Pretty much this. I'm not giving up on it just yet (want to try playing with a pad first), but given my limited free time and the amount of good games in my backlog, it is hard to stay hooked after dying for the fifth time in the same spot due to jerky controls. It's a little better when playing on keyboard alone, as at least then simple running around does not give me a nausea, but reduced maneuverability means I can only effectively fight regular mobs like this.
It does get boring if you stay in one spot too long, either because you insist on bashing your head against an obstacle (bridge dragon in my case; srsly fu) or you're trying to comb a level and end up grinding the same mobs over and over again. Good news is that you have options. Just leave and explore another part of the world to keep it fresh. Right now I have 4 or 5 areas open to me, so when I get bored of getting toasted by the dragon I run past it and do something else. I love the level design, how interconnected everything is. Just when you think you've strayed too far from your bonfire and will likely die at the next turn because your flask is empty you find a shortcut that takes you back to a safe spot and you breathe a sigh of relief because you won't have to grind through all those mobs again and can keep exploring. I marvel at the lever designers' ingenuity.
to dirty myself in the sewers now.You can bug out the dragon apparently with Bow&Arrows, and you get a nice "Drake Sword" (200 Dmg) for shooting off its tail from under the bridge, just buy the Short Bow + lots'o'arrows from the Undead Merchant guy, get under the bridge and zoom in/shoot at its tail till it falls off xD (might require 20-40 arrows depending).
Unfortunately I had the drake sword trick spoiled for me early so I try to stay away from it; would feel cheap. It doesn't scale with stats anyway from what I hear, so my club probably outdamages it by now. I found all sorts of heavy weapons that would fit my strength build perfectly (and now I got a ring that allows me to equip them and the heaviest armor) but they are so slow and unwieldy. And they all lack the nifty jump attack of the club.
What club are you using? I haven't tried using many of the clubs, hammers and maces.
VeryOrder of events went something like Taurus > Gargoyles > Butterfly> New Londo drained > Hydra > Sif (without breaking the seal... felt pretty badass) > Abyss (but I pussied out of actually trying to fight the boss there, quite a lot gained on the way though) >Quelag. I think tomorrow I'll try taking on the four kings. I'm too
order indeed, I hate Sif and usually leave him after Ornstein and Smough or even further....I must have killed this guy like 5 times the "hard way" until I accidentally killed him like that after I grabbed the loot and runned like a maniac. Very funny WTF mooment.
Nope, I remenber reading something like that too, but there is nothing new on the lake...
You're holding it incorrectly, bro. Here's what our resident expert suggests:
Just do this with your controller, Einstein. FFS, 8-year-old Paintmaster consolekiddie figured it out.
To me those Dark Knights are simply perfect in design, they are tough, great looking and fight in avery elegant way; they offer a challenge, but a skilled player can kill them even with very shitty gear and fell awesome as fuck. Demon's Soul had those red-eyed kinghts, but the design on Dark Soul's is way superior.
You're holding it incorrectly, bro. Here's what our resident expert suggests:
Just do this with your controller, Einstein. FFS, 8-year-old Paintmaster consolekiddie figured it out.
The Reinforced Club you can buy from the merchant at the start of Undead Burg for like 300 souls. Though I started using a claymore now as well against groups/lightly armored enemies. But the club is still king against armored/shielded foes. It kills those stone knights in the garden in one hit.
this game, but fuck that minotaur piece of shit. : xWeird, then how come my club gets the biggest bonus of all my weapons, even tho it only has a C in str, while others have a C in both?
