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oneliquidninja posted:Surprisingly, I had a fair amount of success invading Anor Lando last night at level 70. Not just NG+ characters either. I even got summoned once. One of those could have been me! I did some summoning and got summoned quite a bit last night. If you're kobe1kenobi you're a total dreamboat 
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ChibiSoma posted:So... not only does dying to the gargoyle boss put me back at the Firelink Shrine despite the fact that the only reason I went back there is to level my Flasks up - I didn't go near the bonfire - but you can roll off the roof when fighting the gargoyles, who can of course hit you when you're down. Y'know, when there's absolutely nothing you can loving do to avoid taking damage. Here's what you need to do whenever you get incredibly frustrated with something that keeps on killing you. Just say "Dark Souls", smile, and keep on trucking. That's what I do and it helps! Lose 50k souls because of some bullshit mistake you made or some outrageous monster that pops up out of nowhere? Dark Souls
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Oxxidation posted:You just guard with it, like with a shield. It took me until the end of the tomb of the giants to realize this (when a friend pointed it out to me)  Suddenly the Tomb of the Giants was in easy mode.
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Just beat the game The guy I summoned and myself did the joy dance at the same time as soon as I summoned my ultimate sunbro, Solaire. It was super  NG+ here we go! e: The Asylum demon took 4 hits. NG+ may not be as difficult early on as I anticipated. 
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Oxxidation posted:You'd think so, wouldn't you? Let yourself get hit by a Hollow Soldier in Undead Burg and let me know the full details of your impending dread. I can still two-shot the (non-balder) knights, and one-shot everything else. As long as I don't get hit I'll be fine.  I just killed the gargoyles and I haven't killed the demon on the bridge yet Time to start sunbroing it up if people actually summon me. RembrandtQEinstein fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Dec 30, 2011 |
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Dec 30, 2011 06:55
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Brace posted:Where's a good place to farm souls that's right next to a bonfire? I'm looking to grind up some souls so I'm a little overleveled for the next areas I go into, and the Capra Demon seems like a pain in the rear end right now. When you get to Anor Londo, that's a fantastic place for farming. Unfortunately you still have a ways to go for that. Seconding the get summoned idea.
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Dec 30, 2011 09:36
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SnipeShow posted:Just lost my playthrough worth of humanity to a chest in Sen's Fortress (and then getting glitched/stuck on the bridge when I went back to get it). For all the retarded messages people love to leave on the ground that floor sure was clean. You can use it to kindle bonfires, reverse your hallowing, increase certain covenants, make chaos weapons stronger, and increases your item discovery rate. Bummer on losing any amount.
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Dec 30, 2011 22:37
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mastershakeman posted:After getting stuck on the drakes in the valley, I returned with a few hundred arrows and pelted them to death, only to find the giant door wouldn't open. I then found the passage back to darkroot basin which I hadn't seen, and found the ladder behind where the hydra was. I've now explored everything I can think of and killed every boss. What zone should I be heading to? I dont need specifics on where to go, just a hint. Have you rung the second bell? If you've done that go find the onionbro.
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Also, make sure to cut his tail off. You get a super  axe (that I'm still using in NG+, albeit at +5) and it eliminates his most annoying attack.
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Brace posted:Got beaten, not beat haha I can drop down a summon sign near the bonfire because I'm on my way back from blighttown, but I don't think you will be able to summon me. Worth a shot. Look for CasualResonance. e: I'll drop my sign near Solaire's. Jesse James posted:Are you boys XBOX or PS3? I wouldn't mind some jolly cooperation right about now. RembrandtQEinstein fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Jan 2, 2012 |
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Brace posted:I'm waiting outside of gaping if anyone' wants to bro up, waiting for someone to come by, bosses with co op are just much more fun. I'm here, but I don't think you'll be able to summon me. I dropped my sign at the top of the stairs by Solaire's sign. Worth a shot!
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FrankFumiaki posted:O yeah? I was sporting an avelyn for fun towards the end there. Were you the phantom that was decoying? The darkmoon that invaded 3 times was a mage named "something radio." Good times. Actually, I was invaded by a darkmoon when I was going through the level, I have never invaded anyone via any method, how can this happen? If you kill Gwynevere darkmoon peeps can invade you at any time, and I don't think the game alerts you to the fact that they have invaded. This goes away in NG+...unless you kill her again.
