You're correct about the Fury sword upgrade path. Not sure if the first Blacksmith or Rickert can do it, though (I actually haven't even met Rickert yet). You might have to find the blacksmith in Anor Londo. Go ahead and plow through Sen's Fortress. Once you get past the first little part it's really not all that bad.
Think the blacksmith in anor Londo beyond Sen's Fortress is the one who creates items from boss souls.
See this chart:
Cracks me up that in recognizing that the upgrading of weapons was something a lot of people had trouble with in Demon's Souls they rectified it by making it even more complicated.
[quote name='Backlash']You're correct about the Fury sword upgrade path. Not sure if the first Blacksmith or Rickert can do it, though (I actually haven't even met Rickert yet). You might have to find the blacksmith in Anor Londo. Go ahead and plow through Sen's Fortress. Once you get past the first little part it's really not all that bad.
Edit: And apparently only the blacksmith in Anor Londo can upgrade from boss souls, according to that link.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I looked at that and added that to my post... Rickert is easy to find by the way - can get to him at the very beginning as far as I can tell. Just take the elevator down from Firelink and head down some stairs towards the right around where those undead are (the ones that don't attack you). He is hidden behind a sewer-grate like thing but you can just talk to him through that. I just found him the other day by accident as I was going down there to see how far I could go before getting wiped out. Those particular stairs actually dead-end and you can fall off so be careful. The other stairs to the left lead down to the bridges and whatever it is down there (ruins or something?).
[quote name='guardian_owl']Think the blacksmith in anor Londo beyond Sen's Fortress is the one who creates items from boss souls.
See this chart:
Cracks me up that in recognizing that the upgrading of weapons was something a lot of people had trouble with in Demon's Souls they rectified it by making it even more complicated.[/QUOTE]
That chart is very nice because it shows how many of what chunks are needed to each step. The wikidot guide doesn't show it that clearly - thanks!
It looks like right now all I can do is normal to +10, magic to +5, and raw to +5. And it looks like I'll need a ton more large titanite shards to get through all the upgrades. As I understand the "quit and reload" method, all that saves you is the very last upgrade (ie, the slab), right? I mean, you can't do a whole Chaos to Chaos +5, pop the trophy, then quit and reload and have all the red titanite chunks back. Of course another way to do this is to use your PS+ cloud save - but then I think you may have to wait a day to download your old save and play from before the upgrading. But then again, this game is a long-haul type thing and I could always go and play Uncharted 3 while I wait a day. I could probably use a break from it anyway . If I can get a hold of 3 more large titanite shards I could do that with the "Raw" upgrade. It seems that is probably the most useless to hold on to anyway. So I could take my Winged Spear +5, ascend it to Raw with Andre, then upgrade it to +5 to pop that trophy. Then quit and redownload my save from before - thus saving all 10 of those large titanite shards for better things. Then I can make it a magic spear for my normal play.
Farm large shards in the depths in the hallway near the bonfire where all the slimes are (slimes give them). You'll want the gold serpent ring that you find in Sen's Fortress first, though. You can also farm them from the giant slugs in Blighttown but it's not as convenient IMO.
[quote name='Backlash']Farm large shards in the depths in the hallway near the bonfire where all the slimes are (slimes give them). You'll want the gold serpent ring that you find in Sen's Fortress first, though. You can also farm them from the giant slugs in Blighttown but it's not as convenient IMO.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, now that you mention it I think I did get a few there. The thing is, I got green shards from the slimes more often than large titanite. I do also remember getting the large titanite from the slugs in Blighttown at a higher rate - but of couse I didn't fight them as often.
I killed quite a few of those slimes while waiting for people to summon me for Gaping Dragon. It is a nice little farming spot (not right at the bonfire but down the starirs where the door to Blighttown is). You get those, humanity from the rats, and some pretty easy souls from the frogs. I'd just run down and do all that, then come back and reset it if no one summoned me. I'm probably too high a level to get into that fight now, though.
