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Dark Souls & other Souls-Likes
By Kalila 2014-03-11 19:07:36
Kali's Death Log: @52 Deaths  Things Betwixt
Death 1: Died to giant rat thing before witches.
Death 2: tried fighting it with my new sword :3
Death 3: ^ :x
Death 4: Failed the jumping test...
Death 5: Failed the jumping BACK test xD
Death 6: ^... x.x
Death 7: Died to Twin Ogres guarding Boat
Death 8: ^...
Death 9: Killed one, Died to the other
Death 10: Died to second Ogre
Death 11: Killed second Ogre, Went for revenge for the one at the start.
Death 12: Died to the ogre again, HP getting to be about 50%.
Death 13: Died to the ogre for the last time, but killed it afterwards.
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 14: Died to the Giant with a big sword ;_;
Death 15: Killed the Giant with a sword, but then swiftly died to the one with the club by falling off the edge into the water.
Death 16-19: Okay, area too difficult :) picked up a human effigy to restore my HP and left.
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 20: Died to a long swordsman but the area seems more reasonable.
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 21: Wanted to give this place a few more tries.
Death 22: And I'm backing out again, a room with 3 >_>
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 23: Died to another long swordsman :<
Death 24-27 Died a few times, up to falling off a tree branch 5 feet and dying <.<;
Death 28: Died trying to recover my souls ;_; *sniff*
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 29-30: Back again, backed off a ledge, I just can't learn, or won't give up Dx
Death 31: Impatience got the best of me, again <.<
Death 32-33: Fell off a ledge... Died to Great Sword giant.. OKAY I GET IT I'LL GO BACK
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 34-35: Exploring the first part of the fortress.
Death 36-42: Fighting The Last Giant boss
Death 43-49: Exploring the two other areas of The Forest of Fallen Gaints, found the NPC Cale, found the boss The Pursuer, and found another bonfire deeper in. I actually ended up losing the 11k souls I earned from killing the boss The Last Giant (sad), so I farmed the 11k back at this bonfire. I still have to fight the Pursuer, doing that next. Also noteworthy, I beat The Last Giant with my morning star, without any upgrades. I have now gone back to Majula and upgraded it to +4.
Death 50: First death to The Pursuer.
Death 51&52: Deaths against The Pursuer.
Alright, I'm off to try that area that kept killing me again :(
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By Kalila 2014-03-11 19:23:45
Just...wut...
The "Dragonrider"... unworthy of a boss HP bar.
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By Raein Tilgung 2014-03-11 19:39:44
Dropping my sign to help people kill Pursuer, so I can gather souls and manage it myself. >_>
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By Bismarck.Misao 2014-03-11 19:41:27
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By Kalila 2014-03-11 19:51:13
wow... :3
Old Dragonslyer... thanks for the fun lil battle xD
These bosses are a bit easy, might of upgraded too far. I'll hold off until I need it.
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By Ravant Lehnsherr 2014-03-11 19:55:06
Dropping my sign to help people kill Pursuer, so I can gather souls and manage it myself. >_>
How do you active peoples signs? I'm doing this fight and I dont see yours.
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By Raein Tilgung 2014-03-11 19:57:17
Just hope we get matched up, tbh
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By Ravant Lehnsherr 2014-03-11 19:59:35
Just hope we get matched up, tbh
Damn, is there a way to specifically do it with RL friends? A friend of mine wanted to summon me for his first boss just to play together but now I dont want us to both be waiting because of randomness.
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By Raein Tilgung 2014-03-11 20:03:08
Dropping my sign on the little platform. It'll be Dreizak.
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By Raein Tilgung 2014-03-11 20:17:36
When helping people for Pursuer, be wary of trigger happy Ballista users
By Kalila 2014-03-11 21:07:38
Kali's Death Log: @54 Deaths Things Betwixt
Death 1: Died to giant rat thing before witches.
Death 2: tried fighting it with my new sword :3
Death 3: ^ :x
Death 4: Failed the jumping test...
Death 5: Failed the jumping BACK test xD
Death 6: ^... x.x
Death 7: Died to Twin Ogres guarding Boat
Death 8: ^...
Death 9: Killed one, Died to the other
Death 10: Died to second Ogre
Death 11: Killed second Ogre, Went for revenge for the one at the start.
