Rang the first bell after taking out the gargoyles. Was Knight Solaire always available as an AI co-op buddy? I've never seen his summoning circle in the PS3 version.
Anyway, what area should I tackle next?
Also, people mentioned taking out the merchant in Undead Burg for his weapon. Is it something a Pyromancer can use efficiently? And what are the consequences to killing an NPC, and how can I undo them? I've never attacked them, so I'm hesitant to do so unless the benefits are there.
There aren't any consequences beyond them not being alive anymore. The uchigatana is mostly for dex characters, but it has a nice moveset. If you have the orange soapstone, feel free to kill him.
And what are the consequences to killing an NPC, and how can I undo them? I've never attacked them, so I'm hesitant to do so unless the benefits are there.
If it's like demon's souls, you DON'T undo it. You kill them, they're dead for the rest of the playthrough.
Not what I meant; supposedly this causes other NPCs to hunt you or something. There's still much of this game I don't know about, but that's also what makes it fun.
Also, which stat determines how effectively you can swing a weapon? I've had this Ax on my character that he only swings one at a time.
Rang the first bell after taking out the gargoyles. Was Knight Solaire always available as an AI co-op buddy? I've never seen his summoning circle in the PS3 version.
Anyway, what area should I tackle next?
Also, people mentioned taking out the merchant in Undead Burg for his weapon. Is it something a Pyromancer can use efficiently? And what are the consequences to killing an NPC, and how can I undo them? I've never attacked them, so I'm hesitant to do so unless the benefits are there.
It's an uchigatana. Nothing special outside of dex builds, and it can be bought anyways
And what are the consequences to killing an NPC, and how can I undo them? I've never attacked them, so I'm hesitant to do so unless the benefits are there.
If it's like demon's souls, you DON'T undo it. You kill them, they're dead for the rest of the playthrough.
Not what I meant; supposedly this causes other NPCs to hunt you or something. There's still much of this game I don't know about, but that's also what makes it fun.
Also, which stat determines how effectively you can swing a weapon? I've had this Ax on my character that he only swings one at a time.
If you kill him you go in the book of people who have sinned. This makes you a target for invasion by the Darkmoon clan.
Went down, decided to fight the Hydra because eh why the fuck not. Took a couple deaths to find the sweet spot for baiting the lunges, but it was easy afterwards. So I went up back into the Garden. Met some large cat-bear things.
Just got up to this part. Decided not to read your post before I killed the Hydra, and I think it paid off. I wasn't even able to get a good look at the mushrooms walking around. I saw the huge cat bear, and it seemed slow and far away enough.
So then I start looking around , and spot one of the funny looking mushrooms, and literally a second later I turn back and it's Goron rolling right at my face and knocks me out.
I switched out to my Lightning Spear and got it down to a sliver of health, and as I'm about to deliver the final blow, I hear another one rolling, which I don't even see until I get the "You died" message.
I decided to end there. It was just an amazing thing that happened.
Went down, decided to fight the Hydra because eh why the fuck not. Took a couple deaths to find the sweet spot for baiting the lunges, but it was easy afterwards. So I went up back into the Garden. Met some large cat-bear things.
Just got up to this part. Decided not to read your post before I killed the Hydra, and I think it paid off. I wasn't even able to get a good look at the mushrooms walking around. I saw the huge cat bear, and it seemed slow and far away enough.
So then I start looking around , and spot one of the funny looking mushrooms, and literally a second later I turn back and it's Goron rolling right at my face and knocks me out.
I switched out to my Lightning Spear and got it down to a sliver of health, and as I'm about to deliver the final blow, I hear another one rolling, which I don't even see until I get the "You died" message.
I decided to end there. It was just an amazing thing that happened.
Went down, decided to fight the Hydra because eh why the fuck not. Took a couple deaths to find the sweet spot for baiting the lunges, but it was easy afterwards. So I went up back into the Garden. Met some large cat-bear things.
Just got up to this part. Decided not to read your post before I killed the Hydra, and I think it paid off. I wasn't even able to get a good look at the mushrooms walking around. I saw the huge cat bear, and it seemed slow and far away enough.
So then I start looking around , and spot one of the funny looking mushrooms, and literally a second later I turn back and it's Goron rolling right at my face and knocks me out.
I switched out to my Lightning Spear and got it down to a sliver of health, and as I'm about to deliver the final blow, I hear another one rolling, which I don't even see until I get the "You died" message.
I decided to end there. It was just an amazing thing that happened.
