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Pash posted:Yep. There is a hard to find Forest Hunter that shoots you with a bow and runs away. If you kill him he drops the stuff. Is he the one near the edge near a small dropoff? As in you get to him from the crest door by running forward to the edge and then turning right? I'm always running past that guy on the way to the bridge and those cats.
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GaistHeidegger posted:Bad news, it'll take you FOREVER to actually successfully invade someone in the Darkmoon and even then almost every time you -do- invade it's someone who is geared up and specifically trying to get invaded by Darkmoon people to farm them. Yeah, it may take longer, but you are honestly better off blue orb invading people rather than wearing the darkmoon invasion ring. The latter one is people just standing around with their 2 friends waiting at where you spawn in so they can murder you in 3 seconds. My best blue orb invasions are the ones where I just drop the soul sign wherever I'm trying to progress anyway and you catch someone unaware/unready for a phantom. Those are the best fights and also the ones you legitimately have a chance of winning. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv: There is a hidden wall right below the switch that turns the second bridge. DeathSandwich fucked around with this message at Oct 13, 2011 around 17:05 |
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Ok, where is the second bonfire in the Catacombs? Things I've done: I found the first bonfire pulled the lever, cleared the bridge and first room/ledge off to the right for the second lever pull (which did nothing), crossed the second bridge and cleared that. Went to the left and pulled that third switch, which actually did something. Got all the way to one of those guys that shoots light at you all the drat time. Is it around there? I want to find Patches, damnit! Sorry for the long spoiler.
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About the Forest covenant: Never say "no" to the cat if you ever plan on joining the covenant. Went there the first time at around level 27, come back 40 levels later and she's still calling me a caitiff. Well it's not like it's a huge deal for me though, I just kind of wanted to try PvP at some point and Darkmoon is completely failing me in finding an opponent to fight.
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invalid posted:Ok, where is the second bonfire in the Catacombs? Things I've done: After the boss, in the next area.
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Filthy Monkey posted:Wait until you grind up your flame hand. You can be doing pimping damage at extremely low levels. I got it to +4 right after rescuing the pyromancy trainer, and combustion was hitting the Undead Burg soldiers for about 250 a pop. I'm planning on just pumping all my souls into the hand until it's maxed out so I can be the ultimate glass cannon. I'm not sure how well this is going to work for some later fights though, I felt like it was almost impossible to avoid damage in the four kings fight and at SL1 I'm guessing I'll be one shot from any attack they do. Just gonna have to practice my rolling!
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I feel so behind everybody, I'm still stuck at the Parish. 
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Fellblade posted:After the boss, in the next area. That lightning guy who I already killed near the Parish blacksmith? COME ON!
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Rhea/Petrus spoilers question: So I never bought the intelligence from Lautrec cause I didn't have the souls at the time. I eventually rescued Rhea from the Tomb and she's now at the Undead Parish. So somewhere I read that Petrus kills her, so I killed him first. Can someone explain the story behind that?
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invalid posted:That lightning guy who I already killed near the Parish blacksmith? COME ON! E: Wait, no, it did have a second bonfire. Still, Patches ain't in the 'combs.
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invalid posted:That lightning guy who I already killed near the Parish blacksmith? COME ON! Um, what? Patches is in the Tomb of the Giants, after the Catacombs. Nowhere near the blacksmith or the parish.
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 imminent goonsayGazmachine posted:You're upset because you now know that, no matter which game you complete on what difficulty setting, it will mean nothing, because you were beaten by Dark Souls. Okay. There are some serious flaws Dark Souls that I think a lot of people are looking over. People talk about games being hard but what makes a game hard? It's just some empty PR word that's thrown around. It's difficult for me to enjoy this game when a huge component, multiplayer, doesn't even work. I was wandering around the Archives and never found a stone and never got summoned (yes, I can't see stones when my is down and I have to be human to summon). Nobody even invaded me. Actually, nobody ever invades me because there are so many rules for multiplayer. 1. You have to be online. 2. You have to be human. 3. You can't be the boss in the area. 4. You need to be 10% SL away from one another. 5. You need the right stone (some are consumable) I'm sure there are more but that's what I can think of off the top of my head. Didn't they include an offline option? Why not just have that be the solution for people who don't want to be invaded? They also have the covenant that prevents you from getting invaded. Why do they have all these rules to prevent people from playing with one another? It completely destroys such a potentially good part of the game. Imagine if being in the Darkmoon covenant meant that you could invade people because there was a reason to buy indictments. What if the Gravelord could actually mess with people's games? The multiplayer component is really there for when you figure the enemies out, when they stop being the challenge and instead turn into traps. The enemies in this game are pretty easy to figure out, throw in some rear end in a top hat with a hammer and suddenly you've got a challenge. This is actually a pretty easy fix, too. Remove the SL requirement and you're golden. Add in a friend's list only soapstone for good measure. I only mention the multiplayer so much because the combat with regular enemies is so bland. You can dodge just about every enemy attack by circling the enemy. When you get ~good~ at the game you still have to play it the same way you did before, aka slow and steady. If I'm good at killing certain enemies because I've figured them out then shouldn't I just be able to remove them quickly? Symphony of The Night had similar combat but the better I got at that game, not on a stats page, the faster I could take enemies down. But yeah, This Isn't One Of Those Games games~ 
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When I get good at enemies, I can take them down way more quickly. Maybe you should be more aggressive?
