Otrebor Nightmarecoat
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Oracle Dragon said:
were you using a stamina ring or shield? You need one of those to keep it going forever
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were you using a stamina ring or shield? You need one of those to keep it going forever
QisTopTier
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did you run out of stamina? There is a reason why they use the stam shield or ringOracle Dragon said:
we.are.the.armada
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Hey guys at the top of Sen's Fortess there is a walkway to a small room with a table and three chairs - various messages are on the ground like "sorrow" and such however the room is empty for me. Am I missing something?
What's with all the Tomb of Giants hate? I really liked that area. I thought the near darkness was an interesting switch-up, and made for a very tense negotiation. I also loved how finding the
Crystal Cave is another that mystifies me. It's too short to be any real bother, and the
become obvious if you pay attention to the audio and visual clues. Plus it's quite beautiful.
Ash Lake is just gorgeous and feels so surreal, like reaching the end of the world.
I haven't explored Lost Izalith yet, I saw the first mob of enemies and ran back, so can't judge yet. But I haven't been disappointed by the end game at all so far.
skull lantern and holding it up illuminated the way. Wonderful! And seeing Demon Ruins and Ash Lake from there was really cool.
Crystal Cave is another that mystifies me. It's too short to be any real bother, and the
invisible walkways
Ash Lake is just gorgeous and feels so surreal, like reaching the end of the world.
I haven't explored Lost Izalith yet, I saw the first mob of enemies and ran back, so can't judge yet. But I haven't been disappointed by the end game at all so far.
Gravelord Sword is very good, and the Black Knight Greatsword is good as well. Lightning+5 on Iaito and Washing Pole is also a great weapon. I haven't messed around with the magic scaled swords though, my magic stats are very low. I guess if you had a fully maxed Chaos blade with 10 Humanity that would be great as well, but that is a lot of conditions to be met.Otrebor Nightmarecoat said:
My vote for best weapon in the game goes to the Black Knight Great Axe at +5 though. So much damage, and the R1 sweep attack takes very little stamina, is pretty quick and covers a wide area, fog ring doesn't even work against it.
To the sorcerers: what spells were you using around the earlyish game? I just freed Griggs, so now I have 2 soul arrows, heavy soul arrow and great soul arrow equipped. I have the option of great heavy soul arrow, a third soul arrow for a total of 90 charges (seems unnecessary right now), and some other stuff like magic shield and the fall damage one. Also, I expect I will probably consider some pyromancy once I find that trainer but I think I still have a boss between me and that.
Yep, the whole interconnected, cleverly woven world theory goes out the window for late game areas, it's just a disconnected area that leads to a dead end with a bonfire you warp from. I guess it was necessary to have some of the fantastical areas, but it gets boring trekking it back to the boss area for repeat attempts, and after you clear the area, you never want to go back, because you would have to go all the way through the level again.BeeDog said:
You'll be using regular soul arrows for a long time. If you've just unlocked Griggs, I'd grab the regular soul arrow, the great soul arrows, and the great heavy soul arrows. The great soul arrows will completely replace your regular soul arrows later on, and the great heavy soul arrows are your boss-killers.Aeana said:
The regular magic shield and such aren't that useful, I think. Never found them useful.
Augemitbutter
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anybody here using the Darksword?
is it worth it?
is it worth it?
IrishNinja
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1) is there a way to not make the archers in Anor Londo such dicks? i can sprint up to them, but not survive the fight, on the right or the left.
2) so...these blue and green and demon chunks are for the trophies for "best fire", "best magic" etc weapons, presumably. lots of the unique 40 or whatever weapons seem to take boss souls (hence the replays), and i know a lot are drops, but some others are forged right? what im wondering is what particular stones i should expect to farm for this plat.
2) so...these blue and green and demon chunks are for the trophies for "best fire", "best magic" etc weapons, presumably. lots of the unique 40 or whatever weapons seem to take boss souls (hence the replays), and i know a lot are drops, but some others are forged right? what im wondering is what particular stones i should expect to farm for this plat.
Thagomizer
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Yeah, starting to think this game just isn't for me. Just waaayyy too sadistic and punishing. I've had roughly 0 fun since I've started. You guys are awesome for stomaching it, but I think I'm bowing out now after the 20th time I've died to a skeleton or a mob of seven Hollow for sneezing the wrong way.
Skeletons are too strong for you early in the game, and you need to play slower and "pull" enemies one at a time. You can't take on multiple enemies in this game without a lot of practice and skill. You have to play it a lot slower and more methodical. If you are fighting more than one or two enemies at a time consistently, then you need to change your playstyle and try to lure enemies toward you.Thagomizer said:
DeadFalling
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So, do we have any clue on a patch release date? I'm waiting for the patch to start my second play through. As I did my first one completely offline (ran out of XBL Gold) and I figure I shouldn't soil myself with the shitty online experience that DS currently amounts to...
Grinchy
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If you are at the beginning of the game and you are running into a graveyard area with skeletons, don't go there anymore. If you are going upwards from Firelink, and those enemies are too tough, definitely take Booshka's advice. Don't fight groups. Block with your shield but keep an eye on your stamina bar. Notice that holding your shield up replenishes this bar slower. You can't just hold it up all the time.Thagomizer said:
Minamu said:
I don't know what you expected me to say, it's not really hard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=V6rFu7H-6Gg#t=157s
IrishNinja
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Kalnos said:
FUCK YES WHY DIDNT I THINK TO TRY THIS
thanks man!
Augemitbutter said:
it's just like any other single hand sword (longsword, bastard sword), but with unique R2 animation. other than that you can upgrade it like using normal titanite shards, then go with +15 or elementals.
i think it's ok, really depends on your playstyle really. i find that NG+ enemies have so much HP single handed swords does not seem to do enough damage.
Cloudius12
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I'm pretty much end game with just the final boss. I'm killing any NPC and looting their stuff. For now I grinding to get as much humanity as possible to carry it over to NG+ so I can work towards the trophies.
whalleywhat
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Use poison arrows on the Anor Londo archers if you're having trouble meleeing them.
toastyToast
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Copied from the community thread, I don't feel comfortable setting out with 5000 souls in tow.
Not to sure what I'm supposed to be doing right now. I just killed the Moonlight Butterfly and got some key.
Also I'm playing a pyro and so far I've been dumping a lot of points into my endurance (it's 17 now) any other stats I should keep an eye on? STR is at 16, DEX 12 VIT 15, everything else is at stock. Is it worth putting points into INT? From what I understand pyro skills don't scale with it.
Not to sure what I'm supposed to be doing right now. I just killed the Moonlight Butterfly and got some key.
Also I'm playing a pyro and so far I've been dumping a lot of points into my endurance (it's 17 now) any other stats I should keep an eye on? STR is at 16, DEX 12 VIT 15, everything else is at stock. Is it worth putting points into INT? From what I understand pyro skills don't scale with it.
Aeana said:
From the blacksmith, instead of taking the straight path to the farming spot bonfire, take a right when available (where the shining plant is) and you can go down a path. On the way you'll encounter a crystal lizard that you should kill before it escapes and also a Black Knight guarding an item.
At the bottom, before you head to the boss which will be on your left, head right and there will be a bonfire in a cave.
Cloudius12
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Not sure where you are in the game at the moment or what class you started with.Aeana said:
If you had the Master Key, you could take a shortcut near the before you fight the Taurus boss.
However if you don't have the Master Key, you have to take the long way, which is the forest area after meeting the blacksmith.
However if you don't have the Master Key, you have to take the long way, which is the forest area after meeting the blacksmith.
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