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Oct 16, 2011 17:14
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Worth pumping Elite Knight Armor to +5 everything or going for something like Black? I'm not really seeing what's all so great about the Elite version.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:18
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MadJackMcJack posted:Some joker put "Weakness: Head" in front of a Titanite demon. Thanks a lot dude, real helpful! My favorite message I ran into was in Darkroot Basin. You get there, and immediately that stupid hydra starts blasting you with huge volleys of waterbolts. You finally manage to get up to the shore after dealing with the golems and run out and check the message there to see if it's anything helpful... "Monster ahead" No poo poo, Sherlock. 
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Oct 16, 2011 17:18
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smuh posted:Oh what the hell, is there seriously no bonfire in the crystal cave? It's not a very long rung back. All that stands between the closest library bonfire and the cave is about 4 atronachs.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:19
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invalid posted:Worth pumping Elite Knight Armor to +5 everything or going for something like Black? I'm not really seeing what's all so great about the Elite version. Definitely not the gloves, they're awful - even Hard Leather beats them by miles, except for poise of course.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:19
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Hamburger Test posted:At 29 I feel like I'm underlevelled for S+O, at what level do people usually do this? I'm getting murdered within 5 seconds, I can't even get Iron Flesh off - and then I get 2 shot. I was 57, but then again I beat it on my first try (I am a pyromancer... my fire does like 500 damage to them a pop)... Just get up to a high enough level where you can summon a couple people to help. If you die right away get some more vitality or up your endurance so you can block them. Once you do that its just learning their patterns, which can be done by putting down your soul sign and helping other people.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:20
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Shalinor posted:So, what's the reasoning behind lightning in particular? Does it have an effect that fire just can't match, or, would a fire spear be potentially just as lethal? Lightning is apparently the poo poo and it's generally harder to find enemies that resist it, and it also gives the highest damage bonus. Additionally, lightning seems to stun opponents more easily. Fire has slightly less damage but it's good to have another element handy in case a monster resists one of the two, or if someone stacks their gear towards resisting a particular element in pvp.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:20
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smuh posted:Oh what the hell, is there seriously no bonfire in the crystal cave? You get used to it, and the boss is actually one of the easier ones if you're ranged.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:21
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Talran posted:You get used to it, and the boss is actually one of the easier ones if you're ranged. This. Trying to stabbity stab the boss is horrible. My first time, I tried cutting off the tail. Got him half way dead and died. Found out that you have to hack at the TIP of his tail. 
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Oct 16, 2011 17:22
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invalid posted:Worth pumping Elite Knight Armor to +5 everything or going for something like Black? I'm not really seeing what's all so great about the Elite version. First, I've never made the dumb mistake of wasting twinkling titanite on armor, but I think those armor pieces that upgrade with TT don't go farther than +5. Second, the Elite Knight chestpiece looks pretty great. Third and most importantly, it upgrades with simple titanite shards/large shards/chunks/slabs. My main character, in NG+, still uses her Elite Knight chestpiece +10. Its defense values are comparable to Havel's armor.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:23
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Jetpack Postman posted:Updated the OP with Sheep-Goat's guide. You can stop reposting it all the time now, dude. Sorry it took so long - this thread moves crazy fast and it's difficult to keep up. Thanks, got it. Send me your email or buy plat or something. I've already got nine or ten changes I have to make that others have pointed out and will hopefully get v1.1 out by the end of the week to at least fix those errors.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:29
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Grinding humanity out of the baby skeletons isn't as bad as I thought, pretty annoying that you have to be very close to the item drop or it disappears in like 2 seconds. To anyone that's done the same does it matter what weapon I use? Would I get a better drop rate if I used a Divine weapon for example?