What is the summoning range? Is it like 10 levels +/-?
By the way, I guess the patch isn't active here yet? It didn't try to apply when I played last night - so I made some more demon and twinkling titanite with the stuff I was still carrying . I also want to jot down all the stats for the gold-hemmed armor and see just how nerfed it gets...
Is there any guide for upgrading weapons. I just made it to Anor and would like to start upgrading my armor and weapons.
Does anyone recommend any certain armor or weapons to be made? Please help. I had no idea you could create new weapons until yesterday and I had the game since launch
[quote name='pimpinc333']Is there any guide for upgrading weapons. I just made it to Anor and would like to start upgrading my armor and weapons.
Does anyone recommend any certain armor or weapons to be made? Please help. I had no idea you could create new weapons until yesterday and I had the game since launch [/QUOTE]
I'm having trouble with the whole upgrade thing. I totally preferred Demon's Souls upgrading more b/c it told you all the possible stuff you could make with one weapon. This one doesn't tell you shit until you have the item you need.
Also, for armor, I can't move past the thieve's armor. I'm at level 50+ now and have like 21 or 22 endurance, but still can't wear the Elite Knight's, or the Eastern armors w/o Havel's Ring.
[quote name='jh6269']I'm having trouble with the whole upgrade thing. I totally preferred Demon's Souls upgrading more b/c it told you all the possible stuff you could make with one weapon. This one doesn't tell you shit until you have the item you need.
Also, for armor, I can't move past the thieve's armor. I'm at level 50+ now and have like 21 or 22 endurance, but still can't wear the Elite Knight's, or the Eastern armors w/o Havel's Ring.[/QUOTE]
Havel's ring is a necessity until you reach about level 200, thats being if you solely focused on upgrading your Endurance stat.
[quote name='AzzidReign']Havel's ring is a necessity until you reach about level 200, thats being if you solely focused on upgrading your Endurance stat.[/QUOTE]
Well that blows. I'm level 56 now.
I really don't know if I should upgrade my Longbow +5 to the Divine Longbow. My Faith is at 18 right now, so I'm wondering if the overall damage will be better, or if I should wait until I get a chance to put lightening or fire on the bow.
Oh, and I finally killed Sif. I had to put on Havel's Ring, wear the Eastern Armor, and equipped the Wolf's Ring. Had to pump up my endurance to be able to withstand his attack w/o taking damage w/my shield up. I rolled underneath him and pelted him with all the firebombs I have (don't have pyro yet), then I kept rolling into him and hitting him w/my Drake sword. When he jumps back, I rolled into him to get under him again. If I got struck, I would get underneath him and drink an Estus Flask. I was also able to pin him in the corner by the door and that cliff, but sometimes you get stuck on those damed rocks on the ground, so you have to watch out.
Totally wish it was Friday today I'd like to do my regular Friday routine, play PS3 and drink a bunch of beer until about 3AM or so...
So, after getting my platinum, I thought I'd be done with this game, but nah, I'm still obsessed, so I started a new game and I'm trying to only parry/riposte my way through the enemies with the occasional backstab.
Going out of town for surgery next week. Will be laid up for 5 days. If I get PSN+ for the 3month duration, would I be able to play my Dark Souls save game on my buddies PS3?
I seem to recall not being able to do this with Demon Souls.
[quote name='snowsquirrel']Going out of town for surgery next week. Will be laid up for 5 days. If I get PSN+ for the 3month duration, would I be able to play my Dark Souls save game on my buddies PS3?
I seem to recall not being able to do this with Demon Souls.[/QUOTE]
I did it with Yakuza 4, so unless it's even further locked down, you should be able to do it. Upload it to the cloud, go to your friend's house, log in and download your save onto their machine...
[quote name='snowsquirrel']Going out of town for surgery next week. Will be laid up for 5 days. If I get PSN+ for the 3month duration, would I be able to play my Dark Souls save game on my buddies PS3?
