Tarkus
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Enjoy Sen's Funhouse. Take your time to do some exploring there. It's painful but worth it.
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Dark Souls |OT5| Definitely better than the sequel
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il Diavolo
Banned
Saved Solaire but onion knight died fighting those tentacle monsters. I tried helping him but it all happened so fast 
Finally made it to the Blighttown swamp. I feel I cleaned out most of the upper platforms. Only died once when human error led me to fall to my death. Now I'm really stockpiling the shards. Should I bother with Great Hollow yet? I've cleared that end of the swamp. Have yet to go the other direction (from the bonfire) and deal with those guys with the big rocks. lol, I did check out the big elevator. Rode it all the way up, kept trying to move the camera around to figure which direction to get off, missed the exit, jumped, fell, died. Oops.
Tarkus
Member
If you want. Beware of fall, curse, and bitch slap.
Orochinagis
Member
Saved Solaire but onion knight died fighting those tentacle monsters. I tried helping him but it all happened so fast
No !!! titatine slab noooooo.
Red Liquorice
Member
The Great Hollow (and beyond) isn't worth fully exploring until after you've done Anor Londo. Unless you don't mind backtracking all the way back up. Loot it for stuff and homebone out though.
I realized that way too late on my NG+ playthrough, lol
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Did the Great Hollow and Ash Lake right before going to Blighttown boss. I think i only missed one item in the hollow where i didn't know how to get there. And Fuck (great hollow spoilers)
Gave up on new londo after i used up all of my 7 transient curses. I have a ghost sword to hurt them but that tiny thing doesn't has the range of my lovely Claymore +9. These damn ghosts are pervy gangbangers. Going to try it again after Anor Londo.
the Hydra and Basilisks. Ash Lake gave me Evangelion vibes though
Gave up on new londo after i used up all of my 7 transient curses. I have a ghost sword to hurt them but that tiny thing doesn't has the range of my lovely Claymore +9. These damn ghosts are pervy gangbangers. Going to try it again after Anor Londo.
Beeblebrox
Member
Help! I have no idea where to go now. I think I cleared everything that is to clear in Sen's Fortress (4 Titanite Demons and that Iron Golem + I freed Logan), I got to Anor Londo, killed those 6 big guards, killed that gargoyle downstairs, and I found that big-ass yellow fog door.
I was thinking that I should maybe go to the Tomb of Giants now (or even Demon Ruins), but it'd be great if someone could give me a hint what I need to do/where to go to unlock yellow fog door in Anor Londo.
(Ninja edit: just got Dark Souls 2 from the Steam Sale, looking forward to it! And man, that dude in the linked video is crazy! I'll never be that good :/)
(Edit no.2: I also checked New Londo Ruins, and I cleared what I found there (one fog door that leads to that house with the guy in the red robes on its roof), and I had no idea where to go next from there. Did I miss something obvious?)
I was thinking that I should maybe go to the Tomb of Giants now (or even Demon Ruins), but it'd be great if someone could give me a hint what I need to do/where to go to unlock yellow fog door in Anor Londo.
(Ninja edit: just got Dark Souls 2 from the Steam Sale, looking forward to it! And man, that dude in the linked video is crazy! I'll never be that good :/)
(Edit no.2: I also checked New Londo Ruins, and I cleared what I found there (one fog door that leads to that house with the guy in the red robes on its roof), and I had no idea where to go next from there. Did I miss something obvious?)
Orochinagis
Member
You have to plead audience to Gwynivere in Anor Londo but first you have to talk with Onstein and Smoug.
Hidden covenant and sword not worth it?
Tarkus
Member
The good stuff in New Londo comes after Anor Londo. If you like PvP, then choose wisely after Anor Londo. I love PvP and made a major mistake after Anor Londo.
Orange fog doors are restricted until you conquer your toughest fight yet. Same with New Londo's good stuff.
In Anor Londo, go back to the bridge where you fought the gargoyle. Notice the large building on your left if you are facing where the gargoyle would be. Look around for a way in that's unconventional.
It's a bugger to get out of, and the stuff there isn't mission critical before getting the Lordvessel. Maybe if you're just dying for some Dragon Scales, *maybe*.
Beeblebrox
Member
Thanks everyone, I'll go back to Anor Londo (every place that isn't that damn dark Tomb of Giants is a good place ), and look for a new path from that bridge.
), and look for a new path from that bridge.I think I'll skip Great Hollow for now. Fell enough in Blighttown, that I didn't like the look of it Hollow my brief glimpse. And not sure I want to worry about falling and curses at the same time lol. No immediate need for dragon scales either. I'll just start working my way past the wooden elevator in my next play session. Thanks all.
Orochinagis
Member
Oh well, thats sad, kinda killing the jolly exploration of that area.
