So I've noticed that I'm getting humanity, but not humanity the item. Where's that coming from? Like I was playing yesterday and I looked up to find that I had 12(!) humanity stored up.
The crestfallen warrior gives you a clue. He says that you can get humanity by taking it from other undead (players), but he also mentions that you can collect pieces of it "bit by bit" by killing hollows. Basically, if you kill a bunch of monsters without dying, you eventually get some extra humanity. You can see when it happens, because instead of the white "get soul" effects, it's black.
Level your armor/shield up, especially the shield.
My Fire Cleric had the Paladin Armor set all at +5 and an Eagle Shield at +15 going into NG+. I believe when I ran down to Havel as a shortcut (I don't think I ever killed Taurus Demon in NG+ or NG++), I was able to tank his Dragon's Tooth hits with that setup, which amused me to no end.
Also, fuck Four Kings on NG+.
What's your fire cleric setup? There aren't any fire miracles that I know of, so I'm not sure what you mean.
Good lord, now the Gamefaqs thread is talking mostly about the stupid fucking GFWL petition. And here I thought, "Hey, finally a gamefaqs board that doesn't suck!"
Yup, I never really got into Demon's Souls (which is sad, because I completely got into Dark Souls). I kind of want to blame the fact that I've always preferred the 360's controller to the Dualshock.
But I will be playing Demon's Souls now. For a first timer, how should I go through the worlds?
Yup, I never really got into Demon's Souls (which is sad, because I completely got into Dark Souls). I kind of want to blame the fact that I've always preferred the 360's controller to the Dualshock.
But I will be playing Demon's Souls now. For a first timer, how should I go through the worlds?
After completing 1-1 (Boletaria Palace, the tutorial level) 1-2 and 2-1 (Stonefang Mines) are the easiest levels, 4-1 (Shrine of Storms) and 5-1 (Valley of Defilement) have the best loot. Afterwards you should have a good enough handle to tackle the remaining worlds in any order you like, though 2-2, 3-2 and 1-4 are widely considered to be the hardest boss fights in the game.
I keep dying on 1-1 in DeSo. The bit where you face off with the sword and shield night with blue glowy eyes atop the fort wall. Where the catapults are. I managed to kill the spear guy but after him there's a long wall with a red eyed bastard spear guy who OHKs me.
I keep dying on 1-1 in DeSo. The bit where you face off with the sword and shield night with blue glowy eyes atop the fort wall. Where the catapults are. I managed to kill the spear guy but after him there's a long wall with a red eyed bastard spear guy who OHKs me.
Ignore the Red Eye Knight for now and go through the fog gate in the wall opposite the catapults. All the Red Eye Knight does is guard a door that will be locked for a long time.
Ooh, I meant to ask! In demon's souls there was something you could level up that would cause enemy attacks to rebound off your block more often. What was that? And does dark souls have it?
I keep dying on 1-1 in DeSo. The bit where you face off with the sword and shield night with blue glowy eyes atop the fort wall. Where the catapults are. I managed to kill the spear guy but after him there's a long wall with a red eyed bastard spear guy who OHKs me.
Ignore the Red Eye Knight for now and go through the fog gate in the wall opposite the catapults. All the Red Eye Knight does is guard a door that will be locked for a long time.
I actually made it to the fog but decided against going through it. The completionist in me wanted to kill everyone first....... Good wake up call
Level your armor/shield up, especially the shield.
My Fire Cleric had the Paladin Armor set all at +5 and an Eagle Shield at +15 going into NG+. I believe when I ran down to Havel as a shortcut (I don't think I ever killed Taurus Demon in NG+ or NG++), I was able to tank his Dragon's Tooth hits with that setup, which amused me to no end.
Also, fuck Four Kings on NG+.
What's your fire cleric setup? There aren't any fire miracles that I know of, so I'm not sure what you mean.
Well, I call her my Fire Paladin, I started the character as a Cleric intending to go heavily armed/armored paladin route. I joined the Sun Bros along the way, and found it retarded that the related miracles to the Sun were fucking lightning. So I picked up Pyromancy and... yeah. Fire Paladin will burn you good. And if that doesn't work, +10 Divine Claymore.
The character basically ended up getting everything and her stats went a bit crazy because she became my Platinum Trophy character, so at this point she's joined every faction, gotten every boss soul weapon/item, knows every miracle (including Gravelord's Sword Dances), every sorcery and every pyro. So yes, she doesn't exactly have a focus anymore.
Ooh, I meant to ask! In demon's souls there was something you could level up that would cause enemy attacks to rebound off your block more often. What was that? And does dark souls have it?
This is determined by shield type now. Small shields have light deflection (or whatever you want to call it), most medium shields have normal deflection, and most large shields have heavy deflection. There is one medium shield that has heavy deflection and that's the Iron Round Shield. The Eagle Greatshield only has normal deflection I think, despite being classed as a large shield. Otherwise you're looking at the crazy tower shields and such. But they can make pretty much any normal enemy's attack rebound.
The Eagle Greatshield is really good, it has really high stability at max level and only weighs 6.0.
The Iron Round Shield is nice too, it doesn't have nearly as high a stability (though it gets its highest stability at +14, so you don't have to waste a slab on it to get +15), but it has that heavy deflection capability. I can't remember off-hand how much it weighs, 5.0 or something.
The proper large shields usually weigh a lot and have large strength requirements, so I'm not a huge fan of them myself.
I'm playing around with the eagle shield for the first time, and overall I'm not terribly impressed; its weight to stability ratio is excellent, but I'm just too partial to parrying (do greatshield bashes really ever do anything?). on the other hand, I desperately want to not use the grass crest shield for at least one playthrough...
as amazing a game as dark souls is, I imagine in 10 years a sizable part of my recollection of it will be cursing at lag backstabs/not being able to backstab people when I'm clearly behind them.
pvp is really kind of a shitfest when you aren't rushing to darkwraiths/lightning weapon of choice + 5 immediately, but I do love when I get invaded in the forest and I just put my back to a wall and watch the forest intently. soon...soon.
I was thinking of getting the guide for this game. The main reason I would buy it is for art, maps, and reading about the game (lore and general information outside of stats). Amazon has it new, hardcover, for $15. Good idea?
One thing I meant to mention when giving the details about the oddity shields there, the Iron Round Shield is also kind of a pain in the ass to get, whereas the Eagle Greatshield is fairly easy to get halfway through Blighttown.
I have a knight shield +10 and my chain shirt is at +7 right now I think. I should probably farm some titanite...I still need to pick up the ring.
So I've noticed that I'm getting humanity, but not humanity the item. Where's that coming from? Like I was playing yesterday and I looked up to find that I had 12(!) humanity stored up.
e: AUGH! I think I've fucked up everything!
My firekeeper is dead. Somehow...and also I attacked that serpent-headed NPC...frampt? He was very intimidating! I didn't want to get close. So I started shooting him from afar. After a few shots he called me a silly fool and ran away. Sad face.
I seriously have no idea how you're level 75 and this stuff is only just happening to you now. Are you doing a lot of grinding?
So the mimic chest in Sen's fortress got hit with a rock and died after I died, did I lose the lighting spear?
yeah
I am so over dark souls pvp at this point, every invasion is twinked bullshit and there's just no reason to try, ever. it probably gets better at SL100+, but right now it's just pure one-shot misery.
So, in honor of Demon's Souls shutting down, I'm going to see how far I can get in an SL1 run. Is anybody crazy enough to join me in this endeavor? It sure would be nice if I didn't have to face flamelurker alone.
I'm playing around with the eagle shield for the first time, and overall I'm not terribly impressed; its weight to stability ratio is excellent, but I'm just too partial to parrying (do greatshield bashes really ever do anything?). on the other hand, I desperately want to not use the grass crest shield for at least one playthrough...
While a good parry is satisfying as hell to pull off and looks badass, I find that pretty much all of the humanoid type enemies are easy enough to deal with using normal strikes and backstabs. At the end of the day, more stability beats the ability to parry, hands down. At the very least you should switch to the eagle shield for boss fights if you just can't let parrying go.
Greatshields are cool because when an enemy makes an attack that rebounds off your shield, your next attack does 1.5x damage. The Eagle Shield is also the best lightning block shield until you get the Effigy Shield way later in Tomb of Giants (aka long after Anor Londo).
The guide is very useful for item locations and maybe enemy strategies, but some details in it will be incorrect due to patches. It looks nice though, and $15 sounds p. cheap.
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So, in honor of Demon's Souls shutting down, I'm going to see how far I can get in an SL1 run. Is anybody crazy enough to join me in this endeavor? It sure would be nice if I didn't have to face flamelurker alone.
