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Kneel Before Zog posted:Edit: Also how do I increase my lightning +5 greatsword into lightning + 10. Is it the Crystal ember I just picked up recently? I think +5 is as far as Lightning goes.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 21:37 |
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Contra Duck posted:A little helpful advice from the steam page for those stuggling with this game: Wait, what the hell?
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 21:42 |
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Kneel Before Zog posted:Oh I did not know the flying gargoyles provide two way flight options. Thanks! Are there any spells I can't buy at Logan from Firelink that I can buy from Logan in archives? Yes! You'll need INT between the mid 30s-40s. (to use the spells, not buy them)
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 21:43 |
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Contra Duck posted:A little helpful advice from the steam page for those stuggling with this game: Haha. Someone has to make a gimmick invadee now. Send every invader you win against a "Be gone, evil forces, my soul is mine and I am alive!" message.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 21:45 |
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The whole Steam page is full of bizarre literal translations. It's pretty funny.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 21:46 |
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Fibby Boy posted:Haha. Someone has to make a gimmick invadee now. Send every invader you win against a "Be gone, evil forces, my soul is mine and I am alive!" message. I want to do a club wielding hulking jacked bro, and every time I kill someone message them with "do you even lift?"
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 21:50 |
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Apparently the whole expansion will center around the King's Crown at the non-rundown Kiln?
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 21:52 |
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Veev posted:Apparently the whole expansion will center around the King's Crown at the non-rundown Kiln? Maybe we'll finally figure out what the purpose of the gold viking helmet Vamos drops is. Other than being a badass viking helmet. Also the pendant. I want to know what that thing does/was supposed to do.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 21:57 |
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Nasgate posted:Not until December? or was it November? Either way, those of us who lack good computers have to wait uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh The Japanese trailer lists the dlc as coming out October 25th in Japan. Considering this generations penchant for dlc release parity assuming no exclusive rights have been bought, I'd assume it comes out simultaneously for all of us around that time. Also it lists it for 12,500 yen or something like that, so expect to pay $15 USD
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 22:03 |
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Kneel Before Zog posted:Oh I did not know the flying gargoyles provide two way flight options. Thanks! Are there any spells I can't buy at Logan from Firelink that I can buy from Logan in archives? Fibby Boy posted:Maybe we'll finally figure out what the purpose of the gold viking helmet Vamos drops is. Other than being a badass viking helmet. Why would that have a purpose besides being an awesome hat? That's what all the hats are for!
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 23:02 |
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Nahxela posted:Why would that have a purpose besides being an awesome hat? That's what all the hats are for! Goodness knows, I've never picked a hat based on its stats. Or any armour, come to think of it. Usually I go for Elite Knight Armour and whatever hat strikes my fancy. But I think the Silver Knight set is quite good so I'm gonna give that a whirl.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 23:05 |
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I think I spent the majority of the game in Ornsteins armor because it looked so cool. Well that and it's pretty good armor.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 23:17 |
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I always go with whatever lands me at <25% encumbrance because gently caress running slowly. If I have some leeway I just go with whatever looks dopey-est. Xanthous Crown 24/7.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 23:35 |
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Heavy neutrino posted:I always go with whatever lands me at <25% encumbrance because gently caress running slowly. If I have some leeway I just go with whatever looks dopey-est. Xanthous Crown 24/7. I built my dude (poorly) to use all of Artorias's gear, so my stamina is 24 and I have to use the Havel flipping combo to use any metal armor  .
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 23:39 |
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Does anyone have any info on how the matchmaking system is going to work? It sounded like they were going to expand co-op play, which would be excellent. Maybe make the game able to be played all the way through via friends, or help friends out regardless of level disparity?
