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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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that rat is verrrrrrrrrrry weak and the fight with him is not forced upon you.
its very low quality due to canadian internet.
i just beat the depth [giant rat area] on part 7 though, i get there about an hour in.
http://www.twitch.tv/pandagaf
they look different
Haunted
Member
I went with the Greatsword of Artorias and mainly a STR/DEX build. Can expand INT and FTH as needed.
What are the best recommendations for a quicker melee weapon with a different moveset to get some variety into NG+? Enchanted Falchion?
From the spear class, only the Crystal Halberd made some halfway decent damage in my experience...
What are the best recommendations for a quicker melee weapon with a different moveset to get some variety into NG+? Enchanted Falchion?
From the spear class, only the Crystal Halberd made some halfway decent damage in my experience...
If you're not sure you can spot them, attack every chest. Every single one.
Felix Lighter
Member
There are subtle differences but the real lesson learned here is attack every chest from now on before opening.
tell you what. beat the depths and ill stream.
I'll try, but 300hp is pretty rough lol
Felix Lighter
Member
Oh, I see. That attack has a signature windup, you just have to spot it and roll back or get behind it.
For that particular one keep a pillar between you and him if he's facing you.
They're also really slow. Just try to stay behind him and swing away, and he can't do anything to you.
the curse halves your hp.300hp?
what level is that?
im only 10 vit and i have double that. -__-;
ohhhh. guess i got lucky then. i imagine it resets at bonfires though, right?
300hp?
what level is that?
im only 10 vit and i have double that. -__-;
curse halves your hp
No :s You need to spend 4000 souls at the hollow woman merchant in the Firelink aqueduct or find the NPC in New Londo Ruins.
In version 1.0 on consoles it could be stacked, you could go down to 1hp.
Just circle strafe from a good distance away. It usually does the other longer range attacks so it doesn't try to close the distance that much. The grab has a long start up, fairly short range and will leave it open for a long time when it misses.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
No, you have to cure the curse via item or the priest where the ghosts are.
You can tell if you have the curse because your health bar will be half empty when you're fully healed.
No, you need a specific item
I'm playing a melee pyromancer and my strategy was
to stay close to him and constantly strafing to the right, roll his attacks and then hit him once with my strong attack, since I hit him in the same spot every time (his left leg) he'll stumble and you can take a pretty decent chunk of his health bar. I repeat this until he's down.
they let you buy it in NG+ now
No, you can buy it from Domhnall of Zena after the depth.
Felix Lighter
Member
I just bought it yesterday in NG and it's only 5000 souls, I think.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
No. How very Demon's Souls (a game where you actually played the game with 50% of your health 90% of the time).
That's what I did. Then I killed the merchant's bodyguard for his ring (lol).Wow. New generation of souls players are jerks. You can get his sword in another area without having to kill him
I also killed one of the DLC guys for clothes, but the guy was a dick anyway so who cares.
In NG also, from Domnhall once he appears in Firelink.
yeah i still havent figured out the advantage of playing human. other than white phantoms i guess.
Terrible...ly AWESOME.
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But seriously, just take it slow, by the end you'll be able to run through it easily, also there's a shortcut you can unlock once you reach the top so you'll never have to do it again
Once you know it, you'll get through easily except for the last bit before getting to the top
Oh, there is a bonfire once you get to the top, you have to drop down off the roof to land on it though so look for messages telling you where
That might be it. Well, also being invaded by NPC phantoms with unique item drops.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
They dropped the ball on that one, yes.
edit: LOL, if you hate Sen's Fortress then just quit the game right now. It's easily one of the best parts of DkS.
Are there any specific weapon recommendations for NG+ & +++?
This is something that has been bothering me for some time. Usually almost any weapon with decent degree of upgrading and ascending will get the job done of the first game through, but once NewGame+'s start to ramp up your DPS starts to hit a brick wall and only handful of weapons can cut it?
Naturally Claymore +5 Lightning would be my go to weapon but in light of recent nerfs what other options are there?
Are there any specific weapon recommendation for magic/fast builds.....hell strength (not extreme kind Str50) would do just fine to?
This is something that has been bothering me for some time. Usually almost any weapon with decent degree of upgrading and ascending will get the job done of the first game through, but once NewGame+'s start to ramp up your DPS starts to hit a brick wall and only handful of weapons can cut it?
Naturally Claymore +5 Lightning would be my go to weapon but in light of recent nerfs what other options are there?
Are there any specific weapon recommendation for magic/fast builds.....hell strength (not extreme kind Str50) would do just fine to?
For invaders that place is heaven
What part is giving you the most trouble? I think the first part is the hardest, with the lizard on the narrow ledge and the caster up top later. For that, if you have a ranged weapon you can lure the bottom lizard to run into the axes and for the caster, just try to run past it. I haven't found a good way to deal with that one besides just using the trap to kill it once I get behind it.
Lizards in general are very easy to backstab with circle strafing.
Every inch of ground I gain per round feels like an incredible victory against long-odds, except that one time I got trapped in a boulder tunnel and couldn't retrieve my shit without being hit by a boulder, and then I got overconfident and wiped on the snakes at the beginning.
Hit the fucker with enough arrows and he'll plummet off the edge.
Just take your time on that one and
don't forget to lighten your load to <25% so you can run fast enough to avoid damage from the boulders. Equipping a high lightning resistance gear and shield is also a good idea.
Once you get the hang of the dungeon and enemies it really isn't too hard
Two poison arrows do the trick just fine. Fire from the very beginning of the bridge and watch your timing. The caster will never hit you there, as his projectiles are too slow and never make it past the swinging blades - unlike your arrows.
ColossalLazy
Member
Found this in the anime thread lol
I pretty much stay human most of the time since I've been going with clothes where I can actually see my character's face, and since I've been doing surprisingly well with invasions (guess I'm better with a dex build, or they're ill equipped to fend off a dex build) it can keep things a bit more interesting so long as I'm not trying to fight a boss and reclaim humanity/souls repeatedly. Also ground up a TON of humanity at the final part of the DLC area, so it's generally inconsequential to lose one every so often.