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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Almost beat kalameet on the first try. I'll come back later and finish him.
Gotta say all of the dlc bosses are incredibly satisfying. They all have high health pools and resistances too.
Just got enough strength for my man serpent great sword. Its a lot of fun. At +14 right now, will upgrade it after I beat kalameet.
S&O is one of this bosses where it won't seem like you are making progress but all of a sudden it will click and you will be able to beat it.
My advice is to use the lightning spear from sens and go after smough last. His attacks are easy to Dodge, once he commits go 2h and wreck him.
Gotta say all of the dlc bosses are incredibly satisfying. They all have high health pools and resistances too.
Just got enough strength for my man serpent great sword. Its a lot of fun. At +14 right now, will upgrade it after I beat kalameet.
S&O is one of this bosses where it won't seem like you are making progress but all of a sudden it will click and you will be able to beat it.
My advice is to use the lightning spear from sens and go after smough last. His attacks are easy to Dodge, once he commits go 2h and wreck him.
It doesn't matter how many times I play this damn game, I flinch every time in the Blight Town swamp whenever the fatass rock throwers attack me from off screen.
The DLC makes up for it and I would say
Gravelord Nito and Seath are both pretty neat. Even if Seath is a joke. Priscella is cool too.
Phonomezer
Banned
Working on a pure Pyromancer build, holy fuck dual pyro is so much fun 
ColossalLazy
Member
Bed of Chaos reminded of Earthworm Jim boss Bob the Goldfish, only easier.
Now I have all the Lord Souls and started the DLC content, cut the Sanctuary Guardia tail.
Now I have all the Lord Souls and started the DLC content, cut the Sanctuary Guardia tail
.That one is for the console versions that came out this year, while this one is for the PC version. The rules are such that this thread will move to Community in a month's time, just like the console release did.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Yeah, all of the DLC bosses are prime quality. The levels themselves are not the best really, but acceptable.
Do you mean the
Bellend Gargoyles?
second motherfucker that sneaks up from behind and roasts you. What a pussy.
Yeah, them. Dodging the attacks of one while the other breathes fire on you is a pain in the ass.
So apparently the retail version of Dark Souls IS registable on Steam according to this:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2901670
I believe it's useful information to add to the OP since (as far as I'm aware) it's fairly unknown.
Wish I had found out before buying the digital version, there was no news of this anywhere so I didn't even check for this possibility before getting the game, wouldn't mind so much if the Steam version had digital versions of all the extras, but that not being the case it really leaves me wishing I had picked up the retail version.
With that said I'm enjoying the game a lot, up to Sen's Fortress (though I went all the wait up to the second bonfire of the Tomb of Giants before a friend pointed out to me that
. At least now I get to
)
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2901670
I believe it's useful information to add to the OP since (as far as I'm aware) it's fairly unknown.
Wish I had found out before buying the digital version, there was no news of this anywhere so I didn't even check for this possibility before getting the game, wouldn't mind so much if the Steam version had digital versions of all the extras, but that not being the case it really leaves me wishing I had picked up the retail version.
With that said I'm enjoying the game a lot, up to Sen's Fortress (though I went all the wait up to the second bonfire of the Tomb of Giants before a friend pointed out to me that
the path is blocked for the moment
kindle the fire twice
No, I don't think the Silver Knight Sword will be better than what you have now. Balder Side Sword is very good at +15.
RockTurtle
Member
i still dont understand the balder sword popularity...
Because it's fast, has good range, great move set, and scales well with DEX.
RockTurtle
Member
but it belongs to balders. the almost fodder basic enemies of the game.
i understand why its popular from a mechanical perspective, not aesthetic. but oh well, as long as its not 400 claymores.
Balder Shield is one of the best-looking shields in the game. Plus they have the chest armor with that awesome cape.
Balder Knights are ballin', son.
Cutting off Kamaleet's tail was huge pain. Spent around 30 minutes just circling around him, hoping he lets his tail down so I could hit it. Actually trying to kill him took maybe 1/10th of the time.
