*OFFICIAL* DARK SOULS THREAD FOR W1NNARS!

mbgonzomd wrote:

BTW, what it up with the little mushroom people? Are we suppose to slaughter them or leave them alone?

If you leave them alone, the big guys will leave you alone. If you attack them, they'll run to the big ones who will then come to their defense. As Alpha mentioned, there is a chest in the little pond the big guys are standing in. You don't have to fight them...just have them chase you, and then run to the chest to get the ember that's in there. The big guys are super slow, so you shouldn't have any problems.

Plus I hear they are delicious on pizza.

So, I knocked off the old wolf. Sorry, Alpha. I have the lordvessel too. Where to next?

bdwright77 wrote:

So, I knocked off the old wolf. Sorry, Alpha. I have the lordvessel too. Where to next?

I had a message pop up last night about a Gravelord Servant, something or other. I assume that a Gravelord Servant sent a Black Phantom to my world? How long do they stay, and what should I do?

If I understand it correctly, you'll constantly be invaded by NPC black phantoms of different levels. To make it stop, go fight the boss or you have to find the gravelord cov players black soul sign to enter his world to kill him. It does this to two other players also, so there's a chance for you and two others to form a 3V1 fight to get some payback, assuming you all transport in shortly.

If i understand it correctly.

Apparently there's also a covenant that solely invades players in the book of the damned; a book of Black Phantom invaders that have been marked by unhollowed killed when they invaded. You get the book and the marking stones to mark them from the guy in the belltower, but not sure where the covenant is.

Darkmoon blade on that last covenant, Tyrant. Thanks for the info on the other.

How do you kill the ghost archer in the forest?

AlphaShepherd wrote:

bdwright77 wrote:

So, I knocked off the old wolf. Sorry, Alpha. I have the lordvessel too. Where to next?

To make you feel better:

bdwright77 wrote:

I had a message pop up last night about a Gravelord Servant, something or other. I assume that a Gravelord Servant sent a Black Phantom to my world? How long do they stay, and what should I do?

I saw the same message while I was Hallowed (alive?) I was alive. It was a soul sign from the gravelord servant. I went for it. Transported to someone's world where two guys where in combat. The one guy was on my side so I helped him. I got an Eye of something or other. I has two of those eyes now. Don't know what they are.

Killed sif and the hydra.

Now how do you kill that fuhkin archer. My swings seem to do nothing and I can not lock on to flame him.

In Anor Londo, Mule? I just ran straight at him and used combustion. Roll at an angle towards the wall if he starts to shoot arrows at you when running up to him. He'll soon pull his sword out and you should be able to torch him. Sorry if you're talking about another spot.

Toad suggested poison arrows, but I don't know how you get a shot in on him without getting knocked off the ballasts.

Killed everybody but the final boss. Everybody. Spent about 2 hours trying to farm Souveniers of Reprisal. Had on the covetous ring, in human form with 30 humanity. I got 2. Went back and killed her instead. I'll get them in NG+.

Don't worry about farming for chunks unless you're working on a particular weapon. The very last stretch is full of black knights that auto drop chunk of every color. They respawn.

Got a few more things to do/gather and then I'm on to the final boss.

Best. Game. Ev4r.

Can you get those rare black knight weapons then?

All of them right there. You can farm the heck out of them.

do you even enjoy games anymore or have you fully conditioned yourself to just run through them as fast as possible?

1 hour and 46 minutes is running through a game as fast as you can. 70+ hours is more time than most people play most games.

Glad I could help you frank!

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I was actually able to summon powerbroker for the end boss last night. I almost couldn't believe it when I saw his PSN ID. I believe he'd dropped over five times, and I'd walked back and forth between the area and the "you can't drop your sign here" boundary....which also jumps the server, by the way.

For those of you worried about a lack of story...prepare yourself- there's absolutely nothing at the end except for credits on a black screen. I expected a lot more. Maybe the other ending will be different.

Immediately following the credits the opening scene began. Locked in my cell with all of my gear equipped, ready to rock. I was very disappointed that I didn't get to choose a new beginning gift. I very much wanted to be able to get the Master Key this go around. It would have made NG+ much shorter than it will be now.

Toad, what's your favorite upgraded weapon?

I almost exclusively use the lightning spear +5. It does high damage, but has no scaling stats. The great part is that you can get a ton of hits in before your endurance runs out. You cannot backstab with this weapon.

I got to see powerbroker's Fire Server +x last night. That thing is nasty...and can backstab.

My next go-to weapon is my Gravelord Sword +4 that you get for joining the Gravelord Servant's covenant. It scales with strength and does silly high damage. It's over 400 with my strength. I can get 3 swings in before my endurance is gone.

powerbroker wrote:

Glad I could help you frank!

Check out mah cool avatarz! who knew they made a beer, just for me!

Noice!!!

toadthefrank wrote:

1 hour and 46 minutes is running through a game as fast as you can. 70+ hours is more time than most people play most games.

75 hours over 14 days = you need to go outside more.

There's not much going on outside after dark....