I don't even understand this. I spent all night trying to beat this boss and here you are parrying the fuck out of it.
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I don't even understand this. I spent all night trying to beat this boss and here you are parrying the fuck out of it.
Bumbletron
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Trust me, you don't see all the times I die after the first two attacks, lol.
You can only parry the
Fire sword
Talking about magic, what'd be a good caster spec at sl120? While doing NK co-op every now and then I get a host that also summons someone that can WRECK the boss with spells, especially sorcery. I wanna try it but I only have a couple pale tongues so I can't go around testing stuff myself.
Also, how do you deal with mana management? I figured it'd be like DeS where you'd mostly keep your mana for bosses and harder stuff while hacking everything else with whatever weapon you have. Even with the ashen flask I guess you can't be too liberal with spells.
Also, how do you deal with mana management? I figured it'd be like DeS where you'd mostly keep your mana for bosses and harder stuff while hacking everything else with whatever weapon you have. Even with the ashen flask I guess you can't be too liberal with spells.
Peterthumpa
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Jesus, I'm so bad with Souls games. Just killed the tutorial boss, and now after reaching the shrine and trying to leave by a pathway to the left, there's a skinny guy with a sword that is stronger than the fucking boss before it.
Do I go to the swamp (Farron Keep?) or Cathedral of the Deep first? Both areas are kicking my ass. Found one new bonfire in the seamp and kicked down a ladder for a shortcut in the cathedral. But I can't decide what to do first. The poison is annoying, will I find better armor for it somewhere?
Don't worry about him for now. Or
kick him down the cliff.
Freezasaurus
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Doesn't matter. It's up to you. I did the Cathedral first, personally.
Original Man
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Yeah, I kill enemies in 1 or 2 hits with heavy soul arrow. My INT is at like 38 right now lol. Just got to Itheryl dungeon.
It's a shame because his actual quest, and the ending, is awesome, but the specifics and requirements are finnicky and pretty much impossible to get without using a guide.
Take his second location for example:
he's in a well outside of the bonfire chapel, but he only appears there if you've opened up the huge doors of the cathedral, which means you're almost done with the area. If you don't go outside and use the shortcuts inside, chances are big you'll never know he's there. You have to really be looking for him.
As for his jail cell: the game is pretty dark so I never even noticed those windows you could jump in til I read their specific location. Cool secret, but again very tough to find on your own.
As for his jail cell: the game is pretty dark so I never even noticed those windows you could jump in til I read their specific location. Cool secret, but again very tough to find on your own.
Peterthumpa
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Wut? Can I do that? I guess I missed the message explaining this. Thanks.
Same shit just happened to me with my second character.
I wanted to fight the npc invader that dropped the murakumo, went inside the dungeon since the bonfire was nearby, and then realized my mistake on the way to the kitchen. Really hope they patch it so they he doesn't move as soon you enter that place because it's so easy to accidentally mess that part of the quest up.
For Pyro most trash mobs die in two hits and heavies take about 4. Usually you take down most of their health with spells then it's easy to finish mobs off with a sword.
Toward the end of the game you get so many flasks and you can refill basically all of your mana pool with
+9 estus
You said that
he is only Gwyn because the other people who linked the flame were Gwyn's reincarnations. I don't think they were his reincarnations at all, and I think the boss is actually just partly Gwyn's own soul.
MrCookiepants
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Ugh. First Farron Keep, then Catacombs, now Cathedral of the Deep. Three consecutive garbage areas that is. I feel like souls games always start out strongly, then turn to shit.
What the hell was that Cathedral boss lolz.
What the hell was that Cathedral boss lolz.
If you want this game to be easy mode, get
Hidden Body and Slumbering Dragon Ring
These two things combined make you invisible to almost everything except bosses
For bosses, Great Heavy Soul Arrow and Great Soul Arrow are all you need (
Farron Flashsword
This guy. Bloodborne spoilers.
XANDER CAGE
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Has anyone playing on PC had SSAO not show up on any setting? I just realized I wasn't getting any AO even though I have it set to high.
