Board 8 > ~Dark Souls General Part 1 : Demon Souls on Steroid~

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Pyromancies don't scale with anything but Humanity and your Hand level, so you don't need to level up any stats for them to be efficient, except attunement to have more spell slots.

The best hand has a level S scaling with Int, but it's only for the R2 attack so it's not worth it.

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So....rare boss drops.

I know at least Taurus Demon and the Gargoyles have them. Can you get them by helping other people defeat them or am I just out of luck?

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Out of luck.

Taurus drops an Axe
Gargoyle drop Helm and Axe, I got both since I died like 5 times against them.

Also I just discovered the Helkyte Dragon goes down on the bridge even when unprovoked, you just have to stand on top of the stairs for awhile and it'll come, then you just hit and run as with the bow strategy.

It's cool cause my SL1 Pyro can't use a bow.

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Not all drops are from luck. You can cut the tail off of pretty much any boss that has one to get an item.

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Ah, ok. Kind of lame, then. I hope they aren't too great. <_<

Also, just got the Wolf Ring. It "boosts poise."

...what? Is it like super armor?

edit: fffffffff tried jumping over to the main area from a ledge and fell off a cliff. god dammit

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

edit: fffffffff tried jumping over to the main area from a ledge and fell off a cliff. god dammit

XD I tried this too with the same results

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Goddamnit, I was fighting the stray demon and everything was going awesomely well, it was down to like 1/20th of its HP and then I got hit

T_T

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it happens! First time I fought the gaping demon I had him down to 1 hit left and I managed to get myself killed.

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so got my STR to 50 and used all the Dragon Scales I found in the Ash Cave to get the Dragon King's Great Axe to +4

woo woo over 500 attack

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Any idea why I can't wield the Dragon King Axe with 2 hands at 25 STR?

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The str requirement is halved when you hold something with 2 hands, I believe? maybe it's not half maybe its like 60% idk

Poise makes it so you dont get knocked backwards when something hits you.

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It's not cut in half exactly anymore

I think the requirement to dual wield it is 34 STR

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AUGH

Beat Moonlight Butterfly. Wasn't too hard, although there were some close calls since I accidentally made myself heavy. I had about 16,000 souls and one humanity at this point, I'm saving up for the emblem to open that door. I get up to the top of that tower, get the loot, then FALL OFF the tower and die.

god dammit why am I so bad at this?

luckily getting back there shouldn't be too hard if I avoid all the golem knights and DON'T JUMP OFF ANY MORE CLIFFS GOD DAMN

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God ****ing damnit.

I hate the fact that the Stray Demon is hard no because of my lack of skill but because of stupid BS, like I was almost killing him but then he decided to hide in a corner and freaking stay there, impossible to do anything.

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Dead ! I can easily say that the Stray Demon has been the hardest boss to kill as a SL1 so far, would've been a piece of cake if I had spent the time to farm some souls to get like 2 more levels for my hand.

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Sen's Fortress is kicking my ass.

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Ok so...I guess going into that special forest area was a bad idea for my point in the game. There goes a humanity point...

But hey, at least I had no souls!

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
Ok so...I guess going into that special forest area was a bad idea for my point in the game. There goes a humanity point...

But hey, at least I had no souls!

that's where you can farm 7000 souls every 2-3 minutes by exploiting the AI

take advantage of it!

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I think I'll get the crest to go to this area.. it'll allow me to get my hand to +15 in no time.

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SHINE GET 64 posted...
HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
Ok so...I guess going into that special forest area was a bad idea for my point in the game. There goes a humanity point...

But hey, at least I had no souls!

that's where you can farm 7000 souls every 2-3 minutes by exploiting the AI

take advantage of it!

How exactly is this done? I'm farming souls right now to get the key..but I assumed it was just regular grinding in there. The enemies are really hard then?

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How exactly is this done? I'm farming souls right now to get the key..but I assumed it was just regular grinding in there. The enemies are really hard then?

