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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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You don't need to beat the Capra demon to open it.
The Hermit
Member
Bwhahahaah! You guys weren't kidding when you said that pyromancer+drake sword= easy mode.
I beated Capra Demon on my first try, after dying like 10 times with my other character.
I beated Capra Demon on my first try, after dying like 10 times with my other character.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Killing him is the only way to get the key to the seal before
Yeah; you don't actually have to go that way, but you'd be skipping out on a lot of goodies, if not some hilarious heartache to go along with it.
fierrotlepou
Member
Seriously, fuck Ornstein & Smough. I finally had two humanities to burn so I could summon people. We killed Ornstein, and then at half of Smough's health the guy I summoned died + Solaire died. Then after some hit & run I died.
Twice.
Now I don't have any humanity left. Fuuuuuuuuuu
Twice.
Now I don't have any humanity left. Fuuuuuuuuuu
Really? Smough dying first makes the fight not too bad.
With 3 people it should be a cakewalk. Remember to pop your estus flasks to heal your phantoms.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Yeah I was thinking maybe a secret rock tunnel into the side of the Great Hallow or Ash Lake would be pretty neat.
AlphaDragoon
Member
Easy mode method of getting past the
Easy, and you take no damage.
Hellkite Dragon near Sunbro:
1. Walk to the stairs then go down them. Feel free to go kick the ladder shortcut at this time.
2. Go back up the stairs and immediately run to the little open space in between the top of the stairs and the right wall, hugging the edge. Dragon will shoot fire and kill everything except you, it whiffs you completely.
3. Wait there for roughly 30 seconds. Dragon will eventually jump down from the wall.
4. When he does, run past his feet all the way to the Sunbro altar. Wait for him to fly away.
1. Walk to the stairs then go down them. Feel free to go kick the ladder shortcut at this time.
2. Go back up the stairs and immediately run to the little open space in between the top of the stairs and the right wall, hugging the edge. Dragon will shoot fire and kill everything except you, it whiffs you completely.
3. Wait there for roughly 30 seconds. Dragon will eventually jump down from the wall.
4. When he does, run past his feet all the way to the Sunbro altar. Wait for him to fly away.
Easy, and you take no damage.
It's not that scary after knowing where the bridges are. Just do not even try to walk back after the red golem encounter, HBoning back and running to through the cave is safer and should even be faster than figuring out what crazy slopes they built there.
You can also trigger #3 by
hitting him in the torso/neck/head with an arrow. The arrow does actually need to do damage, so it's not possible without having the proper stats for your bow.
jim-jam bongs
Member
just finished catacombs, oddly enough. finally found a path from the secret bonfire to the room full of pinwheel skeletons which put me on a ledge above them so I could pick them off with greater soul arrows. after that I spent a little more time exploring sen's fortress and leveled a couple of times, but I was basically procrastinating because the archers in anor londo scare me too much.
still not having much luck with pvp. last night I played for about 2 hours and activated my blue eye orb every time I got an "invasion failed/cancelled" message and never managed to find a world off the guilty to join. in my case it's probably location, being a large english-speaking country on the doorstep of asia limits the pool of available players somewhat.
still not having much luck with pvp. last night I played for about 2 hours and activated my blue eye orb every time I got an "invasion failed/cancelled" message and never managed to find a world off the guilty to join. in my case it's probably location, being a large english-speaking country on the doorstep of asia limits the pool of available players somewhat.
Beerman462
Member
Not that you want to start over, but I went sorcery my last play through and all the bosses were pretty cake. I started as Pyro and used the Drake Sword early on while I dumped points into intelligence. Hell NG+ was easy except Artorias.
^^^_Homing crystalmass makes the archers easy. Cast it run up the ramp and stop right before the top. Dodge the last arrow from the right hand archer and sprint at him. If the spell doesn't kill him a final quick stab should. If the left hand archer gives you trouble kill him first.
EXACTLY the same thing happened to me, only I was summoning sunbro.
Yup...did that by mistake with my no upgrades SL1 character...never climbed out before and only had the skull lantern late...plus I aggroed patches...like dogs and black knight aren't enough! THere is no more character building an experience in the game though....do it with clean mind and spirit...very rewarding.
Unless your game bugs and he doesn't drop it like mine did
yep. mine alos...and this was before I started using game save manager....that experience prompted its use for sure. Its a conformed bug on the darksouls wiki as enough people have had it happen....doesn't happen to everyone though.
NOt saying your way is poor or anything...but I got more staisfaction out of killing him. When he lands...two hits of
WashingPole +15 with darkmoon balde
Backfoggen
Banned
Crystal Cave and Tomb of the Giants are both fuckin awesome. Can't believe those places get any hate. Reserve your hate for Lost Izalith
Blighttown is great too. If you play Dark Souls you gotta expect some asshole-y levels.
edgefusion
Member
I think I may be encountering crystal cave soon, it's not another totally dark area like Tomb of the Giants is it?
You're talking aesthetics. I'm talking mechanics.
