Motherfucker posted:

It used to be you could ascetic the black gulch bonfire and get a second from the giants there, now you can't.


I recommend just going for it with four souls, Killing the Ancient Dragon to make Vendrick easier is like cutting down the entire rainforest so you can more easily access one tree.

Fister Roboto posted:

I had zero problems against Vendrick with only a single soul in my inventory and I'm always surprised to see people say you need 4-5 to beat him. Of course I was rocking a +10 mace with 50 strength and some weapon buffs at the time, so I don't know.

Fister Roboto posted:

I had zero problems against Vendrick with only a single soul in my inventory and I'm always surprised to see people say you need 4-5 to beat him. Of course I was rocking a +10 mace with 50 strength and some weapon buffs at the time, so I don't know.

Domattee posted:

You would've been doing maybe 30 damage a hit with only a single soul

AndroidHub posted:

Maybe a little rare, but definitely not good, not anymore. They had much better damage at release on console, but now they are just bad, and have no scaling at all.

Anyways, I was doing some bell/red orb invasions earlier tonight with this fine lady-




I actually got a few friend requests and messages about how much people liked it. The armor was a bitch and a half though and pumped an extra 250k into my SM, I exhausted all 50 of the spawns in the kings gate to just to get everything but the legs, luckily a friend in my range had some they had no interest in using. It would probably be really good armor if it didn't use twinkling to upgrade, mostly because of how light it is. I also tried to get some blue invasions, but there are absolutely no bites at 900k~ SM unfortunately.

Red Crown posted:

Wow, I forgot how infinitely frustrating the Ruin Sentinels are without a human summon. The NPC summon hits like a freight train, but is prone to either jumping down before the first Sentinel dies or staying on the platform after.

poptart_fairy posted:

Is Santier's spear the only weapon worth using on a mundane build? I'm thinking of doing a flat 20 for a generalist character but I really don't understand the math behind mundane infusion. Using a regular bastard sword would put me at 280 damage for +10, but then knock it back to 180 after infusion, but with another 150 added and

Babyface Mingo posted:

You mean the short path that takes no longer than about 5 minutes? The one wherein you have to take your time and not aggro more than one enemy?

Oh yeah, incredibly stupid and bullshit design.

Internet Kraken posted:

EDIT 2: Can one of you guys that actually understands mundane tell me if it would be good at all with manikkin claws? As in, would it be significantly better than just working with the C scaling?

Toadsmash posted:

The problem with those fuckers is that if at any point you die halfway through clearing them and you die enough times trying to learn Chariot that the earlier ones stop respawning, the rest of the 4 are forcibly linked on subsequent runbacks. No matter how carefully you edge forward, all of them will trigger as soon as you get one's attention. Bit broken that way! Made learning Chariot the first time a massive pain in the rear end.

Jose posted:

So how do you attack the Executioner's chariot on a melee character? I resorted to standing in the tunnel and throwing lightning directly down it once the chariot came round the bend because I couldn't get it when it passed me in an alcove

Domattee posted:

Normal Manikin Claws +10: 150 Base Damage + 100 (probable high end estimate) for 250
Mundane Manikin Claws + 10: 75 Base Damage + 170 (at 20 in every stat) for 245

Close call, depends on just how much damage you get from the scaling and what your lowest stat is.

Nalesh posted:

What would you guys recommend as a weapon for creep clearing in pve? my katanas break too fast for my liking.

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So how do you attack the Executioner's chariot on a melee character? I resorted to standing in the tunnel and throwing lightning directly down it once the chariot came round the bend because I couldn't get it when it passed me in an alcove

Internet Kraken posted:

Greatswords are pretty good at clearing wide swathes of enemies with their onehanded attacks. The bastard sword is easy to use and would be perfect for cleaning up trash mobs.

Nalesh posted:

Forgot to say, I'm a full dex build.

