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From Software The Dark Souls Discussion Thread
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Stormcrowfleet
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I just killed Manus. Now I'm off to kill the dragon whatever. After that I still have some places to explore in Lost Izalith (already killed the bed of bugness) and I haven't touched New Londo (I went there, got killed by monster that I cannot touch, decided to leave). I've heard something about being cursed to hit them.
Stormcrowfleet
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Finished the game. I must say that when you do everything, the last fight(s) are quite easy. Four Kings and Gwyn felt much less threatening than I thought they would be.
I decided to restart a Faith heavy build (my last one was melee only).
I decided to restart a Faith heavy build (my last one was melee only).
That's actually my favourite build. :D :D :D
Just go for 5 or a max of 6 ATT slots, and pump that FTH to 50. Become a sunbro, and stay a sunbro. NG+ go to shrine.
???
Become a god.
You could become a heal bot too, but 99% of the playerbase doesn't know how to react to that, and it's not really practical if you play solo.
Have fun. Much fun. Great wow.
sullynathan
Arcane
Try this again in NG+
Stormcrowfleet
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Being a Sunbro is the best part of that game. I rushed 30 Faith and helped people kill gargoyle to get that sweet lightning. Holy shit Faith is strong. My melee build had trouble with loads of enemies at first. Now I just go normally as a melee, and when something is complicated, I just spam Lightning and the threat goes away. It's just better than pure melee.
Yeah I guess in NG+ everything is more difficult. For now I'll put that character on hold and concentrate on my new one. Is there a lot of summon for bosses in NG+ ? I have a lot of fun helping people out.
Garbage
Learned
Magic can actually be pretty good, especially useful in PvP when lots of players (other than pretty experienced ones) don't really know how to deal with it. Tranquil Walk of Peace + Wrath of the Gods is an extremely cheap but effective means of dealing with a good chunk of the playerbase.
Alternatively if you're going down the sorcery route, trade Manus' soul to Snuggly and get Pursuers, another cheap spell that scares the hell out of most new/inexperienced players.
The game is getting on a bit so you're not going to be swarming in requests depending on your level/gear.
Honestly though I always advise against helping people out in fights. The game is completely different (and honestly a little boring) if you have people help you in fights, the rush comes from banging your head against a wall of a boss you're struggling to beat for hours, only to finally break through with practice and patience and experience that pure joy when you see their health bar go down. When you have two or more players, because someone is always distracting the boss (or one of the bosses) it turns into nothing more than a tank and spank.
If you still want to play with others in NG+, your best bets are either going to be invasions/duels in the area after the Artorias fight. If you're desperate for cheap ways of farming souls, join the forestbros until you come across a group of people farming invaders then hide somewhere in the map (I like near the ladder leading to the hydra). In remastered on one of my playthroughs I would hide there for hours afk for shits and gigs.
Don't get too cocky. There are 2 or 3 bosses that are very rezistant to lightning.
Obvious one is O&S.
And also Gwyn.
Garbage
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Zweihander is game journalist difficulty
toro
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sullynathan
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Four Kings is especially difficult in NG+. Summoning is still depended on level in the original Dark Souls so reaching a high enough level will put you out of range for most players to join in multiplayer, I believe the remastered version introduced password CO-OP so anyone can join you.
Black Angel
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Nathir
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Nobody cares about difficulty, Zweihander is just all around fun and badass.
Stormcrowfleet
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Yeah I'm at O&S now and it fucking sucks. I need help from other Sunbro because it's painful.
FTH modified weapons deal magic damage, so work around that, how you can. You should be fine.
Worst comes to worst, Occult Club that you find next to Havel Chests, can be downgraded. Clubber yer enemies to death.
Beggar
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Shit. Been playing this game since the release but only now I noticed that with every hit with the Butcher Knife you get some HP. Plus, you can get Butchers Knife +15 and the Ring of the Evil Eye before even starting your run (before the gorgoyles) for some interesting build 
Doggies fell from the sky
Staggers with two hits kills with the third
And now for some beautiful turnaround
Going up the ladder through the valley of drakes and darkroot garden
And in one motion we are the the open gates of Sens Fortress with no need of backtracking, without using a single bonfire and killing every possible enemy on the way. Yes, wormies at the beginning of Demon Ruins too
Time to go inside the painting
Don't remember the year last time I died in Anor Londo
And from here it will get tedious. So I might just better go and take a dump. That is how you don't even use your estus nor bonfire
Doggies fell from the sky
Staggers with two hits kills with the third
And now for some beautiful turnaround
Going up the ladder through the valley of drakes and darkroot garden
And in one motion we are the the open gates of Sens Fortress with no need of backtracking, without using a single bonfire and killing every possible enemy on the way. Yes, wormies at the beginning of Demon Ruins too
Time to go inside the painting
Don't remember the year last time I died in Anor Londo
And from here it will get tedious. So I might just better go and take a dump. That is how you don't even use your estus nor bonfire
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yellowcake
Arcane
I got to Undead Parish and had to put the game on a backburner for a couple of weeks because matters, now I've been playing again for a few days, got to the depths and WTF is going on, apparently some fucker invades me. I thought nobody is playing this game anymore, only seen one summon sign in the undead church. Anyway, I managed to kill the poor schmuck, just how cool is that?
yellowcake
Arcane
Can't remember the name but it was some other one than this.
If you're playing PTDE, then yeah, that's a miracle.
If you're playing the remaster, then you just got lucky.
If you're playing the remaster, then you just got lucky.
yellowcake
Arcane
I play vanilla game actually for the first time. I haven't had a miracle happen to me for a long time. Ah well. 
cruel
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Quick proof why DS1 is one of the best games ever (taken from random reddit):
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