I know everyone here (except Geoff) has been through it, but there's an extra spring in my step and swagger in my hips since last night when I did in Ornstein and Smough. I'm on the 360 with a silver account, no summoning other players for me. And while my time with them was short I grew to like those bastards. Even put a picture of them up on my iPhone
Started the night out by buying up some large arrows. Invaded Lautec. Put on the Hawk Ring and arrowed his dumb ass from afar. All too easy. I like the ring he dropped, though breaking when it gets removed sucks. It's glued to my finger for now.
I was going to take on O&S Friday, and just use the two hours I had to grind and get used to Q-Bert's Firesword, but that fog wall was just there, taunting me. I saw a summon link for Sol, damn, let's just go see what I'm getting myself into. I have to tell you, the internet got me nervous as fuck for this. I had massive anxiety going into the fog.
First Attempt: Spear Dude (Ornstein, right?) has a major hate on for me. Probably saw the Laurel and Hardy shot I gave him here. Sol distracts the big man, and I waste all my fire magic on slim till he croaks. Super Size Me was throwing me a good beating despite much dodging. Sol offered a few distractions, but I was never close enough to capitalize... ARROW! Sol didn't last too long. Hit him a few times, trying to keep a pillar between us, but alas about half way through his health he got me. Okay, I felt I did pretty well for a first try. Lessons learned, their lightning does too much damage. Changed into the Silver Knight Set. First time I've taken off the Gold Hem Set. And look! With that ring I just got I can actually move and roll without crashing into the ground like an obese kid thinking he's a pro-wrestler.
Second Attempt: This time I didn't want to waste my Pyro so early, so I took the Fire sword to Ornstein. I got too damn reckless, and just started hacking at him, without blocking. Worked fine, some what, thanks to a bump up in armor. Supper-Man goes after Sol... so I have arrows go after him. Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
No damage. It seems I lost the lock-on and was just firing off to his side. Arrows got his attention though. Plus, this time he ate his Count Chocula cereal because he bolted around the pillars like no one's business. I couldn't get up, couldn't get my sword out, couldn't heal. Dead!!! Dead before Sol, also forgot to grab my souls back, losing the 5 humanity I got from Lautec.
That fight made me crazy, and I was definitely yelling at the TV whenever Super Smough was all over me.
I went up stairs and threw out the garbage. It got a cold last night, and when I got back in the house I noticed I was shaking. Shaking too much to just be from the cold. I think that last fight broke a few nerves. I told my wife I'll give it one more shot and then I'd go watch Community with her.*
Third Attempt: Forgot to un-Hallow so no Sol. Screw it, I didn't want to go all the way back to the bonfire. A lot more hectic without Sol, but I was doing alright, until I got impatient with Ornstein and just hacked away again without shield blocking. I also got sloppy and stopped following Smough's movement when I was getting Ornstein's health low. Killed Ornstein, and I just stood there waiting for the cut-scene to start
BLAM! hammer to the back of my head... cut-scene... You Died! I noticed my talking to the TV was louder and angrier that time.
Fourth Attempt: "That last one didn't count, Sol is part of my present strategy, so I demand I give it one more try." Yeah, that could work in a court of law. Ornstein on my nuts again, but shield and patient fireball strategy this time. Mount Fatmore distracted by Sol, so I pounded him with all my fireworks. Sol's dead. Arrow! Arrow! Arrow! Sometimes he stays put a few seconds behind a pillars, sometime not. Lost the lock-on from time to time, but always remembered to check for it. Arrow! Arrow! Arrow! Fucker nails me bad though a pillar then runs up on me smashing. I yelled something that I'm sure wasn't English and did it in a sound that was a cross between a Godzilla roar & my three year old daughter throwing a fit. I cannot consciously duplicate this. Got away, took a swig of health, took two in fact (I learned that I wasn't getting much time to heal here so might as well be completely filled when I can) and suddenly being at full health again I got calm, and just fluidly moved about Arrow! Arrow! Arrow! Wait, his health is that low? Arrow! Can it be! Arrow! YES!!!!! I think I had the same emotional release that I did the first time I knew a girl was going to let me touch her bare tits.
Speaking of tits. Seeing those major melons after was worth the price of a few bouts of rage.
*I was tricked, she put on Grey's Anatomy.