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[Funkcase]

I rented it (didn't have enough time to finish it as I was playing Rage too) and I did really enjoy it! A dungeon crawler isn't usually the type of game I go for but this was very addictive. Each time you beat a boss you get a great sense of acomplishment, and I loved some of the monster designs, the game had a very old school feel.

[Eternal Phoenix]

Just got to Anor Londo and imagined the Dark Souls title coming up as the cut scene played out showing the massive city with a mini title saying "Well done finishing the prologue" because I would really believe that! I'm 40 hours in and I think I've still got a LOT to do. Entered the Painted World of Ariamis and by God is it beautiful and dark! I encountered this Undead Dragon there on the end of a bridge and the dragon seemed to have half its body missing, in any case, I didn't feel like fighting it yet and thus retreated down some stairs where I was greeted by some naked bird creature which I slew.

Then King Jeremiah invaded me and I owned his Castlevania ass (he had a whip as a weapon) but then I got slew but those skeletons that are attached to spike wheels and these weren't the normal types either, they had red glows around them and thus were more powerful than the ones you encounter in the Catacombs but I managed to take down a few with me. All in all, I think I cleared most of the World of Ariamis in first go. I got the Main Castle door open and with the bonfire right outside, I can easily get back to where I last was for revenge, then I'll see what I can do with that Undead Dragon.

The Painted World of Ariamis reminded me of Castlevania though for sure and you even make footprints in the snow as you run through it which I thought was a nice touch (some games don't include such a feature anymore).

[The Earl Of Bronze]

I'm level 20 at the moment, playing as warrior, but keep getting killed by a Taurus Demon, I use a plunging attack then he just keeps knocking me down, try to dodge out but keeps knocking me down. Have tried a few times now with no luck, any tips?

Not sure about you, but I'm finding the movement to be a bit sluggish in combat.

[Dominus]

That's why I switched to a sorcerer, I couldn't manage that demon as a melee class. And yeah, it can be sluggish(probably intentional...)

[The Earl Of Bronze]

What are the spells like for the sorcerer?

[Dominus]

I got up until darkroot garden, and have only one so far: Soul arrow. It's essentially a magic missile. You can still use melee, but isn't quite as powerful with that class choice. It's still a godsend to have that ranged when fighting some of the later bosses. Haven't tried the hunter/archer class, so not sure how that one plays out.

[AshedMan]

The Earl Of Bronze wrote...

I'm level 20 at the moment, playing as warrior, but keep getting killed by a Taurus Demon, I use a plunging attack then he just keeps knocking me down, try to dodge out but keeps knocking me down. Have tried a few times now with no luck, any tips?

Not sure about you, but I'm finding the movement to be a bit sluggish in combat.

Is it the taurus demon on the castle ramparts?  If so then here's a super simple strategy for killing him with melee:

As soon as you enter the castle wall, turn around and go up to the top of the tower behind you and kill the two skeleton archers.  Once they are dead, go back down to the castle wall, walk forward, and spawn the tuarus demon.  As soon as he hops down onto the wall to fight you, run back and climb up the ladder to the tower where you just killed the two skeleton archers.  Once you climb to the top, don't wait too long, target the demon, jump down and do your R1 attack as you fall down.  You will stab into his head and take over 1/3 of his life away.  Lure him away, run/roll past him and repeat the process.  Three stabs in the head and he is dead.  

Modifié par AshedMan, 16 octobre 2011 - 02:59 .

[C9316]

Someone help me! I can't kill the Capra demon, and his annoying dogs! I'm a level 26 Sorceror..

[The Earl Of Bronze]

AshedMan wrote...

The Earl Of Bronze wrote...

I'm level 20 at the moment, playing as warrior, but keep getting killed by a Taurus Demon, I use a plunging attack then he just keeps knocking me down, try to dodge out but keeps knocking me down. Have tried a few times now with no luck, any tips?

Not sure about you, but I'm finding the movement to be a bit sluggish in combat.

