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Dark Souls - Artorias of the Abyss out for consoles now

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Dubh wrote: »
    did the havel guy make a cat face like Alphonse from FMA

    and greeted you with "O hai"?

    because that's what I'm imagining right now

    No.

    He pointed directly at me.

    I imagined it was like when you stare at someone and draw your finger across your throat.

    He kinda just stood there for a while, and I decided to not wait around to find out what his deal was.

    Stilts on
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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    oh lord

    that actually sounds intimidating

    maybe that's all he does

    just pops in and scares the shit out of low SL characters

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  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    i just found the upside of an SL1 run: invading in parish wearing nothing but a sack and just strong attacking people with my caveman club

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    i just found the upside of an SL1 run: invading in parish wearing nothing but a sack and just strong attacking people with my caveman club

    you are required to make a video set to either drowning pool or slayer mixed with yakkity sax

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  • The BetgirlThe Betgirl I'm Molly! Registered User regular
    this stupid friggin buttslam that the fat one does UGHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    Reached Darkroot Garden and joined up with the cat.

    This is real fun covenant.

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    Tried to help a dude kill the Taurus Demon.

    He did not seem to know how to dodge.

    I'm sorry, dude, but there was nothing I could do to protect you from getting hit in the back as you ran.

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  • The BetgirlThe Betgirl I'm Molly! Registered User regular
    BEAT IT goddamn i hate that

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  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    holy shit

    if you throw a talisman at a mimic, it opens its mouth and you can safely take the item out

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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    oh yeah

    I saw that on the wiki the other day!



    oh, I totally started a sorcerer

    fuck min-maxing my gear

    she's gonna have the witch's set

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    holy shit

    if you throw a talisman at a mimic, it opens its mouth and you can safely take the item out

    Woah

    WOAH

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    Dubh wrote: »
    oh yeah

    I saw that on the wiki the other day!



    oh, I totally started a sorcerer

    fuck min-maxing my gear

    she's gonna have the witch's set

    I'm probably gonna wear the Maiden's set until I get the Moonlight.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    Summoning experience I had this morning.
    I summoned someone this morning on impulse after kindling the bonfire at painted world. Last night I had fought through most of the early area, killed phalanx, opened up the shortcut, taken on the pinwheels down below including those tunnels which were HOLY SHIT etc.
    At the start he bowed. My dragon head man did nothing, because pressing select wasn't working. I was standing on a message so I tried backing up a bit, but it didn't work. He bows again, clearly wondering what kind of idiot he got summoned into. He attacks near me with his weapon then starts wandering off just as I figured out why I couldn't press select and chose a bow. As soon as the bow happened he paused, so I know he had to have kept the camera on me.
    Then finally I was ready and sprinted past him up the stairs, parried the first zombies jumping attack, riposte with my claw, parried the next one coming from the side, then backstabbed the third, without getting touched, all before he could even swing his greatsword.
    We headed in and took out the right side of torch zombies, looted stuff and then jeramiah spawned. He walks up and faces off to him, mano a mano, shield at the ready, preparing for normal npc combat. I sprint straight past the both of them and backstab jeramiah, then tear him apart with my claws after he gets up, before he can react.
    Then we went and took out phalanx again.
    He focused on a single area, while I was running around the whole area clawing bits of phalanx looking the other way, backflipping out of range and not taking a scratch.

    At this point I wasn't really sure who was helping who. I had to estus flask for him a couple of times. He wasn't incompetent or anything. I just have a completely merciless and aggressive playstyle so if a thing can be killed fast I kill it and I have to learn how to avoid their attacks with rolls as a matter of course.

    After phalanx was cleaned up he headed on down to the pinwheel skeleton area. Now I was thinking "Wait no I've looted that whole area" but I followed him anyway. He was careful about only aggroing a few pinwheels at a time. While I chased one he chased the other. Eventually we cleared the room. At this point I was confused, then he walks up to a pillar and a cutscene happens showing the door of another place opening. Realisation dawned.