Just wait until you get to the skeleton wheels.
Fuck skeleton wheels.
Faced those bastards already. One killed me one when it depleted all my stamina trying to block it. But after that I made sure just to dodge and attack while they're hung up on a wheel.
Went down, decided to fight the Hydra because eh why the fuck not. Took a couple deaths to find the sweet spot for baiting the lunges, but it was easy afterwards. So I went up back into the Garden. Met some large cat-bear things.
Just got up to this part. Decided not to read your post before I killed the Hydra, and I think it paid off. I wasn't even able to get a good look at the mushrooms walking around. I saw the huge cat bear, and it seemed slow and far away enough.
So then I start looking around , and spot one of the funny looking mushrooms, and literally a second later I turn back and it's Goron rolling right at my face and knocks me out.
I switched out to my Lightning Spear and got it down to a sliver of health, and as I'm about to deliver the final blow, I hear another one rolling, which I don't even see until I get the "You died" message.
I decided to end there. It was just an amazing thing that happened.
Just wait until you get to the skeleton wheels.
Fuck skeleton wheels.
Faced those bastards already. One killed me one when it depleted all my stamina trying to block it. But after that I made sure just to dodge and attack while they're hung up on a wheel.
They were just an hilarious enemy.
They are, but they also have an obscene aggro range. What usually happened to me is after I dodged the one and started to whack on it, his buddy from the other end of the map decides to roll into me from behind.
Plus, the two places you encounter them are dark, thus reducing visibility.
I now have a new mission: buy 100s of firebombs, go into the ruins, get my grenadier on with those asshole ghosts.
You can actually kill those Ghosts pretty well with weapons, and if you've thoroughly cleared Sen's Fortress you'll have one up to the task. You also don't need to go to the New Londo ruins until after the midpoint of the game, if you don't want to, the fabulous treasures within notwithstanding :P
I now have a new mission: buy 100s of firebombs, go into the ruins, get my grenadier on with those asshole ghosts.
You can actually kill those Ghosts pretty well with weapons, and if you've thoroughly cleared Sen's Fortress you'll have one up to the task. You also don't need to go to the New Londo ruins until after the midpoint of the game, if you don't want to, the fabulous treasures within notwithstanding :P
That, and the Darkwraith covenant. Assuming you can somehow handle the boss.
Also, if you're lucky, a ghost will drop a cursed sword, which hurts them nicely and doesn't require you to have a stock of curses.
Hey Polaritie, did you get any further into the DLC? I'm still in need of help for the optional boss. It's like Seath x100; stupidly easy if you just want to kill it, but incredibly obnoxious if you want to cut the tail.
Either you have a shield with enough stability to let you get a hit or two in between barrages (not likely), or you have to dodge past its attacks and hit it while it whiffs. You can also pelt it with ranged attacks when it backs off. I think the majority of the damage I did to it was with my bow when I beat it.
Ah, Capra Demon...a name I haven't cursed in a long while.
Just spent the last hour getting whiffed by that fucker. I know the best strategy is to make a beeline to the top stairs, but nine times out of ten I just can't dodge his wide swings. I considered switching to leather armor for the increased speed, but that just guarantees an instant death instead of two swings to bring me down.
Should I just stick to some other area after ringing the first bell? Like the sewers or the forest?
Hey Polaritie, did you get any further into the DLC? I'm still in need of help for the optional boss. It's like Seath x100; stupidly easy if you just want to kill it, but incredibly obnoxious if you want to cut the tail.
I've reached the second boss. I kind of mad-dashed through to him. First try was going well until I got a call I had to take, so I just let him off me. The gardeners are easy, but numerous. The stone knights are just obnoxiously resilient and hit stupidly hard - my scythe made mincemeat of the guardian, but still takes many hits to off them. Need to go farm shards and take some stuff lightning (Forest Hunter, so I can make Uchigatana everythings).
Geez, how do you beat the Sanctuary Guardian? It doesn't seem like there's any opportunity to attack....
It has forward momentum during its combo, so if you're moving sideways and blocking as it comes in, it'll usually slide past after a couple blows, leaving you to burn your remaining stamina on it's flank. (Greatshields strongly recommended) Also, the water-surge attack is ridiculously telegraphed, has zero tracking, and is linear. Dodge and punish. That's how I did it. Wait for openings and go at it. I even managed to trigger a bleed (That swing took out 40% of it's health. Lifehunt is amazingly good with high dex. It's not even maxed yet.) Avoid the lightning by rolling - it's either five small shots or one big one, but it does back off too often. If it's attacking with the tail (you got behind it and it didn't turn), it's wide open after blocking (poisonous, obviously).
