AISubs v3.7
Hello again, everybody! Welcome back to Dark Souls!
I changed my armor.
There it is.
Yeah, I guess I should give you guys a look at the equipment here.
I decided it was time for a change. I went ahead and swapped out everything that was going on in these slots for this black iron set, just for kicks.
I think I am still under 50% equip load, so it should still be okay for rolling speed.
And I swapped out the wolf ring for the ring of steel protection, just because my poise is at 67%, which seems like an okay number in my limited estimation.
But anyway, we'll try this out, see how it goes.
I am quite ready to talk to you, sir. It's been a while.
Any time you see my brilliantly shining signature, do not hesitate to call upon me.
You've left me with quite an impression. I would relish a chance to assist you.
I would relish a chance... to be assisted by you.
You really are fond of chatting with me, aren't you?
Yeah!
If I didn't know better, I'd think you had feelings for me.
Oh no, dear me. Pretend you didn't hear that.
This guy's great.
I would be happy to continue just seeing him off and on for the rest of the game.
Raise the sign. Yes.
Saint ahead. It was true.
So... I think it's about time to start progressing further.
Hmm, nah. Not gonna summon anybody yet. We'll see what's ahead.
But... now that we are past all that... archer nonsense that was going on out there...
Not looking forward to having to deal with any more of that, if there's more of that to be dealt with.
But! Let us proceed further! See what's going on!
Hmm...
Are we enemies?
You're gonna fight me? Yes? Okay, we are. We're gonna fight. Fair enough.
Then... I will fight back then, I guess.
Guess that's what we're doing. Ow.
It is a bit late at night right now, so...
I apologize if I get into another one of my kind of loopy, not-playing-very-well modes.
This is probably a terrible place to be in a loopy, not-playing-well mode.
But, uh...
I'm gonna make it work. We'll be okay.
I'll be fine. I will be fine.
You guys told me a hint...
for how to tell whether something was a mimic or not.
Something to do with the... coloration and the direction of the chain on the side.
I don't see it moving at all, so I think we're fine.
Missed.
I think we're... fine. Come on.
Check. Okay.
Okay, so we're okay. Okay, so when the chain is doing that, curling around back behind it...
it's safe.
Good to know.
Ooh, sunlight metal.
Don't know what those do.
Uh... boop.
Faintly warm metal engraved with the symbol of the sun.
Ultimate honor awarded to those who summon the Warrior of Sunlight and complete a goal.
Hmm.
Oh, so I did have one of these from last time I summoned Solaire to help me fight stuff, but...
Not sure what they do, if anything.
Onward and upward.
Once I check... ah! Hello!
Aww. I was hoping I could, uh...
Gotta learn my... countering.
Too late. Way too late.
Ah, I'm way too late on these.
Some of you told me that with a lighter shield, the window for parrying is larger, which probably means I should be trying that out... at some point.
Eh, I mean... no time like the present. Let's see if I can find a smaller shield real quick.
Target shield seems small.
"Specialized for parrying." All right, fair enough. Let's try it out.
Can't get over how just... normal these doors are.
Normal and relatively modern looking.
Nope. Whee! Break everything!
Just in case they're hiding stuff.
Yes.
The reason I'm a little bit tired today is because I have been recording a lot of footage -
Okay, doesn't open from this side, fair enough.
I've been recording footage for future animation episodes and...
Yeah, I've been doing that for a good number of hours now.
Which is more tiring than I would expect... for some reason.
That's okay. We're gonna be just fine.
Nothing can go wrong.
Hmm.
Ah, let's see.
Ah, yes!
Okay.
So the coloration is slightly different.
Its chain is pointed out toward me.
And, if I'm not mistaken...
I could've...oh, it's moving. It's like breathing just a little bit. That's creepy.
Alright, well...
Not falling for that! Ha!
Boy, I don't like those.
Ah, oh no! Okay, well...
No! Stop it! Let go! Let go! Let go!
Yuck!
Gross thing.
Yuck!
Not a fan of the mimics.
[footsteps]
Ehh!
Stop it! No kicks!
Alright.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like anytime a monster...falls...
with that...big...boy, with tons of those white particle effects...
that probably means they're permanently gone?