    We head down this area, me being slightly more cautious since I didn't know this area yet. We take out the zombies fairly handily, but I accidentally triggered a zombie clambering over the edge ambush going for a zombie further ahead. When I finished with that one the zombies were surrounding him and I was all "bugger". Then wham he takes them all out with one blow.

    Apparently he could fight quite well. I just wasn't letting him.

    On the black knight I dodged most of its attacks but got tagged by one accidentally. Soon as I did he suddenly busts out this spell that obliterated it. And I think "This guy has got some firepower stored away in there if I give him time to use it."

    Then it was time for priscilla.

    He let me talk to her. Then we walked around the outside and he shot a soul arrow at her. Priscilla didn't react at all, so I gathered that summons can't help.
    Deciding that I don't really give a damn about anyone in this game I started tearing into her with my lightning claws. She goes invisible. We both spread out immediately, circling the room.

    Then I saw a splash, quite a distance from me, followed by a weird sound and then a tink as something hit the ground near me. I had already backflipped reflexively after hearing the sound so it missed. Knowing what to look for now, I started strafing around watching for the splash then immediately attacking where I saw it with dashing attacks. The other guy was wandering around but was very cautious. He was probably thinking "Be careful!" to himself as I'm swinging at air.

    Finally I saw one close enough to me and went to town with my lightning claw. She tried to move away but the lightning effect showed her outline, so I was able to follow her and keep going until I ran out of stamina.
    I lost her briefly after that, then got randomly hit by something. I thought "GOT YOU CHUMMY" and immediately attacked the place where I had had got hit, turning her invisible with that next set of combos. After that it was easy to take her down.

    I wonder what that guy thought of the random dragon head guy with the lightning claw who was sprinting and backflipping all over the place obliterating everything, then tore into an invisible boss giving no fucks.
    He probably thought I had played the game before. But I clearly had no idea where the opening for that bridge was and was more cautious when we went over the bridge. So I probably confused him a lot.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Stilts wrote: »
    holy shit

    if you throw a talisman at a mimic, it opens its mouth and you can safely take the item out

    Woah

    WOAH

    You can use this to farm their rare drop as well, which turns your entire head into a mimic. It also boosts item find and maybe soul drop but those are tertiary benefits at best. Treasure chest head is where it's at.

  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    Stilts wrote: »
    holy shit

    if you throw a talisman at a mimic, it opens its mouth and you can safely take the item out

    Woah

    WOAH

    You can use this to farm their rare drop as well, which turns your entire head into a mimic. It also boosts item find and maybe soul drop but those are tertiary benefits at best. Treasure chest head is where it's at.

    You might not even have to farm it.

    There's speculation that the Symbol is guaranteed to drop from the last mimic you kill. So far, this has happened in both of my playthroughs that got that far.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Really? Maybe I shouldn't have saved the mimics in my last playthrough to farm later. (which never ended up happening)

    I'll have to try that with my current naked gravelord sword lady

  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    oh hey bee tee dubs

    has anyone used the Black Knight Greataxe recently and can comment on how badly it has been nerfed? One of the wikis says it has, but doesn't get into specifics, and I'm curious if it'd be worth me going back into the catacombs to try and get for this high strength and faith character. Love the way it looks.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    nothing is worth going back into the catacombs

  • TransporterTransporter Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Dubh wrote: »
    oh yeah

    I saw that on the wiki the other day!



    oh, I totally started a sorcerer

    fuck min-maxing my gear

    she's gonna have the witch's set

    The hardest part is getting to Lower Undead Berg to free the Sorc dude. Then it's tolerable with his spells. Then you get to Sen's and free Big Hat Logan AND WHOA WE GOT A BADASS OVER HERE.

    And that feeling continues for the rest of the game.

    Edit: Oh, and you can safely kill the Four Kings after getting Big Hat's spells(With Beatrice's help, of course. )

    And make sure you don't past SL 55.

    Tearing through Shaq and Kobe on a Sorc that was summoned is the BESTEST feeling.

