It's not really worth selling regular armour and weapons to Frampt, often quicker to just drop them if you're out and about, but there are certain items that sell for a nice piece of change such as the coins, their only use is to sell them.
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Dark Souls: Remastered |OT| The Dark Souls of remasters
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The coins in DS1 have no use other than selling them to Frampt, you can't use them as items even. The coins in DS2&3 do increase item discovery.
Forged Quelaag's Furysword. That thing looks so cool.
Also it just me or does it imitate the motions of Quelaag's actual attacks? The R2 attack specifically.
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Also it just me or does it imitate the motions of Quelaag's actual attacks? The R2 attack specifically.
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The worst thing about going with a Balder Side Sword build again is just how obsolete it makes everything else... not that I'm board because this moveset is fun and all, but I'm not as willing to experiment with any of the other weapons because the swag sword is pure sex.
So I decided to buy the steam version of the remaster after messing around for a bit with my PS3 copy of the original (I never played past the Undead Burg originally). After some initial hurdles, I first played up to Blighttown, then decided to restart and try a different early build. Second time, on PC, I got to Sen's fortress and, again, decided to restart.
Now I'm on my third run in as many days. After getting through the early parts of the game relatively quickly, I braced myself for a decent amount of punishment, but so far, I've yet to see it. I died 2-3 times in Sen's fortress and once to those fleshy gargoyle things in Anor Londo, but that's about it. I even worked myself up in the build-up to the Ornstein / Smough fight, expecting to spend some time learning the intricacies of their moveset, only to beat them on the first try, leaving me a bit baffled.
I'm not entirely sure what's going on here, and at first, I was almost convinced that some encounters got nerfed in the remaster or that something was wrong with my copy. It's either that, or people are seriously overselling the difficulty on the bosses in the first half of the game.
Now I'm on my third run in as many days. After getting through the early parts of the game relatively quickly, I braced myself for a decent amount of punishment, but so far, I've yet to see it. I died 2-3 times in Sen's fortress and once to those fleshy gargoyle things in Anor Londo, but that's about it. I even worked myself up in the build-up to the Ornstein / Smough fight, expecting to spend some time learning the intricacies of their moveset, only to beat them on the first try, leaving me a bit baffled.
I'm not entirely sure what's going on here, and at first, I was almost convinced that some encounters got nerfed in the remaster or that something was wrong with my copy. It's either that, or people are seriously overselling the difficulty on the bosses in the first half of the game.
How transcient curse works? I'm about to wrap up Anor Londo and head to Ruins of New Londo to get very large ember. Yet i'm wondering if it's better to get cursed by basilisk in Depths or just use Transcient Curse.
Some folks just do well with fights that can take others days, which can be due to any number of factors (build, RNG, playstyle, etc.). Nothing weird, wrong, or whatever about it. You may struggle with a boss that someone else will say they beat no problem. It happens. Just go with it. :)
Edit: And for what it's worth, O&S took me three days my first time. On Remastered, it took me 1 or 2 tries. I'm now on NG+ though, trying to take out Smough first, and it's feeling like the first time again. LOL
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So do i have to be cursed to be able to attack ghost in New Londo or having divine weapon is enough and there's no need to be cursed?
I'm aware but I plum ran out of humanity in the first run and didn't feel like farming it.
Just use the quit glitch and you should get through it on the first go if you know what you're doing.
Lost Izalith is the one area in any Souls game where I run straight to the boss and don't search for anything. Not worth my time.
forgot about a key aspect and lost my chance to get a red eye orb
I can't believe I forgot that
I can't believe I forgot that
The difficulty of the bosses and the game in general has always been oversold (even by Bandai Namco themselves, who were all too happy to use it as a marketing tagline), but it's also important to keep in mind what the landscape of gaming looked like in 2011 when the game released.
Not only was the game obtuse and impenetrable, it was a 180° from what games used to be back in the middle of that console generation. Dark Souls released in a world of 30 minute tutorials in linear, 'narrative cinematic experience' games that went out of their way to not inconvenicne the player in any way. So under that light, yeah, DS was hard. Specially for people going in blind in 2011. Not necessarily because the bosses or the mobs or the levels were hard; it was hard because it was different and it played its cards close to its chest. At least that's how it felt to me back in early 2012. The game kicked my ass.
I think that Dark Souls has had a palpable impact in the industry. There's more room and an appetite for games like this nowadays, not necessarily 'Soulslikes', but games that demand a bit more from the player in terms of systems, mechanics, playing carefully and generally not being afraid of just tossing the player into difficult circumstances. Look at the success of games like MHW, or survival games. Even Zelda with BotW is not afraid of being challenging and letting the player go their own merry way. Even for someone who hasn't played the games, Souls games weaved themselves into gaming.