Flytrap posted:

The Mirrah Greatsword is a DEX greatsword. There's also the Falchion and scimitar. The Estoc is a drat fine mob-clearer.

Hyper Crab Tank posted:

By the way, what's up with the Desert Sorceresses lore-wise? The item set describes them as being from Jugo, and the only other person we know from those parts is Benhart - who wears heavy furs and resembles a viking more than anything.

Motherfucker posted:

You know... Nashandra and Vendrick disappoint me.


I mean I know the bit where you walk in and find Vendrick wandering around naked and aimless with his sword was poignant and all, but picture this with me.


Instead the player enters the room and finds Vendrick slumped on a stone seat at the far end of the arena, not unlike the throne of want, or the throne in general, his crown hanging on his head all heavy and both hands on the arm-rests, looking tired, shriveled and weak... the same musical sting plays as you walk across the arena towards him, he twitches and breaths loudly but otherwise stares forwards or better yet, watches the player with stark and obvious confusion, blankly, uncomprehending as you pluck the king's ring literally off his finger...


If you attack him however poo poo gets real.


If you attack the king's shins a few times he should adjust his crown, stand up straight and grab his giant sword from its position leaning against the 'throne', dragging it across with one hand as if unable to heft it one handed before taking it in two.

Cue Artorias vII, Vendrick starts out strong wielding his sword in both hands but as you wear through his health bar he becomes A) slower and b) harder to wound, turning from a strong melee fighter to the slow zombie you see in game now and than eventually one of his attacks causes his sword to fly out of the arena as if by mistake, he overbalances, falls and the player has to finish him off while he crawls towards them and attempts to strike out with his fists.

Control Volume posted:

Agreed, but here is what I think should have happened, that would be much better, and more emotionally moving:

Control Volume posted:

Benhart's armor set says he found the armor somewhere and fell in love with it and then never took it off. Dude probably just has viking fantasies.

Al-Saqr posted:

one thing thought that's a definite criticism i have is that I wish they at least poked you in the direction of how to finish side stories and quests, I really would've liked to tie the threads of the other characters and stories I met in the game. and the game could definitely have given me a better sense of what's going on.

Hyper Crab Tank posted:

So Jugo is still a desert, then. Just a desert full of Scottish people.

Fister Roboto posted:

It's not a scottish accent it's a (some obscure town in northern england) accent, god don't you know anything.

argondamn posted:

The Torturers are dumb and I literally haven't bothered to fight them since the first time I managed to clear them all.


You pull the lever to bring down the gate and then murder some horses.

turtlecrunch posted:

turtlecrunch posted:

Weird Corpse Committee checking in with our Monday report:

Motherfucker posted:

You know... Nashandra and Vendrick disappoint me.


I mean I know the bit where you walk in and find Vendrick wandering around naked and aimless with his sword was poignant and all, but picture this with me.


Instead the player enters the room and finds Vendrick slumped on a stone seat at the far end of the arena, not unlike the throne of want, or the throne in general, his crown hanging on his head all heavy and both hands on the arm-rests, looking tired, shriveled and weak... the same musical sting plays as you walk across the arena towards him, he twitches and breaths loudly but otherwise stares forwards or better yet, watches the player with stark and obvious confusion, blankly, uncomprehending as you pluck the king's ring literally off his finger...


If you attack him however poo poo gets real.


If you attack the king's shins a few times he should adjust his crown, stand up straight and grab his giant sword from its position leaning against the 'throne', dragging it across with one hand as if unable to heft it one handed before taking it in two.

Cue Artorias vII, Vendrick starts out strong wielding his sword in both hands but as you wear through his health bar he becomes A) slower and b) harder to wound, turning from a strong melee fighter to the slow zombie you see in game now and than eventually one of his attacks causes his sword to fly out of the arena as if by mistake, he overbalances, falls and the player has to finish him off while he crawls towards them and attempts to strike out with his fists.

turtlecrunch posted:

Weird Corpse Committee checking in with our Monday report: