I don't have a PS3 so I haven't played Demon's, regrettably
Some day I will. I must.
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I don't have a PS3 so I haven't played Demon's, regrettably
Some day I will. I must.
KittenMaster
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Yeah I have trouble with Taurus Demon as well. I was cooping today and over Skype I was told "meet me in front of the fog gate where I'll put a sign, I'm sure you can handle the taurus demon on your own."
I was fed crow.
I was fed crow.
Two words: Plunge attack.
Longer explanation:
climb the tower where the archers were, wait for Taurus Demon to follow you, drop on him attacking. Run to the other end, wait for him to catch up, avoid him, climb the tower again, drop on him... you get the idea.
KittenMaster
Member
Oh.
lol
If it makes you feel better, I had a much harder time with the Taurus Demons than the Capras in Demon Ruins.
IIRC, you can farm them from Darkwraith enemies in New Londo. It's a very rare drop, though, so be prepared to spend a lot of time killing those bastards. According to wikidot: "your Item Discovery should be at 410. Have 10 "loose" Humanity and equip Covetous Gold Serpent Ring or Symbol of Avarice."
Tarkus
Member
Thanks!
Orochinagis
Member
There are like several doing quests like one returning to the asylum, another doing siegmeyer quest and another one via trading pokemon card game with the crow nests.
And rare drop from the darkwraiths bros
Bro, the Darkwraiths have a really low drop rate of Slabs even with full item discovery. I mean low. Like, it could take hours just to get one drop. I really wouldn't suggest you waste your time hoping for a drop and just get the regular pick ups the post above mentioned.
Edit: the crystal lizards in the great hollow can drop them as well.
On my first playthrough as well. I'm getting by only on the bits and tips I get on Gaf, so I've been going pretty dark at the game as well. This is one hell of an experience so far.
Tarkus
Member
Very rare drop rate is the understatement of the year. I got one in about 1.5 hours of farming and I was lucky apparently.
Orochinagis
Member
you can increase your drop chanches by getting 10 humanity consumed
Tarkus
Member
That was at 410 item discovery
I still hate you Gywn Lord of Cinder lol I didn't do the thing where I save Soltaire, so I'm doing it solo, just running around the rocks... get him down to 1/3rd health and then he launches a bunch in a row and I cannot keep my endurance up :/ I'll get there, just had to rage quit after 3 losses. Takes forever to get to him :/
Good luck, m8. It's not that tough!
Tarkus
Member
Summon me I'm there now ps3, at the bonfire
Tarkus
Member
Two hand the weapon and take out the tail without locking on. Get 3 hits and run to opposite end of the area. It's fairly easy, you'll figure out the rest. Remember, with this guy, locking on is pointless.I'm on PC
I'm on PC
Attack its tail FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE
actually, it's just to get a weapon. But don't hit near the base of the tail, you have to hit it near the middle
If you're melee-based, use gold pine resin to add lightning to your weapon. If you're faith based, use lightning miracles.
EDIT: Also, yes, as SourShoes said: 2-hand your weapon. Don't lock-on. Run around. Its attacks are quite slow.
Tarkus
Member
His tail can do major damage when he turns. This is a good co op boss. I'm summoned every 10 mins tonight
Orochinagis
Member
Summon brolaire!
And be sure to kill the channeler before facing the boss
He is in one of the pillars before the fog gate
EDIT: Try to cut its tail, its gives you the most hilarious weapon for PVP
Skyr
Member
Wow i can't believe that people are having trouble to beat the Taurus demon.
I beat him yesterday on my second attempt,
just right after i did discover that you could climb the tower right next to the entrance
So it took me just about 4-5 jump attacks to defeat him.
Before that tho I needed like 50 attempts to defeat the guy with the giant sword in the basement of the tower.
Took me forever to grind him with a speer. I don't know if I even was supposed to fight him yet but I just couldn't let off
Benzychenz
Member
I just can't seem to find any opportunities to attack once the second Bell Gargoyle shows up. How can I separate them?
