firehawk12
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Do light damage to one of those egg guys and let them grab you... then, just wait for 5-10 minutes.bone_and_sinew said:
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About the discussion about it's difficulty level:
For me all of this is really basic theory; One difficulty in a "hardcore" game can never ever be able to cater for all types of gamers. It quickly excludes a lot of people that otherwise WOULD enjoy it.
I understand the appeal of the "fear" of enemies that can chop you up in a split second and take everything away from you. It is very important in this game. But there are shades of grey between black and white.. because the fact is, Dark Souls is imbalanced for a majority of gamers really.
The way I solved it for myself was to grind grind grind my way to a certain level before I started exploring. I think I spent 10-15 hours grinding at Undead Burg before my stats were at my comfort level.. Some grinding is fine, but it shouldn't be necessary to grind and farm for three average single player games to make it tolerable for older gamers with a job and a family
Anyway, I just have to say that this game has obsessed me like very few other games have.. And without considering any kind of technical babble; It is one of the best looking, and best (level) designed games I've played.
For me all of this is really basic theory; One difficulty in a "hardcore" game can never ever be able to cater for all types of gamers. It quickly excludes a lot of people that otherwise WOULD enjoy it.
I understand the appeal of the "fear" of enemies that can chop you up in a split second and take everything away from you. It is very important in this game. But there are shades of grey between black and white.. because the fact is, Dark Souls is imbalanced for a majority of gamers really.
The way I solved it for myself was to grind grind grind my way to a certain level before I started exploring. I think I spent 10-15 hours grinding at Undead Burg before my stats were at my comfort level.. Some grinding is fine, but it shouldn't be necessary to grind and farm for three average single player games to make it tolerable for older gamers with a job and a family
Anyway, I just have to say that this game has obsessed me like very few other games have.. And without considering any kind of technical babble; It is one of the best looking, and best (level) designed games I've played.
You know those egg carrier dudes at the entrance to Demon Ruins? Aggro them by hitting them with a (very) weak attack and then just keep letting them hit you. One of their attacks is a grab attack where they stick you in the neck with a sucker or something. Let them do this to you several times then kill them. If you've managed to get infected, your character will scratch his neck when he's idling. Then just wait awhile.bone_and_sinew said:
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Ah, so they have to grab you while they're still alive. I would kill them and let the grubs bite me since I thought that's how it worked.firehawk12 said:
toastyToast
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Ken said:
that happened to me, i was hoping it was just lice
bone_and_sinew
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NG+ as well?JVIDICAN said:
bj00rn_ said:About the discussion about it's difficulty level:
For me all of this is really basic theory; One difficulty in a "hardcore" game can never ever be able to cater for all types of gamers. It quickly excludes a lot of people that otherwise WOULD enjoy it.
I understand the appeal of the "fear" of enemies that can chop you up in a split second and take everything away from you. It is very important in this game. But there are shades of grey between black and white.. because the fact is, Dark Souls is imbalanced for a majority of gamers really.
The way I solved it for myself was to grind grind grind my way to a certain level before I started exploring. I think I spent 10-15 hours grinding at Undead Burg before my stats were at my comfort level.. Some grinding is fine, but it shouldn't be necessary to grind and farm for three average single player games to make it tolerable for older gamers with a job and a family
Anyway, I just have to say that this game has obsessed me like very few other games have.. And without considering any kind of technical babble; It is one of the best looking, and best (level) designed games I've played.
Yep, difficulty is self made in the Souls games based upon what level you choose to play the game at.
Some people stay very underleveled all game, beating it at like SL20, while others go above SL100 their first time through.
WheelHoss1
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rogerroger22 said:So far NG+ is easier than I expected - most things dying in one hit (SL73, mix of weapons upgraded - +lightening/+fire, raw, divine, scaling, etc). Sorta funny how fast I finished Undead Burg/Parish considering how long it took me the first time. Think I might re-roll a new character soon and try to keep his SL a little lower.