Red Liquorice
Member
Worth exploring of course, but no need to go all the way to the end without the ability to
warp out
I'll go back later. I promise. I'm sure my playtime and level is pretty high for only being in Blighttown, so I should probably find the second bell and get the story moving!
Tarkus
Member
Get a great shield or a medium with high stability. Yeah, they're really funOh fuck, these Archers in Anor Londo are all Black Knights? oO
Well this part is going to be fun -_-
Edit: ok, silver knights. Still fucked up
I think they're a bit more dangerous than black knights because they are way more aggressive and can dead angle you really well. Have fun.Oh fuck, these Archers in Anor Londo are all Black Knights? oO
Well this part is going to be fun -_-
Edit: ok, silver knights. Still fucked up
try to roll through the arrows.
Get a great shield or a medium with high stability. Yeah, they're really fun
In normal enviroment, Black Knights are no problem anymore but on these tiny ledges? Shooting spears like they are Arrows?
Edit: Typical Souls moment ... just got past them ... make accidental backstep and fall to death ;_;
Tarkus
Member
I couldn't tell if they were. They have a little more HP than the silvers. The sword and the spear silvers are downright vicious sometimes.
Oh fuck, these Archers in Anor Londo are all Black Knights? oO
Well this part is going to be fun -_-
Edit: ok, silver knights. Still fucked up
Poison arrows.
Back in the days, they were a pain in the ass playing the game at launched on the X360. Now, playing again on the PC, I just poisoned them, wait for them to die and proceed onward.
Read that but i have like 9 arrows left and i yet have to find the giant merchant.
Made it to the bonfire. PRAISE THE SUN
. Like i thought, in normal combat these silver dudes have to kneel before my Claymore. Still like how they fight. Now i'm going back to exploring without help. Thanks guys
Tarkus
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Great! The real Dark Souls begins hereRead that but i have like 9 arrows left and i yet have to find the giant merchant.
Made it to the bonfire. PRAISE THE SUN
Say hello to great arrows.
Sword and spear are not that hard to kill they leave themselves open a lot of the time.
Read that but i have like 9 arrows left and i yet have to find the giant merchant.
Made it to the bonfire. PRAISE THE SUN
You buy poison arrows from the undead female merchant in the aqueduct of Undead Burg. You probably remember her selling mosses.
Tarkus
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The sliced me to shreds my first time going through. I only had 12 vitality. Still do if I miss the parry. Now I know their movements so well that I just two hand a weapon and run from bonfire to bonfire rolling behind and backstabbing all of them. That's my favorite farming circuit and co op area.
I know that but that is a litte far away from Londo atm
. Had around 300 normal arrows and 30 poison arrows but "lost" them all in this painting world.Well, i better kindle that bonfire ... ahh, forgott that you can get invaded in human form. Got another nice teleport backstab ;_;.
Can you do that with the black knights though? I mean if they are more aggressive then surely it should be harder theoretically speaking.
Tarkus
Member
Yeah it is a little easier due to their slow strong attacks. They don't have spears that cheap shot you with dead angles or whatever you call it when you're hit for full damage with your shield up while circling behind them.
Orochinagis
Member
More like they were chasing gwyn and burnt alive by their own loyalty.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Any reason to hold off on the Painted world?
You will be stuck there if you aggro the boss and are unable to defeat it. However, you can complete it without aggroing her in the first place. It's about the same difficulty as Anor Londo and there's some good loot. No real reason to hold off.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Tarkus
Member
It's a great place to be invaded if you save it for later. Seems to have high level hosts because most people probably save it
or don't kill Priscilla.
Same difficulty as Anor Londo? I found both the regular enemies and the boss(es) a lot easier in Painted World.
Yeah, I had no problems with the boss in Painter World either. It was one of the easiest in the whole game imo.
Attack the tail first then?
Hard when shes invisible. And then dispelling the invisibility without doing too much damage.
Tarkus
Member
I finally decided that I was ready for NG+ and faced Gwyn. He was tough. Probably the 2nd toughest for me behind O & S. After about 12 tries, I parried him twice and barely killed before almost dying myself with just an inkling of life left. I have no clue what that ending was about. I'll have to look that up to keep spoilers from flying on here.
So starting NG+, I'm going to stay human and I want to skip as many bosses as I can to leave open PvP areas (I'm not a darkwraith). If I'm thinking correctly, with the master key,
Unfortunately, I probably won't have enough time to join the Darkwraiths or start DS2 before grad school starts I have to finish Demon's as well.
So starting NG+, I'm going to stay human and I want to skip as many bosses as I can to leave open PvP areas (I'm not a darkwraith). If I'm thinking correctly, with the master key,
I can skip Taurus, Capra, Gaping, and Moonlight right?
I have to finish Demon's as well.Orochinagis
Member
A katana can do the task easy since it cut the tail pretty fast without doing massive damage.