other-games

[bitter granite]

But shit was that a hard ass fight, actually felt like a true boss

Level 2 gunslinger gaming

@hollow mirage best change is that you don’t waste stamina outside of combat

Also I got the|| smg|| again

[hollow mirage]

yea I saw that when I tried sprinting and saw no drain. so nice

[bitter granite]

So many fucking melee weapons

[hollow mirage]

I chose challenger

have to take a small break, but will be back on shortly

[bitter granite]

||Swords
Axes
Greatswords
Flails
Claws
Fist
Hammers
Spears
Staves
Katanas||
Listing off the melee weapon types in game

And apparently each melee weapon now has certain hidden combo attacks you can do now

[bitter granite]

Expected

Wait I can just buy a ||LMG|| off rip?

20 scrap off but I’m sticking with my rifle for now anyways

First boss drop

[frosty yoke]

Having a better go than I am honestly. Druid still feels rough

[gritty summit]

you watched until the end?

[frosty yoke]

Not up to the last but, I'm just waking up. I'll finish once I'm out of bed lol

[hollow mirage]

AYUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY SET FROM THE FIRST GAME

[frosty yoke]

Hence why I would never run Hardcore.

Grim Dawn update hopefully soon ish, pog.

[crisp hound]

I resolved my crippling brain damage

[hollow mirage]

Moose and I tried to play Grim Dawn, just for the multiplayer to not work in the slightest so Moose and I refunded it

[frosty yoke]

Never tried the multiplayer, but the game itself is stellar. More so when compared to recent Arpg offerings.

[hollow mirage]

since Im not really a fan of ARPGs, I wanted to at least give it a shot playing it with her, but the game just refused to connect no matter which of us hosted

we refunded and got satisfactory instead

[tidal raven]

Swords
Katanas

[frosty yoke]

Also a great choice! ^_^

[hollow mirage]

first Dungeon time, see how this goes

[bitter granite]

I got too curious

[atomic spear]

no that i think aout it

saturn sabotage is great

enceladus

thats def a mission i love

super long, but quick objectives

it's better than most of the other sabotage missions in the game

love doing it for sp fissures

[fervent tapir]

fun

[bitter granite]

@hollow mirage how’s challenger

Almost level 5 with gunslinger and already unlocked Handler

[hollow mirage]

getting a free revive is nice

[bitter granite]

Imagine dying

[hollow mirage]

yea yea

[bitter granite]

I’m squishy as all hell so slapped on the void armor which has insane stats for my world

What world did you get?

I got the ||medieval looking world with all the bloodborne and angel like enemies||

[hollow mirage]

I have to solve some mystery with this trio of elf chairmen, then I got sent to a place you could mistake as Bloodborne

[bitter granite]

Everything here does fire damage

[bitter granite]

We got the same world, nice, but completely different stories

I’m hunting down a hunter and a ghost haunting a orphanage

[hollow mirage]

I have 0 fuckin clue what Im doing

[bitter granite]

I’m trapped inside a angel pyramid so same, but figuring out some puzzles to get around

[hollow mirage]

im just confused

just keep going and killing, all I can see to do rn

[bitter granite]

Level 5 gaming

Got my next skill unlocked now

[hollow mirage]

I have to find this other little head to put in a floor at a courtyard.

I got a new melee so far, thats it

[vestal stirrup]

finally beat quelaag in ds1, i can leave this shithole for good

[ebon void]

how do you rate my base? all of the design here made by me of course I took a look at designs from google but yeah mostly my ideas I ahve no where to post this but here lmao

[mystic ledge]

finally

I have killed Fatalis

With only one faint too

[modern schooner]

Dang, nice

I think when I played world I got to alatreon before my MH burnout hit

[mystic ledge]

I have fought Alatreon and won four times

[bitter granite]

New melee acquired

[mystic ledge]

he’s a hard fight tbh

he is my favorite as much as Fatalis is cool

[vestal stirrup]

whyyyy does it get worse

[hollow mirage]

@bitter granite pick a number, 1, 2 , or 3

[bitter granite]

2

Fuck I’m late

[hollow mirage]

cool thanks

i gotta farm scrap, gun guy sells my assault rifle

but first I have dinner, then go back and play

[tidal raven]

Damn, nice

Im still all the way back at Nergigante

[crystal field]

sl1 or

[vestal stirrup]

first playthrough so no

i just smacked ceaseless which took like 20 tries cause im still cursed

[crystal field]

fuck ceaseless

you know abt the cheese right

[vestal stirrup]

yeah but the laser was 1 shotting me

[crystal field]

you just walk back to the arena and he falls off

[vestal stirrup]

so it was really rng to do it

[crystal field]

go through the cave

[vestal stirrup]

i tried that once and he did the laser anyways to kill me

[bitter granite]

||That NPC is the bandit leader form the first game||

[crystal field]

dam

[hollow mirage]

yea i remember, just forgot his name

super cool

[vestal stirrup]

i got it because he missed the laser but still almost killed me with the punch alone

[crystal field]

ceaseless's hitboxes are wacky

[bitter granite]

These maps are fucking massive

[vestal stirrup]

yeah, timings were kinda weird too atleast imo, but his audio cues allowed me to dodge at the right time

but like when do i unlock a shortcut back to firelink

wtf

[crystal field]

not here lol

back in blighttown

[vestal stirrup]

u dont mean that valley?

thats the only place i found and if its that then fuck me ig

[crystal field]

yea

valley of drakes

[vestal stirrup]

what the hell

[crystal field]

theres a bridge at the beginning

leads to new lando

then theres an elavotor that leads to firelink

[vestal stirrup]

i recall every direction there having a locked door

or drakes that are definitely going to kill me

[crystal field]

oh you didnt pick masterkey

no shortcut for u

go back to undead burg and find the masterkey

shouldve chose it as the gift tbh

[vestal stirrup]

what was fromsoft smoking when making ds1 💀

so should i progress demon ruins or figure out all that so i can get rid of curse

[crystal field]

no demon ruins is late game lol

nothing there for you right now

[vestal stirrup]

what

[crystal field]

unless you want the chaos ember

[vestal stirrup]

why does the game guide me this direction

[crystal field]

it doesnt

the game doesnt guide you at all

thats ds1

[vestal stirrup]

but its the only path forward from the bell

[clear temple]

DS1 is practically a metroidvania

[crystal field]

doesnt mean you should take it in a game like ds1

the catacombs is literally accesible from the start yet its a late game area

[vestal stirrup]

fair ig, but still thats evil

[crystal field]

i actually really like the map in ds1

i think its the best part

then ds2 comes in just takes a piss on everything good abt ds1

the guy who directed ds2 thinks ppl liked ds1 only cuz of its difficulty

[vestal stirrup]

damn lol. btw for chaos blade do i need specifically the basic katana or does any work?

or is chaos blade even good in this

[crystal field]

you need a katana or a curved sword

[wispy loom]

bruh it's 2023 there is no need for DS2 discourse

[crystal field]

by curved straight sword i meant not a curved greatsword

ds2 bad

[crystal field]

the curved sword varient is better

chaos blade is okay

[vestal stirrup]

wiki doesnt even mention a curved sword works too what

oh is it for the other sword?