I seem to recall not being able to do this with Demon Souls.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure you can do it with Demon's Souls, too, with PS+. At least I've been able to download my save onto my second system. I haven't actually tried to play it yet but it would suck if it didn't work because I don't use that original system any more.
I'm about to try downloading my save for Dark Souls, though, because I'm going to get the Raw Weapon trophy then back up to my current state tomorrow for regular play (and have all my large titanite shards back).
So this cloud storage they have on PSN+ allows you to unlock saves on another system? I've always worried about what would happen if my system died and I had to get a new one, so is this just a more surefire way of transferring saves than backing them up on a flash drive? Really stupid they lock them in the first place just because of trophy boosting. Like who gives a shit.
I see what people mean about Sen's Fortress, those blades are rather annoying. If I am reading my map right I think I keep dying to a set of 4 close blades right before the first bonfire in Sen's. I will be quite happy when I finally
unlock the cage shortcut to the roof
. Found the + to Drop ring so maybe I'll go farm for large shards and humanity in the depths for awhile, or go for the catacombs to get the kindling item.
[quote name='io']I'm about to try downloading my save for Dark Souls, though, because I'm going to get the Raw Weapon trophy then back up to my current state tomorrow for regular play (and have all my large titanite shards back).[/QUOTE]
That seems like a lot of work and a weird work-around just to get the trophy. Why don't you just wait until you're closer to the end of the game? You'll probably have as much titanite as you need by then, and if not you can always farm it or do your save backup thing then.
[quote name='guardian_owl']I see what people mean about Sen's Fortress, those blades are rather annoying. If I am reading my map right I think I keep dying to a set of 4 close blades right before the first bonfire in Sen's. I will be quite happy when I finally unlock the cage shortcut to the roof . Found the + to Drop ring so maybe I'll go farm for large shards and humanity in the depths for awhile, or go for the catacombs to get the kindling item.[/QUOTE]
Yeah take out the mage near those 4 blades, then take it real slow. They're not a bunch of blades you can run past, but there is enough space between them that you can take them one at a time (though I think the last pair you have to run past).
Once you get outside, some douchebag will throw HUGE firebombs at you that do massive damage, so make a beeline to the bonfire so you don't have to do everything over again if you get killed by the firebomb. Once you do run to the top as fast as you can and take the huge bitch out.
Actually, I found it easier to run past all the blades as a group rather than trying to find the tiny space in between them. Definitely take out the mage first, though.
[quote name='Backlash']Actually, I found it easier to run past all the blades as a group rather than trying to find the tiny space in between them. Definitely take out the mage first, though.[/QUOTE]
That mage has terrible aim. You can quite literally walk past them and he'll never hit you. Just make sure you get past the first set and second set in succession and you'll be fine. Oh unless you're talking about the first one. Yeah, just run past all four blades when there's an opening and he'll never get you either. No need to waste spells/arrows first.
[quote name='Jodou']That mage has terrible aim. You can quite literally walk past them and he'll never hit you. Just make sure you get past the first set and second set in succession and you'll be fine. Oh unless you're talking about the first one. Yeah, just run past all four blades when there's an opening and he'll never get you either. No need to waste spells/arrows first.[/QUOTE]
I was talking about the last set of blades where the really skinny bridge is near the top.
[quote name='Jodou']So this cloud storage they have on PSN+ allows you to unlock saves on another system? I've always worried about what would happen if my system died and I had to get a new one, so is this just a more surefire way of transferring saves than backing them up on a flash drive? Really stupid they lock them in the first place just because of trophy boosting. Like who gives a shit.[/QUOTE]
Yes, but it's still tied to your PSN account. You have to log in on the other system to download your saves from the cloud storage to the other system. The great thing about it is that it also works with the copy-protected/locked saves, so it's better than USB. The only limitation is that you are limited to a 24-hour period before you can sync up another version of your save.
