Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters

Red Liquorice · Jul 6, 2018

I don't like Kalameets head swipes, they have those nasty Souls lingering hitboxes that drag you along with them making them difficult to dodge through them, so I tend to more often than not roll back and avoid them - miss the opportunity to hit him, but also don't get hit yourself.

LobosJr's "dodge to the left and dodge to the right..." little song helped me always get the tail cut. I always get weird RNG on his attacks though, whenever I watch a video or speed run, it seems to go swimmingly, then I try and I get attacks I thought he only did at long range, short range and vice versa and I'm an Estus chugging mess!

Moose the Mooche · Jul 6, 2018

Jimnymebob said:
I don't want to come off as being really any smug here, and all 'lol Dark Souls is ez', but Kalameet is insanely easy if you know what you're doing. The only awkward thing is trying to cut his tail, because you need to bait a specific attack which he tries his best to not do. Having a shield completely trivialises the fight, but it's not too harder two handing or dual wielding.

Back away from his constantly.

If he does the straight breath attack, roll left or right.

If he does the sweep, sidestep left and close in on him.

Get near his front legs and put your shield up (roll if you don't have one), and block his head swipe, then keep it up for a second in case he does a second. After this, hit him twice, then back away again.

If he flies up in the air and breathes down, just carry on backing away.

If the planets align and he swoops at you, roll to your left, then position yourself under his tail, and roll before he slams you with it. Attack the tail, then back up. Sometimes he'll go straight into his sweeping breath when he lands instead, so just back away and sidestep left.

Well. I have beaten him yesterday using this method. Funny that you wrote down exactly what i did haha. No, not a smug at all. He nearly didnt hurt me at all. Once you got his pattern down its kinda easy i guess. Still, before that he was a lot of trouble for me. Maybe i was to greedy. That never works for souls.

after that i took down Gwyn in 1 try. I had been stuck for a while at Soul of Cinder in DS3 so this was a very easy fight for me. Hoped i could go back after the fight to collect some stuff but as soon as a runned out of the room it was over :( bummer

Noema · Jul 6, 2018

Kalameet head swipes remind me of the Watchdog of the old lords' head swipe hitboxes. They seem to hit you in its recovery frames and that just feels wrong.

Melhisedek · Jul 6, 2018

Guys, I just beat the game last night and I must say it went straight to top 3 games I have ever played. Amazing really, now the questions is what to do next? I wanted to play DS2 but my brother and a friend who are great Soulsborne fans tell me to skip DS2 and jump staight to to DS3 and/or Bloodborne.

What do you guys think?

Deleted member 14735 · Jul 6, 2018

Ignore them and play DS2, it's the black sheep of the series for a reason but it's still a solid game that has its fans, which for all anyone knows you might wind up one of. Really silly to just skip it entirely, it's worth playing through. The DLCs are the best content in it so make sure you do those if you do play it.

Red Liquorice · Jul 6, 2018

Don't skip it, play it for yourself. Even if it's the odd one out it still has great moments.

Guppeth · Jul 6, 2018

Melhisedek said:
Guys, I just beat the game last night and I must say it went straight to top 3 games I have ever played. Amazing really, now the questions is what to do next? I wanted to play DS2 but my brother and a friend who are great Soulsborne fans tell me to skip DS2 and jump staight to to DS3 and/or Bloodborne.

What do you guys think?

I just got the platinum trophy for DS2 and loved (almost) every minute of it. For a shieldless, fast-rolling longsword type I think it's better than DS1. You do have to deal with multiple enemies far more than DS1 and I think it's harder overall. I didn't try playing with heavy armour or using miracles, and I only dabbled with sorcery and pyromancy, so ymmv if they're your thing.

The world is less cohesive and you almost never find yourself looping back to an earlier zone, but it has more 'wow, look at this place!' moments than 1.

Noema · Jul 6, 2018

I pity the fool who skips DS2.

demosthenes · Jul 6, 2018

Anyone on PC this weekend want to help me with the unique weapon trophy? Going to tally everything I have and see what else I can get now that I'm near the end of this 2nd playthrough.

