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Dark Souls |OT3| This thread moves faster than the Blighttown framerate
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John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
so, latest is the patch is coming to PS3 in NA end of November?
Any indication it could be this week? I finally have 46k souls for absolution after i dont know, wasting 10 hours. I can get it now and finally move on, or wait a couple days till it's a quarter of the price after the patch...
Any indication it could be this week? I finally have 46k souls for absolution after i dont know, wasting 10 hours. I can get it now and finally move on, or wait a couple days till it's a quarter of the price after the patch...
Augemitbutter
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we don't have info when the patch will hit, unfortunately.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
k, you're right, I need to move on with my life. Paying... so my soul may be mended.
I know this has been discussed like crazy but those archers in Londo are just ridiculous. I mean...h... how? What? Such silly bull crap. When I finally got pass them I was so determined to never do that part again that I went through the rest of the level determined to not die. And die I didnt. Fuck those fuckers...
anyways...
Still trying to decide what armor I should use. Ive been using hard leather all this time but Im looking at that silver knight armor and looking forward to Ornsteins. Decisions decisions. Hard leather gives me speed but I can only get hit like two or three times. Anyone have any luck with good light armor?
anyways...
Still trying to decide what armor I should use. Ive been using hard leather all this time but Im looking at that silver knight armor and looking forward to Ornsteins. Decisions decisions. Hard leather gives me speed but I can only get hit like two or three times. Anyone have any luck with good light armor?
Pre-patch a good light armor set would be Elite Knight Armor +10 Antiquated Skirt+5, Hard Leather Gauntlets+9, and then there are a few good helms to choose from, or you could just wear one of the masks to give yourself a good bonus to HP, Stamina, or Equip Load..GqueB. said:
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I'm getting really tired of running from the bonfire to Smough & Ornstein. I don't think i'd have a problem beating these guys if I kill Ornstein first, but I really want his armor. I've pretty much have avoided the hell out of them for the past two days and got every item I can get outside of moving the story along which was a ton of fun but now I'm stuck.
Also, I finally got the gold-hemmed set which is awesome right now but should I not bother upgrading it because of the patch? If so, which set will be good that is around that weight?
Also, I finally got the gold-hemmed set which is awesome right now but should I not bother upgrading it because of the patch? If so, which set will be good that is around that weight?
Bitmap Frogs
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The newbie emerges again for another exciting Tales of Interest!
I liked Sen's Fortress. It felt a bit dungeony which is something I was missing a bit. Again, I'm amazed at the level design and the coherence of the whole world. Very thought out. Ah, I grabbed the lightning spear - on paper it does more damage than my divine +4 katana but the moveset and range is way inferior. The boss was tricky, I tried to go all out way too much and died many times. But once I sat down, took note of the tells (specially the feet since you can't really see his hands up close) and took my time, he went down on two tries. The game really rewards thoughtful play.
After a short fly I hit Anor Londo and I've got to say I'm happy for the change mood. You can feel the sun there, a warm loving sun - instead of the bleak luminiscence that permeates the rest of the outdoor zones I visited so far. Let's see how it goes.
Ah, I got a question for Anor Londo - is there any way to get back to the first bonfire after you drop off to the church (other than dieing, of course). I'm asking because I'm sorta afraid of progressing to the fabled O&S and since I can't go online to seek for help, either I'm ready for the fight or it's gonna be a pain (yeah I know you can do the whole game naked with a lvl 1, but that's not what i can do).
Thank you!
I liked Sen's Fortress. It felt a bit dungeony which is something I was missing a bit. Again, I'm amazed at the level design and the coherence of the whole world. Very thought out. Ah, I grabbed the lightning spear - on paper it does more damage than my divine +4 katana but the moveset and range is way inferior. The boss was tricky, I tried to go all out way too much and died many times. But once I sat down, took note of the tells (specially the feet since you can't really see his hands up close) and took my time, he went down on two tries. The game really rewards thoughtful play.
After a short fly I hit Anor Londo and I've got to say I'm happy for the change mood. You can feel the sun there, a warm loving sun - instead of the bleak luminiscence that permeates the rest of the outdoor zones I visited so far. Let's see how it goes.
Ah, I got a question for Anor Londo - is there any way to get back to the first bonfire after you drop off to the church (other than dieing, of course). I'm asking because I'm sorta afraid of progressing to the fabled O&S and since I can't go online to seek for help, either I'm ready for the fight or it's gonna be a pain (yeah I know you can do the whole game naked with a lvl 1, but that's not what i can do).
Thank you!
Sullichin said:
I just explored Blighttown again in NG++. The area is pretty easy after you know the layout and have the right equipment. The graphics would be great with a decent framerate - looking down at the scenery from above is pretty impressive.
I don't get the drops in framerate either - it's like they just tried to have too much going on in the area (respawning mosquitos, huge draw distance, tons of enemies). Just get rid of the respawning mosquitos and cut the number of enemies down and the area would be kind of fun.
Jonsoncao
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Sullichin said:
While not locking onto the target, you move faster, and could backstab ppl more easily...Plus you could use a huge wpn with great swing range to do serious dmg on them, normally the fog ring users I met don't block, e.g. blackknight halberd, black knight greataxe, or try to predict their movement and use Iaito R2 attack.
Only exception is in dark Anor Londo though.
