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 It just all clicked. One minute I was getting the crap beaten out of me (yet again) by some unstoppable force with 2 hit KOs, the next? Backstabbing rolling and kicking rear end at a molecular level.I know its probably short lived but its crazy how much better I got at the game by just realising a handful of concepts (Quick is better than Strong, Dodge More, Use Space, Backstab, positioning). For anyone who is really really struggling the best advice I think is seriously, watch your environment, don't fight in small spaces if you can help it.
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Just a quick progress question, how long has it taken everyone else to get to Sens Castle? I'm at the 20 hour point and at soul level 36, the only boss I haven't killed yet is the Hydra and I haven't been to new Londo at all.charismaslover posted:Gaping Dragon ain't no thang Sewer shortcut vendor has them for 6K a pop. have fun grinding out the souls. it took me wya to long to fix my curse due to me getting inpatient and dying to dumb poo poo. :/ UberJumper posted:Does anyone have a recommendation for a weapon? Drake sword simply is not cutting it for me any more. So i am guessing i need to start upgrading a weapon using the titanite stones. What is a good replacement for the drake sword? I joined the gravelord covenant, the weapon you get for that is pretty brutal once upgraded. AzMiLion fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Oct 8, 2011 |
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a weapon? Drake sword simply is not cutting it for me any more. So i am guessing i need to start upgrading a weapon using the titanite stones. What is a good replacement for the drake sword?
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Took my first plunge into the depths after placing a summon sign just because, and ended up being summoned and getting guided through the sewers by the second helpful phantom the host summoned. It made my little jaunt down much easier and I'll be ready to summon some help and be summoned probably tomorrow night because I want to kill me some Gaping Dragon over and over again just to buy all that armour that the depths vendor sells FOR NO GOOD REASON OTHER THAN TO HAVE IT. I want all the armours. All of them. The fancier the better.
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Oct 8, 2011 14:58
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evilalien posted:Go back to the pool of water underneath the giant crow in Firelink where you may have heard snoring before. Either I'm blind or there's nothing here... What exactly am I looking for?
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Oct 8, 2011 14:59
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AzMiLion posted:Sewer shortcut vendor has them for 6K a pop. have fun grinding out the souls. it took me wya to long to fix my curse due to me getting inpatient and dying to dumb poo poo. :/ Thanks to the Gaping Dragon I have 25000 souls, now I just need to make it to him without dying.
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charismaslover posted:Thanks to the Gaping Dragon I have 25000 souls, now I just need to make it to him without dying. Facing from the gate to blighttown, One of the smaller hallways to the left leads almost straight to the sewer bonfire. from there it's a pretty safe route.
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Oct 8, 2011 15:01
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Just a quick question, I should be upgrading my basic weapons and armour asap right? I can afford it, at the first blacksmith, and with some mild grinding could easy get my Wanderer outfit to +1, easy. my Scimitar is already +2
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I spent a couple of hours farming souls and upgrading my elite knight armor and hollow shield after reading about how much hell the Capra Demon gave everyone in this thread. Then I go in and one-shot the guy. Felt awesome. I also went and fought Havel. Died the first time because I tried to roll instead of block (I play a vit/endurance heavy knight), so the second try I actually used my shield and I won. Time to venture into the depths.
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Oct 8, 2011 15:02
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Beat Capra on my second try as a knight. I think he's just much easier as a tanky character since you can go toe to toe with him... and it's not like you have much choice in the matter.
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Oct 8, 2011 15:08
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I read something a few dozen pages back about a second secret door hidden behind a first? Is that in the darkroot garden by the hidden bonfire? It doesn't seem like there's anywhere else to go here but that's the only secret door i've found.
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Oct 8, 2011 15:09
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AzMiLion posted:Facing from the gate to blighttown, One of the smaller hallways to the left leads almost straight to the sewer bonfire. from there it's a pretty safe route. Thanks, that was the route I ended up taking. I assume Blighttown is my next destination?
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andrew smash posted:I read something a few dozen pages back about a second secret door hidden behind a first? Is that in the darkroot garden by the hidden bonfire? It doesn't seem like there's anywhere else to go here but that's the only secret door i've found. I know there's a double secret door in Blighttown, inside the giant tree. You hit the first one, find a chest, then hit the wall behind the chest to open up the Great Hollow
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The first run through Undead Parish I never killed the boar; the next time back, he was gone. Gone forever, then? I wants mes a boar helmet. 
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it's my 21st birthday. time to play dark souls all day. if anyone sees a summon sign for Super Five Five, use it, please. I want to be a golden magic knight man :[
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Been playing since I got the game yesterday, having fun although getting my rear end kicked more than ever before since I never played Demon's Souls. I got two quick things though: 1. Is it normal to spend 95% of the time in hollow form  2. Holy gently caress the forest is scary as hell especially when you run into the boss trying to escape from hordes of enemies.
