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[bigdaddygamebot]

Divine is the only way to get rid of them all. If you stay in the little area you first fall down and wait for Nito you will never have to fight the big ones. Once he passes you head to the left.

Hot...I was thinking about that on my drive into work today and wondering if I could just sit at the entry zone and fight him there.

Thanks for the advice man.

 

[Booshka]

I am soo sad :<
I wish I knew about this before I beat Ornstein and Smough. I would've beat Ornstein last to get his armor. Smough's body and helmet with the antiquated skirt and some gloves make up the best armor under 50% weight I can wear, but I look SOOOO UUUUGLYYYY

Seen how Twinkling Tatinite can't be farmed other than from lizards, and the counter goes up in NG+, I will wait with farming them, meaning I'll have to endure looking like a proper dunce. Gah

You can exploit the Snuggly trade for Twinkling titanite if you want.

 

[BomberMouse]

Lots of work + Blightown = I haven't touched this game in weeks.

Last time I played I beat

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Queelag

, is the only way back to climb? the water wheel thing is useless? I remember getting some items but nothing more, I don't have the Master Key.

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[johntown]

Hot...I was thinking about that on my drive into work today and wondering if I could just sit at the entry zone and fight him there.

Thanks for the advice man.

Be careful of his blade in the ground attack though. When I did that he did that attack several times before he made it to me.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

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You have to climb up PAST the water wheel.

ProTip - climb any ladder that has torches attached to it.

Be careful of his blade in the ground attack though. When I did that he did that attack several times before he made it to me.

Yeah... : / He damn near spams it sometimes.

I noticed he lets out a shriek though before he does it. He's killed me so many times with it now, I have the timing down and can just roll away from it, although sprinting is less risky.

 

[xero273]

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you have to take those wheels up to get to shortcut. you probably missed a ladder. climb all the way to the top then you should find a chest that holds the key to unlock the shortcut. here's a map to help. I hope it helps you

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6255767206_57d4acfbc7_b.jpg

 

[ixix]

Lots of work + Blightown = I haven't touched this game in weeks.

Last time I played I beat

Spoiler

Queelag

, is the only way back to climb? the water wheel thing is useless? I remember getting some items but nothing more, I don't have the Master Key.

You don't need the Master Key to get out of Blighttown by way of the waterwheel, only to get in.

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Ride the waterwheel up and climb the ladders. On either the penultimate or final platform there will be a key that opens the door to Valley of Drakes. Head through the tunnel, unlock the door, cross the small bridge and head up to New Londo. It's the fastest way out.

 

[Macattk15]

My god. I just 60k souls and 67 humanity in the Depths on NG+ because some amp'ed up by the Chaneller rat hit me from behind as I was trying to get to my corpse.

Feels bad.

 

[johntown]

np

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

You don't need the master key for that shortcut, theres a key to that door in a chest up past the water wheel, opposite the tunnel that leads into drakes.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

My god. I just 60k souls and 67 humanity in the Depths on NG+ because some amp'ed up by the Chaneller rat hit me from behind as I was trying to get to my corpse.

Feels bad.

You accidentally'd 60K souls and 67 humanity!

I haven't hit NG+ yet...but farming that much stuff on NG+ shouldn't be that hard...should it?

 

[johntown]

My god. I just 60k souls and 67 humanity in the Depths on NG+ because some amp'ed up by the Chaneller rat hit me from behind as I was trying to get to my corpse.

Feels bad.

The souls aren't the big deal but I feel you on the humanity.

 

[BomberMouse]

Thanks everyone, will try again when I get back from work.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

The souls aren't the big deal but I feel you on the humanity.

I read somewhere that after 30 humanity there's no reason to have more than that as your item finding rate doesn't improve.

is it the same for chaos weapons and chaos pyromancies?

I've been restricting myself at 30 humanity while holding onto around 50 of the sprites in my inventory and farming more when I drop below 40.

Is there reason to have a humanity score greater than 30?

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Chaos stop scaling at 10 humanity I believe.

 

[Booshka]

I read somewhere that after 30 humanity there's no reason to have more than that as your item finding rate doesn't improve.

is it the same for chaos weapons and chaos pyromancies?

I've been restricting myself at 30 humanity while holding onto around 50 of the sprites in my inventory and farming more when I drop below 40.

Is there reason to have a humanity score greater than 30?

I was told that Chaos damage bonus stops at 10 Humanity

 

[MoxManiac]

I read somewhere that after 30 humanity there's no reason to have more than that as your item finding rate doesn't improve.

is it the same for chaos weapons and chaos pyromancies?

