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Asked this a while ago but didn't see any responses. Spoiler question for after the first bell: OK so I rang the first bell and apparently some people are supposed to show up in Firelink Shrine? Some more White Covenant folks? Nobody's there, just the dude by the bonfire and the miracle-selling guy. Lautrec was here but I killed him. Is there something else I have to do for these people to show up? I haven't killed the Capra Demon yet.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:09
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People occasionally kill/attack NPCs by accident because the PS3 controller is semi-badly designed and if you put the controller down in a certain way you might hit the trigger. Since the safest place to put down your controller and go answer the phone/use the bathroom/whatever is usually near a friendly NPC, this has a higher chance of happening than you'd expect.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:12
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Talran posted:Just get it up to +5 or +10, and if you've got the right embers it'll be an option, mind you only certain smiths can do certain elements. And no, one you trancend to elemental, you lose all stat influence (or usually do) but gain a ton of damage to make up for it. Ok...so it doesn't matter if I +5 or +10 my weapon before I get it to elemental? Also this makes me feel bad because I have 25 str 
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Oct 7, 2011 15:12
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TheLastRoboKy posted:Man I don't know how you folks who are accidentally killing NPCs are doing it, whenever I see something new and/or threatening looking my first response is to roll backwards, put my shield up and start shrieking like a scared toddler. Then when I go near them to talk I keep my hands far away from the bumpers. I haven't attacked a NPC yet, but I came darn close once. It's the character right after you beat the Taurus Demon, who's standing alone staring into space (facing away from you and naturally opening himself up to a sneak attack) and who gives you that white stone. I was a second away from doing an attack since I thought it was an enemy, until I thought better of it and went up close enough to see the "Talk" button. This game sure makes you paranoid.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:13
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I'm having trouble with summoning others. I've been summoned without problems a few times but whenever I try to summon another player it just says summoning failed. Has anybody else run into this?
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Oct 7, 2011 15:13
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sighnoceros posted:Asked this a while ago but didn't see any responses. Spoiler question for after the first bell: They didn't show for me until after I killed a few more bosses I believe. I'm pretty sure it was after the Capra Demon or Moonlight Butterfly.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:14
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I think I screwed myself out of a stone. I was in undead burg, just entered through the second foggy door where I'm on a type of bridge that leads to a place where a red dragon sits and spits out fire at you whenever you try to advance. Before you get to the dragon you see the Taurus demon. The demon ended up dropped off a cliff by accident, and it counted as me killing it. I got the souls, but does it drop anything? I hope I didn't miss a stone.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:15
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Talran posted:Just get it up to +5 or +10, and if you've got the right embers it'll be an option, mind you only certain smiths can do certain elements. And no, one you trancend to elemental, you lose all stat influence (or usually do) but gain a ton of damage to make up for it. Whats more to that is (fortress spoilers) I got a lightning spear from the first mimic I ran across. The lightning/fire enchants are pretty much the same as the fire enchant from demons souls. Behaves beautifully when you first get access to it because it does so much more damage than anything else you can get, but then drops off when you start getting higher stats for the weapons that do scale. It also would work well for someone who's not raising any of their attack stats (someone who is dumping all their souls into vitality and endurance to become an unkillable fast rolly gently caress in eastern armor or therebouts) So Amor Lando: I'm in the area where the spear demons start appearing, and now I'm trying to run up a rampart with two black knights shooting loving lances at me. I can just shield block and run up, but once I hit the top the arrows come so fast that I can never close distance because of the knockback, and if I roll in he just swats me off the side and kills me. What am I suppose to be doing here?