Don't understand the hate for dark souls 2. It's still worth a play if you enjoy the series.

Chitown B · Jul 6, 2018

I like DS2 a lot. More than 3 I think. I only played the Scholar of the First Sin version though, with all the patches and DLC included. Apparently it changed a lot. Plus the 60fps was great.

Irrotational · Jul 6, 2018

demosthenes said:
Anyone on PC this weekend want to help me with the unique weapon trophy? Going to tally everything I have and see what else I can get now that I'm near the end of this 2nd playthrough.

Don't understand the hate for dark souls 2. It's still worth a play if you enjoy the series.

I'm on xbox, sorry, but if you don't get any joy here try the dark souls reddit. They're pretty helpful, just specify PC upfront.

Edit - in theory you can get nearly all weapons in the 1st playthrough. 2nd playthrough you need to get some boss weapons (e.g. queelag has 2, butterfly has 2) and either Gwyn's miracle or Gwyn's sword.

Third playthrough can be very short - you just need to craft whichever Gwyn thing you didn't get PLUS sif's third weapon. make sure you have all the base weapons you need at +10 in the second playthrough to save you having to get the ember again in the third playthrough.

So 3rd time can literally be:-
Run through starting area
Run through undead town, say hello to the gargoyle twins
Get to andre, buy key, kill sif, feel bad
Take blightown via the back passage and enjoy Queelag
Stroll through Sens and attack the Iron Golems Achilles tendon
Final boss is the AL archers to get to the giant blacksmith.

The checklists tab of this webpage is very handy for tracking the 4 "listy" achievements

http://smcnabb.github.io/dark-souls-cheat-sheet/

Chitown B · Jul 6, 2018

if anyone has extra eyes or ears they can part with so I can get the spells from the covenants I would really appreciate it. On Xbox One. Will be on tonight.

III-V · Jul 6, 2018

DS2 gets a lot of undeserved negative attention.

Noema · Jul 6, 2018

Chitown B said:
if anyone has extra eyes or ears they can part with so I can get the spells from the covenants I would really appreciate it. On Xbox One. Will be on tonight.

Ears are harder to farm, but you can farm for the eyes in less than 30 minutes by killing Basilisks in the Depths. Even faster with maxed out item discovery.

III-V said:
DS2 gets a lot of undeserved negative attention.

Dark Souls 2 does have issues, but I'd still play it over the dozens of games I have in my PSN account that I haven't touched.

Chitown B · Jul 6, 2018

Noema said:
Ears are harder to farm, but you can farm for the eyes in less than 30 minutes by killing Basilisks in the Depths. Even faster with maxed out item discovery.

Thanks. I realize, but I HATE basilisks. dat curse.

Noema · Jul 6, 2018

Chitown B said:
Thanks. I realize, but I HATE basilisks. dat curse.

With 10 Humanity (to boost your item discovery) you'll have a ton of Curse resistance anyway. You'll almost have to go out of your way to get cursed. And if you do get cursed, you can just stock up on Purging Stones from Moss vendor lady. No biggie.

Chitown B · Jul 6, 2018

Noema said:
With 10 Humanity (to boost your item discovery) you'll have a ton of Curse resistance anyway. You'll almost have to go out of your way to get cursed. And if you do get cursed, you can just stock up on Purging Stones from Moss vendor lady. No biggie.

Yeah I have 6 purging stone, but I don't really want to waste my humanity if I don't have to. I appreciate the tips though. Hoping someone has 7 to spare for a drop if possible :)

Red Liquorice · Jul 6, 2018

To farm ears offline I used to run up to the first tower (on top of where the Dried Finger used to be). 2 Crows come down when you walk to the back where the soul item is, kill them, then fire off an arrow to each of the two over where Karmic Justice is, they will also fly over. Jump down and rest at the bonfire, rinse and repeat. I find it quicker than running to the spiral staircase where red soapstone is.

jotun? · Jul 6, 2018

I've found conflicting info on this.. if I make a fire bow, do I need to use the corresponding fire arrows to actually get the elemental damage from the bow?

