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Same music plays when you fight a "secret" boss.

A much, much creepier one when you see him up close...

MrDwhitey wrote:Same music plays when you fight a "secret" boss.

A much, much creepier one when you see him up close...

Which "secret" boss are you referring to?

Yeah, I want to find him now....

He's in Anor Londo.

Ah, yeah, ok.

Slarg:

I didn't get past Sens' Fortress before my Xbox was hijacked with Skyrim :( I am ignorant.

Does anyone else find the Stray Demon to be ridiculously cheap when you revisit the Undead Asylum?

virx67 wrote:Does anyone else find the Stray Demon to be ridiculously cheap when you revisit the Undead Asylum?

You're being fething kind only calling it that.

I sincerely disliked that fight.

He's not that bad, you just have to be really good with your positioning and he's more or less a cakewalk

If only the stray demon and fire sage demon were not just copy past bosses with a new attack. Sad to say i have not even beaten the game yet lol, ive made it to the four kings and got schooled by the first one.... i might just go kill free willy in ash lake

The four kings are a challenge

Way to beat:

Tazz Azrael wrote:If only the stray demon and fire sage demon were not just copy past bosses with a new attack. Sad to say i have not even beaten the game yet lol, ive made it to the four kings and got schooled by the first one.... i might just go kill free willy in ash lake

I haven't beat it either. But in my defense, I've put in about 60 hours, just on four or five different characters. Farthest I got was the Tomb of the Giants. I was like, screw this, I am done. So I started a new character. Same thing happened in Demon Souls, but then I found my favorite build and beat the game many times. Just waiting for the same thing to happen with this game.

Shrike325 wrote:The four kings are a challenge

Way to beat:

Spoiler:

Front load a ton of damage. They spawn at set times, so you need to kill one and be ready to kill the next asap. If you let them build up, you're screwed. Also, they will continue to spawn until there are 4 alive, no matter how many you've killed, it's just a big health pool.

Poise helps a lot too, since you don't have to worry about dodging. Just equip your best weapon, Havel's Armour (don't worry about dodging), and just swing away, healing when low.

I've heard the easiest way is to get a big weapon, a big set of (Heavy) armor, and get Iron Flesh.

Haven't tried it yet, but since I'm a Pyromancer anyway.....

Ive heard of the heavy armour + big arse weapon + iron flesh spell technique, but my character thats at them is to pants on head stupid to sue magic (int of 9 or 8 i think).

Out of curiosity what weapon has everyone found to work out the best for them? For me the Black Knight Halberd even at base un-upgradedness is a beast! was hitting Gravelord Nito for about 300-400 one handed and upwards of 700 two handing it (after i got it to +5)

Tazz Azrael wrote:Ive heard of the heavy armour + big arse weapon + iron flesh spell technique, but my character thats at them is to pants on head stupid to sue magic (int of 9 or 8 i think).

Out of curiosity what weapon has everyone found to work out the best for them? For me the Black Knight Halberd even at base un-upgradedness is a beast! was hitting Gravelord Nito for about 300-400 one handed and upwards of 700 two handing it (after i got it to +5)

Pyromancy doesn't require Intelligence, all it requires from you is your souls.

I think my favorite weapon would have to be any of the Longswords. It's just a versitile weapon. In a corridor? Stab Stab Stab! surrounded by enemies? Slash em all at once! It's fast, hits rather hard, and is useful in most situations.

That doesn't include the Drake Sword, as that thing doesn't have the same attacks as a normal Long Sword.

Large Club.

I hit people with a tree.

Moonlight Greatsword +5 for my Sorcerer. Stunlock attacks with normal, and my strong attacks fire blades of energy at people.

My Paladin currently uses a Lightning Shotel +5, as I haven't found a decent faith weapon yet (though I'm upgrading Ornsteins Spear). Currently use it in combo with a Target Shield and Hornets ring. One shotting most enemies I can parry is fun.

My Warrior uses a Large Club +10. It is delightful.

