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Nigulus Rex posted:The gaping dragon keeps killing me. I cut off his tail without fail, and every loving time at some point, without fail, he squashes me. I try to sprint away but I can't get out of the way. You should only ever attack Gaping Dragon after he completes a forward charge and never, ever let him align his front with you. Reduce your load below 25% if you can; there's no use for armor because tail swipes aren't very hard to dodge. It's kind of weird that he takes 50% bonus damage from the front, but I imagine it's just From Software trolling us again because there's no way to hit his front and somehow survive.
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I would like to give some pro-tips to people in mid-game. Don't underestimate pyromancy. It's like free magic. Since it's based on upgrading the fire hand, you can buy your way into better magic. Most spells suck, but fire orb and iron flesh are amazing. With a minor 2 points into attunement (14 total if you don't start as a pyro) you can have two sets of fire orb and one of iron flesh. I've used iron flesh to totally tank bosses. You just trade hits and win because they can't hurt you. Fire orb kills most big common enemies in 2 shots. Poison ogres getting you down? Use fire and get free poo!
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Oct 9, 2011 16:27
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I just now hit the bonfire in the Undead Parish and killed the Black Knight in the little church/temple thing with the elevator down to firelink. There is some guy or statue up in an aclove in the wall that I can't reach but will shoot stuff at me, do I fight him later or did I miss something on how to get to him?
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Oct 9, 2011 16:28
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Man, I thought the Gaping Dragon was broken. Is it blind? It felt like it, I just let him walk around and hacked at his sides, never once getting hit. Just keep your distance and you'll be fine. Dark Souls is about having patience with bosses and seeing what the hell they do. Unless it's the firstCapra Demon fight where you have no choice but to rush.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:28
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Heavy neutrino posted:You should only ever attack Gaping Dragon after he completes a forward charge and never, ever let him align his front with you. Reduce your load below 25% if you can; there's no use for armor because tail swipes aren't very hard to dodge. You actually have a good five second window for attacks when he does his forward crashing attack where he brings the front half of his body down. He'll get stuck in the ground for a little bit and leave his head wide open. Just make sure you sprint off to the side as soon as you hear him roar/see him getting up, because his charge is immediately afterwards and he will steamroll you if you try to run backwards instead of sideways. FlyingCowOfDoom posted:I just now hit the bonfire in the Undead Parish and killed the Black Knight in the little church/temple thing with the elevator down to firelink. If you're facing the elevators to Firelink, go to the right and you'll find a staircase leading to the second floor of the cathedral. This will take you up to the guy who is shooting down at you.
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Nechronic posted:Sounds like you're staying in for too long. Try getting two or three swings and then running away. Always attack the back leg or the tail end so you don't get caught if it turns. Don't even bother attacking unless the dragon has just finished a charge or is still recovering from another attack. Thanks. I killed him after I only attacked when he charged. That was pretty easy actually -_- Ankle-biter posted:I would like to give some pro-tips to people in mid-game. Thanks for the tips. Does anyone know where you can train pyromancy if you kill the pyro guy in the depths? I didn't mean to kill him but I hit his barrel with my sword by accident and had to finish the job.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:31
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Nigulus Rex posted:Thanks. I killed him after I only attacked when he charged. That was pretty easy actually -_- The other pyro trainer is in the swamp at the bottom of Blight Town. For future reference, you can break barrels and such by rolling, which won't hurt npcs.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:33
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I just killed the gargoyle in anor lando, is there anywhere i can go from here? There is a bigass yellow gate but i can't go through it yet
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Oct 9, 2011 16:33
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"Does anyone know where you can train pyromancy if you kill the pyro guy in the depths? I didn't mean to kill him but I hit his barrel with my sword by accident and had to finish the job." You are hosed. You need him to upgrade your flame hand. The next trainer won't appear until you max your hand with his skills.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:33
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I guess it's obvious that after the second bell I should head to Sen's Fortress, but these snake warriors are murdering me. Should I explore the Londo Ruins or the Forest or even the Asylum first? This just isn't going well.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:35
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Hey, I have a question, with the tutorial demon down all. I have to ask do all bosses have a special condition in order to beat them and get a special item? Right now I'm on the Taurus boss.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:36
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hcenvirons posted:I guess it's obvious that after the second bell I should head to Sen's Fortress, but these snake warriors are murdering me. Should I explore the Londo Ruins or the Forest or even the Asylum first? This just isn't going well. Depends on your level. If you are under 40, I'd say go grind.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:37
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Depths posted:I just killed the gargoyle in anor lando, is there anywhere i can go from here? There is a bigass yellow gate but i can't go through it yet Go back to where you killed him. You should see some beams that you can walk on. The first one on the left should lead you to the next area.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:37
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hcenvirons posted:I guess it's obvious that after the second bell I should head to Sen's Fortress, but these snake warriors are murdering me. Should I explore the Londo Ruins or the Forest or even the Asylum first? This just isn't going well. If you choose to stay there, there is a chest fairly early on in Sen's Fortress which contains a weapon that makes the snake warriors much easier to fight!