Edit: Google tells me if I go human form I can summon some NPC's to help me, is that cheating? >_>
Edit: Google tells me if I go human form I can summon some NPC's to help me, is that cheating? >_>
joshbob1985
Member
I am just at Blighttown but spent quite a while in the Catacombs after the Gargoyles because I missed the turn for the blacksmith. So far I have put most level ups into endurance so I can use all the equipment I found, with some points in strength and dexterity. I have not bothered with the other stats but upgraded my pyromancy powers.
I have been using the Gargoyle Halberd since I got it and have upgraded to +5 and then to the Raw G.H.
So am I going horribly wrong anywhere? Should I have got a better weapon by now? Should I be leveling up into something other than a marathon runner? Also, I dont really get covenents. I joined the one in the woods to be a forest guardian but... meh. Do they matter much?
The Gargoyles gave me the most trouble so far. Use the item that puts lightning on your weapon and try to kill the first one before the second shows up. Otherwise the best opening is when one breaths fire, you may have to get a little burnt.
I have been using the Gargoyle Halberd since I got it and have upgraded to +5 and then to the Raw G.H.
So am I going horribly wrong anywhere? Should I have got a better weapon by now? Should I be leveling up into something other than a marathon runner? Also, I dont really get covenents. I joined the one in the woods to be a forest guardian but... meh. Do they matter much?
The Gargoyles gave me the most trouble so far. Use the item that puts lightning on your weapon and try to kill the first one before the second shows up. Otherwise the best opening is when one breaths fire, you may have to get a little burnt.
The Gargoyles are the first boss that a new player usually needs a summon, since there are two of them. Summon away, there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, it's really helpful to summon other people; It keeps the community healthy.
Gargoyle Halberd is an excellent weapon, but making it Raw lowers the stat-scaling of it. Unless you're using a weapon with just the bare minimum stats, it's never a good idea to turn it Raw. Luckily, you can return it to normal +5 at any Blacksmith.
joshbob1985
Member
Thanks. I was a bit unsure on how to upgrade when I got to +5. I had the option of a magic version, the Raw one and +6 (I think). Magic seemed bad as I have low INT and Raw did more damage than +6. Are there other upgrade paths that I will miss if I go for +6 now?
You can't miss them in a manner of speaking as you cam revert your weapons back to +5 if you want to make it to the others.
Upgrade wise there's: fire, chaos, divine, occult, lightning, and crystal. Think that's all of them.
joshbob1985
Member
Many thanks. I assume reverting back to +5 means you lose all the shards and souls you put in?
Have I missed any of the items required for the other upgrade paths? Im in Blight town at the moment.
I had on of the scariest gaming experiences ever in the depths. My curiosity to explore just led me deeper and deeper in the depths after I thought it was a good idea to jump down the
hidden hole behind the barrels in the kitchen instead of going to safe bonfire to spend my many souls (20K+) I'd collected after killing the capra demon. With little health, I was terrified of dying , luckily I had enough arrows to kill the giant rat at least, but then again for some reason I thought jumping down the holes in the sewer hallways would lead me to the exit, how wrong I was.
As soon as I came face to face with the basilisks my heart was pounding and I was dreading losing my souls. I had no idea what they were going to do, but they looked terrifying, so I just ran and ran away in any direction from them only to get trapped in the tiny dead end room where the evil eye ring is with 5 or so basilisk's now blocking the exit through the narrow hallway. Like a sitting tense duck waiting for my inevitable death, I eventually died but I was not cursed for some reason, even thought they were all right right next to me filling this small room completely with gas (I think luckily for me they have melee attacks too).
As soon as I came face to face with the basilisks my heart was pounding and I was dreading losing my souls. I had no idea what they were going to do, but they looked terrifying, so I just ran and ran away in any direction from them only to get trapped in the tiny dead end room where the evil eye ring is with 5 or so basilisk's now blocking the exit through the narrow hallway. Like a sitting tense duck waiting for my inevitable death, I eventually died but I was not cursed for some reason, even thought they were all right right next to me filling this small room completely with gas (I think luckily for me they have melee attacks too).
After arriving in anor londo yesterday, I decided to do some backtracking so I ventured through the tomb of giants, and that almost rivaled my scary time in the depths and in sen's fortress. This game is filled with incredible events like these.
I didn't mind blighttown surprisingly after reading people's thoughts on forums, it was uncomfortable but still enjoyable . The
poison darts were annoying at first, as was the poison swamp but I was fortunate enough to have enough moss clumps, arrows and the rusted iron ring to get me through without much hassle once I figured out how to make use of them.
