1. Post #721
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    Zinayzen's Avatar
    May 2009
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    Aye but herbs can run out on you. Also don't the effects stack?
    The effects stack, yeah, but the 90+% magic resist is worth extra stamina regen. That's really not as vital as you think, it's more useful for 2h weapons.

    Edited:

    Fuck the 4 Kings, on my first playthrough I beat them quite easily. I don't know how I managed that.

    But now I am getting my ass kicked so hard. Any advice? Besides is it possible to summon phantoms into the abyss?
    It is, but you don't really need to do it.

    Get yourself to roughly 56 poise, equip your best weapon, then just run up to them and hug them while you hit them. They'll maybe hit you with the hilt bit of the weapon, but it won't do much damage at all. usually you can take them down really quickly like this.

    Just be careful that they don't grab you or do the exploding move. Them grabbing you can be fixed just by healing, but the explosion can one shot you if you're not careful.

    Also, fire weapons are good. If you have those to a decent level (Quelaag's Furysword is great, for example), then use those. Not essential, though.
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  2. Post #722
    junker|154's Avatar
    August 2010
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    Actually if you just stay in front of them they won't use any of their special attacks and only bash you a few times but that attack makes barely any damage. It was really easy once I found that out.
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  3. Post #723
    Funny Hats's Avatar
    December 2007
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    I've always wanted to make an ultimate fighter build but I just don't have the follow-through. Just the idea of running around with a dragon bone fist and a lightning caestus with a ton of VIT and almost no armor sounds like fun but it's always annoying getting to that point as far as PvE goes.
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  4. Post #724
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    May 2009
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    I've always wanted to make an ultimate fighter build but I just don't have the follow-through. Just the idea of running around with a dragon bone fist and a lightning caestus with a ton of VIT and almost no armor sounds like fun but it's always annoying getting to that point as far as PvE goes.
    Do what I do, go with Spellfist. I use Sunlight Blade on my Dragon Bone Fist. No chest armor, baggy pants like a man. You punch them with the sun.
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  5. Post #725
    junker|154's Avatar
    August 2010
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    I hate players in PvP that simply charge you on first sight even if I am still fighting some other creatures, they should simply wait and at least make a gesture to show that the fight is about to begin. Those idiots only want humanity and souls.
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  6. Post #726
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    April 2011
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    I hate players in PvP that simply charge you on first sight even if I am still fighting some other creatures, they should simply wait and at least make a gesture to show that the fight is about to begin. Those idiots only want humanity and souls.
    To be fair they could have had bad experiences such as mine when you are invading (although I never am a dick like you described), where the guy takes the gesture as free hits/backstab. They might be taking it out on the wrong people though.

    Heck I even dropped a Black Knight Sword and the guy just backstabbed me while I was doing it.
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  7. Post #727
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    April 2011
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    Exactly 8 hours and 42 minutes in and I'm at Anor Londo again. Finally got my Man Serpent Greatsword from Sen's Fortress after a bit of farming and threw it +9. I love the look of the weapon; so brutal. Now I just need to finding armor that matches with the sword.
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  8. Post #728
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    May 2009
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    I hate players in PvP that simply charge you on first sight even if I am still fighting some other creatures, they should simply wait and at least make a gesture to show that the fight is about to begin. Those idiots only want humanity and souls.
    Nonsense. It's a savage battle for your life. Pleasantry if for the weak.

    I bow before every fight, of course, and I do generally let them finish and heal up. But I am by no means required to, and them invading suddenly is part of the challenge.

    Besides, you have a decently long warning. If you see someone invading or see the message...don't fight anyone. Check for fog doors. Eventually you can just kind of...feel someone invading. Either there's a sound that's very faint, or I'm somehow in tune with my xbox, but I can guess like 80% of the time if someone's invading me and the exact time they show up.

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    Exactly 8 hours and 42 minutes in and I'm at Anor Londo again. Finally got my Man Serpent Greatsword from Sen's Fortress after a bit of farming and threw it +9. I love the look of the weapon; so brutal. Now I just need to finding armor that matches with the sword.
    Make it +15 and use SLB or DMB on it. WRECKED.

    Smough's armor, obviously. Lord Gwyn's actually matches it better, but you need Gwyn's soul so I doubt you'll get it. Not this playthrough, anyway.
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  9. Post #729
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    August 2009
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    Nonsense. It's a savage battle for your life. Pleasantry if for the weak.

