Why did Miss Trunchbull hide the delicious chocolate? Because children are trout and don't deserve nice things. :colbert:Quote:
Originally Posted by black orb
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Why did Miss Trunchbull hide the delicious chocolate? Because children are trout and don't deserve nice things. :colbert:Quote:
Originally Posted by black orb
Time to take on the big wolf. Looks like armor's pretty much useless, so I dropped all the heavy armor stuff and I gotta evade his attacks. So far got a couple hits in, but even a single strike can be deadly :monster:
If you can beat Sif this early than congratulations.
Fighting him later makes him a cakewalk... fighting him where you are actually makes him quite a formidable opponent.
I wish you luck~ He's a great and fun boss.
He doesn't seem that hard, his moves are pretty limited, just like that giant butterfly. Just can't afford to get hit by a single one of his sword swipes. He seems to be easier to hit at the fog gate, where his movement is more limited.
I forgot to add that the Drake did catch me by surprise on the bridge the first time around too, reducing me to ashes in an instant. Guards in Skyrim sometimes say: "watch the skies, traveler", trying to warn you about dragon attacks. That line seem to apply more to Dark Souls though, since the dragons in Skyrim usually tell you they are coming with their roars like five minutes before actually attacking... unlike this sneaky, ambushing Drake-bastard. :p
Anyhow, I went downstairs from the blacksmith and found a not-so nice guy trying to shoot me down with electric stuff. Not too hard to evade though, so I bought like 300 wooden arrows for my shortbow which I had also bought from a nice little undead merchant earlier in the Undead Burg. Then, back to that lightning-shooting semi-boss guy and running left and right, firing a large amount of puny little arrows while dodging those lightning-balls until he finally went down.
Before I went too far into the area behind that guy (Darkroot Guarden I think it was), I went back to the church though since there was some places in there I had yet to explore. After taking down a couple of semi-tough opponents and a hoard of weak zombies/undeads, I climb some ladders and find one of those white mist-doors. At this particular moment, I have almost 4000 souls - which might not be a huge amount later on, but at this moment felt like a lesser fortune. Or at the very least worth like 2-3 level ups (I was level 18). But before the thought "returning to the bonfire before I lose it all" crossed my mind, I found myself entering the white door... and a few seconds later found myself face to face with a big Gargoyle swinging its massive weapon at my face. I managed to survive until a second Gargoyle joined in, but then I got overwhelmed and died.
...so, I had the choice to just leave all of those 4000 souls behind, or... I could go all the way back and try my luck once more. Of course, I went with the later. And got my ass handed to me again. Now, since I killed some more guys on my way to those Gargoyles the second time, and did manage to "recover" my dead body before dying again, the amount of souls on stake had increased a little bit as well. So I obviously headed back a third time. With similar results. However... after a little while I did start to get the hang of it, tried to get the first Gargoyle down as fast as possible (after recovering my body which I did first of all each time) by two-handing my weapon and then switching to sheild when only one remained... and on my maybe 8th-10th or so attempt I finally beat them, not only recovering my lost souls but also gaining an additional whooping 15,000. Plus, I rang the first bell. Yarrr!
So... I guess it's time to head down and try reaching this Blight Town place where the second bell is supposed to be. :greenie:
But before that, I headed to the Darkroot Garden. Since I got myself a Black Knight Sword from one of the two black knights I killed, I leveled up my strength and dexterity until I could wield it. And damn does it hit hard, but damn does it hit slow. I'm using it as a secondary weapon atm, for those moments when pure power is required. Two-shotting the sleeping giant guys in the Darkroot Garden before they even manage to stand up properly was a pretty good use for it for example. I also found the elite knight armour which look pretty awesome. My "Pyromancer" is turning more and more into a warrior-style character.
I made it to that flying butterfly-like boss at the end of Darkroot Garden and beat it on my second try. Almost got it on first try, but screwed up the timing once when trying to evade its energy bullets and was basically instant-killed by having 3 of them hit me at the same time.
And before heading down towards the second bell far below, I decided to visit one last area. The other Darkroot place with these crystal golems. And there... in the far distance... I saw it. Something that I thought was waaay too far away to even notice me. And yet, suddenly... all of its heads spewed light, all aimed at me, and...
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"Hydra - 1. Shads - 0."
Other deaths, aside from those already mentioned,
included but were not limited to: getting ganked by
trees, eaten by trees and getting slaughtered by
giants while being distracted by trees."
The only move that is really a threat from sif is his double spinning attack. That move destroys everything.
Other than that he is very straightforward and not too big of a deal. He is quite fun though, and is pretty much a very small taste of what the DLC is like.
EDIT:
Oh, and Ultima... Here's a slight tip for that little black knight sword of yours.
If you can find a certain glowing lizard... do not let it escape. Hunting these lizards is the key to unlocking that swords potential.
