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Dark Souls |OT5| Definitely better than the sequel
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Screaming Meat
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;P
That'd be my first thought but I don't think there was an invader. There wasn't another co-op player either. Baffling.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Was I meant to say yes to them?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
No idea. Never met him there before. It doesn't matter, it would've been worse if you didn't make it across since you were hosting.
Red Liquorice
Member
If you say yes he will turn hostile (though not immediately? I forget). So even if you are, it's better to say no. When he flips the bridge on you, go speak to him afterwards and don't accept his apology for a free humanity (same in TotG where it's a twin humanity). You don't have to fall for his trap, just go on the bridge either run across or hop over to the ledge leading to the great scythe, as long as he actually turns the bridge, you get your apology prize.
"He will only be encountered in the Catacombs if you go there while Rhea is still at Firelink Shrine AND before you kill Pinwheel. After either of those occur, he will move on to the Tomb. However, it is not required to see him in the Catacombs for him to become a vendor."
So, I seem to have lost Solaire. Last time I saw him in regular form was near the Sunlight altar, and then I summoned him for the centipede. I didn't take the shortcut. I looked stuff up and apparently he's either supposed to be at the bonfire after the centipede, or he's supposed to be
insane and trying to kill you near the BoC.
Red Liquorice
Member
Where he is when he
goes koo-koo
At the opposite end of the long bridge with the Titanite Demon on it. Down the steps is the path/door back to the Demon Ruins where you will find poor, poor Solaire
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Where he is when he:goes koo-kooAt the opposite end of the long bridge with the Titanite Demon on it. Down the steps is the path/door back to the Demon Ruins where you will find poor, poor Solaire
You could argue that he got what he wanted: he became grossly incandescent after all...
i had a decent level, when i fought him for the first time and his double swing got me soo many times.. xD
boring to watch.
a normal NG playthrough with agression mod and perma gravelording what have been way more interesting.
where he needs to fight stuff for souls and materials.
Where he is when he:goes koo-kooAt the opposite end of the long bridge with the Titanite Demon on it. Down the steps is the path/door back to the Demon Ruins where you will find poor, poor Solaire
oh. apparently I never saw that? I ran directly to the BoC as fast as I could.
Oh, definitely. And his dash attack. At the time I had maybe 16 Vit (ended NG with 20 Vit, I think), and was wearing a +0 Wanderer Set. Sif was deadly.
On another note, Ill Saint recommended this Oro and Peeve NG+7, Aggression Mod, Perma-Gravelord playthrough a few days ago, and after watching the 6 episodes released so far, I have to say it's definitely one of the most entertaining LPs I've ever seen. Their trip through New Londo was beautiful.
bequietdrive
Member
First time player and first time streamer. Should be interesting... http://www.twitch.tv/bequietdrive
Typographenia
Member
That sucks! It's never good to have to drop money on a replacement television like that.
My Claymore brother!
Astral/H3X
Member
I feel more that it's the Firesage Demon who's similar to the Stray Demon. Stray makes sense as an Asylum Redux given you're going back to the Asylum, redux. Firesage though, annoys me. Especially since he's RIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER BOSS anyway. Like, what's the point?
Spring-Loaded
Member
Seath the Scaleless doesn't regenerate health in the proper boss fight, does he? I could've sworn that was happening
Thursday War
Banned
He does until you destroy his ice string pillar doo-dad.
Spring-Loaded
Member
That was the first thing I hit... I'll check again. hope it isn't a bug.
EDIT: It comes back each time you start the fight. I'm used to physical changes in the game world sticking around
Hey duders, so someone on the Dark Souls subreddit was asking for speculation on this mural in the Undead Parish.
Since it's really hard to actually tell what's going on in game, I decided to dig through the textures and rip the actual texture file out here
I ended up searching around and found the actual image itself is in the Dark Souls Design Works book! So I found a scan of it which you can see here
Then, with quite a bit of editing, I got it in the game!
Here's a comparison
With all that said, I published the mod on the Nexus so if anyone wants it, you can grab it here! Hope some of you end up liking it!
