Dark Souls

calex71

Tommy_NDX wrote: »

Everything is beatable at any level, but that doesn't mean you have to. If something's too tough, go elsewhere and try again later.

Also the Burg to the Gargoyles is arguably the most difficult stretch of the game. After that it's a cakewalk. (well, maybe not )

I think I mentioned here before it was certainly one that caused me the most problems, especially when new to the game. Countless attempts then made it to the fire before the smith only to not actually sit at it :mad:

Tommy_NDX

calex71 wrote: »

I think I mentioned here before it was certainly one that caused me the most problems, especially when new to the game. Countless attempts then made it to the fire before the smith only to not actually sit at it :mad:

I've done that too. "I lit the bonfire but didn't sit down, d'oh".

Harps

J. Marston wrote: »

I'm up to the Undead Parish now with the knight so I don't fancy back-tracking to do a suicide run.

No need to backtrack, go into the church opposite where you went down towards the blacksmith and theres a lift that opens a shortcut back to Firelink

You wouldn't stand much of a chance against the Titanite Demon below the blacksmith at the moment though you can probably run around him. For now though you want to head back into the church to fight the gargoyles. Also make sure you've met Solaire opposite the dragon bridge before you carry on

J. Marston

Harps wrote: »

No need to backtrack, go into the church opposite where you went down towards the blacksmith and theres a lift that opens a shortcut back to Firelink

You wouldn't stand much of a chance against the Titanite Demon below the blacksmith at the moment though you can probably run around him. For now though you want to head back into the church to fight the gargoyles. Also make sure you've met Solaire opposite the dragon bridge before you carry on

Just met the Gargoyles. Feck sake, thought I was doing fine against one then bang, here's another fire-breathing gargoyle out of nowhere. Dead.

I met Solaire, must get into human form so he can help me with those Gargoyles. Jolly cooperation!

Also, some bastard invaded my game and slaughtered me. Not cool.

OdgeXD

J. Marston wrote: »

Just met the Gargoyles. Feck sake, thought I was doing fine against one then bang, here's another fire-breathing gargoyle out of nowhere. Dead.

I met Solaire, must get into human form so he can help me with those Gargoyles. Jolly cooperation!

Also, some bastard invaded my game and slaughtered me. Not cool.

What console are you on? Gold pine resin you should have found works wonders on the gargoyles.

Mickeroo

J. Marston wrote: »

Just met the Gargoyles. Feck sake, thought I was doing fine against one then bang, here's another fire-breathing gargoyle out of nowhere. Dead.

I met Solaire, must get into human form so he can help me with those Gargoyles. Jolly cooperation!

Also, some bastard invaded my game and slaughtered me. Not cool.

Solaire will destroy them for you. Try and cut one of their tales off while he distracts them.

J. Marston

OdgeXD wrote: »

What console are you on? Gold pine resin you should have found works wonders on the gargoyles.

PS3. Think I have 2 Gold pine resins, will give them a go.

OdgeXD

If you ever need a hand I'd be happy to co-op

iamanengine

I really don't know why but the phrase "Jolly co-operation" just gets me every time!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

part 1 of a guys blind run through dark souls

the dude';s a little irritating but it's awesome watching someone figure out the way dark souls works. running around bashing all the holes with walls in them because that's what every other rpg has taught you to do.. stuff i'd forgotten myself doing

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walls with holes in them


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after talking to the depressed warrior at firelink

"i'm going to need you to be more vague sir. I got a general idea of up and down, not vague enough"

I did lol

OdgeXD

http://imgur.com/eePm9XF
http://imgur.com/r/darksouls/Ta6yn8I

Can't beat seeing Solaire merking bosses with a Great Lightning Dildo

Edit: Broken pics, links will do

J. Marston

Currently at level 25 with my vitality, endurance and dexterity at 18 each, think I've put one or two points in strength as well. Just killed the Moonlight Butterfly (almost a shame to kill something so lovely!).

Should I have good weapons and armour by now? Still using my broadsword that's been upgraded twice so it does 98 damage and I found Elite Knight armour in Darkroot, it sounds fancy but it doesn't seem that impressive.

Mickeroo

J. Marston wrote: »

Currently at level 25 with my vitality, endurance and dexterity at 18 each, think I've put one or two points in strength as well. Just killed the Moonlight Butterfly (almost a shame to kill something so lovely!).

Should I have good weapons and armour by now? Still using my broadsword that's been upgraded twice so it does 98 damage and I found Elite Knight armour in Darkroot, it sounds fancy but it doesn't seem that impressive.

Because of the upgrading system you can pretty much get through the game with any armour and weapon you want. I used the wanderer set for my whole playthrough and NG+ too, though I did change into Havel's set for some of the bosses in NG+.

For a dexterity build (which is what I went for) the katanas ( Iaito and Uchigatana) and some of the spears are good weapons to go for as they scale their damage with dexterity.