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Oct 16, 2011 17:29
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I'm a little disappointed with how incredibly easy Pinwheel was  Maybe I was just way overlevelled for him at this point? I'm SL 36Also wish I had found a bonfire between the first catacombs one and the area after him, because I fell off a cliff, and now I'm out 15k souls because I just don't feel like going all the way back. gently caress all the pitch-black underground places in this game, why can't they just keep giving us cool, interesting settings like the Parish and the Burg - hell, even the underground burg/depths were okay. But gently caress Blighttown, Catacombs and the giants. I'm starting to really dislike late-game DaS edit: Oh also Jetpack Postman, I don't know if you saw my post it (thread moves fast and it was a day or so ago), but Xbox 360 players can talk to the person they're phantoming with over Private Chat - I did it with a random guy I connected with friday night and it worked fine, no kicking us back to the title screen. When I looked at the xbox menu, it said we were in the "DARK SOULS" chat channel. Maybe ours was a fluke, but others might at least give it a try 
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Oct 16, 2011 17:32
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RedTonic posted:This. Trying to stabbity stab the boss is horrible. My first time, I tried cutting off the tail. Got him half way dead and died. Found out that you have to hack at the TIP of his tail.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:33
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RedTonic posted:This. Trying to stabbity stab the boss is horrible. My first time, I tried cutting off the tail. Got him half way dead and died. Found out that you have to hack at the TIP of his tail. Speaking of which, why the heck is my Moonlight Sword solid? False advertising!  Heavy neutrino posted:First, I've never made the dumb mistake of wasting twinkling titanite on armor, but I think those armor pieces that upgrade with TT don't go farther than +5. As far as I can tell, the Black Iron +5 set gives defenses equivalent or better to Smaugh's Armor, but is considerably lighter, and doesn't look like rear end. Also, you'll need 40 pieces of Twinkling Titanite to upgrade it. If there's a better set of armor in the game, I'm not aware of it.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:36
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Heavy neutrino posted:First, I've never made the dumb mistake of wasting twinkling titanite on armor, but I think those armor pieces that upgrade with TT don't go farther than +5. I'd challenge you to a duel as soon as my leather gloves get back from the smith! (I thought I could get them to +5 with just regular shards)
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Oct 16, 2011 17:37
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Defghanistan posted:My god. Ok well I guess it's time to go enable that cage and then go farm back those souls. Thanks fellas. Spend all your souls, you will die. A lot until luck goes your way at one point
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Oct 16, 2011 17:40
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Heavy neutrino posted:First, I've never made the dumb mistake of wasting twinkling titanite on armor, but I think those armor pieces that upgrade with TT don't go farther than +5. Black Iron Helm is the best helmet in the game. Antiquated Skirt is the best legging in the game (that's not heavy armor). Both are worth using your TT on.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:43
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Still O+S:Pash posted:I was 57, but then again I beat it on my first try (I am a pyromancer... my fire does like 500 damage to them a pop)... Just get up to a high enough level where you can summon a couple people to help. If you die right away get some more vitality or up your endurance so you can block them. Once you do that its just learning their patterns, which can be done by putting down your soul sign and helping other people. Never mind, figured out that my mistake was trying to Iron Flesh through it when it is so easily kitable. Just need to figure out Super S now. I will have them.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:44
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More Solaire crap. Does anyone know if he'll get headcrabbed if I rest at a bonfire now and come back? I've flagged him in the corridor finally (cleared the hall of bugs, then had to beat Centipede and talk to him at the following bonfire, then he was in the hall bemoaning his mission).
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Oct 16, 2011 17:44
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Just discovered Ash Lake... wow, it's so awesome down here! Love the chanting. Is there really anything to do other than meet the dragon at the end?