Souls also come /very/ fast, deiced to swing by the forest for some PvP - first time really going out of my way for it in Dark Souls and had fun. Won a few, lost a few - had a close 2v1 fight. I love turning into a shrub as soon as I see the invasion message and jumping out at people as soon as their back is to me
I also did some PvP in the last zone before beating the boss - some guy kept doing a lag back-stab on me - but I never lost any health, whats up with that? I had the animation, heard the crunch, saw the blood splatter - but my HP didn't trip at all. He kept using humanity to heal during the fight also - was rather satisfying when my killing blow on him was a back-stab
Where were you leaving your summon sign in the forest? About to be there SL 92.
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Booshka said:
Got to love the fellow addicts out there.
WheelHoss1
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One other thought. Don't sleep on Divine Weapons. I roll with a +8 Divine Claymore, and it it basically a sword that hits for 200+ with a close to 200 magic attack. Yes, it's best on Undead, but it's awesome on all the Undead Knights and other types of enemies not resistant to magic.
All swords have their weaknesses, even fire and lightning. For me, after playing Demon's Souls with two maxed out Fire weapons, I liked the cool precision of my Claymore for my tank. I'll say this: New Game Plus has been WAY easier with this character than it was with my cheester mage/bowman/swordsman hybrid. Tanks unite!
All swords have their weaknesses, even fire and lightning. For me, after playing Demon's Souls with two maxed out Fire weapons, I liked the cool precision of my Claymore for my tank. I'll say this: New Game Plus has been WAY easier with this character than it was with my cheester mage/bowman/swordsman hybrid. Tanks unite!
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You silly person, you should of made it occult. From as far as I can tell occult does bonus damage to living things. I was slaping Gywn for like 600 plus a roll attackWheelHoss1 said:
MeBecomingI
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Ah... it seriously took me forever to beat
... ridiculous. I would either die by the bosses hands, which I might add is a terrible fight and completely stupid. I'm sorry, but
Or... I would get killed by almost constantly invading players.
Of course, I took to the closest bonfire in the
and kindled the flame so I had at least 15 Estus Flasks +3 going into the fight. Almost every single time I went in there as a human, I was invaded and killed almost instantly by massively overpowered invading characters who would almost always one-hit kill me with magic or by using that damn invisible ring so I can't target them and then just run around and play chicken until they kill me. Do keep in mind that even if you are right beside a bonfire and someone invades, you can't rest there. After far too long, I finally summoned some help and we moved on. Got to the entrance for the 4th fight and I found another summon sign. So, I summoned him while the other guy just took out the
We moved in and the two guys absolutely laid waist to the
in about a minute with some pyromancy.
Don't get me wrong... I am glad we won the fight because I was starting to lose patience, but holy shit is magic overpowered. Like, seriously. It happens in a boss fight and it happens when I get invaded. Usually I get hit once and die or someone just poison gases the damn area and then hits me with a giant AOE fireball and kills me in one hit. I can't even get close to a lot of the pyromancers...
Tomb of the Giants
having to drop down a massive hole is a terrible way to start the fight, as it already puts you at a disadvantage by taking off half of you health. Throw in 3 small skeletons and eventually 3 large skeletons if you happen to get tossed around in the back, and you have yourself a bullshit fight.
Of course, I took to the closest bonfire in the
Tomb of the Giants
small skeletons.
Nito
Don't get me wrong... I am glad we won the fight because I was starting to lose patience, but holy shit is magic overpowered. Like, seriously. It happens in a boss fight and it happens when I get invaded. Usually I get hit once and die or someone just poison gases the damn area and then hits me with a giant AOE fireball and kills me in one hit. I can't even get close to a lot of the pyromancers...
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Zeal said:
It's a real fun channel Zeal. I'll see you there.
Anor Londo's Archer Twins was the first time (since Capra Demon) that I felt like the game was a bit unfair. It probably cost me somewhere around 45k souls between the lengthy-ish clear back to these two and the repeated deaths once I got to them.
