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[QUOTE=Zinayzen;39032646]Honestly, the Drake sword's acceptable, at least up to Sen's when you can get a lightning spear...[/QUOTE] I've done the SL1 run. I've done the no armor run. I won't do the fists run yet. But this gives me an idea. DRAKE SWORD, UNUPGRADED RUN

[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;39032613]the reason the drake sword starts to be shit around your level is because it doesn't scale with strength or dexterity, so it always does the same damage you should pick a weapon type based on your stats, mind telling what those are? oh, and stop using a walkthrough guide you dingus[/QUOTE] I would but i'm absolutely clueless, faced the taurus demon like three times before I rage quit. Vitality: 20 Attunement: 12 Endurance: 16 Strength: 20 Dexterity: 15 Resistance: 12 Intelligence: 10 Faith: 8 Started as a pyromancer and just got Laurentius back at firelink shrine, also just got a demon great hammer and a titanite chunk from snuggly if that's any help.

I just had my proudest moment in dark souls invasions. I invade a guy who spammed wrath of god on me while I was bowing, I managed to roll out before the last WoG hit me and used a humanity to heal he then summons a full havel/demon great axe phantom to which I kill after back stabbing him and slashing him when he missed his attacks, all the while the host is trying to kill me with his halbard untill I finally kill him too. Feels great to win 2 v 1s

[QUOTE=RagamuffinIIII;39032667]I would but i'm absolutely clueless, faced the taurus demon like three times before I rage quit. Vitality: 20 Attunement: 12 Endurance: 16 Strength: 20 Dexterity: 15 Resistance: 12 Intelligence: 10 Faith: 8 Started as a pyromancer and just got Laurentius back at firelink shrine, also just got a demon great hammer and a titanite chunk from snuggly if that's any help.[/QUOTE] if you like using big weapons, like a greatsword or hammer, you could focus on strength. if you prefer light weapons that let you scoot around like a ninny, such as rapiers and curved swords, you can focus on dexterity Andrei the blacksmith sells the Bastard Sword, and there's a Claymore on the bridge guarded by the wyvern, both are pretty sweet greatswords when upgraded [editline]30th December 2012[/editline] also stop using guides because it ruins the exploration and excitement for yourself, which is basically 90% of the game

[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;39032712]if you like using big weapons, like a greatsword or hammer, you could focus on strength. if you prefer light weapons that let you scoot around like a ninny, such as rapiers and curved swords, you can focus on dexterity Andrei the blacksmith sells the Bastard Sword, and there's a Claymore on the bridge guarded by the wyvern, both are pretty sweet greatswords when upgraded[/QUOTE] The wyvern is the thing that I shot the tail off of to get the drake sword right? [editline]30th December 2012[/editline] i've stopped using guides for now, I just used them for boss battle strategies really.

[QUOTE=RagamuffinIIII;39032737]The wyvern is the thing that I shot the tail off of to get the drake sword right?[/QUOTE] yes [QUOTE=RagamuffinIIII;39032737]i've stopped using guides for now, I just used them for boss battle strategies really.[/QUOTE] try fighting them on your own, and then look up strategies after you've beaten them for next time; you might find you were doing it right all along

[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;39032795]yes try fighting them on your own, and then look up strategies after you've beaten them, you might find you were doing it right all along[/QUOTE] Thanks, and yeah thats what I did with the capra demon and admittedly it was more fun so I'll have to get into the habit of doing this. Another quick question, which is better - the claymore or the bastard sword and are either of them worth upgrading fully or are there better swords in the near future?

It's up to you, I like the claymore because it's longer and it's 1H R2 attack is a thrusting attack.

[QUOTE=dogmachines;39032252]The longsword is trash.[/QUOTE] de fuc are you talking about. Longsword is one of the better weapons with one of the best movesets.

Guys, im out of ideas for runs. the last one i've came up with is [url]http://mmdks.com/lu7[/url] And i think i might do a fancy smachy katana only run aswell.

Currently helping people beat O & S as Smough, feels good man, now I just need another sunbro who's Ornstein haha

[QUOTE=RagamuffinIIII;39032828]Thanks, and yeah thats what I did with the capra demon and admittedly it was more fun so I'll have to get into the habit of doing this. Another quick question, which is better - the claymore or the bastard sword and are either of them worth upgrading fully or are there better swords in the near future?[/QUOTE] they're both similar, except the Claymore has a thrusting attack that's pretty useful when you need reach or you're in a cramped spot

[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;39032901]they're both similar, except the Claymore has a thrusting attack that's pretty useful when you need reach or you're in a cramped spot[/QUOTE] Ok thanks for the help, thanks everybody else aswell - I'm 'gonna go ahead and reinforce the claymore and then try and take on the depths, got cursed by these weird as fuck fly looking things last time when I fell down a hole. [editline]30th December 2012[/editline] Looking through my inventory I have a few other weapons I'm not sure about, like the halberd, zweihander and gargoyle tail axe thing. Is the claymore still my best bet?

