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Got DS in early December and I'm hooked good. Got through Nito and then decided I didn't like my build that much (STR/FTH) and decided to do some sequence breaking and get some good stuff. Started as a Wanderer intending to to a low level fastrolling build. Build is here, I do have all the equipment but the upgrades are my planned end weapons, not what they are currently (though I also intend to keep some not very upgraded stuff around for reasons stated further down). I skipped the Taurus demon to keep the Burg open for pvp if I want. (feel free to tell me stuff I should do/messed up on if you have advice! still fairly new to the game compared to some) The reason I did low level was because I really like the co-op in this game and really appreciated the phantoms who helped me and want to help out new low lvl players like others did for me. I also read a neat post a few days back where someone was talking about invading newbies, but acting like a level miniboss instead of just killing them immediately. For example I'll hang out in the middle level of the tower you climb to get to the Taurus demon and wait for the player; if they seem like they're actually new to the game and not on NG+ I'll drop an item for them before we fight (usually a high STR weapon since I'll never be able to use them), and I use leveled up armor but not crazy strong weapons so they have a chance. I'm on PS3 and there seem to be a lot of really new players running around, people who don't know where the items in the levels are, etc. I also like being there with some higher level stuff to help out when the new players get invaded by lvl 1s with endgame gear just to OHKO them, so I'm working on getting my weapons leveled up too. For now I'm just hanging out sunbro-ing the gargoyles, taurus demon, capra, and gaping dragon. This is all to say that my low level is giving some trouble in a couple spots, soI have a couple things I could use some help on. Does anybody who has a low-SL character feel like helping me out with the 4 kings? Beatrice doesn't help at ALL ime and being lvl 12 or so I don't see any online summon signs normally. Also, I cannot loving cut off Priscilla's tail. I have tried like 6 times, when she's almost dead I throw myself off a cliff (I really want that dagger to help bleed out twinks in the burg). Where is the sweet spot? I know you can cut it off with pyromancy, but I have a +2 ascended pyro flame and I can't get it off even when she's just standing there and not aggro'd yet. So if anybody wants to help a low level guy cut her tail anytime I'd be grateful  e: also, I like the DWGR a lot, but I can't decide if it would be better to have the free poise of the wolf ring when a black phantom invades (a lot of the invaders just spam ascended pyro great combustions and it staggers me a ton). Should I switch when phantoms show up, or do I just need to ~git gud~ at timing my ninja flips? I just find it hard with lag/latency. e2: if anyones wondering why INT is at 14 its because hiding as a barrel when someone invades you is hysterical  and I didn't need the points elsewhere since my weapons are elemental anyway
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SubponticatePoster posted:I have a SL8 guy that can help on 4k. PSN is MosquitoJones, send me an invite and I can pop over to help. alright thanks! will do that when I get home. Let me know what time of day is good for you, i'm in central time and usually can get some time in from 9 pm-1 am. Can schedule other times though esp. on the weekends
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Jan 8, 2015 23:22
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SubponticatePoster posted:Even if you don't go with a magic build you can pick up a pyro glove later on and light poo poo on fire, so those points aren't wasted. Having a fire spell (or two) is a great idea if you aren't going with a rigid build because even the basic pyro spell is pretty useful. Haha yeah, even the basic fireball and combustion spells will wreck the early enemies. Even if you don't go pyro you can get the flame in like 20 min of playtime if you take the master key and do a little (pretty easy) sequence breaking. I don't even level much for a while except to meet requirements for weapon of choice, just upgrade the flame and your weapon and you will be fine for a long time  Then get power within and take down bosses like little bitches  There's no downside at all to learning some pyromancy since it doesn't scale with any stats. Nearly every build can benefit from it. DragQueenofAngmar fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Jan 9, 2015 23:21
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The Zombie Guy posted:Not sure if you're still stuck on the 4K, but here's how to easy mode it: SubponticatePoster actually came in and killed em for me! Thanks again dude
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Jan 10, 2015 06:24
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SubponticatePoster posted:It was Good Times. Also I'm an old woman (I just sound like a 14 year-old boy on voicechat)!  my bad! Lemme amend that to say "thanks dudette!"
