Thanks for the tips guys! I do manage to take a big chunk of her life. But then I die. I ain't giving up that easy though. Also I thought its a pretty neat design choice to have a spider spew lava instead of web.
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Thanks for the tips guys! I do manage to take a big chunk of her life. But then I die. I ain't giving up that easy though. Also I thought its a pretty neat design choice to have a spider spew lava instead of web.
Didn't find them troublesome either, but maybe I was just lucky. I went to the wheel skeleton area twice, the first time they ganged up below where I was so I just did the drop attack and killed three in one hit, then just beat the rest of them fairly easily, hitting them once or twice with my bow before getting serious with my Iaito+10. The second time I dropped from another place and just run past them into the white fog.
I am finding it hard to defeat those silver knight dudes after those archer guys outside in anor...
I can't parry..I tried watching videos and doing it for over an hour. Nope. I can't seem to backstab them..I think maybe once or twice I have.
They chew my HP and eat my endurance...=S
I can't parry..I tried watching videos and doing it for over an hour. Nope. I can't seem to backstab them..I think maybe once or twice I have.
They chew my HP and eat my endurance...=S
What shield are you using? The sword knights are super easy to parry, the spear ones less so.
Mr_Appleby
Member
haha you should've seen the look on my face the first time i tried whacking his head. 2h lightning iato, one hit, gone. me = :O
Hooligaani
Banned
Could someone kindly offer some advice on what to do now to make the game easier for me?
I am a lvl 38 pyromancer, though I am playing more like a melee character. Big thanks for advice
Vit 20
Att 12
End 16
Str 20
Dex 17
Res 14
Int 14
Fai 8
I have picked up loads of things but really unsure what to do with them. If anyone can help it would be appreciated. Queleeg is next on my hit list, i'm currently resting at the blighttown swamp bonfire, human and the boulder throwing trolls vanquished.
Titanite Shard x 2
Large titanite x 3
Titanite chunk x 3
Green titanite shard x 2
Twinkling titanite x 2
Demon titanite x 1
Dragon Scale x 1
Soul of the moonlight butterfly x 1
Shields.. Knight, Spider, Crystal, Eagle
Rings.. Tearstone, Evil eye, Favor and Protection (equipped)
Swords... Drake, Crystal, Zweihander+1, Falchion, Butcher knife, Great Axe, Dragon king axe, Morning star, Great club, Spear+2, Halberd+1, Short bow+2
I am a lvl 38 pyromancer, though I am playing more like a melee character. Big thanks for advice
Vit 20
Att 12
End 16
Str 20
Dex 17
Res 14
Int 14
Fai 8
I have picked up loads of things but really unsure what to do with them. If anyone can help it would be appreciated. Queleeg is next on my hit list, i'm currently resting at the blighttown swamp bonfire, human and the boulder throwing trolls vanquished.
Titanite Shard x 2
Large titanite x 3
Titanite chunk x 3
Green titanite shard x 2
Twinkling titanite x 2
Demon titanite x 1
Dragon Scale x 1
Soul of the moonlight butterfly x 1
Shields.. Knight, Spider, Crystal, Eagle
Rings.. Tearstone, Evil eye, Favor and Protection (equipped)
Swords... Drake, Crystal, Zweihander+1, Falchion, Butcher knife, Great Axe, Dragon king axe, Morning star, Great club, Spear+2, Halberd+1, Short bow+2
I just got a drop called Silver Knight Shield. Other than that I have access to some. Been using Spider.
I made my way to the boss in anor I think..giant hallway and two dudes? What and where is quickest way bonfire?
That's a very good shield - probably the best all-around medium shield in the game for defensive purposes.
I like Crest Shield better, magic attacks are more common than lighting.
Before entering the room with the giant armor dudes, there's a long hallway with two doors on the sides. One of them leads to one of those titanite demons (the headless dudes), the other to a room full of dragon heads on the walls. Go down the stairs in the dragon heads room to unlock a shortcut to the bonfire you found Solaire in.
Run around the bottom campfire as a human, you should get invaded by an NPC called Maneater Mildred. She's easy to kill and becomes available to summon for Quelaag after you kill her. She makes Quelaag hilariously easy.
Fire is probably the most common form of elemental attack in PvE, and Silver Knight blocks 75% of it along with having much higher stability. Crest is more of a situational shield, the magic version of the Dragon Crest Shield. Black Knight Shield is another strong one for its super fire resistance and high stability.
