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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Foliorum Viridum
Banned
80ish, I think, using Dragon Tooth +4.
I have only the Tomb of Giants left in the main game until I'm left just waiting at that gate hoping for the best. I've been warping back every so often and nadda! Haha.
By the way, since this is my second playthrough, the notion that the game goes way downhill after Anor Londo is absolute bollocks. With that criticism fresh in my mind I was thinking of it as I was playing the last areas and they're all still a lot of fun. Not AS good as the earlier areas, but the dip in quality isn't as drastic as people make out.
I have only the Tomb of Giants left in the main game until I'm left just waiting at that gate hoping for the best. I've been warping back every so often and nadda! Haha.
By the way, since this is my second playthrough, the notion that the game goes way downhill after Anor Londo is absolute bollocks. With that criticism fresh in my mind I was thinking of it as I was playing the last areas and they're all still a lot of fun. Not AS good as the earlier areas, but the dip in quality isn't as drastic as people make out.
I was so nervous in this fight that I managed to do that :
That was after more than 10 tries, I wanted to kill myself haha. Luckily I killed him easily just after that.
@Foliorum Viridum : I can try to help if you're still there.
Really? You should be doing fine against him with that... That's weird :/
And I don't think it goes downhill after Anor Londo, Tomb of the Giants and Duke's Archives are two of my favorite levels, but Lost Izalith, Crystal Caves, are really bad.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I think I just need to dodge better. My heavy army is letting me down, probably.
Lost Izalith is a 2 minute sprint (and pretty quirky) and the Crystal Caves are great. Love not knowing where your footing is safe at first, and once you do it's a simple sprint to the boss.
Lost Izalith is a 2 minute sprint (and pretty quirky) and the Crystal Caves are great. Love not knowing where your footing is safe at first, and once you do it's a simple sprint to the boss.
jim-jam bongs
Member
for some reason when I see "Chevalier Artorias" I think of Maurice Chevalier singing Thank Heavens for Little Girls
Vicetrailia
Member
SL 68 PS3...can anyone help me in tombs? Getting my ass kicked.
PSN: ssolitare
I'm hoping to get the chunks to upgrade my divine weapon from 5 to 10.
PSN: ssolitare
I'm hoping to get the chunks to upgrade my divine weapon from 5 to 10.
I have a level 55 character I can try, not sure if its close enough though.
Vicetrailia
Member
Any help would be great, place owns me. Maybe I should get Maggot helm first, rather than the lantern.
I like the Crystal Caves as a concept, it's just that the execution is pretty bad, same old enemies in a short-ass invisible pseudo labyrinth, and it's such a lousy payoff after the amazing Duke's Archives.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Oh man, I just summoned TWO guys at once for Kalameet, get in there... they both die in about 15 seconds. 
Couldn't believe it.
I can get him down to about 30/40% health before I run out of Estus'. Time to kindle a bit more I think. My weapon does about 400dmg to him, it's just hard getting the hits in and keeping enough health to stay alive.
SL80 on PC if anyone wants to drop a sign... haha
Couldn't believe it.I can get him down to about 30/40% health before I run out of Estus'. Time to kindle a bit more I think. My weapon does about 400dmg to him, it's just hard getting the hits in and keeping enough health to stay alive.
SL80 on PC if anyone wants to drop a sign... haha
Oh man, I just summoned TWO guys at once for Kalameet, get in there... they both die in about 15 seconds.
I can get him down to about 30/40% health before I run out of Estus'. Time to kindle a bit more I think. My weapon does about 400dmg to him, it's just hard getting the hits in and keeping enough health to stay alive.
SL80 on PC if anyone wants to drop a sign... haha
I am probably going to be beating Artorias in a few minutes here. I am only SL 60 though so can we not coop?
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Unless you were just the guy that helped distract him as I slammed him with my weapon, we won't be co-oping it!
BOOM. The person I was with did pitiful damage, but the distraction meant I could get more hits in. Feels good. Now I can finish the DLC, and then the game again.
BOOM. The person I was with did pitiful damage, but the distraction meant I could get more hits in. Feels good. Now I can finish the DLC, and then the game again.
Unless you were just the guy that helped distract him as I slammed him with my weapon, we won't be co-oping it!
BOOM. The person I was with did pitiful damage, but the distraction meant I could get more hits in. Feels good. Now I can finish the DLC, and then the game again.
No it wasn't me I can't fucking kill Artorias now.
Edit: FINALLY!!
lol I was just about to mention that in Dark Souls you should never say "I'm gonna get over with X in a couple minutes" ...
LOL yeah exactly.
Now just got to Manus. Actually took him to 50% on first try. I'm sure it'll take me 20 tries to beat him though.
No clue, I am not in human form. This Manus guy is impossible. I'll dodge his attacks the same time each time, but sometimes I get and sometimes I don't.
Is SL61 too low for this guy? He's kicking my ass. I have all of his moves down but there are a few magic attacks I can't dodge.
I am not going to use the pendant or whatever because I don't have it. I wouldn't have known about it until you said that so I would prefer to beat this guy without "reading" about anything.
Oh well. The worst part about this fight is running back because that fucking guy that shoots magic balls at you is impossible to dodge so I keep dying half the time getting back.
I am not going to use the pendant or whatever because I don't have it. I wouldn't have known about it until you said that so I would prefer to beat this guy without "reading" about anything.
Oh well. The worst part about this fight is running back because that fucking guy that shoots magic balls at you is impossible to dodge so I keep dying half the time getting back.
