Dark Souls

Wow, I feel cheated by fellow players.

The comments in that YouTube video are pretty funny.

Yeah I usually avoid invaders but if the boss is too tough, I'll try with network plugged in. The silent helpers are a godsend.

 

Hey Yemeth, I haven't seen any game breaking slowdown yet, at least not like the giant rolling felines in Darkwood. Is it

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Kalameet

?

2 more bosses (

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Kalameet & Manus

) to go. I have already helped someone beat the latter. Meanwhile I'm enjoying the player invasions now. Too bad summon is rare these days.

 

Only in the DLC.

Do you have the right weapon for the Catacomb ?

Your description reminds me of a Gaffer who completed the Catacomb in one try. To avoid all the hassle, he sprinted through the level without any map knowledge, outrunning all the skeleton warriors through the maze. And beat Nito. Must be an over-leveled dude.

EDIT: Yemeth mentioned we could refight a boss in the original game after we beat the DLC. I don't know who that is.

 

Ok, in that case, I think I know which Dark Soul boss is affected by the DLC.
You could summon the boss to help fight Manus right ? ^_^

 

I have been loitering in the last bonfire for the past few nights. Got summoned about once every 10-15 minutes while I work late into the night.

Folks, you should be able to see my soul stone right by the entrance to the Abyss after 10:00pm PST almost every night.

If I keep my shield up, Manus can't deal any damage to me anymore. It takes a long time to wear him down. I need a more powerful weapon. Am using a Black Knight Sword + 5 now. Will try Abyss Greatsword + 11 Humanities tonight.

Any suggestion on high damage weapon will be welcomed !
The few stats scaling weapons I tried (e.g. Artorias Greatsword) don't really scale that well.

I think I will attempt NG++ next week.

 

Heh heh, I like Zweihander too. Am at lvl183. I may have to tackle the remaining bosses alone. 8^\

Unhollowed the other day to look for partners but no one came.

 

... and done !

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Kalameet

is tougher than

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Manus

!

There is no end DLC cutscene ? I killed all the bosses and that's it ?

 

Manus was manageable with half a Havel set, and magic resistance ring (I was level 183). However it took a long time to wear him down, and I made stupid mistakes in my first two tries that costed me my life.

They put a fog door behind the Oolocile Township bonfire. It's the closest spawn point to beat Kalameet. I thought I could summon helpers there and defeat Kalameet quickly. I had to change plan to fight Manus first since we could only venture downwards from the Township bonfire.


Kalameet was much more unpredictable. 1-2 of its attacks could not be defended with a shield because they came from above. That's where I got into trouble. Also defeated it with another gamer.

Far fewer people leave their soul stone in Oolocile Sanctuary. I never see anyone there. I picked up a last minute helper right outside Kalameet's fog door.


The DLC is a quick refresh. It's all familiar ground now. So not much surprises. I did co-op more by leaving my soul mark everywhere I go.

In this DLC, I noticed that I look forward to invasions. The human enemies are more cunning and have more nasty surprises.

I didn't have any expectation. So this DLC definitely helps scratch the itch. I'll probably stay and help other players beat the bosses for a while.

In NG++, I'm trying to see if I could increase my endurance to wear the full Havel set, and roll around without penalty.

EDIT: Oh, I also killed every NPC in this DLC for their loot.

 

Not yet. I am playing MP with other players. I could level up 4-5 times a night this way. I could get quite a few summons *only* in Oolacile Township

I am not a great player, just more experienced because I play more.

I did get invaded frequently in human form. The helpers are far and few, except at the Township bonfire.

Some of the players are unbelievable. Like one of them yesterday, I could only shave off 6 HP per hit double handed. Was speechless after my first hit. <8^O

 

Dark Souls II intro:
http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/10/dark-souls-2-gameplay-reveal-12-minute-demo

After playing Demon's Souls and Dark Souls back-to-back, it looks like Dark Souls 2 enemies have been toned down. They may look big, but they don't seem like a good fighter. The skeleton warriors in Demon's Souls remains my favorite grunt monsters. They are awfully strong for starters.

 

Ha ha, yes. I play both the Souls game daily now. I didn't realize it before but Dark Souls in general is more forgiving. The regular grunts hit hard but not as nefarious as the Demon's Souls grunt. The latter also has noticeably better atmosphere and art. The more powerful knights in World 1 could still take me down one-on-one if I made the wrong move, and I am an end game character. Only final boss in NG+ left. In Dark Souls, they will need multiple grunts to kill me (accidentally).

Hopefully they leave Dark Souls 2 intact.

 

Yeah, I love the $$$ Anor Londo knights. They have high damage but is quite predictable very quickly. The Dark Wraiths are similar in this aspect. Both are handsomely done.

The pinwheel skeleton warrior is probably my most feared grunt. I take care of them by fooling them to run into a wall. Sometimes, they would glitch into the wall and disappear without me doing anything.

The freaking 4-1 skeleton warrior and the World 1 knights have more varied moves. I enjoy fighting them more than the Dark Souls grunts. The knights have one-hit kill even for my end game character. The Anor Londor knights and the pinwheel can't one hit kill me.

May be my Dark Souls character is too high level. XD