Death 12: Died to the ogre again, HP getting to be about 50%.
Death 13: Died to the ogre for the last time, but killed it afterwards.
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 14: Died to the Giant with a big sword ;_;
Death 15: Killed the Giant with a sword, but then swiftly died to the one with the club by falling off the edge into the water.
Death 16-19: Okay, area too difficult :) picked up a human effigy to restore my HP and left.
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 20: Died to a long swordsman but the area seems more reasonable.
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 21: Wanted to give this place a few more tries.
Death 22: And I'm backing out again, a room with 3 >_>
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 23: Died to another long swordsman :<
Death 24-27 Died a few times, up to falling off a tree branch 5 feet and dying <.<;
Death 28: Died trying to recover my souls ;_; *sniff*
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 29-30: Back again, backed off a ledge, I just can't learn, or won't give up Dx
Death 31: Impatience got the best of me, again <.<
Death 32-33: Fell off a ledge... Died to Great Sword giant.. OKAY I GET IT I'LL GO BACK
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 34-35: Exploring the first part of the fortress.
Death 36-42: Fighting The Last Giant boss
Death 43-49: Exploring the two other areas of The Forest of Fallen Gaints, found the NPC Cale, found the boss The Pursuer, and found another bonfire deeper in. I actually ended up losing the 11k souls I earned from killing the boss The Last Giant (sad), so I farmed the 11k back at this bonfire. I still have to fight the Pursuer, doing that next. Also noteworthy, I beat The Last Giant with my morning star, without any upgrades. I have now gone back to Majula and upgraded it to +4.
Death 50: First death to The Pursuer.
Death 51&52: Deaths against The Pursuer.
Heide's Tower of Flame
No deaths... xP
No-Man's Wharf
Death 53 & 54: Both were from the high bleeding inflicting monsters that have 2 arms and walk around. Both times I had 2 of them on me at once, not a good spot to be in without stairs or a hallway x.x
That was a fun lil area, my desire to loot everything was greatly satisfied :)
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By Carbuncle.Scarmiglione 2014-03-11 21:15:31
Ok, I think I'm lost. I got to the 2nd bonfire in the Forest of Giants, got the key from that guy, and think I went everywhere, but am I missing something? Where am I supposed to go now?
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By Ohji Lunartail 2014-03-11 21:28:43
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By Ravant Lehnsherr 2014-03-11 21:34:33
Ok so Old Dragonslayer... holy hell I was jumping in my chair when I entered that room! I was like wait.. is that..? HELL YA THAT DEFINITELY IS HIM!
By Kalila 2014-03-11 21:38:03
Ok so Old Dragonslayer... holy hell I was jumping in my chair when I entered that room! I was like wait.. is that..? HELL YA THAT DEFINITELY IS HIM! Yea....
During my fight with him he just poked and stabbed, nothing unique.
During D's fight he spammed abyss magic and I'm like wtf D: I want a rematch!!! even tho I won...
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By Ravant Lehnsherr 2014-03-11 22:00:57
So how do you use a white soapstone? friend of mine wants me to throw it down but its greyed out.
By Kalila 2014-03-11 23:26:12
Kali's Death Log: @103 Deaths - Total Souls Lost: ~30,000 Things Betwixt
Death 1: Died to giant rat thing before witches.
Death 2: tried fighting it with my new sword :3
Death 3: ^ :x
Death 4: Failed the jumping test...
Death 5: Failed the jumping BACK test xD
Death 6: ^... x.x
Death 7: Died to Twin Ogres guarding Boat
Death 8: ^...
Death 9: Killed one, Died to the other
Death 10: Died to second Ogre
Death 11: Killed second Ogre, Went for revenge for the one at the start.
Death 12: Died to the ogre again, HP getting to be about 50%.
Death 13: Died to the ogre for the last time, but killed it afterwards.
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 14: Died to the Giant with a big sword ;_;
Death 15: Killed the Giant with a sword, but then swiftly died to the one with the club by falling off the edge into the water.
Death 16-19: Okay, area too difficult :) picked up a human effigy to restore my HP and left.
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 20: Died to a long swordsman but the area seems more reasonable.
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 21: Wanted to give this place a few more tries.
