Dark Souls: Initial Thoughts

[Tallim]

I'm wondering, what's so bad about Blighttown? I made it through and killed Queelag with little fuss. Not nearly as annoying as the Valley of Defilement from Demon's Souls, in my opinion.

Probably depends on how you are set up. I found Blighttown pretty challenging but I agree it is not a patch on the Valley Of Defilement in terms of annoyance. Most of my deaths were me instinctively rolling out the way of an attack and off a cliff.

Yeah, I had a couple deaths from falling there, but didn't have any issue with the toxin dart guys or being poisoned.

You're not supposed to fight Ceaseless Discharge right after Queelag, right? Cause I went over there and got pounded into a fine paste. Ah well, I least I got a set of kickass armor out of it.

Wouldn't actually know, haven't been able to play as much as I wanted to. So I only got to Queelag last night. Although I do next to no damage to her (about 35-40 with strong attacks) Only had 1 crack at the fight though as it was 2am when I got there and I was exhausted. Can't wait to play tonight.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I'm wondering, what's so bad about Blighttown? I made it through and killed Queelag with little fuss. Not nearly as annoying as the Valley of Defilement from Demon's Souls, in my opinion.

Probably depends on how you are set up. I found Blighttown pretty challenging but I agree it is not a patch on the Valley Of Defilement in terms of annoyance. Most of my deaths were me instinctively rolling out the way of an attack and off a cliff.

Yeah, I had a couple deaths from falling there, but didn't have any issue with the toxin dart guys or being poisoned.

You're not supposed to fight Ceaseless Discharge right after Queelag, right? Cause I went over there and got pounded into a fine paste. Ah well, I least I got a set of kickass armor out of it.

is the ceaseless discharge the giant lava thing near the gold hemmed armour? because you can kill him unarmed if you want, just aggro him untill he starts chasing you then run to the fog gate, when he lunges at you attack his fist(?) a few times and he falls off into the bottomless pit, easy kill, but dont continue on unless you think you can kill 4-6b taures demons

And 7 Capra Demons. Seriously, fuck Demons Ruins. That place was insane.

 

[ramboondiea]

I'm wondering, what's so bad about Blighttown? I made it through and killed Queelag with little fuss. Not nearly as annoying as the Valley of Defilement from Demon's Souls, in my opinion.

Probably depends on how you are set up. I found Blighttown pretty challenging but I agree it is not a patch on the Valley Of Defilement in terms of annoyance. Most of my deaths were me instinctively rolling out the way of an attack and off a cliff.

Yeah, I had a couple deaths from falling there, but didn't have any issue with the toxin dart guys or being poisoned.

You're not supposed to fight Ceaseless Discharge right after Queelag, right? Cause I went over there and got pounded into a fine paste. Ah well, I least I got a set of kickass armor out of it.

is the ceaseless discharge the giant lava thing near the gold hemmed armour? because you can kill him unarmed if you want, just aggro him untill he starts chasing you then run to the fog gate, when he lunges at you attack his fist(?) a few times and he falls off into the bottomless pit, easy kill, but dont continue on unless you think you can kill 4-6b taures demons

And 7 Capra Demons. Seriously, fuck Demons Ruins. That place was insane.

AND Capra Demons!? i can honestly say i legged it after seeing all the taure guys, well i aint ever going back in there, one is enough to send me into a rage haha

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I'm wondering, what's so bad about Blighttown? I made it through and killed Queelag with little fuss. Not nearly as annoying as the Valley of Defilement from Demon's Souls, in my opinion.

Probably depends on how you are set up. I found Blighttown pretty challenging but I agree it is not a patch on the Valley Of Defilement in terms of annoyance. Most of my deaths were me instinctively rolling out the way of an attack and off a cliff.

Yeah, I had a couple deaths from falling there, but didn't have any issue with the toxin dart guys or being poisoned.

You're not supposed to fight Ceaseless Discharge right after Queelag, right? Cause I went over there and got pounded into a fine paste. Ah well, I least I got a set of kickass armor out of it.

is the ceaseless discharge the giant lava thing near the gold hemmed armour? because you can kill him unarmed if you want, just aggro him untill he starts chasing you then run to the fog gate, when he lunges at you attack his fist(?) a few times and he falls off into the bottomless pit, easy kill, but dont continue on unless you think you can kill 4-6b taures demons

And 7 Capra Demons. Seriously, fuck Demons Ruins. That place was insane.

AND Capra Demons!? i can honestly say i legged it after seeing all the taure guys, well i aint ever going back in there, one is enough to send me into a rage haha

You have to for the story. Oh, and the Capra Demons respawn. And you fight another version of the Stray Demon before your next bonfire. Have fun.

 

[Doclector]

I've just purchased dark souls, and it's kicking my ass. Not since doom 2 have I got the feeling so instantly that a game truly, and utterly hates me.