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Oct 8, 2011 15:15
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Entered Sen's Fortress for the first time today, and made it to the first trap bridge when I was revenge-invaded by a player I had killed earlier in the forest for the forest covenent. Needless to say, fighting another player on that death bridge is awesome. I even managed to knock him off it, but he didn't die and actually came back with full health, then killed me with his fire sword. Which brings me to some advice I need. I'm currently deciding whether or not to keep upgrading my falchion to +10, because I heard it could be ascended into a pretty kickass weapon from there, or turning into a divine weapon at the blacksmith and using that to try to explore New Londo. Either way I need to start working on a new weapon, because my Dark Knights Sword +1 is too slow and weak to be much use anymore (both in Sen's Fortress and in PvP). Any advice on what I should do weapon wise? I want cool weapons too.
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Guliani is HOT posted:So are any high-level melee characters using anything other than Drake's Sword so far? I'm thinking Astora's Straight Sword might be a good replacement after a lot of upgrading. Then again I'm not good at stats and equipment and all that. Heavy neutrino posted:I'm having a hard time with Sen's Fortress. The weird rear end cobra enemies in there take practically no damage from my Black Knight's Sword, and like everything else in the game they kill me in three hits. Am I doing something wrong? Seriously, people should take their souls and make a drat fire weapon with their base weapon of choice. They are extremely useful. UberJumper posted:Does anyone have a recommendation for a weapon? Drake sword simply is not cutting it for me any more. So i am guessing i need to start upgrading a weapon using the titanite stones. What is a good replacement for the drake sword? Sultan Tarquin posted:Godamn, I still can't find the bonfine in Sen's Fortress. It's supposed to be forward of the main chamber where you can rotate the boulders..but I can't find anywhere to drop down. Numbers posted:Is there a second bonfire in the catacombs? It seems a little ridiculous to expect you to get from the first one to the boss. Extremely tedious unless you run all the way, in which case, you have a high chance of dying before you get there. Anyone know?
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Tarradax posted:Either I'm blind or there's nothing here... What exactly am I looking for? If you rang both bells there should be something obvious there. Edit - Actually, looking back at your first post, I don't think you have rung the second bell yet. You need to ring the bell in Blighttown too. evilalien fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Oct 8, 2011 |
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Filthy Monkey posted:It depends on your definition of 'high level', but at 41 I am rocking a Fire Iaido +5, and it wrecks the poo poo out of the Drake Blade. Get some green titanite and upgrade a fire weapon at the smith in the catacombs. Where do I get green titanite?
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UberJumper posted:Where do I get green titanite? You can buy it in Sen's from the hidden merchant for 4k souls each, or you can farm the slimes in the Depths or the leeches in the Blighttown swamp.
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AzMiLion posted:Sewer shortcut vendor has them for 6K a pop. I may be smoking something, but I think the bell tower merchant has them for 3k. I know I didn't have to grind -all- that much to get my curse removed. Like one or two white phantomings only, and that's fun besides.
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Crowbear posted:I know there's a double secret door in Blighttown, inside the giant tree. You hit the first one, find a chest, then hit the wall behind the chest to open up the Great Hollow Okay, cool. Thanks. Since i'm in the area anybody know a good place to grind for the 20k needed to open the door in the forest? I'm currently killing those stone giants in darkroot garden for 300 a pop but it is sloooooow.
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andrew smash posted:Okay, cool. Thanks. Since i'm in the area anybody know a good place to grind for the 20k needed to open the door in the forest? I'm currently killing those stone giants in darkroot garden for 300 a pop but it is sloooooow. If you can make it through the Depths, you get 12.5K souls for successfully white phantoming the boss which isn't very difficult. If you really want to open it up early, I'm not sure there is much better than the enemies in the forest.
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Can I screw myself over by giving embers to the wrong blacksmith? I've been giving them to the guy in undead parish... Also, as a heavy knight character who's been putting points into strength, vitality and endurance, should I have a projectile weapon? If so, what, and what stats should I improve to use it. I'm concerned I might be stuck on some later bosses if they don't come within melee range.
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Maybe i'll just do that. I went to the forest to pick up the wolf ring and grinded up about 8k afterward, but that will get me a solid couple of levels and i can always just try to run the boss a couple of times in depths i guess.
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Tgent posted:Can I screw myself over by giving embers to the wrong blacksmith? I've been giving them to the guy in undead parish... I'm pretty sure each ember is only able to be given to one blacksmith. The other blacksmiths will notice the ember in your inventory and direct you to the correct one. Every single boss can be killed with melee so don't feel like you need a ranged attack. If you really want one, then maybe an elemental short bow would work if you can wield it without raising your dex.
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Sorry that these sort of things keep getting asked, but i'm at a loss what to do here - I've cleared undead burg aside for the drake and also killed the Capra Demon, and cleared everything in the depths aside for Gaping Dragon. When I tried it I got my poo poo wrecked but that might have been as I was cursed. However, at the second I can go to that guy, the Moonlight Butterfly or Hydra, or just run through some other areas like Valley of Drakes etc. I can't find out how to get to Blighttown unless that's past the depths boss, or i've missed something huge. Could someone just point me in the right direction please? I feel a little overwhelmed at the second. edit - I could also go through the graveyard at the start even though I barely hurt the skeletons and have no idea where that leads.
