why would you want to ruin the souls games like that. :\
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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why would you want to ruin the souls games like that. :\
Red Liquorice
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We've been playing very, very different games I think.
watervengeance
Member
Finally beat the game. Died a shit ton (kinda wish they had a death count at the end) but it was fun. I probably died close to 1000 times.
Hardest boss was probably The Two Gargoyles. Extra special bonus to those fucking 1-legged lightning demons that drop Demon Titanite.
Hardest level was probably Blight town or Anor Londo (fuck the archers).
Easiest (non-gimmick) boss was Quelaag.
Went through the game using Broadsword --> Winged Spear --> Lightning Winged Spear --> Balder Side Sword --> Quelaag's Furysword --> Silver Knight Spear
Broadsword was fun at first, but I died too many times in the beginning. So I became a pussy and switched to poking behind a shield with spears. The Balder Side Sword was an okay upgrade, and good to break up the monotony of a spear. Quelaag's Furysword was fun, but the animation was awkward and got me killed all the time. The Silver Knight Spear is the best. Amazing range, damage, and stamina usage. Extra bonus for not having to switch to another divine weapon while in the Catacombs.
Big shoutout to the Dragonslayer bow/arrow. I cheesed a bunch of things with it, such as the demons in Lost Izalith.
Armor --> after the first few stages, I basically ran naked the entire game. I HATED the slow running and rolling. Yes, it was a lot more dangerous, but once I got used to the enemies, it wasn't too bad. The downside is looking a skinny dried stick of meat all the time because I was afraid to use Humanity.
Hardest boss was probably The Two Gargoyles. Extra special bonus to those fucking 1-legged lightning demons that drop Demon Titanite.
Hardest level was probably Blight town or Anor Londo (fuck the archers).
Easiest (non-gimmick) boss was Quelaag.
Went through the game using Broadsword --> Winged Spear --> Lightning Winged Spear --> Balder Side Sword --> Quelaag's Furysword --> Silver Knight Spear
Broadsword was fun at first, but I died too many times in the beginning. So I became a pussy and switched to poking behind a shield with spears. The Balder Side Sword was an okay upgrade, and good to break up the monotony of a spear. Quelaag's Furysword was fun, but the animation was awkward and got me killed all the time. The Silver Knight Spear is the best. Amazing range, damage, and stamina usage. Extra bonus for not having to switch to another divine weapon while in the Catacombs.
Big shoutout to the Dragonslayer bow/arrow. I cheesed a bunch of things with it, such as the demons in Lost Izalith.
Armor --> after the first few stages, I basically ran naked the entire game. I HATED the slow running and rolling. Yes, it was a lot more dangerous, but once I got used to the enemies, it wasn't too bad. The downside is looking a skinny dried stick of meat all the time because I was afraid to use Humanity.
I don't really want this in a Souls game, but I am excited to see what they come up with next.
More of the same is fine by me though, I could play these games forever
RustyNails
Member
Just defeated the hydra in Darkroot basin and got dragon scale. Should I upgrade my drakesword with it or hold off on it?
cm osi
Member
that's dinasty warrior, no thanks.
souls games are all about less but strong enemies.
hmm. there are better dragons weapon but i dunno if you're gonna pump up your STR
RustyNails
Member
But it's the strongest weapon in my arsenal. I'm trying to build a more ranger type hero. But it seems that bows are kinda rare.
H_Prestige
Banned
Created a new dual caestus build and it's surprisingly fun. Just beat Capra with it and felt like such a boss.
old manatee
Banned
Is there a benefit to having 2 besides different enchantments? Can you attack faster or something?
it's actually pretty good. you can finish the game with that sword and you rape early game.
then of course you can and should get better weapons.
It's hard to upgrade and there are better weapons. You shouldn't stick with any one weapon.
H_Prestige
Banned
You can do a really fast jab left handed jab. It's useful for stunning enemies with no poise, which you can then follow up with a devastating right handed combo. Stamina cost is minimal, but you sacrifice blocking so you have to get used to evading attacks.
The Capra fight was definitely not easy, but as soon as it was one on one it felt like a cage match. So awesome.
Or they could just release it on PC now and it will already significantly surpass next gen..
Just saying.
a no to the dynasty warriors idea
Nobodyspatzy
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Project Goat-block is finally finished! Capra vs. Depraved:
I will haunt your game!
Still articulated
Precious tail
Depraved Class
Lastly, Praise the mother-fucking Sun, bitch!
Nobodyspatzy
Member
Sadly, THAT scene is part of a Halloween contest we entered. Will post those at the end of the month though!
HungOverOnATues
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Anyone within SL71 range willing to help me out with getting Kalameet's tail? Trying to do it solo is such a pain in the ass.
Edit: nevermind, got it with a couple of randoms
Edit: nevermind, got it with a couple of randoms
I thought we already got your tail? Or is this on a new character?