And just like dark souls, I love it even whilst it shuts a door on my head repetedly.

 

[AlternatePFG]

You have to for the story. Oh, and the Capra Demons respawn. And you fight another version of the Stray Demon before your next bonfire. Have fun.

Speaking of the Stray Demon, when do you think it's a good time to revisit the Asylum and kill it?

Edit: Also, does anyone know what you forge with Queelag's soul?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

You have to for the story. Oh, and the Capra Demons respawn. And you fight another version of the Stray Demon before your next bonfire. Have fun.

Speaking of the Stray Demon, when do you think it's a good time to revisit the Asylum and kill it?

Edit: Also, does anyone know what you forge with Queelag's soul?

http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/

The wiki is the best place to find out things that you would never figure out on your own.

It's still incomplete due to the game still be relatively new, but most of the equipment in the game is already mapped so that you know which Boss Souls do what.

As for Queelag's souls.

It lets you upgrade either a +10 curved sword, or +10 katana.

Queelag's Furysword for the former, and Chaos Blade for the latter.

You can upgrade using boss souls at the blacksmith in Anor Londo.

 

[guise709]

You have to for the story. Oh, and the Capra Demons respawn. And you fight another version of the Stray Demon before your next bonfire. Have fun.

Speaking of the Stray Demon, when do you think it's a good time to revisit the Asylum and kill it?

Edit: Also, does anyone know what you forge with Queelag's soul?

http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/

The wiki is the best place to find out things that you would never figure out on your own.

It's still incomplete due to the game still be relatively new, but most of the equipment in the game is already mapped so that you know which Boss Souls do what.

As for Queelag's souls.

It let you upgrade either a +10 curved sword, or +10 katana.

Queelag's Furysword for the former, and Chaos Blade for the latter.

Use this wiki instead http://darksouls.wikidot.com/ its more complete and better written in most parts.

 

[Dansen]

I'm at the golem in Sen's fortress right now, I really like this boss because it uses reverse phycology on you, one would think that since he is so large you would want to stay away from him but it turns out that the safest place to be is right under his legs. Almost beat him except he nocked me off the map.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

You have to for the story. Oh, and the Capra Demons respawn. And you fight another version of the Stray Demon before your next bonfire. Have fun.

Speaking of the Stray Demon, when do you think it's a good time to revisit the Asylum and kill it?

Edit: Also, does anyone know what you forge with Queelag's soul?

http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/

The wiki is the best place to find out things that you would never figure out on your own.

It's still incomplete due to the game still be relatively new, but most of the equipment in the game is already mapped so that you know which Boss Souls do what.

As for Queelag's souls.

It let you upgrade either a +10 curved sword, or +10 katana.

Queelag's Furysword for the former, and Chaos Blade for the latter.

Use this wiki instead http://darksouls.wikidot.com/ its more complete and better written in most parts.

You're right, this wiki is better.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

You have to for the story. Oh, and the Capra Demons respawn. And you fight another version of the Stray Demon before your next bonfire. Have fun.

Speaking of the Stray Demon, when do you think it's a good time to revisit the Asylum and kill it?

Edit: Also, does anyone know what you forge with Queelag's soul?

I've seen level 20s do it, but I recommend level 30-40. I heard that the Chaos Blade wasn't worth it and that a regular katana is better (I'm beating the game with a +13 Iaito). So go for the Furysword that requires a +10 curved sword.

 

[krazykidd]

I'm wondering, what's so bad about Blighttown? I made it through and killed Queelag with little fuss. Not nearly as annoying as the Valley of Defilement from Demon's Souls, in my opinion.

Probably depends on how you are set up. I found Blighttown pretty challenging but I agree it is not a patch on the Valley Of Defilement in terms of annoyance. Most of my deaths were me instinctively rolling out the way of an attack and off a cliff.

Yeah, I had a couple deaths from falling there, but didn't have any issue with the toxin dart guys or being poisoned.

You're not supposed to fight Ceaseless Discharge right after Queelag, right? Cause I went over there and got pounded into a fine paste. Ah well, I least I got a set of kickass armor out of it.

Spoiler

is the ceaseless discharge the giant lava thing near the gold hemmed armour? because you can kill him unarmed if you want, just aggro him untill he starts chasing you then run to the fog gate, when he lunges at you attack his fist(?) a few times and he falls off into the bottomless pit, easy kill, but dont continue on unless you think you can kill 4-6b taures demons

Fix that for you ,

anyways yeah , that'S what i did , but i did it but complete fluke , because i saw him got scared ran for my life, got blocked by white door , and then just wailled on him . I was so fuckign surprised when it happened, but happy nontheless, it's when i realised you can'T run from boss fights, never tried before.

