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On August 31 2012 02:15 Xanbatou wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 01:43 Fyrewolf wrote:On August 31 2012 01:32 Xanbatou wrote:
I have to say that I'm really disappointed by the bosses so far. Gaping dragon is easy, hydra is easy, the fire spider is easy and the minotaur thing near the beginning of the game is easy. The only boss that actually was hard was the two gargoyles. Will the bosses get harder or is this it? Those are among the easier bosses. Gaping dragon is predictable, hydra doesn't do much, quelaag can be tricky if you are alone and melee, taurus is supposed to be easy first boss. Hydra is just a miniboss as well. Also everything will get a lot harder on higher difficulty levels. Just new game + alone will double enemies hp and triple their damage and aggresiveness, getting through new game + + + will kick most gamers butts. I guess quelagg was just easy for me because + Show Spoiler + I found I got a black knight shield somewhere (I assume as a drop from a black knight). I was just disappointed that she was a 1-trick pony with her fire. If you get a shield with 95% fire resistance, it's really a joke :/. The gaping dragon was similar. + Show Spoiler + All you have to do is wait until he slams his mouth in the ground, take a few swings, back up as he charges, and then take a few more swings. Actually, I found that butterfly miniboss to be the hardest -_-. As a melee character, you can't hit her until she lands on the damn bridge. But she's throwing projectiles at you all the time she's not landed. I was able to beat her finally when I realized + Show Spoiler +that being farther away doesn't make the projectiles any easier to dodge. Also, when she's landed, you can switch to 2-handed grip since she's not attacking you lol. Only use I found for that grip so far. . It also would have been easier if I had figured out the whole kindling thing at that time :/. Also, I got invaded for the first time last night in blighttown. I thought people pvping me would be really strong, but he was really weak. I just blocked a few times and backstabbed him and he died lol. He dropped a butchers knife and tons of souls. It was exciting ^_^.
That's an NPC, players don't drop items when defeated. Basically, if you're human in that spot in Blighttown, that NPC will invade. If you beat her, you can summon her to help in the Quelaag fight.
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On August 31 2012 02:15 Xanbatou wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 01:43 Fyrewolf wrote:On August 31 2012 01:32 Xanbatou wrote:
I have to say that I'm really disappointed by the bosses so far. Gaping dragon is easy, hydra is easy, the fire spider is easy and the minotaur thing near the beginning of the game is easy. The only boss that actually was hard was the two gargoyles. Will the bosses get harder or is this it? Those are among the easier bosses. Gaping dragon is predictable, hydra doesn't do much, quelaag can be tricky if you are alone and melee, taurus is supposed to be easy first boss. Hydra is just a miniboss as well. Also everything will get a lot harder on higher difficulty levels. Just new game + alone will double enemies hp and triple their damage and aggresiveness, getting through new game + + + will kick most gamers butts. I guess quelagg was just easy for me because + Show Spoiler + I found I got a black knight shield somewhere (I assume as a drop from a black knight). I was just disappointed that she was a 1-trick pony with her fire. If you get a shield with 95% fire resistance, it's really a joke :/. The gaping dragon was similar. + Show Spoiler + All you have to do is wait until he slams his mouth in the ground, take a few swings, back up as he charges, and then take a few more swings. Actually, I found that butterfly miniboss to be the hardest -_-. As a melee character, you can't hit her until she lands on the damn bridge. But she's throwing projectiles at you all the time she's not landed. I was able to beat her finally when I realized + Show Spoiler +that being farther away doesn't make the projectiles any easier to dodge. Also, when she's landed, you can switch to 2-handed grip since she's not attacking you lol. Only use I found for that grip so far. . It also would have been easier if I had figured out the whole kindling thing at that time :/. Also, I got invaded for the first time last night in blighttown. I thought people pvping me would be really strong, but he was really weak. I just blocked a few times and backstabbed him and he died lol. He dropped a butchers knife and tons of souls. It was exciting ^_^.