You can get the Uchi in undead parish by

killing the merchant.

penev10

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

part 1 of a guys blind run through dark souls

Watching him dodge the Asylum Demon there's no way that's his first run.

iamanengine

penev10 wrote: »

Watching him dodge the Asylum Demon there's no way that's his first run.

He does seem waaaay too good at the game but if you watch his next few vids, he first ends up going to the Cemetar before the catacombs for a full episode, then he heads off to Valley of the Drakes and a bit into Blighttown then he has a go at New Londo Ruins before he finally finds his way to Undead Burg!

J. Marston

Mickeroo wrote: »

Because of the upgrading system you can pretty much get through the game with any armour and weapon you want. I used the wanderer set for my whole playthrough and NG+ too, though I did change into Havel's set for some of the bosses in NG+.

For a dexterity build (which is what I went for) the katanas ( Iaito and Uchigatana) and some of the spears are good weapons to go for as they scale their damage with dexterity.

You can get the Uchi in undead parish by

killing the merchant.

Got the Uchigatana and upgraded it with 4 titanite shards so it's +4 right now. Had to upgrade my strength to actually hold it properly but it class. I'm slicing through enemies with ease now.

Also, I found a divine ember and the blacksmith asked me for it. I gave it to him, what will he do with it?

OdgeXD

When you get a weapon to +5 he'll let you upgrade it further on an elemental path. Divine weapons scale with faith, so unless you're leveling that it's pointless. There are plenty more embers spread throughout that do different paths

Mickeroo

J. Marston wrote: »

Also, I found a divine ember and the blacksmith asked me for it. I gave it to him, what will he do with it?

He'll be able to make divine weapons, so you could make your uchigatana divine if you like. I wouldn't bother though, there's only one area of the game a divine weapon is handy for.

J. Marston

In the sewers, fall down hole, meet huge-eyed gassy things, get cursed, struggle on with half health. Hello, Gaping Dragon.

Fúck. Sake.

iamanengine

J. Marston wrote: »

In the sewers, fall down hole, meet huge-eyed gassy things, get cursed, struggle on with half health. Hello, Gaping Dragon.

Fúck. Sake.

Ooooh, the depths, not a fun place!

Teensy spoiler

It's a completely optional area!

J. Marston

iamanengine wrote: »

Ooooh, the depths, not a fun place!

Teensy spoiler

It's a completely optional area!

Thank God, I'm getting out of there. Gassy curse monsters, slime dropping on my head, rats every few paces. Feck that.

Plus that bloody dragon.

iamanengine

J. Marston wrote: »

Thank God, I'm getting out of there. Gassy curse monsters, slime dropping on my head, rats every few paces. Feck that.

Plus that bloody dragon.

Obviously I don't want to spoiler your completely, but as long as you have the master key you don't need to kill him!

I think even if you don't have the master key you can..your basically looking for a path to

Blighttown, the Gaping Dragon drops said key you can use to enter it via the depths, but there are other ways!

penev10

J. Marston wrote: »

Thank God, I'm getting out of there. Gassy curse monsters, slime dropping on my head, rats every few paces. Feck that.

Plus that bloody dragon.

The Gaping Dragon is one of the best spots for co-op I used to find. After you beat him just drop your summon sign a few times and you'll be rolling in souls.

Tommy_NDX

Started another level 1 run. Only made it to the 4 Kings last time before levelling up to 15 to beat them. This damn game won't let me out.

Icaras

Doing a "getting summoned for 4 kings" run. Getting lots of souls out of it and having some tense fights

Danonino.

The gaping dragon is optional but the souls you get from him are delicious. Invaluable if your looking to get stuff upgraded early or go up a few levels. Its also really easy to summon/get summoned for and once you learn how to fight him its a breeze. Pine resin is your friend too as I think hes weak to lightning, I could be wrong though.
Tips:

Cut his tail off as soon as possible, it makes attacking his arse way safer.
Attack his arse but avoid the stump of a tail and his legs.
Try to avoid being to the side of him or being too close, you want him to try slam you with his chest or be charging away from you.
If he jumps run away... seriously.
If he starts to gag also run away, he will puke purple stuff (weapon damaging?) that at a far distance is harmless
He will try slam his chest into the ground, you can then smack his tiny head for big damage BUT get out of the way before he charges, after the charge is arse attack time like usual.
Be aware that the back (water logged) part of the area is not solid ground, it drops of to death so be looking where you are running

Vicxas

I distinctly remember the early bosses being harder.

Bet the Taurus demon on my first go

Kiith

Once you know what to expect, most boss fights are actually pretty easy. I've breezed through most of them this time, with Nito and Seath being the ones i had most trouble with on my initial playthrough.

Ornstein and Smough and still ****ers though (especially if you want Ornstein's armour).

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

one thing i'd actually love in dark souls is the option to just play the boss fights outside of the story once you've finishyed the game

like jumping straight into the manus or artorias fights, that'd be fun