My personal favorite is the Grass Crest Shield for its stamina buff.
I believe the silver knight shield has the highest stability out of all medium shields when upgraded to +5 though, it's easily top 3
Shake Appeal
Member
This is what I've been using on my first playthrough (just got
the Lordvessel
If you beat Seath you can get tons of twinkling titanite from the clams near his area, and it's especially quick and easy since you have a bonfire right there. With 410 item discovery they'll drop almost every time. One of the best parts about all these shields is they upgrade to max using only twinkling titanite, so you don't have to waste a slab on them.
Crest is one I always keep around and fully-upgraded in case I'm up against annoying magic users.
Grass Crest is wonderful for its stamina buff and negligible weight, and it stacks with other stamina buffs. It blocks 95% physical instead of 100%, but that can be relatively trivial if your armor defenses are strong enough and you get good at rolling and/or parrying.
Crest is one I always keep around and fully-upgraded in case I'm up against annoying magic users.
Grass Crest is wonderful for its stamina buff and negligible weight, and it stacks with other stamina buffs. It blocks 95% physical instead of 100%, but that can be relatively trivial if your armor defenses are strong enough and you get good at rolling and/or parrying.
A little while ago I fought Quelaag and I had the worst host ever.
My life got low, then it got so low that I only had a tiny sliver of health left. My host did nothing. I followed him around, doing weird circles and movements, trying to tell him to notice my non-existent health and to use a fucking estus flask, but he just wouldn't do it. And the hilarious thing is, his health kept getting low too, and the fucker would just use a healing spell instead.
Anyways, I said fuck it and fought Quelaag for a while. Then the host got his dumb ass killed.
Getting killed by a boss hardly qualifies someone as a horrible host. That's just one of the risks you run in co-op. Besides, if the host was able to dodge all of Gaping Dragon's attacks he'd have no need for a phantom anyhow. Them's the breaks.
The really, seriously horrible hosts are the ones who summon you then go AFK. Or, in the console version, AFC I guess. I once had a very memorable co-op session in which the host spent long periods of time either idling or shopping in Anor Londo. During various periods of total inactivity from the host I and another phantom killed three invaders, only to finally witness the host kamikaze into a chain-parrying fourth invader and promptly get riposted and killed.
The safest thing for the poor blighter to do during an invasion was literally to just put the controller down and let somebody else handle it. The one time he actually tried to do something he got himself killed near instantaneously. The whole thing beggared belief and was one of the most surreal Dark Souls experiences I've ever had.
Tomb of Giants is kind of making me want to take a long break from this game :/ God damn
after the second bonfire that require me to kite them to a large area where I can circle strafe them without risking falling off, it takes way too long and then I accidentally aggro someone above and get mauled to death in seconds and I have to do it all over again Yeah I think I might return to this game in a week or so, I'm not having fun at all in this part...
dogs
Yeah I think I might return to this game in a week or so, I'm not having fun at all in this part...Level 50 isn't too high to get summoned for Anor Londo right? Nobody is summoning and this is basically the last place where people consistently ask for help. If I move on I'll never get 10 sunlight medals
I've spent about an hour both near the bonfire and boss.
Game either needs a sale to boost the community or a patch to improve summoning or increase the level range.
edit: I forgot the new areas, people like to ask for help there..
I've spent about an hour both near the bonfire and boss.
Game either needs a sale to boost the community or a patch to improve summoning or increase the level range.
edit: I forgot the new areas, people like to ask for help there..
I don't think it's an issue with community size so much as a network problem. A majority of the time that I manage to be summoned, the host continually attempts to summon a 2nd person and it fails on them 95% of the time, and after a certain point they just give up.
Between that and what others keep saying, it's safe to say that the reason for the dearth in summoning is that people are trying to summon and it keeps failing on them.
Between that and what others keep saying, it's safe to say that the reason for the dearth in summoning is that people are trying to summon and it keeps failing on them.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
You can run past all of them easily after the second bonfire.Tomb of Giants is kind of making me want to take a long break from this game :/ God damnafter the second bonfire that require me to kite them to a large area where I can circle strafe them without risking falling off, it takes way too long and then I accidentally aggro someone above and get mauled to death in seconds and I have to do it all over againdogs
I got summoned 4 or 5 times being 61 in Anor Londo so you should be alright.Level 50 isn't too high to get summoned for Anor Londo right? Nobody is summoning and this is basically the last place where people consistently ask for help. If I move on I'll never get 10 sunlight medals
I've spent about an hour both near the bonfire and boss.
