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Jose posted:Man getting killed repeatedly on the stray demon trying to get the rusted iron ring. That red aoe has huge range and I'm still using my crappy drake sword As others have said, he's not necessary for the ring. However, if you want to try to beat him it might not be a bad idea to be wielding something +7 or so. Once you get his tells down, you can reliably stay behind him, back out of the way for his AOE (it also hits behind him, despite the animation), and two hand to speed things up. Ideally you shouldn't be blocking him very much if at all. Also, despite what it looks like, the AOE is magic damage and not fire. So while I would advise just not getting hit by it, if you wanted to spec for it, then magic defense is what you should be looking at there.
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Which is the best bonfire to rest at for Capra demon attempts? I seem to remember there being one closer than the main undead burg bonfire but its a long time ago now since I played Edit: nevermind got him second attempt Jose fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Jun 4, 2014 |
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Jun 4, 2014 19:26
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Jose posted:Which is the best bonfire to rest at for Capra demon attempts? I seem to remember there being one closer than the main undead burg bonfire but its a long time ago now since I played I typically use Firelink. You can ignore the first hollows, run down the tunnel with the female merchant, and Lower Undeadburg is basically right there. I think it's like a 3 to 4 minute run.
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Jun 4, 2014 19:30
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For Stray Demon, get snug up behind him, put in a few hits, and then whenever he curls over to vomit his AOE attack, roll back a few times. Think of the hitbox as a giant expanding sphere that starts at his mouth. You have to be very patient, but as long as you're careful you won't take any damage.
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Jun 4, 2014 19:34
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Suspicious Dish posted:For Stray Demon, get snug up behind him, put in a few hits, and then whenever he curls over to vomit his AOE attack, roll back a few times. Think of the hitbox as a giant expanding sphere that starts at his mouth.
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Jun 4, 2014 20:02
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I think I found the capra demon so easy this time since playing DS2 made me realise that with a shield up you can just strafe round most attacks on anything taller than you. Last time I beat it I think I kept rolling so was getting clipped occasionally as I timed my roll wrong
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Jun 4, 2014 20:06
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Jose posted:I think I found the capra demon so easy this time since playing DS2 made me realise that with a shield up you can just strafe round most attacks on anything taller than you. Last time I beat it I think I kept rolling so was getting clipped occasionally as I timed my roll wrong It depends on the stability and your stamina, if you go in as a mage with your puny Heater Shield the jumping attack (and the dual-weapon swing) will go right through your shield.
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Jun 4, 2014 20:48
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He never did the jumping attack and the 2h swing took out around 4/5ths of my stamina. Moving around him avoided most of it. Used the crest shield though
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Jun 4, 2014 20:54
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Crap. I just beat Lautrec in Anor Londo for the first time and got the Fire Keeper Soul, which I promptly used to upgrade my flask. I'm considering cheating for the first time. Is there a way I can give myself Anastacia's soul in my inventory and complete her questline?
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Jun 4, 2014 21:01
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Suck it up and keep the plan in mind for NG+. There's really no "quest line", you basically already got the real reward when you picked up her clothes. Others consider stomping Lautrec to be the real reward. All you're missing out on is a fully-kindled Firelink bonfire, if you haven't done that on your own yet. And if not, why? It's just 2 humanity.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:09
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HenryEx posted:Suck it up and keep the plan in mind for NG+. There's really no "quest line", you basically already got the real reward when you picked up her clothes. Others consider stomping Lautrec to be the real reward. Firelink will permanently be blanked out now though. Well, until New Game + anyway. I would suggest not cheating anyway, if only because it'd get really dumb risking a ban from GFWL for cheating. Not sure if they even enforce that at all, but you never know and I prefer to not mess with online play.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:11
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Don't cheat. You killed her and now you must accept the guilt. I felt the same way when I accidentally murdered the Fair Lady.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:11
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Mordaedil posted:Firelink will permanently be blanked out now though. Firelink altar also counts as a bonfire, right? It's like 10 meters away. Not that you really ever need to visit Firelink past Anor Londo except for the very end game.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:12
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HenryEx posted:Firelink altar also counts as a bonfire, right? It's like 10 meters away. sector_corrector posted:Crap. I just beat Lautrec in Anor Londo for the first time and got the Fire Keeper Soul, which I promptly used to upgrade my flask. I'm considering cheating for the first time. Is there a way I can give myself Anastacia's soul in my inventory and complete her questline?
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Jun 4, 2014 21:14
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How does Lautrec even get in there to kill her? Thats the real question.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:29
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^^ Well his weapon attacks can bypass shields...HenryEx posted:Firelink altar also counts as a bonfire, right? It's like 10 meters away. Firelink alter? Now that I've done the game once I'm gonna take a shot at the optional Anor Londo bosses after I take care of Seath.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:42
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HenryEx posted:Firelink altar also counts as a bonfire, right? It's like 10 meters away. New Londo is going to be a royal loving pain in the rear end if I have to start at the altar.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:43
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The bonfire you screw yourself out of by not reading the item description is the closest one to the 4 kings as far as i know. Undead Parish is only 20 seconds+elevator ride away with no notable enemies to evade, but i guess if you die a lot on that boss it gives you enough time to ponder what a horrible soul eating monster you are.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:50
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Could also go from Darkroot basin, run past some drakes... Uh, maybe a bad idea.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:51
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sector_corrector posted:New Londo is going to be a royal loving pain in the rear end if I have to start at the altar.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:55
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Mordaedil posted:Could also go from Darkroot basin, run past some drakes... I actually tried this once while struggling on the 4 kings, thinking maybe it would be faster than running past the ghosts. It's a real bad plan.