Yeah, I did it without the pendent as well, especially cause I didn't know about it. I did the whole DLC without reading on it, which felt good
You can do it, I did it on my level 53 strength character. It took a while, but everything is avoidable. There's only 1 magic attack you can only avoid by using the invincibility window of the roll.
Are you using the shortcut? From the
Township to the elevator that takes you to the abyss?
Yeah, I did it without the pendent as well, especially cause I didn't know about it. I did the whole DLC without reading on it, which felt good
You can do it, I did it on my level 53 strength character. It took a while, but everything is avoidable. There's only 1 magic attack you can only avoid by using the invincibility window of the roll.
Are you using the shortcut? From theTownship to the elevator that takes you to the abyss?
I am just running from the abyss bonfire to the boss.
This happened to me on a SL1 run with no upgrades allowed!!! it can be done!!!
First, don't try to kill the giants and save your pyro or magic for final skellies up top. Run back along the path and trip the (normally first) bonfire. It is the one closest to the way out. Progress along the wall of the cavern by going up and then to the right of the bonfire...your skull lantern will light the way back if you have it. Soon you will come to a giant party and be shot at with arrows.....speedily run by these monsters and run up the ladder....be careful not get hit by arrows, but be ready to aggro more mobs at the top, then break back for the ladder......if you aggro both mobs they will jump down to get you while you are on the ladder....leaving the way back clear....don't even have to waste one fireball.
Then the bonewheels. I learned to stay in the tunnel, and aggro one at a time from there...once I could see one coming I ran back around the corner of the tunnel as to get closer to the end point, but I turned to face the bone wheel as it got closer. Just prior to its arrival I dodged left...it keeps running toward the end of the tunnel which is only a few steps away hopefully...mash it in the back with your weapon. rinse and repeat. I found it difficult to kill the skellies when they were with the ring leader pinwheelw that throw flames, and definitely face the black knight one on one if possible...but that's what you saved your pyro for...melt them.
There's one magic attack you can dodge by running towards him, and another one that you can dodge by just running far away from him.
Unfortunately I forgot which one was which.
The pendant is basically used to make you immune to magic for a second, which helps tremendously against Manus. Not gonna tell you where to get it, just gonna tell a small hint:
Unfortunately I forgot which one was which.
The pendant is basically used to make you immune to magic for a second, which helps tremendously against Manus. Not gonna tell you where to get it, just gonna tell a small hint:
pay attention to the messages in Township (not in the Abyss, go back if you have to), specially developer messages.
There's a shortcut you can unlock which is much easier to navigate through.
If you just go from the bonfire by the abyss, goto the first marker and take that pathway down. You'll come to this narrow bridge that is angled down, once you get to the end of it, goto the left side and just hug that wall all the way down. You should see a familiar NPC appear then disappear if it's the path I'm talking about. Once you get to where you need to end, you'll see an elevator on your left, and that will take you back to the oolacile township.
Vicetrailia
Member
GAF I accidentally deleted my fucking character, goddammit.
But I realized that Divine Build was kinda meh, what build should I do?
But I realized that Divine Build was kinda meh, what build should I do?
I started with a Dex build which was cool, but now I'm doing a 2h strength build and it's totally awesome. I can't even play with my dex build any more lol.
That's not a shortcut. The normal route is way faster.
joseph1594
Member
I am in the
. I have tried doing the jumping attack to try to get it to move, but it won't budge. I either am not doing the attack right or it seems I am stuck....
Edit: Nevermind, I am an idiot. I was just doing it wrong.
painted world and I died against Crossbreed Priscilla. I went to go back to fight her, but the second half of the undead dragon is blocking my way
Edit: Nevermind, I am an idiot. I was just doing it wrong.
I think everyone should play once with a two-hander build using a Zweihander or something similar - you learn to play without a shield, and get a good feel for spacing and range. The Zwei is a good choice since it staggers just about anything, so it's easier than going no-shield with something like a pair of daggers.
Didn't break mine, but the game seems to run pretty shitty now...
Sentenza
Gold Member
After a bit of testing I noticed it's the 60fps unlocker that makes the game crash on startup.
Every other feature included in Durante's fix still works without too much issues, apparently.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Man Dark Souls PVPers are some whiny fucks. I get more salt playing this for a week than I would playing a fighting game for a whole year.
And if the update breaks the FPS unlock permanently then I'm gonna be pissed. Without it, fog gates drop me to 15 FPS and it makes large swaths of the game unplayable for PVP.
And if the update breaks the FPS unlock permanently then I'm gonna be pissed. Without it, fog gates drop me to 15 FPS and it makes large swaths of the game unplayable for PVP.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
I'm guessing they fixed it so whats-his-face drops the key to the seal 100% when you kill him now.
For me it now takes about 3 minutes to start...
Vicetrailia
Member
Alright cool, will do.
Why would an FPS unlock improve your FPS in areas where it drops below 30?
Anyone ever experience something similar? It looks like I'm boned and can never play this game online again.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
The PC version ran at around 24 FPS for me until I started using the FPS unlocker and set the game to high-priority in the task manager. After that, the game ran at a solid 30 FPS.
Cannon Goose
Member
Because with the fps unlock activated you are disabling vsync. With vsync on if you drop below 30 it will lock at 15 until you get out of the troublesome area. With vsync off the frame rate can be anything, so that same drop that brought you down to 15fps might only take you to 25fps.