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FrankFumiaki posted:I'm in NG+ right now and I haven't messed with any of the NPCs. No clue then. 
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Olesh posted:I've been invaded by blue phantoms after having paid for forgiveness and never having killed or attacked Gwynevere, so I can testify that it just happens. This is good to know. I killed her last time when I was close to the end of the game and was constantly paranoid until I hit the end. I just did the Iron Golem fight in NG+ and why didn't I realize that I could just knock him off of the tower the first time
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SnipeShow posted:Just ran into Smoughr and the dragonslayer. Any tips for these guys? I'm using the lightning spear and the eagle shield, neither are upgraded because I really haven't needed to until now. I've never unhollowed but I'm thinking I might have to for this. I got Smoughr down pretty easily but the other guy is a bitch. Summon people, be very defensive, and start out by concentrating on whoever you want to take out (I suggest Ornstein for the first playthrough). Once one of them goes down the other will have their health restored to max. When the first person goes down the second becomes super diesel, so be prepped and ready to dodge away from devastating attacks. Super fun fight.
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artism posted:At SL100 in NG+ will I have any luck dropping white soapstone down in Anor Londo? I have yet to do any co-op whatsoever (including with NPCs) or even invasions so sorry if this has been asked already or is really obvious. Probably. I was summoned twice in the Painted World (first time with another sunbro, who in turn summoned me immediately after beating Priscilla) pretty quickly. I'm SL115.
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Carl Seitan posted:Go to Sen's instead. You'll be happier if you go Sen's then Anor Londo before The Catacombs -> Tomb of the Giants. Can't stress this enough. Feel free to go to the catacombs first in NG+ because you'll know the layout and when to stop before it will take forever to get out. That, plus Anor Londo is just loving awesome in all respects. Tons of great enemies to practice parrying/farm for souls, you meet the giant blacksmith, another firekeeper, 2 covenants, etc. I really don't think that needed to be spoilered but  If there are any high level (SL100+) people who want to make a run with me on the painted world I'm down for some sunbros. Also, Brace, if you want to use the most weapon in the game boost your strength up and use the Dragon King's Greataxe two-handed. Since I made the switch to that the game just got so much more fun. Plus, when you upgrade it (which isn't very hard to do), it gets scary powerful.
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Brace posted:Welp, stupid titanite demon took care of me. Gonna try going in human and hope theres someone willing to die with me in this place. Don't go down to the bottom of Sen's. It's sticky as gently caress and there's a ring that you can get later that takes care of moving around in gunk like that. If you kill onionbro you're not getting any more advice from me 
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Oxxidation posted:Onionbro is best bro. Sorry, Solaire. Woah now, let's not say things we can't take back. Brace posted:Sen's is loving difficult. Going to try to help people out by dropping a sign so I can get a feel for it because every turn is another death in this place Sen's isn't that bad, as long as you remember a few key things. 1. Keep going up 2. Be wary of traps. Always. 3. The pendulums aren't that bad, just make sure to get the rhythms down. 4. Be wary of traps
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Brace posted:Is sunbro a covenant or what? Also I managed to time those two really hard swinging blades perfectly both times, but I would've never found the bonfire without a video. Yeah, that bonfire loving blows. I totally missed it, died on the boss the first time because I missed the dude who hurls flaming boulders at you and had to go all the way through Sen's again. Dark Souls. artism posted:I am SL100 but not a Sunbro (not even an option for me) but I can do the white soapstone thing? That should be fine. I can't now, but I'll make a post when I'm on later. I love being a sunbro so much. 
