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Vishvanath wrote:I've just started playing Dark Souls. Is the rarity of bonfires a continual theme of the game?

I really don't have the patience to replay long sections of the game, multiple times.

Git gud in...
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Are you playing DSIII or the original Dark Souls?

Either way finding a bonfire for the first time should be a bit of an "Oh thank God" moment. From each one you should consider it your base as you recon and probe the surrounding areas till you find out the way to go. Yes you'll die, and you will have to replay the same stretches more than once while you learn the game. However as you progress and grow stronger, areas that you once struggled with become easier. You'll open up shortcuts. Your weapons become better and you learn the best way to deal with the enemies in your path. Whenever you die, try and analyse what happened. Did you forget to check behind you and get jumped, did you walk off a ledge while in combat, were you trying to get too many hits in before retreating or blocking?

If there's one thing I can say about Dark Souls is that every death can teach you something. Except for Bed of Chaos. That can just strawberry float off.

It's not for everyone and it can take a while for it to click with some (Took me three attempts over 6 months to get into it), but if you stick with it you might just find it to be one of the most rewarding and satisfying gaming experiences you ever have. If not, then at least you gave it a go.

Enjoying some PVP tonight, soul level 51. Look out for pacmanchester2 or a character called No if you're playing on PS4.

Pacman wrote:Enjoying some PVP tonight, soul level 51. Look out for pacmanchester2 or a character called No if you're playing on PS4.

Are there particular areas this happens more than others? Im getting annoyed i keep getting invaded and they're strawberry floating up my game I can handle one player at a time but its getting ridiculous.

Glowy69 wrote:

Pacman wrote:Enjoying some PVP tonight, soul level 51. Look out for pacmanchester2 or a character called No if you're playing on PS4.

Are there particular areas this happens more than others? Im getting annoyed i keep getting invaded and they're strawberry floating up my game I can handle one player at a time but its getting ridiculous.

Yeah the area you are at just after Pontiff has one of those covenants (Aldrich Faithful) where people invade you. It's the big PvP hotspot too so you'll get normal invasions as well as the covenant ones.

Mafro wrote:

Glowy69 wrote:

Pacman wrote:Enjoying some PVP tonight, soul level 51. Look out for pacmanchester2 or a character called No if you're playing on PS4.

Are there particular areas this happens more than others? Im getting annoyed i keep getting invaded and they're strawberry floating up my game I can handle one player at a time but its getting ridiculous.

Yeah the area you are at just after Pontiff has one of those covenants (Aldrich Faithful) where people invade you. It's the big PvP hotspot too so you'll get normal invasions as well as the covenant ones.

That the area with all the giants in the courtyard? I got murdered good and proper there.

Saint of Killers wrote:

Mafro wrote:

Glowy69 wrote:

Pacman wrote:Enjoying some PVP tonight, soul level 51. Look out for pacmanchester2 or a character called No if you're playing on PS4.

Are there particular areas this happens more than others? Im getting annoyed i keep getting invaded and they're strawberry floating up my game I can handle one player at a time but its getting ridiculous.

Yeah the area you are at just after Pontiff has one of those covenants (Aldrich Faithful) where people invade you. It's the big PvP hotspot too so you'll get normal invasions as well as the covenant ones.

That the area with all the giants in the courtyard? I got murdered good and proper there.

Thats the one, numerous strawberry floating times, I'm now in the smouldering lake, and 3 times I've got close to that ballista and those dart wielding banana splits get me every time.

So, still havent summoned the courage to fight through andor (?) finished the smouldering lake, I'm in the profaned capital now and i can reach the boss quite easily, i also have a jailer key of which I believe I can free a NPC... and Ive bought that guys armour from patches the thieving banana split.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:

Vishvanath wrote:I've just started playing Dark Souls. Is the rarity of bonfires a continual theme of the game?

I really don't have the patience to replay long sections of the game, multiple times.

Git gud in...
3....

2....

1....

;)

Are you playing DSIII or the original Dark Souls?

Either way finding a bonfire for the first time should be a bit of an "Oh thank God" moment. From each one you should consider it your base as you recon and probe the surrounding areas till you find out the way to go. Yes you'll die, and you will have to replay the same stretches more than once while you learn the game. However as you progress and grow stronger, areas that you once struggled with become easier. You'll open up shortcuts. Your weapons become better and you learn the best way to deal with the enemies in your path. Whenever you die, try and analyse what happened. Did you forget to check behind you and get jumped, did you walk off a ledge while in combat, were you trying to get too many hits in before retreating or blocking?

If there's one thing I can say about Dark Souls is that every death can teach you something. Except for Bed of Chaos. That can just strawberry float off.

It's not for everyone and it can take a while for it to click with some (Took me three attempts over 6 months to get into it), but if you stick with it you might just find it to be one of the most rewarding and satisfying gaming experiences you ever have. If not, then at least you gave it a go.

I'm playing the original Dark Souls.

I understand what you're saying but there not being a bonfire right before or after a boss fight is not for me. I just don't have the time to replay long sections of a game nowadays. I do really like the game otherwise though.

There is a bonfire close to the entrance to every boss and one in the room after you kill one.

chalkitdown wrote:There is a bonfire close to the entrance to every boss and one in the room after you kill one.

I didn't find one close to the Taurus Demon.

Vishvanath wrote:

chalkitdown wrote:There is a bonfire close to the entrance to every boss and one in the room after you kill one.

I didn't find one close to the Taurus Demon.

Closest one to that is at the start of the Undead Burg. A few of the bosses are quite far away from the nearest bonfire.

Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but can't you just run to the Taurus boss avoiding enemies on the way in less than a minute?

Isn't that what everyone does in this series? ?

It's probably not something everyone realises straight off.

I cannot for life of me get to the top of the andor towers ffs. Those banana splits with those massive arrows and the guy waiting with his lightning sword on the other!

How do you lot do it?

Run like a mummy strawberry floater.

I had backup.

IAmTheSaladMan wrote:I had backup.

I had back up, but the pleb fell off the tower, and i got attacked by 2 invaders

Glowy69 wrote:

IAmTheSaladMan wrote:I had backup.

I had back up, but the pleb fell off the tower, and i got attacked by 2 invaders

I hate when that sorta gooseberry fool happens, why put your summon sign down if you aren't gonna be any help?

IAmTheSaladMan wrote:

Glowy69 wrote:

IAmTheSaladMan wrote:I had backup.

I had back up, but the pleb fell off the tower, and i got attacked by 2 invaders

I hate when that sorta gooseberry fool happens, why put your summon sign down if you aren't gonna be any help?

Yeah, I've learnt that the AI is normally more use than actual players. Had one lad that I wanted to help with the knights in Andor, instead he went to fight all the giants. Died. And i got invaded.

Its gooseberry fool. Anyway Im up to the aldrich boss now I think, I know I'm coming to the end, and I've messed up my character a bit, invested far too much in strength and dexterity when id have loved to have put more into the spells and pyros as they're cool. I don't think ill play through again, unless theres some DLC coming? Got bloodborne GOTY next