Killed the Penetrator, was a great fight.
Going to do 4-2 now, but those Lasers :/, any tip to get past those?
Killed the Penetrator, was a great fight.
Going to do 4-2 now, but those Lasers :/, any tip to get past those?
Only 1-4 and Allant left on my SL1 run. Holy shit. I've played it over a dozen times and only got to Allant once. I usually die to one of the red eyed knights. I need to be more patient.
I would love to play Demon's Souls SL1 but the problem is that you have to play a Royalty and use magic and I hate doing that...
Can you play melee only at SL1 like in Dark Souls?
@Sullichin: Wow I didn't know you could use swords with a SL1 character
Hmm I need to consider trying a SL1 run in Demon's Souls
I found doing it in Dark Souls really easy and I always had issues with Demon's Souls (at a normal SL) despite beating it over 10 times. I find the game way more threatening (Tower of Latria and Valley of Defilement are still haunting me lol).
Anyway thanks for the answer, I will try doing it when I have some time.
Yeah your options include rapier, falchion, scimitar, short sword, long sword (2 hand only). There might be more. You can make a dragon short sword and use it one handed but I just picked up the dragon long sword from 2-2 and upgraded that. The buckler is good enough for light dodging and is great for parry/riposte. For bosses, I don't use a shield.
The levels in Demon's are more threatening than Dark Souls, and the enemies are way harder to run past. I still get wrecked by the skeletons in shrine of storms sometimes. The bosses for the most part are easier though
Where exactly can you find that weapon?
I remember doing that level but I think I was so overweight of items and I didnt wanted to drop stuff, maybe if I do another run I could find it?
I want an alternative to my Crescent falchion +4 I have now, I use that pretty much on everything but the skeletons, for those I use a Club.
- Is it just me, or is everything a lot faster? Run speed, weapons, attack speed, enemies attacks, animations, everything. My gal had fast roll & Blessed mace going, but most of my Dark Souls casters have similar setups. Even the enemies felt like they were on speed.
Agreed, which is why I think Demon's had much superior controls, due to the speed and quicker attack animations.Yes everything is faster in Demon's Souls.
I couldn't sleep this morning, so I flipped on Demon's Souls with the intention of looking at my old characters. I haven't really played the game since last year. I've been playing Dark Souls heavily ever since. So I did 1-2 and 1-3 on a faith character that I'd started before getting Dark, and once again, I was completely blown away by Demon's Souls. I'm amazed at how different it feels. Random half-awake thoughts:
- Is it just me, or is everything a lot faster? Run speed, weapons, attack speed, enemies attacks, animations, everything. My gal had fast roll & Blessed mace going, but most of my Dark Souls characters have similar setups. Even the enemies felt like they were on speed.
- Black/Silver Knights ain't got shit on the Red-eye Knights. These jerks are aggressive as hell, and with the faster pace don't telegraph all their attacks so clearly. A single backstab didn't nearly one-shot them either.
World 1 is probably the best example of this, the other areas don't have as many enemy types coming down on you at once. But the variety of humanoid enemy types in world 1 is a reason why it's one of the best areas in both games.- Enemies are much more varied. Different soldiers, different attack patterns. And they come at you in groups. - I'd made it to the gate in 1-3, and was fighting the Jailer, when Ostrava started screaming. Finished off the Jailer, and was surprised when 2 Red knights and a spear soldier all came through the gate at once. Then at the end, I somehow aggro'd all 3 knights, two crossbows, the two axes and the spear soldier all together. Bastards chased me nearly back to the start of the level.
Agreed. People hate the archers in AL but they're not a big deal at all, and all of the crossbow enemies in the game aren't much of a threat at all. The crossbow guys in Demon's still mess me up because they come in groups.- So many ranged attackers, firing so fast. Seems like these were dialed down in Dark Souls outside of the Toxic dart guys in Blighttown.
I know what you mean. But Demon's has pretty bad aliasing. It still looks really smooth despite that.- Graphics are -- I don't know -- smoother? Cleaner? Textures don't seem as detailed as in Dark Souls, but there's a smoothness to them.
- Creepiness! All those burning corpses, Crows, mad laughter, the Jailer's blood spraying as its impaled by the Penetrator's sword. All the NPCs seeming either depressed or a little crazy. Dark Souls feels like a forgotten, abandoned world while Demon's Souls feels like world drifting into a twisted, haunted reflection of itself.
- You can carry more grass than flask uses, but flask heal a higher % of health and you can chug more than once in a row. With grass, they heal less and the animation is slower and can only be done once. Makes it damn hard to use mid combat.
- Getting hit hurts. Wearing gloom armor with 30 Vit, my gal could still only take two or three hits before being in trouble. The Jailers could probably 2-shot her. In Dark Souls, with Black Iron on, it seems like nothing short of bosses pose any sort of threat in NG.
Oh yeah. Character hair is incredibly jaggy in particular. They certainly improved that in Dark Souls. But I really do prefer soul-form to visually to being a beef-jerky zombie. But What struck me outright were the walls in 1-2 & 1-3. I'm not sure if its more technical reason or if it was just an design choice. But there's a difference in there somewhere. The area also felt wider, more open. Walking up the the wide stairway before the gatewau in 1-3 stood out as vibe I'd not seen in Dark.I know what you mean. But Demon's has pretty bad aliasing. It still looks really smooth despite that.
Good grief yes, 3-1 in particular with all the moaning and crying. Also dig that eerie silence in some spots.I'd like to add that the ambient sound design is phenomenal (as it is in Dark). Playing this with headphones is amazing, and quite creepy.