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 23:39 |
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Nahxela posted:Nope, he should have the same stock in Archives with a bunch of new things. And he'll pass the spells you didn't buy off him in Firelink Shrine on to Griggs, so you can get his lower-tier stuff twice, which is useful for the soul spear.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 23:54 |
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For the last few weeks, I've played Demon's Souls. I must state that the first game is so much more bearable after the second. Which seems unusual, but Dark Souls is literally the perfect (gamer's) game. It's hard to think of, but playing Demon's Souls has increased my love of Dark Souls, since Demon's Souls is riddled with bugs. The dual Maneater boss was the hardest since I'd dodge-roll, and constantly get stuck in a pillar (or behind) I couldn't get out of except for instant death. Which also happened for several other bosses. Dark Souls didn't have any of that. I don't know about anyone else, but when I see a sequel improve on its original in every single way, I become ecstatic. So few sequels do such.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 00:06 |
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aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The Duke's Archives is the worst. I figured that playing the entire game as a primarily melee character with low intelligence would be easy enough but i've hit a serious brick wall here. The crystal golems in and around the caves are destroying me, not to mention the crystal butterflies which I have no means to killing except for throwing 100 wooden arrows at them. That and I can't survive long enough as human to get help. Players keep invading me and one-shoting me with wrath of god or an unblockable weapon. This is seriously putting me off playing any further. I'm basically stuck. I could go do tomb of giants or bop on down to lost izalith but that is just delaying the problem. Any ideas?
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IconicIronic posted:playing Demon's Souls has increased my love of Dark Souls Absolutely agreed on both of these, also playing Demon's Souls and noticing all the parallels between them increased my love of both games. In addition to this it has drove me crazy thinking of how amazing the next Souls game will be given the improvements from one to the next as well as everything they've learned from making them both.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 00:16 |
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Mr. Sunabouzu posted:aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Golems are slow and the butterflies don't aggro if you don't attack them. Just run past.
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Mr. Sunabouzu posted:aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Don't fight the butterflies. You don't have to they're completely docile. If you're pure melee I'm assuming you're focusing on str/dex. If so pick a strike weapon. I have no clue if golems would actually be weak to it but it makes sense. That might give you the edge. Otherwise study and learn their patterns, they're extremely predictable.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 00:22 |
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Mr. Sunabouzu posted:aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA run past all of the golems and all of the butterflies. Inside the cave itself are two golems you probably need to fight, but all the ones outside can be run past.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 00:26 |
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There's only one golem you have to fight and he doesn't respawn. Also, I believe golems have resistance to lightning as well as their ridiculous magic resistance but I may be wrong. If you're around SL 80there should be plenty of summons right by the bonfire before you can get invaded.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 01:04 |
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Could someone with a PS3 mule help me out this weekend? I have all the armor and weapons I need, so it would just be consumables, ammo, and whatever titanite you've got. PSN is GarlicDalek or you can PM me. 
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 01:22 |
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I hope the $40 price point on Steam isn't because they know that the port is gonna be lovely. I bought it anyway...
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 01:37 |
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Stele007 posted:I hope the $40 price point on Steam isn't because they know that the port is gonna be lovely. It's probably just 40 because it's not new.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 01:45 |
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ThePhenomenalBaby posted:Otherwise study and learn their patterns, they're extremely predictable. They really are. They're one of the few enemies I feel completely safe two handing a crystal or black knight halberd against, and those weapons kill them pretty quickly. Not that Duke's Archives isn't the worst... with all those god drat archers.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 01:52 |
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So, any tricks for cutting off Seath's tail? I'm doing an sorcerer/INT-based build and am trying to get the Moonlit Greatsword, but I keep loving up. The main weapon I'm using is a +3 enchanted falchion, but it really doesn't seem to be doing enough damage to Seath. I'm trying to do the whole "hang out by the crystal tree and bait him into destroying it" bit so I can stun him for a little while, but I'm having trouble doing enough damage to cut off his tail. Since I'm doing a sorcerer build, most of my levels have gone into intelligence and attunement, so my strength/ dexterity is kinda lacking, 16 and 14. Any tips?
