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Is anyone else having major framerate issues? DS ran pretty smoothly but this game seems to be constantly at 24ish and then dips in any remotely open area.
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So what exactly is the difference between human and undead form? Do I get stat decreases or am I just able to summon phantoms?
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Oct 5, 2011 02:39
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gently caress the motherfucking Gargoyle boss by the top bell It's maneater only a thousand god drat times more infuriating. "Hey I see you got the first one down to 60% HP, let's send in a second one that will breathe fire, that locks you in place and roasts you, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it!" I have a +3 Scimitar and I'm two-handing the first guy's tail off and it's still loving impossible.
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Oct 5, 2011 03:15
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Gary Dupre posted:Thanks to evilalien's advice I backtracked and found my way around, managed to beat the Bell Gargoyles with the help of sun guy, but now I'm at a slight loss for what to do, the only path I can think of is the one I mentioned earlier with the Capra Demon. But I just get cleaved to death in 2 seconds against it, I'm at a loss here. My soul level is 18, using Drake Sword as my main weapon, any suggestions? How the hell do you get him to help you? This would be a life saver, it is loving infuriating.
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Oct 5, 2011 03:34
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Crowbear posted:You need to talk to him before the dragon bridge a few times until he gives you the stone, and then you can summon him before a few bosses as long as you're in human form. Yesss. Thank you, I will try this in the morning as I died to those assholes about 13 times in a row and I'm at my limit. On one occasion I even got both of them down to <50 Hp. 
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Oct 5, 2011 03:38
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Pikey posted:But seriously, how many souls did I miss on that boss? Only 1000, he doesn't give you poo poo considering he's basically a mini-vanguard.
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Oct 5, 2011 03:41
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Krinkle posted:okay I was stuck before and now I'm stuck again maybe... just got a fire keeper soul and a basement key after beating a guy with a huge shield and a huge mace. Am I done here? I don't see anywhere else to go? Go up for your most infuriating fight yet!
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Oct 5, 2011 03:42
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Funkmaster General posted:You can't kill it that way, because eventually the tail will cut off, and to continue fighting the dragon you'll have to do it the manly way. On the plus side, you do get a badass sword when the tail comes off. It is pretty much the best sword of its kind in the game that's been discovered so far, high stat requirements but its damage is absurd.
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Oct 5, 2011 04:15
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Major spoiler about NG+: It's Resident Evil style NG+, the enemies don't get any tougher, it's pretty much just a "take your revenge on the game" mode, not like Demon Souls' "hard mode" NG+. The game is a lot longer though, and while in DS1 your stats only made a subtle difference and your true strength was in skill, in this game your stats and equipment can get pretty absurd.
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Oct 5, 2011 04:29
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I'm spoiling the game for myself and looking at all of the bosses and..holy loving poo poo.  Demon Souls bosses were pieces of poo poo compared to these. Some of the late bosses are outright loving terrifying.
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Oct 5, 2011 04:47
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Wow it is bullshit that you lose humanity out of pocket each time you die, even if you were un-hollowed. I had 3 humanities and I never restored, a few Gargoyle attempts later I have none and I can't summon friends to help.
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Oct 5, 2011 12:31
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Mayor McCheese posted:I just beat the Gargoyles and rang the bell. That was a satisfying way to end a gaming session. I just did this. I'm so happy. Too bad there are other occasions in the game where you have to fight two bosses, and they're much worse.
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Oct 5, 2011 12:45
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What the gently caress do you do about the skeletons in the catacombs? They take a lot of hits and just regenerate and don't give you any souls.
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Oct 5, 2011 22:30
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So, I took on the Capra Demon I watched a video guide of it and thought "Wow that looks like a joke." What happens to me? While I'm entering the fog I get stuck in a corner and can't move at all, his first attack completely kills my stamina and his dogs gnaw at me constantly, not allowing me to move at all. To make matters worse on my way to him I got killed by those loving annoying assassins and lost like 4000 souls.
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Oct 5, 2011 23:35
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So I killed the Gaping Dragon and got the key to Blight Town at the bottom of the sewers. I heard there was a hellish firery area in the game and I was excited, so I started heading down into the eerie green light and lo and behold: It's World 5 all loving over again. Poison everywhere. Little black demons that can inject you with high amounts of poison and ignore your shield. Don't go past the sewers into Blighttown without some serious poison resistance and lots of poison curing items, most of which you can easily collect in the Garden/Forest area.