[crystal field]

yea

you can make 2 different weapons out of each boss soul

[vestal stirrup]

i kinda wanna make chaos blade since it was my pick for fighting gael in ds3

[crystal field]

you know it damages you with each swing in this game right

[frosty yoke]

Play Ds1, Get BKS, Profit

[vestal stirrup]

it does in ds3 as well

[crystal field]

i didnt use it in ds3

[frosty yoke]

Also, the mushrooms from Ds1 can kiss my ass. First time I met them they rocked my shit.

[crystal field]

best enemy in the entire souls franchise

especially the baby ones

they just fall over themselves and damage you that way

[frosty yoke]

I just wanted to hug the little ones, and then big man just BOPPED me.

[near sentinel]

Just don’t attack the babies
Easy

They chilling

[crystal field]

i am proud to say i have never killed a baby mushroom

i tried to kill the big ones on my first playthrough then they oneshot my ass

[vestal stirrup]

is that their concept art or model?

[frosty yoke]

Dude throws hands

Just art

[vestal stirrup]

damn, dark souls has always had insanely good concept art then

[frosty yoke]

In game

[near sentinel]

Havel takes the cake for most annoying darkroot enemy

(Technically)

[crystal field]

the hydras pretty bad

[vestal stirrup]

back at blighttown do i need to go back through the sewers since i dont have the key for valley shortcut

[crystal field]

yes sir

[vestal stirrup]

damn

[near sentinel]

Well…”Havel” there is a theory that Havel isn’t actually Havel

[vestal stirrup]

that shits such a maze its gonna take me an eternity lol

[crystal field]

theres a theory like that for every game

[near sentinel]

And The real Havel is the corpse on archdragon peak

[crystal field]

for the gank boss in ds2 and for the havel in archdragon peak on ds3

[frosty yoke]

Ah right, the followers of Havel or w/e they call themselves

[near sentinel]

I think it actually has merit

[frosty yoke]

It seems legit honestly. Like would Havel actually allow himself to be locked away lol

[bitter granite]

@hollow mirage gaming

[clear temple]

im pretty sure the ring says it outright iirc

[bitter granite]

Handler/Gunslinger goes brrrr

[crystal field]

is there a canonical reason for why theres 3 variations of each ring

[bitter granite]

Gunslinger’s prime perk is good for bossing but map clearing not really so going with handler prime for now

[clear temple]

cause followers had to use the ring cause they werent gigachads enough to wear stone armor without juicing

[near sentinel]

Wait what

[clear temple]

as in the + variants?

[vestal stirrup]

noob vs pro vs hacker who makes the best dark souls ring (not clickbait) mr beast video

[crystal field]

ye

[clear temple]

if so no

[crystal field]

dam

[near sentinel]

To go full ctackhead
Havel and Ornstein both journeyed together to take down the nameless king

[clear temple]

nope

[near sentinel]

That’s why both their corpses are there

[vestal stirrup]

the havel guy isnt alive in archdragon?

[frosty yoke]

The reason there are + variants is the same reason I select Pendant as my starting gift. Because Miyazaki

[crystal field]

theres another theory that orneistein turned into one of the dragon ppl or something like that

[clear temple]

the more likely thing that happened was that (at least Ornstein) went to join the Nameless King

[crystal field]

it has the same merit as solaire being the lighting worm

[vestal stirrup]

was nameless king a challenge to anyone btw

[near sentinel]

Camera boss

[crystal field]

hes ok

[crystal field]

TRUE

[vestal stirrup]

i literally first tried him idk was i overleveled or no

[clear temple]

i had more trouble with the first phase then the second

[crystal field]

the first phase is agonizing

[near sentinel]

He feels a bit drawn out to me
But like he’s optional so whatever

[crystal field]

i think hes overrated tbh

[clear temple]

i just find humanoid bosses to be easier in general

[crystal field]

especially for that first phase

[vestal stirrup]

the dragon just did nothing except eat hits and die for me at least

[crystal field]

his attacks are pretty easy to read i guess ppl were just thrown off because they were a little delayed

[frosty yoke]

Nameless King is great for the Lore, fight was ok, and the arena was great.

[vestal stirrup]

yeah the arena was really cool

doesnt top gael though, but maybe a bit unfair to compare him to what is basically dark souls' final boss

[near sentinel]

I mean for the “only” son of Gwyn
He’s cool

[crystal field]

gwindolin is canonically trans

[frosty yoke]

Im still an Oceiros enjoyer.

[near sentinel]

I didn’t actually know gwyndolins model had boobs until recently lmao

[crystal field]

ocerios charge move is so hard to read

[clear temple]

Gwyndolin is weird

[near sentinel]

Very

I like to think that after shit hit the fan with his first-born son (the nameless king)
Gwyn actively rejected the idea of having another boy to begin with

[clear temple]

like everything about his lore just feels like it contradicts itself in areas (mainly due to a certain half dragon)

Yorshka is just

the most bizzare character in series full of bizzare characters

like she has just enough info surrounding her to have it be so oddly placed in the lore of the series where maybe its story shattering but not enough for it to actually have any real meaning that isnt just conjecture

[near sentinel]

She was just off somewhere else while the chosen undead laid waste to anor londo in DS1 I guess

[clear temple]

it just feels like they wanted to have priscilla, but at the same time didnt want to confirm/deny if you killed Priscilla or if she somehow escaped the painting, so they just made a new character who is just Priscilla but without as many tangible ties to the overarching lore

[crystal field]

she doesnt look like priscilla

idk where that theory even came from

priscella has dragon eyebrows and a noticably bigger nose

unless she was like reborn

[clear temple]

i mean

[vestal stirrup]

how do i get up there

[crystal field]

where is that

sewers?