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I got to Firelink Shrine as a thief and master key'd my way to the valley of drakes and stole a sword/shield from a giant poison-spewing dragon gently caress I love this game so much
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Is no one else raging about the fact that you can't hit select to recommend a message anymore? All I see are constantly vanishing 0 rating messages. Unlike demon souls, there aren't very many good 'warning' messages before mean-spirited deathtraps because it's such a pain in the loving rear end to recommend a message. WHY?! Maybe it will be patched. We can hope, I guess. Did one of Demon's Souls annoyances ever get patched out? I came into that game a year late (but there were still lots and lots of recommended messages!) It just seems SO retarded. In such a flawless game that smoothed out the rough edges of the first, it really rankles.
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Was watching a Japanese player stream (well, he lives in Japan anyway) and now I think I might have to try a faith build. http://www.justin.tv/nechronic/b/296966052 Inivisible, unlockable? No problem! Just walk around with my AoE slow on and then one shot you with another AoE when I find you. I think it's faith at least, magic shield is sorcery but tranquil walk of peace is faith. Anyone know what spell he was killed with?
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Thievery posted:Sorry that these sort of things keep getting asked, but i'm at a loss what to do here - I've cleared undead burg aside for the drake and also killed the Capra Demon, and cleared everything in the depths aside for Gaping Dragon. When I tried it I got my poo poo wrecked but that might have been as I was cursed. However, at the second I can go to that guy, the Moonlight Butterfly or Hydra, or just run through some other areas like Valley of Drakes etc. I can't find out how to get to Blighttown unless that's past the depths boss, or i've missed something huge. Could someone just point me in the right direction please? I feel a little overwhelmed at the second. If you have the master key, you can get to Blighttown by going from Firelink -> New Londo -> Valley of the Drakes -> Blighttown back entrance. If you don't then you need to kill the boss of the Depths for the key to open the front entrance to Blighttown. You can do the Moonlight Butterfly now, but the other areas are probably too hard at the moment. The boss of the Depths should be doable if you get yourself uncursed too. Bhodi posted:Is no one else raging about the fact that you can't hit select to recommend a message anymore? All I see are constantly vanishing 0 rating messages. Unlike demon souls, there aren't very many good 'warning' messages before mean-spirited deathtraps because it's such a pain in the loving rear end to recommend a message. WHY?! Yeah, I mentioned how dumb this was earlier. I hate having to keep my orange soapstone equipped and having to cycle through my inventory every time I want to rate a message.
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Thievery posted:Sorry that these sort of things keep getting asked, but i'm at a loss what to do here - I've cleared undead burg aside for the drake and also killed the Capra Demon, and cleared everything in the depths aside for Gaping Dragon. When I tried it I got my poo poo wrecked but that might have been as I was cursed. However, at the second I can go to that guy, the Moonlight Butterfly or Hydra, or just run through some other areas like Valley of Drakes etc. I can't find out how to get to Blighttown unless that's past the depths boss, or i've missed something huge. Could someone just point me in the right direction please? I feel a little overwhelmed at the second. My strategy for Gaping Dragon when I was cursed was: get some distance and wait for it to lower it's head to the ground, then it will start to charge at you. Run to the side and wait for it to stop, run up and attack it a couple of time and then run away to another part of the map to get some distance. Repeat. It may not be the most exciting way but he didn't even touch me once. I also had to take off my armour so I could run fast enough.
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Crowbear posted:I know there's a double secret door in Blighttown, inside the giant tree. You hit the first one, find a chest, then hit the wall behind the chest to open up the Great Hollow Holy poo poo, I made it through there to Ash Lake and it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in a video game. Felt like Miyazaki designed that place. You should really get the ability to teleport before going in there though, I can't imagine climbing all the way back out. Only four more strength to go before I can use Havel's shield and the four weapons I have that require 50 str to wield one-handed, hopefully that'll actually allow me to make some actual progress again.
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Cool thanks for the tips guys. I have got the Master key (thief) so i'll give that a shot and come back for the boss once i've got a weapon with reach. Literally still bandit dagger +5.
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Hey  Jetpack Postman put pretty much everything in this post in the OP because it's loving good newbie info:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3439963&userid=70436#post396243130 Without any sort of english wiki, that sort of info is something that shouldn't get buried in such a fast moving thread, and well you don't accept PMs so here's the vain hope that you actually read or at least skim your own 500-post-a-day thread. Edit: It answers that question VVVV and half the drat question posts, too. Bhodi fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Oct 8, 2011 |
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Where can I find the first blacksmith? I tried going further after killing the boar and got raped by dudes in red cloaks and something bigger. Then found my way to Capra, but my spear is doing 5 damage. edit: Thanks! Peppi fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Oct 8, 2011 |
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Nechronic posted:Was watching a Japanese player stream (well, he lives in Japan anyway) and now I think I might have to try a faith build. Looked like he was killed with God's Wrath.
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Thievery posted:Literally still bandit dagger +5. I was Longsword +3, it took ages 
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