Felix Lighter
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6 slabs or six chunks? Slabs are crazy rare. I farmed for several hours and lucky managed to get 2.
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6 slabs or six chunks? Slabs are crazy rare. I farmed for several hours and lucky managed to get 2.
Slabs, I used them to level up my armor and three main weapons
So you upgraded 3 pieces of armor to +10 and 3 weapons to either +15 or +5 lightning? Your game's rng must be really messed up if you managed to get 6 slabs that easily.
somesplace
Neo Member
nah, if you "killed gwynevere" you can get to gwyndolin sans ring.
somesplace
Neo Member
i felt the same way, but ended up caving and buying the PC version. no regrets, i had a lot of fun. and honestly i think it might be a little weird dusting off the game, booting it up, and running through the dlc.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Why would you bother farming slabs (or really... anything) in Dark Souls?
AcceptableGhost
Member
...For what? How many maxed out weapons/shields do you need? You can get like 2 of each slab and like 4 titanite slabs naturally in a playthrough now. All the materials needed before slab can be gotten (guaranteed) in like 5 minutes going through the hallway to the last boss too.
Backfoggen
Banned
Kalameets dark fire attack from the sky is the worst.
Armor take slabs, too!
Outside of the Darkwraith covenant, slab farming is the main reason to drain the water before getting the Lordvessel. People do so for early access to slabs and +15 upgrades.
Titanite slabs are exceedingly rare even if you include the new DLC drop (which they didn't add because of the slab's ubiquity). And people like to use a variety of different weapons and armor.
A full set of +10 armor takes 5 slabs
RustyNails
Member
So it took me over a dozen times to defeat Undead Burg boss (playing as wanderer). I just suck ass. Anyways finally as I was fighting him, I was dodging and rolling but alas I rolled a bit far and fell off the broken side of the bridge. As I was watching Sir Rusty fall from the bridge, the boss was also falling. lol. Right before I died, the screen said "You are victorious" or some shit. I came back to the bridge and retrieved my souls. I was laughing so hard at the poor boss.
AcceptableGhost
Member
I don't see why you would bother getting +15s early unless your trying to PVP troll at early levels. In the time it would take to get those slabs you could probably go through the whole rest of the game.
Ah okay, I have been using nothing but a light unupgradeable armor and wasn't planning on changing it.
Waaah? Cool.
edit:
damn, just outside the princess chamber there was a sign.
"Chest Ahead"
That's funny.
Don't get frustrated by the difficulty. After the next boss is when things started to click for me.
Gear is king. Maxing armor out or getting a weapon to +15, lightning +5, Chaos +5, etc, means you never have to concern yourself with it again in any playthrough with that character, and allows for a variety of low-level challenge runs. Maxing gear out is useful, and that often requires slabs, and slabs are highly rare, so farming slabs is useful.
Why this has to be explained to you is mystifying, but then again, you apparently weren't even aware that a variety of armor upgrades take slabs.
linko9
Member
Wow, you already murdered Solaire this early? Heartless. What are your stats?
sssstententen
Member
Yes.
I ususally go like this.
Starting weapon up until Red Drake, grab Drake Sword. Drake sword up until Gaping/Blighttown. At this point use a weapon you like and refine it to at least go over the 200 AR of the Drake sword, as some enemies in Blighttown have quite a large health pool. After that, keep buffing up your weapon until you get to sens. You can either stick with upgrading, or grab
the Lightning Spear from the Mimic
It's really all based on your play style too. Status weapons (Fire, Chaos, Lightning) don't scale with your levels (Str, Dex, Int, Faith), but do crazy amounts of damage early game and some bosses have weaknesses to certain elements. Sometimes if you're going for a hybrid like character elemental weapons are great until you're scaling really kicks in, but if you're shooting for a pure damage build with only 1 major stat, then its probably best to start upgrading your weapon of choice early.
That's pretty low for 4K, which is why you're probably having trouble finding people. Like others above have said, 4K is anywhere from 50 all the way to 120 (usually NG+).
zephervack
Member
Im having such a hard time killing the 2 titanite demons at the bottom of Sens fortress, Im trying so hard to not agro the one at the end of the hall but he always ends up mad and starts shooting lightning while im busy with the other 
Also can someone tell me what a small white glowing ring is? I saw one on the floor and had no idea , is it just a glitch?
Also can someone tell me what a small white glowing ring is? I saw one on the floor and had no idea , is it just a glitch?
