[penev10]

Got the Moonlight Butterfly Horn - what a load of cack! With a INT of 32 it only gives me 110 + 64(B scaling) magic attack! Useless, my Magic Battle Axe +5 gives me a total attack of 360.

If the Enchanted upgrade path is B scaling for most wepaons it isn't worth pursuing.

[YouSavedMyLife]

Originally Posted by noodler

Red sign soapstone - not the same thing.

Yeah i though the same thing at first, until i tried use the fecking thing. Just drops sign that people can summon you to there world if they wanna have a scrap. I might drop it at boss areas/bonfires for a laugh. Noobs will summon me thinking im coming to help with a boss

Originally Posted by penev10

Got the Moonlight Butterfly Horn - what a load of cack! With a INT of 32 it only gives me 110 + 64(B scaling) magic attack! Useless, my Magic Battle Axe +5 gives me a total attack of 360.

If the Enchanted upgrade path is B scaling for most wepaons it isn't worth pursuing.

Sure i coulda told it was crap If they actually do fix scaling in the next patch it might become decent. Who knows

[tonydude]

Originally Posted by YouSavedMyLife

Yeah i though the same thing at first, until i tried use the fecking thing. Just drops sign that people can summon you to there world if they wanna have a scrap. I might drop it at boss areas/bonfires for a laugh. Noobs will summon me thinking im coming to help with a boss

The sign appears as a red summon sign in other players worlds and is called a dark spirit when you summon the person, i summoned one before the bed of chaos boss. I stood behind him and gave him a massive slash of my sword , finished him off a minute later with a back attack

[AnCapaillMor]

Originally Posted by penev10

Got the Moonlight Butterfly Horn - what a load of cack! With a INT of 32 it only gives me 110 + 64(B scaling) magic attack! Useless, my Magic Battle Axe +5 gives me a total attack of 360.

If the Enchanted upgrade path is B scaling for most wepaons it isn't worth pursuing.

The shield from the butterfly does 4 times that damage.

[penev10]

Originally Posted by YouSavedMyLife

Sure i coulda told it was crap If they actually do fix scaling in the next patch it might become decent. Who knows

Originally Posted by AnCapaillMor

The shield from the butterfly does 4 times that damage.

Yeah, kinda knew I was making a bad move when I checked the stats at the blacksmith - but it looks cool Fingers crossed for a scaling boost in the patch!

[Kirby]

Originally Posted by AnCapaillMor

The shield from the butterfly does 4 times that damage.

Not for long. It simply has to be patched at some point.

Whatever about the mistakes in Str and Dex weapons compared to elemental weapons......which is a bad mistake.....I'm amazed that the moonlight shield made it through testing. Nothing else does that much damage in one hit and can be used with every possible build.

[OldManJenkin]

Some great multiplayer action at Kiln Of The First Flame, got invaded 3 times and I invaded once, but the lag made the fighting pretty tough.

I always knew you had a choice to be good or bad at the end, but I had no idea which was which and ended up picking the bad one by accident

[Sgt Hartman]

Originally Posted by YouSavedMyLife

So trade it in then. After reading your post about the Capra demon i replied as did various other people with tips on how to beat him, and you did beat him and everyone was overjoyed thanking you post, yay! This game doesnt require farming. Its not an RPG where at some bosses/areas you need to be a certain level to compete with the boss. Dark Souls isnt for everyone and it will test your patience. But if you dont have any patience or you simply arnt very good at the game then yes you will be frustrated.

Sorry I know this is the 2nd time I've had a frustrated rant about this but I still keep going back. I just don't want it to beat me. I went back to it again yesterday and thanks to a Youtube vid I found a fantastic area for farming souls. I decided to save up souls in the Darkroot Forest so that I would have enough for the Crest of Artorias. Once inside this is what I did

http://youtu.be/kKVB4sL4Sxg

This is gonna save me LOADS of time That's it. I'm gonna beat this thing, no more empty trade-in threats I got the Drake Sword, The Black Knight Halberd, The Elite Knight armor and the Boar Fang helm. I'll level up well at this farming spot and go kick the Hydra's ass.

Originally Posted by noodler

Are you talking about the first or second Hydra?

The one at Darkroot Basin or the one at Ash Lake?

The one at Darkroot is easy because there is a save rock for you to hide behind, when he tries to physical attack with heads then break cover and try to take a head out with your strongest weapon.

Rinse and repeat until he has no heads left. At this stage he will have very little HP and I just finished him with a bow.

The one at Darkroot Basin. I just kept on getting GOZZLED by his projectiles. Cheers for the tip BTW

[YouSavedMyLife]

Originally Posted by Sgt Hartman

Sorry I know this is the 2nd time I've had a frustrated rant about this but I still keep going back. I just don't want it to beat me. I went back to it again yesterday and thanks to a Youtube vid I found a fantastic area for farming souls. I decided to save up souls in the Darkroot Forest so that I would have enough for the Crest of Artorias. Once inside this is what I did

http://youtu.be/kKVB4sL4Sxg

This is gonna save me LOADS of time That's it. I'm gonna beat this thing, no more empty trade-in threats I got the Drake Sword, The Black Knight Halberd, The Elite Knight armor and the Boar Fang helm. I'll level up well at this farming spot and go kick the Hydra's ass.