EDIT:

I'm at the golem in Sen's fortress right now, I really like this boss because it uses reverse phycology on you, one would think that since he is so large you would want to stay away from him but it turns out that the safest place to be is right under his legs. Almost beat him except he nocked me off the map.

Thats what she said! hehehee

 

[AlternatePFG]

I beat Pinwheel, the boss in the Catacombs. That has to be the easiest boss in the game, (At least the Moonlight Butterfly could kill you if you didn't know what do) maybe as easy as the Fool's Idol in Demon's Souls.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I beat Pinwheel, the boss in the Catacombs. That has to be the easiest boss in the game, (At least the Moonlight Butterfly could kill you if you didn't know what do) maybe as easy as the Fool's Idol in Demon's Souls.

It appears as a mini boss later on. And there are 4 or 5 of them at once. The good thing: the mini bosses still drop the masks which means that you can get all three.

 

[Ovoon]

Thanks to the grindspot in the forest, I grinded from level 29 to level 66 in a short amount of time. I'm now just passed Anor Londo.

Oh yea, if you're ever stuck on a boss, grab 2 online players. I kill every boss on my first or second try now thanks to that.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Spoiler: My god...

That's a speed run. He beat the game in one hour and twenty-six minutes.

I saw that. It made me feel so unskilled. He beat me by 53 hours.

 

[Googenstien]

guy is doing so much cheap/hacky shit on that speed run video.. he logs everytime he dies to cheat death and keep the mobs he killed dead -- lame

 

[QueenOliver]

I'm wondering, what's so bad about Blighttown? I made it through and killed Queelag with little fuss. Not nearly as annoying as the Valley of Defilement from Demon's Souls, in my opinion.

Probably depends on how you are set up. I found Blighttown pretty challenging but I agree it is not a patch on the Valley Of Defilement in terms of annoyance. Most of my deaths were me instinctively rolling out the way of an attack and off a cliff.

Yeah, I had a couple deaths from falling there, but didn't have any issue with the toxin dart guys or being poisoned.

You're not supposed to fight Ceaseless Discharge right after Queelag, right? Cause I went over there and got pounded into a fine paste. Ah well, I least I got a set of kickass armor out of it.

is the ceaseless discharge the giant lava thing near the gold hemmed armour? because you can kill him unarmed if you want, just aggro him untill he starts chasing you then run to the fog gate, when he lunges at you attack his fist(?) a few times and he falls off into the bottomless pit, easy kill, but dont continue on unless you think you can kill 4-6b taures demons

And 7 Capra Demons. Seriously, fuck Demons Ruins. That place was insane.

AND Capra Demons!? i can honestly say i legged it after seeing all the taure guys, well i aint ever going back in there, one is enough to send me into a rage haha

You have to for the story. Oh, and the Capra Demons respawn. And you fight another version of the Stray Demon before your next bonfire. Have fun.

Not true. There's a bonfire if you kill the Burrowing Rockworm near the last of the Capra Demons. You still have to go through a Capra Demon, several demon statues and a Taurus Demon to pass through the gate, but you don't have to go through all of the waves of Capra Demons.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I'm wondering, what's so bad about Blighttown? I made it through and killed Queelag with little fuss. Not nearly as annoying as the Valley of Defilement from Demon's Souls, in my opinion.

Probably depends on how you are set up. I found Blighttown pretty challenging but I agree it is not a patch on the Valley Of Defilement in terms of annoyance. Most of my deaths were me instinctively rolling out the way of an attack and off a cliff.

Yeah, I had a couple deaths from falling there, but didn't have any issue with the toxin dart guys or being poisoned.

You're not supposed to fight Ceaseless Discharge right after Queelag, right? Cause I went over there and got pounded into a fine paste. Ah well, I least I got a set of kickass armor out of it.

is the ceaseless discharge the giant lava thing near the gold hemmed armour? because you can kill him unarmed if you want, just aggro him untill he starts chasing you then run to the fog gate, when he lunges at you attack his fist(?) a few times and he falls off into the bottomless pit, easy kill, but dont continue on unless you think you can kill 4-6b taures demons

And 7 Capra Demons. Seriously, fuck Demons Ruins. That place was insane.

AND Capra Demons!? i can honestly say i legged it after seeing all the taure guys, well i aint ever going back in there, one is enough to send me into a rage haha

You have to for the story. Oh, and the Capra Demons respawn. And you fight another version of the Stray Demon before your next bonfire. Have fun.

Not true. There's a bonfire if you kill the Burrowing Rockworm near the last of the Capra Demons. You still have to go through a Capra Demon, several demon statues and a Taurus Demon to pass through the gate, but you don't have to go through all of the waves of Capra Demons.

There is? Damn, I missed it. Well, I made that section a lot harder than needed. Though, fighting the Firesage with half health and with 1 potion left trying to desperately stay alive was exhilarating.