I've been restricting myself at 30 humanity while holding onto around 50 of the sprites in my inventory and farming more when I drop below 40.

Is there reason to have a humanity score greater than 30?

Chaos caps at 10. No reason that I can think of to have more than 30.

 

[John Harker]

Finally unlocked the gates to Blighttown

At this point in the game, is there/are there any unique/cool weapons or items I should have? I think I'm rocking standard fair, drake sword, boar helm, knight armor, grass shield, pyro glove +1 and regular ol' fireball.

As far as rings, all I have is the vampire one and Havel's ring. Which is awesome.

 

[scy]

I read somewhere that after 30 humanity there's no reason to have more than that as your item finding rate doesn't improve.

is it the same for chaos weapons and chaos pyromancies?

Just to note, the Chaos Pyromanices don't scale with Humanity at all.

 

[Booshka]

Finally unlocked the gates to Blighttown

At this point in the game, is there/are there any unique/cool weapons or items I should have? I think I'm rocking standard fair, drake sword, boar helm, knight armor, grass shield, pyro glove +1 and regular ol' fireball.

As far as rings, all I have is the vampire one and Havel's ring. Which is awesome.

There is an Iaito at the start of Blighttown that is awesome as a Lightning Katana.

 

[Thagomizer]

Finally unlocked the gates to Blighttown

At this point in the game, is there/are there any unique/cool weapons or items I should have? I think I'm rocking standard fair, drake sword, boar helm, knight armor, grass shield, pyro glove +1 and regular ol' fireball.

As far as rings, all I have is the vampire one and Havel's ring. Which is awesome.

Go through the door where you fought Havel, and

Spoiler

kill that Hydra. Go back to your bonfire, then go back to where it was. Waaay in the back of the lake on the left is a special golem. Kill it to meet a secret NPC who will sell you some very useful spells (she relocates to the beach; make sure the golems are dead before you summon her) and give you a catalyst. You can also return to where you rescued her to get an armor set with by far the best legging you'll have by this point.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

Just to note, the Chaos Pyromanices don't scale with Humanity at all.

One says it does in the description.

"Chaos Storm" or whatever...it's the one you get for hitting rank 2 in the chaos covenant

 

[ixix]

I just discovered the most confusing bloodstain I have ever seen. In

Spoiler

the Painted World

right at the spawn point was a bloodstain. Upon touching it the phantom appeared, stood perfectly still for several seconds, then suddenly teleported through the bridge to his death.

As someone who enjoys working in the medium of bizarre bloodstains, I must tip my hat to this maestro of the form. I must also find out how they did it.

 

[johntown]

I read somewhere that after 30 humanity there's no reason to have more than that as your item finding rate doesn't improve.

is it the same for chaos weapons and chaos pyromancies?

I've been restricting myself at 30 humanity while holding onto around 50 of the sprites in my inventory and farming more when I drop below 40.

Is there reason to have a humanity score greater than 30?

Yeah the reason I said that was generally humanity is harder to come by the souls. He will be able to get the souls back quick in NG+ but the humanity will take a little longer.

 

[scy]

One says it does in the description.

"Chaos Storm" or whatever...it's the one you get for hitting rank 2 in the chaos covenant

And it doesn't scale. None of them do, despite what they say.

 

[Dresden]

Avelyn is a hoot to use. Lightning is probably the best option but I had red slabs lying around unused, so +10 fire it was!

Too bad that bolts are so expensive.

 

[Phat Michael]

4 kings are down. Just used iron flesh, 2 handed my weapon and threw a couple of crystal shields at him. now off to Dukes archive. 50 hours in and the end is in sight....

 

[John Harker]

Go through the door where you fought Havel, and

Spoiler

kill that Hydra. Go back to your bonfire, then go back to where it was. Waaay in the back of the lake on the left is a special golem. Kill it to meet a secret NPC who will sell you some very useful spells (she relocates to the beach; make sure the golems are dead before you summon her) and give you a catalyst. You can also return to where you rescued her to get an armor set with by far the best legging you'll have by this point.

Ohh that sounds like fun. Tricks to beat the hydra? I'm only SL 21. I tried that area briefly but two water blasts and i'm a goner...

 

[sixghost]

I got one on one run toward trying to kill the 4 Kings. I remember reading something about they only dropping if you haven't killed the 4 Kings thought.

I can confirm 100% that this is wrong. I went back to New Londo to find the Very Large Ember that I missed a while after killing the 4 Kings, and got a Slab off a Dark Wraith.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

And it doesn't scale. None of them do, despite what they say.