    I bow before every fight, of course, and I do generally let them finish and heal up. But I am by no means required to, and them invading suddenly is part of the challenge.

    Besides, you have a decently long warning. If you see someone invading or see the message...don't fight anyone. Check for fog doors. Eventually you can just kind of...feel someone invading. Either there's a sound that's very faint, or I'm somehow in tune with my xbox, but I can guess like 80% of the time if someone's invading me and the exact time they show up.
    If you're a Darkwraith or a Darkmoon, Monster Magnet said it best:

       Not really relevant beyond the title.   
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  10. Post #730
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    May 2009
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    That is true. Also, your Black Sep Crystal lights up when someone's connecting to your world.

    I'm putting together a list of all my armor for certain builds. Some of it does look cool. Tarkus Chest, Tarkus Gloves, Gold-Hemmed Hat, Gold-Hemmed Skirt, Gravelord Greatsword is my personal favorite.


    I really want to make a full Gwyn PvP build. I'm thinking iether a +15 Claymore that I use fire resin on, or a +15 Greatsword. Hm.
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  11. Post #731
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    April 2011
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    Nonsense. It's a savage battle for your life. Pleasantry if for the weak.

    I bow before every fight, of course, and I do generally let them finish and heal up. But I am by no means required to, and them invading suddenly is part of the challenge.

    Besides, you have a decently long warning. If you see someone invading or see the message...don't fight anyone. Check for fog doors. Eventually you can just kind of...feel someone invading. Either there's a sound that's very faint, or I'm somehow in tune with my xbox, but I can guess like 80% of the time if someone's invading me and the exact time they show up.

    Edited:



    Make it +15 and use SLB or DMB on it. WRECKED.

    Smough's armor, obviously. Lord Gwyn's actually matches it better, but you need Gwyn's soul so I doubt you'll get it. Not this playthrough, anyway.
    Good suggestion. I do need to pick up a miracle or two eventually and hopefully I can get it. I already beat the game already; I'm just doing a new playthrough because my last character was very ill-planned out.
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  12. Post #732
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    May 2009
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    Good suggestion. I do need to pick up a miracle or two eventually and hopefully I can get it. I already beat the game already; I'm just doing a new playthrough because my last character was very ill-planned out.
    The "best" miracles (depending on the level of douche you want to be) are hard to get. WotG has like a weird method to get it that's a total pain in the ass, and TWoP is also annoying to find, but totally worth it because of how much of a dickhole you become.
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  13. Post #733
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    March 2010
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    The other day I heard some dad talking to his kid about Humanity.
    The kid was only six or seven years old, but he seemed fascinated.
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  14. Post #734

    December 2011
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    Soo I was thinking about a Shinobi build
    Chaos Blade be dammed, I want this to happen, where would I start dropping points at, humanity is not an issue.
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  15. Post #735
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    May 2009
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    Use a washing pole instead, less shitty. Enchant it however you want and spec accordingly.
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  16. Post #736
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    I hate players in PvP that simply charge you on first sight even if I am still fighting some other creatures, they should simply wait and at least make a gesture to show that the fight is about to begin. Those idiots only want humanity and souls.
    Whenever someone invades me, I usually just stand in a heroic pose on an open area until they spot me. Then I start running towards them like a mad cunt. Usually this confuses them and they don't really know how to react. I guess most just stand still or walk slowly towards them with their shield out.
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  17. Post #737
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    Whenever someone invades me, I usually just stand in a heroic pose on an open area until they spot me. Then I start running towards them like a mad cunt. Usually this confuses them and they don't really know how to react. I guess most just stand still or walk slowly towards them with their shield out.
    If you REALLY want to mess with them, don't move until they get close, and slowly just back away. 90% of the time they'll try to circle you to backstab you, and then you can just pivot backstab them. It's a guaranteed hit on someone strafing you. god I got so much hatemail for that. I love xbox.
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  18. Post #738
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    April 2011
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    It seems hard to find anybody to prey on in Blades of the Darkmoon. Perhaps it's just my level (52) but it's difficult finding someone to fight. I'll probably just be a Darkwraith at this point, haha.

    Edited:

    But seeing 'The guilty pay the price' is pretty satisfying.
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  19. Post #739
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    May 2009
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    Darkmoons invade down, Darkwraiths invade up. You can't invade people above your level, that's why you don't get much. Plus a lot of people don't bother indicting until Kiln PvP.

