Dark Souls & Other Souls-Likes

what about regular shards? and large titanites also drop alot from the leeches in black gulch that spawn from oil pools (they catch on fire too)

Make that 4 drops now, they seem kinda common with no drop rate ring on. You should end up with a bunch of regular shards just going through the game. I have 27 on me currently and that doesn't include the ones used to plus up my Halberd. Not sure what drops them though.

I started with halberd then moved to ultra Gs but now i'm using mammoth halberd it is amazingly stronk i think it dropped from big monsters where the gyre dwarfs are

Halberd+10 has 350dmg +113 for my stats making it the strongest weapon I have by far. I also use Drangliec Sword+2 for faster swings when needed.

So I'm new to online play in Souls this time around. I only tried PvP a few times in 1 and played Demon Souls after DS1 was out so I didn't think anyone would be on it.

What do the different color summoning signs mean? Sometimes I see white one, sometimes a gold color and I just saw a red one. I've summoned whites and golds to help me but never a red. What do they mean?!

Thanks for the titanite info, I guess I need to get a bit farther before I get them more easily. Was just wondering if anyone has found any katanas yet? I'm doing a quality build atm (20 str and dex) but was thinking of switching to dex build and was wondering if they're any good, since the twinblades I've found so far seem kind of garbage xD

once you find the dull ember in iron keep mcduff the blacksmith in lost bastille sells infinate large titanite for 2.4k each large arrows too

Oh awesome, thank you. But I'm not even at the Iron Keep yet xD I don't even know where it is lol Nevermind, just found it and the ember :D

WHY IS THERE NO RING LIKE THE RUSTED IRON RING! *** WATER MOVEMENT WHEN *** THROWIN SPELLS AT YOU

yaaaa I can see that explosion ring getting nerfed lol

efffffff yes i just finished the kings castle i got a titanite slab off one of the stone guardians before the mirror boss and warped back to town and stone trader chloanne sells infinate titanites for 1k, large titanites for 2.4k

Got the Wicked Eye Greatshield in the Gutter, what a pain it was to get. Its one of the 2 that won the competition for shield design. Says it has HP absorb effect, wonder what it does?

i think it only absorbs hp when you melee with a shield stat wise its terrible the twin dragon shield +9 is a greatshield too and has 96.1% phyiscal 66% magic way more stability at 72 and weighs half as much

It is a farming prevention mechanic, enemies disappear after they are killed so many times, and the last few spawns they are much more evasive and difficult. I tested this at the Sinner's Rise bonfire against the 3 crossbowmen by killing them and resting over and over.

I gained about 3.4k souls before they stopped coming back, which actually, makes the bonfire a lot safer now.

I can see two sides to this.

1. They made it so you didn't have to keep killing the same enemies over and over on your way to a boss that you are struggling with, making the time in between attempts less and allowing you to push forward into progression by keeping focused.

2. They don't want you farming enemies for souls, this might be a multitude of reasons.

You can respawn them by ascending the flame to NG+ level if you wish.

Things Betwixt
Death 1: Died to giant rat thing before witches.
Death 2: tried fighting it with my new sword :3
Death 3: ^ :x
Death 4: Failed the jumping test...
Death 5: Failed the jumping BACK test xD
Death 6: ^... x.x
Death 7: Died to Twin Ogres guarding Boat
Death 8: ^...
Death 9: Killed one, Died to the other
Death 10: Died to second Ogre
Death 11: Killed second Ogre, Went for revenge for the one at the start.
Death 12: Died to the ogre again, HP getting to be about 50%.
Death 13: Died to the ogre for the last time, but killed it afterwards.

Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 14: Died to the Giant with a big sword ;_;
Death 15: Killed the Giant with a sword, but then swiftly died to the one with the club by falling off the edge into the water.
Death 16-19: Okay, area too difficult :) picked up a human effigy to restore my HP and left.

Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 20: Died to a long swordsman but the area seems more reasonable.

Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 21: Wanted to give this place a few more tries.
Death 22: And I'm backing out again, a room with 3 >_>

Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 23: Died to another long swordsman :<
Death 24-27 Died a few times, up to falling off a tree branch 5 feet and dying <.<;
Death 28: Died trying to recover my souls ;_; *sniff* 7k souls lost~

Heide's Tower of Flame
Death 29-30: Back again, backed off a ledge, I just can't learn, or won't give up Dx
Death 31: Impatience got the best of me, again <.<
Death 32-33: Fell off a ledge... Died to Great Sword giant.. OKAY I GET IT I'LL GO BACK

Forest of Fallen Giants
Death 34-35: Exploring the first part of the fortress.
Death 36-42: Fighting The Last Giant boss
Death 43-49: Exploring the two other areas of The Forest of Fallen Gaints, found the NPC Cale, found the boss The Pursuer, and found another bonfire deeper in. I actually ended up losing the 11k souls I earned from killing the boss The Last Giant (sad), so I farmed the 11k back at this bonfire. I still have to fight the Pursuer, doing that next. Also noteworthy, I beat The Last Giant with my morning star, without any upgrades. I have now gone back to Majula and upgraded it to +4.
Death 50: First death to The Pursuer.
Death 51&52: Deaths against The Pursuer.