Brutal. : /

 

[sixghost]

Brutal. : /

Pyromancy is so powerful as it is, if the Chaos spells scaled it would be ridiculous.

 

[scy]

Ohh that sounds like fun. Tricks to beat the hydra? I'm only SL 21. I tried that area briefly but two water blasts and i'm a goner...

Get closer. Much closer. Once you're around the shoreline, it switches to lunging at you. Just block it and then chop off their heads. Do watch your step though; the shore goes out for a bit but the immediate area around the Hydra is a fatal fall.

Avelyn is a hoot to use. Lightning is probably the best option but I had red slabs lying around unused, so +10 fire it was!

Too bad that bolts are so expensive.

I suck so much at the drop to get that :/ Had to resort to being lame and save/quitting it.

 

[Dresden]

I suck so much at the drop to get that :/ Had to resort to being lame and save/quitting it.

Died like twice so I youtube'd it, and it turned out that all you had to do is just jog for the drop as soon as you turn the wheel without stopping, lol.

 

[Thagomizer]

Ohh that sounds like fun. Tricks to beat the hydra? I'm only SL 21. I tried that area briefly but two water blasts and i'm a goner...

Get as close to it as you can without falling off the underwater cliff. It'll stop doing the water cannon and try to bite you, but this is easily blocked and does very little damage even if it hits. Just wait for it to lunge, give a head a whack, repeat. Also, make sure you go after the same head each time; do enough damage to it and you'll cut it off.

 

[sleepykyo]

Brutal. : /

Pyromancy is still the only magic that doesn't require intelligence or faith. Hugs Iron Flesh.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Re the hydra: I'd also recommend bringing a bow and some arrows just for the last couple of heads. They can end up in some tricky positions to hit.

 

[johntown]

Pyromancy is still the only magic that doesn't require intelligence or faith. Hugs Iron Flesh.

That may be but because of that PVP can be hugely unbalanced by someone who only upgrades their Pyromancy but not their SL.

 

[scy]

Died like twice so I youtube'd it, and it turned out that all you had to do is just jog for the drop as soon as you turn the wheel without stopping, lol.

...

You've gotta be fucking kidding me.

 

[Speevy]

The hydras don't actually aim for you, they're more just moving targets you have to watch out for.

 

[Thagomizer]

Re the hydra: I'd also recommend bringing a bow and some arrows just for the last couple of heads. They can end up in some tricky positions to hit.

One one of my attempts, The last one was the head that comes in sideways and ends up just at the edge of the cliff. I blocked, ran up to do some stabbin', and walked right off the cliff to my death. Was not my proudest moment.

 

[Urban Scholar]

Antiquated skirt is so badass man. Yeah, you read that and I stand behind this statement.

 

[x3r0123]

Antiquated skirt is so badass man. Yeah, you read that and I stand behind this statement.

yeah if you max it, you get 99 curse resist
painted guardian's leggings are another thing though. Those gives 259 poison resistance when maxed

 

[Dresden]

Antiquated skirt is so badass man. Yeah, you read that and I stand behind this statement.

Yeah but it's a skirt.

 

[Urban Scholar]

Yeah but it's a skirt.

Have you seen those stats?!

 

[Thagomizer]

Antiquated skirt is so badass man. Yeah, you read that and I stand behind this statement.

I wonder if they intentionally set it up so that one of the best leg pieces look so ridiculous when paired with other armor.

My guy is rockin' Hard Leather Armor, Elite Knight's helm, leather gloves... and a white wedding dress.
Kinda ruins the whole image, really.

 

[scy]

Once I found the Antiquated Skirt and the stats on it, I've yet to not make a female character.

Even if I never actually see her face paired with the dress :/

 

[Speevy]

It would be cool if From would periodically update the game so that enemies randomly drop new weapons and armor.

Like "new" in the sense that they would create it for the game, free of charge and let players discover it.

 

[Dresden]

Have you seen those stats?!

It looks so dumb though, my characters can't wear it despite the godly stats. :lol

I just rock Logan's gear on my sorceror now, Sage Robe +5, Big Hat +5 (thank you based glitch), Logan's Catalyst. The skirt doesn't look too bad under the robe, actually, but I still prefer having Black Leather Boots instead.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

yeah if you max it, you get 99 curse resist
painted guardian's leggings are another thing though. Those gives 259 poison resistance when maxed

Where do you get the antiquated outfit from?

 

[Thagomizer]

Where do you get the antiquated outfit from?

See my spoilered post.