It's a huge step up from basically everything before Anor Londo. The next boss isn't nearly as bad, it felt like fighting super Ornstein again (And I kicked his ass solidly - I almost took more damage from lifehunting myself than he did to me)
I wish more weapons had advancing heavy attacks like the Iaito and two-handing scythes. They're great for bosses.
Need to upgrade my weapon though, I'm hardly doing any damage. Guess I'll go get the large divine ember from the tomb of giants (ugh) and get my divine iaito up to +10.
I'm actually using the lifehunt scythe too. I went to the trouble of making a +4 winged lightning spear specifically for enemies that the scythe was supposedly less effective against, but the results were disappointing in comparison every time, and that includes the stone guardians. The scythe really is as good as it gets for a dex build, even against enemies that don't bleed.
If you summon me I can help you get past the stone guardians and
Show you the way to the optional boss, which is in the same area.
I'm actually using the lifehunt scythe too. I went to the trouble of making a +4 winged lightning spear specifically for enemies that the scythe was supposedly less effective against, but the results were disappointing in comparison every time, and that includes the stone guardians. The scythe really is as good as it gets for a dex build, even against enemies that don't bleed.
If you summon me I can help you get past the stone guardians and
Show you the way to the optional boss, which is in the same area.
It's that early in the DLC areas? I figured it'd be near the end, on principle.
I can get past them no problem, I'm much faster than them.
What am I missing with bows? I get such awful damage with them even compared to less epic weapons. Daggers do more.
Demons Souls question - Are the servers still on? I'm not near my (Asian) copy of the game at the moment but I'd love to plow through it before buying Dark Souls on the PC. I got stuck fighting gigantic thin, transparent ghosts with light rays and gave up for a while.
Demons Souls question - Are the servers still on? I'm not near my (Asian) copy of the game at the moment but I'd love to plow through it before buying Dark Souls on the PC. I got stuck fighting gigantic thin, transparent ghosts with light rays and gave up for a while.
I think it's still up. They said they'll keep the servers online as long as their is a community for it.
You should finish up that level as least. The end boss for that level (Shadow Men place right?) gave me my most favourite moment in Demon Soul's.
Demons Souls question - Are the servers still on? I'm not near my (Asian) copy of the game at the moment but I'd love to plow through it before buying Dark Souls on the PC. I got stuck fighting gigantic thin, transparent ghosts with light rays and gave up for a while.
From May:
"Its servers were scheduled to shut down at the end of this month, but Demon's Souls has gotten a reprieve. Publisher Atlus has announced that the servers for the PS3 action game will continue to operate "indefinitely.""
Again, recommended areas to tackle after first bell? Trying to look for an ideal order so as to potentially get to the new content quicker plus minimize deaths/rage.
Again, recommended areas to tackle after first bell? Trying to look for an ideal order so as to potentially get to the new content quicker plus minimize deaths/rage.
Also, which parameter increases magic damage?
You need to head towards The Depths next. To get there, head back to the area directly below where you killed the Taurus demon. There should be a door which is opened by a key you found in the parish. The way down is through there. You can't get to the new content until way later in the game.
Again, recommended areas to tackle after first bell? Trying to look for an ideal order so as to potentially get to the new content quicker plus minimize deaths/rage.
Also, which parameter increases magic damage?
After the first bell?
Go through Darkroot Garden and Basin for loot, maybe kill Moonlight Butterfly depending on whether you've got the firepower. Actually depending on whether you've got the dodging, because if you rest at the bonfire outside the door locked by the Crest of Artorias (the one that's glowing brightly in Darkroot Garden, there's a bonfire behind a secret wall to the left of the glowy door) it's pretty nearby, and if you're unhollowed you can summon a powerful sorceress who will, given enough time, basically kill the boss herself.
After that, use the key you got after the Gargoyles to go down into the Lower Undead Burg. That's the next main area. Kill the Capra Demon, clear the depths, and then use the back door to do Blighttown. Once you finish that you can ring the second bell, putting you about 1/3 through the game. The back door to Blighttown is to go to Darkroot Basin, head down, reach the bonfire there, and then take the elevator by it down to Drake Valley. Following the path to the left will take you to a much, much less awful route to Blighttown, or at least the parts of it that you need to complete.
If you want to minimize rage, use The Spot to farm a bunch of souls easily. I'll PM you about it.