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
AUGH

Beat Moonlight Butterfly. Wasn't too hard, although there were some close calls since I accidentally made myself heavy. I had about 16,000 souls and one humanity at this point, I'm saving up for the emblem to open that door. I get up to the top of that tower, get the loot, then FALL OFF the tower and die.

god dammit why am I so bad at this?

luckily getting back there shouldn't be too hard if I avoid all the golem knights and DON'T JUMP OFF ANY MORE CLIFFS GOD DAMN

Golem Knights are about the simplest enemies in the game to kill, as long as you have a good shield

When they do the slow, just hug them while you circle around.

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thundersheep posted...
How exactly is this done? I'm farming souls right now to get the key..but I assumed it was just regular grinding in there. The enemies are really hard then?

there's 4 enemies there as soon as you enter the door where you used the crest

2 mage guys that shoot soul arrows at you
1 phantom knight a little bit to the right of them
1 axe guy with a spiderman shield near the back.

you gotta run by them so that all 4 start chasing you. Go back to the door where you used the crest and go to the ledge on the very right by the cliff. Instead of following you down the ledge, they'll go up the stairs instead and try to drop down on you. 50% of the time this results in them just rolling off the cliff. Sometimes they'll manage to land in front of you, at which point you can just defend and as soon as they attack you once they'll bounce off and fall off the cliff as well

the mages and phantom give 2000 each, the spiderman shield guy gives 1000

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then you just run back to the bonfire right next to the door on the other side and they all respawn

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Hey so, I freed Lautrec and haven't been to Blightown yet so he hasn't killed the girl yet, where can I find him so I can kill him?

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Ayuyu posted...
Hey so, I freed Lautrec and haven't been to Blightown yet so he hasn't killed the girl yet, where can I find him so I can kill him?

I'm pretty sure Lautrec hangs out near the Fire Keeper at Firelink Shrine. Just take the stairs down near the bonfire and he should be there.

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Lautrec seems to come and go from time to time but when he's around he'll be right in front of the fire keeper. As long as he hasn't embraced his inner Yurt he'll show up there eventually.

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Alright he was still in the church, 3 fireballs and he was dead..

His ring is awesome but I don't know if I want to use it since it breaks if you remove it..

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I use it

and I'm never removing it

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Not sure why you'd ever want to take it off.

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Aaah yeah, with this and Havel's Ring I get to 81 Equip load at 11 Endurance.

Fast dodge woohoo !

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baron von toast posted...
Not sure why you'd ever want to take it off.

well when you get your HP and END to level 40 probably no reason to equip it other than the equipment load bonus because HP and stamina would already be maxed

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Oh man the Hydra is so bad it's hilarious.

One spell, one head gone.

Easiest thing ever.

Also where's the Moonlight Butterfly? I just went from Hydra Zone to the Undead Parish Blacksmith, found a Bonfire but no boss.

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Go through the top route of the forest, through a trail near the locked door.

It's also pretty easy.

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Oh and we'll need a new topic pretty soon.

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Soul Level 44.

What's the best lighter armor I can just buy at this point?

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So Blighttown is hell because it overlaps so much that I seem to trigger enemies from halfway across the map. I clear the area, poke around a bit, and some guy that's been chasing me for who knows how long finally catches up. That or they run off the edge and I get 150 mystery souls.

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Man I don't even know why you people are bothering with Blighttown

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good merchant there plus I'm not happy if I don't fully explore an area

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So I've got access to the forest and it's awesome..but how do I get that bonfire right outside the door?

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break the wall down

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thundersheep posted...
So I've got access to the forest and it's awesome..but how do I get that bonfire right outside the door?

There's an illusory wall right in front of it. Attack it and it'll disappear.

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Oh. Awesome.

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By smacking the wall

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Managed to get both the Stone Greatsword and the Stone Greatshield from the Stone Knights in the forest. I'm tempted to grind levels to be able to use them, but that means getting my strength to 40 and cranking up my endurance as well. I dunno if I want to take the time to do that.

The sword's weaker than the Black Knight Greatsword I've been using anyway. That thing dropped off the very first Black Knight in Undead Burg.

Decisions, decisions.

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Crystal Straight Sword vs Crystal Great Sword

Ugh decisions.

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Why can't I reinforce this crystal equipment?

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read homestuck

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