The Dark Souls Thread

[Wang Mandu]

Haha happens to the best. At least you will get some good souls out of it.

[a world of no]

that resistance


get the wolf ring and havel gauntlets for poise. problem sort of solved. more vitality, more dex (as that seems to be sort of the direction you could go in) with dex scaling weapons (slashy swords - katanas, curved, bows, etc).

[a world of no]

i've been watching far too much dark souls vid on youtube lately. came across this series that covers the lore of the game. very well done, and despite the cringy "prepare to cry" name of the series, this first one about artorias and sif hits...
really amazing stuff though, doing a fantastic job of explaining the story.

[Friendly Goatus]

Yeah his stuff is great. I think he passes off some speculation as fact to make it more dramatic sometimes but very cool regardless.

[Wang Mandu]

this first one about artorias and sif hits...

That's what I fucking love about those games. In the spoon fed narrative era of modern video games, Dark Souls is such an amazing game with it's drip feed story bits and whatever you imagine plot. It's up to the player to fill in the blanks and as much as I appreciate those Youtube videos, I never ever want to watch them. In my mind, Sif and Artorias is one of the strongest video game relationships. The Walking Dead and Journey got nothing on Dark Soul's story.

[Wang Mandu]

this first one about artorias and sif hits...

That's what I fucking love about those games. In the spoon fed narrative era of modern video games, Dark Souls is such an amazing game with it's drip feed story bits and whatever you imagine plot. It's up to the player to fill in the blanks and as much as I appreciate those Youtube videos, I never ever want to watch them. In my mind, Sif and Artorias is one of the strongest video game relationships. The Walking Dead and Journey got nothing on Dark Soul's story.

[Spooky Apparition]

that video (especially the last part) is a must watch for anyone who killed sif before doing the DLC.

i don't want dark souls 2 to be too heavy on the cinematics, but more shit like that would be awesome

[FVBTVS]

that resistance

no i know. just keep in mind though this is still my first character i made at launch..

[FVBTVS]

alright seriously though already..

should i ditch the ring of favor and protction already? thing is almost a burden at this point it seems like..

[riley-o]

You might get some pros telling you yes but there's not much worse than closing the menu and seeing how small your health and stamina bars suddenly are..

[FVBTVS]

yeah and in true souls fashion theres no way of knowing until you do it.

[guardianoftheblind]

[FVBTVS]

seath did the 'curse attack the entire room' move when i had him like 1/3 of one attack away from death. so i came back 7 more times while cursed and fought him until he was dead just because no fuck you..

and apparently i had a purging stone the entire time but i chose to look it up afterwards because i was like

[Wang Mandu]

He has such a cool backstory, I kind of didn't want to kill him and instead join forces.

[Friendly Goatus]

should i ditch the ring of favor and protction already? thing is almost a burden at this point it seems like..

Yes. It might be a decent ring at the beginning but it quickly becomes a crutch and there are much better rings to use. Wolf ring, Darkwood Grain ring, Havel's ring, Hornet ring, Red Tearstone ring, Lingering ring and Bellowing Dragoncrest ring for magic users, Covetous Gold Serpent and Covetous Silver Serpent rings for farming...

[Spooky Apparition]

Yeah, RoFaP isn't bad, especially when you're getting used to the game, but the wolf ring + darkwood grain ring can make you a seriously agile threat who can stand toe to toe with the most beastly of enemies, even for a build with light armor

[FVBTVS]

did any one amongst us ever attempt these catacombs without the benefit of a divine weapon?

[Friendly Goatus]

Yeah, and I got seriously wrecked. I ended up buying a reinforced club from the merchant in the undead burg and upgraded it to Divine. A blunt divine weapon is ideal for those skeletal fucks. Or you could use Astora's straight sword that you find by the undead dragon in the valley of the drakes by the blight town entrance. You need 14 faith to use it though.

You could do it without a divine weapon if you can make it to the necromancers and kill them off. They're the reason the skeletons come back to (un)life. But that's likely to be a suicide run and it's more headache than it's worth.

[FVBTVS]

i upgraded the halberd to divine at some point so that should work. jesus christ though..

i like how the necromancers fucking retreat on top of everything else

[Friendly Goatus]

Wait until you meet the bonewheels...

[riley-o]

Dying to bonewheels might have been the most frustrated I got in that entire game

[FVBTVS]

i fought those bone wheel bros in the painted world i think it was. i'm pumped for whatever fresh hell scenario theyre in now though

[Wang Mandu]

I went to the catacombs without a divine weapon. Got wrecked once or twice, said fuck it and started to book it. Ended up killing a necromancer and a light went off in my head. Felt like a supreme warrior then met thr bone wheel guys and felt weak again.

[a world of no]

silver knight spear. does faith damage without the prerequisites, and it's a sweet weapon to boot.

[FVBTVS]

kinda raped this pinwheel bro first try. i think i'm a little too strong at this point..

is there a reasonably close bon fire from here or should i just go back for now because i see bloodstains of people falling over the edge and im not looking to lose everything right this moment..?