    I got so many what the fuck messages.

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    nothing is worth going back into the catacombs

    Man, what? The catacombs ain't so bad.

    Now, Tomb of Giants. That place is basically terrible.

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    ok I don't think I'm supposed to be fighting ceaseless discharge right now

    dude one shots me and if I do manage to hit him I barely do any damage

    I guess I'll go to sen's?

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    Shabooty wrote: »
    Shabooty wrote: »
    ok I don't think I'm supposed to be fighting ceaseless discharge right now

    dude one shots me and if I do manage to hit him I barely do any damage

    I guess I'll go to sen's?
    pro tip

    after you aggro CD, run all the way back to the fog wall

    when you get there wait for him to do a jump and a fist slam

    hit his fist like 6 times and he will die

    congrats on a bunch of souls and sequence breaking

  • gtrmpgtrmp Registered User regular
    Stilts wrote: »
    There's speculation that the Symbol is guaranteed to drop from the last mimic you kill. So far, this has happened in both of my playthroughs that got that far.
    As of one of the earlier patches, monsters that only have a fixed number of spawns in the game (Butchers, Mimics, Necromancers, etc) will automatically drop whatever it is that they carry when you kill the last one. The Mimic(s?) in the DLC areas don't count towards this one way or the other, only the monsters in the main game world.

  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    gtrmp wrote: »
    Stilts wrote: »
    There's speculation that the Symbol is guaranteed to drop from the last mimic you kill. So far, this has happened in both of my playthroughs that got that far.
    As of one of the earlier patches, monsters that only have a fixed number of spawns in the game (Butchers, Mimics, Necromancers, etc) will automatically drop whatever it is that they carry when you kill the last one. The Mimic(s?) in the DLC areas don't count towards this one way or the other, only the monsters in the main game world.

    Oh, so that's confirmed then?

    Cool.

    All I could find was a few commenters saying, "Hey, this seems to happen."

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    would anybody be able to help me figure out why dark souls won't work when it try to stream?

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    It doesn't want to expose the world to how bad you are at dark souls swordfights
    Pip might know, I've never streamed anything

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    i just found the upside of an SL1 run: invading in parish wearing nothing but a sack and just strong attacking people with my caveman club

    you are required to make a video set to either drowning pool or slayer mixed with yakkity sax

    No, we don't need more of your AMVs Alex.

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    So, who was it who had the great idea to put a golden golem on a tiny, slippery platform?

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    i just found the upside of an SL1 run: invading in parish wearing nothing but a sack and just strong attacking people with my caveman club

    you are required to make a video set to either drowning pool or slayer mixed with yakkity sax

    drowning pool dubstep remix

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Phew. Kalameet slain(with two awesome, very stubborn helpers).

    Got his sword too! This was NG++ mind you.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    would anybody be able to help me figure out why dark souls won't work when it try to stream?

    in what way

  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    Also, what the best place to either summon someone or be summoned for seath?

  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Is Kalameet harder in NG+ on? 'Cause he's pretty easy in regular game. Tedious, but easy.

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Ay, what's the best way/place to farm souls?

    edit: i'm having succes with helping dudes with artorias and kalameet, magic puts the hurt on em, especially when i can just stand there and unload

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    Ay, what's the best way/place to farm souls?

    Anor Londo, probably. Either with the 6 iron guardians near the firekeeper's fireplace, or just wandering about before Howard and Costello. Getting summoned for those two should also be pretty good.

  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    It's beautiful.

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  • kedinikkedinik Captain of Industry Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    Ay, what's the best way/place to farm souls?

    If you have a spell strong enough to one-shot them, you can make 4500 souls per ~50 seconds from the three sentinels between the entrance to Anor Londo and its first bonfire.

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  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    thats me

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Is Kalameet harder in NG+ on? 'Cause he's pretty easy in regular game. Tedious, but easy.

    If that narrow flame spray hits you, you die. It breaks your guard and is pretty much a guaranteed kill.

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