[vestal stirrup]

from the sewer bonfire where the 2 torch hollows are

[onyx loom]

fromsoft aren't that subtle if she was a remade priscilla she'd be named like priscilly

[near sentinel]

I can hardly tell where this is lmao

[clear temple]

iirc you cant go up there

[crystal field]

idk but from experience look for stairs

[near sentinel]

I need to be play ds1 again

[clear temple]

its just for enemies to drop down from

[vestal stirrup]

do i need to back to gaping dragons arena

[clear temple]

wait what

[near sentinel]

After you kill it?
Don’t think so

You just go on to blight town

[crystal field]

he doesnt have the masterkey and he wants to go back

[vestal stirrup]

i want to go to firelink to get rid of curse and to go to onion man

[clear temple]

oh

[near sentinel]

Imagine not choosing master key

[crystal field]

fr

[clear temple]

you see that massive crack in the wall

go into it, and start ascending from there

you should reach lower undead burg

and firelink is directly linked to lower undead burg

[vestal stirrup]

the drop down?

w 1 hollow in it

[near sentinel]

I don’t recall much of the sewers
Mainly because I didn’t wanna put up with the basilisks

[clear temple]

if you are where i think you are

[vestal stirrup]

oh yeah

[clear temple]

there, around where the pyromancer was

[crystal field]

i didnt even explore the sewers in my first playthrough

[clear temple]

and the butchers

[crystal field]

i got to blighttown from new lando

[vestal stirrup]

we gaming im out

didnt check the crack in the wall cause i thought it was a drop down

[clear temple]

nope

[bitter granite]

Oh fun, two phase boss fights now

[crystal field]

pick up the masterkey before you forget

[clear temple]

idk if the guy sells it at that point int the game

[crystal field]

its somewhere in undead burg iirc

maybe thats another key im thinking of

[clear temple]

no if the guy is there

i think he does sell it

[vestal stirrup]

the male merchant?

[clear temple]

but idk if the guy moves there at that stage in the game

no its the guy who speaks with the funny accent

and sell crystalized weapons

[crystal field]

the bridge merchant?

[vestal stirrup]

uhh dont think ive seen that guy

[crystal field]

oh

[near sentinel]

Bridge guy doesn’t show up until you ring both bells I think

[crystal field]

the one in new lando?

[vestal stirrup]

ive rung both bells

[clear temple]

he moves under the sewer bridge from Firelink at some point

[clear temple]

no thats Ingward

[near sentinel]

Maybe it’s after the super londo bros then

Because I vividly remember he sells their armor

[vestal stirrup]

idk where is this guy even meant to be

[clear temple]

nope apparently its after ringing both bells

[near sentinel]

Or at least the armor of whoever you kill last

[clear temple]

yes after you beat certain bosses he will sell their armor

[near sentinel]

Maybe you just didn’t see him then
Because he’s there
He’s under the firelink bridge, like a troll or something
Gotta do a run jump on over

[crystal field]

@vestal stirrup also follow solaires questline

[vestal stirrup]

y

[crystal field]

its the best questline in ds1

and in souls in general tbh

[vestal stirrup]

k, ive only seen him once at the dragon bridge

[near sentinel]

Also like
It’s Solarie!
Who doesn’t love Solarie

Not to be pun-y
But he is a ray of sunshine

[near sentinel]

Next time you see him will be anor londo

[vestal stirrup]

alright

[near sentinel]

What are you trying to do now?

[vestal stirrup]

getting purging stone then ig masterkey and to sens fortress is it that is the place where the gate opens after bells

[near sentinel]

Ah sens fortress
AKA Sens playground

[clear temple]

both Siegmire/Sieglind's far outstage Solaires

[near sentinel]

Kevin from home alone lives there, to say the least

[clear temple]

not only in terms of actual gameplay for the questline, but also just character/story wise

[vestal stirrup]

finally, hp bar

[near sentinel]

The pardoner

Why he t posing

[clear temple]

that isnt Tposing

we dont get tposing NPC's till Elden Ring

[near sentinel]

Well
A posing idk

[clear temple]

funny mask man

[crystal field]

funny fat man

[clear temple]

he is hitting the stance

you simply cannot fathom Cromwells sheer prescene

[near sentinel]

Pardoner has the stones which are good
And a spell that’s useful for PvP I think
Otherwise he’s one of if not the most forgettable NPC in the whole game for me

Hell I forgot he existed until I saw that screen shot lmao

[crystal field]

ds1 pvp is cancer

backstab fest

[clear temple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/968359397380214827/975589186520363038/trim.B13A1BEC-4CC7-4931-972D-039C13324F31.mov

[near sentinel]

I’ve seen much bullshit take place outside the artorias arena

[vestal stirrup]

oh its the nerd glasses guy who sells master key lmao

[clear temple]

funny welsh

[near sentinel]

Like how did he come back from DEATH

Just teleported

I expect the bullshit hit boxes from ds2

[clear temple]

his guiding moonlight

[crystal field]

ds2 bad

[near sentinel]

That’s what I hear

[crystal field]

only good things abt it are the qol changes

[vestal stirrup]

wtf???

[clear temple]

https://media.giphy.com/media/l3V0Jg61ueMvlqZig/giphy.gif

[bitter granite]

So fucking close

[near sentinel]

The hit boxes seem kinda cancer

[crystal field]

and it got like 3 dlcs as well

while sekiro got none

[near sentinel]

Dark souls 1 jank

[vestal stirrup]

sekiro dlc is elden ring because of malenia

[crystal field]

actually uses combat arts from sekiro

[vestal stirrup]

yes

also genichiros flowing passage was it imo is just a weaker version of waterfowl

[crystal field]

no game will ever reach sekiros combat

inner genichiro is my fav boss

every boss bangs tbh

except headless ape thats the only "bad" boss

[vestal stirrup]

i had to put the game down after sword saint it was too fucking intense and i would assume every inner boss would just fuck me up 10x times harder

[crystal field]

fromsoft cant finish a game without putting a gank boss in there

[clear temple]

i found Sekiro's combat to be pretty boring about half way through the game

[vestal stirrup]

headless ape sucks so bad lol

[clear temple]

it just felt kinda repetitive

[vestal stirrup]

glad i went through his rematch arena before the fight could happen

[crystal field]

i found it to be the complete opposite lol

[near sentinel]

Sekiro combat seems like one of those things were you gotta be firing on all cylinders at all times or you just die

[crystal field]

its their most replayable game imo

[clear temple]

cause most encounters just kinda progressed the exact same way if you were playing well with parries

[vestal stirrup]

it does kinda come down to pressing 2 buttons

[crystal field]

theyre all worth tbh inner genichro has a really cool combat art called sakura dance

one of my fav combat arts

and inner father unlocks the shura skin which is really cool

[vestal stirrup]

idk why they made the weapon arts and prosthetics require those things u need to buy

[crystal field]

i havent fought inner isshin cuz the gauntlet was too long

[clear temple]

and i just got bored cause i get timings down very quickly and since Sekiro doesnt really have much room for experimentation, i just didnt feel much aside from it

[vestal stirrup]

i kinda wanted to fight father but he was so hard the first time and after ishin would have been so exhausting

[crystal field]

you can make the game more interesting by ringing the demon bell and giving kuro his charm

[clear temple]

didnt help

[crystal field]

idk i found it super satisfying personally

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1107210850516869121/1121852618415808544/20230623185555.mp4

[bitter granite]