Game either needs a sale to boost the community or a patch to improve summoning or increase the level range.
edit: I forgot the new areas, people like to ask for help there..
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Woohoo, beat the Gaping Dragon on my first go.
Level 50 isn't too high to get summoned for Anor Londo right? Nobody is summoning and this is basically the last place where people consistently ask for help. If I move on I'll never get 10 sunlight medals
You know you can farm a certain mob that drops sunlight medals.It drops pretty regular too.
Well I don't know what's beyond them so obviously I can't. I may try again though if I'm close to the boss.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
Please tell me you have the Sunlight Maggot/Skull Lantern/Light miracle thing?
Of course, I have two Skull Lanterns. I got past them pretty easily just now, rushed to the boss and got slaughtered.
Major tip for that boss:
Stay near the front when you get in, kill the three smaller skellies with a Divine weapon so they don't rez, and then don't venture too far in and you won't aggro the big skellies in the back.
By himself he's one of the easier bosses since he's super-slow and telegraphs everything.
You should
If you're stuck, you can summon someone or Solaire to help you out. I've been helping out with S&O all day
Maybe people just don't like my red clothes
Not up to there yet. Would rather have the better lightning spear for the Demon Ruins.
legacyzero
Banned
I fell as well.
Havnt picked it up again yet. That place creeps the hell out of me. Need the courage to pick it up again lol
If you are at the second bonfire you are actually really close to the boss.
Word of advice, there is a massive skeleton archer on the way. Be careful because he has a buddy with a huge sword hidden right next to him. Dude kicked me off the ledge as soon as I came around the corner.
Word of advice, there is a massive skeleton archer on the way. Be careful because he has a buddy with a huge sword hidden right next to him. Dude kicked me off the ledge as soon as I came around the corner.
Spent my first few hours learning the controls and sorting out how the game works, especially weapon switching and spells. Already had a good few deaths caused by rushing through things but I am slowly learning. Will now pick a character and start to go through the game more seriously.
Level 50 isn't too high to get summoned for Anor Londo right? Nobody is summoning and this is basically the last place where people consistently ask for help. If I move on I'll never get 10 sunlight medals
I've spent about an hour both near the bonfire and boss.
Game either needs a sale to boost the community or a patch to improve summoning or increase the level range.
edit: I forgot the new areas, people like to ask for help there..
4 kings is always active 50-120 on consoles at least.
Felix Lighter
Member
I wanted to be summoned a few more times before I finish my playthrough but I'm not having a lot of luck. I placed my sign right before Artorias's entrance at level 70. Too high?
Edit: I see people are talking about the poor summoning situation on this page. I'm more than a little annoyed at the complete neglect by From and Namco. It's not surprising but extremely irritating none-the-less.
Edit: I see people are talking about the poor summoning situation on this page. I'm more than a little annoyed at the complete neglect by From and Namco. It's not surprising but extremely irritating none-the-less.
Felix Lighter
Member
What level are you? I desperately want to be summoned.
Felix Lighter
Member
Yeah, earlier when I was at 45, I was summoned for S&O at a decent rate but I know from experience how horrible the summon success rate is on the other side.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
I know I'm probably going to catch hell for this but I'm really starting to wish there was a way to turn off invasions and just, you know, play the game like the single player game it is.
There's never been a single time where I've been invaded and been like, "Oh boy, just what I wanted! This game was getting boring anyway." Invasions are always an annoying inconvenience and I hate how in order to take advantage of a small but nearly essential part of being human I have to basically consent to participate in the game's brutal multiplayer.
There's never been a single time where I've been invaded and been like, "Oh boy, just what I wanted! This game was getting boring anyway." Invasions are always an annoying inconvenience and I hate how in order to take advantage of a small but nearly essential part of being human I have to basically consent to participate in the game's brutal multiplayer.
RockTurtle
Member
you can send all phantoms home with the black crystal.
Felix Lighter
Member
Typically if you have experience with a section, you can race through it in a minuscule fraction of the time it took you originally.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
It's my understanding you can only crystal away summoned spirits. Back when I was still figuring out Dark Souls I tried to use it to get rid of an invader (because the description of the item makes it sound like it was intended for just that) but nothing happened.
You can't send invaders of any type home with the crystal. It's only for sending summoned white phantoms back or porting yourself out of a host's game when you're a phantom.
Are they that rare of a drop? I've got like six of them while fighting my way through to the four kings