Is it the taurus demon on the castle ramparts?  If so then here's a super simple strategy for killing him with melee:

As soon as you enter the castle wall, turn around and go up to the top of the tower behind you and kill the two skeleton archers.  Once they are dead, go back down to the castle wall, walk forward, and spawn the tuarus demon.  As soon as he hops down onto the wall to fight you, run back and climb up the ladder to the tower where you just killed the two skeleton archers.  Once you climb to the top, don't wait too long, target the demon, jump down and do your R1 attack as you fall down.  You will stab into his head and take over 1/3 of his life away.  Lure him away, run/roll past him and repeat the process.  Three stabs in the head and he is dead.  

Thanks, been trying to do this but he keeps trapping me with knock downs, as soon as he gets me once I'm as good as dead, can't get away. Usually straight after the plunging attack he knocks me down and I can't seem to get away, as soon as I stand up he strikes again. Will have another go.

[C9316]

jollyorigins wrote...

C9316 wrote...

Someone help me! I can't kill the Capra demon, and his annoying dogs! I'm a level 26 Sorceror..

Probably the most annoying fight I've done at the moment, try and avoid his jump attack as soon as you go in, then run to the stairs and kill his two dogs, after that jump off the top of the stairs and the rest of the fight should be simple enough to do, just watch out for his jump attack and when he swings both swords at you. 

I been killed like 5 times by this guy, should I just farm souls until I can get the soul sheild spell?

[Cutlass Jack]

C9316 wrote...

Someone help me! I can't kill the Capra demon, and his annoying dogs! I'm a level 26 Sorceror..

That was the fight that got me to put down the game finally in frustration. He's just in my face and pinning me against the wall the second I zone in, so I can't even get near the stairs. Just a terrible design decision to not even give the player a moment to get their bearings or room to maneuver.

But conversely, the dual gargoyle boss fight was much more enjoyable because it had neither of those issues. Even with the potential of accidently rolling off the roof.

[Iosev]

It took me three tries to kill the Capra demon. The first time I had no idea what I was up against, and tried blocking, only to get pummeled by the boss and both dogs. The second time I knew that I had to somehow kill the dogs before taking on the boss, but died as I was going up the stairs.

The very beginning of the fight is very important. You have to make use of the invincibility frames during the beginning of your roll to dodge the Capra demon's initial swing (because blocking will often get you stunlocked), and if you rolled into a dog, then attack it immediately coming out of the roll (e.g., hitting R1 during a roll will execute a unique, out-of-roll attack). Then make your way up the stairs and onto the ledge, which will give you a small window in which to kill the other dog or heal. Once the Capra demon follows you up, jump down, and finish off the last of the dogs if you haven't already. Once the Capra demon is alone, the fight becomes incredibly easy.

In addition, I'd suggest not using lock-on targeting until you've killed both dogs.

Modifié par arcelonious, 16 octobre 2011 - 07:45 .

[casedawgz]

Just killed Queelag and got my ass handed to me by slugs in the area right beyond her. Oh Dark Souls, thou art a cruel mistress.

[The Earl Of Bronze]

Ah ha, I think I've found my problem, was reading through the mini strategy guide you get as a free download for pre-ordering. According to this, if you go over half of your equip load number your movements become slow. Might explain why I couldn't dodge away without been caught by the attack.

[Cutlass Jack]

Yup you get alot more mobility when your equip load is under 50%. And even more when below 25%. I play a Wanderer and keeping my load below that point was a pretty high priority for me. Which meant boosting my Endurance more than originally planned.

The mobile, evasive playstyle is my favorite thing in the game. Well except those times I acrobatically roll myself off a ledge.

Modifié par Cutlass Jack, 17 octobre 2011 - 12:00 .

[The Earl Of Bronze]

I've managed not to fall off much, but keep coming across those bloodstains of other players falling off. Watched a zombie run straight off the edge once, I wasn't even near him, must have had enough of respawning just to get killed again for souls.

[Iosev]

Cutlass Jack wrote...The mobile, evasive playstyle is my favorite thing in the game. Well except those times I acrobatically roll myself off a ledge.

This happened to me when I first entered Blighttown.  I was fighting those fat, club-wielding demons and accidentally rolled off the platform, plummeting to my death.

A quick question, if your hurt an NPC of your faction, does your covenant kick you out?  In another silly rolling incident, I rolled off a platform and landed on Shiva, the Forest Hunter merchant that appears in Blighttown if you join their covenant.  I saw that he took damage, so I was scared that I may have broken their covenant.  He was still friendly towards me, but I just want to make sure that I didn't ruin my status in the covenant.  I guess I should visit that NPC at the top of the gargoyle bell tower to check  just in case.