Cheese found

[clear temple]

i tried those, but i still just got into a repetitive rhythm that didnt feel fun with every boss and encounter

also why did they decide to make getting skill points beyond a certain level impossible

[crystal field]

wdym

they scale as you spend them

if you spend 8 then its gonna be 8 times harder to farm skill points

[clear temple]

at like level 28~ish, it just becomes a fucking slog to get anymore skill points

and like you only get maybe one tree with that much

[clear temple]

wait

so your just supposed to hoard the skill points

so you can get more

[crystal field]

your not supposed to but the game rewards it

[clear temple]

that is

[crystal field]

its kinda like leveling on their other games

[vestal stirrup]

mikiri counter makes anything satisfying xd

[clear temple]

that is terrible system holy shit

[bitter granite]

If I die to a grab attack self revives don’t work, nice to know @hollow mirage

[clear temple]

no wonder i hated the skill point system in sekiro

[vestal stirrup]

💀 accidentally just used a humanity

[clear temple]

kill rats

[near sentinel]

Not a huge deal

[clear temple]

kill many rats

[vestal stirrup]

id rather not waste them still lol

[near sentinel]

Hey the humanity system is 100x better than the ember system

[hollow mirage]

hotshot assault rifle my beloved

[crystal field]

not really

[clear temple]

yeah

[vestal stirrup]

but i tab out the game so much and press the item use so i usually chug an estus on accident

[near sentinel]

Accidentally using a humanity 😔
Accidentally using a ember 💀💀💀💀

[vestal stirrup]

y?

[bitter granite]

Real

[crystal field]

if you hoard humanities you can just spam them as healing items it trivilizes the difficulty tbh

meanwhile ember is a one use item

[vestal stirrup]

lol yeah

[hollow mirage]

||which of the 2 kings did you kill||

[vestal stirrup]

ember was the tactical last heal

[clear temple]

embers would be better if they didnt give you more max health

[near sentinel]

I hate that it locks max HP

[crystal field]

its better than what they did on demon souls

[near sentinel]

That’s like the only thing

[vestal stirrup]

u know what

[crystal field]

it doesnt its just bonus health

[bitter granite]

Remember we have completely different storylines

[vestal stirrup]

i dont get why people like demons souls remaster visuals

[bitter granite]

Same world different story

[hollow mirage]

oh weird.

[vestal stirrup]

it doesnt fit fromsofts games imo

[clear temple]

depending on how you view it

[near sentinel]

A very considerable bonus

[hollow mirage]

well I got something that sorta looks like an infinity blade, its pretty cool and I want it only because of that reason

[clear temple]

technically that could have just been your max health

but only embering gives you that health

[crystal field]

i usually practice the boss non embered then when i feel confident i use an ember mid fight

[vestal stirrup]

using an ember is like going into a second phase

[crystal field]

usually on phase transitions

[bitter granite]

Story mode is also randomly generated now, I’m|| fight dream monsters and work for fairy gods to purge the land||

[near sentinel]

And also iirc embers aren’t exactly farmable, and every merchant only has a limited supply of them

[crystal field]

they are farmable

[vestal stirrup]

its fine if youre at least decent and if you got extra souls you cant use you dump them into embers

but what stuff about humanities is better?

[near sentinel]

Doesn’t lock max HP
That’s the Achilles heel of embers for me

And humanity doesn’t do that

So as far as I’m concerned
I’d take those over embers any day

[clear temple]

imo Embers suffers from pretty much the same problem with Human Form in DeS and Human Effigies in DS2, its just a matter of presentation

cause they all will fuck you out of max HP, but Embers make it seem like its just bonus HP

[vestal stirrup]

ehh ig thats a matter of how you view it, i just think embers add to my max

[clear temple]

cause thats how the healthbar show it

[vestal stirrup]

also is raw the quality in ds1? and is it worth

[clear temple]

no

[vestal stirrup]

dang

[clear temple]

Raw is the FUCK SCALING route

[crystal field]

on demon souls you lose half your health after you die

and the worst part is getting it back is not even worth

[vestal stirrup]

ik it but it usually is still better damage than other options

[clear temple]

pretty much massively increasing base damage but complete neutering scaling

[crystal field]

good for sl1

[clear temple]

good early game and/or if you are doing SL1

[near sentinel]

Raw in ds3
Lol,lmao

[crystal field]

i like the reforging mechanic from ds3 its pretty neat

[near sentinel]

Put that shit on the dark sword
Lol,lmao

[crystal field]

ds1s system was so riggid and confusing

theres like 30 different type of stones

[vestal stirrup]

holy fuck i jsut scared myself

tabbing back next to the smith and heard a swing hit something while the game was black

didnt hit him luckily

[crystal field]

they wont aggro that easily

you gotta hit them multiple times

[vestal stirrup]

even w high dmg?

[crystal field]

how high

if it hits them for like 20% of their health then yea

[vestal stirrup]

225dmg rn

[crystal field]

nah

[near sentinel]

Don’t mess with Andre

[crystal field]

npcs are tanky usually

[near sentinel]

Also they will run your shit

[clear temple]

agreed but i prefer DS2's, even though its practically the same you just dont need to find embers (and reforges are just stronger in DS2 in general)

[near sentinel]

I remember I tried to kill lautrec my first DS1 play through

That guy smoked me so many times

[crystal field]

ds2 had some cool mechanics too bad the game itself sucked

[vestal stirrup]

does any npc sell the upgrade mats that boss weapons use btw, or wait idk is gargoyle tail axe a boss weapon or some other class

[near sentinel]

And I tried killing him BEFORE he killed the fire keeper

[clear temple]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/347254691966615552/1033929694736822324/ezgif.com-gif-maker_4.gif

[clear temple]

iirc no

[crystal field]

demonite?

[near sentinel]

Giant black smith

Oh wait I read that wrong

[crystal field]

you only get them from the giant steel guys on ds1

[clear temple]

though i think Gargoyle tail uses regular titanite

[crystal field]

forgot their name

[vestal stirrup]

large titanite shard

[near sentinel]

I thought you meant “are there any NPCS that upgrade boss weapons”

[crystal field]

oh

[clear temple]

Titanite Demons

[crystal field]

yea giant blacksmith sells large shards iirc

[clear temple]

there is just way to many upgrade mats in DS1

[vestal stirrup]

wtf im stupid, went to sens, saw the plate at the front gate and still stepped on it

as if it wouldnt be a trap

[near sentinel]

Sens playground has a lot of those

[crystal field]

theres more where that came from

[near sentinel]

There are also swinging axe traps, falling boulders, prowling demons, Baldur knights, a mimic, snake people and a giant golem

Good luck

[vestal stirrup]

i feel like i will spot them but still step on them thinking it would give loot or something instead of something bad

[clear temple]

also three enslaved giants

[near sentinel]

Ah yeah forgot about the giants

[clear temple]

you only really need/will want to kill one of them

the other two are pretty much harmless

[near sentinel]

Sens fortress is a fucking trip

https://youtu.be/eBOP2nBvrJc and then once you finally get to the boss he’s a joke

“Hm yes I will fight on a small bridge”

[crystal field]

also theres a hidden bonfire at the top

[near sentinel]

Good idea

[digital hamlet]

@stuck grove https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/954483637137576068/1006259393689550848/noita-20220808-105424-609104440-00119210.gif

[near sentinel]

The iron golem would be so forgettable if it were not for the bridge cheese

[stuck grove]

Mmm, supermega mountain dew blast

[near sentinel]

Because it’s so funny

[vestal stirrup]

wait does ds1 have respec

[digital hamlet]

i love the particles around the laser

[crystal field]

no

[bitter granite]

@hollow mirage you can headshot with melee attacks

[vestal stirrup]

damn

[bitter granite]

https://tenor.com/view/noted-gif-20569892

[stuck grove]

I love when I do everything in my power not to start wildfires and boom, wildfire

[digital hamlet]

"is this what they meant by 'baha blast'"

[digital hamlet]

lol, lmao, i start wildfires on purpose

its fun

[hollow mirage]

I noticed. my throwing spear deals some tasty damage if I land a headshot

[vestal stirrup]

have to keep using tail axe, dragon king ga looked so cool tho but 50 str with levels already going to dex instead of it so doubt i can do that lol

[clear temple]

do remember

[near sentinel]

You should get the drake sword if you don’t already

[clear temple]

when it comes to strength requirements

[crystal field]

drake sword is pretty bad at this stage

[vestal stirrup]

i like the bendy axe tho

[near sentinel]

It does scale pretty badly

[crystal field]

i dont think it scales at all

[clear temple]

you dont need the full listed requirement

if you two hand it

[near sentinel]

Iirc at this point in the game I was using a black knight great sword I got

Was lucky

[vestal stirrup]

yeah ik

still not worth going for str weps w dex i think :d

[clear temple]

its a 1.5x for two handing

[clear temple]

fair fair

then i suggest Chaos Blade whence you can get it

[vestal stirrup]

also parry gaming

[vestal stirrup]

yeah i def wanna get it, just need to get katana and start upgrading it

[clear temple]

unironically one of the strongest dex weapons ||if you can deal with its downside||

[vestal stirrup]

lol oops cut out the parry itself oh well

[vestal stirrup]

yeah, i used it in ds3 for gael, wanted to use the dual gs at first but it was soo sluggish for basically the same damage

[near sentinel]

What’s that one sword for joining Nito?

[crystal field]

gravelord curved sword

[near sentinel]

I remember that one being pretty decent
Only issue is getting to Nito

Requires some know how of the map and using a skip

[clear temple]

it is really good

but it is really weird to get

[near sentinel]

And also you could fall victim to the titanite demon jumpscare

[clear temple]

also it does have the strong poison buildup iirc

that weird enigma of a status

only like two things in the entire game actually use it

[near sentinel]

You can probably find a video showing exactly how to do the Nito skip
You will want a homeward bone

[clear temple]

and it isnt a listed effect

cause its just shown as being normal poison buildup, but it does more damage per tick

[vestal stirrup]

these scalies are kinda annoying with how much hp they got ngl

[near sentinel]

I mean thankfully they only show up in 2 places in the entire game they are kind of annoying

Sens and the archives

[digital hamlet]

alternatively known as the super mega laser piss

[vestal stirrup]

rather suspicious

[near sentinel]

Always check the chain

Got a Lloyd’s talisman?

[vestal stirrup]

nah i just beat his ass

oh i got lloyds talismans as well

[crystal field]

i hate this old man

out of every single boss and enemy in the entire game that shotgun blast is the most bs move ive encountered

dlc included

[vestal stirrup]

wait what can the boulder trap change direction if i activate other traps

[crystal field]

what

i dont think theyre linked

[vestal stirrup]

its def changing direction though

[wispy loom]

sounds like
sounds like a s
sounds

[crystal field]

i just beat orphan on bl4 i want the run to be over

[vestal stirrup]

p sure the trap plate in this tunnel changes boulder direction

[crystal field]

no that activates dart traps

you can redirect the boulder yourself

[vestal stirrup]

the boulder is still going down to the wall as i wanted before i step on this

after i go over this its at the stairs

[crystal field]

idk never happened to me bfore

did you find big hat logan

[vestal stirrup]

nope havent found my first bonfire here even

[crystal field]

theres no bonfire

until you reach the top

[crystal field]

you can break one of the walls if you redirect the boulder to it

[vestal stirrup]

yea im just checking other places first

[bitter granite]

@hollow mirage finished my first world

That world boss is harder than any boss in Remnant 2

So many homing and grab attacks with a skinny hitbox

[vestal stirrup]

why is the scythe not a scythe wtf

this is just a weird halberd

[crystal field]

which

[vestal stirrup]

behind titanite demon in this tar pit

[near sentinel]

What’s it called?

[crystal field]

i never went there

[vestal stirrup]

scythe, which is why its weird

[near sentinel]

There is an actual scythe in catacombs
Good dex weapon

[near sentinel]

OH THAT

[crystal field]

yea that ones a great scythe

[near sentinel]

Scythes can have short handles

At that point it’s more like a sickle
But scythe isn’t necessarily the wrong term either

[vestal stirrup]

we are not thinking of the same weapon

[crystal field]

thats a sickle

[vestal stirrup]

wtf is this pit

[near sentinel]

Wait this thing

[vestal stirrup]

4 titanite demons

[vestal stirrup]

yes

[crystal field]

probably a translation error or something

[near sentinel]

Yeah that is not at all a scythe
More of a guando or halberd

[vestal stirrup]

uhh are the giants hostile

[near sentinel]

Yeah

One of them throw bombs at you

So watch out

[vestal stirrup]

i found the one who pulled the chain to open the gate

but i got no estus and 3 humanity idk if i wanna beef w him

[crystal field]

the bombs target your ear drums dont be mistaken

[crystal field]

u dont need to

[vestal stirrup]

well i wanna see what is there but if i run past him he might fuck me up

[crystal field]

get to the bonfire then

its a hidden bonfire

one of the fences is fake

[vestal stirrup]

there was literally nothing here wth

[crystal field]

lol

[atomic spear]

on the plus side of my clan being inactive in warframe, the trade tax seems to be 0%

a guy really wanted to sell me a dispo 1 riven for triple digits

with a negative that gimps the weapon no less

called me a time waster for not buying it

i thanked him for his time

[wispy loom]

was it unrolled?

[atomic spear]

it was for cinta

rank 0

-damage to infested

[wispy loom]

was it unrolled though

[atomic spear]

no

[wispy loom]

bruh

[atomic spear]

he rerolled it to make a second offer

[wispy loom]

actual 0 brain

[atomic spear]

yeah cause i want a -damage to infested on a weapon with guaranteed fire status

he really wanted 200p

so i did some searhcing online

found one for 20p

today was a decent day

lets see if the dispo really goes up

if it does, i'm in luck

[vestal stirrup]

finally moved to the roof of sens and that bonfire imo isnt even hidden lol, gotta be on full autopilot to miss that

[crystal field]

what the fuck

[analog crypt]

@bitter granite Why does ViVi look like she has a square face

[bitter granite]

Yes

Also ViVi easily has to be the worse character in the game

[hollow mirage]

"gimps the weapon"

bruh...

do you struggle to kill infested?

thats just sad.

[proud wren]

infested are the easiest to kill in the game

[bitter granite]

Basically anything can kill them

[bitter granite]

Found the 3 people you were talking about, just started a Adventure and instantly spawn next to them

[vestal stirrup]

killed iron golem, felt kinda bad for how weak it is

[crystal field]

lmao

[atomic spear]

are infested lics/rivals coming?

[hollow mirage]

perhaps someday, but that still wouldnt ruin the weapon lmao

[atomic spear]

it's gonig to be a decent nest egg

[hollow mirage]

id pray youd have a better weapon for killing them anyways by that point

unless if Cinta can 1 shot liches, which I doubt, but I've been surprised before

[atomic spear]

i stuck hat i hope is the last forma on cinta

[analog crypt]

6 HS with LR-15 in a row

DISGUSTING

[proud wren]

likely not for a long time

[bitter granite]

@hollow mirage which you think you’ll craft for secondary class?

[proud wren]

even then there's better weapons for killing lich

[hollow mirage]

whatever one I manage to get first

[bitter granite]

All 4 starters are easy to get since the merchant all sell them

[hollow mirage]

where?

[bitter granite]

Others one you have to do puzzles to find

[hollow mirage]

Im hurtin on scrap because I keep spending, so it'll be good to know where to go at least

[vestal stirrup]

how much better is rem2 over 1?

[bitter granite]

||Weapon merchant sells Hunter, Consumable merchant sells Challenger, Mudtooth sells Handler, Doctor sells Medic||

[bitter granite]

Far better

[hollow mirage]

so far about the same for me

[bitter granite]

Takes everything you like about 1 and just massively improves it all

[vestal stirrup]

i might pick it up after i beat rem1

[bitter granite]

also I now have a funny gunslinger pistol that goes brrrr

[hollow mirage]

||I take it the Rusty Medal from Brabus is the class thing||

[bitter granite]

Yep that’s the Hunter

[hollow mirage]

I was thinking of doing Gunslinger secondary

[bitter granite]

Once you have the item you will need 10 crystals and 1000 scrap to craft the class, go to ||Willis|| to craft them

[bitter granite]

You’ll have to get halfway though the story first than go though a bunch of dialogue

That’s why I just picked them as a starter since all the other starters you can get right off the bat

[hollow mirage]

oh, so you can just buy one of the new secondary classes but have to wait to get one of the base as secondary. cringe

[bitter granite]

Gunslinger isn’t a starter class

It’s only a starter if you preorder the game

[hollow mirage]

so for us it is

[bitter granite]

Yep, but normally it isn’t

[hollow mirage]

weh

[bitter granite]

Only challenger, handler, medic, and hunter are starters

[atomic spear]

yup cinta is now one shotting guys in sp kuva survival

[bitter granite]

The other 4 have to be unlocked from different activities

[atomic spear]

finally maxed deadhead today 🤤

[bitter granite]

Gunslinger’s being the easiest to get since the others are rare spawns or require game completion

[small wren]

Cinta goes brrrrrr

[atomic spear]

yes indeed it does

imma have a hard time believing prime bane of corrupted will outdo serration on this thing.

just waiting on baro

[vestal stirrup]

serration on a weapon ur using for sp??

[hollow mirage]

every hardcore player will tell you it'll do better but I cant be fucking bothered to deal with faction mods

[vestal stirrup]

im 99% sure u could replace it w anything else and be better off

[hollow mirage]

told ya

[atomic spear]

no bane mod

[hollow mirage]

those are faction mods dummy

[vestal stirrup]

dont even need to use faction mods just something that increases ur dmg in another way or helps the weapon

[hollow mirage]

its easier to just have em bundled under one simple name

ayo is that the infinity blade from fortnite

[atomic spear]

i really don't want to use split flights

but this new riven does have +30% to corpus and 90% crit chance

[hollow mirage]

meh

you wouldnt be able to use split flights anyways, since you better be using Gal Chamber

[atomic spear]

it's already on there

i'm not using gal scope rn

give that a shot when i max it

[hollow mirage]

if youre relying on DoT damage, dont

[vestal stirrup]

this

doesnt proc even if dot was from headshot

[hollow mirage]

DoT kills dont give you stacks of Deadhead or Gal Scope

if you've just got some corrosive setup with decent damage, you're probably fine

[atomic spear]

damn grineer and their bs back head armor

[hollow mirage]

just let them face you first

[vestal stirrup]

whats with ds1 spamming the same enemy in the most unimaginative way bruhhh

[bitter granite]

||I got a magic staff for a melee weapon||

[hollow mirage]

because just maybe Dark Souls games arent as good as people hype them up to be

[crystal field]

this man has never played ds2

[near sentinel]

Ds1 is my favorite game of all time but it has its flaws

[vestal stirrup]

no idle patrolling even theyre just there

[near sentinel]

Ah the painting guardians

[vestal stirrup]

thats the enhanced edition though or whatever it was that spams enemies

[hollow mirage]

I played DS1 a bit, was fine.
DS2 can burn in a fire.
DS3 was fun until Pontif

[atomic spear]

otogi was better than souls anyway

[vestal stirrup]

base ds2 afaik is fine

[atomic spear]

[crystal field]

base ds2 has its own problems

[atomic spear]

we need to go back

[hollow mirage]

Dark Souls is a pretty mediocre Remnant-like

[bitter granite]

Fromsoftware games are always overhyped, learnt that the hard way but thankfully I got most their games on sale for $10 each

[hollow mirage]

there arent even any guns

[small wren]

Gal Scope more like
Yas queen specs

[vestal stirrup]

pontiff was originally ds3 final boss tbf

[trim mirage]

life is roadblocks

[crystal field]

pontiff is fun

[vestal stirrup]

i like him but he is really really hard

[small wren]

Embed failure

[crystal field]

i dont like the clonning that he does other than that pretty fun fight

[vestal stirrup]

i think hes number 1 for base game bosses i struggled with

[trim mirage]

give me gif perm

[vestal stirrup]

him or abyss watchers

[trim mirage]

have u plkayed prototype

[crystal field]

i did abyss watchers while being super underlevled no regrets

[vestal stirrup]

its nice though that the clone kinda shows what pontiff is going to do

[crystal field]

amazing fight

[crystal field]

i dont like the fact that theyre synced

[vestal stirrup]

i fought them before crystal sage and hate them so much now

[crystal field]

its kinda godskin duo esc

[proud wren]

Ds3 is one of my top 3 games of all time

[crystal field]

and anything thats like godskin duo is bad

[vestal stirrup]

never heard of that

[trim mirage]

prototype

[vestal stirrup]

godskin duo is fromsofts biggest failure lol

[trim mirage]

the activison game

[crystal field]

thats just elden ring and ds3 imo

[proud wren]

True it’s just cheeks

[crystal field]

now that the elden ring post nut clarity has set in i think the game is pretty flawed

[vestal stirrup]

ohhh, havent played. why?