Death 22: And I'm backing out again, a room with 3 >_>
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 23: Died to another long swordsman :<
Death 24-27 Died a few times, up to falling off a tree branch 5 feet and dying <.<;
Death 28: Died trying to recover my souls ;_; *sniff* 7k souls lost~
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 29-30: Back again, backed off a ledge, I just can't learn, or won't give up Dx
Death 31: Impatience got the best of me, again <.<
Death 32-33: Fell off a ledge... Died to Great Sword giant.. OKAY I GET IT I'LL GO BACK
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 34-35: Exploring the first part of the fortress.
Death 36-42: Fighting The Last Giant boss
Death 43-49: Exploring the two other areas of The Forest of Fallen Gaints, found the NPC Cale, found the boss The Pursuer, and found another bonfire deeper in. I actually ended up losing the 11k souls I earned from killing the boss The Last Giant (sad), so I farmed the 11k back at this bonfire. I still have to fight the Pursuer, doing that next. Also noteworthy, I beat The Last Giant with my morning star, without any upgrades. I have now gone back to Majula and upgraded it to +4.
Death 50: First death to The Pursuer.
Death 51&52: Deaths against The Pursuer.
Heide's Tower of Flame
No deaths... xP
No-Man's Wharf
Death 53 & 54: Both were from the high bleeding inflicting monsters that have 2 arms and walk around. Both times I had 2 of them on me at once, not a good spot to be in without stairs or a hallway x.x
The Lost Bastille
Death 55-57: The Heide Knight spearman >.>;
Death 58-60: The two unndeads that have a super OP AoE attack when they fall down.
Death 61: The group of 5 undead rushing me caught me off guard at the start.
Death 62-66: Fighting the Ruin Sentinels bosses... 3 of them.
Death 67: Ran off a ledge... lost 12k souls...*sigh*
Huntsman's Copse FYI, this was the beta test area
Death 68: Fell down in a pit with poison butterflies and a strong enemy, only 1k souls so left them behind
Death 69-77: Missed a jump :P I found out the correct way to get the shiny :< It's not my fault... I got it by jumping in the beta. ;_;
Belfry Luna
Death 78-86: bell tower guardians and a bell tower guardian invader :| Finally rang the bell D:
Death 87-102: Belfry Gargoyles fight
Death 103: Got tired of dying, switched to a physical resist 100% shield and then quickly goofed.
New area is pretty difficult lol
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-03-12 01:15:48
First boss win :D Dragonrider... don't laugh! Still getting used to the controls a bit but once I got that down he went down no problem. Made all my deaths to him seem silly, lol.
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By Kalila 2014-03-12 01:24:23
Victory Achieved... ugh wow
Ruin Sentinels are a pain.... only two strategies really work, if you can time your dodged then zerg them down, if you can't, take it slow and steady.
At least you get to fight 1 of the 3 alone before the other 2 join in to not make it a 3 vs 1 match :<
33,000 souls for a reward isn't bad though.
By Kalila 2014-03-12 03:44:07
YES HAHA.... this boss...
Belfry Gargoyles...
Little fact, the Dark Souls 1 beta / event issue was the undead parish and church, with the final boss being the Gargoyles of course!
Except they were named Belfry Gargoyles, not Bell Gargoyles.
I'm so glad to see the name used in Dark Souls II. But get this.
You fight 5 of them.
Five.
Now they don't come all out at once... but... they trigger based on % of the overall boss health bar. The first two are actually timed, the first spawns automatically and the second like a second or two later.
I'm so glad they used it here, perfect theme for it too.
By Kalila 2014-03-12 06:07:34
Most difficult boss yet for sure, at least under my play style and my gear / level.
Belfry Gargoyles defeated me a total of 17 times, 16 times with a shield that has 95% physical reduction, and only 1 time with a 100% physical reduction, and that 1 time I turned the wrong way and got hit from the back twice.
That 100% shield was at 100% durability when I started, and on the VERY LAST gargoyle, it started breaking when it was at 50%. When it was at 10% it broke. I did the only thing I could do, two hand my weapon, charge in, and hope I landed the hit before he did.
It was glorious.
I don't know if I could have managed to defeat it with the 95% shield, it would have been tough.
The gargoyle fight is very simple:
Two gargoyles spawn almost the same time, slightly different, then when you get 1 gargoyle down to 50% a third joins in.
