Dark Souls

[Ultima Shadow]

Edit: Also, Shads. Please tell me I'm not the only one with an Awkward boner when facing the Chaos Witch.

Getting turned on by a huge, burning spider-monster trying to kill you is awkward? =O And here I thought my boner was perfectly natural!





So..... made it through the fortress and beat that giant Iron Golem with ease. Just stayed really close and circled around his attacks while wacking away with my Black Knight sword. Oh, and I've developed a habit of always hitting treasure chests once before opening them after that first encounter with a mimic.

Anyhow... off to Anor Londo I went, where every enemy I encountered seemed to be a massive mini-boss at first. After a little while, I figured how to kill them quickly though and without too much effort. Gargoyle attacks me and is defeated, dropping a Gargoyle helmet, and... then a phantom invades and attacks me out of nowhere, preventing me from leaving the small little bridge I fought the gargoyle on. Having all my flasks used up and 0 PvP experience, I eventually ended up backstabbed and killed.

"You were gettingt too confident
only because you could handle the
normal enemies in the area. I just felt
I had to remind you that you should never
let your guard down in this game."

...luckily I had rested at the Bonfire just a little bit back, so it was no big deal.



Then, after finding out how to proceed and beting some ninja-guys dressed in white, things started to get tricky. Or rather... one specific point where two silver knights are shooting at me with big arrows that make me move several steps backwards if blocked while I'm balancing on really bad footing and any wrong move would result in me falling to my death... yeah, that part was really, really tricky. But after many failed attempts, I made it through, and I found a second bonfire. I was saved. Or so I thought. But in this happy moment, I only lit the bonfire. I didn't rest at it right away. And then, out of nowhere... it happens again. "You have been invaded". Of course, the bonfire is right there and I could just press X and sit down by it at any moment. But for some reason, I thought I already did. And when the invader rushes into the bonfire room only seconds after the invasion started, I was so distracted that resting by the bonfire just didn't cross my mind at all.

I did manage to get a few hits in this time, but dealt pretty puny damage on a healthbar that looked much greater than my own. Then some kind of white blast-miracle magic thing eats away more than half my health and a follow-up finishes me off.

"I'll admit: that one was just for the lulz."

Realising that I never actually rested at the bonfire as I respawned at the previous one, was... well... not my most pleasant gaming experience ever. But oh well. Made it back again, after another couple of deaths. Then, I made sure I rested at the bonfire at least five times over.


Some of the silver knights with spears managed to screw me over a few times, but mostly because of me messing up. I found a giant blacksmith, who's totally awesome. I really gotta say I love the blacksmiths in this game. They got style. Strong I am, forge I can, bitches!

And then... I encounter them.

"Smough and Ornstein - how I love thee."

Toughest boss battle in this game so far. By far. I got destroyed in seconds the first time. Second time, I decided to try splitting them up and focusing on Ornstein. It went so-so, but I sticked to that same strategy until I finally managed to beat Ornsteain. The Smough powered up and I got half of his HP down before he managed to 1-hit me right after I healed myself. When I beat Ornstein the second time, I had Smough figured out though and could evade all his attacks by once again sticking close to him. Staying close to your foes seem to be the trick for a lot of the battles. Still... this battle was so intense and had my heart pounding. Beating a boss hasn't given me this feeling of achievement in a pretty long time.

"I'm still harder though. Just saying."
"Shut up and go die in a fire, Yukari."

So now I have the lord vessel and can warp between bonfires - something that's VERY handy. Awesomsauce!

[NeoCracker]

It's more the realization that the place you would put your penis is a giant killer spider that's probably going to destroy it that makes it awkward.

[Ultima Shadow]

Just settle for oral, and all is good.

[NeoCracker]

Part of me doubts she is willing to settle, being a flaming hell demon and all.

[Ultima Shadow]

Just compliment her long, slender legs and she'll become as soft as a puppy. Or rip you to pieces. Probably the later now that I think about it.

[NeoCracker]

Worse ways to go I guess.

[TrollHunter]

........ANYWAY here's a few tips.
Try not to rely on summons for bosses if you really don't need them, and if you do summon... please try to fight alongside them as much as you can.
I co-op all the time and nothing is more frustrating to me than when my host makes me play the game for them.
That's all up to you and I won't bash you if you do... but just think of the summons! Half the fun of co-op is fighting a hard-fought battle with your host.

And there's a way of knowing the difference between a mimic and a normal chest without even hitting them.
I'll let you figure that out though.

Also, Ornstein and Smough. They took me 2 days of straight attempts (probably totaling over 20-30 attempts) on my base vitality no shield no upgraded flasks/kindled bonfire character.
I basically have them mastered at this point ._.

And congratulations on beating them by the way ^^
That Black Knight Sword could last you till the end of the game if you don't want to farm for upgrade materials. It's a great weapon.
I'd say you're halfway done, but the second half is a LOT shorter considering everything you don't need to do now.

[Ultima Shadow]

I actually don't use summons at all - want to complete the game, especially the bosses, all by myself first time around.

Also, I went to the painted world of something-something. Those bird-people/harpies can be quite a pain. It's a pretty awesome place though. While some of the enemies are annoying, I love the atmosphere there and those... corpse-pile things with spears. Just... damn, that was creepy in an awesome way the first time I ran into them.

And at the end... I COULDN'T DO IT! Yes, I let Priscilla live. You just can't attack a peaceful person with a fluffy white cat tail.

"...you bloody whimp."

And yeah, I bought a few twinkeling titanite shards from the giant blacksmith and got it upgraded to +4. The sheer power is unmatched by any other weapon I have.


Oh, and when you mentioned Sif earlier, I thought it was the Hydra. I only now actually fought that wolf - completely missed him earlier when I first got to the forest. Beat him on first try, but I might have been a bit more powerful than I should have for the battle at this point. After Smough and Ornstein, it was certainly a walk in the park. Once again, sticking close enough to the enemy worked wonders.

[TrollHunter]

I kill her for the weapon you can make with her soul~
It's so beautiful. She comes back to me in NG+ anyway.
And I'm pretty sure the painted world is one of my favorite places in the game.
It was actually the first place I ever did proper PvP in, and co-op there can be fun too.

Love everything about that place.

Also yeahhh, sifs a cakewalk if you wait too long. Poor guy. He's a very fun boss though.

[black orb]

>>> Here is another tip: Use the Binoculars and the Sunlight Maggot helm at Gwynevere room..

[kotora]

Went down the ladders to the Darkroot Basin. As I was climbing down the ladder, the hydra spit his balls at me. Then I fell to my death

[Pete for President]

Went down the ladders to the Darkroot Basin. As I was climbing down the ladder, the hydra spit his balls at me. Then I fell to my death

Fun times

[TrollHunter]

Brothers hogging the xbox like crazy... says "you'll be able to make that new build once you graduate"
Yeah, smurf you too. I'd rather NOT wait 20 days just to make a quick build.

[Madame Adequate]

Went down the ladders to the Darkroot Basin. As I was climbing down the ladder, the hydra spit his balls at me. Then I fell to my death

Ahaha I've been there man! I know that feel.

I'm in Anor Londo now but I'm still trying to get the hang of fighting those demon guys with the lightning spears. I've always completely switched my build from being very tanky and heavily armored to being very lightly armored and using an Uchiganata/Buckler. I can actually dodge now!

[Andio]

Any Dark Souls 2 Thread yet?