[proud wren]

Elden ring was great but people make it seem like a GODLY game

[vestal stirrup]

dlc prob gonna be fire though

[hollow mirage]

I wonder which is harder, the Dark Souls or Armored Core franchise

[crystal field]

yea if you said anything remotely negative abt elden ring ppl would burn you on a cross

[proud wren]

My automatic response is just the souls but I haven’t played AC

[trim mirage]

robloc

[wispy loom]

I'm inclined to agree but the capra demon boss fight exists

[crystal field]

bed of chaos

[vestal stirrup]

meh, just kill the dogs and then delete him

[proud wren]

I didn’t make it far in ds1

[wispy loom]

that too

[hollow mirage]

I watched a video of a guy playing them all, and some of the PS2 ones he made out to be REALLY hard, but then they got easier with AC3, 4, and 5

[vestal stirrup]

isnt bed of chaos a gimmick boss?

[crystal field]

hes the worst boss in anything ever

[wispy loom]

it's a poorly designed one

[proud wren]

I got to like around the moon butterfly

[vestal stirrup]

those are kinda hard to say as straight up bad, tho bed is prob the worst of gimmicks

[proud wren]

what’s the best gimmick boss though

[hollow mirage]

there’s much more in depth stuff in AC than DS

[vestal stirrup]

rykard prob

[crystal field]

i like the giant lord from ds3

forgot his name

[vestal stirrup]

they honed on that storm wind attack on big boss very well

[vestal stirrup]

yhorm?

[crystal field]

he has a super easy stun lock method

[proud wren]

Rykard is similar to yhorm but I think yhorm pulls off the gimmick better

[crystal field]

ye

[vestal stirrup]

fair

[crystal field]

plus yhorm has the whole siegward questline thing going for it

[hollow mirage]

also you didn’t have to use triggers to look up and down in Dark Souls

[vestal stirrup]

its pretty fun and intense w him being very close to hitting you but then chunking him with storm ruler

[proud wren]

No?

[hollow mirage]

old Armored Core controls were wild

[proud wren]

You just use the joystick

[wispy loom]

I like rykard alot more, but maybe that's cuz I played strength and the normal swing swere deling enormous damage

[hollow mirage]

yea Armored Core didn’t have that until AC3 I believe

[proud wren]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TahjVbGwxAs

[vestal stirrup]

rykards fight is very flashy but a bit annoying rather than challenging

[hollow mirage]

do even though AC2 and it’s sequels could have easily used the stick, they didn’t

[crystal field]

i like rykards design

[proud wren]

Yhorm best gimmick boss 🙏

[crystal field]

thats abt it

[vestal stirrup]

yeah his design is wild

i liked using the blasphemous blade too

[hollow mirage]

@proud wren

[proud wren]

the lava really gets you

[hollow mirage]

move left and right are BUMPERS

[vestal stirrup]

homing skulls that stall the fight too

[proud wren]

Youch

[hollow mirage]

turning is where moving should be

[wispy loom]

I mean, I'd say tank controls are pretty normal for a mech

[hollow mirage]

old armored core was wild

[bitter granite]

@analog crypt any class want me to test to see how good they are

Only got handler and gunslinger right now but should be able to craft another starter soon

[analog crypt]

Alch?

[bitter granite]

that’s gonna be awhile to farm them

I know where to get them just don’t know if the dungeon will spawn

As holy shit do I have a crap ton of rings already

[vestal stirrup]

i really like that even in ds1 fromsoft already had weapons with unique attacks and stuff

[crystal field]

miyazakis never been lacking in terms of creativity

ds3 and elden ring dont exist

[vestal stirrup]

whats wrong w ds3?

[crystal field]

half of the enemies and bosses are inspired by berserk

the other half are just ds1 and 2 characters

[wispy loom]

and that's a bad thing how?

[crystal field]

were talking abt creativity

[vestal stirrup]

ehh i dont see it really

but i havent read berserk too much either so idk

[crystal field]

https://youtu.be/u8YiTIURqcE

[near sentinel]

Dark souls wouldn’t be what it is without beserk

[wispy loom]

yeh

[vestal stirrup]

oh, well most of the things in that are still turned into their own thing

[wispy loom]

probably the clearest reference is the darksign

[near sentinel]

Also each game has a Guts sword

[vestal stirrup]

even guts' sword has a unique design, only carrying the "raw hunk of iron" feel from berserk

[wispy loom]

and the nuts sword

[near sentinel]

Honestly I see nothing wrong with a game or movie or show or whatever, wearing its reference on its sleeves and in its own way it can be creative

[vestal stirrup]

yeah

[crystal field]

even ignoring the berserk stuff ds3s still one of his least creative games like he legit reused so much shit from ds1 and ds2, its not what i expected from him

[bitter granite]

My beautiful staff, even got the boss’ gun to match her staff

[wispy loom]

me?? when?? efficient development??? and storytelling???

[vestal stirrup]

well they probably thought a lot about what fans wanted too

[crystal field]

the last boss is literally the same as ds1s

same theme and moveset lol

his second phase

[vestal stirrup]

also most of fromsofts stuff is reiteration on older stuff theyve made

[wispy loom]

the final boss of DS3 is the protagonist of DS1, its got all the moves an endgame charcter would have

[near sentinel]

Now I’ll agree any day that DS3 is mid but idk about lazy development
More like lacking in passion really

[crystal field]

yea but this was like too much

couldve kept it more substle

[vestal stirrup]

what about er then?