I never tire of making new characters, so I'd be down for trying.
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The crestfallen warrior gives you a clue. He says that you can get humanity by taking it from other undead (players), but he also mentions that you can collect pieces of it "bit by bit" by killing hollows. Basically, if you kill a bunch of monsters without dying, you eventually get some extra humanity. You can see when it happens, because instead of the white "get soul" effects, it's black.
What's your fire cleric setup? There aren't any fire miracles that I know of, so I'm not sure what you mean.
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It's actually a pretty big way to get humanity. Just a message here or there adds up. Bonus points if its humorous.
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Sadly you can only ever have 6 messages or so at the same time
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so i'm not the only one thinking that then?
But I will be playing Demon's Souls now. For a first timer, how should I go through the worlds?
After completing 1-1 (Boletaria Palace, the tutorial level) 1-2 and 2-1 (Stonefang Mines) are the easiest levels, 4-1 (Shrine of Storms) and 5-1 (Valley of Defilement) have the best loot. Afterwards you should have a good enough handle to tackle the remaining worlds in any order you like, though 2-2, 3-2 and 1-4 are widely considered to be the hardest boss fights in the game.
Ignore the Red Eye Knight for now and go through the fog gate in the wall opposite the catapults. All the Red Eye Knight does is guard a door that will be locked for a long time.
I actually made it to the fog but decided against going through it. The completionist in me wanted to kill everyone first....... Good wake up call
Well, I call her my Fire Paladin, I started the character as a Cleric intending to go heavily armed/armored paladin route. I joined the Sun Bros along the way, and found it retarded that the related miracles to the Sun were fucking lightning. So I picked up Pyromancy and... yeah. Fire Paladin will burn you good. And if that doesn't work, +10 Divine Claymore.
The character basically ended up getting everything and her stats went a bit crazy because she became my Platinum Trophy character, so at this point she's joined every faction, gotten every boss soul weapon/item, knows every miracle (including Gravelord's Sword Dances), every sorcery and every pyro. So yes, she doesn't exactly have a focus anymore.
This is determined by shield type now. Small shields have light deflection (or whatever you want to call it), most medium shields have normal deflection, and most large shields have heavy deflection. There is one medium shield that has heavy deflection and that's the Iron Round Shield. The Eagle Greatshield only has normal deflection I think, despite being classed as a large shield. Otherwise you're looking at the crazy tower shields and such. But they can make pretty much any normal enemy's attack rebound.
The Iron Round Shield is nice too, it doesn't have nearly as high a stability (though it gets its highest stability at +14, so you don't have to waste a slab on it to get +15), but it has that heavy deflection capability. I can't remember off-hand how much it weighs, 5.0 or something.
The proper large shields usually weigh a lot and have large strength requirements, so I'm not a huge fan of them myself.
Did I mention that I hate people who focus on the back-stab? Eat my R1 mashing, newbs.
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pvp is really kind of a shitfest when you aren't rushing to darkwraiths/lightning weapon of choice + 5 immediately, but I do love when I get invaded in the forest and I just put my back to a wall and watch the forest intently. soon...soon.
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One thing I meant to mention when giving the details about the oddity shields there, the Iron Round Shield is also kind of a pain in the ass to get, whereas the Eagle Greatshield is fairly easy to get halfway through Blighttown.
I seriously have no idea how you're level 75 and this stuff is only just happening to you now. Are you doing a lot of grinding?
yeah
I am so over dark souls pvp at this point, every invasion is twinked bullshit and there's just no reason to try, ever. it probably gets better at SL100+, but right now it's just pure one-shot misery.
While a good parry is satisfying as hell to pull off and looks badass, I find that pretty much all of the humanoid type enemies are easy enough to deal with using normal strikes and backstabs. At the end of the day, more stability beats the ability to parry, hands down. At the very least you should switch to the eagle shield for boss fights if you just can't let parrying go.
Parrying is hilariously easy compared to DaSo. I don't think I've missed a single one yet.
The guide is very useful for item locations and maybe enemy strategies, but some details in it will be incorrect due to patches. It looks nice though, and $15 sounds p. cheap.
I never tire of making new characters, so I'd be down for trying.
I haven't played in ages but I am pretty sure you can parry any weapon wielded by an enemy that is less than 2x your size.
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