Also: Buy the weapon/armor upgrade boxes, and the repair box. You will need them.
Haha those trees just want some noms Ultima!
Thanks for the tips, Trollhunter. I actually already got the repair box. :greenie: The hydra turned out to be a lot easier than I thought once I realised its pattern and how to evade its attacks. Was a bit too impressed by its size and range, and thought it was like the ultimate super boss or something. :p
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"This battle did give us one of the most stupid
deaths so far, however: accidently running into the
deep water right after dealing the final blow to the
boss, resulting in having to beat the boss once again
since its death animation hadn't quite finished."
I traveled down into the dark ruins of New Londo - encountered ghosts and ran away in fear as I realised that I could not seem to hurt them by any means. And so, I found a different route - with my Master Key I could open the way to the Valley of Drakes. A place that sound like pretty bad news, considering how nasty that drake at the bridge in the beginning was. But without even encountering a single drake, save an undead one (which was taken care of with bow, arrow and safe distance), I found myself a path leading straight to Blight Town!
Not too much bad stuff on my way through Blight Town, save a few cases of Toxic. Luckily I had stocked up on super-awesome mega-moss of salvation during my tree-killing spree. And so I soon reached the Chaos Witch Quelaag. This battle really wasn't hard once you got it figured out either - her normal melees just didn't hit me at all as long as I stayed close. After the battle, I also bothered to rate one of those messages on the ground for the first time - "amazing chest ahead" was spot-on.
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"You disappoint me, Quelaag. Calling
yourself something as flashy as a
chaos witch, and then going down
that easily to someone like Shads. I
should teach you a thing or two about
real witches, you wanna-be."
...But at least she really did have a pretty amazing chest!
So the second bell has been rung. Door to evil place swarming with Lizardmen opened. But before I went there... I joined the chaos servants. And upon my return to the firelink shrine, I found out that the keeper had been murdered! Oh no, a valuable respawn point has been lost! =(
Then, I discovered a new place with dogs, assassins and a Capra Demon. Managed to beat the Capra Demon after two failed attempts by just heading for the stairs to make the demon and the dogs line up a bit more so I could deal with them one at a time.
I also looked up how to get back to the Undead Asylum after finding some Undead Asylum key. Went there, and killed a few black knights and that big demon boss.
...now, this hellish place with boulders and lizardmen and traps and... even chests that want to eat you, is a pretty troublesome area. Though I'll probably make it through soon, as I've finally made it to a bonfire on a balcony. And that's where I am at this moment. :greenie:
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"...don't forget the glorious death
where you decided to take the
lift up another floor only to get
smashed against spikes. Your
despairing face was hilarious."
Everybody who's died by falling into the water during or immediately after the Hydra battle, raise your hand.
*every Dark Souls player raises their hand*
I actually never died falling into the water. :p
i got white world tendency in 2-1,2-2,2-3 and i picked up the dragon bone smasher finally after all these years
go back to show it to scirvil, he's not there
i check my tendency and it's not white anymore. i've defeated all the bosses, so there's really no way for me to get it back up again.
if you guys are ever going for world tendency changes with demon's souls, do it OFFLINE. online, you're affected by the worlds of players around you. it could also be me returning to nexus using nexial binding; not sure if that's relevant, but frick. now i can't get that pure stone he's got, and thus can't forge for that weapon on this playthrough (i'm not sure it's worth my time to grind for the drop, as its very rare. maybe i'll ask someone to give me some online).
>>> I hate those ghosts, I used to kill them with just one hit in my first playthrough, but now I need to swing my blade 2 times to kill them and that mean death for me :eep:..:luca:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow
guys if you use the transient curse item, you can attack and defend using any weapon and shield. it lasts for a few minutes, and they usually drop enough of them while you're using it too.
alternatively you can curse yourself for real in the depths but that's stupid (and i've also done it on my first playthrough and had to leave the depths and fix myself haha)
I just said smurf it and ran through it and avoided fighting those smurfing ghosts whenever possible.
Edit: Also, Shads. Please tell me I'm not the only one with an Awkward boner when facing the Chaos Witch. :(
Got back into some Dark Souls after god knows how long of not playing at all (just find my last posts in this thread if you feel so inclined to know).
Had a fairly productive day yesterday. Started off by summoning Beatrice and curb stomping the Moonlight Butterfly. Eventually made my way to the Capra Demon as well and summoned another player to help me kill him too. I basically hid in a corner taking the occasional pot shot while he did most of the work. :D
Made my way into the Depths after that, and since I was still in human form, got invaded by some dude while I was fighting one of those butcher guys near the beginning. He was pretty nice though. He waited for me to finish fighting him, dropped a Lightning Spear for me (which is awesome since I didn't have one yet) and then we bowed and he killed me in about five seconds. Still, he was kind enough to bow again as my body dissolved away. All in all not a bad few hours.