Be Excellent To Each Other

Yeah, then while you're doing that a draggin appears directly behind you and roasts you with no warning or chance to dodge or run away. As I repeatedly keep pointing out.

No, that didn't happen, I inched forward as there was a load of bad guys and I was looking for a bonfire (having just killed the demon - which I didn't want to have to repeat) and without warning, I got killed.

You don't have to repeat the demon, though.

If you're in doubt as to what might be ahead, sometimes it's worth retracing your steps back to the previous bonfire... depends how cautious/confident you are. I get edgier the further away from a bonfire I am.

I can't remember what tipped me off to the dragon, but there was definately something.

I know that now, but I didn't at the time It was an example of why I was being cautious
@ devilman, yeah but I thghthat would respawn the demon.

It was 130 hrs of play ago, and i can't remember properly. But I'm certain he didn't kill me when he appeared. Just the guys ahead of me.

I was lucky as I had less flammable clothes on when he did the cunt's trick. I definitely didn't see him coming other than a shadow half a second before toastage. Even going back up there now results in him getting 2-3 fire blasts on me before I can run the length to the safe stairs. I have been using him for collecting souls though, as you can pop down the ladder to the bonfire, rest, run back up and collect 300 souls from him killing the resurrected spearmen. Rinse and repeat.

I think I must have got lucky on my game. The dragon was perched when I first got there and I think I made it to the ladder without the dragon even flinching. I'm not sure what triggers it into action sometimes - it seems to be quite content to leave you alone early on, but every time I go there now, I have to be quick to avoid getting toasted.

Hmmm, Were there messages warning you that other players had left?

Do you both have orange soapstones? (If not the merchant under the boxes near the bonfire will sell you one.*)

Because if there aren't warnings there at the moment, using the orange soap stone to warn others would a) be a nice thing to do and b) has a tiny chance that it might net you some free humanity...

*

There probably were a few "beware of draggin" ones, but they were no doubt mixed in with "beware of hint" "needs wonderful weapon" "I did it!" and "praise the sun!" uselessnesses. Certainly no "beware of draggin appearing from nowhere behind you and toasting you" messages.

The signs are generally helpful, if you ignore them, chances are you'll miss something useful. Having looked at the area, it's rather charred, there was probably a sign telling me to beware of dragon, and there's a similar thing done in demons souls (where again there is forewarning of dragon and many charred bodies)

So yeah, he didn't surprise me.

I think you missed a step Lave. You edge forward, then you get the shadow and hear the wings AND FUCKING STAND STILL. The dragon swoops overhead and melts everyone in front.

There's a sweet spot where the event is triggered but you remain safe.

I agree with everything Lave's said about this game. You don't play Dark Souls like any other game: You never rush into battle and sometimes the best approach is to do nothing at all.

I remember the only reason i was ok at the dragon was a message that said "safe spot". I was reading it when the dragon swooped down. God bless the Dark Souls community! Need head, indeed.

Amazing chest ahead.

That made me chuckle.

Yeah. True too.

Try amazing ring next to bodies bent over wells too.

That was in front of bearded smith man with no legs, yes?

She's got my Halberd coming her way in NG+...
:ninja:

No. It's at the end of Anor Londo.

Aye, that might have been it. I really can't remember.

I love this game so very, very much. It's everything i ever wanted.

The Bell Gargoyles were piss easy compared to the Taurus Cunt. Partly because you get room to actually dodge and get behind them, rather than be trapped on a shitty narrow corridor or a 2-penny-piece-wide tower.

I can't believe you're still playing this.

He started playing this game as a boy...

...he will finish it as a man.

Tower is plenty wide.

You're going to hate the next boss though.

Lightning chucking git after Viking Metalsmith Man? I done him over by standing behind the broken pillar and arrowing him to death.

No. You'll know.

Actually if you've gone that way there's a few other bosses to kill before you have to go back to the one Dave is making reference to.

No, giant goat dude with dogs.

Are we taking bets when he'll jack it in yet? I've got my two pound subscription money on Blightown.

Ah the caprademon, the one boss I think is a bit shit. And bit unfair. A massive difficulty spike. Summon help for the fucker. After that plane sailing,

Also: what class are you two?

I don't think he will - he's more tenacious than you'd give him credit for.

Well what a wonderfully fair and brilliantly designed boss battle that Capra Demon is! Got him on my third attempt by using the stairs. This game just gets worse and worse.

That's the worst boss encounter in the game.

Third attempt is very good going though. As Zardoz says, that's the most unfair bit of the game with cramped surroundings and lots of crap in the way. At least you've got that one out of the way.

You must be getting some enjoyment out of the game though? Or are you just persevering out of stubbornness?

I'm waiting for "fun" to start. After 11 hours I would've expected at least some, but it's the same old shit. Boring, ugly environments that are simply corridors funnelling you along. No storyline to keep up interest. Boring combat. Shitty cheap ambushes. Multiplayer dickheads invading the game and killing you.

Nothing better than killing them though.

You some kind of masochist. 11 hours hating something and all you can do is moan at people who actually love it?
Id suggest just trade or give it away and move on with your life...

Otherwise known as giving your opinion on a game in a thread about said game?

Yeah, I agree. This thread should only be positive, possibly shitting up every other thread with its glowing positivity. I'll shut up about how shit this game is.

Yeah, let him whinge. There's nothing more therapeutic than venting.

You've got to wonder about someone who spends eleven hours of his free time playing a game he apparently loathes though. **

How long did you play Battlefield 3 for again?

Campaign was about five hours wasn't it? Plus who said it wasn't enjoyable in parts?

Umm, you? You basically moaned the whole way through it. By your own metric, you should have left the thread for positive comments only.

Er, hang on a minute, he can moan all he likes. I've just said so. Plus, I think you're having selective memory failure about my BF3 comments.

Good.

I don't think we're going to get a Dark Souls dimlie at this rate...

Dark Souls.

I wonder how much additional time everyone would have on the forum if you could just put :ds: and it have a dark souls dimlie appear - its 11 characters less !

(my opinion which no-one has asked for is that you should be able to say if you like / dont like any game in its thread , *especially* if you can back it up with why - and i dont see anyone saying that Dimrill's comments are not perfectly valid)

For the record, I constantly play games I don't enjoy because I guess I just fucking love moaning. Nowt wrong with that! Well, I think so any way...

Just tweeted my efforts at a Dark Souls dimlie! Slow Friday...

Sorry if this has been done, but I'm not reading etc; do you need Gold to enjoy the online functions of Dark Souls on the Xbox 360?

I just started Demon's Souls, btw. I am enjoying muchly, but earlier I had to stop playing after I'd just heroically recovered 3000 souls only to then get killed by some dogs and then get killed again by the same dogs while trying to recover them once more. I did love the bit where you

and it almost petrifies you with fear and trepidation.

I like thu way there is a plastic case that comes with thu game to protect from hoarfrost. Canoeing is fun.