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Oct 7, 2011 15:16
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Dear From Software: YOUR COCKSUCKING PRODUCT HAS REDUCED ME TO A GIBBERING MAN-APE WHOSE ONLY RESORT TO DEALING WITH THE ALMIGHTY loving GRIEF IT'S BESTOWED UPON ME IS TO SCREAM AND HURT MYSELF. Seriously who the gently caress designs an elevator you have jump off of when the jump button is also the roll backwards button.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:17
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Is it bad that I am about 7-8 hours in and am only just delving into around the middle of Parish? Holy cats.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:19
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casual poster posted:I think I screwed myself out of a stone. I was in undead burg, just entered through the second foggy door where I'm on a type of bridge that leads to a place where a red dragon sits and spits out fire at you whenever you try to advance. Before you get to the dragon you see the Taurus demon. The demon ended up dropped off a cliff by accident, and it counted as me killing it. I got the souls, but does it drop anything? I hope I didn't miss a stone. It only has a rare random drop so don't worry about it.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:20
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So is there any way to beat the caped assholes that keep kicking my rear end? I haven't really had a problem yet (I know I'm super early in the game) but these guys are just wrecking me unless I cheese it and throw 5 firebombs at them. My current plan is basically block/dodge their attack, then poke them for 10 damage with my scimitar, then repeat 20 times until they fully heal themselves and I start all over or they parry my attack and I die in one hit. I tried parrying a few times, but then they just do a double poke and I die in one combo. I've got to be missing something with these guys, hell I killed that stupid boar on my first try.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:20
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Just got invaded for the first time, and was unlucky in that there was a rather pesky giant rat trying to gnaw me to death while the phantom swung at me. Very satisfying to actually kill him, and net 5k souls/humanity in the process.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:21
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Ive been playing for about 5 hours straight now, Im right under the dragon on the bridge, how far in the game am I about now? Still a lot more to go?
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Oct 7, 2011 15:21
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Nigulus Rex posted:Ok...so it doesn't matter if I +5 or +10 my weapon before I get it to elemental? Don't feel bad, upgrade a badass weapon, or just take it up "normal" non elemental. No problems there. And yeah, the +5 +10 does matter, it's the prereq for ascending them to different elements/levels, so no worries!  DeathSandwich posted:Whats more to that is (fortress spoilers) I got a lightning spear from the first mimic I ran across. The lightning/fire enchants are pretty much the same as the fire enchant from demons souls. Behaves beautifully when you first get access to it because it does so much more damage than anything else you can get, but then drops off when you start getting higher stats for the weapons that do scale. It also would work well for someone who's not raising any of their attack stats (someone who is dumping all their souls into vitality and endurance to become an unkillable fast rolly gently caress in eastern armor or therebouts) Pretty much, and if you don't grind much your first playthrough or go STR/END/VIT you might get more bang going elemental. Anor Rondo: "Use Courage!" Just run up there and start poking the guy on the left from behind your shield. The guy on the right can't hit you I don't think. Don't roll on your way up, just tap block as they come in if they'll hit, otherwise, just run! That is not a part you can just sit back and block/walk up. Those are dragon hunter bows. Edit: bluegoon posted:Ive been playing for about 5 hours straight now, Im right under the dragon on the bridge, how far in the game am I about now? Still a lot more to go? You're at the beginning of the game as far as I'm concerned. You still have another ~20 hours till you get both bells rung and have the Lordvessle at that rate.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:22
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Kaboobi posted:So is there any way to beat the caped assholes that keep kicking my rear end? You probably need to start looking at upgrading your weapon to start. If you have some titanite shards you can go to the blacksmith below firelink and upgrade it to +2 or +3. Barring that, if you want a cheesy early weapon to get go underneath the dragon bridge and shoot the dragon in the tail about 30 or 40 times to get a 200 damage sword.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:23
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bluegoon posted:Ive been playing for about 5 hours straight now, Im right under the dragon on the bridge, how far in the game am I about now? Still a lot more to go? You're maybe 4-5% of the way though the game.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:25
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bluegoon posted:Ive been playing for about 5 hours straight now, Im right under the dragon on the bridge, how far in the game am I about now? Still a lot more to go? You're less than 10% done.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:26
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DeathSandwich posted:You're maybe 4-5% of the way though the game. Holy poo poo, they weren't loving around when they said this game was... hard. I really hope this game does well sales wise, its a fantastic experience.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:26