Since it's really hard to actually tell what's going on in game, I decided to dig through the textures and rip the actual texture file out here
I ended up searching around and found the actual image itself is in the Dark Souls Design Works book! So I found a scan of it which you can see here
Then, with quite a bit of editing, I got it in the game!
Here's a comparison
With all that said, I published the mod on the Nexus so if anyone wants it, you can grab it here! Hope some of you end up liking it!
Red Liquorice
Member
That's great Alo81. I can't tell if it's just a nice little texture or it's meant to be related to something in game?
Santuary Guardian animals? That's all I got :|
Santuary Guardian animals? That's all I got :|
Thursday War
Banned
yo sens fortress imma let you finish...
but dukes archives is the most annoying area of ALL TIME
but dukes archives is the most annoying area of ALL TIME
FutureZombie
Banned
I don't get this. I meet a cat in the forest, and join her covenant. She gives me a ring, so I put it on and am told I am being summoned to invade someone's world. So I go and attack them. I die, and now this knight is attacking me saying a betrayed them.
You tell me to invade a world, so I do, and then I get punished? WTF. How about explaining the goddamn game mechanics?
You tell me to invade a world, so I do, and then I get punished? WTF. How about explaining the goddamn game mechanics?
you join another covenant? or accidentally killed a forest covenant NPC?
you dun fucked up tho
super-famicom
Member
For anyone who isn't a STR/END build with heavy armor, yes, fuck that place.
FutureZombie
Banned
Maybe it was an NPC. He was running around like a human, so I assumed I was supposed to attack him. Is this going to haunt me forever?
I feel like an asshole because I died to Gaping Dragon, who is supposed to be like the easiest boss in this game haha. Oh well. By the way, when should I start looking to upgrade from the starter knight set? And assuming I finally kill Gaping Dragon will there be a quicker shortcut out of Depths than the way I came in?
It doesn't have to. Go to Oswald in the undead parish belltower and request absolution. This will make NPCs forget they ever hated you, which should allow you to rejoin the covenant. It won't bring back dead NPCs though of course.
There are a few sins you can commit that you cannot absolve though. But I'm pretty sure killing a forest hunter NPC isn't one of them.
Before you absolve your sin though, you may want to kill the rest of the forest hunter NPCs. At least one of them has some unique drops that you can't get otherwise, and if you want back in the covenant it's better to do it before you rejoin.
super-famicom
Member
If you want to continue with medium-heavy armor, the Elite Knight set is really good when you take the time to upgrade it. You can find it in Darkroot Garden, near the stone giants.
Astral/H3X
Member
And by really good, it's basically the best.
Except both those areas are fun and well designed. Nothing in either feels rushed or unfinished, unlike Izalith.
FutureZombie
Banned
Played for 5 hours today and essentially accomplished nothing. I found some loot, but I haven't beaten a boss in like 10 hours...
I knew the game would be too much for me. I only bought it because it was $5. I should hate it. But I keep playing.
I knew the game would be too much for me. I only bought it because it was $5. I should hate it. But I keep playing.
Thursday War
Banned
Took down the Bed of Chaos and Pinwheel tonight. I had heard that Pinwheel was easy, but that was even easier than I expected. I really liked the Catacombs though, really neat area.
Holy crap the Tomb is dark.
I didn't mind it the first time through, but tonight I went backwards through it to try to get back to the middle section with the hat dude. Turns out going through the initial route doesn't work so well
, and trying to backtrack when I didn't remember the way fucking sucked.
Holy crap the Tomb is dark.
I didn't mind it the first time through, but tonight I went backwards through it to try to get back to the middle section with the hat dude. Turns out going through the initial route doesn't work so well
after Seath is killed (since he can't kill/imprison you)
LOL. I'm at 80 hours. I still have three bosses left. But my guy is badass.
just did my first co-op being summoned. Killed O&S (S first) with two other guys. Fun times. 25K souls!