That doesn't mean you can just get both gargoyles at 55% to save time either, because gargoyles spawn based on the overall health and spawn at certain intervals, and I believe those intervals would be... 90%, 70%, 50%...
Each gargoyle is obviously a total of 20%, since there are 5 gargoyles. So, once you get one down to 50 a 3rd spawns, and once you kill the one you're working on you're back down to two.
So you have 3 major hurtles to jump, once you kill the final 3rd gargoyle, you're left with only two, and that's easy to deal with,then you're only left with one, and then you've won.
Just make sure you don't hit any of the gargoyle statues, they will join in if you hit them.
I highly suggest anyone doing this fight try a 95% shield, it makes it so much more challenging and exciting having to manage your healing for each gargoyle. Once I put the 100% shield on I knew there was no way I'd lose, and then I did, but then I won :P
Also: 25k souls for winning, less than what the Ruin Sentinels gave... both were difficult battles, and if I would have stuck with a 100% shield from the start and wimped out! I probably would think otherwise, but I personally think gargoyles are more difficult. @105 Deaths Total Souls Lost: ~36,000 Things Betwixt
Death 1: Died to giant rat thing before witches.
Death 2: tried fighting it with my new sword :3
Death 3: ^ :x
Death 4: Failed the jumping test...
Death 5: Failed the jumping BACK test xD
Death 6: ^... x.x
Death 7: Died to Twin Ogres guarding Boat
Death 8: ^...
Death 9: Killed one, Died to the other
Death 10: Died to second Ogre
Death 11: Killed second Ogre, Went for revenge for the one at the start.
Death 12: Died to the ogre again, HP getting to be about 50%.
Death 13: Died to the ogre for the last time, but killed it afterwards.
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 14: Died to the Giant with a big sword ;_;
Death 15: Killed the Giant with a sword, but then swiftly died to the one with the club by falling off the edge into the water.
Death 16-19: Okay, area too difficult :) picked up a human effigy to restore my HP and left.
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 20: Died to a long swordsman but the area seems more reasonable.
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 21: Wanted to give this place a few more tries.
Death 22: And I'm backing out again, a room with 3 >_>
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 23: Died to another long swordsman :<
Death 24-27 Died a few times, up to falling off a tree branch 5 feet and dying <.<;
Death 28: Died trying to recover my souls ;_; *sniff* 7k souls lost~
Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 29-30: Back again, backed off a ledge, I just can't learn, or won't give up Dx
Death 31: Impatience got the best of me, again <.<
Death 32-33: Fell off a ledge... Died to Great Sword giant.. OKAY I GET IT I'LL GO BACK
Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 34-35: Exploring the first part of the fortress.
Death 36-42: Fighting The Last Giant boss
Death 43-49: Exploring the two other areas of The Forest of Fallen Gaints, found the NPC Cale, found the boss The Pursuer, and found another bonfire deeper in. I actually ended up losing the 11k souls I earned from killing the boss The Last Giant (sad), so I farmed the 11k back at this bonfire. I still have to fight the Pursuer, doing that next. Also noteworthy, I beat The Last Giant with my morning star, without any upgrades. I have now gone back to Majula and upgraded it to +4.
Death 50: First death to The Pursuer.
Death 51&52: Deaths against The Pursuer.
Heide's Tower of Flame
No deaths... xP
No-Man's Wharf
Death 53 & 54: Both were from the high bleeding inflicting monsters that have 2 arms and walk around. Both times I had 2 of them on me at once, not a good spot to be in without stairs or a hallway x.x
The Lost Bastille
Death 55-57: The Heide Knight spearman >.>;
Death 58-60: The two undeads that have a super OP AoE attack when they fall down.
Death 61: The group of 5 undead rushing me caught me off guard at the start.
Death 62-66: Fighting the Ruin Sentinels bosses... 3 of them.