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Oct 9, 2011 16:38
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^^^ I now know what I must do!  Ankle-biter posted:Depends on your level. If you are under 40, I'd say go grind. I'm at 31 one right now, any recommendations?
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Oct 9, 2011 16:39
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Hahaha. I hate this game sometimes. I just saved up 30k souls, so I could buy a heap of curse cures from the absolution guy, only to find out he has limited stock and would only sell me one more.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:40
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Well, finally finished the game today at level 39 with pyro/melee hybrid build. I also picked up all the Firekeeper souls: - Undead Parish - Blight Town, Valley of Drake Side, down at where all the toxin shooters are - New Londo, off to the right side from the first spirit - Duke's Archive, same room where Logan is held at the bottom of prison - Kill Lautrec at Anor Lando (can be used to revive Firekeeper at Firelink) - Kill Firekeeper at Anor Lando (disables bonfire) - Kill White Spider NPC at Quelaag's (disables bonfire) NG+ is pretty harsh so far. Enemies give 3x more souls, but have around 50% more HP. Enemies also hit like a truck, a counter-hit from normal Undead Burg enemies do a good 250 damage against ~300 def.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:40
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Doing the Londo Ruins myself at the moment. I can't seem to figure out where to go though. I found the dude on top of the building, a couple of non-operational lifts, and a locked door with some sort of wheel-lever behind it. Do I need some sort of key in order to progress? I wanted to finish this place off before doing the Anor Londo boss.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:41
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Ankle-biter posted:I would like to give some pro-tips to people in mid-game. Can I just clear something up? As far as I know you cant have two of the same spell attuned unless you start as pyro and then buy ANOTHER fireball. You cannot attune the same spell twice. Someone feel free to correct me, but that's from a lot of googling. If you CAN attune multiple spells, then it's combustion x3 for me.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:41
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Leyburn posted:Hahaha. I hate this game sometimes. I just saved up 30k souls, so I could buy a heap of curse cures from the absolution guy, only to find out he has limited stock and would only sell me one more. Did you try the undead lady near the sewers entrance?
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Defghanistan posted:Can I just clear something up? As far as I know you cant have two of the same spell attuned unless you start as pyro and then buy ANOTHER fireball. You cannot attune the same spell twice. You can have multiple spell copies, but you have to buy them and have slots for them. There's actually an advanced combustion that you will like even more 
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Oct 9, 2011 16:43
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LorentzViolator posted:If you choose to stay there, there is a chest fairly early on in Sen's Fortress which contains a weapon that makes the snake warriors much easier to fight! Which weapon is that? I don't remember any weapon.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:44
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Holy poo poo, i just found out that you can survive the fall after getting hit by those first pendulum traps in sen's fortress, i really wish i didn't survive that fall.
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Oct 9, 2011 16:44
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Exploit those snake cunts, they are stupid and you can easily circle around them (provided you are a fast guy and not a slow tank). They leave their backs open a lot.
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Defghanistan posted:Can I just clear something up? As far as I know you cant have two of the same spell attuned unless you start as pyro and then buy ANOTHER fireball. You cannot attune the same spell twice. You are correct. There are at least two combustions, and a greater combustion, in the game. edit: vv yes Also, has anyone found a Miracles trainer besides that guy who starts by the firelink shrine? I feel like I've been through rather a lot of the game, and still haven't found anyone who'll teach wrath of god or Greater Heal or whatever. I did find that maiden in a white dress down in the Tomb of the Giants, and after I killed her hollow buddies she gave me a regeneration spell, but she won't sell me anything. I figured she'd be the advanced trainer, but I guess not? StringOfLetters fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Oct 9, 2011 |
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Ankle-biter posted:You can have multiple spell copies, but you have to buy them and have slots for them. There's actually an advanced combustion that you will like even more Ok so does the second pyro trainer have copies of the spells that the first pyro trainer taught you then? Is that how it works?