[quote name='jh6269']Yes, but it's still tied to your PSN account. You have to log in on the other system to download your saves from the cloud storage to the other system. The great thing about it is that it also works with the copy-protected/locked saves, so it's better than USB. The only limitation is that you are limited to a 24-hour period before you can sync up another version of your save.[/QUOTE]
This really should be a standard feature then since they feature such draconian copy protection. Better yet, they should just unlock saves altogether and do us all a favor. :\
[quote name='Backlash']That seems like a lot of work and a weird work-around just to get the trophy. Why don't you just wait until you're closer to the end of the game? You'll probably have as much titanite as you need by then, and if not you can always farm it or do your save backup thing then.[/QUOTE]
Actually, I ended up not doing that. But anyway, there is no "work" other than waiting a day and it's not like I don't have plenty of other games to play . But with the Raw weapon, all you have to do is waste one large titanite to ascend it to Raw. Then you use 10 or whatever to make it +5 - but if you quit the game once the trophy pops (via the XMB) then you get all the shards back except for that initial one that made it Raw. Then you can have Andre reduce it back to a regular +5 weapon (since I used the Scimitar and eventually want to make that into Quelaag's Fury Sword). Raw seems utterly worthless (just more physical damage) so no need to keep that one.
I had a few banked Humanity and didn't want to lose it and I wanted to take a run at Sen's Fortress so I just went ahead and did that knowing I could go back to the save if needed. I ended up making it through without losing it (died a few times but got it back). So once I kindled that bonfire I didn't worry about it any more. So all I really lost was just one large titanite shard to get the Raw trophy - not bad at all. Plus I made a lot of progress.
[quote name='guardian_owl']I see what people mean about Sen's Fortress, those blades are rather annoying. If I am reading my map right I think I keep dying to a set of 4 close blades right before the first bonfire in Sen's. I will be quite happy when I finally
unlock the cage shortcut to the roof
. Found the + to Drop ring so maybe I'll go farm for large shards and humanity in the depths for awhile, or go for the catacombs to get the kindling item.[/QUOTE]
Heh, funny you should mention this because I just cleared Sen's last night. It didn't end up being too bad (after I gave up on my initial attempts a few days ago). Getting the lightning spear is well worth it - that thing is loads better than the +5 winged spear I had been using. I should have gotten it much earlier. Now I can take out the snake knights easily whereas before I had to bait and lure them and hit them with pyro.
As for the blades, there are two sets there at the end. One you have to do a double roll to get through - works every time. The other there are two sets and you can get in between. Conveniently when I was playing last night there was a message that marked the safe spot in betwen them - you can just walk to it (no need to run or roll).
[quote name='Backlash']I was talking about the last set of blades where the really skinny bridge is near the top.[/QUOTE]
I believe that's the one with the mage and the safe spot in between, right? Take out the mage first if you can - I just pelted him with arrows. I know the one with the mage has the safe spot because once you get rid of him you can take it slow. The one without the mage is the one you need to double roll to get through.
So, Jodou, in your walkthrough you mention seeing Siegmeyer around the rock apparatus? I went all through there getting all the treasures and never saw him once. Did I need to see/talk to him to progress his story or am I screwed? I'd hate to have to reload and lose all that progress.
I beat the Iron Golem without too much trouble. The first time I was in human form (from kindling that bonfire) so I summoned someone. That guy got himself grabbed and killed by the golem almost immediately. It kind of misled me, though, because I hit the golem with a Great Chaos Fireball apparently during the animation for him grabbing the other guy and it had no effect so I thought he was immune to fire attacks. I then got knocked off the edge a few minutes later trying to get in and hit him with the spear. Then the second time by myself I got knocked off again. Then I went and read the Gamespot guide and it said he was really weak to fire - WTF!? I hate those stupid animations cancelling out attacks . So I went back in a 3rd time, got close up and just rolled around his legs and downed him with a couple of Great Chaos Fireballs and a couple of Fire Orbs (I had leveled up my Pyro pretty high - hope the patch nerfing doesn't take it down too much!). So I had lost 20K souls or so and some extra humanity but oh well...