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Jan 11, 2015 02:48
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casual poster posted:Trying to get summons or be summoned on the PS3 is a nightmare. You can never count on anything. (I haven't played in the past 6 months but I doubt things have changed) I might have said this (maybe in the other thread) but I'm on PS3 and have dark souls 1 characters at varying levels and can help if anyone wants! Pm me for my psn name or post here
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Jan 15, 2015 03:58
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Does anyone else have the problem where they get riiiiiiight to the end of the game, think about the stuff that they need to do before beating Gwyn, and then just... start another build? I've got dex, MLGS, pure str two hand, low level pvp, and str/fth builds all at various points in NG and no "completed" files on my game right now. I might have to make a dual bonewheel build just cause the level requirements will force me into NG+
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Jan 20, 2015 17:39
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Alternatively I could just do this to gently caress around in the parish (invasions and helping out): xanthous invasion build http://mmdks.com/6xsg I know it's not some revolutionary idea but I've only had the game 2 months okay
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Jan 21, 2015 17:53
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HaB posted:That link isn't working for me. fixed it! Also something that's been bugging me: am I dumb and/or a wimp for using my pyro flame in my right hand so I can still block before after things like great combustion? I always see people using it in their left and keeping their weapons out. thoughts?
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Jan 21, 2015 19:01
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HaB posted:That actually looks pretty fun. If you start sorcerer though, you have a bunch of INT you don't need, and you end up with really low VIT and END. You'd have to put 5 more levels to get VIT/END back to where they were with the pyro. If you put all the extra levels up to 15 with the sorcerer into VIT, you end up with 11 VIT and 8 END, whereas without upgrading at all with the pyro you get 10 VIT/11 END. Three points isn't much in either stat but I'd rather trade 1 level of health for 3 more of stamina, since I'm not going to use intelligence anyway, and the build has to quickroll or block with dark hand. OTOH with the sorcerer you can get two pyro flames and double fist them like a boss just for kicks edit: or if you're willing to go to SL 16 you could pump attunement and get another pyromancy edit2: okay last thing, I didn't think this one out as much and you could probably tweak it a bit, but here's a SL 60 version if you get bored of griefing in the parish/burg. its the right level to invade the Painted World which is perfect for the build, and keeping a chaos weapon lets you put everything into VIT/END- that way you can wear RoFaP instead of Havel's, and get kind of a ridiculous amount of health for SL60, with plenty of stamina and under 25% equip (so you can DWGR if you really want to be a dick ) http://mmdks.com/6xt5
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Jan 21, 2015 20:45
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My PS3 is really crapping out on me  nearly every time I load a file, this happens: And the game hangs on about 50% of load screens. Should I take my PS3 apart and try to clean the laser?
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Jan 23, 2015 19:34
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HaB posted:Here's my nearly foolproof plan for the Hydra: With two people it's trivial (or was for me). With one person up close the hydra usually doesn't use projectiles so the other player can spam spells and arrows all day
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Mar 17, 2015 15:32
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Fraction posted:We managed to get close enough (taking in turns on single player) to get the Hydra to change from the tidal wave attack to trying to chew our face off. Dodged behind the tree right near to her to heal, and then couldn't get back out to get her as each time we healed it only just covered the damage we'd taken, and as soon as the animation for the Estus flask had ended she'd attacked (via tidal wave) again and we couldn't get away from it and stop going away to heal! blocking one melee attack from the hydra gives a window plenty long enough to drink some estus while staying in the water. block, attack, repeat, heal as needed
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Mar 17, 2015 16:02
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Happened twice. I guess hiding behind the tree whilst healing was our downfall?
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Augus posted:I had a lot of trouble with the final boss in my playthrough. Then again I didn't summon Solaire and never parried him because is sucked at parries I am extremely afraid that I'm gonna suck hard with the gun in Bloodborne because at my best in Dark Souls I could parry the black/silver Knights maybe 75% of the time and hollows 95%, but sucked parrying everything else (serpentmen, etc) and never got Gwyn even once maybe the regain mechanic will help make up for it though
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Mar 17, 2015 19:15
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Raxivace posted:How exactly is the quest with Siegmeyer's daughter supposed to work? I've never been able to even get her to even appear anywhere, let alone figure out how to actually save Siegmeyer in Lost Izalith. I forget the exact order of stuff you ha e to do, but to save him in Izalith, kill 3 of the 4 chaos eater squid guys before you jump down with him to fight them, then kill the last one quickly. He has to finish the fight with over 50% of his HP left to continue to the end of the storyline and the titanite slab.
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Mar 18, 2015 09:09
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HaB posted:
gotta kill the 3 silver knights for him too i think
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Mar 18, 2015 14:36
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I always figured saving solaire was the Easter egg with the reward of having a buddy to fight Gwyn with and him going insane was the "canon" end to his story.
