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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Darksouls killer of controllers.
Ha. My PC is linked up to my 52" HDTV in my living room, and I use a 360 controller. Lots of very expensive targets here.
But I wouldn't throw/break my controller anyway, as its fucking stupid to waste £25 worth of controller because of a game.
Bit more grown up than that.
bronzodiriace
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jaundicejuice
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Are there any shenanigans involved with backing up and re-using your save files with Dark Souls and GFWL? I found the custom dir in My Documents Dark Souls made, is it just as easy as copying and pasting that file?
Care to explain more? I don't really understand Italian.
wow that video. Fatty-run and roll and kind of bad spells to farm it aswell. But yeah it´s the best spot to farm but you can do it way faster than him if you can use miracles.
Red Liquorice
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lol, dat Dark Souls rage!
There are so many easy ways to solve this. If you can't handle the Depths, can't wait to hear your thoughts on Anor Londo archers etc.
heliconsoul
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If you're referring to the video it just looks like using Fire Tempest on those phalanx mobs. They're very weak to fire and there's a bunch of them stacked together = easy souls next to a bonfire.
Ah
I been waiting on my summon that I put down near gargoyles..safe to say I won't be summoned? its been over 10m....prob due to my SL being 38?
Red Liquorice
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That's a tad high for the Gargoyles yeah. Are you putting your summon sign in the area just outside the Parish where the path to the blacksmith is - that's the go to area for summons there.
Gargoyles would usually be level 10-20 I'd say. At SL38 you'd get more action for Queelag and Sen's Fortress.
I seen a couple of white ghosts...oh well.
bronzodiriace
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I used the havel set with the havel ring for the video.
Consider to do this "trick" with a light set.
I used the havel set with the havel ring for the video.
Consider to do this "trick" with a light set.
I use to do this all the time on PS3, but I was just using Great Chaos Fireball and Great Fireball to wipe them out. Chaos Tempest is a great tip though, will definitely use this technique to grow tons of soul levels before I tackle the DLC again in NG+++.
penitent? Huh? I guess that's a phrase, never heard that before.
edit: read it wrong.
Spider shield is very good for Blight town, as well as a good poison resistance gear.
Spider Shield is good for Blighttown. It has better resistance against poison and toxic.
Curse in Blighttown??
IoCaster
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I like this Anor Londo level. Other than the crazy archers shooting giant arrows at me and voracious chests everywhere. It's a really nice looking town. I found another blacksmith to tune my gear up for me, which was cool. Then I fought some giants, summoned Solaire, squared my shoulders and strutted through that foggy doorway...
...shit. Alright, this is going to be a lot tougher than I thought. *sigh*
Indiana Jones flick.
...shit. Alright, this is going to be a lot tougher than I thought. *sigh*
Indiana Jones flick.
You could backstab them easily in 1v1.
Backfoggen
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Don't forget to throw their dung pies back at them.
MrTeachwell
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Had a mini rage tonight (more like a 'aww man' exclamation) as I was exploring the catacombs I was having so much fun and excitement not knowing what was around the next corner. I was racing past skeletons looking for the priests, falling down holes and having some unexpected meetings
then I went a little too far and 'bumped' into the boss, someone had put a misleading message before the white mist.
But damn that was the most exciting battle I ever had. Winning it not knowing a single thing about it was awesome, but falling down a hole in the giant tomb place with my 30k souls and 3 humanity (more than I've had in a long time), and being blown off a ledge by a glowing head when going to recollect my soul was a lesson I hope I don't need to repeat again.
Man I love the sense of adventure and achievement in this game.
with dark knights and pinwheels... so that's what you guys were talking about earlier
But damn that was the most exciting battle I ever had. Winning it not knowing a single thing about it was awesome, but falling down a hole in the giant tomb place with my 30k souls and 3 humanity (more than I've had in a long time), and being blown off a ledge by a glowing head when going to recollect my soul was a lesson I hope I don't need to repeat again.
Man I love the sense of adventure and achievement in this game.
MrTeachwell
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I found approaching them till they start to wind up a swing then backtracking (no need for rolling) just out of range worked well for my build. They have a decent gap between attacks that allows you to walk back in smack them once or twice and strafe behind or back off again.
They were certainly my most hated enemy down there, even the toxic snipers and fire dogs didn't kill me as much as they did. They helped break in my claymore attack and retreat tactics.
Lost Fragment
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My old setup for farming this was: naked (if low end) except a symbol of avarice and with a +4 elemental great scythe.
The Anti-Monitor
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Phonomezer
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To the shop for a new controller.