That invader is actually an NPC lol, Maneater Mildred. There are a few of them strewn throughout the game (some more than once). I'm guessing they're supposed to simulate/represent the feature, in the same way that you can summon NPCs like Solaire and others to help you.
The red invader NPCs are usually very useful to hunt down and kill, because they either drop useful equipment (and souls) and/or will be available to summon for later fights, like Mildred.
Edit: ninjas everywhere >>
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On August 31 2012 02:15 Xanbatou wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 01:43 Fyrewolf wrote:On August 31 2012 01:32 Xanbatou wrote:
I have to say that I'm really disappointed by the bosses so far. Gaping dragon is easy, hydra is easy, the fire spider is easy and the minotaur thing near the beginning of the game is easy. The only boss that actually was hard was the two gargoyles. Will the bosses get harder or is this it? Those are among the easier bosses. Gaping dragon is predictable, hydra doesn't do much, quelaag can be tricky if you are alone and melee, taurus is supposed to be easy first boss. Hydra is just a miniboss as well. Also everything will get a lot harder on higher difficulty levels. Just new game + alone will double enemies hp and triple their damage and aggresiveness, getting through new game + + + will kick most gamers butts. I guess quelagg was just easy for me because + Show Spoiler + I found I got a black knight shield somewhere (I assume as a drop from a black knight). I was just disappointed that she was a 1-trick pony with her fire. If you get a shield with 95% fire resistance, it's really a joke :/. The gaping dragon was similar. + Show Spoiler + All you have to do is wait until he slams his mouth in the ground, take a few swings, back up as he charges, and then take a few more swings. Actually, I found that butterfly miniboss to be the hardest -_-. As a melee character, you can't hit her until she lands on the damn bridge. But she's throwing projectiles at you all the time she's not landed. I was able to beat her finally when I realized + Show Spoiler +that being farther away doesn't make the projectiles any easier to dodge. Also, when she's landed, you can switch to 2-handed grip since she's not attacking you lol. Only use I found for that grip so far. . It also would have been easier if I had figured out the whole kindling thing at that time :/. Also, I got invaded for the first time last night in blighttown. I thought people pvping me would be really strong, but he was really weak. I just blocked a few times and backstabbed him and he died lol. He dropped a butchers knife and tons of souls. It was exciting ^_^.
That wasn't actually a player, that was one of the 5 npc invaders, maneater mildred. She's pretty easy to kill. The dragon crest shield I like to use has 85 fire on it too, but yours is the best one for fire.
2 handed grip is actually arguably better than 1 handed, because dodgeroll>shielding and having +50% str is useful. Knight Artorias in the new area kicked my ass about 20 times before I realized I shouldn't be blocking him and switched to dodging and 2 handed grip to take him down easier. And then he kicked my ass a couple more times still until I realized it's easier to dodge him when he's closer rather than farther.
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On August 31 2012 02:15 Xanbatou wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 01:43 Fyrewolf wrote:On August 31 2012 01:32 Xanbatou wrote:
I have to say that I'm really disappointed by the bosses so far. Gaping dragon is easy, hydra is easy, the fire spider is easy and the minotaur thing near the beginning of the game is easy. The only boss that actually was hard was the two gargoyles. Will the bosses get harder or is this it? Those are among the easier bosses. Gaping dragon is predictable, hydra doesn't do much, quelaag can be tricky if you are alone and melee, taurus is supposed to be easy first boss. Hydra is just a miniboss as well. Also everything will get a lot harder on higher difficulty levels. Just new game + alone will double enemies hp and triple their damage and aggresiveness, getting through new game + + + will kick most gamers butts. I guess quelagg was just easy for me because + Show Spoiler + I found I got a black knight shield somewhere (I assume as a drop from a black knight). I was just disappointed that she was a 1-trick pony with her fire. If you get a shield with 95% fire resistance, it's really a joke :/. The gaping dragon was similar. + Show Spoiler + All you have to do is wait until he slams his mouth in the ground, take a few swings, back up as he charges, and then take a few more swings. Actually, I found that butterfly miniboss to be the hardest -_-. As a melee character, you can't hit her until she lands on the damn bridge. But she's throwing projectiles at you all the time she's not landed. I was able to beat her finally when I realized + Show Spoiler +that being farther away doesn't make the projectiles any easier to dodge. Also, when she's landed, you can switch to 2-handed grip since she's not attacking you lol. Only use I found for that grip so far. . It also would have been easier if I had figured out the whole kindling thing at that time :/. Also, I got invaded for the first time last night in blighttown. I thought people pvping me would be really strong, but he was really weak. I just blocked a few times and backstabbed him and he died lol. He dropped a butchers knife and tons of souls. It was exciting ^_^.
