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I almost gave myself a heart-attack but was able to take out all of the curse frogs in the sewers. The reward was well worth it, a ring that gives you back HP for every enemy you kill. It's about the closest we get to a regen ring this time around I believe.
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The Flying Milton posted:How far is the blacksmith from the bonfire? Oh and you said you were trapped, unless I understood wrong you should be able to backtrack through the archers and go back to where you started Anor Londo; A gargoyle thing sitting on top of the wall will helpfully take you back to Sen's Fortress.
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Oct 15, 2011 14:57
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I really enjoy the expansiveness of this game. I just keep finding new areas every direction I turn. Still, I long for the days of a centralized Nexus 
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Oct 15, 2011 14:59
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VerySolidSnake posted:I almost gave myself a heart-attack but was able to take out all of the curse frogs in the sewers. The reward was well worth it, a ring that gives you back HP for every enemy you kill. It's about the closest we get to a regen ring this time around I believe. Wait, what? I accidentally fell into one of those holes and had to kill them all. I didn't get any ring. Where is it?
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Oct 15, 2011 15:03
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I just found out that the lady I saved from the Tomb of the Giants was killed. It's kinda obvious it was Petrus, but after checking the wiki for verification, it seems there was supposed to be a scene involving Lautrec and the full story on why Petrus wanted to kill her. I murdered Lautrec back when he started to be a creep long time ago, so what did I miss exactly? E: Whoa-ho-ho, attacking people with the Dark Hand's humanity sucking attack makes you feel like such a loving badass holy poo poo. Just grab them and steal their soul 
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Oct 15, 2011 15:08
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Minorkos posted:Wait, what? I accidentally fell into one of those holes and had to kill them all. I didn't get any ring. Where is it? I found it on a corpse that was laying against a gate. I must of ended up killing 8 of those frog things by the time I got there. I just kept fighting further and further in and it was a dead end at the point I found the ring.
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Oct 15, 2011 15:08
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I got curious and touched a painting, and then rested at a bonfire. This place is cool as poo poo! But the, uh, harpy things and fire-belching tumor dudes are really fierce! I love this game. I read someone mentioned they get invaded by an NPC phantom here, will that happen if I clear to the boss, pop a humanity, and stagger around for a while? Also I was trying to phantom for literally anyone at the first (only?) bonfire there, didn't get a summon. 
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Oct 15, 2011 15:13
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doomfunk posted:I got curious and touched a painting, and then rested at a bonfire. Go through the shortcut to the courtyard, then take an immediate right to the area with all the bodies on pikes to find the phantom.
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Oct 15, 2011 15:22
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VerySolidSnake posted:I almost gave myself a heart-attack but was able to take out all of the curse frogs in the sewers. The reward was well worth it, a ring that gives you back HP for every enemy you kill. It's about the closest we get to a regen ring this time around I believe. There isn't a regen ring but there IS a regen SHIELD at one point, dropped by an NPC Black Phantom in the Tomb of Giants. He shows up at the point when you just head outside a bit. Don't knock him off the cliff!
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Oct 15, 2011 15:22
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doomfunk posted:This place is cool as poo poo! But the, uh, harpy things and fire-belching tumor dudes are really fierce!  As for the NPC phantom, yeah that's how it works basically. You have to be in a specific area though, from the main gate it's inside and to the right into the big open area. If you beat him, you get a totally sweet hat right before the exit!
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Oct 15, 2011 15:24
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I live for totally sweet hats. To think I was just on my way to leave Anor Londo to farm titanite and phantom for Queaeaeeeallaeg for a bit for some humanity. Can I come back to where I am if I clear it and beat the boss?
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Oct 15, 2011 15:26
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doomfunk posted:I live for totally sweet hats. The black phantom won't show up if you beat the boss.
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Oct 15, 2011 15:28
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I get the gist of what some of you folks are saying about souls and dying to enemy types, it was just annoying I guess, I can't help but feel like I've gimped myself to, using a straight up warrior, its obvious I may need other combat options. Maybe I'll re-roll, someone left me a message saying try pyromancer so perhaps I'll go with that. There's one thing I don't understand, what do covenants do?
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Alright, finally got to make my true final build in NG+. Lightning Demon Great Machete +5, with over 700 attack. And, on my left arm, a Crystal Ring Shield, which nets me a good 1300 damage depending on what I shoot. Took down O+S on my first try, S first, O second. Was so easy, it felt criminal. I think I just broke the difficulty curve.
