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Dark Soals- praisin' the sun with Brolaire of Astora

NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSSRegistered User regular
edited September 2013 in Social Entropy++
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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Goddammit I was just about to post an OP!

    And it wasn't a copy-paste job like we got here.
    I am just jealous that you were faster.

    Stilts on
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  • MachwingMachwing It looks like a harmless old computer, doesn't it? Left in this cave to rot ... or to flower!Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    be wary of beanpole

    Machwing on
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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    Don't forget to praise the sun.

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    Nikolai wrote: »
    Don't forget to praise the sun.

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  • MachwingMachwing It looks like a harmless old computer, doesn't it? Left in this cave to rot ... or to flower!Registered User regular
    oh man

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3OZU3fi08-o#!
    In the Age of Ancients, The court was unformed, shrouded by fog.
    A land of grey hoops, empty bleachers, and everlasting referees.
    But then there was B-ball. And with B-ball came Disparity.
    Dunks and three-pointers, fouls and free throws, and of course... Slams and Jams.
    Then, from the Bench, They came, and found the Souls of Ballers within the jams.

    Mikan, the First of the Ballers.
    The Wilt of Chamberlain, and his sons of Harlem.
    Jordan, the Lord of Air, and his faithful Bulls.
    And the furtive Barkley, so easily forgotten.
    With the Strength of Ballers, they challenged the refs.
    Jordan's mighty dunks peeled apart their stiped uniforms.
    The Globetrotters weaved great passes.
    Mikan unleashed a miasma of blocks and rebounds.
    And Shaq the Scaleless betrayed his own, and the refs were no more.

    Thus began the Age of B-Ball...
    But soon, the slams will fade, and only the Jam will remain.
    Even now, there are only faint echoes, and man sees not slams, but only endless airballs.
    And amongst the living are seen, carriers of the accursed Dunksign.

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    I would put @pipthefair livestream thing in the OP but I don't remember what the link was

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    Im thinking of starting up a game of Demons Souls, should be something close to terrifying for 40 hours.

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    I went searching for the last two mimics in the dukes archives so I could get the avarice thingy to activate my red tear stone ring to test how much damage I can do in dragon form on a riposte.
    Insert looney toons misadventures all over the damn place up and down left and right until I finally realised I'd walked straight past the last one in a room full of chests.
    I get it, I warp back to where I'm going to test it...then I realise.
    I'm a dragon. It's a headgear. I have to die first before I can use it.
    That makes it very impractical to use in most situations.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    sooo many township invasions. This build is doing real good.

  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    I did it I beat artorias

    I killed him as he was in the air about to kill me with one of his sword slams

    also I killed chester for his coat

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    Shabooty wrote: »
    I did it I beat artorias

    I killed him as he was in the air about to kill me with one of his sword slams

    also I killed chester for his coat

    Amazing Chest Ahead

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Going around killing everyone before finishing up this playthrough to get special armor and gear and whatnot

    it feels pretty awful

    From Software really knows what to make npcs say so you feel like human shit as you kill them for the gear you're not even going to use

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    you just need that one shitstorm

    and you're set for (un)life

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  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    how could you kill laurentius

    how could you

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    how could you kill laurentius

    how could you

    kick off cliff

    shrug

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  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    but he's like a depressed puppy

  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    He doesn't drop anything unique so isn't on my to kill list

    I tend to die a lot and lose souls and humanity so dark hand farming every npc in the game is pointless, plus I have 80 regular humanity items and like 35 doubles from being bored and wanting something to do while listening to a podcast

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    whoops, I meant Lautrec

    Laurentius is good people

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    kalameet is another toughy

    but again I'm pretty I sure I can take him once I get all his moves down

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    Everyone's alive at my firelink shrine aren't you guys?

    *crickets chirping*

    *crow squawk*

    *snore*

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Kalameet is blockblockblockblock

    get a shield with high stability and wear that stam regen ring or the child mask

    then just keep it up during attacks and take potshots when you end up under him, as you inevitably will

    if he flys high up start to back away quick and you'll probably avoid the breath down attack

  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    Stand to his side in between his front and back legs

    When he goes to stomp on you, back up while blocking and then get a few swings in when he recovers

    Repeat

    Do not have a cow, mortal.

