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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
- Thread starter indigo-cyclops
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Well... it is not my own fault when I explore the area and suddenly stand infront of a 4 ft. tall knight who jump-backstabs me after I flee like a coward
But yeah, I thought the dying would brake me, but I have no problem with it actually since I learned something. The only thing that bothers me is the repetition because of it.
Homeward miracle. Nevermind, I see you want to specify your warp point.
Phonomezer
Banned
If you're getting that stuck, you can always reverse to human form and summon someone to help you out. No shame in that (though you'll miss a big chunk of the challenge).
Ashler
Member
For comfort, we all know your pain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX3AY-ZNsmI
Also, best nickname tie-in to comment ever:
Toxic? what the fuck is toxic? OH GOD THE MOSS DOES NOTHING"Looks like I've cleared this room out"
Red Liquorice
Member
Patience is a virtue in DS. And repetition is part of the gameplay. It's like the first level of Mario - no matter how many times you've completed those games, you can still fall down a bottomless pit on 1-1 due to a mistimed jump. The Souls series was never about running through the game once and then letting it collect dust on the shelf.
Those enemy placements and attack patterns should be burned into your memory by the time you get to Gwyn, then you have NG+ or a new character to try your skills out on. There's way too much to do in this game for just one run through.
Those enemy placements and attack patterns should be burned into your memory by the time you get to Gwyn, then you have NG+ or a new character to try your skills out on. There's way too much to do in this game for just one run through.
Why? The archers? Just run past the first one and put up a shield and inch slowly towards the 2nd one.
partly the archers, and just the mobs are annoying in general, also i keep getting myself into crappy spots or falling edges
Ashler
Member
Its a great sword to start with as it deals massive amounts of damage when comparing to your initial enemies. Moving forward it gets less and less useful as it does not scale with your stats, unlike other weapons.
It breaks the start of the game, just upgrade the weapon you are using instead.
You will feel better if you beat the start levels without it.
Get the Drake Sword anyways for part of the "all rare weapons" achievement.
Palette Swap
Member
Just started the game on PC, I tried to see if I could get that Firekeeper Soul in New Londo right at the beginning of the game and it worked like a charm.
That's actually the secret to the game, it took me something like 60 hours to fully accept it: losing humanity and souls isn't very important, they can be regained very easily. Items, components, weapons, spells are way more important and you can't lose them.
lol
the souls sacrificed, the humanity lost. i will make this game pay for what it has done.
That's actually the secret to the game, it took me something like 60 hours to fully accept it: losing humanity and souls isn't very important, they can be regained very easily. Items, components, weapons, spells are way more important and you can't lose them.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
So where should I go after ringing the first bell? The guide I'm using suggests Lower Undead Burg but the Capra demon is there and I really don't want to face quite yet. What's the easiest place to explore next for a Souls noob?
What class are you?
It's one of the easiest bosses, you can
,
or
Fixed.
It's one of the easiest bosses, you can
summon the paladin to help you
try to make him fall
fight him from distance, his attacks can be easily paired with a shield and won't do much damage.
Fixed.
Tesseract
Banned
this is an awesome fix, can't recommend it enough.
Maybe look into getting the Drake Sword. That should kill off Capra Demon fairly fast. Otherwise, if you have the Master Key, you can unlock a shortcut to the area where the boss of the next bell is, allowing you to skip lower Undead Burg and the area+boss after that. That will probably be harder, for a beginner, than actually beating those bosses though.
I'm Melee class and my strat was just
run to his left when he took a swing, run behind him, wail on his ankles for 2 or 3 hits, back up to avoid the grab and repeat. After a certain point I did it naked for speed because my armour didn't seem to mitigate the damage anyway. I never actually tried blocking because of how much damage the attack did, I figured it wouldn't work, so I just when 2 handed. I also suck at parrying.
I tried summoning someone else to help but they didn't really get his attention consistently enough. I made him stumble which was invaluable though I'm not sure what triggers it beyond damage, but can you make him fall off the edge? That would have been satisfying for all the bullshit throws. Lost a lot of humanity/souls because of that.
I tried summoning someone else to help but they didn't really get his attention consistently enough. I made him stumble which was invaluable though I'm not sure what triggers it beyond damage, but can you make him fall off the edge? That would have been satisfying for all the bullshit throws. Lost a lot of humanity/souls because of that.
sad but probably true. :-(
Palette Swap
Member
Capra isn't that hard honestly. Most of the places you could go instead are probably more difficult. There's something like a 2 minute run from the nearest bonfire to it so retrying isn't an issue. I had a way tougher time with one of the following levels than with soloing it. It's mostly psychological, there's nothing patently hard about it.
You could try:
- the Darkroot Garden/Basin (which are located after the blacksmith in the parish)
- salvaging some items from New Londo/Valley of the Drakes, which you can access from the Firelink Shrine. New Londo has early on a Firekeeper soul and there's a couple of items in Valley of the Drakes (I don't find them particularly useful though)
- killing one NPC for a good accessory
if you rescued Lautrec in the Undead Parish, he'll be at Firelink, you could managed to kick him off a cliff and loot his ring that increases HP and equipment load. He's an asshole anyway and that ring helped me a lot at the beginning
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Hmmmm, interesting. I already have the Drake sword and Laurtec's ring so maybe I'll be ok. I'm SL 22. Should I level up a bit getting mt health and vitality higher? Also, I've leveled up the claymore to +5. I'm a Pyro and I plan on focusing on sword+shield with sorcery/pyromancy to get me out of trouble. How should I level up my claymore?
I've been streaming my first playthrough, so every now and then i get cryptic steam messages of 'good luck' and 'muwahahahaha'. it's making me paranoid.
stream now
you're playing now!
you could help me do The Depths.
Man up time!
Where is your stream?
I am at bonfire just in the depths...in human form....
I don't have that pole, everything is harder without it