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Bulletproof Tiger posted:So, any tricks for cutting off Seath's tail? I'm doing an sorcerer/INT-based build and am trying to get the Moonlit Greatsword, but I keep loving up. The main weapon I'm using is a +3 enchanted falchion, but it really doesn't seem to be doing enough damage to Seath. I'm trying to do the whole "hang out by the crystal tree and bait him into destroying it" bit so I can stun him for a little while, but I'm having trouble doing enough damage to cut off his tail. Since I'm doing a sorcerer build, most of my levels have gone into intelligence and attunement, so my strength/ dexterity is kinda lacking, 16 and 14. Any tips? Make sure you cut it at the very tip, otherwise it won't work.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 02:03 |
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I had the same problem. It's pretty much the very absolute tip of the tail. Some people have him destroy the crystal and then run for it, but I could never make that work right for me. I just ended up circling him and chugging on any kind of heal until I could snag his tail tip and get the sword.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 02:29 |
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So that's why his tail didn't come off. I was attacking the very center like every other dragon 
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 02:34 |
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If you have the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring/Hush it makes cutting off his tail a breeze. Slap it on and watch as he suddenly can't figure out where the hell you are and reacts about 20x more slowly 
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Mr. Sunabouzu posted:aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Also, if you actually do want to fight the golems, use a hammer type weapon. Pierce and edged weapons don't do as much damage, but a club or hammer will gently caress their poo poo right up.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 03:03 |
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The joke is that you shouldn't fight the crystal golems because they are jerks.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 03:13 |
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Here's my solution to enemies I'm having trouble with on the way to the boss: throw a fireball at it. Chaos fireballs wreck anything that it can hit twice on for a very long time.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 03:16 |
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Run. Just loving run. Don't fight anything at all and you'll be just fine. It's pretty much the only way I could consistently get to Seath, and it sounds like we had similar builds. That area doesn't have many enemies who directly impede your progress, and they're all at the end.Veev posted:Here's my solution to enemies I'm having trouble with on the way to the boss: throw a fireball at it. Chaos fireballs wreck anything that it can hit twice on for a very long time.  Great Chaos Fireball rules for the whole drat game.
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Well I guess someone else already did the SL3 run, but my update is that I'm in Anor Londo now. I broke the ring of FAP and am right now using bellow + slumber or bellow + hyper mode. The first pair was great for Sen's. The other ring I would consider for magic resistant bosses like Seath is dusk crown. I also didn't realize that buffs continued after you rested at a bonfire. I did buy a bunch of stuff from Logan, except soul mass which I can't use anyway. Magic shield might be helpful for four kings, though I didn't realize the stronger version is available in Duke's Archives.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 04:03 |
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Soul mass also lasts through bonfire sits, it's a nice way to start a level. Though this doesn't help your current character. Doorways and upwards elevators are the enemies of soul mass though. So my no shield run turned into a Halberds mostly(after I get the first halberd) run. It really really rules. Especially since I got a Gargoyle halberd from a host and one from the first gargoyles!! Now i'm owning O+S with a Lightning and Chaos Gargoyle Halberd. I'm also using the parrying dagger since it looks boss. What really looks awesome is equipping a halberd in each hand for cutscenes. My only problem is that they both face the same direction(right) instead of both away from your face which would look even cooler. Also, Sack and Elite knight legs/gauntlets looks like a gladiator. But then I fell in love with the onion helmet.
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Having two player phantoms, one of which is a sunbro, helping me on the way to Quelaag and then suddenly disconnecting somehow as soon as I enter Quelaag's Domain is very sad. I then had to suffer through a few 'dud' helpers before I finally managed to kill her. At least she's a predictable boss, and once you've seen all her moves you're unlikely to ever die against her again. Is there any kind of trick to the Man-serpents in Sen's Fortress? I got as far as getting the Lightning Spear but I was chugging Estus the whole way. Anything to do other than step up my game and block more? Handling one of them at a time is pretty easy, more than one (like the first two at the entrance) can be a little harrowing.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 04:41 |
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For the sword-and-shield serpents, you can easily parry them, or just keep back, they give you ample time to counter their strikes. The cobras are a bit harder, since you pretty much have to kill at least two of them at range to safely get across bridges. Your best bet for them is any kind of ranged attack, particularly arrows, since they're highly susceptible to headshots. For the first two at the entrance, you can bait them into getting hit by the arrows from the trap, all three arrows landing into one of them should outright kill him. With regards to halberds, they're really awesome. Chaos +5 and 10 humanity on any of the four main halberds (Halberd, Gargoyle, Scythe, Lucerne) are pretty much a wrecking machine on par with or better than stuff like a Claymore, Lightning +5 is also pretty killer. Hell, aside from the stability/poise damage, I'd argue that halberds are better than Ultra Greatswords in the majority of cases.
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