Ok, so. If I wear a poison res ring, upgraded ninja getup and an upgraded spider shield...that should make me pretty much immune to poison/toxin, right?
Speaking of soul farming, did they fix that exploit in the garden that involved pushing super powerful enemies off a cliff? Could have sworn that was said to be addressed in a patch.
Also as a Pyromancer, am I better off focusing on lightweight clothing so I can dodge faster, or put those points into moving better in heavy armor?
What should I do to not botch the character up? Just general pointers would be nice, like which stats and weapons to focus on and such. I just started playing and don't remember anything from Demon's souls' game system, I won't PvP though.
Speaking of soul farming, did they fix that exploit in the garden that involved pushing super powerful enemies off a cliff? Could have sworn that was said to be addressed in a patch.
Also as a Pyromancer, am I better off focusing on lightweight clothing so I can dodge faster, or put those points into moving better in heavy armor?
Depends on your preference, really.
For casters, I like to have high poise, so you don't get interrupted when you're trying to... well, cast something.
Speaking of soul farming, did they fix that exploit in the garden that involved pushing super powerful enemies off a cliff? Could have sworn that was said to be addressed in a patch.
Also as a Pyromancer, am I better off focusing on lightweight clothing so I can dodge faster, or put those points into moving better in heavy armor?
You'll still want to use weapons, so endurance is still a good investment. Pyromancy can't kill everything for you, because you have limited casts. So some str/dex/end/vit are always a good bet - enough to use weapons you're comfortable with.
As far as heavy armor vs. light and fast, it's kind of preference. I personally like wearing the heaviest armor I can and stay under 50% burden, but I tend to play a knight-y character. If you're good enough (and I have a friend who has a lot of success this way as on his pyros and sorcs, he plays a shitload) or patient enough, staying under 25% and being dodgy is great, too - you'll want more END and less VIT for this, as you'll be doing a lot of sprinting/dodging.
Same goes for you, Movitz. At least in my experience.
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There aren't any consequences beyond them not being alive anymore. The uchigatana is mostly for dex characters, but it has a nice moveset. If you have the orange soapstone, feel free to kill him.
Not what I meant; supposedly this causes other NPCs to hunt you or something. There's still much of this game I don't know about, but that's also what makes it fun.
Also, which stat determines how effectively you can swing a weapon? I've had this Ax on my character that he only swings one at a time.
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It's an uchigatana. Nothing special outside of dex builds, and it can be bought anyways
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If you kill him you go in the book of people who have sinned. This makes you a target for invasion by the Darkmoon clan.
Just got up to this part. Decided not to read your post before I killed the Hydra, and I think it paid off. I wasn't even able to get a good look at the mushrooms walking around. I saw the huge cat bear, and it seemed slow and far away enough.
So then I start looking around , and spot one of the funny looking mushrooms, and literally a second later I turn back and it's Goron rolling right at my face and knocks me out.
I switched out to my Lightning Spear and got it down to a sliver of health, and as I'm about to deliver the final blow, I hear another one rolling, which I don't even see until I get the "You died" message.
I decided to end there. It was just an amazing thing that happened.
Just wait until you get to the skeleton wheels.
Fuck skeleton wheels.
Faced those bastards already. One killed me one when it depleted all my stamina trying to block it. But after that I made sure just to dodge and attack while they're hung up on a wheel.
They were just an hilarious enemy.
They are, but they also have an obscene aggro range. What usually happened to me is after I dodged the one and started to whack on it, his buddy from the other end of the map decides to roll into me from behind.
Plus, the two places you encounter them are dark, thus reducing visibility.
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You can actually kill those Ghosts pretty well with weapons, and if you've thoroughly cleared Sen's Fortress you'll have one up to the task. You also don't need to go to the New Londo ruins until after the midpoint of the game, if you don't want to, the fabulous treasures within notwithstanding :P
That, and the Darkwraith covenant. Assuming you can somehow handle the boss.
Also, if you're lucky, a ghost will drop a cursed sword, which hurts them nicely and doesn't require you to have a stock of curses.
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Just spent the last hour getting whiffed by that fucker. I know the best strategy is to make a beeline to the top stairs, but nine times out of ten I just can't dodge his wide swings. I considered switching to leather armor for the increased speed, but that just guarantees an instant death instead of two swings to bring me down.
Should I just stick to some other area after ringing the first bell? Like the sewers or the forest?
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It's still amazingly good - 5% damage from physical hits (still totally negates arrows!) isn't too bad.