Chitown B · Jul 6, 2018

jotun? said:
I've found conflicting info on this.. if I make a fire bow, do I need to use the corresponding fire arrows to actually get the elemental damage from the bow?

Yes. The bow does split damage, but you won't get the elemental half without the elemental arrows.

StaffyManasse · Jul 6, 2018

My toddler son just nearly broke my Dark Souls BR disc in half. He managed to press the button that ejects the disc half way like PS4 does.

You can guess the rest.

This is the Dark Souls of taking care of a child.

jotun? · Jul 6, 2018

Chitown B said:
Yes. The bow does split damage, but you won't get the elemental half without the elemental arrows.

Is a lightning bow completely useless because there are no lightning arrows? Or would using fire arrows activate the lightning damage?

demosthenes · Jul 6, 2018

Irrotational said:
I'm on xbox, sorry, but if you don't get any joy here try the dark souls reddit. They're pretty helpful, just specify PC upfront.

Edit - in theory you can get nearly all weapons in the 1st playthrough. 2nd playthrough you need to get some boss weapons (e.g. queelag has 2, butterfly has 2) and either Gwyn's miracle or Gwyn's sword.

Third playthrough can be very short - you just need to craft whichever Gwyn thing you didn't get PLUS sif's third weapon. make sure you have all the base weapons you need at +10 in the second playthrough to save you having to get the ember again in the third playthrough.

So 3rd time can literally be:-
Run through starting area
Run through undead town, say hello to the gargoyle twins
Get to andre, buy key, kill sif, feel bad
Take blightown via the back passage and enjoy Queelag
Stroll through Sens and attack the Iron Golems Achilles tendon
Final boss is the AL archers to get to the giant blacksmith.

The checklists tab of this webpage is very handy for tracking the 4 "listy" achievements

http://smcnabb.github.io/dark-souls-cheat-sheet/

Thank you for posting this list.

Chitown B · Jul 6, 2018

jotun? said:
Is a lightning bow completely useless because there are no lightning arrows? Or would using fire arrows activate the lightning damage?

Bow is uselss. Crossbow is fine.

Chitown B · Jul 6, 2018

StaffyManasse said:
My toddler son just nearly broke my Dark Souls BR disc in half. He managed to press the button that ejects the disc half way like PS4 does.

You can guess the rest.

This is the Dark Souls of taking care of a child.

LOL.

Your first mistake was buying discs in a house with a toddler.

When my son was born late 2013 I started DS1 for the first time. 100% it while caring for a newborn. That's hard mode.

Now I'm doing it again with my daughter who was just born. We truly are the heroes.

Irrotational · Jul 6, 2018

demosthenes said:
Thank you for posting this list.

No worries :) I found it in the reddit page and hung onto it.

It seems to save the ones you've ticked in cookies or something. So if you reload the page on the same device it always seems to reload your progress.

StaffyManasse · Jul 6, 2018

Chitown B said:
LOL.

Your first mistake was buying discs in a house with a toddler.

When my son was born late 2013 I started DS1 for the first time. 100% it while caring for a newborn. That's hard mode.

Now I'm doing it again with my daughter who was just born. We truly are the heroes.

It's not too bad. I got constantly one to two hours of gaming each night. Just have to burn the candle from both ends a bit lol!

Morrigan · Jul 6, 2018

Noema said:
Use Power Within + Gold Pine Resin for DPS.

Eh. Temporary DPS boosts is bad advice for Kalameet because it's very much a hit-and-run kind of boss, you don't get that many openings and it's more of a battle of attrition. That kind of advice is great for 4 Kings, and maybe even Manus, but less for Kalameet.

Dylan · Jul 6, 2018

III-V said:
DS2 gets a lot of undeserved negative attention.

I'm already pumped for a Dark Souls 2 remaster. Is that even necessary? I dunno. I never played SOTFS. But if there's a remaster coming I'd rather wait to play it when the player population explodes again as did DS1 remastered.

Deleted member 5028 · Jul 6, 2018

Dylan said:
I'm already pumped for a Dark Souls 2 remaster. Is that even necessary? I dunno. I never played SOTFS. But if there's a remaster coming I'd rather wait to play it when the player population explodes again as did DS1 remastered.