Now, what's my next step? The Gamespot guide has you doing Anor Londo all the way through, and then the Painted World. Jodou has the Painted World next. I did the beginning of Anor Londo and got to the bonfire and stopped there for the night.
But also, apparently there is a hidden area you can get with a covenant if you have a ring you find in the Catacombs. Should I go back there first, then do Anor Londo? It would be nice to do the regular Anor Londo first to get the Lordvessel - I am really tired of backtracking and running to different bonfires at this point. I suppose once I have that, warping back (after the Catacombs) and doing that convenant thing will be easy anyway. I'm hesitant to go into the Painted World because I know I have to get a tail or else (I don't want to leave any tails for NG+). I suppose I can do the backup save thing for it and if, for some reason, I screw up I can reload and try it a day later.
I could also go after the Moonlight Butterfly and possibly Sif... And then there's the Drake Valley from the elevator where I could go take care of that stuff. Oh yeah, and the Hydra in Darkroot Basin. This open world just gives you so many choices it sometimes gets overwhelming!
[quote name='Jodou']This really should be a standard feature then since they feature such draconian copy protection. Better yet, they should just unlock saves altogether and do us all a favor. :\[/QUOTE]
Well, for non-PS Plus folks, you can do the PS3 transfer utility, but that's mainly to move your saves to a new PS3. You can back them up to a USB and restore them to the same PS3; you just can't take the save file and play it on another PS3 unless it goes through the cloud storage first, or if you're migrating everything from one PS3 to the other.
But yeah, I don't understand it; but I have read that it's actually the publisher that decides whether it's locked or not.
[quote name='jh6269']Well, for non-PS Plus folks, you can do the PS3 transfer utility, but that's mainly to move your saves to a new PS3. You can back them up to a USB and restore them to the same PS3; you just can't take the save file and play it on another PS3 unless it goes through the cloud storage first, or if you're migrating everything from one PS3 to the other.
But yeah, I don't understand it; but I have read that it's actually the publisher that decides whether it's locked or not.[/QUOTE]
I took my GT5 save from my house to a buddy's and used it.. Actually I put it on a thumb drive then emailed it to him and then used his thumb drive to put it on his PS3 since I had to use my thumb drive for other stuff and couldn't take it with me.
[quote name='io']So, Jodou, in your walkthrough you mention seeing Siegmeyer around the rock apparatus? I went all through there getting all the treasures and never saw him once. Did I need to see/talk to him to progress his story or am I screwed? I'd hate to have to reload and lose all that progress.
Now, what's my next step? The Gamespot guide has you doing Anor Londo all the way through, and then the Painted World. Jodou has the Painted World next. I did the beginning of Anor Londo and got to the bonfire and stopped there for the night.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, he is off to the side of that long ramp when you first encounter the rolling boulders.
You can do w/e you want, but I wrote the guide to minimize backtracking as much as possible. You pass right by the entrance to painted world while progressing through Anor Londo, so that's why it's on the list to finish first.
[quote name='SnoT']I took my GT5 save from my house to a buddy's and used it.. Actually I put it on a thumb drive then emailed it to him and then used his thumb drive to put it on his PS3 since I had to use my thumb drive for other stuff and couldn't take it with me.[/QUOTE]
Right, some games are not copy protected; I believe that the ones that are copy protected only allow you to play them on the PS3 that they were created on (unless you have PS+ and use cloud storage).
[quote name='Jodou']Yeah, he is off to the side of that long ramp when you first encounter the rolling boulders.[/QUOTE]
I read up on it earlier today, as soon as you rotate the rock lever the first time to get it to stop chucking rocks down that first long ramp after the blades he moves on to Anor Londo whether you have talked to him or not, I don't think it is a necessary check-point to advance his storyline.
