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Do I need to be playing through this with a guide, at least to character builds or something? I'm really not all that far in, and I'm still terrible (currently dying to the Taurus Demon.) I'm using this Rapier I bought off a merchant, as opposed to the Estoc I found, and running around with the Spider Shield and no magic killing things. Is there something in particular I should be thinking out before I spend more souls or whatever?
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Ick. This game is being frustrating. What determines what bonfire you spawn at when you die? I went across the bridge after the Taurus Demon and sat down at the bonfire down there, even used it to level up. Then I poked my head into what I'm guessing is a lower part of the Undead Burgh and found the Undead Parish. And then I proceeded to die to poison after seeing what's on the other side of the bridge and finding the second giant black knight dude. The problem is, when I died I respawned all the way back at the bonfire in the Undead Burgh, what the hell? Is that a bug or did I miss something? Also is there anything I can do about the end of the bridge with the dragon and the random piles of loot on it? It's tempting, but of course if I go straight forward I just get burnt and die.
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Aug 7, 2013 12:09
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Salt Fish posted:The bonfire you rested at is the same bonfire you spawned at. Look around you carefully and you'll see the ladder that leads back up to the bridge.  Was that always there?
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Aug 7, 2013 12:29
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I got this crazy sword by arrowing off a dragon's tail somehow. It one-shots things but has no scaling. Oh well I guess it's an excuse to level endurance and vitality a bit.
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Aug 7, 2013 13:32
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Okay so I just found a blacksmith in the Undead Parish. But now I'm totally confused. What's different between that guy and the one I found in (New?) Anor Londo? Isn't there a kind of blacksmithing upgrade you're not supposed to do? How do I tell different blacksmithing stuff apart? Coming from D&D it all looks the same so far - just +1 and so on. Is blacksmithing worth doing right now or should I wait for something better than my rapier or estoc?
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Aug 8, 2013 12:37
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Aaaaa the gargoyles and the FIRE.
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Aug 8, 2013 14:40
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VanSandman posted:Fucks sake, I'm playing on a laptop and I've never gotten a bad frame rate drop. I've had some, and I'm on the most recent MacBook Pro! Happens differently for everyone.
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Aug 8, 2013 19:36
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NmareBfly posted:People have already answered this, but let me point out that there's no one you can kill that will butcher the story. You might feel bad about what you did, but that's your own baggage. In general it's best not to kill vendors (and especially blacksmiths) since you might lose access to items, but if you're going to kill any of them the undead merchant is probably the best one. Drops a pretty decent sword, doesn't sell anything that other people don't as well. Yeah I'm gonna need to use this, accidentally tapped my touchpad while I was next to the blacksmith in the parish. Cue me losing a very quick fight.
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Aug 8, 2013 20:53
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What's a usual soul level to end your first playthrough at? I'm stuck on the Capra Demon, and I'm already SL 28.
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Aug 8, 2013 22:06
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Do you get framerate drops while running through the water in Firelink? If so, you should turn on DSFix's framerate unlocker, but set its cap to 30 fps so you don't end up with all of those crazy 60 fps things. This worked perfectly, thank you for the tip. Time to die to Capra Demon some more. I have killed the dogs once and done not much else.
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Aug 9, 2013 06:11
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Is the Stone Armor set viable for the whole game? I may start a second strength playthrough after this first one just to be a giant stone monster. edit: also holy hell moonlight butterfly is cool but I have no idea how you'd even hit it Arivia fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Aug 11, 2013 |
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Aug 11, 2013 12:07
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Sanctum posted:Yes, as long as you are able to medroll in it. I mean I'm sure thousands of people can and have beaten Dark Souls at SL1 fatrolling the entire way, but if you are looking for a good set of armor then yes stone armor is good. I'm rolling stone armor for PVE on my current build, but I switch to the eastern set for PVP because I like the way it jingles and jangles. Huh, I wandered up there unhollowed and didn't see any summoning signs. Are they hidden?
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Aug 11, 2013 12:27
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Forgall posted:In the bushes under the stairs. ooooo. Well, going to see if I can kill Havel first and then maybe take another shot at Capra. Man I am excited, exploring in this game is so cool.
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Aug 11, 2013 12:37
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Bardeh posted:I ran past the big lightning demon, and made it a little ways into the Darkroot Garden. Then I found four red frog/stingray things, and a huge dude with a huge sword. I'm back at the bonfire by Andre now. The easiest way to do it is to grab a bow and rush to the far side, then take pot shots from the doorway. One shot, get back behind the wall, repeat until it's dead.
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Aug 11, 2013 13:49
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I'll try taking on this lightning demon.
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I just got to Blighttown for the first time.  That place is super-cool and scary, and tough. Man this game is rad amazing.
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Aug 11, 2013 17:00
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Oh god Blighttown. Oh god Queelag. I want to be done here so I can never see it again until next playthrough.
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Aug 11, 2013 23:09
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Yay I killed Queelag. Is there anything I'm really gonna miss out on by going Chaos whatever for a covenant? I'm just doing Dex stuff and I want to save my buddy Solaire since apparently that's a thing eventually.