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SamBishop posted:I guess I need to finish up all that lava poo poo now that I can two-shot those Minotaur Demons (thanks, game, for just throwing a bunch of former bosses at me like common enemies) with my bigger fireballs. I need to farm some humanity and get me a fancy rear end spell before leaving the Chaos Covenant first so I can sunbro it up with the rest of you guys. I too shall praise the sun soon. I hope. This is a common theme throughout the rest of the game. I think it's great, because you can just out on guys who used to terrify you.Carl Seitan posted:Real Dark Souls starts here. My thoughts exactly. IS THIS artism posted:Okay I am on now and will probably be for awhile. Will probably go kill O&S etc. while I wait. I'll be hopping on in about 5 mn. If you haven't done O&S yet I can drop my sign for that, otherwise I'll head over to the painted world. e: Look for Casual Resonance RembrandtQEinstein fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Jan 3, 2012 |
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JP Money posted:I remember trying to make it down the catacombs without a divine weapon or anything really worthwhile to combat them. At one point I had about 10 skeletons trying to annihilate me at once by raping me in a corner. I concur. I didn't use a divine weapon either, I just ran until I found a necromancer, killed them, then tanked the skeleton horde that was running after me. e artism posted:On as riskanalysis. I will drop my sign since I am not a sunbro if it's all the same to you Ok. Are you at the bonfire inside the castle?
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Brace posted:So, to roll I press B right? Big time/yes, and no.
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artism posted:This might take a minute so if you dont wanna co-op i understand. I'm just farming souls here, nbd.
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oneliquidninja posted:The drop rate is pretty bad. The leeches in blight town have a much better drop rate but the slimes are right by a bonfire. I farmed the slimes a lot waiting for gaping dragon summons but I can't see farming them if I wasn't doing that. Another option is heading down to New Londo and killing darkwraiths. They drop them like crazy.
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artism posted:None of those doors are opened for me yet heh. I dropped it on the stairs right outside bonfire. Sorry man I am sucking it up tonight I swear I am not usually this retarded haha No worries I was dumb and died where I shouldn't have too. We got them in the end Do you want to summon me? If not I'm heading down to the catacombs.
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Brace posted:Definitely not looking forward to going into New Londo/Catacombs what with all the curse/divine weapon bullshit you have to deal with. Dealing with curse is easy, just a transient curse and all of your weapons will be fine.
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WalletBeef posted:Protip : Getting close to someone who is 2-handing a +5 lightening zwei hander is an incredibly bad idea! Double stupid if you have no shield. Yeah, when somebody tries that on me in pvp they get one of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxbnWdR57x8 VVV It's in the video description. C'mon VVV RembrandtQEinstein fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jan 3, 2012 |
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Brace posted:Nevermind, video descrip told me. Those are some cool weapons, but they seem to be a little bit... unwieldy. The first two own really loving hard and I won't hear otherwise Once you get the timings down on the charge with the Dragon King Greataxe you will flatten or stun EVERYBODY. Can you tell if I'm biased
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Jesse James posted:That was the first time I have seen the DKGA in action and I am half tempted to put my low level run on hold just to go and make a build for this weapon. What are the Req on that thing? 50 STR for 1 handed, but why would you do that? I think it's 35 or 40 STR for 2 handed. Get that baby up to +5 and 
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Zizzyx posted:iirc it's 34 to 2hand. The R2 looks cool and is good for aoe farming I guess but the only people you'll get with it in PvP are bads, and if they're in position to get slammed by that monstrously slow attack you probably could have killed them already with a more traditional choice (claymore, great scythe, zwei, etc). Maybe, but it's also monstrously powerful. It's super fun in PvE, and knocks/stuns people in PvP. I haven't done much PvP so I'm sure it's not that great if that's what you're aiming for, but in PvE it's super loving fun to everything.
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Dog Toggle Switch posted:Don't listen to this dude. Automatically assuming you're going to lose in an invasion is just stupid. Yes, there's a lot of guys out there who do almost nothing but PvP and are geared towards it, but there's also a bunch of losers who 'want' to be big badasses, but who get their asses handed to them when they meet another player. That player could be you. I agree. Half the time I get invaded I one/two-shot the guy because he is stupid and thinks running up to a guy with a giant axe is a smart idea. Or you'll run into the pyromancer who uses firestorm. Dodge back, charge up and kill them. Boom. However, if the other person wrecks your world (this will happen from time to time) no worries, you can get your stuff back! Unless you die on your way back to it. Dark Souls. Category Fun! posted:Killed the Heavy Knight in painted world so I lay back and kept walking forward without looking at the TV. This is how I discovered one of the dropoff spots in the catacombs my first time through Brace posted:Yeah, I wasn't even mad about it, just kind of like drat that was bad. You can find Havel's set in Anor Londo. I prefer mixing it with other sets, but either way it's super good if you want to wear heavy armor.
