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Dark Souls
Topic Started: Apr 5 2014, 12:47 PM (17,546 Views)
Moo
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If you kill an enemy a certain amount of times it won't respawn. I think it's about ten times. It is a mark of shame. It happened to me a few times, especially in the early going.

I think DS2 flows a little better than DS1 in that soul farming (which was barely necessary in DS1 anyway) isn't needed. If you find you need to, though, there's an item called bonfire ascetic that revives nearby enemies and also makes them stronger (which I assume means there's more souls to harvest).
Edited by Moo, May 3 2014, 11:15 PM.
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Yeah that's true. They do all respawn and reward with what seems like 50% ish more.

I started again tonight as a knight. Enjoying it much more with the increased stamina. I guess I've also got myself back into "Dark souls" mode and stopped trying to play it like something else.

One thing I feel this game doesn't do as well as #1 is provide you with the ability to see enemies. DS1 always had blinsides and traps but, if you were careful, I always felt you could gently enter a room and retreat to take them on when they rushed. This one seems to have a few more instances where you get blindsided... or I'm just no good yet! Lol.

Funny thing is I'm already further in my 1 hour play tonight than I was in the 3 hour playthru the first time. I guess I'm spending less time exploring to find the best routes though too. Although I'm a bit lost now. Not sure where to go as everywhere seems a dead end :(
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Where'd you get stuck?
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It's in that first area. Just after the second bonfire.

1. I turned around and fell down the back way, cleared the area and got a fire sword but there was no way out as there was a firey monster tha kiled me (got to keep the weapon though)

Then I headed down the ladder. All the doors were locked so I follwed the path thru to an open area. Climb a fallen tree trunk to atop the ramparts and housing to the right

2. Climb the tree and fall onto rooftops to the right. A few items but it seems a closed area and just puts me back near the start
3. Atop the ramparts fight my way to a ladder. Climb this and a flying boss guy appears I can't beat or even dent.
4. Follow the path and it splits three ways. To the right is a room with trebuchets. I lure the guys out and kill them all and it has items but nothing else.
5. Straight ahead is a dude who mentions a trap room and a ring. I went in anyway, cleared the area and ended up here
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Fell down to left and was back at the guy who gives me a ring.
6. Head left from the earlier point and there's an open area. Couple of guys to kill and an item. Ladder here which I can climb and go around behind two guys with bows. Take them out but then just have to head back down the ladder.

So that's where I'm stuck. Spent a lot of time clearing out areas. Sure I've missed something obvious.Levelled up a few times though so pumped enough into STR to use that yellow sword and put the rest into END. Love seeing the sub-attribute effects when deciding what to upg :) Shows me how useless upgrading my health is atm. lol
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Small spoiler if you wanna know where to go next:
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Edited by Moo, May 4 2014, 01:38 AM.
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Oh my god... How did I miss that doorway?! Lol. It's right out there in the open too. I must've thoguht he was a boulder or something. derp.

Ta
Edit : Oh man... 1 room later and there's a door you can open to shortcut back and then this! Can't believe I was so close and missed something so obvious. LOL

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Well I'm done. Finally finished off the achievements today and I'm a bit dark soulsed out. If anyone on NG+ or above needs help though I'll jump back on (360)
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So your walkthrough vid is just going to be Betwixt? ROFL
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You know what'd be nice? A soul bank. So I didn't have to spend stuff as soon as I can afford it just because I know I'm going to die! And yeah I know that'd defeat the point... shutup :)
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Oh fuck! I just killed the Crystal Golem in Darkroot Basin but stabbed one time too many and killed any chance of playing the DLC this playthrough.

EDIT: Still accessible without her. Phew.
Edited by Moo, May 4 2014, 11:38 PM.
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May 4 2014, 09:26 PM
So your walkthrough vid is just going to be Betwixt? ROFL
It's currently up too killing the last giant, but with a grand total of less than 20 views for four or five videos I doubt I will continue the walkthrough
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May 4 2014, 01:21 AM
It's in that first area. Just after the second bonfire.

1. I turned around and fell down the back way, cleared the area and got a fire sword but there was no way out as there was a firey monster tha kiled me (got to keep the weapon though)

Then I headed down the ladder. All the doors were locked so I follwed the path thru to an open area. Climb a fallen tree trunk to atop the ramparts and housing to the right

2. Climb the tree and fall onto rooftops to the right. A few items but it seems a closed area and just puts me back near the start
3. Atop the ramparts fight my way to a ladder. Climb this and a flying boss guy appears I can't beat or even dent.
4. Follow the path and it splits three ways. To the right is a room with trebuchets. I lure the guys out and kill them all and it has items but nothing else.
5. Straight ahead is a dude who mentions a trap room and a ring. I went in anyway, cleared the area and ended up here
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Fell down to left and was back at the guy who gives me a ring.
6. Head left from the earlier point and there's an open area. Couple of guys to kill and an item. Ladder here which I can climb and go around behind two guys with bows. Take them out but then just have to head back down the ladder.

So that's where I'm stuck. Spent a lot of time clearing out areas. Sure I've missed something obvious.Levelled up a few times though so pumped enough into STR to use that yellow sword and put the rest into END. Love seeing the sub-attribute effects when deciding what to upg :) Shows me how useless upgrading my health is atm. lol
At least your class look decent...damn Sorcerer looks like a homeless person..in a dirty rag. :-/
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ROFL. I remember hating that about my wizzard in DS1. I must admit, I'm enjoying the close up fighting style of a melee class much more than a magic user

@Patto - That's a shame. I was gonna watch the vid after clearing each area to see if there was anything I'd missed.
Edited by Derpstrom, May 5 2014, 10:08 AM.
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Was that Dragonrider boss for real? Is he emant to be ridiculously slow and easy or did my game bug out? Even after half health went he only went from two hit combos to three
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He's a cinch if you raise the platforms, though I had trouble before doing so.

After playing through it a second time I've concluded that The Duke's Archives, once you escape the prison area, is the second worst area in DS1 after the descent in Blighttown. So frustrating.
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