SOTFS is a remaster of the last gen game

Dylan · Jul 6, 2018

SlipperyFishes said:
SOTFS is a remaster of the last gen game

Soooo I probably should have bought it on Steam yesterday when it was still super cheap. It's back up to full price again. Fuck.

Either way, it's way more enjoyable to play through these games when they are in the public zeitgeist, because we get cool threads like this one and lots of co-op / invasion opportunities that aren't only with people who have dedicated their lives to the game.

jotun? · Jul 6, 2018

Dylan said:
Either way, it's way more enjoyable to play through these games when they are in the public zeitgeist, because we get cool threads like this one and lots of co-op / invasion opportunities that aren't only with people who have dedicated their lives to the game.

Yeah, even in the time between when the remaster is new and now, the PVP has changed drastically. I had some fun with it before, but now it's like if you don't have some crazy twinked-out PVP-focus build you don't stand half a chance

Dylan · Jul 6, 2018

jotun? said:
Yeah, even in the time between when the remaster is new and now, the PVP has changed drastically. I had some fun with it before, but now it's like if you don't have some crazy twinked-out PVP-focus build you don't stand half a chance

Yup.

I just finally got to the forest hunters covenant and the only people I invaded were people who clearly had no intention of progressing. They were roaming around with the same sunbros each time just to troll the invaders.

Fair game to them, but I'm surprised there aren't more people who take weeks/months to play through these games (like me).

I've only beaten DS2 once, and that took me about two years.

CrocM · Jul 6, 2018

DS2 is fun to play through once, while I found DS1 fun to play through many times.

jotun? · Jul 6, 2018

If I'm in regular NG, is it possible for someone to summon me for co-op in NG+? There have been a couple times where the boss seemed significantly harder than normal, but I'm not sure if it's just my imagination.

EasyMode · Jul 6, 2018

jotun? said:
If I'm in regular NG, is it possible for someone to summon me for co-op in NG+? There have been a couple times where the boss seemed significantly harder than normal, but I'm not sure if it's just my imagination.

Yup. Co-op/Pvp is based on soul level and weapon matchmaking. NG+ isn't a factor.

Noema · Jul 6, 2018

CrocM said:
DS2 is fun to play through once, while I found DS1 fun to play through many times.

I think I big reason for that is the open ended level design that let's you be very creative with how you approach it.

Rackham · Jul 7, 2018

Melhisedek said:
Guys, I just beat the game last night and I must say it went straight to top 3 games I have ever played. Amazing really, now the questions is what to do next? I wanted to play DS2 but my brother and a friend who are great Soulsborne fans tell me to skip DS2 and jump staight to to DS3 and/or Bloodborne.

What do you guys think?

jump straight to Dark Souls 3. Although if it's a choice between DS3 and Bloodborne, I'd say to play Bloodborne.

Edit: Either way, DS2 is a trash fire in a lot of different ways. It's one of the few games I didn't even care to finish and I have the platinum in DS1, DS3 and Bloodborne

jotun? · Jul 7, 2018

I'm having trouble deciding on which bow(s) to upgrade on my DEX-focused character. I know the composite will give me the most damage, but I feel like the range on the shortbow helps a lot too. Then I'm not sure if I also want to bother upgrading a long range bow to complement the fast one

RockyBalboa_ · Jul 7, 2018

So I can't stay away. I'm doing NG+ as my gimped sorcerer. My aim was see how far I get, if I die too many times move on. I made it up to the capra demon before dying a whole heap of times. Come back the next day and passed it my first go I died a lot due to enemy placement as the dogs and the demon formed a wall it was impossible to get past them. I tried everything even great combustion! On my successful attempt I ran through a gap then it was easy. Did the depths and sens without dying. Anor Londo was easy until the archers. My strategy worked, rolling faster than the arrows landed.

First ledge attempt: Parry successful once. Second parry I fell LOL

Second Ledge attempt: Parry successful mistime my swing and fell. This time the knight fell with me.

Third ledge attempt: 2 parries and I MADE IT!! Get to the bonfire kindle..... select homeward bone instead of humanity and ohhh nooo lol. Luckily I homeward boned back to the bonfire I just got to.