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Oct 15, 2011 15:30
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Carefully cleared my way through the Catacombs all the way to the big clearing with the wheel skeletons. Killed them one by one and then wandered over to the blacksmith... and found an unbreakable brick wall. I guess I have to backtrack through the whole Catacombs now and find the correct path to him because this one (that the map in the futurepress guide says isn't blocked...) doesn't work. Argh. Definitely glad I have a divine weapon, though. The areas with the mages would have been awful if the skeletons respawned.
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Oct 15, 2011 15:31
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Alteisen posted:I get the gist of what some of you folks are saying about souls and dying to enemy types, it was just annoying I guess, I can't help but feel like I've gimped myself to, using a straight up warrior, its obvious I may need other combat options. Maybe I'll re-roll, someone left me a message saying try pyromancer so perhaps I'll go with that. As a warrior, you can still pick up and use some pyromancy as a backup option without having to reroll; one of the advantages of pyromancy is none of the spells have stat requirements to use, so although they scale based off your int, you don't need int just to use them. You can also upgrade your catalyst item a bunch at the trainer to boost the damage mod on it so you don't even need int to scale your damage up. As for Covenants, it depends on which one. Mostly it's "Gives you some neat stuff". Some of them you can just join and then leave without having to do anything else and you've gotten all that covenant has to offer. Others allow you to do specific special things, like the Darkmoon allowing you to invade people who have sinned, or the Forest covenant allowing you to invade anyone who's in the area of Darkroot Garden past the seal.
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Oct 15, 2011 15:35
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I love helping out as a White Phantom in this game. Somehow managed to get summoned for O+S at level 72! It certainly beats that stupid Forest trick for getting a large amount of souls quickly.
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Oct 15, 2011 15:38
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So I was wondering. Do shield bash attacks from greatshields actually do anything special, like high stamina damage to guarding enemies, or are they just completely useless?
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Oct 15, 2011 15:40
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I thiiiink they'll make human enemies stumble but other than that, not really. I mean, aside from making dual shields somewhat viable.
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Oct 15, 2011 15:43
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The Cheshire Cat posted:As a warrior, you can still pick up and use some pyromancy as a backup option without having to reroll; one of the advantages of pyromancy is none of the spells have stat requirements to use, so although they scale based off your int, you don't need int just to use them. You can also upgrade your catalyst item a bunch at the trainer to boost the damage mod on it so you don't even need int to scale your damage up. So what I get unique equipment for joining them? What about the sin stuff I've heard, something about breaking it, is the game clear on what I can and can't do or is it vague.
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Kaelan Zero posted:Carefully cleared my way through the Catacombs all the way to the big clearing with the wheel skeletons. Killed them one by one and then wandered over to the blacksmith... and found an unbreakable brick wall. I guess I have to backtrack through the whole Catacombs now and find the correct path to him because this one (that the map in the futurepress guide says isn't blocked...) doesn't work. Argh. Be warned, you cannot see the ledge below, and will probably die several times trying to make it, or like me, land at the bottom with a sliver of health left. 
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Oct 15, 2011 15:52
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Is there a bonfire near this giant red dragon chilling above a doorway in Undead Burg? I am scared to run at it because I'll respawn so far back. 
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Oct 15, 2011 15:54
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Wildtortilla posted:Is there a bonfire near this giant red dragon chilling above a doorway in Undead Burg? I am scared to run at it because I'll respawn so far back. However, what you should do is rush to the middle of the bridge, there's a stairway down, one of the openings below will lead to more steps down, you can open a shortcut to the bonfire that you are probably currently using. You should probably use your shield!
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Sacrificial Toast posted:So I was wondering. Do shield bash attacks from greatshields actually do anything special, like high stamina damage to guarding enemies, or are they just completely useless? The shield bash does quite a bit of stamina damage while having a relatively low stamina cost itself. Also of note is that heavy weapons can bounce off greatshields(i.e. the attacker recoils) which leaves even the larger and more powerful enemies(like giant skeletons) open to counter-attacks. The weapons that won't bounce off are (mini/)boss weapons/attacks, weapons wielded with two hands, and weapons wielded by giant armoured dudes(includes the less giant but still pretty big black knights with greatshields).
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Is the spell power within worth it in the long run? Should I take up one of my 4 attunement slots for it? Also I can't find that Pyromancer in the Swamp. I haven't beaten blighttown's boss, but I have my flame up to level 10 as well as the old witch's ring. Unless it's that spider lady afterwords?
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Oct 15, 2011 16:01
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Can anyone give specific instructions on how to find the smith in the catacombs? I'm at the bonfire behind the secret wall, although I've already killed Pinwheel (On my 1st try, too. Pathetically easy boss).
