1941

This is one of those fights where you need to keep an eye on the boss because you need to see the magic shit being fired off or you have chance avoiding it. The camera can get you killed.

Damn straight. Because of the three phases estus management is very important. And other than her disappearing act I would say it is a very fair fight.

In either NG or NG+ I have beat every boss (except NK) in the base game solo at some time. But of the 5 main bosses in the DLC’s I have only beat 2 solo. One I have never beat even as a summoner or a summons.

1942

Bosses that do a dancy little dart out of range after attacks so that even if you avoid taking damage it’s very hard to get a lick in yourself annoy me. I thought I was fighting a damn Bloodborne boss with her.

1943

Bad sign. I figure anyone who can handle this game without armor of any kind has to be pretty bad ass. Being invaded by a guy like that (which hasn’t happened this run) is usually a sign that you will soon be dead.

But you can adjust to that. Like the Lothric Prince fight and the teleporting, you learn after awhile where to move to when they do it.

1944

They’re obviously not impossible, but I still hate it.

1945

Speaking of hate, wow, the Dreg Heap is such utter, complete bullshit. Not even the fact that they managed to combine my two least favorite things in the game, thralls (why do they keep showing up everywhere???) and poison swamps, but the angels, holy shit what a dumb, dumb idea. I got through that segment after many, many tries…do those things come back later in the level? Please say no. I actually can’t comprehend how anybody could do an SL1 run through there. Even running flat out I still sometimes got caught by beams. Even rolling I would not infrequently get caught out by the last beam. I discovered a (hidden!) dude that killing made a difference, but there must be others, and how the hell you’re supposed to find them when the world is coming down around your ears is beyond me. The whole thing just sticks out like a sore thumb and does not really feel like Souls to me.

1946

The next area should remind you of someplace. You are watching the world crumble before you. As @Scott_Dobros mentioned above the lore is strong in this DLC. He was also probably right in that I think FROM wanted you to feel the pain since this would be the last bit of Dark Souls content.

Don’t give up on it though. Give it a try, and then ask questions if need be. My first time thru it took me forever to advance thru the next few areas.

1947

Well, I was actually coming here to say, From’s contempt for all but its most annoying “git gud” fanbase aside, what even is this place? Is it a place? The mountains in the distance seem to suggest so, but architecturally, uh, it’s a bit of a mixed bag. I don’t really understand what it’s supposed to be. Can’t be after the flame has gone out, because Untended Graves was already that and it looked the same, only dark.

1948

Ok i’ll bite, how in the holy hell do i get past all these lazer beams??? I can’t find a way through that area.

1949

I took a break from Lothric last night, wasn’t making much headway anyway. Decided to check out the Consumed King’s Garden. Ugh, I hate toxic! Maybe Lothric is the better choice after all! Anyway, I picked up the shinies, unlocked the shortcut, and am about to face off with some knights with giant swords. The cleric is like “Ok, I’m here guys, I’ll heal you!”… at least, that was before the three arrows to the face.

1950

Haha, ain’t that some shit? Do you know which way to go? If so, then only god can help you because I’ll be damned if I know the trick. Like I said above, I often got hit running full tilt and even rolling. Just don’t do what did the first time and when you get where you’re going zig instead of zag and end up right back at the start again. I wanted to cry.

And for all my bitching, you know what I did this afternoon? Installed DS Remastered. It’s a sickness.

1951

Well, one thing to remember is that there is a creature that once killed eliminates those laser shooting flying angels. The one in upper Dregs Heap is fairly out in the open, but the ones in the next area, not so much.

I don’t want to say too much so I will spoiler the rest of this…

The creature in the upper area is in an area you get to by going thru the church, turning to the left and running towards the drop off. The creature is on the left.

Down below the creatures are much more hidden. The first one requires either a risky jump off the cliff in front of you or a long run around the entire area. Run to the half building in front of the bonfire, then dash for the building on the far right. You will need to roll jump onto a “tree root” at about 2’ o clock from the left side of the building. The second creature is easier to find. It is in the rooftops and tree roots to the far right side of the swamp.

Don’t forget to explore the upper and lower areas better after the Angels are dead, as there is some great loot in the areas.

1952

Demon Prince isn’t the hotspot for summoning that NK is, sadly. I’m all dressed up and nowhere to go.

1953

I think I might like co-oping bosses more than basically any other part of the game. I hope people are still playing DSR when I get to it.

1954

I was at the Demon Prince last night and the only summons were for the two NPC’s. Gael isn’t worthless but still not as good as a real player. This afternoon I returned and there were three real player signs down and I picked one and we took the Demon Prince down.

I do love the first time exploration of areas, but next to that co-oping bosses is my favorite thing.

1955

Well, I had mine down for a while and nobody summoned me, so I went back to doing NK for a bit.

The Ringed City is a harsh, harsh place.

1956

Hey, if you want to do the Prince Lothric fight let me know! Well maybe tomorrow; today I’m going to continue exploring Consumed Garden and give Lothric another few goes. I may yet git gud enough to beat it solo.

1957

Well, it’s fairly late here and I have to be up early, but anywhere between 19.5 and 23.5 hours from now I’m up for it, if you don’t solo him first (and if you do you’ll have done better than I did).

1958

Sounds good. If I haven’t done it by then I’ll be ready for all the help I can get, I think! I can get him to phase 2 fairly consistently (with the occasional total screw up where I die within seconds) and I’m surviving for longer each time, but there’s still a long way to go. I think with a lucky run I can do it. Maybe. Possibly. Probably not.

1959

I played it in march for the first time and there were still plenty of people playing.

1960

Ok so Consumed King’s Garden was over in a flash. Oceiros or whatever his name is, cool looking (and sounding) boss but pretty straightforward. Untended Graves looks very familiar! And now I’ve reached the boss arena with what looks like Gundyr again. No doubt he has 5 times the health and hits 10 times as hard. However, I’m going to have to break for the night, my 360 controller has really come unstuck (literally) and I can’t really dodge with it. I lost badly to the NPC phantom on the ledge because the little rubber thing on the analog controller came free. There’s one place left in Darwin that sells replacement 360 wired controllers, I’ll have to go get one tomorrow.