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Oct 6, 2011 20:17
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Also, it seems From Software really learned from Demon Souls and scale Souls/difficulty correctly now. The enemies in DS were all over the place, world 4 had difficult but rewarding enemies while world 5 had incredibly annoying enemies that offered tiny amounts of souls. Now the difficulty curve is a very nice slope instead of a rocky road, you can feel the enemies getting tougher the further you explore. God this game is perfect.
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Oct 6, 2011 20:22
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Ornamented Death posted:So I'm browsing through the guide, and a few things I'm reading in there seem to contradict things I've read in this thread. The two that stick out are: There's crystal lizards? I haven't seen a single one, I rang the first bell and just beat the Gaping Dragon and not a one. Also, I saw someone playing through NG+. Maybe he was just tremendously overgeared but the asylum demon died in like four strikes from him and couldn't even take off a bar of his health.
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Oct 6, 2011 20:28
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MMania posted:So if anyone's wondering what's past those sealed yellow fog gates, I'll fill you in. Pain is behind those. There is a boss where you will wish you had as much room to maneuver as you did in the fight with the Capra Demon. That dragon guarding the bridge? You will think back on him with fondness once you meet up with his big brothers. Innocuous looking enemies will withstand strikes that would stagger a black knight, take off half your HP in a single blow, and come in packs. Could you spoil it for me? I can't find it anywhere. Also I hear there (major spoiler)are areas where early bosses are regular enemies
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Oct 6, 2011 20:35
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darkhand posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PU7J_xSr-c Holy gently caress.
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Oct 6, 2011 21:20
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Gazmachine posted:Hold out my UK brothers. A matter of hours left now until we can die. Well, until YOU can die and I can nip and dodge my way around. Fair warning: Demon Souls is loving Barney's Super Fun Time Adventure compared to this game. The beginning is familiar but it ramps up really fast. That said it still follows the formula of "Tough and punishing but never unfair."
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Oct 6, 2011 21:27
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Is it already in the OP that your first "big purchase" should be the repair kit for repairing stuff at bonfires from the Blacksmith (cheaper than the merchant at Undead Burg)? It really should be, along with the Blacksmith's location. It's a lifesaver and since you spend more time spelunking in this game than in DS you will see your weapons/armor wear down a lot more.
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Oct 6, 2011 21:33
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So is there any trick to getting past the bridge dragon in undead burg for that sweet loot? I don't have a bow and don't know where to find one.
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Oct 6, 2011 22:05
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How are the dark knights fair? No matter how much stamina you have or what shield you have their overhead swing goes right through it and deals half your health in damage, and they loving aim-bot onto you, there's no way to dodge it.
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Oct 6, 2011 22:30
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Holy gently caress the drakes Is there something you're supposed to have to fight them or do they all just take 50 hits from a +7 Scimitar?
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Oct 6, 2011 23:21
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Alectai posted:Also, is there any way to kill the god drat Orochi in the lake below the forest? Approaching it head on is literally suicide, and the only other place I can see it looks too far to hit it from. http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/10/04/dark-souls-boss-strategy-w-commentary-the-hydra?objectid=86623 This was extremely helpful for me. Not mentioned in the video is the pit around him, watch it as it's totally invisible and the biggest bullshit I've found in the game so far. extremebuff fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Oct 6, 2011 |
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Oct 6, 2011 23:32
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How would one go about making a weapon that is specialized in Dex? I have a +7 Scimitar and it destroys most enemies but I want to turn that B dex bonus into an A or S.
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Oct 7, 2011 00:20
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So apparently there's no way to make weapons into "Dex" or "Strength" focused weapons anymore so I'm just going to upgrade the poo poo out of my Scimitar, since it has a better dex bonus than the winged spear. I tried going up the tower guarded by the Dark Knight behind the dragon and how are you supposed to one-shot the dragon? I can't even see it from up there.
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Oct 7, 2011 01:06
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I'm getting further into the game and now I'm getting turned off. Demon Souls had the philosophy of "if you're naked and have barebones weapons you can beat the game with enough skill and within a reasonable amount of time." The later enemies make me think "Wow I should go back and grind to upgrade because it takes me 3 goddamn hours to kill a basic enemy" and that's poo poo for this kind of game.