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how do i unlock the Crest-locked door that leads to darkroot garden?
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Orcrez posted:how do i unlock the Crest-locked door that leads to darkroot garden?
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Elysiume posted:Buy the seal from the blacksmith. thanks, looks like i got some grinding to do!
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Orcrez posted:thanks, looks like i got some grinding to do!
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Guliani is HOT posted:Rhea/Petrus spoilers question: So I never bought the intelligence from Lautrec cause I didn't have the souls at the time. I eventually rescued Rhea from the Tomb and she's now at the Undead Parish. So somewhere I read that Petrus kills her, so I killed him first. Can someone explain the story behind that? Petrus was the guide for Rhea and her companions on their pilgrimage or whatever to the catacombs. Either through malice or cowardice he abandoned them and her companions turned hollow (as you probably know). He pretended he didn't know where they'd gone but both Lautrec and Oswald will tell you he's hiding something and is more "sinful" than he appears. If you save Rhea he probably tries to finish her off either because he wanted her dead in the first place for whatever reason or because she knew he abandoned them and didn't want anyone else to find out. He apparently won't kill her if you visit her shortly after you save her and/or buy all her miracles. I don't think anyones exactly sure which one specifically saves her but do both to be safe.
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skinny white boy posted:Nobody even invaded me. Actually, nobody ever invades me because there are so many rules for multiplayer. I've seen plenty of invasions while I've white ghosted in Anor Londo too. They generally don't do too well, since if I am white ghosting it is at least going to be two on one. I've been invaded myself. The first time was like the second day the game came out in the US, by some japanese dude with a lightning shotel. I almost beat him too, but he backed off and healed, then won our second encounter. I do agree that the level restrictions for invasions and white phantoming should probably be loosened a bit though. Maybe 20% instead of 10% Equipment is a really a much better measure of power than level. Even so, if they removed the restriction completely everybody would be getting invaded by invincible level 700+ people who exploited the item use glitch. That really isn't ideal either. Filthy Monkey fucked around with this message at Oct 13, 2011 around 17:29 |
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skinny white boy posted:
I don't think they should remove the soul limit requirement, just lower it. Maybe make it anyone within 10 levels of you.
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^^: I think it should be 10% or 8 levels, whichever is greater, or something.Bland posted:Petrus was the guide for Rhea and her companions on their pilgrimage or whatever to the catacombs. Either through malice or cowardice he abandoned them and her companions turned hollow (as you probably know). He pretended he didn't know where they'd gone but both Lautrec and Oswald will tell you he's hiding something and is more "sinful" than he appears. If you save Rhea he probably tries to finish her off either because he wanted her dead in the first place for whatever reason or because she knew he abandoned them and didn't want anyone else to find out. He apparently won't kill her if you visit her shortly after you save her and/or buy all her miracles. I don't think anyones exactly sure which one specifically saves her but do both to be safe. It seems like you do only have limited Rings of Sacrifice available for purchase in a playthrough, which is kind of upsetting. Guess I'm back to being terrified of death. Whoever was having poison troubles, the guy in the belltower sells a ring that gives +90 poison resist. Elysiume fucked around with this message at Oct 13, 2011 around 17:30 |
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Oh good, the curse frogs in the Great Hollow curse you instantly. Great. Glad I came here looking for a covenant. e: And giant mushrooms are the one enemy that can hit you while you're down. Phenomenal. RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at Oct 13, 2011 around 17:38 |
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RBA Starblade posted:Oh good, the curse frogs in the Great Hollow curse you instantly. Great. Glad I came here looking for a covenant. I've run though them and have gotten my curse bar slightly full but I haven't been cursed once. You must just have really low curse resistance. Or maybe I just have really high curse resistance. Whichever.
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It's all about the humanity. I have 143 curse resist. And now that I've learned that Rings of Sacrifice are limited, I expect to lose it all very soon.
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Elysiume posted:^^: I think it should be 10% or 8 levels, whichever is greater, or something. Demon's Souls restriction was 10 + 10% and it worked out alright.