Going through the painting of ariamis for the like 15th time after dying so many times and what kills me is a rolling wheel of death, fucken shit. I always feel like explaining these things but I don't want to ruin it for people who are going in it for the first time. :v:

People seem to be talking about leveling dexterity and strength to level 40 and nothing above. Does scaling stop at this level?

claymore is worth keeping imo it's the best mix of speed, damage, and before you people who insist the Bastard Sword is better, movesets. the Zweihander is also good, the Halberd is one of my favorites but I'd use the Claymore or Zweihander. The tail axe is its own special thing I have no opinion on other than HEE HEE BENDY AXE

Roll out of the way and stab that fucking wheel from behind "haha got you now bitch" proceed to get fucked from behind from another out of nowhere I swear I want to burn this painting down. Edit: HOLY FUCK THERE IS LIKE 6 OF THEM HIDING IN THE DARK FUCK

[QUOTE=bobsynergy;39033135]Roll out of the way and stab that fucking wheel from behind "haha got you now bitch" proceed to get fucked from behind from another out of nowhere I swear I want to burn this painting down.[/QUOTE] You'll love patch '1.08' you will also love getting to the lair of the duke of spook

[QUOTE=black_tech;39033095]People seem to be talking about leveling dexterity and strength to level 40 and nothing above. Does scaling stop at this level?[/QUOTE] 40 is the soft cap for those stats, meaning you'll get less damage per level you put into them after 40 damage will still increase, but not as much as it did before 40, so most people tend to not bother

[QUOTE=Saza;39033162]You'll love patch '1.08' you will also love getting to the lair of the duke of spook[/QUOTE] Explain? I googled 1.08 and I can't find anything, one of the links on the first page led me to the Ps3 CoD forums and I was reading CoD patch notes without realizing and was confused when it mentioned airdrops :v:

[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;39033188]40 is the soft cap for those stats, meaning you'll get less damage per level you put into them after 40 damage will still increase, but not as much as it did before 40, so most people tend to not bother[/QUOTE] only reason to go above 40 is if you wish to 1hand some of the weapons that require 50 str, and theres a couple miracles and spells that need more than 40 int/faith

Man, I hate being new and doing good on a boss. And then the boss pulls some sort of I-wasn't-ready-to-dodge combo that instantly kills me. Doing the gaping dragon now. All brolitare did was run up and get eaten. I did not praise the sun that day.

Summoned my first phantom, no idea what even happened - a guy spawned and started 1-hitting everything and got me past the gaping dragon with ease and about 30k souls to spare, aswell as defeating that kirk guy.

[QUOTE=Saza;39032655]I've done the SL1 run. I've done the no armor run. I won't do the fists run yet. But this gives me an idea. DRAKE SWORD, UNUPGRADED RUN[/QUOTE] I PVP'd with the Drake Sword for a while. It's hilariously shit.

At Sen's Fortress, with a +5 Iaito and a +7 Rapier. Should I be upgrading my armor as well? I've got the souls for it, not sure if its worth it though.

IMO, weapons > levels > armor. Armor upgrades are fine, but you should probably focus on just not getting hit. That's how I play, anyway, your mileage may vary.

[QUOTE=amazer97;39033462]At Sen's Fortress, with a +5 Iaito and a +7 Rapier. Should I be upgrading my armor as well? I've got the souls for it, not sure if its worth it though.[/QUOTE] Its very worth it. +10 everything is like double armor.

[QUOTE=bobsynergy;39033340]Explain? I googled 1.08 and I can't find anything, one of the links on the first page led me to the Ps3 CoD forums and I was reading CoD patch notes without realizing and was confused when it mentioned airdrops :v:[/QUOTE] [quote]-Each titanite demon in the lower area of Sen's Fortress has been replaced by 30 wheel skeletons, for a total of 150. -Wheel Skeletons have been added to the ramps in Anor Londo -Fixed the capra demon fight to replace the capra demon with 50 wheel skeletons. -Added 10 wheel skeletons to the fight against Pinwheel -Added 5 wheel skeletons to every boss fight in the game -All regular enemies have a wheel skeleton as backup -If you defeat Ornstein and Smough at the same time you fight a giant wheel skeleton -Wheel Skeletons can now preform the "Well, What is it?" gesture -Fixed issue with wheel skeleton racing mini game where players could equip shields -Fixed issue with wheel skeletons not being able to equip their Zweihanders[/quote] 1.08 patch notes

how do you use titanite chunks?

Questions for you folks, christmas noob here (I wanted to play the game because the story was really interesting, but I'm totally afraid of being awful at it, so I got it on sale) Is there any way to backstab with dexterity-based weapons? I'm starting out with a wanderer class and I keep trying to backstab enemies and can't seem to pull it off. I'm using a mouse after basically saying "fuck it" with the controller I have. Also I really hope there's a way to turn off automatically switching targets because I died at least twice to that shit when I'm getting surrounded by a bunch of enemies and it just switches in its own with no provocation.