If you're interested in a reasonably easy way to get past them that I ended up discovering through a painful amount of trial and error, I spoilered it below:
If you're interested in a reasonably easy way to get past them that I ended up discovering through a painful amount of trial and error, I spoilered it below:
Bring Poison Arrows and a bunch of regular arrows (have your Dex higher than 12, mine was 19), arrange them both in your quiver. Once you see the Two Archers you can take potshots with your Regular Arrows at the Archer on the right until you've lined up your aim.
You'll know you're hitting him because you'll see a blueish flash on his armor when your arrow hits him. Then change to your poison arrows, fire two of them and you should start to see the poison tick away his life at a tune of 3 damage per tick. Just wait it out. Once the right archer is dead, run up to where he was and go around the corner.
Wait a sec and then see how the other archer isn't paying attention to you. Fire two poison arrows at him and wait behind the giant column where you can see his health tick away. Then go collect his gear and the Soul of Hero below him.
You'll know you're hitting him because you'll see a blueish flash on his armor when your arrow hits him. Then change to your poison arrows, fire two of them and you should start to see the poison tick away his life at a tune of 3 damage per tick. Just wait it out. Once the right archer is dead, run up to where he was and go around the corner.
Wait a sec and then see how the other archer isn't paying attention to you. Fire two poison arrows at him and wait behind the giant column where you can see his health tick away. Then go collect his gear and the Soul of Hero below him.
There is an easier - or at least quicker - way to take them out which is to just sprint up the right side and engage the archer on the right in melee. You'll probably take a spear in the back from the guy on the left but you'll be at the top then so it won't knock you off. When you're in melee range of the archer on the right, the one on the left can't shoot you. Then you have the space to individually kill them or knock them off.
Problem people seem to have is that if you go up on the left side you aggro both archers.
Problem people seem to have is that if you go up on the left side you aggro both archers.
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Really overwhelmed by now at NG+; not that it's balls out difficult, but it's just frustrating with the damage enemies do to me. I just went and tackled clearing out new londo ruins so I could get the very large ember, not sure if I have the oomph to tackle 4 kings solo this time... and I just have no motivation to go after the other 3 large souls. I suppose I could do Demon's Ruins/Lost Izalith first, since I have the shortcut this time and it would cut down on the timeframe for the area.
That's actually not a bad idea; even though I don't need the red slab, I can go do the catarina side quest then maybe travel down to ash lake so I can get another titanite slab. TotG and Crystal Caves have the 2 other slabs I need to finish out the rest of the weapons trophies. :\
That's actually not a bad idea; even though I don't need the red slab, I can go do the catarina side quest then maybe travel down to ash lake so I can get another titanite slab. TotG and Crystal Caves have the 2 other slabs I need to finish out the rest of the weapons trophies. :\
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Crystal Ring Shield is my new favorite shield. Combined with any high damage weapon. I should have made this shield earlier. Took out Logan and many others in one shot. Really like his big hat. Now what's the highest damage weapon?
shidoshi said:
Also for all she knows they may be selling cookies. Being armed and armored doesn't necessarily imply hostility, considering her house is in the middle of a poisonous swamp filled with endless swarms of insects, toxin-spitting blowgunners, giant leeches, poo-collecting boulder-hurling giants, and fire-breathing I'm-not-entirely-sure-what-they-ares. For all she knows you're from the Izalith High School Alumni Association just looking to catch up on old times, tell her about the upcoming Class of '81 Reunion, and drop off a newsletter.
But does a fond "How do you do?" even cross her mind, let alone pass her lips? No. She waltzes in naked as the day she was
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ixix said:
ROFL.
Giard said:
BLEED DAMAGE IS YOUR FRIEND.
I finally got it yesterday. I just stopped playing it because the skeleton warriors are giving me hell in the beginning so I gave up. How do I defeat them? I'm rolling with the Thief class if it helps. I tried using the knife 2-handed, then switch to the shield but they like to gang up on me and it doesn't help that they've parried and stabbed me a few times already.
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