[crystal field]

siegward, stormruler, anor lando

[crystal field]

reskin bosses

[vestal stirrup]

oh yeah fair

i wouldnt say its a creativity issue but that the game just wanted to do too much with what it had

[wispy loom]

my main issue with ER was the shit port but tbh that's every fromsoft game. can't wait for AC to release running at 30 fps tops

[vestal stirrup]

also yall opinions on this drip

[wispy loom]

overqualified executioner type beat

[vestal stirrup]

lmao

[crystal field]

they shouldnt have went for it tbh. godskin duo is a perfect example

[near sentinel]

Those gloves wouldn’t be my first choice

[crystal field]

its like they forgot how to make a good gank boss

it should ideally be designed from the ground up as a gank boss

not just putting two bosses together without changing anything

[wispy loom]

yes yes, godskin duo bad, it's not 2022 anymore

[crystal field]

not just godskin duo every gank boss in er is like that

they just put two regular bosses together

[vestal stirrup]

yea fair theyre kinda odd, but i dont think i have other black gloves :d

[bitter granite]

@hollow mirage just got the same sword as ya

Still not no magic staff though so I’ll stick to my magic

[hollow mirage]

my spear is definitely better since I can just YEET it at enemies

but sword looks cooler

[bitter granite]

I got that spear

Haven’t crafted it yet but I have the part

[vestal stirrup]

honestly betting that dlc will have an insane gank boss

[bitter granite]

Can’t wait to upgrade this stupid rifle and try it out, it does everything a gunslinger loves in one skill

[wispy loom]

5 malenias

[vestal stirrup]

not insane in that way :ddd

[wispy loom]

3 malenias

[vestal stirrup]

💀

[near sentinel]

2 malenias 1 cup

[bitter granite]

Would

[vestal stirrup]

ayo?

[bitter granite]

Typo

[vestal stirrup]

@near sentinel is solaire meeting before O&S or after

[crystal field]

before

hes on the bonfire after the archers

[near sentinel]

Yeah before

[vestal stirrup]

alr

these demon enemies are so ass

[crystal field]

i usually just run past

[near sentinel]

They look like lickers from resident evil

Their heads

[crystal field]

i can see it

[vestal stirrup]

weird mfs (the enemies i mean, for clarification lol)

they look like theyre missing their skin straight up

[bitter juniper]

cruelty squad

that is all

[vestal stirrup]

parry is crazy

[crystal field]

i wonder if they knew what they were doing with the character hurt sfx

[wispy loom]

probably not

[vestal stirrup]

im assuming i wanna summon solaire the next chance i get to progress his questline?

[crystal field]

its not necessary

[near sentinel]

Just to make the boss easier

[crystal field]

u should fight them solo

[vestal stirrup]

wtf random titanite demon chilling in a room

totally didnt get scared and almost die to it

[near sentinel]

Wait there’s a titanite demon there?
I forgor

[crystal field]

ye on like the second floor

[vestal stirrup]

any benefit on using a lloyds talisman instead of fighting the mimic?

[crystal field]

idk i never used it

[near sentinel]

You can take the loot without having to fight them

Which fighting a mimic can be risky they hit like trucks and all that

And iirc you can farm a symbol of avarice that way?

[vestal stirrup]

was that the mimic hat?

[near sentinel]

Yep

Alternative is just use it to get good hits in in the mimic

The animation of it waking up from the talisman is longer than it’s normal animation if you hit it straight away

Just checked and yeah the talisman thing can be used to farm a symbol of avarice by repeatedly putting the mimic back to sleep after waking it up with a weak attack

[vestal stirrup]

could try doing that w the next mimic i find then

[near sentinel]

Also I didn’t actually know this
The symbol of avarice is a guaranteed drop from the last mimic you kill in any given play through no matter the order
How about that

[vestal stirrup]

oh damn

[near sentinel]

Combine avarice with the covetous silver serpent ring and you can get a nice bump in souls from bosses

Also the symbol of avarice just looks funny so worth the trouble

[crystal field]

it gives me ptsd with covenant farming on ds3

going for 100% on that game is rough

[vestal stirrup]

i feel like ive missed out on estus upgrades big time

[near sentinel]

I have bad memories of farming flameberge from that one hollow

Took me forever

[crystal field]

what level is your estus

[vestal stirrup]

+1

[near sentinel]

There is a fire keeper soul in anor londo

[crystal field]

oh yea lmfao

[near sentinel]

That lady by the bonfire near the start of anor londo

She’s a fire keeper

[crystal field]

you can kill the firekeepers to get their souls

[near sentinel]

If you really really want that fire keeper soul, go back and kill her

[crystal field]

also im guessing you didnt grab the one by new lando

[vestal stirrup]

damn

[near sentinel]

And there is another fire keeper in the demon ruins but you already met her

[crystal field]

i dont think he knows abt the false wall

[near sentinel]

Oh right she’s behind a fake wall

[vestal stirrup]

why can ornstein charge some super speed move behind smoughs ass bruh

[crystal field]

lmao

use the pillars as cover

[vestal stirrup]

biggest problem is trying to separate them rn

[near sentinel]

https://youtu.be/-eI_Y2DmnH8

[crystal field]

oh wow

[near sentinel]

Funny enough if you’ve played DS3 Dan you’ve actually seen the corpse of quelaggs sister in that games demon ruins

[crystal field]

you know you can kindle bonfires for more estus

by using humanity

[vestal stirrup]

oh forgot

[vestal stirrup]

damn

[crystal field]

but each bonfire is separate

[near sentinel]

Also pro tip
Just focus one

Because the other full heals once one dies

I think

[crystal field]

its a weird mechanic

[crystal field]

spoiling

[near sentinel]

And unless you are hard core collector or plan on ever using a sprear/thrust weapon
Your best bet is gonna be focusing down Ornstein first

Because phase 2 Smough, is far easier than phase 2 Ornstein

[near sentinel]

Also fucking KEK
I love how jank Ornsteins dash can be

[vestal stirrup]

its awful

cant even hit him in time because then he decides to start bhopping so i completely miss my swing

[near sentinel]

Yeah just get him out of the way now

When it’s just smough it’s way more manageable trust

[vestal stirrup]

just insanely hard to get any hits in

[crystal field]

should play without camera lock tbh

actually idk how ds1 without camera lock would be but i think itd be better on a fight like this

since you can run around freely

[near sentinel]

Yeah when Ornstein starts doing his dash bullshit might wanna lock off

[bitter granite]

Yea the bosses in Remnant 2 are far far harder than the bosses in 1

But also a lot more fun since each one got some really cool mechanics to them all

[crystal field]

[vestal stirrup]

that sounds good

[near sentinel]

Nice

If you killed Ornstein last you would’ve gotten his soul, and the Leo ring

Leo ring increases damage of thrust weapons, which are most spears

[crystal field]

do that on ng+

[near sentinel]

Appropriate because
He used a spear

[crystal field]

leo ring is pretty bad on ds1

since spears and rapiers are also bad

[vestal stirrup]

yea i knew the rewards differ but had no clue what the ring was, but yea dont care if it doesnt help me xd

and also i kinda got my ring slots full already

[near sentinel]

Now to go see the amazing chest

Amazing chest ahead

[crystal field]

do you have the ring of favors