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Mar 22, 2015 19:25
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Awesome! posted:also is the minotaur boss in the burg not required? i saw someone refer to the gargoyles as the first boss in a speed run Yes, if you take the master key as your gift, you can go down into new londo ruins, up into valley of drakes, run through into darkroot basin, then to darkroot garden, and up into the undead parish where the blacksmith is. This lets you skip the burg and Taurus demon (and is also used by some to keep themselves open to invasions in the burg for pvp)
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Mar 23, 2015 19:34
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Stargate posted:That enemy is actually much stronger than almost everything in Darkroot. I got stomped pretty hard by like every forest hunter npc which i accidentally aggro'ed by running through the woods my first time there but yeah other than that darkroots pretty alright
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Mar 23, 2015 20:20
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Fraction posted:goddamnit They're not very plentiful in Anor Londo. Did you grab the gold serpent ring from sen's fortress? If so put it on, go back to the depths, and kill rats for a while. Only thing I can think of :/
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Mar 27, 2015 14:44
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HaB posted:I have done 4K exactly ONCE while rolling. Normally I just use Havel's because I don't think you can take off the ring, but what worked for me was dusk crown, arty ring, put on one of the rings that gives you an extra attunement slot, cast power within right after you drop down and switch to the bellowing dragoncrest. I actually killed the Kings at sl1 in 3 kings this way
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Mar 29, 2015 05:56
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Augus posted:Charcoal Pine Resin still buffs weapons that already deal fire damage, right? No. If your weapon is build into fire, lightning, etc, you can't use buffs, including (I think?) Magic Weapon/GMW/CMW or the buffing miracles.
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Apr 2, 2015 15:40
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death .cab for qt posted:
If you've got low attunement, you can use one of the rings that gives you another slot, attune power within and then cast it right before you drop down, then switch the ring for bellowing dragoncrest. Then you can have more slots for combustion and stuff
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Jul 7, 2015 02:06
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I kinda feel like they were pulling a double bait and switch: new player pushes through the graveyard because it's close to the start and they've heard souls games are crazy hard, get to pinwheel eventually, feel like they got better because they beat him so easily, get crushed in tomb of the Giants
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Jul 8, 2015 06:05
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Parrying dagger for parrying, dodge everything else 
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Jan 4, 2016 18:13
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Not sure whether to feel envious or sad for you that you missed a core part of the souls rage experience
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Jan 8, 2016 01:53
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Orv posted:Fashion is the most important aspect of From Software's games. Quote for truth, minmaxers be damned
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Jan 8, 2016 02:55
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Ghost of Starman posted:#1 Quality of Life Feature for DS3: customizable armor colors. Customizable colors would rule, but I think it's best that they'd keep their appearance for pvp purposes, so you can figure out resistances, dodge roll speed, etc of your opponent at a glance
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Jan 8, 2016 05:44
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Nito was a funny boss for me, because my first playthrough was a dex build and once I found the silver knight spear I never looked back (still love that weapon honestly, such a good feel) and I was super confused how he could possibly be a hard boss. Then I fought him on another character and couldn't understand why his skeletons wouldn't stay dead, and that's how I learned that the silver knight weapons have a hidden divine attribute 
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Jan 13, 2016 02:23
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Imo if you're totally new to souls games in general, use a shield for a while. Get the heater shield from the first merchant because it blocks 100% of damage and has the fastest parry window of the 100%s. Rolling will usually be better though. If you played Bloodborne, a quick rolling build with a shield that can quick parry will feel familiar.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:46
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Getting good at bloodborne made ds3 bosses kinda trivial honestly because you get almost as fast a roll as the BB dodge, but the boss attacks telegraphing have way longer windups in ds3 Ds2 was by far the hardest combat for me due to how long you're locked into your attack animations and how stamina greedy every action is
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Oct 14, 2016 21:12
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Summoning in ds3 is tied to both soul level and weapon upgrade level, could have something to do with that
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Seltzer posted:Is that to prevent sl 1 invasions with a +15 weapon? Tell me there's a way around that.... My weapon is only +2 and I'm in the beginning. My white soap signs get picked up right away and usually there are other people summoned too but I can't find any to use myself. Yeah it's specifically to discourage twinking invasions. However they inadvertently made a huge loophole due to level adjusted summoning, as you can password summon a high level friend and it only adjusts their damage and health, while leaving the stamina bar and weapon requirements. Trivial to run around the high wall with a DSGA and stomp people, but I think think twink invasions lose all their fun if it's not one lone dickwraith running around
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