Someone said earlier sin is 2000 X your level, but my sin price was 35500 which is 500 times my level (71)
Spring-Loaded
Member
Are there anything other paths in crystal caves aside from the ones that lead to the boss and the one that leads to that blue titanite slab?
those invisible pathways are madenning and I'm out of stones
those invisible pathways are madenning and I'm out of stones
I don't think there are any others, but, as a side note I found shooting arrows at the path to be an excellent way to follow it (specifically the slab one). I tend to carry over 1k arrows with me at any given time, so I didn't mind wasting a few hundred to make it across that thing.
Why is the Elite Knight set basically the best? Does it just scale well when upgrading? I feel like I just end up picking armor with the most efficient weight:defense ratios I can find since I'm trying to stay under a 50% equipment load. Really sick of looking at this Crimson Skirt.
it's a straight path for the most part. Just watch where the snow lands, if you have some other items you don't care for, just throw them out as guidance
Inskipp
Member
It has a good mix of stats (for its weight that is) and scales well with upgrades. The chest piece and the helmet are definitely worth having a look at imo.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
It might be a glitch, this doesn't normally happen. On my first playthrough, I once quit and reloaded next to the forest NPCs that had appeared (Shiva and that ninja). There was a glitch that sometimes made the ninja spawn above a cliff, so he'd fall to his death and I'd get souls, then all the forest NPCs attacked me (like it's my fault he'd fall, lol). I got the ninja's loot at least, and pre-patch that particular loot was ridiculously OP so it was not a big loss. It was expensive to absolve at Oswald, though.
Fimbulvetr
Member
I beat Ornstein and Smough in my crazy challenge run, woohoo!
Like I said the last time I beat them, that fight is so achingly close to being truly great. The biggest element that holds it back is that you have to keep them on camera to see the tells for most of their attacks, since sound cues are few and far between. To compensate for this, I adjusted my control scheme, switching the commands for right hand normal attack and run/dodge. This was a revelation. I can actually have great situational awareness while moving at high speed now! The downside is that I absolutely have to wait for the PC version of DSII now, since I've acclimated myself to this altered control scheme. I'm still not perfectly in tune with it, old instincts still pop up sometimes, but this is a serious improvement. I encourage any PC players to give it a shot, unless they're masters of the claw grip or have some crazy mutant extra thumb.
Like I said the last time I beat them, that fight is so achingly close to being truly great. The biggest element that holds it back is that you have to keep them on camera to see the tells for most of their attacks, since sound cues are few and far between. To compensate for this, I adjusted my control scheme, switching the commands for right hand normal attack and run/dodge. This was a revelation. I can actually have great situational awareness while moving at high speed now! The downside is that I absolutely have to wait for the PC version of DSII now, since I've acclimated myself to this altered control scheme. I'm still not perfectly in tune with it, old instincts still pop up sometimes, but this is a serious improvement. I encourage any PC players to give it a shot, unless they're masters of the claw grip or have some crazy mutant extra thumb.
Astral/H3X
Member
If you're going for one cohesive look, the Elite Knight has pretty much the best balance -- really good defense with pretty good Poise at basically the right weight for mid rollers.
yeah there are a couple issues with 60 fps but worth the hassle. As mentioned, you can set DSFIX to toggle using spacebar, but I didnt bother. A.) dont slide down the ladder near sunbro altar rats, B.) really stretch your toes doing the Iato jump, both taking off and landing, and C.) for the asylum trip simply run and jump on to the pillar butress instread of rolling as normal, turn backward and press circle to backstep over the artifact on the butress (also works for tree in blighttown and root in Great Hollow as those are bad even without the dsfix at times.) No other known issues.... that I have encountered anyway.
You prolly want to get the ember there though...most of us who cant be bothered with clearing it out do like red Licorice suggested, just
kick down ladder shortcut and die once doing it if need be, kill ingward next time through using shortcut, speed run to back and use the key to seal to open floodgates, then speed run to ember.
Surely you could buy a few sacrifice rings from the Carim parishioner with your coin and just giver a go? You would not need to get the bloodstain if you wear them pre-emptively. Be nice to get the kiln open no? If you alreadybought them all there is the one ona ledge near the first octopus creature on the way to the BOC that has one.