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Oct 16, 2011 17:45
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Shalinor posted:So, what's the reasoning behind lightning in particular? Does it have an effect that fire just can't match, or, would a fire spear be potentially just as lethal? Lightning and Fire weapons both do a ton of damage but their damage doesn't scale with your stats. They're still friggin powerful though. I think more tough enemies will be resistant to fire than resistant to lightning so lightning is better because it gets through so many more enemies (spoiler: not the last boss, though!). Plus apparently you can get a lightning spear for free. Potentially though, they're equally lethal. I think my Lightning Halberd had 300/306 damage listed (normal/lightning) while my Fire Great Scythe had 306/306 (normal/fire). Also IIRC you don't need an ember to make either. You just need to talk to the right blacksmith (although you do need an ember to upgrade a +5 fire weapon any farther, and you can only add lightning to a +10 standard weapon)
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Oct 16, 2011 17:45
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Vintersorg posted:Just discovered Ash Lake... wow, it's so awesome down here! Love the chanting. Is there really anything to do other than meet the dragon at the end? Weakness: Tail
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Oct 16, 2011 17:47
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I loves me some poise, but I wanted to figure out what was some weight efficient poise. So, poise over weight. Helmets right now, with only helmets that have poise listed.pre:Standard Helm: 1.42 Chain Helm: 1.66 Knight Helm: 1.9 Elite Knight Helm: 1.77 Cleric Helm: 1.66 Elite Cleric Helm: 1.76 Iron Helm: 1.77 Black Iron Helm: 2 Helm of the Wise: 1.56 Catarina Helm: 1.77 Crystaline Helm: 1.42 Brass Helm: 1.56 Eastern Helm: 1.7 Hollow Soldier: 1.66 Balder Helm: 1.42 Steel: 1.66 Silver Knight: 1.66 Black Knight: 1.6 Giant Helm: 2.22 Six-Eyed Helm: 1.28 Boar Helm: 1.2 Gargoyle Helm: 2.28 Golem Helm: 2.06 Smough's Helm: 2.05 Ornstein's Helm: 1.63 Dark Mask: 1.57 Helm of Thorns: 1.46 Helm of Favor: 1.77 Paladin Helm: 1.6 Stone Helm: 2.2 Havel: 2.4 Royal: 1.77 Symbol of Avarice: 1.5 Except for the Gargoyle Helm, the most standout light helmet revealed by this exercise. With a poise of 8 and a weight of only 3.5, it is light and provides some good poise. Too bad it upgrades with filthy filthy twinkling titanite. Nice helm for the weight though.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:47
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Filthy Monkey posted:Observations: Black iron, the Giant Helm, the Golem Helm, Smough's Helm, the stone helm, and havel's helm all flex their muscles with a poise over weight rating of 2.0 or better. Keep in mind that Giant Helm, Golem Helm, Stone Helm, and Havel's Helm I believe all have an invisible effect of slowing down your stamina recovery to varying degrees. I don't think it says it anywhere in their item descriptions, but the official guide points it out.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:50
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I just go with whatever makes me look like a badass, in my case: Ornsteins armor, so loving cool. Just made his lightning spear last night and with some upgrades it's really drat good. Currently getting a shotel up though and putting fire on it to gently caress pvp players days up.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:51
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In Anor Londo I just hit the first bonfire and killed the gargoyle, then went down the forest path which was blocked and sealed with the great lords power. There are tons of soul signs saying to jump off past the gargoyle, any idea what to do here?