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GodIsInTheTrees posted:HAHA next go round with the dragon and I'm back at the GD bonfire again. First time with the dragon, he came swooping down and pasted me plus all the skeleton archers ahead of me. This time, I take off sprinting as fast as I can expecting him to fire the bridge again, and instead he sat there ignoring me as I was peppered and killed by the still-alive skeleton archers Don't worry about it. Like other people said, this early stage is a perfect training ground for later on in the game. You die a lot but that's ok. artism posted:I still think you're insane for not using the Darkwood Grain Ring. I can hardly fathom not using it and trying to 2hand against bosses like Sif and O&S. Sif was actually been super easy both times without the Darkwood Grain Ring. Dodge in close, hit him once or twice, run, rince, repeat. It's just really, really fun to do 400-600 damage a hit. I'll probably switch the build up a bit later on, but for now it is.My other characters (sorcerer and a dex build) don't get to be so badass. It really was unreal. The last time I fell off and died before sunbroing with you was in the Tomb of the Giants the first time through. I think each of us died at least 2-3 times from falling. Dark Souls. RembrandtQEinstein fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Jan 4, 2012 |
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GodIsInTheTrees posted:When I realized a few hours in that the basic trash skeletons that ruined me at the start of the game weren't scaring me anymore, it was a pretty sweet feeling. Not sure I can think of another game where getting better was so easily visible. It's really, really satisfying to come back later on in the game and kill the poo poo out of the dragon. Technically it's a wyvern but same diff artism posted:Anyways, let me know the next time you (or anyone) wants to reroll and co-op a bit with me. (I can now Co-op without shame since I've beaten everything on NG and NG+ besides Priscilla (easiest boss in game? Impossible to die to her?) solo. Will do, once I finish NG+ and get platinum with this character I'll probably start rolling with one of the other two.
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whaley posted:Anyone else lose 890,000 souls today in one death :iamafag: ...and I thought losing 230k was bad  You get overconfident and Dark Souls will put you in your loving place. Owns.
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ryde posted:Edit: Also in case you didn't know, those skellies are revived by necromancers. As you progress through the level, you find and kill the necromancers, at which point you can just kill the skellies normally. The third option is to just make a beeline for the necromancers. That didn't tend to work out all that well for me. The third option is what I did both times, even when I had a divine weapon. Having skeleton hordes chasing after you adds a nice amount of tension to finding the necromancers. e: ryde posted:That was the only summon I got all day yesterday, but I'm also SL98 now. I'm wondering if there are just fewer people at my level willing to party, because it seems particularly difficult getting summons. I'm SL130, and I usually get summoned by the same 4-5 people.
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Speaking of Ash Lake, I was just heading down there and had one of my coolest non-boss moments. I was going down the great hollow, and misjudged my jump down to one of the branches. I figured 'ok, might as well do a diving attack to my death" I land on a frog dude, kill him and somehow (barely) live. It was loving awesome.
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casual poster posted:Hmm, good enough. I haven't much tried multiplayer yet (besides getting some help for bosses), maybe I should try it some. The multiplayer aspect is one of my favorite things about this game. The ability to be invaded/invading/subroing it up/summoning people is fantastic. Then of course there's the orange soapstone which is another nice touch. The interactiveness is just so good. GodIsInTheTrees posted:This answer is seriously the reason I love this game so much all I do is play it or go to work and post about it. loving best game of all time. Now I have to start a new character just to see if I can sucker his rear end into falling off the goddamn bridge. NG+! Keep this idea in mind for later in the game, as it makes a certain boss INCREDIBLY easy and I didn't realize it the first time.
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Ball Stink posted:HCSM is still really good even for PVE. The only gay thing about NG+ are, as usual, the kings. Which is funny, because on both of my playthroughts the 4 kings were the easiest boss fight (outside of pinwheel who I 2-shot in NG). Get in close, two hand your weapon, tank damage with Havel's helm/+5 black iron armor/+5 black iron gauntlets/Havel's leggings, have a day of it. If you get up close and person the hilt of their swords will be hitting you so you barely take any damage. As far a poise goes, the guide earlier is nice, but I alo think it totally depends on your build and what you're going for. One of my characters is built around dealing as much damage as possible with heavy equipment, so he needs super high poise. My thief and pyromancer, however, do not need high poise as they just dodge around the battlefield.
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