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The sign in Pinwheel's chamber that says 'Weakness: Anywhere' pretty accurately describes that boss, so I had to give it a +1. What a snoozer.
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One small unimportant thing I noticed: The item descriptions for the Pendant and the Sunlight Medals are exactly the same  Seems like maybe bad translation or a weird bug or something.
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smuh posted:One small unimportant thing I noticed: The item descriptions for the Pendant and the Sunlight Medals are exactly the same Yeah, it looks like they accidentally attached the Sunlight Medal's next to the Pendant (as well as the Sunlight Medal). I wonder what it was supposed to say... edit: lohli posted:Also of note is that heavy weapons can bounce off greatshields(i.e. the attacker recoils) which leaves even the larger and more powerful enemies(like giant skeletons) open to counter-attacks. Rather than certain classes of shield automatically causing recoil in certain classes of opponents, I think it's just based on the shield's stability. I was using the tower knight shield (starting shield for Knight class) and I was having trouble with enemeies not recoiling; so I switched to the Eagle shield and they started recoiling. But now I switched again to a silver knight's shield (not a greatshield) and I'm not seeing any differences in what recoils vs what does not. The giant skeletons in the Tomb of the Giants still recoiled, for example. ozymandOS fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Oct 15, 2011 |
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I summoned two helpful guys for the gargoyles, then promptly got knocked off the roof.
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Yea thats not too crazy of an idea, a +5 silver knights shield which is what ive been using for a long while has a crazy 87 stability and only weighs 6. Its really nice, aside from the crappy fire damage cut.
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smuh posted:The harpies are the most hilarious god drat enemy, they just kept jumping to their deaths while I walked around in peace So you mention his hat and not the bitching unique whip you get from him?, that dude will gently caress you up though, he uses chaos pyromancies wich can one shot you if he gets you stuck in his AoE attack, I killed him by hiding behind the blocks in that area.
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smuh posted:One small unimportant thing I noticed: The item descriptions for the Pendant and the Sunlight Medals are exactly the same Namco is really bad at localization. Pretty good at marketing, but terrible localization. We were spoiled for Atlus's version of Demon's Souls.
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Stiggs posted:This was a while back, but could you post what stats you're using for this build? I think I wanna try out something similar for my next character. I've leveled up a little more, to 21 (wanted some endurance), while farming titanite chunks from the skeletor dudes. I did most of the game so far at 15 though, all the way through Anor Lando and Sif. Current stats are 14 vit, 16 att, 16 end, 16 str, 12 dex, 12 res, 10 int, 8 fai. The 16 str was mainly for the drake sword, which certainly makes Queelag easier, though if you are really hellbent on keeping your level as low as possible you could go without raising strength at all. I am still waffling on which way I want to take this character. I could still make him into pretty much anything with his current stats. Currently wearing Smeogh's armor, a lightning claymore +4, and havel's ring. Swiching out serpent ring and bellowing dragoncast rings depending on whether I need to farm or put on a good pyromancy show. The claymore was mostly because some things are irritating to hit with a spear. You seem to whiff on the ghosts in new lando ruins a lot, and you ever try to cut off gaping dragon's tail with a spear? The 2h R1 from the claymore makes it a lot easier. Next major goal is probably taking out pinwheel, to see where the carry weight mask lands me while wearing the rest of fatty's set. Filthy Monkey fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Oct 15, 2011 |
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KezzKezzan posted:Namco is really bad at localization. Pretty good at marketing, but terrible localization. We were spoiled for Atlus's version of Demon's Souls. Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why Atlus didn't publish it again this time around? Demon's Souls was pretty successful, I think. Was there some kind of contractual obligation between From and Namco that needed fulfilling?
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AzMiLion posted:that dude will gently caress you up though, he uses chaos pyromancies wich can one shot you if he gets you stuck in his AoE attack, I killed him by hiding behind the blocks in that area.
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After doing the Darkroot Garden grinding spot when required, not once did I ever think to use the ring that gives you more souls from kills.
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S-Alpha posted:Alright, finally got to make my true final build in NG+. Lightning Demon Great Machete +5, with over 700 attack. And, on my left arm, a Crystal Ring Shield, which nets me a good 1300 damage depending on what I shoot. Took down O+S on my first try, S first, O second. Was so easy, it felt criminal.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why Atlus didn't publish it again this time around? Demon's Souls was pretty successful, I think. Was there some kind of contractual obligation between From and Namco that needed fulfilling? It's possible that Namco secured publishing rights with From when they localized Demon's Souls in Europe.
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Found the Pyromancy trainer in blightown, and I have to say flame whip is awesome! I'm tempted to replace combustion with it, though it takes a while to finish casting.
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