That feels like the pattern I've been detecting up until this point, but I don't know if I'm right.
Another mimic. Awesome.
Well, might as well get rid of 'em.
Nope.
No you don't.
No you don't! Ah!
I'm trying to learn to go two-handed with my weapon when I'm fighting something that I don't intend to try to block.
I do get two thousand souls per one of those guys, so that's not bad.
Hmm.
Starting to get just a little bit turned around here. Let me...
Okay, have I been through all these? Are the ones I can?
No, I haven't.
Ooh.
That's quite the monster.
Hmm. Hmm.
Anything over here?
Other than a... better view of... that monster?
That is very cool looking.
Quite the trophy room they've got in here.
Is this the room that was locked downstairs that I couldn't get into?
Hmm.
Okay, then there's this door.
Another one of these guys. Alright, time to practice!
It works!
Nice!
Hmm.
Well, he kind of exploded in a shower of white particles too, so I'm...
not sure if he'll come back or no or what.
I'm gonna check the rest of the doors up here...
before heading higher.
Huh.
I wonder if any of these people in the paintings are important.
They look important.
And she looks similar to the statue out in the cathedral-y thing.
Very interesting.
I get the sense there's a lot of environmental storytelling happening right in here, but...
nothing I can interpret.
Aha!
All right you.
Nope, too early. Ow.
Oh boy.
Slightly too slow on the draw with that flask.
That's all right.
I'm warming up.
This is the start of a new session, too, by the way. I guess...
I guess you probably assumed that, given how tired I said I was. But anyway...
Is this the best shield to keep messing around with?
Like...
What's it's...
Hmm...
Damage reduction's not...
Excellent. Do I have any other small shields?
Damage reduction of 78%, 65...
Uhh...
Shield, shield, shield, shield, shield. Where's the rest of the shields?
That's a club.
Hundred...
Seventy-five, seventy-eight, meh.
I feel like I need to stick with the, uh...
I need to stick with the 100% damage reduction.
And just work on my timing.
Think that might be what I need to do.
Okay, so these guys do respawn. Fair enough.
[crash]
Alright. Can I get the timing right, though? It's okay.
Nope, too slow.
Nope, just didn't even try.
Too slow.
Meh.
Ah, well, I got the timing right at least. Just didn't hit the button in time. It's alright.
I feel like my shield is much less responsive than it used to be.
Hm.
It's probably just me.
Definitely not as sharp as I was last session, so that might end up going bad for me.
And if it's going so badly for me that it's just becoming clear I'm not going to get anywhere, then I will end this session early and come back when I'm able to actually play Dark Souls.
Same mistake as last time. I don't know why I did it again.
Whoa, hey! Who's shooting?!
Huh. Don't know why I didn't see you last time. I will give you what for now, though.
Ach. I am just playing badly.
Very badly.
Let's see if I can get behind this one.
Yes!
That's what I need to be trying to do.
I wonder, the heavier armor wouldn't be slowing my parry attempt, would it?
That's what it could be.
Hmm.
Feel like there was another door or something that I haven't checked yet.
Let me look into that first.
It's gonna go this way.
See what happens.
Hmm.
Nothing.
Looks nice, though.
That we can always appreciate.
Let's see what's straight up the stairs.
Or can we get to them? Maybe I can't.
Huh, that's kind of weird. Interesting staircase.
Well, let's go up this way.
What is the worst that could happen?
Hmm...
Two at once.
Not a fan of that.
If I'm careful, maybe I can just deal with one at a time.
Okay, that's what I like to see!
More of that.
Eh, let's check this out first.
Heeeey!
Buddy!
I thought you might have died!
Yay, you're alive!
That's good to see.
What's up, man?
Whatever can be done.
This poor guy just always has a problem.
I know that means that I'm just gonna have to go handle it, but all the same, still like you.
Maybe five bodies, hmm...
Well...
Good luck!
Aaaaah, hello!
Time to go back in here, I think.
Whew, close.
Alright.
Starting to get the hang of it.
But I need to get more consistent.
All right
Any more surprises? Ooh, two of them.
