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[Zzoram]

How do you get Fire Tempest from Quelana? It says you have to do her a favor in the wiki but doesn't explain what. It's the last Pyromancy I need for that trophy.

 

[dreamer3kx]

It helps to have the Spider Shield found in, The Depths.
It really helps to have the, Iron Ring.

Darn I must have missed the spider shield, ill backtrack, jeez I just hate this place, dont think I have the iron ring.

 

[MoxManiac]

I did not.

I did all my levels all out of order. I'm trying to figure out the next weapon for my pyro. I have most of my points in Vit/End and 23 attunement because I wanted the slots. I also have just enough faith for heal and I put dex to 14 for the Great Scythe.

I have no direction with my pyro. In Anor Lando now and it's pretty easy going, but my +5RAW Halberd is a little long in the tooth. I sort of want to start stacking points into dex to cast faster. Is that a good idea?

In the meantime I guess my best bet is to break down the Halberd and take it down the Lightning path. Meh, my ramblings. Any suggestions?


It helps to have the Spider Shield found in, The Depths.
It really helps to have the, Iron Ring. Wiki, may contain spoilers.

DEX does not make you cast faster, it does absolutely nothing but scale with certain weapons and lets you use weapons with DEX requirement.

IIRC DEX reduced fall damage or something in demons souls. And STR slightly increased attack power. Wonder why they changed that for DS.

EDIT: Lightning Halberd is money, do it unless you don't want an overpowered weapon

 

[Defuser]

How do you get Fire Tempest from Quelana? It says you have to do her a favor in the wiki but doesn't explain what. It's the last Pyromancy I need for that trophy.

Kill bed of chaos.

 

[Mindlog]

Darn I must have missed the spider shield, ill backtrack, jeez I just hate this place, dont think I have the iron ring.

I lucked into having them both before I went down there. It makes things a lot easier.

The easy way to the spider shield:

Spoiler

When you entered Depths and fought the butcher he was at a large table. Behind that table is a hole that drops down over the large rat. The shield is up there iirc.

The Dex thing is like a split second if I remembering that video correctly. However, I really feel like my Vit is high enough. Same with my Endurance. I guess I could keep raising end to have higher poise on my armor and free up a ring slot. I am frequently using wolf ring atm. Sounds like when I make it out of Lando I'll be working on a Lightning Halbred :]

 

[Hawkian]

Just beat gasping Dragon, Im about level 20, any areas I should go to before Blighttown or can I even go anywhere else?

hehe, gasping

 

[Felix Lighter]

There may not be a more satisfying feeling in gaming than killing invader. 3 in a row tonight and I was only running around in human form to kindle a bunch of fires.

 

[Hawkian]

Uhh, the pyro dude at firelink shrine is asking me about the pyro spells I got from the woman in Blighttown.

Do I tell him or no?

Depends, do you care about him?

 

[Speevy]

I've got the +5 Lightning Greataxe, haha this thing is a wrecker of worlds.

 

[Wallachia]

Ah thank, will do, prep for poison I see, ugh.

Oh and The Depths, what a shit place wanted to kill every vermin in there.

Woe to you, friend. Wait til Blighttown.. you've never seen a more wretched hive of scum and villiany.

 

[Jonsoncao]

Spoiler

Solaire was no where to be found though.

I must have missed something.

Same here...and this is what I did in NG+, I went to ring the bell in Blighttown first, and then skipped Taurus and went down to Darkroot basin, got up the Darkroot garden and then ring the Gargoyle bell...

And now I couldn't find

Spoiler

Solaire in his original spot toward the sun, neither in the third bonfire in Anor Londo, nor the sunlight altar...

 

[burgerdog]

Is it possible to do coop with a friend I removed him from my friendlist? I'm dropping my summoning sign and he can't see it.

 

[Hawkian]

Is it possible to do coop with a friend I removed him from my friendlist? I'm dropping my summoning sign and he can't see it.

Doesn't have anything to do with that- you're in different lobbies. Try canceling and dropping it again every 25 seconds til he sees it.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Pop quiz, hotshot:

What's the best weapon for taking off Priscilla's tail -- bear in mind your STR is 22.

Hurry up, clock's ticking (I'm on my way to claim it now!)

 

[Mindlog]

Pop quiz, hotshot:

What's the best weapon for taking off Priscilla's tail -- bear in mind your STR is 22.

Hurry up, clock's ticking (I'm on my way to claim it now!)

I wailed on it with my Raw Halbred and apparently I missed. She's pretty dead, but no dagger for me.

 

[Relix]

Beat the god damned boar. Opened a gate thinking it was a shortcut... it.. erm... wasn't?!??! Damn this game is cruel.

 

[one85x]

Pop quiz, hotshot:

What's the best weapon for taking off Priscilla's tail -- bear in mind your STR is 22.

Hurry up, clock's ticking (I'm on my way to claim it now!)

One of the katanas would probably work well since their vertical strike will make sure you're only hitting the tail.

 

[Aeana]

Beat the god damned boar. Opened a gate thinking it was a shortcut... it.. erm... wasn't?!??! Damn this game is cruel.

