@Helmut: Really appreciate your suggestion for the name change, but see below. O&S at NG+ have reduced me to a blubbing thumb-sucking wreck. How's about: SimpleNoobButNowWithSomeDarkAndComplicatedBitsSpawnedFromHisTimeSpentGazingIntoTheDarkSoulsAbyss? How good are you at Photoshop? (lol)
@xtal: I've been hitting the 'cyclical endlessness' wall on NG+ harder than on any of my NG playthroughs. Keep having thoughts like "Oh yeah, that's where I have to go to collect - oh no, wait, I've already got it..." Now in Anor Londo having completely skipped Lower Undead Burg and the Depths cuz I just didn't see the point. Already having second thoughts about finishing NG+. It's got too existential.
@SB: Remember what I said about needing help if I got hopelessly stuck? I'm hopelessly stuck. For the first time ever, I'm trying to take Smough down first and then Ornstein, and waiting till NG+ to do that...yeah. Not going well. Must have had at least 15 attempts and the best I've done is get Super-O down to about 60% health. If you have an SL100 character in the AL area and a bit of time in the next few days, maybe we could coordinate time zones for even more sessions of grim soul-crushing failure and despair a spot of jolly co-op. Let me know. (Warning: Solaire is often better than I am, and I am still utterly capable of walking through the fog wall and getting crushed within ten seconds. Oh yes.)
I popped on over the weekend to test a couple things out - still in Anor Londo. You're right Botch, the timings between 1 and 2 are different enough that I felt quite out of my element for a while, but I can't quite put a finger on what's different. Got invaded a couple of times, and summoned once or twice, but I still have little success summoning players into my world. Those few signs that appear usually result in a failed summon, which is irritating since I suck at this game.
Life is the misery we endure between disappointments.
I tried logging on last night but as my internet connection was playing up, dear old GfWL would only allow me to start a new game from scratch. Roll on December...
For lovers of the world of Lordran, this is wonderful: http://www.tettix.net/lordran/....._large.png
Its simplicity and complexity at the same time are ..... yeah.
Some of my favourite details:
- the boulder in Sen's Fortress
- the secret bonfire in Darkroot Garden
- the subtle blue flames, and the staircase to the abyss that abruptly ends in New Londo
- the broken window in Anor Londo
It's amazing how accurate a portrayal of that world a flat drawing can be! Ughhhhhhh so good!!
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