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DeathSandwich posted:You probably need to start looking at upgrading your weapon to start. If you have some titanite shards you can go to the blacksmith below firelink and upgrade it to +2 or +3. Barring that, if you want a cheesy early weapon to get go underneath the dragon bridge and shoot the dragon in the tail about 30 or 40 times to get a 200 damage sword. I've got that sword, but I'm a thief character with only like 11 strength. I'll try upgrading my weapon when I actually get to a blacksmith, since the 2 in the undead chapel keep killing me, then I make the long long trek back up from the undead burg again over and over
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Oct 7, 2011 15:27
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Kaboobi posted:I've got that sword, but I'm a thief character with only like 11 strength. You can go around the Chapel (and there's actually 3 in there). also, if you want a more convenient bonfire to get to the blacksmith from read my little guide on getting across the bridge. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3439963&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=124#post396297423
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Oct 7, 2011 15:30
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The Moon Monster posted:You can go around the Chapel (and there's actually 3 in there). also, if you want a more convenient bonfire to get to the blacksmith from read my little guide on getting across the bridge. Or better yet, make a dash past those guys and out to the right.....Since he even sells the shards to get to +5 >.> Edit: Also, your secret zone is where I made my delicious pact with the ancient dragon about a week ago.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:36
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Nick Biped posted:I haven't attacked a NPC yet, but I came darn close once. It's the character right after you beat the Taurus Demon, who's standing alone staring into space (facing away from you and naturally opening himself up to a sneak attack) and who gives you that white stone. I was a second away from doing an attack since I thought it was an enemy, until I thought better of it and went up close enough to see the "Talk" button. This game sure makes you paranoid. My policy is to try targeting any character I'm not sure about. It won't let you lock on to friendly NPCs.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:38
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Henry Fungletrumpet posted:My policy is to try targeting any character I'm not sure about. It won't let you lock on to friendly NPCs. It let's you lock onto neutral though.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:42
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Just a reminder: Dark Souls IRC goonchat is found in #FROMGoons on irc.synirc.net, if you need help and want a goon to help you out, or to attempt to coordinate planned white/red stoning. If it could be added to the OP, that's be nice. Also covers Demons Souls and... I dunno, Metal Wolf Chaos or 3D Dot Game Heroes or whatever.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:43
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Do Pyromancy spells scale, at all, with Intelligence or just from upgrading the catalyst? My friend tells me that he see people saying that the intelligence benefit only effects the catalyst damage itself. If spell damage does scale from the intelligence stat then why are people saying it doesn't and intelligence only effects the catalyst damage (melee attack)?
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Oct 7, 2011 15:43
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Can someone explain how you kick / jump attack on the 360 controller? The tutorial says left stick + RB / RT but I just get normal attacks. also do pots / crates ever contain anything or is it a waste of time to smash them
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Oct 7, 2011 15:45
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On the Capra demon now, I get everyones complaints about it. First time I managed to kill both dogs and seemed to be doing okay but then he just backed me into a corner and flattened me. I'll get it. As a dex based thief character, is there any really useful weapons I could get at this point to make the game a little easier on me? I'm still using my bandit knife, it's at +3 and is great for backstabs but for little else.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:46
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Phonics posted:Can someone explain how you kick / jump attack on the 360 controller? The tutorial says left stick + RB / RT but I just get normal attacks. Flick it and attack at the same time.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:48
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Jimbot posted:Do Pyromancy spells scale, at all, with Intelligence or just from upgrading the catalyst? My friend tells me that he see people saying that the intelligence benefit only effects the catalyst damage itself. If spell damage does scale from the intelligence stat then why are people saying it doesn't and intelligence only effects the catalyst damage (melee attack)? Hmm, the guide doesn't really go into detail about this. It lists the scaling the same as a catalyst or talisman, but I have no idea if that means it's only for the melee attack or not. I assumed it scaled all damage done with the flame. I'm getting pretty close to the Pyromancy trainer, I'll do some testing once I get there to confirm it one way or another.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:54
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Thievery posted:On the Capra demon now, I get everyones complaints about it. First time I managed to kill both dogs and seemed to be doing okay but then he just backed me into a corner and flattened me. I'll get it. I started off planning on being dex-based too, but on your first character you're probably want to going to be a little more balanced so you can use a better weapon if it comes around while you hunt for the next good dex weapon, or until you can get them upgraded etc. I still plan on being mostly dex-focused, but I threw in some strength too so I can switch stuff up when needed. That said, I have no idea where you can find a good dex weapon this early that will help with poo poo you can't backstab.