That gate is such a tease. That stupid skeleton runs to close it as soon as he sees you.

 

[Charmicarmicat]

Decided to start a fresh game and see just how out of order you can play the game. First boss down:

Spoiler

Moonlight Butterfly!

. Also managed to get a

Spoiler

Black Knight Halberd from the Knight guarding the shield in Darkroot

, so I'll probably spend some time leveling up to use it, then I might take on

Spoiler

Sif

.

 

[corrosivefrost]

One of the katanas would probably work well since their vertical strike will make sure you're only hitting the tail.

Lucky for you I have a washing pole +12 and a lightning iaito +3.

I'm just terrified of starting the battle with her and wasting my shot at her tail for free.

 

[frequency]

Beat the god damned boar. Opened a gate thinking it was a shortcut... it.. erm... wasn't?!??! Damn this game is cruel.

Yeah I was so confused about that part for the longest time. One of the enemies goes and closes it when he sees you. That jerk!

 

[Charmicarmicat]

That gate is such a tease. That stupid skeleton runs to close it as soon as he sees you.

I had him close it on one of his friends once, killing him.

 

[Dr. Acid Avatar]

I need help locating a pyromancy spell called Power Within. The wiki says it's under a BIG parasite thing in Blight Town. Can anyone help me out with some more detailed instructions on it's location please? Thanks!

 

[Haunted]

Good lord, who designed the Ornstein & Smough boss encounter?

Fire that guy and replace him with someone who knows what he's doing.

 

[Defuser]

hehe, gasping

I'm sad that dark souls have little sexual innuendo.Demon souls has sticky white stuff,penetrator,maneater,dirty colossus.etc

 

[frequency]

Good lord, who designed the Ornstein & Smough boss encounter?

Fire that guy and replace him with someone who knows what he's doing.

I felt that was one of the more entertaining fights in the game.

 

[corrosivefrost]

I need help locating a pyromancy spell called Power Within. The wiki says it's under a BIG parasite thing in Blight Town. Can anyone help me out with some more detailed instructions on it's location please? Thanks!

It's in the top half of blighttown accessed from the depths. If you hit the fog gate in the concrete sewer, you went too far.

From the bonfire, and I might be off a bit here, but you head as you would normally and there's a big bug thing blocking access to the concrete sewer -- it's in that general direction -- try looking for a second ladder -- it should be in the area just before you fight the one large ogre type dude on a slope.

 

[Charmicarmicat]

I need help locating a pyromancy spell called Power Within. The wiki says it's under a BIG parasite thing in Blight Town. Can anyone help me out with some more detailed instructions on it's location please? Thanks!

You can't really miss it, it's the huge red bug sitting on the wall near the middle of the level. Coming from Valley Of Drakes side you should be able to see it before you start climbing down ladders. It's fairly easy to kill but has a pretty powerful sweep attack if you get too close.

 

[famousmortimer]

Good lord, who designed the Ornstein & Smough boss encounter?

Fire that guy and replace him with someone who knows what he's doing.

What!?!? That fight was amazing.

 

[Gattsu25]

Good lord, who designed the Ornstein & Smough boss encounter?

Fire that guy and replace him with someone who knows what he's doing.

WTF dude?

That fight was great

 

[Dr. Acid Avatar]

You can't really miss it, it's the huge red bug sitting on the wall near the middle of the level. Coming from Valley Of Drakes side you should be able to see it before you start climbing down ladders. It's fairly easy to kill but has a pretty powerful sweep attack if you get too close.

Thanks I'm going to start heading down that way!

 

[Felix Lighter]

Good lord, who designed the Ornstein & Smough boss encounter?

Fire that guy and replace him with someone who knows what he's doing.

It was the only boss battle that I got coop help for in NG and NG+. I also stuck around and helped 9-10 other people beat them. Hardest fight in the game for me.

 

[Haunted]

Y'all crazy.

It was the only boss battle that I got coop help for in NG and NG+. I also stuck around and helped 9-10 other people beat them. Hardest fight in the game for me.

Good man.

 

[Defuser]

Good lord, who designed the Ornstein & Smough boss encounter?

Fire that guy and replace him with someone who knows what he's doing.

Or you rather have dual maneaters on the narrow walkway leading to death?Smough and Orstein is nothing.

 

[Haunted]

Or you rather have dual maneaters on the narrow walkway leading to death?Smough and Orstein is nothing.

Probably was the same guy!

Dark Souls has the same amount of shitty but easily fixable design decisions as its predecessor. Almost infuriating how close From has come twice now to creating a masterpiece, yet fallen painfully short because of shit design decisions.

 

[Jonsoncao]

Good lord, who designed the Ornstein & Smough boss encounter?

Fire that guy and replace him with someone who knows what he's doing.

Lolwut duder u sirius? Best boss design in the game

you could
a)cheese them to death
b)summon Solaire or other players
c)fight CQC style like a man
d)use magic/pyro to overkill them

and as always, feels good when you finish them the first time.

 

[Haunted]

Lolwut duder u sirius? Best boss design in the game

Terrible if that were actually the case.

Spoiler

Priscilla in the painting

was my favourite boss so far.