Either attack him towards the cliff, make him attack when there's a hole between you (a small gap) or forward+R1 to do a kick. If you do this, quit and reload your game, his drop will be where he spawned, at the top of the stairs.
Morrigan Stark
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How far are you? So far I'm at
Irithyll
Exactly. And pyros are strong but typically lack range. And soul arrows have range but lack power. I preferred bows for ranged attacks since you can free-aim too.
Demoskinos
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I dunno I did pretty okay with the ring that reduces spell cast time and Heavy Soul Arrow for a good bit of the game with my magic character.
Cannon Goose
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Sorc is so much easier, but it does require you to think laterally about how to play. A couple of bosses will be harder because you'll be squishier, most bosses will be much easier because you can kill them at range. Beaten the game three times now with Sorc (and not really using weapons - I have a Rapier but once I got over the initial hump - i.e. got my gear, I can't remember the last time I used it for anything other than killing Crystal Lizards).How far are you? So far I'm atand I find it much harder than with my dex for 95% of the time.Irithyll
Exactly. And pyros are strong but typically lack range. And soul arrows have range but lack power. I preferred bows for ranged attacks since you can free-aim too.
Original Man
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What off hand boosts magic dmg?
irfaanator
Banned
after like 10 tries finally beat
pontiff \o/. Then some dude invaded me right after and I just rolled off the side lol
Scholar's Candlestick
edit: Also, for Sorc to work you gotta roll deep. Pretty much any points into stats other than ATN and INT until you hit 24 & 60 respectively will affect your power a lot (a single point in INT can increase your spell damage by 20 or more points, depending on the spell).
Original Man
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How far are you? So far I'm atand I find it much harder than with my dex for 95% of the time.Irithyll
Exactly. And pyros are strong but typically lack range. And soul arrows have range but lack power. I preferred bows for ranged attacks since you can free-aim too.
I'm at irithyll dungeon too lol. My INT is around 40. Shit I'm still using Heavy Soul arrow, didn't even know I missed the spell NPC with Great Heavy Soul Arrow back at the
sage boss
Original Man
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Thx
ISee
Member
That makes sense. Thx.
trying out fist weapons in PVP
lol and very accurate.
The true Dark Souls starts here.
Toothless Spoon
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trying out fist weapons in PVP
Holy shit that made me laugh! Thx
Based on my attempt at farming covenant items in DS2, I'm pretty sure it's deliberate across games. Covenant drops seem to be an offline failsafe, it's not meant to be easy.
(DS2 stuff before anybody gets confused) I soul mem'd myself out of summoning for awhile and wanted the Sun Sword so I tried farming the NPCs that dropped them w/ CoC infinite spawning. I had all the high discovery gear I could get and maybe got 7 drops after a 5 hours and gave up then sped through to later portions of the game with agape ring on where I could get summoned more easily.
Damn this game is bigger and has more content than I thought. All the while maintaining that excellent level design everywhere you go. It's really satisfying to explore every nook and cranny. I'm pleasantly surprised! It really seems to combine the scale of Dark Souls 2 and level design of Dark Souls 1. I'm so glad.
If you can't invade you're either getting invaded yourself right now or you're in one of the few transition areas without a boss. For example the small area between
Crystal Sage
Chapel of Cleansing
Orniletter
Banned
The road of sacrifices and the poison swamp is huge.
I like the changes they did to poison. It does less damage per second but the effect takes longer to wear off. Pretty great area.
I like the changes they did to poison. It does less damage per second but the effect takes longer to wear off. Pretty great area.
Silver knights drop for darkmoon, i think you need to farm deacons. Had no problem getting summoned in NG so can´t really talk about NG+. Can only tell you that farming silver knights is a disaster.
The
Silver Knights
Blue covenants, not the Aldrich Faithful.
the deacon enemies in Anor Londo.
I always just exited and entered the game, and that would resolve that issue. I don't know what causes it, but that's always fixed it for me.
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