[quote name='guardian_owl']I read up on it earlier today, as soon as you rotate the rock lever the first time to get it to stop chucking rocks down that first long ramp after the blades he moves on to Anor Londo whether you have talked to him or not, I don't think it is a necessary check-point to advance his storyline.[/QUOTE]
Thanks - this must be what happened. I got up there and rotated that thing all over the place.
I have a question about that area. What is the point of the ladder that goes down into the hole where the rocks pile up? I went down there when it wasn't full and it just dead ends down there with the hole still continuing on below you. There's nowhere to go down there though!? I guess maybe it is in case you get knocked down (or fall) on top of a half-built pile so then you can climb back out?
Yeah since the rock lever rotates back to its original position eventaully, in case you go down there and the hole isn't filled and you fall down there.
I'm done playing this for now since it's Platted, but I have a recommendation for everyone.
KILL SOLAIRE. At least in one playthrough. While he's in human form. His armor is amazing, his shield is amazing, his talisman ain't bad, and his sword ain't bad either. Kill him ASAP and steal his shit and become the sunbro you were meant to be.
[quote name='IRHari']Yeah since the rock lever rotates back to its original position eventaully, in case you go down there and the hole isn't filled and you fall down there.
I'm done playing this for now since it's Platted, but I have a recommendation for everyone.
KILL SOLAIRE. At least in one playthrough. While he's in human form. His armor is amazing, his shield is amazing, his talisman ain't bad, and his sword ain't bad either. Kill him ASAP and steal his shit and become the sunbro you were meant to be.[/QUOTE]
So you're saying to kill him when he's gazing at the sun....is he tough? Lets say if I start a new game...
[quote name='io']Thanks - this must be what happened. I got up there and rotated that thing all over the place.
I have a question about that area. What is the point of the ladder that goes down into the hole where the rocks pile up? I went down there when it wasn't full and it just dead ends down there with the hole still continuing on below you. There's nowhere to go down there though!? I guess maybe it is in case you get knocked down (or fall) on top of a half-built pile so then you can climb back out?[/QUOTE]
That would make sense, if you were without homeward bone the only way out would be to use dark sign and lose all your souls, and a person who hadn't played Demon's Souls might not think of that. Are you talking about the hole next to the Covetous ring?
Well, I screwed up. I didn't know how to free Laurentius and I hit him trying to free him. I would have needed to save up over 100K souls to request absolution, so I killed him. Just found out that he's the only guy that gives you the initial pyromancy flame.
[quote name='jh6269']Well, I screwed up. I didn't know how to free Laurentius and I hit him trying to free him. I would have needed to save up over 100K souls to request absolution, so I killed him. Just found out that he's the only guy that gives you the initial pyromancy flame.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, in my guide I recommend rolling into the wall near him to break the barrel.
[quote name='Jodou']Yeah, in my guide I recommend rolling into the wall near him to break the barrel.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that would have helped had I actually read it :lol: You should put it on your CAG blog so ppl can get a direct link to it. It got deleted from the PS3 Trophies site b/c some a-hole didn't like that the original author didn't post it (retarded).
[quote name='guardian_owl']That would make sense, if you were without homeward bone the only way out would be to use dark sign and lose all your souls, and a person who hadn't played Demon's Souls might not think of that. Are you talking about the hole next to the Covetous ring?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that one.
[quote name='jh6269']Well, I screwed up. I didn't know how to free Laurentius and I hit him trying to free him. I would have needed to save up over 100K souls to request absolution, so I killed him. Just found out that he's the only guy that gives you the initial pyromancy flame.[/QUOTE]
Can't you get one from Eiyengi or whatever his name is? The egg guy (after Quelaag).