So far it looks like the entire game is like that. Part of getting more skilled with the game is getting to know your enemies, their attack patterns, their weaknesses and strengths, and finding solutions to those problems. It seems like everything in the game has an intentional exploit/ridiculously strong counter, etc. Sometimes (as in your case), you find those things by accident, making certain things very easy.
I love that about the game. I'm pretty sure when I start a new game, I will stomp through it quite easily. Not because I farmed some imba equipment, but because I know my enemy a lot better now.
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What is wrong with this game 
It went from really bad performance to smooth with highres patch at 1920x1080 (after patching nvidia drivers, had really old ones because the later ones bugged out on me)... and now its worse than before, slideshow at 1600x900 with no AA or Motion Blur.
Why!
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On August 31 2012 02:24 heishe wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 02:15 Xanbatou wrote:On August 31 2012 01:43 Fyrewolf wrote:On August 31 2012 01:32 Xanbatou wrote:
I have to say that I'm really disappointed by the bosses so far. Gaping dragon is easy, hydra is easy, the fire spider is easy and the minotaur thing near the beginning of the game is easy. The only boss that actually was hard was the two gargoyles. Will the bosses get harder or is this it? Those are among the easier bosses. Gaping dragon is predictable, hydra doesn't do much, quelaag can be tricky if you are alone and melee, taurus is supposed to be easy first boss. Hydra is just a miniboss as well. Also everything will get a lot harder on higher difficulty levels. Just new game + alone will double enemies hp and triple their damage and aggresiveness, getting through new game + + + will kick most gamers butts. I guess quelagg was just easy for me because + Show Spoiler + I found I got a black knight shield somewhere (I assume as a drop from a black knight). I was just disappointed that she was a 1-trick pony with her fire. If you get a shield with 95% fire resistance, it's really a joke :/. The gaping dragon was similar. + Show Spoiler + All you have to do is wait until he slams his mouth in the ground, take a few swings, back up as he charges, and then take a few more swings. Actually, I found that butterfly miniboss to be the hardest -_-. As a melee character, you can't hit her until she lands on the damn bridge. But she's throwing projectiles at you all the time she's not landed. I was able to beat her finally when I realized + Show Spoiler +that being farther away doesn't make the projectiles any easier to dodge. Also, when she's landed, you can switch to 2-handed grip since she's not attacking you lol. Only use I found for that grip so far. . It also would have been easier if I had figured out the whole kindling thing at that time :/. Also, I got invaded for the first time last night in blighttown. I thought people pvping me would be really strong, but he was really weak. I just blocked a few times and backstabbed him and he died lol. He dropped a butchers knife and tons of souls. It was exciting ^_^. So far it looks like the entire game is like that. Part of getting more skilled with the game is getting to know your enemies, their attack patterns, their weaknesses and strengths, and finding solutions to those problems. It seems like everything in the game has an intentional exploit/ridiculously strong counter, etc. Sometimes (as in your case), you find those things by accident, making certain things very easy.I love that about the game. I'm pretty sure when I start a new game, I will stomp through it quite easily. Not because I farmed some imba equipment, but because I know my enemy a lot better now.
Indeed. Been getting my ass handed to me on a silver platter by the Black Knight in Undead Parish, but once I realized that parry was good, he died in two ripostes, lol.
