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Dark Souls |OT5| Definitely better than the sequel
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Along with the fact that he's a pain in the ass. I'm all for killing the guy
Is that the set of favour any good? I mean a part from being shiny and pretty?
YOU MONSTER!
Thursday War
Banned
Do you know of any other gold shiny evil person?
Red Liquorice
Member
The rest of his quest line and
two armour sets. Dingy set is a really good light set
Fallout-NL
Member
Oh fuck yeah, this bad boy just solo'd Ornstein and Smough.
Red Liquorice
Member
+ Lautrec will be alive again on NG+
- So will Capra
- So will Capra
The way I did it was to poison arrow each one and just let them die.
I killed him later too. Because I didn't want to have to deal with the side story and I didn't need the armor.
me too last night! woot!
uh, but it makes it dark and brings in a host of baddies. I wouldn't do it.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Man, this game is so brutal when you are melee only
I can't get past Ornstein and Smough, they always keep close and close the distance if I try separate them from one another
If I manage to separate them for a really small time, I always get screwed because they somehow join the fight super quick, and its a problem when you have to track 2 different enemies at the same time. If I try try to manavuer without being locked on one of them sometimes it works,but sometimes you just jump into one of them or lose control over the camera or something
I can't get past Ornstein and Smough, they always keep close and close the distance if I try separate them from one another
If I manage to separate them for a really small time, I always get screwed because they somehow join the fight super quick, and its a problem when you have to track 2 different enemies at the same time. If I try try to manavuer without being locked on one of them sometimes it works,but sometimes you just jump into one of them or lose control over the camera or something
hey after 20 tries you do what you gotta do. The game hates you, and those archers are just trolls anyway.
Man, this game is so brutal when you are melee only
I can't get past Ornstein and Smough, they always keep close and close the distance if I try separate them from one another
If I manage to separate them for a really small time, I always get screwed because they somehow join the fight super quick, and its a problem when you have to track 2 different enemies at the same time. If I try try to manavuer without being locked on one of them sometimes it works,but sometimes you just jump into one of them or lose control over the camera or something
see above. if O shoots a bolt, just sidestep. It doesn't move fast enough especially if it's in a straight line
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Fallout-NL
Member
Well done, high five
backatcha!
the internets are your friend...
Would it be a stupid idea to buy Dark Souls II without playing this first? Don't pile up on me all at once, just asking a curious question! My main concern is that I wouldn't be able to complete a playthrough of Dark Souls in time for March 11th.. I don't get too much time to marathon games nowadays with fulltime work.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Very little relation plot wise. Might prepare you for the play style though. Cheaper too. It's also very very good.
It's your call. Wouldn't say it was necessary.
Yeah, I wouldn't try to beat Dark Souls in time for Dark Souls 2. It's just not a game you want to rush through, and trying to do so would probably lead to a ton of frustration. You should have no problem jumping right into DS2. They still have a tutorial and everything, and the story should not require much in the way of prior knowledge. Obviously people who have played the previous souls games will have a leg up, but no matter which game you play first, you are in for a learning experience.
On the other hand, as Screaming Meat said, Dark Souls 1 is cheaper. You could pick up a copy of Dark Souls, and take your time with that, and then buy DS2 later on.
TheCthultist
Member
I've been trying to actively avoid press about the actual content of the game. Do we know for sure if this is a prequel or a sequel or is it still unknown?
Welp.. I managed to kill Smough, but the problem now is Ornstein.. I took the normal progress and didn't explore anywhere else before going into Anor Londo, so the best weapon I have right now is the Lightning Spear... I can't kill Ornstein first because I do 37 damage
If I kill Smough first, I get Super Ornstein which I can handle, but doing 37 damage means I have a bigger chance to make a mistake since it takes so damn long to kill him.
I'm not quite sure what to do, I don't want to summon someone and going all the way back to make a better weapon to handle Ornstein then back to Anor londo sounds awful lol
I got the Claymore, got it to +4 or 5, but the Giant blacksmith can't do anything past that? I think it does little less damage than the Lightning Spear to the Silver Knights. I don't remember exactly how much it did to Smough when I hit it with him when I tried it, but I think it did less than the LS since it has no fire/lightning/whatever modifier
I got the ember, but going past +5 is done at Andre, the Giant blacksmith can only do up to +5 (and some other modifiers, but I don't have any of these right now)
King Gilga
Member
I don't get it.
I thought it was a pretty fun fight. Pretty intense, but not unfair. But not a pushover like every other boss so far besides (New game, Only have DLC, Ash lake and Final boss left).
Only annoying thing was having to switch rings to walk across that lava everytime I died then switch back before the boss.
Anyways, I love how the armor in this game doesn't have any int/dex/str stats on it, I can just mix and match w/e I want to look cool as long as the weight is good.
So now that I have everything maxed though... Is there anything else to spend souls on besides leveling?
Nah, you need different blacksmiths for different upgrade paths
This upgrade chart is really good
It just came to my mind that there's a Crystal Halberd near the first bonfire where the 3 Knights are, I think that might be my best bet at beating Ornstein..
so is it normal to have this early equipment last a long time, or should I be finding other stuff?
I've basically been rolling with this starting scimitar at +5, though now that I think of it I wasn't doing that much damage on the
, though I'm not sure if that's because the game scales enemies up when you have people summoned.
I've been running basically with the boar head helm and chain armor with knight shield. just got to the bonfire in Blighttown
I've basically been rolling with this starting scimitar at +5, though now that I think of it I wasn't doing that much damage on the
gaping dragon
I've been running basically with the boar head helm and chain armor with knight shield. just got to the bonfire in Blighttown
Astral/H3X
Member
Everything has its use. If you're fine with early game stuff, then you're fine with early game stuff. Everything is balanced against everything else (more or less), so don't worry about it.
Andre needs to ascend it, but you can then level it anywhere after you ascend it.
Go back to Undead Burg for a bit maybe. You can take the gargoyles back to Sen's, and then the cage elevator down to Undead Burg.
The game doesn't scale, at all. Until you go to a NG+ situation, and then everything bumps up - but it doesn't change.
You can ride gargoyles? I just when past the titanite monster into dark root then I killed havel and i'm getting stone armor now.
Stone Armor is awesome.
Sounds like you haven't rung both bells yet. I won't spoil anything.
Red Liquorice
Member
It's set
after DS1
You should've found the Large Ember in the Depths which lets you ascend weapons to +10. I always make it a priority to upgrade as much as I can, as soon as I can.
Pretty sure he's talking about bosses changing depending if you have players summoned, which, according to the coop page on the wiki they do. Bosses get more HP if you have phantoms with you.
Yep I've rung both bells. I'm invading people in dark root and getting tons of souls, people with some weird mask and giants armor everywhere.
ahh. I'm surprised you haven't headed to Sen's yet.
and Giant's Armor is awesome.
Is that back at the blacksmith guy I found by the church?
SeventhSon
Member
Yes, Andre handles upgrades for the Normal and Divine paths.
I've been there it's got axes and snake people that shoot lightning.
I love my stone armor so good I'm wearing just the helmet and the torso though.
now if only I can find a decent way back there that doesn't involve 45 minutes of running
SeventhSon
Member
Are you at the first bonfire in Blighttown from the Depths entrance?
TheCthultist
Member
Where are you now? There's almost always a shortcut if you know where to look.