Dark Souls PC

[rhitwick]

Finally killed Havel.

Took me 6 hours of continuous play to do that but I've finally beat him!

Used backstab (6-7 counts) with Drake sword.

Parry is too risky, if you miss, you die. with backstab, you still have chance of rolling to go away from his range.
And, he recovers pretty quickly!

b/w I loved moves of Long sword. Picked up Claymore but that's a heavy weapon and moves a bit slow.

Any other sword similar to longsword that I should keep an eye?

 

[rhitwick]

Havel alone troubled me for over 1 month.

I've killed Taurus demon in 2 days, by mostly staying near his legs and hitting it constantly.

Accidentally killed Black Knight in the Parish church.

And brought down life of the Gargoyle to half just to test the approach.

But, Havel is Havel.

 

[Desmond]

If you find it hard, you can always summon help. Ping me if you see me online and you can summon me.

 

[rhitwick]

If you find it hard, you can always summon help. Ping me if you see me online and you can summon me.

playing offline

Too many invaders!

I'll check next time.

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

playing offline

Too many invaders!

I'll check next time.

I also play only offline but reason is different

Spoiler: Emoji

Also I forgot 2 give u this tip, always backup ur savefile.

I recently lost a savefile that was nearly entering completion to corruption ,but 2 my relief I had a backup of my savefile and only lost little progress......................

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

Havel alone troubled me for over 1 month.

I've killed Taurus demon in 2 days, by mostly staying near his legs and hitting it constantly.

Accidentally killed Black Knight in the Parish church.

And brought down life of the Gargoyle to half just to test the approach.

But, Havel is Havel.

Dunno man, u tacked him much earlier , I also tried it and got CRUSHED, but when I came back to him later he took only 3 tries when using backstab IIRC................

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

Picked up Claymore but that's a heavy weapon and moves a bit slow.

If you want faster weapons there is a whole category for it .....................

Though balder side sword may be a good weapon for you, it drops from the balder knights that you encountered on the way 2 grogyle, but drop rate is low. I personally struggled too much with those hollows that are in the way 2 grogyle, so I killed many knights and I had sword in my inventory without even knowing it!

 

[rhitwick]

If you want faster weapons there is a whole category for it .....................

Though balder side sword may be a good weapon for you, it drops from the balder knights that you encountered on the way 2 grogyle, but drop rate is low. I personally struggled too much with those hollows that are in the way 2 grogyle, so I killed many knights and I had sword in my inventory without even knowing it!

Haven't yet got any such sword yet.

b/w Done with Gargoyle. Killed Lautrec and got the ring.

Wonder which to use? Havel or Lautrec's one?

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

Killed Lautrec and got the ring.

U could have also not killed lautrec for his storyline to fully end, his quesline is a fun one imo....

But since you have already killed it not much can be done.

Lautrec ring is one of the best which boosts most of ur stats, but here is the catch- it cannot be removed , it you remove it, it will break. Use the ring wisely, remember, after wearing it, it will seriously limit your options of wearing multiple rings. Havel will only cause a increase in total weight capacity, so by wearing it you will move faster and roll faster when wearing armour.

 

[Desmond]

Took me 6 hours of continuous play to do that but I've finally beat him!

Congrats. You are really patient. Looks like you will do well in Dark Souls.

 

[Desmond]

Parry is too risky, if you miss, you die. with backstab, you still have chance of rolling to go away from his range.
And, he recovers pretty quickly!

Parrying allows you to finish some fights soon, so it pays to practice it on low tier enemies so that you get the timing right.

And brought down life of the Gargoyle to half just to test the approach.

You can cut off the gargoyle's tail to get a weapon.

playing offline

Lol, I like fighting invaders. Except when they are hacking.

balder side sword

One of the best dexterity weapons in the game.

Wonder which to use? Havel or Lautrec's one?

If you are going heavy armour build, then use both. Note that the ring of FAP will break when you unequip it, so you'll most probably be using it permanently for the rest of the game.

U could have also not killed lautrec for his storyline to fully end, his quesline is a fun one imo....

Lautrec is an a*****e, I kill him every time.

 

[rhitwick]

U could have also not killed lautrec for his storyline to fully end, his quesline is a fun one imo....

But since you have already killed it not much can be done.

Lautrec ring is one of the best which boosts most of ur stats, but here is the catch- it cannot be removed , it you remove it, it will break. Use the ring wisely, remember, after wearing it, it will seriously limit your options of wearing multiple rings. Havel will only cause a increase in total weight capacity, so by wearing it you will move faster and roll faster when wearing armour.

I'm using a mod which lets me keep "Ring of Sacrifice" intact even after death.
So one slot is blocked with that, not gonna remove it for anything.

So, consider I've only one slot for the rest of the game.

Lautrec ring or Havel's ring?

Any other mission in future where Lautrec ring would be mandatory in case I lose it?

 

[rhitwick]

Lautrec is an a*****e, I kill him every time.

I had to kill him, partly for the ring and partly he was not helping me.

Also due to a glitch in game, I could not free him from his cell even though I had the cell key.
loading/realong game number of times, replaying level did not fix that.

He got free after killing Gargoyle and refused to help me when I met with him again.

 

[Desmond]

I'm using a mod which lets me keep "Ring of Sacrifice" intact even after death.
So one slot is blocked with that, not gonna remove it for anything.

SMH, why? Remove that mod.

Lautrec ring or Havel's ring?

Both.

Any other mission in future where Lautrec ring would be mandatory in case I lose it?

Once Lautrec is dead, he has nothing to do with the rest of the game.

 

[rhitwick]

SMH, why? Remove that mod.

Nopes, I die too many tomes. Can't lose my hard earned souls for that.

 

[Desmond]

Nopes, I die too many tomes. Can't lose my hard earned souls for that.

Seriously, don't get attached to the souls. Leveling up won't make you strong because every time you level up you get diminishing returns on your stats. Then at one point around mid game levelling up will no longer be worth it because you will be spending a lot of souls to get 1-2 points of damage or resistances.

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

SMH, why? Remove that mod.

I agree! In my books only save scrubbing if you kill someone by accident, and a cheat for taking a item that's online only ,is allowed.

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

Lautrec is an a*****e, I kill him every time.

But his quest is cool though

Spoiler: The storyline and why writer think its cool

Invading lautrec and killing him was seriously difficult and it is one of my fondest memories of this game " how many times do these lambs rush to slaughter!" - lautrek after I invaded him for 100th time. Since if you are killed when invading souls were not lost , as a bonus I leveled up pretty quick in process of killing lautek as a bonus!

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

Nopes, I die too many tomes. Can't lose my hard earned souls for that.

Seriously @rhitwick if you do that you will loose one of the most important part of the game , learning to move on even if you loose almost everything.

 

[rhitwick]

See, I can't do away with the mod.

I played long time without the mod and kept losing the souls.

For me, if I loose souls at point A, there is no guarantee that in next run I would even reach that place to retrieve them.

So, yeah, can't lose that. Apart from 'that' mod, its all hard work.