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Oct 16, 2011 17:57
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Defghanistan posted:In Anor Londo I just hit the first bonfire and killed the gargoyle, then went down the forest path which was blocked and sealed with the great lords power. There are tons of soul signs saying to jump off past the gargoyle, any idea what to do here? At the base of the staircase where the gargoyle was, there are spots with no railings. Jump down, look around for a treasure chest, and then climb the weird rooftop archway thing over into the adjacent building.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:00
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Defghanistan posted:In Anor Londo I just hit the first bonfire and killed the gargoyle, then went down the forest path which was blocked and sealed with the great lords power. There are tons of soul signs saying to jump off past the gargoyle, any idea what to do here? It's a bit scary if you get vertigo like me but jump off to the side, run to the back to get a item than run up the thin path to the building on the left.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:00
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charismaslover posted:Grinding humanity out of the baby skeletons isn't as bad as I thought, pretty annoying that you have to be very close to the item drop or it disappears in like 2 seconds. Nah, use what you find best. Furysword sweeping low worked best for me, spear was abit slow even though safer behind a sheild. But if you can farm there you shoulnt have to worry about damage or status. Being human, pumping up humanity and the item ring. Followed by enough humanity to last you for the rest of playing.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:04
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Someone put down a message saying "amazing ring ahead" next to the well in firelink shrine. It's rated +21 
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Oct 16, 2011 18:11
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With 26 end and wearing ring of favor and protection, the father's helm increases my weight max from 72 to 82.8. Given that most poise efficient equipment has a poise to weight ratio of 2 or higher, that means that if the father's helm is a good move if it means you are equipping heavier armor with it. 10 extra weight could be translating to 20 extra poise, which is better than any other helmet. I don't know the mechanics of how the helm works, be it is a flat addition to weight or a percentage increase. Still, in my case, and probably in others, it is a worthwhile hat. Edit: Actually, most people are probably only going to use half of that weight, to keep their movement up. So 10 extra weight might be an effective 5 extra lbs of equipment, which means 10 poise. Still, that holds up fairly well as far as helmets go, especially if you are going heavier into a more efficient poise bracket. It isn't the knockout I initially presented though. Still need to know the details of the weight increase effect to make a real determination. Filthy Monkey fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Oct 16, 2011 |
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Oct 16, 2011 18:12
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Sultan Tarquin posted:Someone put down a message saying "amazing ring ahead" next to the well in firelink shrine. It's rated +21 It's telling that the only messages I see rated AT ALL are all trolls like that.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:13
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I think I saw a lot of people talking about the dual dark knight archers in Anor Londo? Eagle Shield+10 and Ring of Steel Protection totally aced that.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:18
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Siegelind "If he goes Hollow, I'll just have to kill him again." Sometimes the messages can be lifesavers, at least. There's a false ladder in the depths that I was about to descend when I saw someone left a note about an imminent fall. It made me suspicious enough to actually get a good look.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:18
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I'm down to two bosses left on my SL1 playthrough, Seathe and Gwyn. I may just finish one of them and consider the game "beaten" because after doing some PvP last night, I definitely do not want to enter NG+ with this character. It is absolutely hilarious invading Undead Burg wearing Gold Hemmed Armor with a fully upgraded Pyromancer Flame and getting paired up with people who have just started the game. Since the red eye orb doesn't let them know they're being invaded (according to the wiki anyway, I can't confirm this), I like to make it fun and pretend I'm some ridiculously powerful NPC by slowly patrolling around the ramparts. The results have been hilarious so far, with people ranging from scared shitless to curious. My favorite so far was a guy who slowly crept up behind me every time I'd take a step, only to not notice the fire bombers above him. He died pretty fast 
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Oct 16, 2011 18:20
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It's so great when the summoner dies like right away to Quelaag. Especially since I'm tanking all of her attacks. I'm doing this to help out of the goodness of my heart (And to get some quick souls though that part is debatable at this point) but it's just disheartening when people just instant die to these bosses.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:20
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What's the earliest, fastest way for me to join either the Darkmoon Blade or the Darkwraiths? I wanna get my PvP on
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Oct 16, 2011 18:21
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Didn't someone here beat the Four Kings at SL 21? Please share your secret, I'm trying to get into the Darkwraiths for some pvp fun on the Xbox.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:21
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Zain posted:It's so great when the summoner dies like right away to Quelaag. Especially since I'm tanking all of her attacks. I'm doing this to help out of the goodness of my heart (And to get some quick souls though that part is debatable at this point) but it's just disheartening when people just instant die to these bosses. Hey man you get hit by the big lava barf and you're DONE Well-done, at that.
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Oct 16, 2011 18:23
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