HungOverOnATues
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New character. I'm on my 4th one lol. I'm going non-scaling with this one so I plan on actually using it with this character. Or at least trying it.
Sentenza
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All elemental weapons got a nerf in the "Prepare to Die edition".
On a side note, I just finished the game yesterday. Since I dropped it my weapon of choice has been the Black Knight Halberd +5. Reasonably quick, enormous reach and big damage.
I didn't have the chance to try the Black Knight Greataxe, by the way. It was the only weapon I didn't drop from those fuckers.
HungOverOnATues
Member
BKGA is probably my favorite weapon that I tried so far. Wish that I didn't screw up my build on the 360 version that uses it - would like to go back to it when the DLC drops on consoles.
paperspace
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Sentenza
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My tactic for the Four Kings: full Havel, a heavy weapon (once again, BK Halberd) and I just ran into them swinging like a mad man.
They died so easily I had to wait roughly 10 seconds for each one of them to spawn.
cm osi
Member
hmm, not really. you need a good m.def shield and to get closer to them . you can summon witch beatrice but she's not that good against them.
paperspace
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cm osi
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try some light armor, you have to reach the king as soon as possible
Getting a shield with high magic reduction will help out tremendously if a King is using that move. The Crest Shield or if you managed to get a Dark Hand to drop from a Darkwraith would be immensely valuable to you.
SJRB
Gold Member
Damnit, Lightning Spear was my favourite weapon.
O well. Anyone using a katana? One wiki says the uchogatana has better stats, the other wiki states the Iaito is better. Any advice?
Are they even good to use after Sen's Fortress at all?
In regards to this idea, I didn't mean for that to be happening ALL the time, but I feel like after a particularly rough section, it would feel great to just have a small section where you can just rip through everything like a reward for getting through that rough section.
I'm using both. I would say that the Uchigatana is the more useful of the two since it has slash/thrust properties, as opposed to the Iaito's slash-only status. Either one will do you very well for a dex build, as their A-scaling nets a lot of bonus damage, as well as being able to inflict bleeding rather quickly. Do not sleep on them at all.
SJRB
Gold Member
Thanks. The Iaito's R2 attack looks cool but is pretty useless, especially against shield-wielding enemies. Too bad I wasted all my large titanite shards on upgrading it, guess I should start farming Sen's to buy a bunch from the merchant and upgrade my Uchigatana some more.
At +15, it's a beast. Getting a riposte with it will make you say "wow."
Sentenza
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As far as i can remember the best spot to farm large titanite shards is in the Depths, just outside of the bonfire's room (slimes).
Kinda late, but yeah, that sword is not really THAT important. I hear it's pretty great, but you'll get through NG without it no prob (I did).
I've taken a lot of time with the game and it took me about 85-90 hours to beat it. If you're paced a little faster I'm sure you can do it in 75.
Amazing dude, I love that praise the Sun pose on fucking Capra lol.
I use the Iaito because I like it's wide R2 attack more than the "lunging" R2 of the Uchigatana. In damage I think they're pretty much the same. I actually made myself a whole lot of Uchigatanas with different effects in case I needed special damage against one of the bosses
The DLC area has a few enemies that regularly drop large titanite shards, but for me the best thing is farming the shielded slimes in the Painted World and then just spend 100k on shards
AlimNassor
Banned
Would a Claymore with fire help me? I've come close, but, those dogs, those dogs, those dogs are giving me nightmares. I'm going to think about returning the game. I'm having nightmares about Capra, I imagine I'm in a dark room naked and Capra bursts through the door, I can't move because the dogs hit me, and then Capra murders me.
I'm so scared of Capra. He's haunting my dreams now. I swear he's giving me panic attacks. Now I hear theres more of them? I can't do it, he's too scary for me.
I'm so scared of Capra. He's haunting my dreams now. I swear he's giving me panic attacks. Now I hear theres more of them? I can't do it, he's too scary for me.
Not really if you can't get up the stairs. The "combo" is run right, roll diagonally towards the stairs, run up the stairs and after they end go to the right. You'll get into a tight spot only the dogs can get into. Dispatch them, then get 1v1 on Capra with whatever fire stuff you want. It always helps since more damage is more damage.
Oh, how I wish right now that work's PC let you right click on avatars...
cm osi
Member
capra demon is not a matter of weapon, it's just dodging the first attack and the dogs.
run right and then roll/jump to the stairs.
or try summon for some help.
The leeches in blight town seem to drop a lot of them too.
It's less convenient to reach the leeches, but I like farming them more just because even if they don't drop large shards, they drop green shards in batches of five.
HungOverOnATues
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That's where I can go for early game green shards. Rusted iron ring, 10 humanities, and a bunch of homeward bones.
jim-jam bongs
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Why aren't you naked?
jim-jam bongs
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look, this isn't about me and how visibly aroused I am right now, it's about Alim and his sexy capra dreams