Also, I have a question for you fine gentlemen. I got a Divine Ember, and the blacksmith dude in Undead Parish wants me to give it to him, y/n?
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On August 31 2012 04:20 Scalepad wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 02:24 heishe wrote:On August 31 2012 02:15 Xanbatou wrote:On August 31 2012 01:43 Fyrewolf wrote:On August 31 2012 01:32 Xanbatou wrote:
I have to say that I'm really disappointed by the bosses so far. Gaping dragon is easy, hydra is easy, the fire spider is easy and the minotaur thing near the beginning of the game is easy. The only boss that actually was hard was the two gargoyles. Will the bosses get harder or is this it? Those are among the easier bosses. Gaping dragon is predictable, hydra doesn't do much, quelaag can be tricky if you are alone and melee, taurus is supposed to be easy first boss. Hydra is just a miniboss as well. Also everything will get a lot harder on higher difficulty levels. Just new game + alone will double enemies hp and triple their damage and aggresiveness, getting through new game + + + will kick most gamers butts. I guess quelagg was just easy for me because + Show Spoiler + I found I got a black knight shield somewhere (I assume as a drop from a black knight). I was just disappointed that she was a 1-trick pony with her fire. If you get a shield with 95% fire resistance, it's really a joke :/. The gaping dragon was similar. + Show Spoiler + All you have to do is wait until he slams his mouth in the ground, take a few swings, back up as he charges, and then take a few more swings. Actually, I found that butterfly miniboss to be the hardest -_-. As a melee character, you can't hit her until she lands on the damn bridge. But she's throwing projectiles at you all the time she's not landed. I was able to beat her finally when I realized + Show Spoiler +that being farther away doesn't make the projectiles any easier to dodge. Also, when she's landed, you can switch to 2-handed grip since she's not attacking you lol. Only use I found for that grip so far. . It also would have been easier if I had figured out the whole kindling thing at that time :/. Also, I got invaded for the first time last night in blighttown. I thought people pvping me would be really strong, but he was really weak. I just blocked a few times and backstabbed him and he died lol. He dropped a butchers knife and tons of souls. It was exciting ^_^. So far it looks like the entire game is like that. Part of getting more skilled with the game is getting to know your enemies, their attack patterns, their weaknesses and strengths, and finding solutions to those problems. It seems like everything in the game has an intentional exploit/ridiculously strong counter, etc. Sometimes (as in your case), you find those things by accident, making certain things very easy.I love that about the game. I'm pretty sure when I start a new game, I will stomp through it quite easily. Not because I farmed some imba equipment, but because I know my enemy a lot better now. Indeed. Been getting my ass handed to me on a silver platter by the Black Knight in Undead Parish, but once I realized that parry was good, he died in two ripostes, lol. Also, I have a question for you fine gentlemen. I got a Divine Ember, and the blacksmith dude in Undead Parish wants me to give it to him, y/n?
Do it, he can then ascend weapons to divine weapons for you. No other use for the gem.
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Oh, cool. I'm using the a +5 Claymore right now, should I upgrade it with the ember?
