My strength build uses a man serpent great sword + 15. Great, easy to use weapon. Plan on getting my intelligence up and using magic weapon on that bad boy.
How do you feel about dat R2 though, I couldn’t get used it to at all
I don’t find myself using it often honestly. I don’t mind it though, not as slow as most R2 attacks. The sprinting vertical slash is nice though when you’re on the offense.
Ah right on, I think it’s because I like a weapon that can poke because otherwise that sword is no doubt beast. Especially if/when you get CMW or DMB.
There was one time I invaded and got trapped in between the host and a phantom in a hallway. They were both one-handing a Claymore and they R2 poked me to death. Felt like we were playing Pong and I was the ball.
Went to a friends to see him try PvP. He was getting kills until I tried and found someone from the dragon covenant. He shouted which broke the whole stamina bar then stabbed me while I staggered. He had a knight next to him, but they would just sit in the forest and wait for people to invade.
On my new character I really like helping people out with bosses for some reason. Except some people that summon me don’t help. Was locked in the corner with the Capra Demon and both dogs and he stood there like I don’t want them to hit me. So all I was a distraction for fifteen seconds. I should try to find a covenant cause I am sitting on 12 humanity and in the sewer section as a human. And the zweihander is not built for close quarters.
okay so im still getting to grips with this game and theres stuff i havent figured out yet. i didnt play it for the longest time until i recently started just buyinga shitload of titanite shards to upgrade my weapons. much quicker than just leveling up my guy over and over. anyway…
ive been playing this single player, since i have no gold account on xbl and my internet connection is incredubly intermittant, but i have had a couple of red people appear in my games and fight me, one in the sewers, and another in blighttown just outside that big spider nest thing (this person was naked all except a bag over their head), are these remnants of other players in my games? even though im pretty sure at the time my connection had failed?
main reason i ask is because the fireplace at the firelink shrine has been extinguished, and i found an item in the caged hole underneath (some black sphere with an eye) along with a ‘dead’ message since the firekeeper has apparently been slain. how in the heck can i regain the ability to rest at that site? the weird item (that i cant remember the name of right now) is permanently greyed out when equipped so i cannot use it, leaving me to believe it is an online only item. My connection craps out most times though even when i go to check my friend list or look at messages so any kind of online gaming is out of the question. is there a way to relight the fire i am missing?
Those red phantoms are AIs, they spawn once you’re in the vicinity whether you’re online or offline.
Rest assured, the black eye orb is not an online item. You will get a chance to use it as you progress within the game and relight the fire.
Now, I’m SL 85. I only just need to get my faith to 18 to use the Cursed Artorias Greatsword +4. Just entered the Painted World of Aramis. It’s not terribly difficult but I feel that the Harpies a pretty freaky looking.
The Red Phantom in the Depths appears two more times later in the game at different locations, defeating him all three times will allow you to get his armor.
Don’t let them jump on your head…
There’s very few of those grab moves that I can survive (shoutouts to staying at starting Vitality - 11 points woot woot). That was probably the most annoying one, just because it reaches so much further than it looks.
What do you all think of the Black Knight Sword? Since my PS3 died and I got a new one, I made a new character. I got a Black Knight Shield from the first one in undead burg and have been using that. It’s an awesome ass shield. I got the sword from a Black Knight during undead Asylum return and proceeded to kill the Stray Demon with it. Now I’m just missing the armor then I can walk around like a bad ass.
Too late right after getting the Dark Ember and running away, one of them jumps on me. I must have had about 30 HP left before I plucked its feathers.
you are supposed to use that item you are talking about in anor londo near the boss. you will get a message on your screen saying something about an item reacting to an invader. use the item and you will invade the person who killed the firekeeper chick. you get some items and you can go back and revive her.
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ah ok thanks for the info. at least i know its part of the story and not some online people coming in killing all my NPCs.
I don’t think they can actually hit your NPCs when they invade you. I’m not 100% on that, but I believe that’s how it works. (Unless maybe it’s a summoned NPC - a la Solaire?)
So I made a new build using chaos an fire weapons because lighting and everyone who uses it is lame as fuck. I made a fire shotel, and it’s the first time I’ve used a shotel in pvp. Why the hell is it not doing damage through shields? Wielding it in the main hand.
Don’t worry, when they invade the npcs look sort of like ghosts to them so they can’t hit them. On the other hand don’t fight near them. Some guy hit his giant blacksmith with an arrow when I was invading once. Even though I was trying to rob the dude of his souls and humanity, I still felt sorry for that guy…
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