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Dark Souls |OT3| This thread moves faster than the Blighttown framerate
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truly101 said:
Stuff in your inventory does nothing to your movement, for the record.
As for the Basin, it's for
the Hydra, finding Dusk (Sorcery Vendor), Havel, a Black Knight, a Crystal Lizard, and a backdoor entrance to where Sif and the Forest Covenant is so you can save yourself 20,000 souls. Well, there's also the blue crystal guys that drop Blue Titanite, if I recall. Oh and leads to the Valley of the Drakes and the backdoor shortcut to Blighttown if you didn't get the Master Key as your Gift.
demosthenes
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DigitalDevil said:
Going up the water wheel leads to 2 things. 1) Valley of the Drakes (up and to the left), 2) Fire Keeper Soul (up to the right). When you're in valley, cross the bridge and there is a door there, you have to unlock it from Firelink I believe.
edit: UGGGGH, I have to leave Blighttown the way I came in :| :|
demosthenes said:
I don't think you need to unlock it from the Firelink side, though it's been awhile that I haven't just went with the Master Key and went through it from the Firelink side :/
Can't you just go up and out through the Valley of the Drakes to Darkroot? Probably less frustrating than the Blighttown -> Depths way.
demosthenes
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Darkroot...what where?
is there a video? It doesn't seems so easy.corrosivefrost said:the best advice for easy is to make sure you have no souls/humanity to lose -- kill the first orb as you see fit, kill the second orb with a bow so you don't have to deal with getting knocked into the holes and if you die after that, you can basically take a straight run for the root in the center after landing from the initial slide down.
Not sure if that helps, but from my experience, it was what I took away from it.
demosthenes
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Brannon said:
You talking about Ash Lake?
demosthenes said:
Facing out from the Blighttown entrance, head right to the Dragon and run past him, you'll need to kill the Drake up ahead (or bait it into jumping off and killing itself). At the area with the bridge on your left, go to the right to an Elevator you can take up to Darkroot Basin's bonfire. Go up from there to Darkroot Forest then to the Parish. Alternatively, you can go through Havel's Tower in the Basin.
Phat Michael
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about to head to the catacombs = i have a divine longsword +5...i heard i need a spell which casts light or something? what is this called and where can i pick it up from?
demosthenes
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scy said:
Wow, never saw that before -_-;
demosthenes
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Phat Michael said:
"Cast Light"
Kill the Hydra in Darkroot.
Kill the golden golem behind it (follow left side)
Talk to the NPC there
Summon the NPC on the shore where you killed the Hydra, by items + spells.
Phat Michael said:
You don't need it for the Catacombs but for the Tomb. If you're not an INT build, you probably won't get much use out of the Light spell. It's from Dusk, the NPC you can save in Darkroot Basin that is
imprisoned in the Gold Crystal Golem behind the Hydra; after saving her, you summon her from her soul sign at the shorline. While you're here, buy what you need from her and then return to where the Golem was to loot a body with her equipment on it. The Antiquated Skirt is the best Defense-to-Weight ratio Legs in the game
demosthenes said:
I haven't tried to fight the hydra yet, just ran to get the knight armor (kinda pointless if you have the elite knight armor) Anyway, whats the best way to kill it?
Also from most of the posts I've read, fire magic seems crucial to beating the game. I don't have any magic yet and haven't put any points on magic oriented skills. I've got 21 Dex, 19 strength, 17 vitality, 14 endurance. I modeled this character from my Demon Souls character but thats proving to be unwise (for one the halbeard sucks in this game). What should I concentrate on now? I can farm some crystal dudes for easy souls.
DigitalDevil
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scy said:
oh, I unlocked that door that lead to the Valley of the Drakes from Firelink.... am I good then?
Nostalgic Nightmare
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demosthenes said:
Sorry,
Warrior, using the drake sword and grass shield atm.
I'd have to farm for weeks to get enough souls to upgrade a longsword high enough to match the DS or so it seems.
demosthenes
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DigitalDevil said:
Yea.
Truly, for Hydra make sure you have a shield that absorbs 100% physical. Get close to Hydra so it doesn't do the water stuff, watch the shore though, about 15 feet the shore drops off and you can die. Hydra will lunge w/ its head, keep your shield up and you should take no damage. Then whack @ heads.
truly101 said:
When you hear it
rearing back to shoot at you, turn sharply to avoid getting hit (and keep your shield up, obviously). Repeat until you get to the shoreline. Once there, the Hydra will just lunge at you pointlessly and you can just hack off the heads systematically. Do be careful, though, as you can fall into the water and die so watch your footing directly around the Hydra.
What build are you going for? Well, regardless of that, Endurance should be higher and the Halberd is like my favorite Polearm besides the Great Scythe so not sure what to say there.
As for spells, Pyromancy is stat independent (barring Attunement for slots) so you can always use it to maximum effectiveness as long as you keep upgrading the Flame.
demosthenes
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Nostalgic Nightmare said:
You can lure the lizards out and fight one at a time. Kill them, try to get to the lightning spear, it makes life so much easier @ that level.
DigitalDevil
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demosthenes said:
Awesome... yeah I'm using the hollow shield +5, it's got 100% physical.
Ken said:
Pyromancy spells generally have less range, but have splash AoE effects. They also don't scale with stats, so they're essentially built to be the perfect complement to a Str or Dex focused character.