edit: oh, hang on, I need other stuff. nvm
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Artorias gave me so much grief and then I realised that I could use Smoughs Hammer 600dmg hits ftw :D
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On August 31 2012 04:20 Scalepad wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 02:24 heishe wrote:On August 31 2012 02:15 Xanbatou wrote:On August 31 2012 01:43 Fyrewolf wrote:On August 31 2012 01:32 Xanbatou wrote:
I have to say that I'm really disappointed by the bosses so far. Gaping dragon is easy, hydra is easy, the fire spider is easy and the minotaur thing near the beginning of the game is easy. The only boss that actually was hard was the two gargoyles. Will the bosses get harder or is this it? Those are among the easier bosses. Gaping dragon is predictable, hydra doesn't do much, quelaag can be tricky if you are alone and melee, taurus is supposed to be easy first boss. Hydra is just a miniboss as well. Also everything will get a lot harder on higher difficulty levels. Just new game + alone will double enemies hp and triple their damage and aggresiveness, getting through new game + + + will kick most gamers butts. I guess quelagg was just easy for me because + Show Spoiler + I found I got a black knight shield somewhere (I assume as a drop from a black knight). I was just disappointed that she was a 1-trick pony with her fire. If you get a shield with 95% fire resistance, it's really a joke :/. The gaping dragon was similar. + Show Spoiler + All you have to do is wait until he slams his mouth in the ground, take a few swings, back up as he charges, and then take a few more swings. Actually, I found that butterfly miniboss to be the hardest -_-. As a melee character, you can't hit her until she lands on the damn bridge. But she's throwing projectiles at you all the time she's not landed. I was able to beat her finally when I realized + Show Spoiler +that being farther away doesn't make the projectiles any easier to dodge. Also, when she's landed, you can switch to 2-handed grip since she's not attacking you lol. Only use I found for that grip so far. . It also would have been easier if I had figured out the whole kindling thing at that time :/. Also, I got invaded for the first time last night in blighttown. I thought people pvping me would be really strong, but he was really weak. I just blocked a few times and backstabbed him and he died lol. He dropped a butchers knife and tons of souls. It was exciting ^_^. So far it looks like the entire game is like that. Part of getting more skilled with the game is getting to know your enemies, their attack patterns, their weaknesses and strengths, and finding solutions to those problems. It seems like everything in the game has an intentional exploit/ridiculously strong counter, etc. Sometimes (as in your case), you find those things by accident, making certain things very easy.I love that about the game. I'm pretty sure when I start a new game, I will stomp through it quite easily. Not because I farmed some imba equipment, but because I know my enemy a lot better now. Indeed. Been getting my ass handed to me on a silver platter by the Black Knight in Undead Parish, but once I realized that parry was good, he died in two ripostes, lol. Also, I have a question for you fine gentlemen. I got a Divine Ember, and the blacksmith dude in Undead Parish wants me to give it to him, y/n?
As far as I know, each ember can only be given to a specific blacksmith. There's no reason not to give it to them, at all.
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On August 31 2012 04:33 Scalepad wrote:
Oh, cool. I'm using the a +5 Claymore right now, should I upgrade it with the ember?
edit: oh, hang on, I need other stuff. nvm
The upgrades specialize your weapon in a certain way. Divine/Occult is for Faith scaling, Magic/Enchanted is for Intelligence scaling, Fire/Chaos for Fire damage/humanity scaling up to +10h if you go chaos, and Lightning for lightning damage(Lightning/Fire weapons do not scale off stats, besides chaos with humanities).
Going Occult or Enchanted increases the scaling on its respective stat but decreases the other scalings even further. Raw and Crystal are just bad, slightly better base power than a +10 weapon but at either reduced scaling or reduced durability+no repair, so going +15 is better.
Enchantment spells like Great Magic Weapon only work on normal weapons(or raw, but don't use those), and a select few unique weapons but not most of them. Also divine(not occult though) weapons make skeletons stay dead if you haven't killed the necromancer, but they aren't necessarily required if you just run through and kill them off since the necromancers don't respawn.
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I need some advice. I just killed Gaping Dragon and my main weapon is broken, plus I'm cursed. So far, Blighttown seems insanely hard because my weapons do terrible damage, plus I get one shotted by a bunch of stuff. I desperately need to repair my weapon, is there any way to do that in Blighttown?
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On August 31 2012 05:47 Animzor wrote:
I need some advice. I just killed Gaping Dragon and my main weapon is broken, plus I'm cursed. So far, Blighttown seems insanely hard because my weapons do terrible damage, plus I get one shotted by a bunch of stuff. I desperately need to repair my weapon, is there any way to do that in Blighttown?
go to the blacksmith by the cathedral to repair your weapon.
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On August 31 2012 05:47 Animzor wrote:
I need some advice. I just killed Gaping Dragon and my main weapon is broken, plus I'm cursed. So far, Blighttown seems insanely hard because my weapons do terrible damage, plus I get one shotted by a bunch of stuff. I desperately need to repair my weapon, is there any way to do that in Blighttown?