Even the mainstream AAA narrative games that Dark Souls originally stood in contrast to have been influenced in some ways by it.
It's a bit like showing Seinfeld to someone nowadays. Often they find it dull and unfunny, but it's only because it had such a strong impact that it permeated everything in its genra.
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Just use the item, not worth at all to get you hp halved just to kill those ghosts. Maybe you can farm the silver knights in Anor Londo for their weapons too.
That's where attuned Sorceries / Miracles / Pyromancies go, yes.
Guys, divine weapons do absolutely nothing against ghosts. You're thinking of the skeletons in the Catacombs.
See above. You need a cursed weapon, a transient curse active (they are consumable items that last about 5 minutes), or be cursed yourself. Being cursed is the worst option and I would strongly recommend against it. Cursed weapons are rare; the ghosts themselves drop them as fairly rare drops, and some boss weapons are cursed, but your character build might be unsuitable for them. Transient curses are the best options overall. They last a fair bit of time, are easily purchased, and the ghosts drop them fairly often to resupply you.
So as a Knight I don't need to worry about having any of these equipped?
Well then how do I get to the Depths? That must be what I'm missing.
There's a door just after the Capra Demon, down the steps beside where the fog door that leads back to Firelink Shrine.
I was thinking of trying the Chaos Blade out for shits, maybe some giggles and such but went with the Washing Pole instead and I love it...
No. You can play the whole game without ever attuning anything.
Pretty much.
By the time Dark Souls 3 was launching, you could definitely see there was a disconnect between the absolute marketing/PR juggernaut and what this franchise actually is.
For me, I can't stomach anything else 'Soulslike' because I feel I might just end up hating the series I love retroactively.
The original title (and Demon's) were themselves throwbacks to older and more obtuse ideas of game design. The programmer(s) and the riddle here are meant to be solved, but you're going to have to work for it.
Bandai Namco has to be separated from From Software, that much is certain. One promotes what the other designs.
Good. Seen as how I have 1 slot, is it worth attuning anything?
Thank you kindly ;) About farming Silver Nights. I've been doing that for the past couple hours to buy twinkling titanite from Blacksmith Giant there and had no luck :/ i could use my last humanities to boost my discovery but somehow i prefer to use them to kindle bonfires to get my estus to +15. On the other hand maybe it's time to take some more risk :D
Oh, I misunderstood. Yeah, after the Capra Demon boss there's two doors to the right as you're looking towards where the fog gate was leading to the Capra Demon area, one leading up and one leading down. Down goes to the Depths
I finally finished this game up.
I started a second character and got the last two achievements with her, because I did not want to fight
The Four Kings
I'm on the same boat, was going to try the Chaos Zweihander and the Great Scythe but the Swag sword is just too good. Add some Pyromancy and its tough to go anywhere else.
Chaos Bugs by the shortcut tunnel between Demon Ruins and Izalith. The drops are very rare but that's where you'll find them.
If you have the faith stats buy heal from the fat cleric at firelink I guess and a talisman to use it. If you don't have the stats I wouldn't bother unless you are interested in using spells, pyromancy and miracles.
Pyromancy doesn't really need any stats so attuning a pyromancy and a flane might be fun for you.
For miracles, Heal is pretty useful. Homeward as well since it means you'll never have to use a HW bone again but at 18 faith it requires a larger investment.
For Sorcery, Hidden Body and Magic Weapon are also nice.
Pyromancy offers Power Within and Flash Sweat and also the perk of not requiring you to pump points into an specific stat.
Keep in mind that each of these requires an item to be held in order to cast the attuned spells: Sorcery uses a Catalyst, Miracles use a Talisman and Pyro uses the Pyromancy flame.
Chaos Eaters in Izalith also drop them (better drop rate I think). They can also drop slabs, super rare.
Thanks, if I have to unequip my sword or shield then I probably won't bother.
The pyro woman in the swamp of blighttown is offering to raise my pyro hand +15 to pyro hand? It seems like the attack is increasing but why is it reverting back to 0?
It's referred to as Ascended and goes to +5. You will want to take it all the way to ascended +5, that's the fully powered pyro flame. Expensive, but strong. Convenient that she is so close to Quelaag as co-oping a bit will net you enough to buy the upgrades. Farm large shards and green titanite whilst waiting (green shards = 5 regular titanite when fed to Frampt, such a good deal!)
ClearMetal the ring is fairly obscure to get but it reduces aggro range a lot, and also enemies forget you quickly if they have been aggro'd.
Spoilers on it
Spoilers on it
either do a few favours for a big cat or drop the right thing for a little birdie [\spoiler]
The thing with this game is that you can be overpowered very easy depending on what weapon you go with, what items you pick up and what stats you level first. Playing on PC a few years ago, I beat almost every boss in the first half on my first try. This time, with a slower, strength weapon, I have struggled at certain points.