[quote name='jh6269']Yeah, that would have helped had I actually read it :lol: You should put it on your CAG blog so ppl can get a direct link to it. It got deleted from the PS3 Trophies site b/c some a-hole didn't like that the original author didn't post it (retarded).[/QUOTE]
OK, that does it - I'm putting it in the OP. The only problem is he can't update it then. Maybe Jodou should just make a new Dark Souls thread and include it in there? I'm not sure who the OP is here and if he's active in this thread any more. If not, why don't you make a new one Jodou?
Edit: OK, the OP is Assassin and he is active as he just posted. OK, I'll put Jodou's guide in the first post and I'll rely on Assassin updating it if needed (though I can too of course).
Can't you get one from Eiyengi or whatever his name is? The egg guy (after Quelaag).
OK, that does it - I'm putting it in the OP. The only problem is he can't update it then. Maybe Jodou should just make a new Dark Souls thread and include it in there? I'm not sure who the OP is here and if he's active in this thread any more. If not, why don't you make a new one Jodou?
Edit: OK, the OP is Assassin and he is active as he just posted. OK, I'll put Jodou's guide in the first post and I'll rely on Assassin updating it if needed (though I can too of course).[/QUOTE]
Sounds good, let me know when new updates come up so I can continually update it when I can.
I can confirm that Siegmeyer does leave Sen's if you rotate the boulders before you try to talk to him (I did that and when I later read where he appears I went back and he wasn't there). However, I found him in Anor Londo anyway and still got his item from there and progressed his storyline, so no harm done.
IO, I recommend just doing whatever strikes your fancy without reading too much more. you'll have way more fun that way. Personally, I started Anor Londo and then did the Painted World on accident as soon as I got it its entrance (didn't know that's what it was). I did the catacombs way later, which actually made them quite easy, almost a joke (which was kind of nice by then). If you get frustrated at any point you can do the Darkroot stuff as a nice break.
Had an interesting one last night. Wyvern in Valley of the Drakes went thought the floor by the elevator. Took about 45 seconds or so and then it finally died. That takes the top spot for my wall of the weird, even above the Wyverns "falling" to their death even though they fly. This game is definitely not as polished as Demons Souls was.
Not looking forward to dealing with the ghosts. New Londo it is though. Maybe a couple of beers will help.
[quote name='jh2629']It got deleted from the PS3 Trophies site b/c some a-hole didn't like that the original author didn't post it (retarded).[/QUOTE]
Yeah I was the one who tried to post it. Ridiculous rules, considering some butthole on that same site C&P'd the entire FuturePress 'required weapons' and 'miracles & sorceries' from the Collector's Guide. Took all the credit for it. I sarcastically asked if FP would get the credit and not him, they said 'no OP will get it'.
[quote name='Assasin']
So you're saying to kill him when he's gazing at the sun....is he tough? Lets say if I start a new game...[/QUOTE]
It's a tough choice. He really is a huge help on the gargoyles and on Gwyn, IMO. Other bosses he's pretty useless to me.
I beat him on my NG+, he has about 1k HP. He will try to use Lightning Spear variations on you a lot, so you can get some hits in at that time.
I'm done with the guide, so it'll be up to you guys if there's ever changes or errors to update. BTW, don't spoiler the whole thing because that puts all the text in red. That or use a custom spoiler.
[quote name='io']Can't you get one from Eiyengi or whatever his name is? The egg guy (after Quelaag).[/QUOTE]
I don't believe so (according to what I've read at least). I'll try once I get to Quelaag.
Thanks for putting the guide in the OP
Now if you could just get CheapyD help me change my sign-on name, I'd be doubly thankful
I've sent 3 e-mails to the moderators and to cheapy; I want to change my name to jase52476, and they won't respond. I created the second account with my desired name (jase52476) and was going to just stop using this one, but I realized how much of a pain in the ass it is to move all my account info over there :/ So if you can help me change my name from jh6269 to jase52476, and keep jh6269 (it's my PSN ID) from being used again, that'd be awesome.