That's true. I'd forgotten about the better grases. On this character, all I had a lot of was Late Moon grass, and the few Fulls I'd picked up in 1-3. In Dark Souls, I'm used to upgrading the flask early, and not having to worry about healing from then on.Heal less? I can roll around with 99 full moon or even new moon grass in no time. That's definitely better than 20 Estus. I prefer the estus system, it makes you actually ration your health items, as opposed to grass which you can eat constantly. In Demon's, I'm never with 5% health left fighting a boss with no healing items left. It's exciting when that happens in Dark.
Yeah, probably better. I remember wishing armor mattered more back in Demon's, but in a way I can almost prefer it. I more or less use the armors I find visually appealing in both games, but in Demon's its much less of a drawback.I'd say armor is handled better in Dark Souls because it *almost* doesn't matter in Demon's Souls. It seems to make more of a difference in Dark.
Screw these big goblins in 5-2. It's crazy how much damage they deal and how much stamina they drain with each hit.
U could always buy another versionThe character limit really sucks.
I just beat this last night. Game of the generation for me. No contest.
Running through this again at a 40% difficulty increase sounds too horrifying to deal with at this point. Is it just an increase in enemy health and/or damage?
I just beat this last night. Game of the generation for me. No contest.
Running through this again at a 40% difficulty increase sounds too horrifying to deal with at this point. Is it just an increase in enemy health and/or damage?
Wait, i thought it was an increase of 8% with each NG+?
Beated 4-2 and 3-2 witha coop buddy, was amazing he knows this game like the palm of his hand, was incredible watching him destroying everything in 2 hit max!
If my reading comprehension holds up, I remember it being 40% for NG+ and then an 8% bump for each playthrough afterward.
Beat the Old Monk boss tonight. Ended up being some guy with claws on who stalled forever. My weapon broke in the process and made the fight last even longer.
Glad I had a lot of grass.
I was progressing well , but Flamelurker has been a bitch. Longsword + 3 doesn't do much damage and its hard to get off Enchant weapon in the middle of a fight. Going to try farming up 5k for some Sticky White stuff.
Did Phalanx in Game+ and the game is harder now, way harder.
No kidding!
Dark Souls made me forget how harder NG+ in Demon's Souls was.
Bosses in particular can one shot me very easily. I'm SL50 right now. I think I will up my vitality and endurance a bit.
NG+ can be even harder because it keeps world tendency. PBWT with black phantom setsuki in NG+ 4-1 is hard.
I would like to meet this Setsuki, didn't even saw him in my Run.
I want that Sword he has.
Crescent Falchion+1 or +2 is very effective against him, plus the Steel Shield and The Ring of Flame Resistance, made the fight very doable, I killed him in my first try.
I'm trying to limit myself to the default gear. Although I'm beginning to think that isn't possible. The problem is the damn armor. Can't roll away from the blast, and not enough health to take more than one.
Flamelurker in game+ is insane.
Need a better tactic, also whats better Purple Flame Shield+5 or Dark Shield?
Goddamn!
Purple Flame Shield+10
You'll be OK with that even in NG+9
Took a few days off, came back and beat Flame Lurker (and the Dragon God too.) I did give in and drop enough armor to fast roll. That along with the Longsword +6 and Enchant weapon did it. When he went berserk, I used the pillars to get some spacing. Worked out well enough.
World 3 next. Maneater should be a hoot.
I've always felt like Flamelurker was harder than the Maneaters, even with both of them aggro'd you can still easily use the middle area to strafe a get a hit when it's open. It can just be a somewhat long fight. Never really did it at base SL though...
Allant will be fun though if you go toe-to-toe with him. =P
There is a way to cheese him if you don't want to fight him directly, just make him get stuck in the enviroment.
That is what I did last night but I was fighting him in game+ and he is so much harder, like way harder than the first time, I used some Holy Arrows, like 50 or something and I made him get stuck at the bottom of the stairs that leads to the Dragon God room, didn't felt too good about killing him that way but I just wanted to be over with it so I could get that Red Hot Soul.
Anyway I beated all World 2 and 4-1 last night, 4-1 is a great place to farm some souls, those Skeletons gives you like 1300 Souls each, you end up with maybe 30000 if you kill some of those Storm Creatures, if you continue to 4-2 and farm in the known spot there you could end up with 100000 Souls in maybe 15 Minutes considering killing that Reaper gives you like 10k.
I don't know what more to level up, here at my stats:
VIT 43
INT 8
END 40
STR 26
DEX 19
MAG 6
FAI 13
LUC 8
SL 83
Im using primarily the Crescent Falchion+4( I need that damn Pure Darkmoon Stone damn it) and the Dragon Mirdan Hammer+3, Lava Bow too.
I kinda want to put some points in magic and Luck, Faith to be able to use some of the badass weapons like the Northern Regalia or the BlueBlood Sword.
Any advice?
Any advice?
[...]MAG 6[...]
[...]Im using primarily the Crescent Falchion+4[...]
Your favorite weapon is mag scaling and your mag is your lowest stat? WTF
Get that stat to 40 or even 50 if you want to get the best of it.
Also it's a shame you wasted some stats on dex and str if you don't use them.
As for the Blueblood sword, it's the best weapon in the game if you put the stats into it (you have like 700 output damage with luck at 99 and the other stats at 40-50) and you can enchant it as well.
Yeah I messed up that,, think I will start again, Leveling up is very expensive in game+, unless I farm maybe a million souls.
What could be the prefered Class to build a Crescent holder character?
I just thought that I should do that since I used the Crescent Falchion for almost the entire game doind most of the damage with it, imagine if I had put the stats where it was suposed to? I will be a beast
The Falchion is the best? Kinda want to use another weapon, maybe Uchigatana?