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Oh, okay, completionism works.
The Knight of Honor Trophy requires: All Dragon Weapons, All Boss Weapons, all Black/Silver Knight Weapons, all Giant Weapons, Channeler's Trident, Demon Lance and some rare shields. I had almost everything but the trident and the remaining Boss Weapons I had yet to get in the NG+ I was.
It's only the Drake sword that's really so terrible. The greatsword equivalent does something like 585 damage at +5, which is respectable with or without scaling. Hell, the Drake sword would probably be just fine if each upgrade contributed more to its damage -- something like 40 or 50, so it could compete with or exceed the other weapons in its weapon class.
Shit, seriously? I know I looked at its stats ad decided not to bother getting it...does it have absurd requirements?
I just love sword beams.
28 int, can't recall how much STR.
Moonlight Greatsword really is a great weapon. As it should be, because From Software. But it's also cool how it's one of the only purely magic-based weapons and how it scales with Int, making Int builds even more hilariously powerful in PVE.
^^^ It requires 50 strength, which makes it an inhibitive weapon for one-handing, but any strength build should be able to two-hand it just fine.
That would explain it. I prefer one-handing.
Also, it's an ultra-greatsword, and I'm not fond of those.
Also if you were going to use an ultra greatsword, you should just use the Demon Great Machete, since it's considerably stronger (636 AR at 40 Str).
Or even just a regular zweihander or greatsword, which get 610 AR on quality builds, but can be one-handed more easily. Also, the greatsword has a thrust, which get better bonuses for heavy attacks than other attack types.
Started a SL1 run with the pyro. Ought to be interesting.
Right now, I've defeated the gargoyles and spent mostly everything on titanite shards. My current thoughts on strategy go like this:
That is glorious.
Fucking glorious. My only regret is that we will never see the reaction of that person, going back to their hacked game only to find themselves in Hollow form, without souls and without humanity.
Gotta love the dedication there.
They really should have coded something into the game so that if you get hit but don't take damage, it pulls an Earthbound on you.
^^ The subtitles really made it work so much better. Without them, it'd be funny, but they're what take it from broadly funny and turn it into something sympathetic to Dark Souls players in the most hilarious way possible.
It would have been really great if he came back halfway through but couldn't do anything about it thanks to the stunlock from the kicking.
Hey guys.
I have a game we could play.
I'll use the Mugen Monkey Character Creator to make a build representing a character not from Dark Souls or Demon's Souls. You guys guess. When I confirm a correct answer, the person who answered correctly then posts a build and we repeat the process. If every player gives up guessing, then the person who posted the build can elect to do one of three things:
Pretty clear, right?
Right.
So here's the first one.
Remember to use the "Minify" button at the bottom left of the interface to get a smaller and more unique URL for your build.
Is it a ringwraith?
That it is. Go for it.
For some reason, the Bell Gargoyle fight seems to be giving me a lot more trouble this time (level 21, Bastard Sword +3 + Shield build) even though I can take one down to half health in about five or six hits. Died five times already.
EDIT: SHIT. Almost had one that time, but I kept misestimating my range. And it's a little tough to approach when they're both breathing fire atcha. At least getting to them is a cakewalk now. Taking down Balder Knights in 2-3 hits and all.
Might as well get your weapon up to +5. I always do before I fight the Bell Gargoyles. Or you can try a different weapon entirely. The Halberd is a good choice because it has a long range.
If I can get my hands on another Titanite Shard, I probably will (I'm at 3 at the moment, and was down to 1 after +3, then got 2 more in immediate succession fighting Balder Knights again), and it said I need 2 to get up to +4, so I'm presuming I'd need 4 to get to +5).
EDIT: Oh, cool, got the Gargoyle Tail Axe that time (though it's statistically inferior to me bastard sword, even before upgrades. Dunno how its moveset is, though). Still died, of course, because I didn't click "OK" in time and that bit of text never went away.
EDIT 2: Yeah, when I did it the first time, it was with a Winged Spear +5 and Shield. I'm just bored of polearms.
Beat that, leveled up a few more times, and now I'm wondering if it's worth using Twinkling Titanite to upgrade my Gargoyle Helm, and/or upgrade other pieces of armor. Just don't know how soon it would be before it's not worth it anymore.
EDIT: Eh. Did it anyway.
In the future, don't waste titanite on armor until you're finished upgrading your weapons and shields. Upgrading armor only increases the defense it gives you, and the utility of increasing defense is minimal compared to the utility of improving your weapons. For the most part, you can get away with just choosing armor based on its poise value and weight. Fortunately, the Gargoyle Helm is really good for that, so you'll probably want to keep wearing it for a while (or forever) anyway, so at least the upgrade didn't go to waste. Still, there are a number of good weapons and shields that use Twinkling Titanite, and it'd probably be better to upgrade those instead.
Yeah, for what it's worth, I only ended up upgrading the Gargoyle Helm (which uses Twinkling Titanite anyway, and I can't remember what weapons that would be applicable to), and got the sword up to +5.
Notably, the Black Knight Shield which is one of the better shields in the game. And other stuff, but I can't actually recall right now... (well, the Silver Knight Spear too, I know, but you said you don't like using polearms)
Most people consider the claymore to be better than the bastard sword due to length considerations. That said, the weapons are almost identical anyway and the bastard sword does slightly more damage. Since the speed debuff for greatsword-class weapons, though, the extra length of the claymore became more valuable.
Depending on your build and playstyle, a bunch of different good weapons use Twinkling Titanite to upgrade. The Black Knight and Silver Knight weapons are good examples (including shields), but there's also a bunch of other semi-special weapons that use the stuff. The Astora Straight Sword looks initially attractive, for instance, but its upgrade path doesn't even keep up with a regular Divine Longsword, unfortunately. Then you've got stuff like the Gravelord Sword and so on.
All that said, the best weapon depends on both your playstyle and build, so the more information we have in that respect, the more we can point you towards a set of weapons that would synchronise with you.