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Aug 12, 2013 09:33
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Ahahahahaha. I was so excited to finally be out of Blighttown that I fell down a hole in New Londo and died. And now I need to climb the whole way out again. 
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Aug 12, 2013 10:36
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I haven't even gotten to any of the stuff people usually hate in Sen's Fortress and I can already tell this place is rough. Jeez. 
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Aug 12, 2013 15:17
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How far in is the first/only Catacombs bonfire? I'm thinking about doing that before taking another swing at Sen's, but I have no bonfire at Firelink right now so that makes the run a pretty long one from the Parish or whatever.
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Aug 12, 2013 17:37
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SynthOrange posted:Right, that makes things a lot clearer. I'll be kindling some fires then. Got a crippling estus addiction to feed. Yeah, don't worry about humanity too much. To give you an idea, I'm four or so areas ahead of you and I didn't worry about dropping seven humanity to get some summoned allies to help me out with a boss.
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Aug 13, 2013 03:42
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Wow I am really bad at everything to do with Sen's. Like I can't read the snake enemies at all and stuff like that.
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Aug 13, 2013 11:56
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CJacobs posted:A word of advice: Snakemen have a pretty big windup to all of their attacks, which gives you more than enough time to just walk around them and make them look silly by backstabbing them. Also, they have huge physical resistance so backstabs and parries are probably the easiest way to kill them. Oh, that explains why I feel like I'm fighting with a q-tip with my BSS +10.
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Aug 13, 2013 12:09
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Well, I'm getting through Sen's slowly. I can take down snakes now! I haven't found the bonfire, though.
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Aug 13, 2013 15:33
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I'm disappointed the boulder-dropping giant in Sen's respawns. I get why, but it's still disappointing.
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Aug 13, 2013 21:17
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Jon Joe posted:No he doesn't? Not the one that throws boulders down on you when you're traversing the roof, but the one that throws boulders down the tracks inside the fortress itself. If you leap off the top platforms where you can access the merchant, you can just reach that side and kill that giant. He respawns, though.
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Aug 13, 2013 21:55
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Galick posted:The Gaping Dragon has been fisted to my satisfaction: to death. I ended up getting a Caestus+10 to handle it (and to turn into the Dragon Bone Fist later) and it wasn't as hard a fight as it was when I was first raging about it here, it was still loving long. Doing less than 100 damage to that thing at a time makes things a bit more tedious. Don't need the firekeeper's soul on the way to New Londo?
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Aug 14, 2013 08:46
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CJacobs posted:Crosspost from the console thread because really it can't be overstated: I had this happen to me while I was on Skype with my boyfriend. I was getting really frustrated at dying to Quelaag a lot, so I took a pause standing on the closest island to her cave before running past the barbarians. Cue a rock flying out of the darkness and one-shotting me. I couldn't help but laugh.
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Aug 14, 2013 10:48
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Well I took a wrong turn inside Anor Londo and ended up in the Painted World. Now I have no idea how to get out!
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Aug 14, 2013 12:53
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But the pass/fail parts of this game are the best part!
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Aug 15, 2013 16:10
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Kiggles posted:Yes, Bed of Chaos was a wonderful boss encounter. I'm not there yet. But I did feel kind of cheated when I did Gaping Dragon on my first try without dying.
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Aug 15, 2013 16:24
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Isn't the Catacombs boss Pinwheel, or did I just :thatsthejoke: myself?
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Aug 15, 2013 16:35
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oh poo poo the parrying dagger want that/want to try that First I need to get out of the Painted World, though Is there a trick to getting all these items out of random broken floating doorways in there or do I just need to land a very very hard jump like I've been failing to do?
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Aug 15, 2013 16:42
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Humans Among Us posted:You can drop down from the rooftops Huh okay I need to get to the rooftops first then! The giant tumour hollows are creepy.
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Hopper posted:It was rather easy for me. Took 3 tries. Two if you dont count me getting butchered when I first went through the fog door expexting just another sectiono f the level. All I will say is make smart use of the stairs. One thing that got me is that you can go all the way to the right. Like don't worry about it, just go right and you'll hit the wall and be fine.
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Aug 18, 2013 17:28
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Also ugh the Painted World. It's like Phalanx from Demon's Souls except I have no idea what to do.
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Aug 18, 2013 17:33
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Oh my god I just got to THOSE ARCHERS for the first time. I just died while laughing.
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Aug 19, 2013 01:52
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AaaaaaaAAAAaaaaAAAa Ornstein and Smough are hard.
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Aug 21, 2013 16:42
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kazil posted:Trying Artorias as my pyromancer. The fight is really a lot of fun, and I think the DLC bosses are the best designed bosses in the game. O&S is 2 small fights and a juke from the bonfire, that's not far. Also man I have done the thing with Frampt and now there are way too many places to go.
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Galick posted:Nonono. It was the director. He's also the one who had a hand in Mimics The first time I got et by a mimic I was all "THAT'S BULLSHIT" and then I realized no, that's just This game is so good.
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