Demon's Souls

[Null]

Yeah, I did it for about a half hour but 4-1 gave much more overall. Then after that it helped to work my way to 4-2.

Anybody use Purple Shield? Is it worth it to upgrade to Dark Purple?

[Cephius]

Anybody use Purple Shield? Is it worth it to upgrade to Dark Purple?

It has the best mitigation of any shield in the game when you fully upgrade it, so yeah. Going to Dark Purple lowers the mitigation though so I don't think its worth it.

[raginbull]

I know an easy way to kill maneater. Shoot the first one through the fog using a bow. When he dies, you only have to fight one of them once you enter the fog. I did that and it made the fight a breeze.

[Null]

It has the best mitigation of any shield in the game when you fully upgrade it, so yeah. Going to Dark Purple lowers the mitigation though so I don't think its worth it.

Many thanks. Then I shall continue to 10! Although I've hardly used my shield as of late. Even been tempted to duel wield. I hear on the play throughs after they become more important though so might as well get it leveled and ready.

[Doombear]

It has the best mitigation of any shield in the game when you fully upgrade it, so yeah. Going to Dark Purple lowers the mitigation though so I don't think its worth it.

I am confused Ceph, i thought the Flame has 100/30/90 Mitigation (Phys/Magic/Fire) and the Dark Purple has 100/70/90? Am I reading it wrong? Alternatively, the Large Brushwood has 100/30/100.

Were you talking about Hit Resistance though? Because then yeah, the Purple has 82 (at +10) the Dark Purple has 60 (no matter what upgrade level) and the Brushwood has 80 (at +5... which takes Colorless Souls).

EDIT: Also, not sure if anyone saw this (I missed it until now) but at the Wiki here there is a stat planner XLS that also has a Material Planner sheet and an Upgrade Planner in it as well. Very nice, and something else for me to toss on my laptop for this game =P

[Cephius]

Yeah, sorry, meant HitRes. I just thought of it as mitigation since it allows you to absorb more hits.

[Doombear]

Yeah I will admit I wasn't paying too much attention to that stat until you just mentioned it. HitRes according to the wiki:

"The HitRes stat affects how much Stamina is required to block. It lowers the amount of Stamina drained when blocking attacks, and reduces the Stamina required to block "strong" attacks without breaking guard."

So with 82 HitRes... that just means you will need LESS stamina to block? And it will block more/heavier attacks before breaking guard? The number 82... does that translater directly into dmg blocked or is that simply a rating?

To be honest I have plenty of shields, and tend to really use only 1 of the following 3:

Abjudicator's Shield - HP Regen - 90/50/10 ~ 50 HitRes
Spiked Shield - 100/30/70 ~ 45 HitRes
Dark Steel Shield +2 - 100/46/70 ~ 60 HitRes

I would like more HP Regen on the Abj, but not worth wasting Colorless Souls on at this point. I really just don't do a lot of blocking. Mostly at range attacking or rolling, so right now the most important stat on shields for me is how much they weigh =)

[Cephius]

Yeah, it just means it takes more hits to drain your stamina bar. The higher the number, the less stam it takes to absorb an attack. It's not a percent, but it's not a straight amount of damage absorbed either.

It may not seem like a big deal, but I think it is because if your guard gets broken it pretty much means you're dead 9 times out of 10. Having it fully upgraded helps loads.

Also technically a fully upgraded tower shield has more HitRes but it also weights 30 units... which is crazy.

[Null]

I have all the Spider Shards in the world, but I need four spider chunks and can't get them for the life of me. Tempted to just do wait for NG+ to get some off Gecko's. Anybody have any to trade?

[Cyn]

You can't sell gear. Drop it if you don't need it, or put it into storage if you think it'll come in handy some day.

Don't fight the Red Eye knight in 1-1 until you're around Soul Level 25-30. He'll rape you before that.

The red eye knight is doable around like 20~ if you have decent magic and Soul Arrow. Just put on a thief ring, hit him with it, run, rinse and repeat.

Ummm... A royal can easily take him in the very first run of 1-1.

[Doombear]

I might Null. I will check in a bit. What level are you though... Not sure how our levels line up for a trade. Either way I will add you when I get home and check.

[Cephius]

Ummm... A royal can easily take him in the very first run of 1-1.

Except the poster I responded to clearly stated that he was a Wanderer. Is it possible to exploit pathing and beat the red eye on your first run? Sure. Should a new player stay away from him? Yes.

[Null]

I'll cross my fingers. Either way, thanks for looking. I'm only level 94, put aside leveling in favor of upgrading my gear. I feel overwhelmed with PVP at times.

[Doombear]

I only have 1 Chunk =( but you are welcome to it. Level 88 atm. Is it 10 levels to be able to Co-op? I have to go pick up the demon child from school, but will be back shortly if you want it.

I will add you to FL now before i take off though.

[Null]

Accepted. I don't want to take it if you still need it though. When I get back on I can check to see what stuff I have for trade. Any ones you need?

[Oravis]

As far as shields go I use my upgraded steel shield for heavy melee attacks, my dark purple +5 for fire attacks and my dark silver +5 for magical attacks.

I mainly upgraded dark purple for the trophy but it has been useful against flamelurker for sure.

[Tulun]

Any tips for the 1-4 blue dragon? Bastard keeps on killing me before I can get away from his flames.... and past him (I can snipe him with arrows into his 2nd location fine... just not after)

[Oravis]

For the blue dragon if you can possibly make it past his second location into the area he's protecting you can stand right outside the entrance and use auto lock to aim under his chin and snipe the bitch to death.

[Doombear]

I already have a +5 Sticky Bow Null, not even sure they are used for anything else? So it is all yours. I don't know what I need really as I am not currently looking to upgrade anything so no worries.

1-4 Blue dragon I sniped both times. What is keeping you from doing it at his second position? I used my +5 Sticky Bow for him with Light Arrows I think. I did pitiful DMG but with 300 arrows it hardly mattered. Poor Biorr (or w/e) ate it though... so sad. Now I have two Brushwood sets.

[Cephius]

Any tips for the 1-4 blue dragon? Bastard keeps on killing me before I can get away from his flames.... and past him (I can snipe him with arrows into his 2nd location fine... just not after)

Brushwood set (if you can use it) purple flame shield, ring of flame resistance, and cast water veil if you can. This will let your survive a direct hit, can be a life saver.

For the first time you pass him, let him toast the first minister and then pull the second with an arrow so the dragon roasts him too. Then wait for him to do his fire attack, and sprint right when his fire passes in front of you. Don't wait for it to end, go pretty much as soon as he starts moving the flame towards the other side.

For the second part where you have to go up the stairs, wait for him to start breathing flame (should go from right to left) and go as soon as the breath is in the middle of the stairs. Stick to the right side and hide behind the pillars, and bolt straight up.

I wear the heaviest armor and made it no problem, so you should be in even better shape if you're light.