Beat Four Kings in NG+..one of the best fights in the game!
Youtube'd for funs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqm6w6_i_UQ
It kinda makes me look like a cheap magic user (and I am), but I had died 5 times before and there was 26 humanity on the line..
Youtube'd for funs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqm6w6_i_UQ
It kinda makes me look like a cheap magic user (and I am), but I had died 5 times before and there was 26 humanity on the line..
Red Liquorice
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Iato is a nice one of a kind katana that you can't find anywhere else - the jump isn't too difficult. Eagle Shield has good stability/weight.
Make sure to have at least 3 or 4 purple blooming mosses on you too for the toxic, regular purple moss will not do - buy from undead female merchant, or farm in the forest from the trees.
Kyosukemox
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Just beat Artorias NG+++ SL100, only got hit once by his dirt-throw move.. Man, he should've been the last boss of Dark Souls
The Anti-Monitor
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I believe I was quite overleveled, but I never really had much trouble with Ornstein and Smough.
If you want to kill Ornstein first (he's the skinny guy), just keep backing up, letting him approach you and hit him a couple of times while Smough is still far away. It takes a bit, but it's relatively safe depending on how well you can deal with Ornstein. Using a crossbow is a very slow but very easy way to do this.
If you want to kill Smough first, I definitely recommend summoning Solaire. He'd tank Ornstein and you can kill Smough relatively easy.
Kyosukemox
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Kill Skinny first and Fatty second. I was using the Gravelord Sword +5 at the time, I'd roll to dodge to the side and sweep at their HP (took a couple of hits for each of them to go down 7-9hits). Fatty is slow and predictable jsut make sure to space yourself so that Skinny does his charge attack towards you which you will sidestep.
EDIT: I was SL30 when I beat them in NG and SL60 in NG+
Red Liquorice
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For O&S Keep your equipment load low so you can fast roll, or DWGR ninja flip - either way.
Whoever you kill last is the one who's armour and soul you get, so take that into consideration for the fight. I think they're weak to fire too.
Whoever you kill last is the one who's armour and soul you get, so take that into consideration for the fight. I think they're weak to fire too.
Honestly, I took the opposite approach and tanked it with my Havel armor and a Grass Crest Shield. Worked well.
If you are solo take solaire with you as summon. Let him take one guy and seperate them. Finish one guy in the second phase use the pillars and kite around them to heal and so on.
The crystal weapon from the mimic in anor londo does some good dmg on them.
Misterinenja
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Hmm, started this yesterday. Today when I log in the Load Game option is unavailable. I did log out safely and all, didn't turn the game off or anything like that. Anyone else had this problem?
Want my save back
That sounds shitty.
After Durantes fix GFWL is the only ugly pimple on this games otherwise beautiful face. I'm constantly worried about losing saves too.
Yeah, googled it and seems some people have had this issue with xbox version. Save file not being corrupted but completely disappeared. Seems like there was not a clear solution to this.
Trying to re-install the game now. I was only some hours in but still. Damn I was looking forward to continuing my save the whole day and now this. GasProblem
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Just got the game. Know pretty much nothing about it. Lend my 360 controller to someone but getting it back tomorow. Going to create a char and mess around with Durantes fix.
Excited to actually start playing though :3
Excited to actually start playing though :3
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
I see people post "fastest way to farm souls" stuff all the time that seems like a lot of grinding.
Honestly? The best way to get a shit-ton of souls is to hang around boss areas and help other players beat bosses. Back on the PS3 version I used to farm humanity at the baby skeleton area before Nito's boss chamber and throw down my soul sign.
Would have about 50 humanity and 500k souls from just thirty minutes of skeleton slaying.
Best bosses to do this for are Snorlax & Pikachu, Nito and maybe other Lord Soul carriers.
Honestly? The best way to get a shit-ton of souls is to hang around boss areas and help other players beat bosses. Back on the PS3 version I used to farm humanity at the baby skeleton area before Nito's boss chamber and throw down my soul sign.
Would have about 50 humanity and 500k souls from just thirty minutes of skeleton slaying.
Best bosses to do this for are Snorlax & Pikachu, Nito and maybe other Lord Soul carriers.
Ashler
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EnjoY. Try not to read about anything about the game, even when you're stuck. take a break instead. The adrenaline rush/satisfaction of figuring something out for yourself in this game is amazing.
Yep.
The only things actually worth farming for are chunks and slabs. Stuff like souls and humanity are much better gotten through co-op unless you're really that eager to glitch forest enemies and kill rats in the Depths.