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Vintersorg posted:Exploit those snake cunts, they are stupid and you can easily circle around them (provided you are a fast guy and not a slow tank). They leave their backs open a lot. Backs? Who cares when you can throw a fireball in their face!
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Oct 9, 2011 16:47
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Bobnumerotres posted:Which weapon is that? I don't remember any weapon. Yes it is the lightning spear which comes from killing the monster pretending to be a chest
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Oct 9, 2011 16:49
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Killbot posted:Did you try the undead lady near the sewers entrance? Yeah I just went and cleaned her out instead. Although she charges double. I need some Seath pointers before I attempt him again. I have these 7 purging stones, so I only have 7 attempts at this. As far as I can tell he has two attacks, he can slam his tenticles about for big damage, or curse you with his AoE crystal attack. There doesn't seem to be any sure fire way to avoid either of these. I'd much rather go into the fight in human form, so I have better curse resistance, but I have 0 humanity and for whatever reason, the online is loving knackered in my area, so I can't get summoned. Any tips?!
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Defghanistan posted:Ok so does the second pyro trainer have copies of the spells that the first pyro trainer taught you then? Is that how it works? I'm going full pyro, so I'm a little fuzzy about what I bought where. I bought everything from the first trainer. I fully upgraded my hand so the second teacher would appear in the swamp. I think that will get you what you want. I also joined the chaos cov after the spider lady for more spells. I need to get to rank 2 for another spell, but that's gonna be a while. I think there is a final trainer after this, but I'm not 100% since this is my first time playing.
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Killed Queelag after upgrading my Iaido to +8 and now I actually have a decent weapon, which is nice. Chatted to the egg guy through a secret door afterwards and said I wasn't a new servant and he wouldn't let me through so I just left. Did I miss anything special? Also is there any vendor other than the first one in Undead Burg that sells arrows? I killed the poo poo out of him for a sword.
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Hydra just went down like a bitch  After I fell off the edge of the lake the previous attempt trying to get too close to it 
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Oct 9, 2011 16:58
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Oct 9, 2011 16:59
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I love those loving robes so much, cannot wait to walk around with the Dark Knight's sword, going to make me so happy.  I have the greatshield found in Blighttown right now and it's so loving good and as the description says, very light. No enemy yet aside from giants can hack it, they all stagger.
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Oct 9, 2011 17:00
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I'm never going to get past the archers in Anor Londo. 
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Oct 9, 2011 17:01
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I feel like an idiot. I have been using a spear basically exclusively and I never realized you couldn't backstab with your shield up until just now. I had just been thinking the spear's backstab zone was tiny and I just couldn't hit it. 
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Partial Octopus posted:I'm never going to get past the archers in Anor Londo. Sprint right up to the one on the right and block all its attacks, try to circle around it on the left keeping your back to the wall so it's on the very edge of the ledge. It should stagger and fall off. The one on the left can't hit you if you hug the wall.
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Leyburn posted:Yeah I just went and cleaned her out instead. Although she charges double. If you have the Dingy robe set or a set with higher curse resist, put it on. He hits so god drat hard that any physical attacks are just going to kill you anyway. I beat him by waiting until he used the crystal beam attack and then beating the poo poo out of his stomach. It seemed like the crystals closer to him did less damage and with curse resist gear it never got anywhere near cursing me. He does have a tail though, and I assume there's a reward for cutting it off. It's incredibly dangerous behind him and Crystal Caves loving sucked so I have no idea what it gives you, if anything.
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gently caress Ornstein and Smough so much. I've been killed five or six times already before I can even do anything because Ornstein dashes towards me and fucks my poo poo up almost instantly.
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Shlapintogan posted:gently caress Ornstein and Smough so much. I've been killed five or six times already before I can even do anything because Ornstein dashes towards me and fucks my poo poo up almost instantly. You do realize this is the hardest fight in the game, right?
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