Souls Multithread

2016-03-31 01:56:10 pm

I didn't realize that you drew that. It's great.

What is a consumables only run?

2016-03-31 01:57:18 pm

A playthrough where you're only allowed to damage enemies with consumable items like firebombs etc. rather than your normal weapons or spells.

Da Dood

2016-03-31 01:57:52 pm

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Thanks Opium :)

It's a run where you can only deal damage with consumable items (firebombs, throwing knives, etc.) I've seen it done on stream and it looks just stupid enough for me to try it.

Opium

2016-03-31 02:00:09 pm

That sounds hellish.

Serris

2016-03-31 02:02:52 pm

It's incredibly tedious, boring and hard. That's the point! Don't ask please.

Da Dood

2016-03-31 02:05:44 pm

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Quote from Opium:

That sounds hellish.

It's all about gathering souls from that run I saw. If you have enough cash to buy firebombs it's all downhill from there. DS1 doesn't have a lot of mandatory fights anyway. It looks intense at parts 'cause you reeeally can't lose your souls, and obviously every hit counts.

The DLC bosses have way too much HP though. Lobos had to dupe consumables to finish them off.

I might try this in DeS and DS2 as well if I enjoy the DS1 run

ryu

2016-03-31 02:27:56 pm

lol

Good luck soldier /salute

Opium

2016-03-31 02:46:42 pm

Yeah really.

Just watched some consumables-only boss fights. I don't think I've used any firebombs or urns or throwing daggers at all in DS2. I just never think about them. Same with crossbows. I probably should, the bombs and urns are pretty cool.

Da Dood

2016-03-31 02:50:15 pm

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Yeah, and DS2 has a ton of options for throwable stuff.

Bow-only also looks intriguing...

Opium

2016-03-31 02:50:21 pm

Is there any other way to switch spells/consumables/L or R weapons other than the D-pad? I hate having to take my thumb off of the joystick to switch. It would be better if I could do it while I was still moving.

Da Dood

2016-03-31 02:51:25 pm

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I don't think so. Good idea, though O_O Switching weapons mid-combo à la Bayonetta/Devil May Cry? Count me in

tomatobob

2016-03-31 05:01:58 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Quote from Opium:

Just watched some consumables-only boss fights. I don't think I've used any firebombs or urns or throwing daggers at all in DS2. I just never think about them. Same with crossbows. I probably should, the bombs and urns are pretty cool.

DS2's thrown items are actually super useful. Throwing knives will do more damage than most starting weapons.

Opium

2016-03-31 09:00:13 pm

hmm I'll have to remember to set some up for use.

I killed Vendrick on my first try after the benefit of a visual aid. Now I'm off to aldia's keep to find out what's behind that door.

Then I have to decide what order to do the DLC. I can't remember if I was already advised on that.

Serris

2016-03-31 09:02:02 pm

You sure were! Do the one behind Rotten, then the one behind Old Iron King, then the one in the Shrine of Winter.

Opium

2016-03-31 09:11:21 pm

ty

With my brightness turned up, I went back to the gutter for some cleanup and found some great stuff, including an estus flask shard. But she wouldn't take it, said I'm maxed. Does it have any other use?

Serris

2016-03-31 09:12:31 pm

Nope. You can sell them to Gavlan for a trivial amount of souls, that's about it.

Opium

2016-03-31 09:31:06 pm

lame

my character looks so adorable in the kings set wub

Serris

2016-03-31 10:03:30 pm

Not as adorable as Vendrick in the king's memory.

Opium

2016-03-31 10:42:57 pm

OK I give up. How the hell do you make the door open to the first DLC area? I examined the shrine past the rotten, then I enter a large room with a door that just says 'closed' every time I approach it.

tomatobob

2016-03-31 10:51:28 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Go down the Majula pit there's a ladder to a door you can open that will have the key you need.

Opium

2016-03-31 11:04:40 pm

aw geez thanks

tomatobob

2016-03-31 11:16:12 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

If you haven't found your way down into the firey pit with the big salamander things in the Forest of Fallen Giants yet, you'll need to go there for the key to the shrine where the Iron King was also. Bring poison arrows, those salamanders are swole as hell.

Opium

2016-03-31 11:59:11 pm

I did go down there.

The sunken city is crazy. I found some cool stuff. Thunder quartz ring +3, even though I never found +2. Unfortunately it's late and I need to go to bed.

ryu

2016-04-01 02:41:40 am

I usually do the Dark Souls II DLCs in reverse order, because that's somehow the order in which I found the keys to the areas in SOTFS.

Opium

2016-04-01 05:15:29 pm

How do poison weapons work? The only weapon I've actually poisoned an enemy with was was poison arrows. Everything else just works like a normal weapon even though it has poison attribute. I don't get it.