Cleric - Dragonslayer Spear with a backup Occult Barbed Straight Sword for some enemies and chaos spear for others

Sorc - Moonlight greatsword with a backup of an enchanted Iado

Warrior - currently using a BK Axe, that thing is a beast for a str build. Flaming barbed straight sword

Divine Uchigitana on my level 38 hunter. That, a good shield, a nice bow on backup and Elite Knight armour +3 all round with a +2 Rhino Head helmet has worked really well for me so far.

Slarg232 wrote:

Tazz Azrael wrote:Ive heard of the heavy armour + big arse weapon + iron flesh spell technique, but my character thats at them is to pants on head stupid to sue magic (int of 9 or 8 i think).

Out of curiosity what weapon has everyone found to work out the best for them? For me the Black Knight Halberd even at base un-upgradedness is a beast! was hitting Gravelord Nito for about 300-400 one handed and upwards of 700 two handing it (after i got it to +5)

Pyromancy doesn't require Intelligence, all it requires from you is your souls.

I think my favorite weapon would have to be any of the Longswords. It's just a versitile weapon. In a corridor? Stab Stab Stab! surrounded by enemies? Slash em all at once! It's fast, hits rather hard, and is useful in most situations.

That doesn't include the Drake Sword, as that thing doesn't have the same attacks as a normal Long Sword.

ITS A PYRO SPELL!?!?!?!?!?! Well there's a problem solved lol 4 kings your going dowwwwwwn!

Just finished my first play through with my level 111 knight... I now just need the miracle karmic justice and all miracles are mine!!!

I have three loadouts:

Super heavy: armour of smough, black iron greatshield, lightning scythe maxed, and then either fire halberd maxed or greatsword of artorias maxed, depending on my mood.
Heavy: Black iron set upgraded to 3+ everywhere (for now), same weapons as above
Light: Brass helmet, paladin chest armour, shadow gauntlets and, antiquited skirt (yes I know...). Iaito +15, Sanctus shield +14, darkwood grain ring!

By the way, does anyone know if the glitch with the forest hunter convenant has been fixed yet? 'Tis my favourite covenant and I was unjustly expelled.

I gotta get back into this game. I've played Skyrim for about 20 hours and I'm a bit tired of it... I have about 40 or so hours into Dark Souls and enjoyed it way more... dunno what it is.

Skyrim is an open world whack-a-mole simulator.

Dark Souls is all about its refined and exciting combat.

It's easy to see where you're coming from. I remember watching some vids on Skyrim, what with all the hype. It looked kind of interesting, but the combat just killed it for me. I played Skyrim at a friend's, and my reservations about the combat were only confirmed. Simply put, the combat mechanics in Skyrim are horrendously bad. That's not to say that Skyrim's a bad game, but if you're looking to play it for any reason other than open world exploration, you're playing the wrong game.

Demon's/Dark Souls has spoiled me, I guess.

As someone who's in no way a veteran gamer, I honestly don't understand what's so hard about Dark Souls. Sure, my first character died a lot, but as soon as I started with another everything just seemed so much easier. Maybe it was the patch, but the only enemies I'm having trouble with are giant skeletons and the Bridge Wyvern. I'm not saying it's bad-I've put over 100 hours in to it since I got it in October-just not that much harder than, say, Diablo 2, for me at least. I dunno. Maybe I'm just awesome like that .

My third and current character, a high strength/endurance level 70 using Raw Zweihander +5, +3 black iron armour with Havel's Helm and +9 Giant Shield, is the one who's probably had it easiest (he killed the first Black Knight in two hits. Granted, he was using a lightning-infused Zweihander with both hands at the time and got a critical hit straight away, but none of the other bosses have managed to kill him except the Wyvern, Smough and the Iron Golem).

Yes, when you know exactly what to do it generally gets a lot easier.

True, but most of the enemies my third character faced I hadn't met before (I only got as far as the Depths with any other character, and never looked in the Catacombs or returned to the Asylum).

The reason Dark Souls is considered so hard is exactly that; you actually die in it, and you actually have to try to figure out what everyone does.

Most games now a days, you have to play on the hardest difficulty to die, and you can make as many mistakes as you want because of regenerating health and such. Dark Souls, you make one mistake, and your a goner.

It's not "hard" it's unforgiving. People these days get those two confused.