The one at Darkroot Basin. I just kept on getting GOZZLED by his projectiles. Cheers for the tip BTW

So farm if you must. Make sure you are upgrading your weapons at the blacksmith. Upgrading your weapon is the best way to get more damage, STR and DEX will increase your damage, but not as much as upgrading. Plus upgrading is cheaper souls wise so you can still spend the majority of your souls on. The elite knight armour is one of the best armour sets in the game. Has a great balance between defence, poise and weight and is very cheap to upgrade.

As for the Hydra, run straight across from him when he is shooting and jump/roll when the water balls almost hit. After the globes land run straight at him. Then as you see him loading up another volley change your run 90 degree and run straight across him again. Take your clothes off if need be as Elite Knight armour is heavy and you will be moving very slow. Then re-equip it when your in the shallows. When you in the water the fight gets easy mode. Just shield up and make sure you have the stamina to take a hit. And dont walk to close or you will fall into the deep end of the water.

[2smiggy]

after passing sens fortress, now just helping with a few iron golem fights been summoned. one of the easier bosses.

will i head to anor londo or is it worth going back to the shire to big hat logan for some of his new spells ?

i love my new lightening spear BTW

i know its over powered , but i am not great at games and its nice to be able to kill them lizards etc easier !

[tonydude]

Nearly finished my first playthrough, all ive left is to go through the tomb of giants ( did it already so should be easy ) and sort out the boss. Then off to the last area. Getting good at beating invaders now, killed the last 3 with my maxed out Zweihander (lightning damage ) . Ive put over 100 hours into my first playthrough first and im lvl 84 , ive every pyro and magic spell obtained only a few miracles to get . Only 3 convenants left to experience and enough materials to make the weapons i need bar the red slab ( must slaughter more chaos bugs ).

Theres a good event line in the game, its Siegmeyer of , it has 3 possible endings. The best ending has a titan slab up for grabs. Cant wait to finish the game and start NG+

[noodler]

Invaders seem not to bother with shields and my weapons still don't connect.

Really annoying.

Also, sometimes I strike and although there was no damager done - I take fire damage.

And for the 2nd time in as many days, someone critical'd me from behind in POainted World despite looking like they were on front of me.

Sigh.

[tok9]

Originally Posted by noodler

Invaders seem not to bother with shields and my weapons still don't connect.

Really annoying.

Also, sometimes I strike and although there was no damager done - I take fire damage.

And for the 2nd time in as many days, someone critical'd me from behind in POainted World despite looking like they were on front of me.

Sigh.

Ya the same tends to happen to me. I hope it can be patched, otherwise I haven't a chance.

[Sgt Hartman]

Originally Posted by YouSavedMyLife

So farm if you must. Make sure you are upgrading your weapons at the blacksmith. Upgrading your weapon is the best way to get more damage, STR and DEX will increase your damage, but not as much as upgrading. Plus upgrading is cheaper souls wise so you can still spend the majority of your souls on. The elite knight armour is one of the best armour sets in the game. Has a great balance between defence, poise and weight and is very cheap to upgrade.

As for the Hydra, run straight across from him when he is shooting and jump/roll when the water balls almost hit. After the globes land run straight at him. Then as you see him loading up another volley change your run 90 degree and run straight across him again. Take your clothes off if need be as Elite Knight armour is heavy and you will be moving very slow. Then re-equip it when your in the shallows. When you in the water the fight gets easy mode. Just shield up and make sure you have the stamina to take a hit. And dont walk to close or you will fall into the deep end of the water.

I've levelled up all my armor, weapons and shield as high as I could. I got myself to a good level and I hid behind the rock and tree so his fireballs wouldn't do any damage. I rolled out as soon as he fired a shot in order to goad him into his head plunge attack. When he done this I just rolled out and hacked at his heads. When I got him to down to his last head I just peppered him to death with arrows, just as Noodler suggested Cheers for that Noodler. After I killed it I killed the Crystal giant along to the left hand side of the lake and released Dusk of Oolacille. I went up the ladder and wandered into a place where I fought a large panther. Just as I was about to kill it two more panthers came out of nowhere and destroyed me

I got past the Capra Demon (easiest battle so far), opened some short cuts and made it to the depths. I was cursed by the frogs () so I had to trudge all the way back to the priest at the Bell Tower to buy a few Purging Stones. I and my two summoned Knights Solitaire and Lautrec were owned first time out by the Gaping Dragon. My mistake was that I didn't go for his tail at the start. I'll have that Dragon taken down on Wednesday eve

[2smiggy]

has anyone as yet got the soul spear ? have to get intelligence to level 30 something to use , hardly worth it i'd imagine ?

where can i get the lad for upgrading the fire magic (pyro) ?

would be handy having hime back at the shire. its a long way down to the spider lady to upgrade, and no guarantee of getting down if i have farmed a god few souls without dying.