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Calaveron posted:How the hell am I supposed to fight the (Darkroot Basin) Hydra? Fucker has pinpoint accuracy with its water blasts, and if I start getting close, the heads tear me apart. I hear I'm supposed to be juuuust between the water and land and that way the heads won't hit me, but I can't manage to hit it either since it moves way too fast You can kill him very easily right now, and you don't even need a strong weapon because once you reach a certain point you are more or less not going to take damage anymore. You want to wear armor that's light weight enough to not fall like a brick when you roll. If you can do lighter that's even better. Take a strong weapon with you and a shield and after you clear out the golems (You can use the boss's attacks to help you with those), just start sidestepping as you see the breath coming at you. With light armor you should be able to make it to him without taking too much damage. Unfortunately there's some luck involved as far as not getting hit by splash damage goes, but if you strafe when stuff is coming and advance when it's not you should make it most of the time. Once at the boss, a hint is to stay very close to it. More in-depth: Once you get to the boss, get in the water (But don't go too far or you'll drop off, you'll see where there's a little cliff under the water and it gets really deep). Once you're in the water the Hydra will almost always attack you with its heads. Use a good shield like the the Grass Crest Shield (What I used, I think it's even in the Darkroot Garden somewhere) to block the heads. Don't worry, you'll block it and not take much damage if any. As long as you stay within this range, this is like the only attack that thing has. So as soon as its heads pass you, two hand your weapon and go to town on one of them until it comes off. Rinse and repeat for all of them. It'll get annoying at the end because he simply won't even be trying to hit you with the heads he has left.
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I seem to remember reading somewhere long ago that we'd be able to share equipment across multiple characters. I'm assuming if this is even possible that it'd be achieved with the bottomless box. Anybody know for sure? I have a feeling I dreamed that I'd read this. I do this sometimes...
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Is there a curse resistant armor or ring or something? One you can get in advance of the curse riddled areas preferably i guess.
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Elysiume posted:What level are you and where are you? There might be a super good farming spot. lvl 19. im around undead parish, just got to the bell.
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Fellblade posted:Um, what? Patches is in the Tomb of the Giants, after the Catacombs. Nowhere near the blacksmith or the parish. Pretty sure he was talking about the Headless Titanite Demon thing. Patches IS in the Catacombs, btw. He tries to kill you by switching a lever as you cross the spiky bridge
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Nickoten posted:More in-depth: Once you get to the boss, get in the water (But don't go too far or you'll drop off, you'll see where there's a little cliff under the water and it gets really deep). Once you're in the water the Hydra will almost always attack you with its heads. Use a good shield like the the Grass Crest Shield (What I used, I think it's even in the Darkroot Garden somewhere) to block the heads. Don't worry, you'll block it and not take much damage if any. The heads always attack in the same pattern too, so once you knock off a couple there's a giant safe zone. The only problem I had was that the final head that attacks on the far left was out of reach of my melee, so I just shot it with a bunch of arrows until it popped. Once you make it past the water projectiles it's a deceptively easy boss. It just looks scary as gently caress from a distance with all the heads writhing around in the water. canada jezus posted:Is there a curse resistant armor or ring or something? One you can get in advance of the curse riddled areas preferably i guess. Stock up on transient curses and head into New Londo. It doesn't fully open up until much later in the game, but if you can clear out the ghosts there's a curse resistance ring there.
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Orcrez posted:lvl 19. im around undead parish, just got to the bell.
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The second bonfire in the Catacombs is behind an illusory wall, just to the left of the ladder that leads up to one of the switches (the second switch, I think). You run down a ledge with statues along your left and the ladder is at the end of it. Apparently Patches sometimes is in the catacombs, sometimes not. If you do find him there, he pulls one of the switches while you're crossing the bridge and you fall to your death and then he moves on to the Tomb of Giants.
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Zain posted:I have two questions one quick the other not so much. I think this might have gotten passed up so I'll post it one more time
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Elysiume posted:You could try farming the moss dudes before the seal. Otherwise, just running laps through the parish gives good souls and can get titanite as well. thanks, never mind found it
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Orcrez posted:thanks, also i must have missed where you can get the writing stone or what ever to leave messages? can i get that at a merchant? The first merchant in undead burg, by the first bonfire. Look for a couple of spear guys on a platform with a bunch of crates, there's a stairwell hidden behind the crates.
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Tufty posted:The second bonfire in the Catacombs is behind an illusory wall, just to the left of the ladder that leads up to one of the switches (the second switch, I think). You run down a ledge with statues along your left and the ladder is at the end of it. You can outrun it. Only reason I knew it was coming was because I peeked up there and saw him standing really close to the lever. I switched it to see what it would do then switched it back. Then I sprinted like hell when I heard the contraption moving as I was crossing it.
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Zain posted:I think this might have gotten passed up so I'll post it one more time The bird is a one-time per-item deal.
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Wow, nonstop curses, even SHITTIER collision detection than Blighttown, AND enemies that knock you down and hit you while you're down? gently caress the dragon covenant, I'm leaving. e: I lied, I hauled rear end through. Ash Lake is beautiful. RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at Oct 13, 2011 around 17:50 |
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smuh posted:He means the Catacombs doesn't have a second bonfire, you gotta kill the boss and proceed into the Tomb of the Giants. I'll be damned it I didn't just find one behind an illusionary wall near the third lever!
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