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Oct 7, 2011 02:32
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So, if anyone's looking to spoil the bosses for themselves: http://www.gamesradar.com/dark-souls-boss-guide/?page=1 Page 2 and on are videos of every (major) boss in the game in alphabetical order. They also help a lot in terms of general strategy for bosses. Also guys, I'm stuck in the Darkroot forest. I beat the giant hydra and the area past it is impossible, the tree people are annoying but the "bandits" and ghosts are loving tough and attack you in packs. My friends tell me the area is later-game but it's either this or Blighttown. Should I backtrack?
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Oct 7, 2011 03:24
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kater posted:Any advice for Havel? I can't seem to dodge his 1hit KO. Should I just strip down to my unskin? Also is the parish bridge a faster campfire to gy zerg him? I'm sick of running through main uberg. You shouldn't even be dodging. Literally just hug him with your most stable shield and pace in circles, he will never hit you and you should backstab him every time, should take 10~15 backstabs. If you can't even block his two-handed attack you really need to upgrade your Endurance, he is probably the easiest NPC in the game.
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Oct 7, 2011 03:26
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The Moon Monster posted:Pretty much yes. He's guarding a ring that raises your defense at low health but you by no means have to kill him. And by no means is that item of any use at all. It activates the defense boost when you're on your last bar(!) of health, so it will basically protect you from being killed by a butterfly fart and nothing else. It will pretty much be the first item of its kind though, might as well wear it for a while.
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Oct 7, 2011 03:39
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Guliani is HOT posted:Oh loving excellent, the wolf uses a sword. Of course. What gets me is the loving metric ton of health that he has. I think "crap I wasn't ready for this fight", then I can't find videos of his fight that are shorter than 15 minutes. quote:So he's related to those sword-dogs from the PS2 Shinobi game? Awesome.
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Oct 7, 2011 03:44
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Nigulus Rex posted:When's the next cool weapon (other than drake sword) that I can get that scales with strength post first bell? I haven't done the second yet. I have bad news for you, they removed crushing and dex-based weapons. Go faith/magic and make divine weapons, you'll deal far more damage than if you just dip 30 points into strength.
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Oct 7, 2011 03:48
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxicEEuGLk&feature=related This guy is a bit overgeared (some spoilers). It is hilarious to watch if you've been to this area and know how god drat hard it is.
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Oct 7, 2011 03:51
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Failboattootoot posted:Yeah, they really hosed up the weapon upgrading system this time around. That is probably the only thing about this game that's worse than DS though, don't forget in DS magic was pretty much putting the game in baby mode. !amicable posted:So about how much strength do you need? extremebuff fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Oct 7, 2011 |
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Oct 7, 2011 04:00
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I'm sorry if this has already been posted but what do I do if my firekeeper is dead? I have two firekeeper souls for her and that bastard in the golden suit killed her. Should I be worried about other npcs dying?
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Oct 7, 2011 14:29
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The Moon Monster posted:He only kills her. You can revive her much later in the game, and there's another npc in Blighttown who will reinforce your flasks How much later and what do I need exactly? I just don't want to miss it.
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Oct 7, 2011 14:34
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Oct 7, 2011 14:55
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DeathSandwich posted:Ok so the holy property on weapons kills catacomb skeletons dead, but what does the unholy property do? Say whaaaat? Oh man I am going back into the catacombs, I wish I knew this before running blind into that place and dying to hordes of immortal skeletons.
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I talked to the main faith girl as an undead and now all those people are gone. Are they gone for good? I can't learn any faith spells? Also, I'm stuck. I could go deeper into the forest but it has NPCs that destroy me, I could go into Blighttown but Toxin isn't the same as poison, which is utter loving bullshit, and I have no idea how to heal toxins, so the area is impossible, and I tried exploring New Londo but the ghosts are so god drat annoying and I ran out of transient curses. It's also very hard to just run past them because From Software loving LOVES spawning enemies at narrow doorways  . If I could find a bonfire in there it'd be easier but it's hard just running around in there.Also tried exploring the valley of drakes and my character just plain isn't ready for that area yet, I don't have anything lightning resistant and the dragons deal totally absurd amounts of damage. Where do I go?
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