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Oct 7, 2011 15:55
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Crowbear posted:Hmm, the guide doesn't really go into detail about this. It lists the scaling the same as a catalyst or talisman, but I have no idea if that means it's only for the melee attack or not. I assumed it scaled all damage done with the flame. Alright, I cleared it up once and for all. It does not scale with Intelligence. No bonus to your magic damage is shown and only your melee attack with the catalyst receives the bonus. I'm doing Sorcery too so pumping all my points in Intelligence wasn't wasted but man, that's a bummer to learn. Though it does make your stat progression more flexible and allows you to wield other weapons a Sorcerer can't.
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Oct 7, 2011 16:00
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Talran posted:Don't feel bad, upgrade a badass weapon, or just take it up "normal" non elemental. No problems there. And yeah, the +5 +10 does matter, it's the prereq for ascending them to different elements/levels, so no worries! Well, I've already been grinding, which is why I'm like level 38 and I've only gotten to the gargoyle bell. I have 20 end, 20 vit, 25 str, and like 12 dex. So I guess I'll just keep dumping into str?
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Oct 7, 2011 16:04
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bluegoon posted:Holy poo poo, they weren't loving around when they said this game was... hard. Demons Souls greatly surpassed From Softwares sales estimates, Dark Souls is currently the #1 chart game in Japan, and judging from how Amazon US/EU have struggled to meet sales demands I would say it's done pretty drat well outside of Japan too.
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Oct 7, 2011 16:06
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Jimbot posted:Alright, I cleared it up once and for all. It does not scale with Intelligence. No bonus to your magic damage is shown and only your melee attack with the catalyst receives the bonus. I'm doing Sorcery too so pumping all my points in Intelligence wasn't wasted but man, that's a bummer to learn. Though it does make your stat progression more flexible and allows you to wield other weapons a Sorcerer can't. Well that sucks. Please disregard my previous posts about pyromancy scaling everyone!
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Oct 7, 2011 16:11
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Reading up on the different covenants, it seems like a pretty cool thing. Could the problem with not finding enough people to invade or join up to kill a boss be an issue with the covenants? Like being in a covenant would increase the chance of being around like minded people? So if you are in a pve covenant then you would most likely be around people that pve. Or if you are in a pvp covenant you'll be around pvpers.
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Oct 7, 2011 16:11
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A little confusion over how the White Soapstone works. Is it used to summon other players to you, or does it let other players summon you to them?
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Oct 7, 2011 16:14
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The.GreyWolf posted:Anyone know why I can't wield the Gargoyle Axe? Anyone? It says my stats don't meet the requirements.
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Oct 7, 2011 16:17
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Pierson posted:A little confusion over how the White Soapstone works. Is it used to summon other players to you, or does it let other players summon you to them? The latter. If you want to summon dudes to you, you have to be in human form and find their white sign (usually before a boss or at the start of an area). If you want to BE summoned, use the white soapstone and chill out for a while, someone'll be around eventually if you're in a good spot.
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So I just defeated the Stray Demon, without getting hit once  after like 15 tries. Now I don't really know where to go in the game. So far I've rang the first bell after the gargoyles and the carpus demon or whatever it's called, any clue as to where I should go next?
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