Souls Multithread

2016-02-05 02:42:22 am

^ Note that you don't have to bother with that until after you get the ability to fast travel between bonfires, since you can't access the DLC before that anyway.

ryu

2016-02-05 02:42:40 am

Also make sure you kill the sorcerer in the depths before you engage the actual boss.

Serris

2016-02-05 02:50:46 am

Quote:

Defeat the enemy that now spawned inside the cae

Also write the following on a post-it and pin it to your screen right now until after you're in the DLC:

Do not spam attack on that enemy as it dies, since the NPC that emerges from the enemy when it dies could be hit and die and then you can't access the DLC on that playthrough.

Opium

2016-02-05 02:51:24 am

I'm pretty sure I don't already have the DLC if it's in the xbox store as a separate item and the game I downloaded doesn't say Prepare to Die anywhere.

I'll probably download it at some point, but I can't even play it right now I guess.

I'd killed a bunch of basilisks before falling in that hole, and managed to avoid their clouds by just standing back a little, but when I died this time I was completely surrounded by them on all side without even room to take a step. I thought the clouds were poison, so it was a nasty surprise.

Da Dood

2016-02-05 04:11:52 am

Dood Trigger™

Oh man, that mandatory first playthrough curse. You will never forget it.

Sounds like you're doing good, though!

Serris

2016-02-05 11:01:18 am

While going through Amana, I realized I had picked up this ring earlier and seized the opportunity to shoot the greatest war drama of our time.

Unfortunately he died in my arms off-screen because two magic bolts punctured his lungs.

Da Dood

2016-02-05 11:14:02 am

Dood Trigger™

Good ol' Amana promises to be a pain in the ass and it sure delivers.

Serris

2016-02-05 11:19:22 am

My rare favorite moment is when you run up the slope at the start and Forlorn spawns inside you and pushes you off.

Opium

2016-02-05 12:42:53 pm

Quote from ryu:

Quote from Opium:

I'm totally fucked. I fell through an opening, and at the bottom of the hole there were a shitload of eyeball creatures. I killed about 5 of them but they kept coming. I was totally surrounded and now I died and am cursed with no way to lift it.

Lost a total shitload of souls too. No way I'm going to be able to get them back.

I was so pissed when that happened to me. Some guy on another forum even broke his room's door in anger when he got cursed lol
Once you know how to deal with the basilisks, avoiding the curse becomes really easy. You just have to make sure not to stand inside of the gray clouds they spit out.

I actually didn't get pissed when it happened. I got excited. I was like 'Oh SHIT!' It really got me good and gave me a big rush.
Don't get me wrong, the game does piss me off sometimes, and it usually has to do with not knowing what to do.

Definitely downloading the DLC today. Planning on playing the game most of the weekend. Definitely need to go to the laundromat and so a little shopping during the superbowl while the horde is preoccupied, but other than that I plan to spend the whole weekend immersed in the glory of DS.

[quote="ryu"][quote="Opium"]I'm totally fucked.  I fell through an opening, and at the bottom of the hole there were a shitload of eyeball creatures.  I killed about 5 of them but they kept coming.  I was totally surrounded and now I died and am cursed with no way to lift it.

Lost a total shitload of souls too.  No way I'm going to be able to get them back.[/quote]
I was so pissed when that happened to me. Some guy on another forum even broke his room's door in anger when he got cursed lol
Once you know how to deal with the basilisks, avoiding the curse becomes really easy. You just have to make sure not to stand inside of the gray clouds they spit out. 
[/quote]

I actually didn't get pissed when it happened.  I got excited.  I was like 'Oh SHIT!'  It really got me good and gave me a big rush.  
Don't get me wrong, the game does piss me off sometimes, and it usually has to do with not knowing what to do.

Definitely downloading the DLC today.  Planning on playing the game most of the weekend.  Definitely need to go to the laundromat and so a little shopping during the superbowl while the horde is preoccupied, but other than that I plan to spend the whole weekend immersed in the glory of DS.

Opium

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Opium: 2016-02-05 01:01:24 pm

2016-02-05 12:51:36 pm

I hope there are more parts in DS that have some kind of music. While the silence is powerful in its own unique way, more music in key parts would be nice.

Another thought I have is that I really hate how my character looks when he's hollowed. I was going to design a female character, but changed my mind at the last minute and designed the sexiest male that I could. He's really handsome, but I rarely get to see him looking nice. He looks so terrible hollowed that I almost want him to die out of mercy.

ryu

2016-02-05 01:38:16 pm

See, that's something to look forward to on your Xth playthrough when you're so good you'll never run out of humanity to de-hollow

Opium

2016-02-05 01:50:51 pm

Why do they make you use a humanity to reverse hollowing before you use another humanity to kindle a fire? The whole hollowing/human humanity thing is just bizarre.

ryu

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ryu: 2016-02-05 02:03:19 pm

2016-02-05 02:02:27 pm

It's really a bit odd. Maybe because you need to be alive to kindle for whatever lore kinda reason

Or they couldn't polish that mechanic because the game is unfinished. The whole DLC was supposed to be in the main game.

Opium

2016-02-05 02:07:07 pm

I just got the DLC. I just have to be careful not to kill the NPC when I kill the thing that spawns in the cave, and the rest of events should just unfold naturally, it sounds like.

Da Dood

2016-02-05 02:16:43 pm

Dood Trigger™

The DLC is freaking awesome. Not so much the levels, but the bosses are crazy.

tomatobob

2016-02-05 06:50:58 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Haha I never messed with Gower's Ring so I didn't realize it gave you a ghost pal. That's hilarious.

Serris

2016-02-05 07:09:13 pm

How far are you in the main game? I'd definitely recommend leaving the DLC for last for the best difficulty curve. It's harder than anything in the main game, and if you do clear the DLC the main game bosses might seem a bit tame afterwards.

Opium

2016-02-05 10:55:24 pm

I'm not that far in the game and I'm definitely not planning on trying to go into the DLC for a long time from now.

I'm confused. I try to kindle, and it says I cannot kindle while hollowed. So then I try reverse hollowing, and it tells me I have no humanity. Wtf? Why?

Serris

2016-02-05 10:57:31 pm

Because your humanity counter next to your HP bar reads zero, I'd imagine.

Opium

2016-02-05 10:58:43 pm

Yes it does say zero. Doesn't that mean I'm hollowed? So why then can I not reverse hollow?

Serris

2016-02-05 11:00:10 pm

It means you have no "soft" (lost upon death) humanity, which is the only thing you can spend at bonfires. You need to use a humanity item ("hard" = not lost upon death) to increase the soft humanity counter.

Opium

2016-02-05 11:01:28 pm

ooooooohhhhh....so before when I was at a fire and it said 'use humanity?' it was using the humanity represented to the left of my health, not the humanities in my inventory. Is that right?

Serris

2016-02-05 11:03:14 pm

Yeah. I explained it using the soft/hard terms before, but I guess that didn't make sense with no further explanation, sorry.

Opium

2016-02-05 11:04:19 pm

Not much makes sense about humanity, unfortunately. But I appreciate the info.

Serris

2016-02-05 11:08:33 pm

It's the same as human/soul form in DeS, except the "Eye Stones" are much more common and you have to go through another step to utilize them. It's mainly because you get soft humanity from multiplayer which you can then use to play more multiplayer, but it's lost upon death. There's not a lot of soft humanity acquired in PvE, so it seems pointless. The Dark Souls II system pretty much goes back to how it was in DeS.