Modifié par arcelonious, 17 octobre 2011 - 03:24 .

[RPGamer13]

I was away for the weekend so couldn't play.

When  I quit Thursday, I didn't want to get addicted to something playing friday, I had just beat:

Ornstein and Smough and bought Ornstein's armor, I also killed Ornstein first and then died to get the Leo Ring.  It's amazing how just one other person distracting Ornstein while I was trying to take down Smough, helped immensely.  My problem wasn't their HP, but how Ornstein kept coming out of nowhere and thrusting his spear straight through Smough, yes his spear goes through Smough and can deal damage to you.  Ornstein would do it straight through Smough's back directly through his gut.

I also survived Giant Ornstein's Grab attack, it is not OHKO like some people would try to tell you.  I have 970 some odd HP and didn't even max out and I survived with one segment of health left.  Thank god the other guy got him to turn around so I could heal.  I had 20 flasks at +3.  Then before I beat the game, I am going to kill the two fire keepers because you get their souls, I already killed Lautrec so he's not going to kill the one.

Now I don't know where to go next.  So many options...

The Earl Of Bronze wrote...

I'm level 20 at the moment,
playing as warrior, but keep getting killed by a Taurus Demon, I use a
plunging attack then he just keeps knocking me down, try to dodge out
but keeps knocking me down. Have tried a few times now with no luck, any
tips?

Not sure about you, but I'm finding the movement to be a bit sluggish in combat.

Do
the plunging attack then run to the opposite side of the bridge and
when you near the other end, turn back around and just keep running,
he'll try his swiping attack but you'll be long out of its range.  Then
you climb up the ladder again, you'll get hit trying to climb the ladder
if your equip burden is over 50%.

Elton John is dead wrote...

Just got to Anor Londo and imagined the Dark Souls title coming up as the cut scene played out showing the massive city with a mini title saying "Well done finishing the prologue" because I would really believe that! I'm 40 hours in and I think I've still got a LOT to do. Entered the Painted World of Ariamis and by God is it beautiful and dark! I encountered this Undead Dragon there on the end of a bridge and the dragon seemed to have half its body missing, in any case, I didn't feel like fighting it yet and thus retreated down some stairs where I was greeted by some naked bird creature which I slew.

Then King Jeremiah invaded me and I owned his Castlevania ass (he had a whip as a weapon) but then I got slew but those skeletons that are attached to spike wheels and these weren't the normal types either, they had red glows around them and thus were more powerful than the ones you encounter in the Catacombs but I managed to take down a few with me. All in all, I think I cleared most of the World of Ariamis in first go. I got the Main Castle door open and with the bonfire right outside, I can easily get back to where I last was for revenge, then I'll see what I can do with that Undead Dragon.

The Painted World of Ariamis reminded me of Castlevania though for sure and you even make footprints in the snow as you run through it which I thought was a nice touch (some games don't include such a feature anymore).

Wait til you get to Priscilla's room.  There's a reason you can see footprints in the snow.. 

[The Earl Of Bronze]

Are both strength and dexterity required for higher level weapons? Only been spending points in strength, endurance and vitality so far.

[John Epler]

The Earl Of Bronze wrote...

Are both strength and dexterity required for higher level weapons? Only been spending points in strength, endurance and vitality so far.

Don't put too many points into Strength/Dexterity. Weapons scale significantly less with those stats than in Demon's Souls - once you get to about 20 with both, you can equip most of the weapons out there. If you want to 1-hand a 2-handed weapon, of course, feel free to keep pumping Strength, but otherwise Endurance and Vitality are better choices.

[C9316]

Guys! I just beat the Capra demon! W00T! Oh and which is better the heavy soul arrow or the great soul arrow?

[Cutlass Jack]

Nicely done! I wish I could beat the Capra Demon. I gave it another shot today but it only ended in tears.

Modifié par Cutlass Jack, 17 octobre 2011 - 09:20 .

[C9316]

Cutlass Jack wrote...

Nicely done! I wish I could beat the Capra Demon. I gave it another shot today but it only ended in tears.

What class are you? If you're a sorcerer like me it is pretty hard.