Im having such a hard time killing the 2 titanite demons at the bottom of Sens fortress, Im trying so hard to not agro the one at the end of the hall but he always ends up mad and starts shooting lightning while im busy with the other
Also can someone tell me what a small white glowing ring is? I saw one on the floor and had no idea , is it just a glitch?
The ring is from another player casting Wrath of God, if you also cast it near there its stronger than normal.
Can't remember if it applies to other miracles too.
zephervack
Member
So I freed a wizard in sens, went to talk to him at firelink and he says i cant be thought magic
go_la_clips
Member
Started a new character and tried to play in human mode for once, but got invaded twice trying to make my way from the dragon bridge to the Undead Burg.
First guy had Smough's armor, killed me with a spear in 1 hit.
Second guy had the Gold Hemmed armor, 1 shot me with some magic missle spell.
Pretty fun when I'm level 12 and haven't even made it to the first smith dude.
First guy had Smough's armor, killed me with a spear in 1 hit.
Second guy had the Gold Hemmed armor, 1 shot me with some magic missle spell.
Pretty fun when I'm level 12 and haven't even made it to the first smith dude.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
So I freed a wizard in sens, went to talk to him at firelink and he says i cant be thought magic
Your INT may be too low.
Yeah and use the Oolacile Ivory Catalyst which will give you a decently high magic adjust without INT scaling.
If you're not going a faith route (Darkmoon Blade/Sunlight Blade) then yes. Crystal Magic Weapon is great too at 25 int.
Lingering Dragoncrest Ring also lengthens the effects.
Have any of you guys played too human? Dark souls actually reminded me of that game a lot. I actually enjoyed it if you can look past its faults. But if you are looking for a game that is similar then it would be a cheap alternative.
I personally haven't had a console for a few years or else I'd play that if I could. I gave away my Xbox BC I wasn't using it at all, my roommate does actually have a ps3 though...maybe I should pick up demon souls.
Too human has a similar difficulty to dark souls. Once you understand the mechanics of the game it does get easier as well. There is also jolly cooperation.
The structure of the game would probably be similar to demon souls where it is split up into seperate levels.
The loot and level system are probably closer to Diablo. And the gameplay would be similar to god of war.
I personally haven't had a console for a few years or else I'd play that if I could. I gave away my Xbox BC I wasn't using it at all, my roommate does actually have a ps3 though...maybe I should pick up demon souls.
Too human has a similar difficulty to dark souls. Once you understand the mechanics of the game it does get easier as well. There is also jolly cooperation.
The structure of the game would probably be similar to demon souls where it is split up into seperate levels.
The loot and level system are probably closer to Diablo. And the gameplay would be similar to god of war.
Another short video from Sen's - iron golem with firebomb giant still alive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gzaDI74v3g&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gzaDI74v3g&feature=youtu.be
the_prime_mover
Member
Im having such a hard time killing the 2 titanite demons at the bottom of Sens fortress, Im trying so hard to not agro the one at the end of the hall but he always ends up mad and starts shooting lightning while im busy with the other
Also can someone tell me what a small white glowing ring is? I saw one on the floor and had no idea , is it just a glitch?
The section in Sens where there are two Prowling Demons is not worth it really (if you mean the two off to the side). You can find enough demon titanite elsewhere to ensure you can upgrade a weapon or two. It seems that the two in that room have higher defence and attack than any other Prowling Demons in the game and it is easy to end up facing both of them at the same time - never mind the god awful clipping that allows them to hit you through walls with ease. Probably best just to move on as the rewards are just not worth it.
RustyNails
Member
Just started Undead Parish...scared to go and face the undead army ahead (zombie boar), and scared of the black knight on top of tower :s
i need helps
i need helps
Back stab him a few times. Make him your bitch
You can back stab him near the edge then kick him off the tower.Bwahaha
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
You can lure the boar so it runs into the fire and takes damage. Try it.
Yeah, as the guy above said, just use the skulls you find there (it's on the bridge above the boar, where the crossbowmen are) and toss them next to the bonfires. The boar will charge into them and burn itself to death.
Alternatively, jump down like a motherfucking man and MAN UP and shove your fist into its ass.
that's pretty great!
Yep.
RustyNails
Member
lol, gonna try sodomizing the boar with my reinforced club. dats gotta hurt
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
Yeah you'll encounter some of the biggest dicks in gaming when playing Dark Souls. It sucks and unfortunately the game was made to practically cater to assholes.
Cool, thanks for the info. Guess it is time to go kill the last boss and move onto to a new game.