Sen’s Fortress again. I decided to practice parry, and there are 2 serpent dudes that are willing to help me out. They are really good teachers, and they do not seem to have anything else to do. So my parrying is getting better …
Did you visit the area below the swamp?
I suck at parrying. I tried to learn but never could get the timing down.
below the swamp? you mean down the Great Hollow? No, just took the cloranthy ring…
The Great Hollow does have some good crafting materials.
What happened so far. Killed the Iron Golem solo on second attempt and left Sen’s Funhouse behind. Checked in into Anor Londo, tried solo O&S with help of Solaire, failed. Decided it was not worth it and summoned help. Helped others to overccome O&S … and this is on PS3, community still active, when you put down your summon sign in front of O&S it takes approx 10 min to get summoned … Also this run, I learned to love poise. Wolf ring + Black iron set + Eagle Shield and those silver knights in Anor Londo do not push me around anymore.
I researched a bit and decided to forge Queelags Furysword +5 … this changed my view of the Titanite Demon. Before that, I thought of it as a giant monster, best to run past. Now I see the Titanite Demon as a valuable resource, the demon titanite dispenser. I went back to Sen’s and killed those 4 demons below, remembered the room in Anor Londo with a Titanite and killed it. Now I have a +5 Furysword and am quite happy (Dex 40).
I think the Dukes Archives are pushing back a bit too much. Probably going the catacombs or new londo or maybe Darkroot, which I skipped this run
Also I want to go to the Painted World of Ariamis, but am still hesitant since you cannot go back until finished.
How populated is the Remastered version? I never got invaded on the PS3, probably because the invaders are all in DS3 or Remastered?
If you use a summons, even an NPC, you aren’t “soloing” the boss.
I don’t really know as it wouldn’t play on my system but the Steam Community for it is a large one and seems very active.
I am playing DS2 SOTFS. I killed the first 5 bosses I ran into solo on my first effort, they seem a little slow after all the time I have put into DS3. That includes the Pursuer (3 times) and the Ruin Sentinels. But those damn rats and the Rat Vanguard killed me 5-6 times before I finally beat them. :)
I am stuck in the Dukes… no warping, and the channelers remind me of Demons Souls, Tower of Latria channelers … hated those guys
What kind of build do you have?
I always have some kind of range weapon for enemies like the channelers. Otherwise you have to rush and be able to destroy them.
Current build never really matters in Dark Souls, does it? I switched back and forth between play styles throughout the game. Heavy on Poise, heavy on maneuverability, some range weapons, some magic, some miracles. I don’t think my character missed out on any particular play-style.
The Smelter Demon is my Achilles Heal in this game. It took me forever but I finally learned how to handle the Pursuer and the Ruin Sentinels. But that freakin Smelter Demon, and then the Magic version in the DLC, they just eat me up.
Well, only in so far as strategy. Going Dex and using a STR weapon or vice versa. There are some DS bosses where I really wonder how a Spell user could last long enough or hit hard enough, although those are mainly DLC bosses.
This play thru I am toying with the idea of switching to a spell caster towards the DLCs just to see how it works. I have solo’d DS1 and DS2 base games that way, but the flask switching seemed to me a recipe for disaster in DS3.
a dex 40, Str 25 build … Lucky, that I have my Furysword with me and can kill the enemies with 2-3 strikes. But I hope I can beat the Boss solo, only have 2-3 humanity for summoning.
DS is really like going from one sh*hole to the next … before Dukes, I was running through New Londo, looking for the very large amber … always fearing that my transienct curse expires during battle … I lowered the water level, got the ember and upgraded my Uchigatana to +14 … and since I was already near the Duke’s Archive, I went in testing and I thought I could warp out …
I probably mentioned this before but the rats in the sewer are great for farming humanity. Just go down from the bonfire far enough to kill the 4-5 in the corner and the 3-4 down to the left and then start over.
You mean the 4 Kings Boss, yea, that is probably the toughest boss fight of the big 4.
I really wonder why you think that. I’ve walked through NG+ using only magic on all the bosses. It is very strong. Basically easy mode. They didn’t nerf it that much from Demon’s Souls.
Bloodborne is really the only questionable From game in terms of a magic build.
I should have written “DS2 DLC and DS3 Bosses”. With DS1 and DS2 magic is almost overpowered. In fact with DS2 they give you consumables that allow you to regain already used spells. But in DS3 you have the choice of health or mana. Your spell use is limited by the amount of mana you have (it is called mana, right?).
Plus, the only thing I use a controller for is Dark Souls games. And I will admit to having “problems” using the left hand side of the controller. I don’t know if I have big thumbs or just bad coordination, but changing items with my left hand is a mess. Switching between health and mana during a fight would ruin me.
Well I have done complete magic runs of Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls 1, 2 and 3 including DLCs. I guess I didn’t know exactly which one you were referring to but it did look like Dark Souls.
With DS3 magic, having 3 or 4 refills should suffice depending on the boss. You’ll probably need to re-calibrate the exact amount at times. I don’t think I ever needed more than 5 though.
Mostly because so much of the good stuff is located in the dlc behind some tough bosses. But man, once you get together a full broccoli-head squid-arm laser-nose getup it is good times.