What kind of gear are you using?
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On August 31 2012 05:47 Animzor wrote:
I need some advice. I just killed Gaping Dragon and my main weapon is broken, plus I'm cursed. So far, Blighttown seems insanely hard because my weapons do terrible damage, plus I get one shotted by a bunch of stuff. I desperately need to repair my weapon, is there any way to do that in Blighttown?
not in blighttown. Your best chance is to run to the water wheel and go up that way to firelink or if you came from the depths and only got the bonfire on the bridge in blittown you might wanna consider going back the way you came.
you can heal curse with an item the merchant sells in the sewer that links firelink and undead city
an item so you can repair yourself is sold by the blacksmith in undead parish
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Thanks. I use heavy armor and mace/shield.
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On August 31 2012 05:47 Animzor wrote:
I need some advice. I just killed Gaping Dragon and my main weapon is broken, plus I'm cursed. So far, Blighttown seems insanely hard because my weapons do terrible damage, plus I get one shotted by a bunch of stuff. I desperately need to repair my weapon, is there any way to do that in Blighttown?
As the other guy said, going up the waterwheel is the fastest way in/out of blighttown(key at top of last ladder in chest). If you run out past everything it will be quite easy to reach blacksmith and the female merchant near undead burg who sells purging stones, and you can use a homeward bone to warp back(she also sells those), or just go back down the waterwheel. If you are getting one shotted, you probably need to upgrade your equipment some, or possibly level up a bit(upgrading more important). Also, use dodge rolls to your advantage to not get hit.
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Man some Darkmoon bro and I just wombo combo'd some poor (GUILTY) guy. Usually I let them 1v1 (3 Darkbro's can invade a guilty guy at once) but I just want the tokens so I can get darkmoon blade.
I stagger him with a Wrath of God and go for a backstab. As he's getting up I charge an Emit Force which hits and my Darkbro was charging up a firestorm which hit him straight after.
You Have Defeated
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On August 31 2012 05:56 Animzor wrote:
Thanks. I use heavy armor and mace/shield.
You should definitely go to Blacksmith Andre (the guy by the bell gargoyle boss) and buy a repair kit. It costs 2000 souls, and lets you repair your gear at bonfires for almost nothing... even in really shitty situations, you can always pop a soul of a lost undead etc to get a few hundred souls and repair all your gear.
Whenever you feel really weak in an area, always look at your gear and weapons and consider if you may want to upgrade it. If you're in blighttown, your weapon should be at least Regular +5 and your shield should probably also be upgraded a bit. Upgrading your armor is generally not worth it though, unless you're certain you want to keep using it. Leveling of course makes it easier if you feel enemies hurt you too much.
Above all though, remember that there's no such thing as "too low level" etc in Dark Souls. As was posted earlier, you can beat the whole game as level 1 without armor, the only exception is your weapon which you will definitely have to upgrade as you go along. So if you feel your gear is actually ok (+5 weapon, decent shield and armor), work on your own ability instead. All attacks are avoidable.
Btw, how did you get cursed in blighttown, I have no memory of enemies cursing you there... unless you went to the tree area, where you're not supposed to go (unless you want to, it's a pretty difficult area, and optional).
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On August 31 2012 06:02 ToT)OjKa( wrote:
Man some Darkmoon bro and I just wombo combo'd some poor (GUILTY) guy. Usually I let them 1v1 (3 Darkbro's can invade a guilty guy at once) but I just want the tokens so I can get darkmoon blade.
I stagger him with a Wrath of God and go for a backstab. As he's getting up I charge an Emit Force which hits and my Darkbro was charging up a firestorm which hit him straight after.
You Have Defeated
Everybody is guilty. If someone indicts you for invading, that sin will only be cleansed by being killed by a darkbro, unlike the other sins you can cure with absolution, and it seems like everyone indicts invaders.
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