Heide's Tower of Flame
No deaths... xP

No-Man's Wharf
Death 53 & 54: Both were from the high bleeding inflicting monsters that have 2 arms and walk around. Both times I had 2 of them on me at once, not a good spot to be in without stairs or a hallway x.x

The Lost Bastille
Death 55-57: The Heide Knight spearman >.>;
Death 58-60: The two undeads that have a super OP AoE attack when they fall down.
Death 61: The group of 5 undead rushing me caught me off guard at the start.
Death 62-66: Fighting the Ruin Sentinels bosses... 3 of them.
Death 67: Ran off a ledge... lost 12k souls...*sigh*

Huntsman's Copse FYI, this was the beta test area
Death 68: Fell down in a pit with poison butterflies and a strong enemy, only 1k souls so left them behind
Death 69-77: Missed a jump :P I found out the correct way to get the shiny :< It's not my fault... I got it by jumping in the beta. ;_;

The Lost Bastille (Belfry Luna)
Death 78-86: bell tower guardians and a bell tower guardian invader :| Finally rang the bell D:
Death 87-102: Belfry Gargoyles fight
Death 103: Got tired of dying, switched to a physical resist 100% shield and then quickly goofed. THE PAIN IS OVER, GARGOYLES DEFEATED \o/ I think I lost 6k souls in this fight.
Death 104: Died from seven dogs and Dark Spirit "Vorgel the Sinner", jerk >:|
Death 105: Suicide run through enemies I can't stand anymore (AoE exploders) to open a cell door at the top of the tower.

No-Man's Wharf
Death 106-107: D pointed out that I missed a building, died xP

Huntsman's Copse
Death 108: Fell off a ledge... Dx

Huntsman's Copse (Undead Purgatory)
Death 109: Failed the jumping back test at the end of the rope bridge after picking up a shiny.
Death 110: Didn't manage the skeletons very well.
Death 111: Got hit by the chariot, lost 15k souls.
Death 112-113: Tried running to the boss entrance <.< got killed entering the fog door :<
Death 114: Died to...idk what to call them, they have a status effect on their polearm/staff.
Death 115: Pretty sure stuff is getting more difficult, I'm doing less damage and they are doing more.
Death 116-117: Dying to the Executioner Chariot
Death 118: Died on the way to the boss~
Death 119: Still dying at the start of the boss battle.
Death 120-158: Dying over and over to skeletons and the Chariot... only 4 attempts I made it to the actual boss fight, 3 of which I obviously died, bringing my total to 44 boss attempts, move over gargoyles, you have a new pain in the *** king. I'm going to take a rough guess and say I lost close to 35k souls before stuff started to despawn completely. The area is basically empty now :\

Huntsman's Copse
Death 159: Died to an NPC invader
Death 160: Failed the jump back from the necromancer
Death 161: Died to normal enemies ;_;

The Lost Bastille
Death 162: Trying to get up the tower to check something, a hunch.

Harvest Valley
Death 163-166: Giant trolls that throw purple magic balls of oneshotness.

Earthen Peak
Death 167-168: Trying to make a jump :(
Death 169: Died to Covetous Demon~ got trapped by accident
Death 170: Fell off the stairs.. lost 14k souls...nice
Death 171: Fell off the same stairs, not even rushing, what is my problem -.-
Death 172: It did some leaping attack while I was next to it, took the rest of my health down~
Death 173-175: Triple ninja attack of death near the bonfire.
Death 176-178: Jumping back fail, gave up trying. Left 2k souls behind
Death 179: Going into battle against 2 shield with my shield unequipped, smart.
Death 180-181: Red Invader NPC kill, or w/e they are called.
Death 182: Pressure plate trap kill :)
Death 183-184: Fire magic in the face 1 hit kill.
Death 185: opened the chest that I was suspicious about, to my satisfaction it was a mimic and it ate me :3
Death 186-188: Died a few more times trying to kill the red invader NPC.
Death 189: Died to the Medusa boss, was one hit away and messed up.

Sinner's Rise
Death 190: Died to an exploding AoE dreadling thing in the waist high water.
Death 191: Died trying to get my souls back; lost ~7k souls. Done with the area for now :)

Grave of Saints
Death 192-193: Swarmed by rats! :< Easy fight though
Death 194-196: ._. exploded. figured out that running is the best tactic.

The Gutter
No deaths... not bad for a decent blightown.. but.... Black Gulch ahead...

Black Gulch
Death 197: Wow... didn't know poison could be so bad.
Death 198, 199, 200: Fighting the Huge giants with dual massive giant stone clubs. Their HP were incredibly high, I'd guess maybe 2000 each, and their attacks are incredibly strong, dodging was required for me to defeat both of them. I can live with them giving me my 200th death instead of me falling off the edge or something lame. Earned their soul and a forgotten key for it.
Death 201: My left foot stepped in fire and I burned :(

The Gutter
Death 202-203: Went to check the door in The Gutter, got Havels armor set for it, but didn't make it back to a bonfire with my souls and no homeward bones. Looks like I need to farm some. 6k souls lost~

Sinner's Rise
Death 204-213: Welp, area is easy, but she's pretty strong with the darkness on her side. I'm pretty sure if I light the oil tunnels behind the two doors the fight will become much easier... but I like the idea of fighting it this way, like how it was intended.

Iron Keep
Death 214-215: Some flame demon thing.

I'm farming statues outside of looking glass boss they drop titanite slabs alot.. i have 7 already sometimes back to back drops i'm using gold covenant ring+1. jester hat, and prisoner robes for max item discovery

Well I beat The Rotten, that was a fun fight. A lot of dodging attacks, reminded me of maybe The Four Kings or something, with all the dodging. And I think I finally got all the items in the Gutter, a lot of tricky ones to find in there.

Havel's armor looks pretty sweet too, although the whole set with shield put me at 81.4/64.0, or 127.2% equip load lol.

Drangleic Shield is 100% too, but not as high of the elemental resists. Higher durability though and lighter weight. Can't remember if the stability is the same/worse than Old Knights.