The craziest thing just happened to me. I got sick of dying to the ghosts in New Londo, so I decided to rejoin the Forest Hunters and try some invasions, hopefully get enough for the Fog Ring. So I do a bunch, I mostly die in all of them (horrible lag on a few, got backstabbed while the guy was in front of me multiple times, ugh).
then I invade a guy named "sum1better_thanu" or something like that. Right after I invade, while I'm still looking for the guy, I get the Target Destroyed message and it gives me about 887,000 souls. Holy shit. I assume he had done the glitch, though I'm not sure why he'd carry that many souls around while doing PvP if he did glitch, so maybe it was from killing other players.
He did send me some hate mail about using ring of fog and tranquil walk of peace, so I assume another invader killed him using those and he just sent the hate to the wrong guy (I don't even have the ring and I don't have enough faith to use TWoP, though I did get it).
Anyway, I'm slightly conflicted about using possibly ill-gotten souls, even though I didn't cheat. I haven't used them to level up any, but I did get the last 3 upgrades for my pyro hand (it was already ascended and at +2) as well as buy the rest of the miracles from Rhea and a few weapons from Shiva. I'll probably also buy the rest of Logan's spells since they are ungodly expensive, so I'll have them for the trophy even if I don't ever get my Int high enough to use them. Then I might just dump the rest; we'll see.
[quote name='jh6269']Now if you could just get CheapyD help me change my sign-on name, I'd be doubly thankful.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, unfortunately only Cheapy can change usernames and even I don't have any better way to contact him than you do.
[quote name='Backlash']Anyway, I'm slightly conflicted about using possibly ill-gotten souls, even though I didn't cheat. I haven't used them to level up any, but I did get the last 3 upgrades for my pyro hand (it was already ascended and at +2) as well as buy the rest of the miracles from Rhea and a few weapons from Shiva. I'll probably also buy the rest of Logan's spells since they are ungodly expensive, so I'll have them for the trophy even if I don't ever get my Int high enough to use them. Then I might just dump the rest; we'll see.[/QUOTE]
Keep 'em, man. You have no idea how he got them but you won them legit (even if the game glitched out somewhat - wasn't intentional though). I'd be thrilled if that happened to me!
It is unsettling to have all this open space in Anor Londo after spending so much time in cramped spaces in the dark. Started helping with bosses by putting down a white sign and realized that it locks out your estus flask as a phantom so you have to rely on heal miracle though I seem to randomly get healed at times too. Do I get healed when the host uses an estus flask?
[quote name='guardian_owl']It is unsettling to have all this open space in Anor Londo after spending so much time in cramped spaces in the dark. Started helping with bosses by putting down a white sign and realized that it locks out your estus flask as a phantom so you have to rely on heal miracle though I seem to randomly get healed at times too. Do I get healed when the host uses an estus flask?[/QUOTE]
You barely started to get into the co-op side of Dark Souls? In my opinion I think they seriously need to fix up the usage of estus flasks when you're a phantom, I'm not sure exactly how the auto heal thing works but at times it takes a while to heal me and then at times it's quick, so you're theory of the host using an estus flask and that transferring onto you makes sense.
I've been reading on 4chan that there are some people doing that deliberately.
They do the soul glitch, put something like a million + souls on their guy, then they get into duels. If someone beats them they get the souls as a nice reward basically.
. If I can get a hold of 3 more large titanite shards I could do that with the "Raw" upgrade. It seems that is probably the most useless to hold on to anyway. So I could take my Winged Spear +5, ascend it to Raw with Andre, then upgrade it to +5 to pop that trophy. Then quit and redownload my save from before - thus saving all 10 of those large titanite shards for better things. Then I can make it a magic spear for my normal play.
. So I went back in a 3rd time, got close up and just rolled around his legs and downed him with a couple of Great Chaos Fireballs and a couple of Fire Orbs (I had leveled up my Pyro pretty high - hope the patch nerfing doesn't take it down too much!). So I had lost 20K souls or so and some extra humanity but oh well...