Only have 3 more bosses to go, then I can fight the final boss now. I'm not sure what to spend my souls on. I stopped leveling at 60, which was a bit past around Anor Londo because I was already struggling to get summons then. Past Sif, it took way to long to get summoned so maybe I'm too low now? I still have a few weapons that I could spend souls on upgrading but I don't really need any of them.
Only have 3 more bosses to go, then I can fight the final boss now. I'm not sure what to spend my souls on. I stopped leveling at 60, which was a bit past around Anor Londo because I was already struggling to get summons then. Past Sif, it took way to long to get summoned so maybe I'm too low now? I still have a few weapons that I could spend souls on upgrading but I don't really need any of them.
TricksterLoki
Member
I felt really bad as well when
I was fighting Sif and he started limping. One of my favorite bosses though
I did the exact same thing. I stopped leveling at about 55, but finished off my endurance at 66.
I beat the DLC content at that level and didn't have too hard of a time, so you will be fine. I just leveled up to 75, purely pumping strength so I could wield the Man Serpent Great Sword.
Most finish the game around 60-70 so you are on track, you are just fighting bosses in a weird order (Anor Lando is a 45-50 area typically). As far as soul spending you can spend souls on armor, supplies, weapon upgrades, spells (if you play that way or just want achievements), or just random crap like arrows.
The past few days I haven't been able to summon anyone... fails every time. But I can be invaded thankfully :/
Grimm Fandango
Member
Beat Tomb of the Giants. This was my highlight:
I've used it with success in that fight before.
Fire I'm pretty sure.
If he's still flying around you should visit Gough, assuming you've beaten Artorias.
Also, anyone else wanna share their summoning success rate? I'm not kidding when I say I can't summon anyone lately. I'm wondering if it's a widespread problem.
Yeah this sort of thing would explain why co-op is so fucked.
I haven't tried summoning anyone but I've set my white soapstone down tons of times and have not been getting nearly the amount of summons I should be.
Pretty lol that you can still be invaded even when you can't summon any friendlies.
Switching to Quelaag's made a huge difference for me and was the only thing I needed to change to beat the fight.
Felix Lighter
Member
I reached Artorias tonight. I think I can get him but he is relentless. I've died 4 times and I manged to get him to 1/2 health on my last effort but I used 2 gold pine resins, which added to my +15 Iaito does decent damage but I don't have a ton to waste. I'd like to take him down without help.
Well good luck. Personally he is my favorite boss in the game. If you want any tips just ask.
Felix Lighter
Member
So far the trick seems to be stamina management. I'm wearing the Ring of Favor and Protection and the Cloranthy Ring, so there isn't a whole lot more I can do about that.
Defeated Manus. It wasn't until after the fight that I noticed that I still had my Covetous Serpent Ring equipped, so I beat him with a handicap!
...granted, the phantom that you can summon in that fight helps out a great deal as far as keeping him occupied for you get hits in, but still!
Now I can actually walk around Oolacile Township without being invaded every 10 seconds!
...granted, the phantom that you can summon in that fight helps out a great deal as far as keeping him occupied for you get hits in, but still!
Now I can actually walk around Oolacile Township without being invaded every 10 seconds!
+ Mask of the Child, and if you aren't using any other self-buffs, Green Blossom.
It all stacks.
Most of the difficulty of that boss fight is NG+ and above.
I guess. I'm just beating every boss i encounter in less than 30 seconds. It's rather surprising!
Sorcery builds actually handle the difficulty increase with each successive loop rather well. Since you get additional castings of the ultimate spells with every playthrough you actually more or less keep pace with them. By the time you're close to maxing out the difficulty you're slapping CSS into every single Attunement slot you've got and just straight up going totally apeshit on them with as many spell-boosting items as you can make room for. It's not elegant in the least, but a win's a win.
WAR recon zero
Banned
blighttown at 30 fps
lol awesome.Beat Tomb of the Giants. This was my highlight: