Souls Multithread

2016-02-21 12:39:32 pm

I was super scared of dying all the time the first time I played Dark Souls, and so constantly consulted the wiki. Thanks to that I knew about the ring.

Good job on beating that boss. It's one of the tougher fights in the game.

Opium

2016-02-21 12:43:58 pm

I knew I had to wear it to jump into some abyss but I thought the abyss was located somewhere in the DLC

Opium

2016-02-21 12:46:00 pm

I consult the wiki too but I try to do it as little as possible. I came very close to cheating to find out where the very large ember was but I found it.

I try to google very specific questions and then click on forum posts, because the wiki gives me TMI. Like when I wanted to know if there was a bonfire in the area, I found out the answer was NO so I could quit looking everywhere.

Serris

Edit history:

Serris: 2016-02-21 12:58:38 pm

2016-02-21 12:57:30 pm

Well that's what this thread is for - getting info without running into spoilers.

Use your Titanite Slab wisely - there's only two guaranteed per playthrough, so you'll want to save it for your favorite or whatever gets a large boost from it, like a scaling letter up compared to +14 instead of just base damage.

Opium

2016-02-21 01:57:43 pm

I noticed that the +15 required the only slab I have, so I've held off. Not sure what to do with it just yet.

Opium

2016-02-21 02:21:33 pm

I just figured out that I don't need ring of dragon slumber in order to sneak up on enemies from behind without aggro-ing them. If I'm wearing quiet armor like robes with no shoes and walk up slowly then they don't hear me at all.

Serris

2016-02-21 02:22:11 pm

Walking slowly is enough.

Opium

2016-02-21 02:25:40 pm

I failed when I did that with my noisy armor so I just assumed it was from the noise.

Opium

2016-02-21 03:21:28 pm

Dark Hand is really cool. I read that you can use it to suck humanity out of things, but I didn't realize it was soft humanity. My humanity is at 13 now. Weird.

ryu

2016-02-21 03:29:21 pm

Huh. How did you get the dark hand?

Serris

2016-02-21 03:39:22 pm

They only drop from Darkwraiths

ryu

2016-02-21 03:48:07 pm

Oh, I thought they were only available through Kaathe

Opium

2016-02-21 03:53:43 pm

Yeah it was a drop. Too bad it makes a crappy shield because it sure looks cool as one.

Checking out Great Hollow now.

Opium

2016-02-21 04:18:07 pm

Killing those little toadstool people is heartbreaking. Those screams!

Serris

2016-02-21 04:20:03 pm

Mushrooms who want to live shouldn't attack people with approximately 500 weapons on their back.

Opium

2016-02-21 04:37:33 pm

When they run towards you and trip a couple of times, it almost seems like they're just trying to get to you so they can get a hug.

Serris

2016-02-21 04:41:07 pm

Free hugs by random strangers are the #1 cause of death in the Souls world.

tomatobob

2016-02-21 05:26:30 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

If the mushroom guys actually just gave friendly hugs I would never leave their part of the woods.

Hug Souls

Opium

2016-02-21 09:03:09 pm

Wow that dragon head thing is pretty cool. Also realizing how awesome silver knight straight sword is once you upgrade it.

I was pretty disappointed that the dragon in ash lake was not a boss.

Serris

2016-02-22 05:11:40 am

You can voice your disappointment by cutting his tail off anyway. It's very rude but he doesn't care.

Serris

2016-02-23 08:27:35 pm

Initial goal was under 2 mins so pretty happy with this. Slow phase 1 but he transitioned immediately.

Opium

2016-02-23 11:55:26 pm

Died so many times in crystal cave that I probably set some kind of record. Went through a shitload of prism stones too. Just kept falling. And every time you die the prism stones you placed earlier are gone. I could have sworn that they remained after you died in demons souls.

Seath killed me the first time because I didn't know that I would be cursed. I knew to shatter the crystal behind him because I talked to big hat after I saved him. I killed Seath on my second attempt, but it took a long time because I tried so hard to cut his tail. I've learned that all dragons drop weapons when you cut their tails, but for some reason it didn't matter where I hit his tail or which tail I hit, the damn thing would not cut. I went through all his health just trying to cut the tail.

So now I don't know if I should put the last soul in the Lordvessel or return to the DLC.

tomatobob

2016-02-24 12:01:48 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Putting the last soul in doesn't lock you into anything so you can do both!

Opium

Edit history:

Opium: 2016-02-24 12:29:34 am

2016-02-24 12:28:41 am

Good to know. I wasted the whole night in crystal cave so I have to stop. Went and killed gwyndolin finally. She was easy once I equipped for maximum magic defense.

I thought that I would get that thing she was wearing on her head because I've seen people wearing it in videos. But I didn't. There were three chests in the room past her, and one was empty :(

ryu

2016-02-24 01:38:19 am

Can by gwyndolin's armir from domnall