Sorcery has much more range (essentially whatever distance it takes to lock onto a target), better single target dmg if you pump up Int, but not much AoE capabilities. Also has a lot more utility spells than Pyromancy, which just has Iron Flesh and Flash Sweat really. Chameleon is a lot of fun to use particularly when you get invaded.
But as said earlier, nothing stops a sorcerer from using pyromancy spells either. Since most pyromancy spells are closer range, you can easily setup your weapon slots as Shield/Catalyst in left hand, and Weapon/Pyro flame in right. Since you'll mostly be using your sorceries at range, there's no need to keep the catalyst in the right hand with your shield, except to use the Magic Shield buff.
Phat Michael
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scy said:
cheers man. my INT is 60 so i shouldnt have a problem with any spells. i saw that hydra in the dark root basin when i went there before the crest door to grind....i guess ill have to go back there again and get it.
God, I can't wait to get to play tonight. Been too long, what a week.
I think I'll start by trying to own New Londo, at the least get my parrying dagger, maybe try to get two jagged ghost blades depending on how I do against the ghosts.
Then I'll return to Demon Ruins (which I like, screw the haters).
I think I'll start by trying to own New Londo, at the least get my parrying dagger, maybe try to get two jagged ghost blades depending on how I do against the ghosts.
Then I'll return to Demon Ruins (which I like, screw the haters).
Phat Michael said:
In that case, her crown is also +Spell Damage (30%) that stacks with the Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring. Nice to have for casters but, personally, I find it (and the Skirt) to look a little odd on male characters. Not sure if relevant to you but worth mentioning just in case, lol.
Nostalgic Nightmare said:
Personally, I'd use a 100% Physical Shield (Hollow Soldier Shield when upgraded is pretty much one of the best shields that can still parry) over the Grass Crest; I hate taking block damage :/ Anyway, you can lure the Snake guards at Sen forward a bit to take them one at a time. Alternatively, avoid the trap until you get both their attention and then backpedal over the trap so it shoots them in the back. All three arrows on the same Snake guard kills it.
the_prime_mover
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Brannon said:
Ash Lake? It is a completely optional area and there are a number of sections in this game that you would likely not find without some direction or a lot of smacking walls. Perhaps some NPCs or items make mention of it. My NG+ will be a much more thorough and methodical approach to the lore.
Also - last boss was very hard until I equipped Iron Flesh and a crystal halberd (hitting for about 250 each time). Then it was over in about 40 seconds - decided to light the fire to save the good ending for NG+.
The_Darkest_Red
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Most of those haters forgot about the Demon Ruins once they made it to Lost Izalith.Hawkian said:
That area is much more hateable.demosthenes
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MoxManiac said:
correct, none
hydrophilic attack
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DigitalDevil said:
Yeah, I did exactly the same thing. I pulled the knight outside and killed the mage with arrows, hiding behind some pillars. I'm really glad I didn't have to go through
him powering up all those ghouls
hey_it's_that_dog said:
Ok, I'll consider that. But somehow getting that nice stuff without killing the monster first feels like cheating. Or maybe not cheating, but like I don't deserve it. For the same reason, I didn't get all that nice stuff at the graveyard until I managed to kill all the skeletons there. I can be silly like that, sometimes.
hydrophilic attack said:
He's not really indicative of the difficulty of enemies in the Darkroot Forest or Basin (he's a lot harder than nearly everything after him); sort of a mini-boss, I guess. Also, he's kind of unrelated to the entire area beyond him.
He's also not too bad short of his little hopping up and landing on you pole first thing (since it tends to go over the block or in the back). Unless you don't have the Stamina to block his combo, then he's stupid frustrating :/
DuendeSmoker
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scy said:
Hold on, you don't have to face any drakes. Taking the second entry/exit from blighttown, you get a key before the three dung ogres, thak key opens a path that goes straight to the entrance of new londo ruins, just below the firelink shrine. Getting out of blighttown through the second exit, you get in front of some planks forming a brigde, just cross it and open the door, you're on new londo ruins.
hydrophilic attack
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scy said:
Does he respawn? For me, the worst thing about him is that I do almost no damage to him. I do like ten to fifteen per hit both with arrows and up close with sword and shield. But I guess his attacks aren't so bad, except for that jump attack. As you say, it is rather hard to block.
Mortrialus
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TheExodu5 said:I'm level 50 right now and I'm kind of daunted by the task ahead of me. I want to kill Ornstein last so I can make his spear.
Always try to position Smough between yourself and Ornstein as a shield to protect you from Ornstein while you kill fatboy.
DigitalDevil
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I know this is going to sound retarded, but how are you guys sending messages? What, are you writing the names down then exciting to the xmb to send the message or is there some other way?Jeo said:
DigitalDevil
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Is this on the xmb, or in dark souls? I don't do a lot of online play.Jeo said:
Edit: thanks!
Yay, made it through Blighttown on my first try and beat Chaos Witch Quelaag without dying.
Quick question guys regarding the second bell.
I have freed
Quick question guys regarding the second bell.
I have freed
Lautrec and heard he's going to kill Anastacia of Astoria. My Estus Flask Lvl is +2 right now. Should i first lvl up my Estus Flask before ringing the bell? Haven't found another FireKeeper yet.
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