Death 67: Ran off a ledge... lost 12k souls...*sigh*
Huntsman's Copse FYI, this was the beta test area
Death 68: Fell down in a pit with poison butterflies and a strong enemy, only 1k souls so left them behind
Death 69-77: Missed a jump :P I found out the correct way to get the shiny :< It's not my fault... I got it by jumping in the beta. ;_;
Belfry Luna
Death 78-86: bell tower guardians and a bell tower guardian invader :| Finally rang the bell D:
Death 87-102: Belfry Gargoyles fight
Death 103: Got tired of dying, switched to a physical resist 100% shield and then quickly goofed. THE PAIN IS OVER, GARGOYLES DEFEATED \o/ I think I lost 6k souls in this fight.
Death 104: Died from seven dogs and Dark Spirit "Vorgel the Sinner", jerk >:|
Death 105: Suicide run through enemies I can't stand anymore (AoE exploders) to open a cell door at the top of the tower.
41 deaths in a single area... yuck
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By Cerberus.Quintow 2014-03-12 09:39:42
Must...wait...resist...spoilers...til PC release
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By Raein Tilgung 2014-03-12 09:40:25
Well, crap. I apparently didn't exit the game properly and lost 8 hours of play. >_>
Oh well!
was on wrong ps3 account, praise the sun!
By Kittykite 2014-03-12 12:27:53
Anyone know how to get rid of the statue of the woman holding the lever by the guy with the glowing sword? >_>;
was thinking maybe it will go away if I progress more in the game :/
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By Magnus Wolfwood 2014-03-12 12:36:37
Must...wait...resist...spoilers...til PC release
Same here, dude. :(
By Kalila 2014-03-12 12:53:17
By Kalila 2014-03-12 12:54:39
Anyone know how to get rid of the statue of the woman holding the lever by the guy with the glowing sword? >_>;
was thinking maybe it will go away if I progress more in the game :/ I have no clue what you're talking about...
By Kittykite 2014-03-12 12:58:46
Anyone know how to get rid of the statue of the woman holding the lever by the guy with the glowing sword? >_>;
was thinking maybe it will go away if I progress more in the game :/ I have no clue what you're talking about... :( not even exploring around Majula! I am shocked!! D:
if you leave like you are running back to the tutorial area but go in the cave with tree roots going out of it you will see what I am talking about Putting too many spoilers :| and now I am getting confused on which parts to spoil when quoting someone D:
By Kalila 2014-03-12 13:00:10
Anyone know how to get rid of the statue of the woman holding the lever by the guy with the glowing sword? >_>;
was thinking maybe it will go away if I progress more in the game :/ I have no clue what you're talking about... :( not even exploring around Majula! I am shocked!! D:
if you leave like you are running back to the tutorial area but go in the cave with tree roots going out of it you will see what I am talking about Going out of the tutorial area directly to your left cave?
I haven't done that area yet <3
By Kittykite 2014-03-12 13:02:42
Going out of the tutorial area directly to your left cave?
I haven't done that area yet <3 yeah it is blocked off by that statue :/ was wondering if anyone had gone there :(
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Resources
Videos
News
| July 14, 2012 - Dark Souls for PC Will Use GFWL After All
June 20, 2012 - Dark Souls discounted to under $30 on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
June 12, 2012 - Localising Dark Souls
June 7, 2012 - Dark Souls: PC version will have "minimal mouse and keyboard support," uses Games for Windows Live "to provide game as soon as possible."
June 7, 2012 - From Software "having a tough time" porting Dark Souls to PC, frame rate issues remain
May 31, 2012 - Dark Souls PC coming to Steam, consoles to get PC content
April 12, 2012 - Gamers rallying against Dark Souls PC using Games for Windows Live
April 7, 2012 - Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition coming to PC in August
January 13, 2012 - Dark Souls PC petition at nearly 70,000 signatures, Namco listening
Jan 8th, 2012 - Dark Souls admin suggests PC could happen with a petition |
Character Builds
Character builds can be either PvP, PvE, or both. You can specify which if you wish, but I'll be listing any builds posted in this topic here. Use the Dark Souls Character Planner linked above to create a link to your build for others to view.
Dark Souls Map
New ContentNew Bosses - Including Artorias of Abyss, Chimera of Tomb, and more
PVP Online Matchmaking System - Quick matching for co-op or PVP
New Areas – Including Oolacile Tomb, Old Ruins and more
New Enemies – Including Abyss Guard, Chained Prisoner and more
New NPCs – Including Hawkeye Gough and more
New Weapons and Armor – Equip some from the new bosses, enemies, and NPCs
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