 

[krakov]

I really wish you could opt out of the PvP without playing offline/hollow. I'd like to look human and I'd prefer the ability to summon people, writing and reading notes, etc. Loosing humanity to exploiters is getting tiresome and I'm sick of farming.

 

[Aeana]

Terrible if that were actually the case.

Spoiler

Priscilla in the painting

was my favourite boss so far.

That was my least favorite as a sorcerer. :| Could not take any of her hits, could not do enough damage to get her to show up. Couldn't even find her to hit her.

 

[JRPereira]

Does high poise affect whether you bounce when striking someone's shield? Had some guy two-hand what I believe was the chaos blade against me and I wasn't able to get any breathing time between swings. Also the guy had tranquil walk on and I accidentally hugged a wall for a second while trying to get some distance (SL17 sorc wandering around with the forest covenant ring on).

Think probably the easiest way to kill heavier guys or players accompanied by phantoms in the forest as a covenant member is to head over to where the 3 large cats are. Even high level players don't really want to deal with the cats. Killed what I believe, due to gear, health, endurance, and weapons carried, were a couple of guys at SL35-50 (one guy in full havel gear) by luring them out that way.

 

[Defuser]

Lolwut duder u sirius? Best boss design in the game

you could
a)cheese them to death
b)summon Solaire or other players
c)fight CQC style like a man
d)use magic/pyro to overkill them

and as always, feels good when you finish them the first time.

It's haunted,everytime theres a thread relating to demon souls he would take every opportunity to shit on it.

 

[MomoPufflet]

I wish more armor had special abilities or stats that gave you a reason to wear them. Dark Souls kind of repeats a gripe I had with Demon's in that there is lots of armor that is totally pointless. If they aren't going to have armor do anything special it would actually be better if more of it just had the same stats so you could use it for looks without gimping yourself. It just feels like a total waste to have all this gorgeous armor with comparatively shitty stats sitting in storage for eternity.

Need more stuff like:

Spoiler

-Sunlight maggot
-Dark Moon crown or w/e
-Dress that gives 10% magic bonus
-Grass Shield
-3 family masks

Stuff like this encourages diversity in builds. Everyone wearing the same gear is so boring.

 

[Grinchy]

I'm starting to think the patch isn't going to be up by the end of the month.

 

[Sullichin]

I really wanna help other people fight O&S, having no luck at sl64.. i haven't been able to be summoned in such a long time

 

[Haunted]

It's haunted,everytime theres a thread relating to demon souls he would take every opportunity to shit on it.

You call it shitting on it, I call it reasonable criticism! That they still haven't separated co-op from PvP play feels like them shitting on us if you ask me.

That was my least favorite as a sorcerer. :| Could not take any of her hits, could not do enough damage to get her to show up. Couldn't even find her to hit her.

That's a shame. Observing the footprints and listening to the audio cues to hit her at the right time in the right spot with melee was very fun, I thought. That sorcery only works with lock-on (right?) is obviously a huge oversight. Sorry. :/


But I also loved that whole area, by far my favourite so far. Really cool. Too bad it was so short compared to the rest of the areas.

 

[toastyToast]

Why won't Quelana ascend my pyro flame? I've got the money and it's at +15

Got that chaos fireball and that shit is crazy. dat lava

 

[EasyMode]

I wish more armor had special abilities or stats that gave you a reason to wear them. Dark Souls kind of repeats a gripe I had with Demon's in that there is lots of armor that is totally pointless. If they aren't going to have armor do anything special it would actually be better if more of it just had the same stats so you could use it for looks without gimping yourself. It just feels like a total waste to have all this gorgeous armor with comparatively shitty stats sitting in storage for eternity.

Agreed. It sucks that the armor with the best poise is so cartoonish and ugly. I preferred hyper armor movesets in Demon's Souls over the poise stat.

 

[Mindlog]

I would have really started to hate Anor Lando if I hadn't bought all of the ancient sorcery spells. I died twice to the griefers that knock you off of the high ledges. Then I remembered I bought all of those spells for no particular reason.

Hidden Body sneak sneak sneak... wait.
Hidden Body sneak sneak sneak... SURPRISE! Grand Combustion in your face asshole.

 

[scy]

Spoiler

Prisicilla

was a great fight; I loved the idea of it. And it works out well that she's kind of a pushover outside of the gimmick. Not some ridiculously destructive boss that absolutely wrecks your shit and takes everything you throw at them. She's kind of paper thin.

Incidentally,

Spoiler

I don't think you actually need to hurt her severely to get her to pop; I'm pretty sure I just lobbed a Fire Orb at my feet and it was enough to pop her invisibility when I first fought her.

As for the dynamic duo, I loved the fight. Far better execution than basically any other duo encounter they've done yet. If I have any boss complaints thus far it would be for the rather bland bosses like the

Spoiler

Iron Golem

or the

Spoiler

third times a charm palette swapped (but not ability swapped, oddly) Firesage Demon

.

On an unrelated note, fuck the Avelyn Crossbow. God I hate that part.

 

[toastyToast]

Actually, does the ascended pyro flame have a different name or is it still pyro flame coz she'll do that for 25k