Chitown B · Jul 7, 2018

Noema said:
With 10 Humanity (to boost your item discovery) you'll have a ton of Curse resistance anyway. You'll almost have to go out of your way to get cursed. And if you do get cursed, you can just stock up on Purging Stones from Moss vendor lady. No biggie.

ended up tossing on Dusk's set, which made it almost impossible to get cursed. 10 humanity and got 10 eyes easy. thanks.

RockyBalboa_ · Jul 7, 2018

Someone attempted to invade me, I killed them with my fierce sorcery abilities (kept my distance and got lucky with a few great heavy soul arrows). Another person tried to invade me, but one of the knight AI's killed me just as the invader appeared on screen :-D..... avoided losing my humanity and souls by the invaders hand!

This is while I'm still trying to get past O&S - I had racked up close to 200,000 souls and 11 soft humanity while attempting. I was super lucky in that I was able to recover it again and again and again after dying (thus why it was so high). I've leveled myself up a tiny bit more with those souls now, so they won't go to waste. But I'm going to be spewing if I die again and can't recover my humanity the next time after.

OutOfBounds · Jul 7, 2018

Man, they really should've removed half - if not all - of Lost Izalith's Dragon Butts in the Remaster. That'd definitely have been a welcome QoL-change.
Clearing the area of them was just tedious and slowed down the pace of my playthrough far too much. 2000 Souls per Dragon Butt on NG isn't compensation enough for that torture.

demosthenes · Jul 7, 2018

God dammit. I hate that they lock stuff behind PVP. I suck at it and I'm trying to invade the guilty and just getting destroyed. Shit.

edit: I thought I wanted to 100% this game but god dammit I don't know if that's going to happen.

Guppeth · Jul 7, 2018

OutOfBounds said:
Man, they really should've removed half - if not all - of Lost Izalith's Dragon Butts in the Remaster. That'd definitely have been a welcome QoL-change.
Clearing the area of them was just tedious and slowed down the pace of my playthrough far too much. 2000 Souls per Dragon Butt on NG isn't compensation enough for that torture.

I never kill any of them. If you're unlucky and aggro one they're easy to outrun.

demosthenes · Jul 7, 2018

Just spent 3 invasions for dark moon having circles ran around me and people teleporting behind me to get backstabs in. Sweet.

OutOfBounds · Jul 7, 2018

Guppeth said:
I never kill any of them. If you're unlucky and aggro one they're easy to outrun.

I know but I just want to rid the area of them for my Red Chunk/Red Slab runs and can't play through an area without killing every enemy atleast once.
It's just that they didn't add anything meaningful to the original game/were a part of the rushed development Lost Izalith fell victim to.

Noema · Jul 7, 2018

demosthenes said:
God dammit. I hate that they lock stuff behind PVP. I suck at it and I'm trying to invade the guilty and just getting destroyed. Shit.

edit: I thought I wanted to 100% this game but god dammit I don't know if that's going to happen.

Are you trying to get the Souvenirs of Reprisal to get the covenant rewards?

No need for PvP. You can farm them from the humanoid crows in the Painted World. The drop great is not great, but with 10 Humanity and a Symbol of Avarice / Covetous Gold Serpent Ring you should be able to get it done in less than an hour.

demosthenes · Jul 7, 2018

Noema said:
Are you trying to get the Souvenirs of Reprisal to get the covenant rewards?

No need for PvP. You can farm them from the humanoid crows in the Painted World. The drop great is not great, but with 10 Humanity and a Symbol of Avarice / Covetous Gold Serpent Ring you should be able to get it done in less than an hour.

Wish I had known this, ha. Thanks for the reply. I got my 10 after a lot of stress.

The other one is the gravelord covenant? I can't do that until ng+. Can those be farmed?

EasyMode · Jul 7, 2018

demosthenes said:
Wish I had known this, ha. Thanks for the reply. I got my 10 after a lot of stress.

The other one is the gravelord covenant? I can't do that until ng+. Can those be farmed?

Yes, you can farm Eyes of Death from the Basilisks in the Depths.

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