Persona RS
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Blighttown isn't that bad (design wise). The first part can be a bit confusing, but the second part (the swamps) is straightforward.
By the way, if someone need help with Quelaag (PS3 version) just let me know.
Yes, if you revert, you loose the materials and souls.
In Blighttown, (swamps) you can farm Green Titanite Shards. It's a drop from Giant Leeches. The Green Titanite Shards can be used to upgrade fire, magic and divine weapons to +5.
By the way, if someone need help with Quelaag (PS3 version) just let me know.
Yes, if you revert, you loose the materials and souls.
In Blighttown, (swamps) you can farm Green Titanite Shards. It's a drop from Giant Leeches. The Green Titanite Shards can be used to upgrade fire, magic and divine weapons to +5.
Yeah I had 2 encounters with those basilisks and that was enough. Not only are they creepy looking, I heard so much before playing the game about how bad getting cursed was - just made the encounters that much more intense. First time I found their little area wasn't so bad, because it was during my original exploration of the Depths, at my very slow deliberate pace. Pretty much lured them into 1v1 battles. But second time I was in those narrow channels with flowing water up top, and I missed a jump over a hole - and was deposited in the middle of a swarm of them. Haha I freaked out but managed to survive and avoid the curse.
I stocked up on curse fixing items. As mentioned, Oswald at the bell tower sells them, as does the female merchant in the waterway to Firelink. Note, they are pricey from the merchant, but Oswald sells them at half the price. So may be worth back-tracking. I bought all of Oswald's supply, seems he has a limited quantity.
I'm still working on Blighttown. Only get to play a few hours a week, so it takes awhile. Poison darts were a pain, is that a respawning enemy? I killed one. Basically working my way outwards from the bonfire early in Blighttown. But kind of hung up trying to get to a couple pillage-able corpses that I can see, but haven't been able to get to yet. lol, I hate leaving things behind, don't want to miss any loot.
I stocked up on curse fixing items. As mentioned, Oswald at the bell tower sells them, as does the female merchant in the waterway to Firelink. Note, they are pricey from the merchant, but Oswald sells them at half the price. So may be worth back-tracking. I bought all of Oswald's supply, seems he has a limited quantity.
I'm still working on Blighttown. Only get to play a few hours a week, so it takes awhile. Poison darts were a pain, is that a respawning enemy? I killed one. Basically working my way outwards from the bonfire early in Blighttown. But kind of hung up trying to get to a couple pillage-able corpses that I can see, but haven't been able to get to yet. lol, I hate leaving things behind, don't want to miss any loot.
thankfully NO. Would've been hellish if they were respawning. A piece of advice
there's a shield in the depths with immunity to poison/toxic, if you haven't found it yet. It's really useful in Blighttown
Unrelated: I love Steam Sales. There's an influx of new Dark Souls players every sale and that warms my heart. I actually started playing Dark Souls due to last year's Summer Sale
Oh yeah, I found the that shield. I told you, I can't stand to leave loot behind lol. My normal shield is just a +5 Kite, but I've been keeping shields like the Spider or Crest readily available, when I'll benefit from their properties.
Orochinagis
Member
Different studios sadly.
gaming_noob
Member
Great Wolf Sif and the Stray Demon were surprisingly easy to beat. With Stray Demon I unequipped all armor so I could run faster and if you could keep getting behind him, swipe 2 shots at him and repeat he can be beat without losing any health....lol. I beat the boss from the Painting as well. New Londo Ruins seems cool so far but I ran out of time before having to go to work This is one of those games I wish never ended.
This is one of those games I wish never ended.Orochinagis
Member
You will enjoy PVP, it outshines the campaign
The campaign starts hard but the difficult doesn't really change I think if at all.
DS2 never reaches the highs of the first game, but it's still a very good game.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Roll away?
Also, 8K is nothing.
Also, 8K is nothing.
gaming_noob
Member
This is the method I used: http://youtu.be/lBfZGjlXmRU
Unequip all armor, run behind him, swipe at him twice, run back just a little bit to avoid the blast (damage range is tiny when you're behind him)...just repeat that.