Elden SoulsBorne: Felyne Village - the FROM thread

Progress - beat two more bosses, one in No Man's Wharf with the help of Lucatiel and the Sentinels in Lost Bastille with a player summon and the mage NPC too.

Speaking of Lost Bastille...

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Also had my first taste ever of Dark Souls co-oping - helped some poor souls out with the boss in the Cathedral of Blue.   

It makes you feel good, doesn't it? Praise the sun!   (As for the spoiler enemies best dealt with a range weapon)

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Two-hand a halberd, if ever you have trouble with normal enemies on DS2, Two-hand a halberd.

I don't think I have the dex requirements to use a halberd.   

Decided to bugger the Lost Bastille for now and try the Huntsman's Copse. So far, so good!

Question - how's my build looking? Any obvious glaring faults?

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Looks fine to me, perhaps a few more into adaptability? Also I wouldn't worry too much about reinforcing your armour as the base stats are usually fine & the souls/ore could be used more for your stats/weapons.

Don't know what other weapons you can use but it's also good to have a back up or something different like the halberd.

I'm trying out the Claymore - really liking its thrust attack, great for keeping enemies at bay.

I see what you mean now about bosses being easier - I beat the previous three bosses I faced (named in spoiler below) and they didn't seem particularly difficult either.

A question:

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Not experienced the first place you mentioned, maybe you wearing a certain ring that auto summons you?

Nah, had no such rings on. I was summoned to another player's world, except the enemies I had killed in that area were alive and aggroed to me, and the player was also looking to kill me. I didn't lose anything from it, as I was a phantom, but really perplexed me.

*lights Vido-signal*

Have you encountered this?

Ah, you know about the bell-ends yet now you have encountered something even worse...

Rat-arsed covenant:

Also, that build you posted has nearly identical equipment to my champion covenant character. Bastard Sword is ace. I think I am using the Vagarian helm rather than the Heide mask. I would always keep the Chloranthy ring on.

Ahhhh, I figured it would be something along those lines. Well... (spoilerish stuff up to half way through Iron Keep ahead)

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Not summoned many NPCs (just jester Thomas for the Mthya fight) as I usually go for my fellow sun bros if they're about.

Oh the last time I played I tried the pursuers ultra great sword & I was awful with it which reminds me I've not played this for about a week now so I must get back to it.

The_Jaster wrote:

Not summoned many NPCs (just jester Thomas for the Mthya fight)

Wasn't he great? I pretty much tanked whilst he wrecked Mytha's shit.

Also, I heard summoning NPCs - at least NPCs that actually exist in the world - is important for advancing their sidequests. Case in point - when I met Pate after summoning him for the Last Giant, he gave me his armour set as thanks.

JayMoyles wrote:

The_Jaster wrote:

Not summoned many NPCs (just jester Thomas for the Mthya fight)

Wasn't he great? I pretty much tanked whilst he wrecked Mytha's shit.

Also, I heard summoning NPCs - at least NPCs that actually exist in the world - is important for advancing their sidequests. Case in point - when I met Pate after summoning him for the Last Giant, he gave me his armour set as thanks.

Jester Thomas is definitely the new Iron Tarkus, I've only been following about 3 NPC stories so far.

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DSII adventures:

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What NPC stories are you following? I've finished Creighton and Pate's story, and I'm following Benhart and Lucatiel's stories.

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It's seems I miscounted I'm following the stories of the same folk as you. (Might actually have to go pay pate a visit to make sure I spoke to him fully)

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Pate and Creighton's stories are intertwined. I can give you a non-spoilery walkthrough of sorts if you'd like. Don't look if you don't want to though, natch.

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Cheers! but I'm not fussed if I miss out on things like that as I can do them in NG+

Aye, exactly! If you're wanting the 100% chievo then I think NG+ is required anyway.

Finished the story of Pate/Creighton & it was brilliant!

My Story choice :

Really enjoyed the boss of the black gulch & the areas after that were great especially brightstone, I summoned a fellow sun bro for a boss here but he either disconnected or just didn't come through the fog with me, luckily I had Benhart with me & we tore the boss to shreds.

I've now maxed my bastard sword to +10 & shall be returning to sinners rise the next time I play. (Left it initially after being scared off by the waist high water )

Pate/Creighton:

I'm not keen on Brightstone, mainly because the lower areas are a bit cheap - lots of casters. I enjoyed the village at the start though! And yeah, the Prowling Magus fight, right? It's one of the few fights where I felt sorry for the boss - me and Benhart just laid waste to them.   

I'm rocking a Bastard Sword+10 and a lightning Claymore+10. I got a lot of chunks from bellending for ages - I felt somewhat guilty, but when you get a chunk every time you kill a trespasser and the summons are SO frequent...

Sinner's Rise isn't too bad - just keep your eyes peeled for those exploding mummies from before. Also, protip - you might want to beat the Belfry Gargoyles and nab a key from the Belfry Luna. It'll make your trip to Sinner's Rise much easier.

How many Great Souls do you have now Jas?

My progress:

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Aye it was the prowling magus fight, I'll be looking to max out my black knight sword next so I'm on the hunt for twinkling titanite now not sure if those bugs drop them in this game but they always seem to escape from my grasp.

Cheers for the tips & I think I have 2 great souls now.

The_Jaster wrote:

I'll be looking to max out my black knight sword next so I'm on the hunt for twinkling titanite now not sure if those bugs drop them in this game but they always seem to escape from my grasp.

Twinkling is pretty scarce until a bit later on from where you're at just now. I'm only just beginning to happen upon lots of it.

Third great soul GET!

You were right about sinners rise & it was made even easier with Lucatiel helping out, how interesting is the lost sinner armour (moslty the helm & hand shackles) set? After that I got really lost & pottered about the forest of giants for an hour trying to kill those flame spewing lizards which was a quick way to lose some souls.

Anyhow finally made it to Dangliec castle.

Castle entrance spoiler :

Hang on, don't you need all four Great Souls to get to Drangleic Castle? Still, that opening vista is GORGEOUS. Had to screenshot it when I first arrived.



Really affirmed to me the idea that Dark Souls is essentially the perfect 3D Castlevania game.

Ah, those fucking salamanders. I'd recommend dropping down from the room below the Cardinal's Tower instead of going through the Iron Keep door - you can snipe the first salamander then cheese the rest with poison instead of getting bumrushed.

Did you use the Bastille Key to light up the Lost Sinner's room? Makes the fight so much easier, right?

As for your spoiler:

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And I made some more progress! I killed three more bosses - all very creative, if not entirely challenging fights - and received an item which lets me get through those doors which require the king's seal that you might have ran into on your travels. I can't say anything else without getting into spoilery territory, but I'm looking forward to you catching up so I can discuss the later areas - they really are superb.