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Mordaedil posted:I would suggest not cheating anyway, if only because it'd get really dumb risking a ban from GFWL for cheating. Not sure if they even enforce that at all, but you never know and I prefer to not mess with online play. Oh no, a ban from a soon-to-be-obsolete service! RoadCrewWorker posted:The bonfire you screw yourself out of by not reading the item description is the closest one to the 4 kings as far as i know. Undead Parish is only 20 seconds+elevator ride away with no notable enemies to evade, but i guess if you die a lot on that boss it gives you enough time to ponder what a horrible soul eating monster you are. You can still warp to Firelink when it's unlit.
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Jun 4, 2014 22:02
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pun pundit posted:Oh no, a ban from a soon-to-be-obsolete service! pun pundit posted:You can still warp to Firelink when it's unlit.
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Jun 4, 2014 22:09
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oldpainless posted:How does Lautrec even get in there to kill her? Thats the real question. I, too, wonder how did he bypass the bars with 30cm gaps between them.
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Jun 4, 2014 22:10
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pun pundit posted:You can still warp to Firelink when it's unlit. That's true, I actually didn't consider that. I guess I'll just suck it up and do that. I was sort of hoping to rescue Anastascia this time since I just kicked Lautrec off the cliff for his ring with my last character.
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Jun 4, 2014 22:29
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pun pundit posted:Oh no, a ban from a soon-to-be-obsolete service! It has already survived 3 days past when it was supposed to die. And Phil Spencer seems to aim to actually keep it around after all.
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Jun 4, 2014 22:35
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Mordaedil posted:It has already survived 3 days past when it was supposed to die. But don't do it because it doesn't really affect anything major in the game anyway.
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Jose posted:Yeah I know about the drake sword scaling being useless, I'm not going to upgrade it either, just using it for now until I get a better weapon Drake Sword is done by the time you open up the Depths. I've taken it all the way through Sen's Fortress but unless you hate yourself you won't want to do that. You can get Astora's Straight Sword by the undead dragon in the Valley of the Drakes, which deals holy damage and allows you to permanently kill skeletons. This will let you go to the left of Firelink and pick up the Zweihander. There's also a Halberd in the Undead Parish. The Halberds are fantastic weapons in this game, their moveset is amazing.
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Manatee Cannon posted:Drake Sword is done by the time you open up the Depths. I've taken it all the way through Sen's Fortress but unless you hate yourself you won't want to do that. You can get Astora's Straight Sword by the undead dragon in the Valley of the Drakes, which deals holy damage and allows you to permanently kill skeletons. This will let you go to the left of Firelink and pick up the Zweihander. The skeletons in the graveyard stay down. It's just the ones in the catacombs that have necromancers and need divine to put down if the necromancer is up. The only problem with going to the skeletons immediately is that they're kind of tough unless you bring a weapon that can knock them apart and you need to carefully manage them since they basically all come in at least a pair and bleed will hurt you even if you hunker behind a good shield.
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Astora's Straight Sword is strong enough to kill them in like three hits at base and the Drake Sword is a little stronger. You can make Astora's stronger than the Drake pretty easily with scaling, too though maybe not worth the twinkling titanite to upgrade.
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What and where would I find early dex-based weapons for my 2nd character? Killed the gargoyles and their tail weapon seems like the only half-decent dex weapon. Am I missing something? (playing as the wanderer. Scemitar is getting annoying for its lack of kick and weird power attacks)
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double nine posted:What and where would I find early dex-based weapons for my 2nd character? Killed the gargoyles and their tail weapon seems like the only half-decent dex weapon. Am I missing something? You have a few options early on. 2) Murder that same merchant for his hanzo steel. 3) Grind a Balder Side Sword from the Balder Knights in the Undead Parish 4) Grab the Winged Spear in the Firelink graveyard 5) Grind skeletons for the Falchion. E: Oh, you already have a Scimitar. The Falchion's moveset is the same, though, so that won't really solve your problem either. King of Solomon fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Jun 5, 2014 00:06
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The curved sword moveset in Dark Souls 1 is much better when you're using two hands, IMO. Instead of kicking shield-bearing enemies, I switch back to one hand and parry them instead.
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double nine posted:What and where would I find early dex-based weapons for my 2nd character? Killed the gargoyles and their tail weapon seems like the only half-decent dex weapon. Am I missing something? If you get lucky and or hate yourself, there's always the Balder Side Sword  Alternatively, poke into blighttown for the iaito. If you don't care about murdering defenseless people, you can get the uchigatana from the undead merchant in the burg. e: beaten by a better post.
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If you're gonna kill a merchant, please remember to buy all the poo poo they sell first. Key items specifically, I don't remember whether he drops the key he sells or the bottomless box.
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Jun 5, 2014 00:12
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I think he does drop the key but you have to get the box from someone else. Domhall maybe?
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I think Andre sells the bottomless box as well as the repair box, but I might be mistaken.
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What is the point of the bottomless box when your inventory is already bottomless?
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So that in case you want to have something for
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If you guys like Red Letter Media, they're streaming a playthrough right now (I dunno, if it's blind or not). http://www.twitch.tv/previouslyrecorded_live edit: hahaha, he just got clobbered by the Asylum Demon and screamed "Oh poo poo!" so I think it's blind.
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