too. Most of the best hexes require two slots. Wearing the extra att ring helps but you still need a lot of points into it. My hexer is my only low vit, low end character, because the stat investment is just that high. She's a glass canon, heh.
I'm so bad at using stuff like that - the "too good to use" items. I bought them all I have like 15 I think, but I daren't use them in case they're wasted! I'm like this in every game. :|
You can do the dlc whenever you want it doesn't scale but it is more late/end game orientated in difficulty mostly. You'd probably be fine starting now.
It will, but it would not be all that useful imo. I assume you're talking about poking from behind a shield. The little wind up with the halberd is too slow to fit in an attack in the very small counter window. The timing has to be spot on. The second R1 thrust of the one hand moveset is not fit for Leo Ringing either.
SL1 Run ramblings:
Down: Throne Watcher/Defender, Ancient Dragon, Vendrick, Giant Lord
I could complete the game at this point. I mulled over not killing Vendrick as I believe killing him is a condition of Aldia showing up(?) but I figured it didn't matter whether I killed Aldia or not - I've only fought him once and I thought it was kind of a cheap boss fight so I don't expect to be able to do it @ SL1, so the only difference between killing him and not is the end sequence.
Vendrick and Ancient Dragon - no problem whatever level, they can be cheesed and with even half-decent RNG you're guaranteed a win.
Throne Watcher/Defender was a pain - I got really lucky when one of them went to heal the other and I killed them just as the healed one got up. Previous to this my last try I suicided because they healed each other to full health from being downed. I was like 'fuck this!' after the second heal and just jumped off the side! I was so happy to get that kill.
This SL1 run has been fun, again I will say it's the most challenging of the three Souls games - certainly the agility stat makes a difference. Can you imagine in DS1 rolling through the 4 Kings attacks with DS2 agility in play? For this reason I am not doing the DLC. As good as the DLC is the bosses have a lot of bullshit in play for a low agility SL1 character, so I did grab the Flynn's Ring but I will not even bother trying fights like the invisible tiger, Elana, Fume etc - it seems pointless to me unless you're a Souls master - which I am not. I'm just happy to cheese Nashandra and call it a day.
This SL1 run has been the most fun of all 3 games
Welp you just indirectly answered my question on whether it was worth buying or not. Thank you for that.
That's because there isn't one one for the entire set other than the hood which gives you 11% bonus. Even still if your ATT, INT, and FTH are low you really won't see much benefit as they influence casting speed not equip load.
There's a difference but it's smaller than it probably should be but that's the way the defences are calculated in this game, I remember talking to someone about it a while ago in the thread. I'd go hood then rest elite knight it gives you a bit more defence from physical stuff which is what most enemies use anyway outside of a couple areas, where they use elemental stuff but by that point I'd assume you'd have upgraded armor. You can just go nude/ scantily clad but you can get a bit shafted in close quarters if you aren't good at stamina management and dodging.
The level design is definately a lot better than a lot of the base game (think how after the Mirror Knight then whole rest of the game is basically one long corridor (loosely speaking), even if it is the prettiest part of the game. The DLC has a lot of the old shortcuts back on to earlier areas and branching paths like Souls of old. The third especially is like this. They're all quite large too.