    Your best bet is to activate your eye in Anor Londo, on the staircase right before Smornstein. Still might not work, but that's been my go-to location in Anor Londo. Invasions EVERYWHERE.

    Granted, that's as a Darkmoon, but the same strategy applies.

    Of course, you could always equip the ring...but god help you if you do.
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  20. Post #740
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    January 2006
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    I really really hope that they make another Demons/Dark Souls and remove the level restrictions and come up with some sort of level scaling system.

    The game would feel much more populated if we weren't restricted to certain levels of being able to play with others.
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  21. Post #741
    Apollo's Avatar
    March 2012
    450 Posts
    I loooved Dark Souls but I got stuck on Ornstein and Smough and got incredibly frustrated to the point where I wasn't even enjoying the game, and that's a bit of a problem, since I play games for fun. I've been meaning to give it another go eventually, though.
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  22. Post #742
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    August 2010
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    Try to summon some phantoms. It will help out greatly.
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  23. Post #743
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    I loooved Dark Souls but I got stuck on Ornstein and Smough and got incredibly frustrated to the point where I wasn't even enjoying the game, and that's a bit of a problem, since I play games for fun. I've been meaning to give it another go eventually, though.
    Just camp by the second bonfire where Solaire is sitting at first in human form, summon signs should pop up left and right
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  24. Post #744
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    March 2012
    450 Posts
    Try to summon some phantoms. It will help out greatly.
    I tried before and it never worked out. I tried to avoid fighting the giant...knight things, because I didn't want to risk getting injured and losing an estus, so I would rush to get Solaire and he'd lose more than half his health just fighting those things, before we even got to the boss. I tried recruiting real people too, but every time I did they wound up dying immediately, so I was pretty much on my own.
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  25. Post #745
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    August 2010
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    Well kill those giants, there are usually some summoning signs. Keep trying man, or you could try to farm some souls and grind some other areas. For instance the world of Ariamis.
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  26. Post #746
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    Just sitting at the depths bonfire with my summon sign out

    it's so lonely down here
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  27. Post #747
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    August 2010
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    I like how by the end of the game and all the late game areas have nearly no messages or signs. Makes you feel so lonely in that world.
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  28. Post #748
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    November 2009
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    Shows how many people have given up hope, we're the elite few!
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  29. Post #749
    junker|154's Avatar
    August 2010
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    Honestly, what the heck?

    At my first two playthrough I only got invaded a few times, not really that much. But now on my new playthrough as a pyromancer as soon as I am human again, my ass gets invaded, all the time. And mostly when I try to reach a boss without trying to loose much Estus or Miracles.
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  30. Post #750
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    November 2006
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    I wonder how many times you can do NG.
    I am looking forward to NG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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  31. Post #751
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    August 2006
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    How does being summoned work? Does your level matter in relation to the person summoning you?
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  32. Post #752
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    How does being summoned work? Does your level matter in relation to the person summoning you?
    I think its within 10 levels of you (up and down)
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  33. Post #753
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    I wonder how many times you can do NG.
    I am looking forward to NG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    it stops at 7
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  34. Post #754
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    April 2009
    38 Posts
    just got to Lost Izalith

    why is it so uncomfortable

    it hurts my eyes
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  35. Post #755
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    January 2012
    210 Posts
    just got to Lost Izalith

    why is it so uncomfortable
    Just wait until you get to Bed of Chaos, that bed isn't the least bit comfortable.
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  36. Post #756
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    May 2009
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    just got to Lost Izalith

    why is it so uncomfortable

    it hurts my eyes
    I hate Lost Izalith. So much.

    If you know where the bonfire is, you can just run to it and ignore the giant dragon butts. Just don't do it wrong.
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  37. Post #757
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    January 2012
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    ignore the giant dragon butts.
    Oh god, that STOMPING ATTACK.
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  38. Post #758
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    January 2007
    616 Posts
    my usual plan for most areas was to clear them out before moving on, but when i saw the amount of them half dragon things I just "ha nope" and ran through
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  39. Post #759
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    August 2009
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    Lost Izalith is just so unfinished... Right before the fog door to the bed of chaos you can see outside the map easily.
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  40. Post #760
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    May 2009
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    Oh god, that STOMPING ATTACK.
    The best way to kill them IMO is to not.

    But if you insist, you can pull them all the way to the entrance, and they can't fit. Then you just pelt them with arrows or very carefully slash them.

    Usually I just leave them there, though.
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