Dat powdah is a poor man 's box until you get the coin for the big boxes dude!
Plus the repair powder animation beats taking the easy way out at the bonfire regardless. Its like the pre-drug taking ritual! Souls Powder in veins! Congrats on soloing man...but paranoid about hackers much?!?! I have played over 2500 hours of souls, mostly helping noobs online, and have seen 2-3 hackers....one of whom we kicked off a cliff in the garden and got 500k souls each! We simply ran away and entered boss door on the other, then re-dropped. Oh yeah one time I did get egghead disease from an invader, but I had to thank him as I had never went to Einygy before with an egg already on my head BEFORE meeting him the first time...he has new dialogue for that situation which in all my time I had not experienced before....what a blessing! Get dat online flowing in prep for DS2..... nothing bad is gonna happen to your characters that you cant easily fix or reverse!
everyone has a right to an opinion, but maybe two words of a reason so new players can decide? Plus, you are wrong
LOL - dat running R1, dat "swallow tail" style with fire bufff in dark areas, dat reach! Plus, FROM obviously like it as they bestowed the highest honor of a real and famous lore swordsman onto its namesake:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasaki_Kojirō
although he did meet his death at some point using the sword, the point is clear, souls games are not about maxing out stats and mashing x for victory...the style and grace of how one can overcome extreme odds, despite nerfings in base damage and DPS etc. is more important.
Cant wait to find out which new weapons will receive this honor in the next iteration and whether the moonlight sword will go up or down in powerfulness this round??!!!
cant recall, think its like a 13% chance or 1 in 6 to get the drop with 2 humanity and no ring, so you must be really unlucky.
If you are on PC problem solved...it only takes a few minutes to either use Dsfix for saves or download Gamesave manager for free. I have done the latter as it seems like a good program and have never missed a drop since. That;s all I use it for though.
Wise post .....bravo! Its a viable option in souls to embrace good looking, or functional in only a couple ways and/or worn out gear, embrace poor stats, and fearlessly tackle insurmountable odds....the higher the test, the higher the victory in the end.
....and dont forget, its also good to kill them over and over first for the souls you need to absolve!
This was how I started out in Demon's...but once you learn the controls and feel comfortable rolling and dodging you will get an "a-ha" moment and start making real progress. Although there are better areas to start out in than others, people beat this at SL1 and no virtually no upgrades and/or in just under 2hours so dont let the somewhat hyperbolic facade of "difficulty" fool you....when there is a will there is a way...I gave up on Capra demon for example my first play-through of Dark, then came back a few days later and melted his face with 2 chaos pyros and lightning speared his minion dogs from behind a stable shield...fuck that felt good!
so don't let the developers break your will. I can be summoned at any time to help this week as I am off with a concussion from work (lets hope the doc figures I need another week off next week!!!
:AdEPTErik - GFWL
adepterik2 - steam/PSN.
If you must go it alone, simply treat death as a learning experience and use it as a tool....for example suicide runs can enable you to get better and better items and equipment such that once it is all collected the game gets easier....just dont care about dying and souls ....there are always more souls later..... surely you have read about X million souls being carried around. Best way is to offer help. assuming you got by the Taurus demon, just grab the white soap stone from Solaire and help others with their plight...you will learn about the place and get souls for helping. If you die as a helper you lose nothing, and gain souls and experience. if Taurus is still alive....target him as your prime objective, learn from the asylum etc.
edit: holy crap that was long.....must be the time off...nothing else to do at home here resting with concussion sorry guys!
said screw it, time for some jolly co-op for a boss! So I ran with a good guy to Seath. Crystal Caves was actually much easier to get around than I thought.
We got to him and were kicking his ass, but then I got cursed and died - RIGHT AFTER we killed him. So the achieve pops, but I'm back at Duke's cursed. Popped a purge stone and had to run all the way back to get my souls and the bonfire. lol.
We got to him and were kicking his ass, but then I got cursed and died - RIGHT AFTER we killed him. So the achieve pops, but I'm back at Duke's cursed. Popped a purge stone and had to run all the way back to get my souls and the bonfire. lol.