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  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    For cutting off his tail

    Slap youself and find something better to dow ith your time

    Do not have a cow, mortal.

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    For cutting off his tail

    Slap youself and find something better to dow ith your time

    Summon a buddy.

    That is the way to cut off his tail.

    Though the Obsidian Greatsword isn't that good anyway (it has pretty good damage for a greatsword, but it doesn't scale, so the characters that would use it probably have better options), so it wouldn't hurt to ignore it completely unless you're a completionist.

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  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    so apparently I can emulate an xbox controller with a logitech thing I already have, maybe?

    it would be nice to save some money

  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Yeah, you can. http://code.google.com/p/x360ce/

    Run that, go to Presets, see if you can find your controller. If you can't find it exactly, try the Rumble2 or whatever it's called and see if that works.

  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    kalameet? more like kalameat

  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    because I killed him

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I think after I finish Lego LOTR this is going to be my 'play for a little bit at a time' game

    something tells me it won't be quite as relaxing though!

  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    Just ask question. Makes the entire process much easier

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  • The BetgirlThe Betgirl I'm Molly! Registered User regular
    There's no way I would've made it through the first time as easy as I did without talking to this thread. I would've been fighting the Demon Ruins before going to Sen's lolol

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    Kalameet means friend of art.

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    Watching/reading players go through Dark Souls is the best thing

  • Halos Nach TariffHalos Nach Tariff Can you blame me? I'm too famous.Registered User regular
    Gotta say, although the whole game is mostly pretty fun the first half seems to work a lot better.
    Maybe because it's more focussed? 'Go here, then here, then here' as opposed to 'choose any one of these 4 areas and hope for the best.'
    But I guess that only works if you do know vaguely where to go at the start.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    Nikolai wrote: »
    I would put @pipthefair livestream thing in the OP but I don't remember what the link was

    http://www.twitch.tv/pipthefair/c/1820372

    ehuehuehuehuehuehue

  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I think after I finish Lego LOTR this is going to be my 'play for a little bit at a time' game

    something tells me it won't be quite as relaxing though!

    I did not make it terribly far into Demon's Souls. It just never clicked for me and then having a friend play for me for a bit and get me some items just completely killed it for me for some reasons. I just did not want to put the time into it and I hated dying and was not having much fun.

    I liked the ps3 version of dark souls but only played it for like 3-4 hours before stopping.

    I'm enjoying this PC playthrough the most. Somehow I got way better at the game than I ever have been. (I have watched a couple of videos, but I mostly knew all of that stuff) just applying what I learned in the earlier games. And I think the biggest thing for me that makes it not very stressful at all is that dying does not often matter much at all.

    Souls are so easy-come easy-go, at least for the first few hours that I've played so far. I mean they are everywhere in the game, and most of the enemies respawn all the time. So it usually pretty trivial to get that stuff back. Humanity is a little bit more complicated but still nothing I ever worry about as I never have more than 0-3 loose on me at any given time, though I guess that might change at some point.

    I would probably get more stressed out if you could lose stuff of more value

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Gotta say, although the whole game is mostly pretty fun the first half seems to work a lot better.
    Maybe because it's more focussed? 'Go here, then here, then here' as opposed to 'choose any one of these 4 areas and hope for the best.'
    But I guess that only works if you do know vaguely where to go at the start.

    Agree with this. Getting the lordvessel in a new game is always exciting, because you can warp around at will, but also disappointing because the best part of the game is over.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    Gotta say, although the whole game is mostly pretty fun the first half seems to work a lot better.
    Maybe because it's more focussed? 'Go here, then here, then here' as opposed to 'choose any one of these 4 areas and hope for the best.'
    But I guess that only works if you do know vaguely where to go at the start.

    Agree with this. Getting the lordvessel in a new game is always exciting, because you can warp around at will, but also disappointing because the best part of the game is over.

    duke's archive, kiln of the first flame and oolacile are all good though

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