That is rough.
Okay.
How do I want to go about this?
Thinking...
Maybe I can kind of, uh...
Lock them up in this door here. Yes! Good, good! Just one. One is good.
One is good.
Couldn't really see, but fortunately it worked.
It's going well.
All right, number three.
Here we go.
It's just him, right? Yes! Okay.
All right.
Eh, too early.
Ah, come on.
Ah, reckless again.
Mistakes. Mistakes were made.
But it all worked out... in the end.
Low on Estus Flasks, though. That is going to... come back to bite me, I think.
Let's see...
I think we're safe, but just in case...
Yeah, we're fine.
Is that the golem?
That looks like the iron golem.
A little bit. Different weapon, though.
Maybe I'll have to deal with another one.
Not bad, not bad...
I love how classy this whole building place is looking, even if it is quite, uh...
even if it's definitely seen better days.
Were these the silver knights you were wanting to deal with? Are you feeling better now?
Knight of Katarina hereby commends you. Take this as a token of my gratitude.
But be warned, gallantry entails great risks. Next time, give me a chance to come up with a plan.
May... can make one's journey easier? How much HP, though?
Huh. Doesn't really seem to say.
Oh, wait, hang on. Got to do it in the equipment menu.
Okay, let's...
Eh, it's not a huge increase, but...
probably not worth it.
But we'll see...
what lies ahead.
Ooh, is this...
the door I couldn't open earlier? Are we back here?
Great. Back to the bonfire I go...
to refresh on this estus.
Okay, we're back up here now.
There we go.
Okay.
This guy alone or is he gonna have backup?
Yeah.
Had quite enough of your archery nonsense.
All right.
So far, so good.
Getting pretty high up this building here.
Can't help but shake... or can't help but feel that...
I am getting close to some sort of...
important thing, which is likely, let's be honest, a boss.
One which I am... oh! Okay, now we're on this stairwell now. Cool.
But it's a boss I'm probably not... mentally prepared for.
Okay, let's see.
Okay...
Bug? Hmm.
And...
Need humanity.
And some staircase up.
Where to go?
Whoa-kay!
Yes! I remember you now.
Eh, do I deal with it now?
Ah, let's go ahead and try to deal with it now.
Less maneuvering room...
Than before.
No, I don't like that aspect.
Too early. Okay.
Alright, gotta get my...
Gotta get my dodge game down.
Ow!
Okay.
It's tough, but we can do it.
Oh, I've barely put a dent in him, have I? Haven't I? Aaaaaaah! That hurt.
Okay. Okay.
I have decided to fight you later!
That is not much room to maneuver. Huh, words.
Alright, there's another knight down there.
And up here...
need hollow, try item
Hmm...
Dangerous looking.
Oh dear.
I'm gonna try going up.
Blacksmith, that's cool.
Chance?
Hmm...
Those aren't the same kinds of golems I, uh, fought...
outside and downstairs, are they?
I mean, they could be...
Huh.
I hear blacksmithy sounds.
Can't be the same guy.
Oh.
Wonder how friendly he feels.
I may just be walking into a...
Huh? No?
Cool! That's nice at least
Oof, boy
I like you
Let's see. Hey, we can get it to +10!
That'll probably come in handy
Let's do it
Awesome
Should probably be doing something with my armor
Though I suppose...
I really should decide what I want to be using. I've been changing it around a lot
The Elite Knight set seems pretty good, and it's a little lighter than this black...
Uh, leather. Well, it's not black leather stuff I'm wearing. Just black iron? Black...
The heavier stuff I'm wearing
Black... Yeah, it is black iron, okay
And I can't level that right now. That stuff's all too... advanced in some way
Requires fancier stuff
I'm gonna leave this be for now, but...
I'm interested to hear what set you guys think I should be try... I should try wearing
'Cause I probably should start...
Trying to level up some of this armor at some point
But yeah, I should go ahead and buy these things, I think
And then maybe some arrows...
Just in case
Okay
[Come in soon]
This looks like a shortcut, though
This looks like... I'm heading back in the direction of...
My earlier bonfire, across the long bridge
This is probably a good direction for me to go