I've reached the second boss. I kind of mad-dashed through to him. First try was going well until I got a call I had to take, so I just let him off me. The gardeners are easy, but numerous. The stone knights are just obnoxiously resilient and hit stupidly hard - my scythe made mincemeat of the guardian, but still takes many hits to off them. Need to go farm shards and take some stuff lightning (Forest Hunter, so I can make Uchigatana everythings).
It has forward momentum during its combo, so if you're moving sideways and blocking as it comes in, it'll usually slide past after a couple blows, leaving you to burn your remaining stamina on it's flank. (Greatshields strongly recommended) Also, the water-surge attack is ridiculously telegraphed, has zero tracking, and is linear. Dodge and punish. That's how I did it. Wait for openings and go at it. I even managed to trigger a bleed (That swing took out 40% of it's health. Lifehunt is amazingly good with high dex. It's not even maxed yet.) Avoid the lightning by rolling - it's either five small shots or one big one, but it does back off too often. If it's attacking with the tail (you got behind it and it didn't turn), it's wide open after blocking (poisonous, obviously).
It's a huge step up from basically everything before Anor Londo. The next boss isn't nearly as bad, it felt like fighting super Ornstein again (And I kicked his ass solidly - I almost took more damage from lifehunting myself than he did to me)
I wish more weapons had advancing heavy attacks like the Iaito and two-handing scythes. They're great for bosses.
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Need to upgrade my weapon though, I'm hardly doing any damage. Guess I'll go get the large divine ember from the tomb of giants (ugh) and get my divine iaito up to +10.
If you summon me I can help you get past the stone guardians and
I can get past them no problem, I'm much faster than them.
What am I missing with bows? I get such awful damage with them even compared to less epic weapons. Daggers do more.
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I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Yeah it kinda sucks, even for a faith build
Greatshield, though, is fucking amazing.
I've heard the greatshield can't block lifehunt (The special bleed unique to Priscilla). True or false?
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I have no idea, I didn't attack Priscilla because I'm not a HUGE JERK (also, not a dex build)
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Yeah the Artorias GS is pretty butts largely because of its insane stat requirements.
I think it's still up. They said they'll keep the servers online as long as their is a community for it.
You should finish up that level as least. The end boss for that level (Shadow Men place right?) gave me my most favourite moment in Demon Soul's.
Which involved me dying of course.
From May:
"Its servers were scheduled to shut down at the end of this month, but Demon's Souls has gotten a reprieve. Publisher Atlus has announced that the servers for the PS3 action game will continue to operate "indefinitely.""
So at least the US servers are still up.
Also, which parameter increases magic damage?
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You need to head towards The Depths next. To get there, head back to the area directly below where you killed the Taurus demon. There should be a door which is opened by a key you found in the parish. The way down is through there. You can't get to the new content until way later in the game.
Int increases magic damage.
After the first bell?
After that, use the key you got after the Gargoyles to go down into the Lower Undead Burg. That's the next main area. Kill the Capra Demon, clear the depths, and then use the back door to do Blighttown. Once you finish that you can ring the second bell, putting you about 1/3 through the game. The back door to Blighttown is to go to Darkroot Basin, head down, reach the bonfire there, and then take the elevator by it down to Drake Valley. Following the path to the left will take you to a much, much less awful route to Blighttown, or at least the parts of it that you need to complete.
If you want to minimize rage, use The Spot to farm a bunch of souls easily. I'll PM you about it.
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Also as a Pyromancer, am I better off focusing on lightweight clothing so I can dodge faster, or put those points into moving better in heavy armor?
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What should I do to not botch the character up? Just general pointers would be nice, like which stats and weapons to focus on and such. I just started playing and don't remember anything from Demon's souls' game system, I won't PvP though.
Depends on your preference, really.
For casters, I like to have high poise, so you don't get interrupted when you're trying to... well, cast something.
You'll still want to use weapons, so endurance is still a good investment. Pyromancy can't kill everything for you, because you have limited casts. So some str/dex/end/vit are always a good bet - enough to use weapons you're comfortable with.
As far as heavy armor vs. light and fast, it's kind of preference. I personally like wearing the heaviest armor I can and stay under 50% burden, but I tend to play a knight-y character. If you're good enough (and I have a friend who has a lot of success this way as on his pyros and sorcs, he plays a shitload) or patient enough, staying under 25% and being dodgy is great, too - you'll want more END and less VIT for this, as you'll be doing a lot of sprinting/dodging.
Same goes for you, Movitz. At least in my experience.