I finally beat Ornstein and Smough.. whew and I thought Capra Demon was nasty. I'll admit it I was close to giving up. I must have spent.. I don't know 2h trying to solo it. Finally got Solaire summoned and took them down at SL 49, I had low Vit/End only 14/11. Used all but 6 casts of Great Heavy Arrow. I yelled out a cheer of victory so loud my wife had to ask me if I was okay downstairs.
toastyToast
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God damn Capra Demon gauntlet. Lost the 11 humanity I collected doing coop on the gargoyles >:O
Once the dogs go down he's by far the dumbest boss in the game. My sunbro got into that goat ass with those Zeus bolts and threw up gang signs *praise the sun* from the staircase.
Once the dogs go down he's by far the dumbest boss in the game. My sunbro got into that goat ass with those Zeus bolts and threw up gang signs *praise the sun* from the staircase.
You're kidding me right?
All that and I get one 10 second pull-out of a big fire for an ending?? I mean what about all this stuff about reversing the curse of the undead and all that? I mean not even a passing mention about how linking the fires has affected the world? This makes the Demon's Souls ending look like a feature film. WTF. I think I just lost any motivation to do NG+
toastyToast
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140.85 said:
You linked the fire brah.
Nothing changed; the cycle continues. You're the new Gwyn
Something I completely missed during my first run through -
Now I know why I dont have many of the miracles I need for the trophy. Should I take care of this situation now, ie. is it possible to prevent this? I'm on my down to the tombs now in NG+.
Reah comes out of the tombs to the parish, and then Petrus kills her?
Now I know why I dont have many of the miracles I need for the trophy. Should I take care of this situation now, ie. is it possible to prevent this? I'm on my down to the tombs now in NG+.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
The Elite Knight Armor is that good? I just got it, but I'm rocking Eastern Helmet, Eastern Armor, Shadow Guantlet, and Antiquated Skirt. It actually doens't look that bad put together. And seems my best stats so far. Elite didn't look that good?
Mortrialus
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.GqueB. said:
Really? Aw man I loved that armor set. It has this great "Everyman" feel to it, which embodies the Souls series gameplay.
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Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Yeah..basically not getting any summons to help since no one outside of Japan has the patch. But in other news Sen's is the best game dungeon EVER. Gonna spend a few more hours here just poking around before I go meet that bit knight guy.. slowest "day one!" player ever!
Draft said:
Pretty much, yeah. There's an NPC phantom in an out-of-the-way location in the Catacombs you can summon for him that can practically one-shot him. Even on NG++ one attack took off about 75% of Pinwheel's HP. You could drop into his chamber, put the controller down, and win.
12 Capras killed in the last 2 hours. Each encounter only takes 15 seconds/3 great combustions. 
It's funny seeing my summoners sprinting for the stairs trying usual strategy for the boss. It's always dead by the time he/she is halfway up.
It's funny seeing my summoners sprinting for the stairs trying usual strategy for the boss. It's always dead by the time he/she is halfway up.
Wait... you can summon Leeroy? 0.0ixix said:
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Yes. To find him
go through the Catacombs the long way, don't take the shortcut through Vamos' forge area. Near the end there's a dark area with constructed walls and floors where you find the Titanite Demon and the sarcophagus that takes you to Nito to join the Gravelord covenant. Stand just outside the entrance to this area and you'll see sort of a natural bridge structure that collapsed and doesn't cross the ravine. Stand near it in human form and look down, and with a bit of camera finagling you should see Leeroy's summoning sign. Drop down to the right of the half-bridge to land on a small plateau in the area with the wheel skeletons. It's pretty big, so you don't really need to worry about missing it and falling to your death. Once you're on it tag Leeroy's summoning sign and drop off the edge into the wheel skeleton area right next to the fog door leading to Pinwheel.
He turns what is already the easiest boss in the game into a hilarious joke. I actually felt sorry for Pinwheel after I saw what Leeroy did to him.
140.85 said:
If you decide to play a NG+, complete New Londo and beat the 4 kings immediately after you receive the lordvessel. You'll meet a new NPC that explains thing a bit better. Also, take some time to read the item descriptions, or just read IXIX's lore summaries. You'll have a much better grasp of what happened.
corrosivefrost
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ixix said:
Not quite -- I dropped down and went to rush him 2H in NG+ and he OHKO'ed me. :| I had to go back with Iron Flesh and feed him 3 Homing Crystal Soulmasses.
corrosivefrost said:
You got one-shotted by Pinwheel?
If that happened to me I think I'd retire the character out of shame.
On NG++ I dropped in, Leeroy charged one of the illusions, cast Wrath of the Gods to wipe out the illusions and nearly kill Pinwheel, then charged the now-alone Pinwheel and finished him with one swing of Grant. It was over in 15 seconds, tops.
That boss is weird. It feels like that whole area(as proven by the Patches event that occurs if you go there early and the difficulty of Pinwheel) was sort of designed to be done sort of early. At least before you have the lordvessel. The problem with doing the area that early is it's probably a fucking pain to get back out without teleporting(I guess you could use Homeward or a Homeward Bone, but people won't always have one of those on them).ixix said:
Further proof of this is the fact that you basically fight Pinwheels as a regular enemy later on in the TotG, which would be sort of like running into Capra and Taurus in Demon's Ruins if you did Catacombs before going through Sen's.
I think Great Hollow and Ash Lake has the same problem. I went there early to create a SL120 character before the patch, and it took a good 40 minutes to get to the Dragon Statue and back.
Both of those areas probably could have been made better for early exploration if there were a few more shortcuts you could unlock back to Darkroot or something.
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