HungOverOnATues
Member
Well, shit. Been trying to get into the darkwraith covenant early but the four kings are slaughtering me. Only SL16 right now... Might have to retire the idea of getting in on a low level for now. I'd like to try to take the time to learn how to fight them, but the trip to the boss room is a pain in the ass.
I'm talking both. Level design =/= aesthetics.
threetri333
Banned
What do you guys think of my SL 100 Arena Build? http://tinyurl.com/9m7shoe
SL 100 Bandit
Vit: 41
Att: 12
End: 40
Str: 16
Dex: 40
Res: -
Int: -
Fai: 14
R1: Silver Knight Spear
R2: Ascended Flame +5
L1: Grass Crest Shield
L2: Thorolund Talisman
Armor:
Mask of the Mother
Giant Armor
Cleric Gauntlets
Hollow Soldier Waistcloth
Rings:
Ring of Favor and Protection
Havel's Ring
Spells:
Great Combustion
Great Heal Excerpt
SL 100 Bandit
Vit: 41
Att: 12
End: 40
Str: 16
Dex: 40
Res: -
Int: -
Fai: 14
R1: Silver Knight Spear
R2: Ascended Flame +5
L1: Grass Crest Shield
L2: Thorolund Talisman
Armor:
Mask of the Mother
Giant Armor
Cleric Gauntlets
Hollow Soldier Waistcloth
Rings:
Ring of Favor and Protection
Havel's Ring
Spells:
Great Combustion
Great Heal Excerpt
Actually it does.
Level design was fine. The invisible walkways with only snow to show where it is or messages sucks dick.
InfiniDragon
Member
Huh? Super O-Stein is way more of an ass than Super Smough.
Smough is still vulnerable to everything he was before getting bigger including being staggered by big hits, ranged magic and (especially) bleeding. Ornstein on the other hand gains insane reach, resistance to stagger and most magic, and also has the annoying butt slam.
If it weren't for the fact that I love his gear, I'd never fight Ornstein last because Smough is free.
fierrotlepou
Member
Wow I should sleep, I'm not reading things right. Yeah Ornstein is such a bitch when you kill Smough.
Still haven't finished this boss fight.
Once you get a feel with them the only difficult one is the secret one since it curves. The main path is pretty straightforward and I run across them all the time. Seath is pretty easy too once you learn the trick to him.
I am on the final boss in NG+. Man I still suck at him.
I was lucky enough to get someone who knew what they were doing. Aggro'd Smough while me and Sunbro wailed on Ornstein, then we just spent 5 minutes nipping at Smough's heels.
Where should I leave some summon signs if I want to fight Ornstein and Smough again? Probably down on the rotatey tower huh
Near the bonfire or in front of the boss gate. Most people look for help for that fight/area so I always saw tons of souls signs at ~SL50.
AlphaDragoon
Member
Well yeah, if you can kill it just kill it. That was more for folks trying to run past and playing Russian Roulette with getting barbequed before they got to safety.
Can you leave Anor Londo before finishing it? If so, is there a shortcut from near the second fire to the beginning? I want to go back to the blacksmith but I would prefer not to have to do the archers again. The archers aren't too terrible but it is annoying when arrows go straight through walls and the dude won't switch to melee.
I can't figure out how damage works. I am looking at drake sword & longsword.
Drake Sword +0 200 damage. Longsword +0 80 damage STR C DEX C.
Drake sword +5 300 damage. Longsword +5 120 damage STR C DEX C.
And if you go to +15 on LS 200 Damage STR C DEX C...
What do I do? I do like the move set with LS. Light is side slash while heavy is a thrust.
Drake Sword +0 200 damage. Longsword +0 80 damage STR C DEX C.
Drake sword +5 300 damage. Longsword +5 120 damage STR C DEX C.
And if you go to +15 on LS 200 Damage STR C DEX C...
What do I do? I do like the move set with LS. Light is side slash while heavy is a thrust.
You can leave Anor Londo by talking to the gargoyle that dropped you off. You can open the gate in the main hall with the huge guards so you don't have to deal with the archers again when you come back. Maybe I'm reading your post wrong but it sounds like you want to go back to Andre? There is a blacksmith in Anor Londo if you haven't found him yet, explore the upper level of the main hall and you'll hear him hammering.
Cool, thanks for the info. Does the weapon ascension stuff work on all blacksmiths? Since I gave the embers I had to Andre I figured I had to go to him for all of that stuff.
Where the hell do I go in the DLC area?
It's so fucking confusing and I can't figure out where to go
Oh there's an elevator I have to connect.
It's way the fuck in the past (enough that darkroot basin where the river is in the main game, is now just a piddling stream) but the area is all changed up and places where there was flat places of land and bridges aren't there, but instead have huge holes in the ground.
It's so fucking confusing and I can't figure out where to go
Oh there's an elevator I have to connect.
For the +0 Longsword, 80 is the base damage. For every point of strength or dexterity you have, you get a certain amount of extra damage (indicated by the letter grade -- C is medium, S is best). That is why the Drake Sword gets outclassed eventually -- it has no scaling with stats whatsoever.