Okay, out of pathetic desire to play this game, I may have been playing around with the character creator. I have a fair few builds I want to try out now. xD
Note: I've been doing this all day, rather than the 30 page assignment due tomorrow morning. Commitment, ftw.
Ornstein and Smough are dead. Time to go exploring!
[QUOTE=Pete for President;3134978]I agree KINDOF, I think 1 or 2 moves tops should give you the ability to parry seeing as it can be so difficult, but not all of them for sure. If you get the timing down for parries, he's an absolute joke (I would know, I've done it once), but if you fight him with no tricks, no matter how good you are, he will almost always be a challenge. He's quick, super aggressive, super powerful and has mad range, parries just... I don't know, it doesn't fit. He's big bad and scary, and you just deflect all his attacks and stab him in the chest? It just seems so anti-climatic to me. The first time I beat him, it took me like 10 tries with a million different strategies and weapons, and the final fight was epic and intense... when I found out how to parry him on a later playthrough, it was just sad.Originally Posted by I Don't Need A Name
The problem with not having the ability to parry on him is the heavy weight guys, they can't dodge at all, and blocking can be a good method for biting the dust against a guy that quick and powerful. For my playstyle, only dodging and nothing else works... but it doesn't for every playstyle.
Meh, I don't know. I just find parrying/spamming pyromancy to be a good way to make an epic final boss quite a bit less awesome. That's just me though, many others disagree completely.
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Praise your commitment!
Don't get me wrong, I agree that Gwyn is very 'abusable' for a final bossfight. Heck, in my speedruns all I did was parry him right after another, bringing him down with only a Claymore +5 (underpowered like hell). Of course time was of the essence.
If I were to redesign him a bit, I'd go halfway between what he is now (almost everything parry-able) and not parry-able at all. Enough non-parryable attacks to make you dodge, and some parryable attacks that require focus and a sharp eye to make use of the opportunity.
I agree completely. It makes me sad that a lot of people only know how to beat him via parry abuse... and I've had a few people actually bash on Gwyn saying he's really easy even though they've never fought him normally (a few people have even called him a "letdown").Praise your commitment!
Don't get me wrong, I agree that Gwyn is very 'abusable' for a final bossfight. Heck, in my speedruns all I did was parry him right after another, bringing him down with only a Claymore +5 (underpowered like hell). Of course time was of the essence.
If I were to redesign him a bit, I'd go halfway between what he is now (almost everything parry-able) and not parry-able at all. Enough non-parryable attacks to make you dodge, and some parryable attacks that require focus and a sharp eye to make use of the opportunity.
That's the kind of stuff that just makes me sick.
Eyyyyyyyyyyyyy
When I finally meet him, I intend to cry a little bit and then spam him from afar with high level Sorceries because I am a coward.
Fighting Gwyn with sorceries... that could be problematic...When I finally meet him, I intend to cry a little bit and then spam him from afar with high level Sorceries because I am a coward.
Good luck with that, a lot of his moves allow him to jump from one side of the arena to the next, and he's FAR more aggressive than any other enemy up to that point.
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Yeah, your best bet with sorcery is to get him to attack you. If he goes to kick/punch you, dodge out of the way and that leaves him a couple of seconds of time where you can hit him without him dodging (he recovers from kicks quicker I believe).Fighting Gwyn with sorceries... that could be problematic...When I finally meet him, I intend to cry a little bit and then spam him from afar with high level Sorceries because I am a coward.
Good luck with that, a lot of his moves allow him to jump from one side of the arena to the next, and he's FAR more aggressive than any other enemy up to that point.
When I first fought him, I was using shield and sword. Took him down to below half but the sheer relentless attacking was driving me insane. I wanted to beat him but, at gone 2 in the morning, I just wanted to finish it and go to bed, so I went with the dickish strategy xD
Oh, also, updating where I am in the game (lots of work stopping me from playing as much) I've just taken down Gravelord Nito and Seath the Scaleless. So Just Demon's Ruins/Lost Izalith and Gwyn to go!
Last edited by I Don't Need A Name; 09-25-2012 at 12:15 PM.
Imma Soulmass that ho.
painted world of bad ideas
that phalanx thing is obnoxious.
Painted World is a good place to summon, that might help. Also, the splash damage of Fire Orbs and Great Fireballs work magic against those guys. Beware of the Bonewheel enemies in the lower section and be sure to search the area for all the treasures, there's some good stuff in there.
It's possible to do that, but better be quick. One piece of advice; did you know leveling Dexterity increases casting speed of all spells including sorceries? 45 dexterity is the maximum to which the casting speed benefits.When I finally meet him, I intend to cry a little bit and then spam him from afar with high level Sorceries because I am a coward.
Well, I'll be. I never knew that. I might raise Dex instead of Vitality, then. xD
Parrying in PvP; such glory when successful.
I used to panic when I'd land a parry, often causing me to miss the riposte due to hitting L2 too much. Slowly but surely I'm getting used to it now, and crushing that Ultra Greatsword into someone's face after nullifying his/her attack is such a gratifying feeling.
Currently battling for Dragon Scales as part of the Dragon Covenant. The Dragon Cheststone is pretty much the only item I haven't had in my possession yet. Any EoFF-ers up for a duel yet? PSN?
Beat Demon's Souls! The ending was refreshing. Pretty calm actually for such a dark game. Don't think I'll be going back for another run though, Dark Souls dragged me in way more than Demon's did.
I have a question. I know there are levels to Poise, at which point certain types of weapons will no longer be able to stagger you as easily. Is this the case for shield stability? If so, at which level will a shield be able to hold against a heavy weapon?
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