After a long escape through the New Londo Ruins I felt like I had found everything that there was. I got some loot, a nifty ring, found a guy that wanted to uncurse me, and found the way out (although it was locked). One thing that I did find was a balcony overlooking the Valley of the Drakes. So for a lack of anything better to do I decided to go back there. I fixed my curse and started wandering around.
In the Valley of the Drakes I beat one dragon in claw to sword combat then decided to just use arrows to kill the rest. The same could be said about the undead dragon I found clinging to a cliff. At this point I think I have shot somewhere around 1000 arrows. It is how I manage to control my fights so they stay one on one.
With all of the dragons/drakes dead (and me unable to open a giant door under the balcony) I walked past the spot where the undead dragon was. I found some bridges that got me to a closed gate (one that would eventually lead up to New Londo Ruins) and then there was a tunnel. In the tunnel I was warned to look out for "Fattys." I didn't really know what they were talking about, but I did spot some big oafs with clubs in the distance. Those fuckers hit hard, and there were two of them so I had to do a lot of maneuvering to avoid getting killed. They also poisoned me, but I had enough stuff to block the poison. With them dead I wandered forward into Blighttown. I've been poking around Blighttown a bit, trying to shoot anything I can rather than get into combat. I'm coming in from the top, so it involves lots of climbing down ladders. It is kind of disconcerting because I don't know what is on a lower level when I go down there, but so far things haven't been too bad. I have killed a bunch of mosquito things and some strange Fly looking things (like from the movie). I'm not a fan and don't want to fight them in close combat. I'm going to spend my time wandering around Blighttown for the time being.
Speaking of gear (?!), I found some Embers and have given them to Andre (the blacksmith under the Undead Parish). I also have been buying titanite shards from various people. I found a blacksmith in New Londo Ruins, but he seems to specialize in magic so I didn't really use him. I'm still wearing my chain mail armor with eastern helm. My weapons are the bow of Pharis+3, a winged spear +3, and I spent a pretty penny getting a Falchion up to +5. The Falchion apparently has all of the same stats as my Scimitar (which I started the game with) but is slightly heavier and has a longer reach. I think that is where I am going from now on since it ranks S with dexterity. Right now my dexterity is 35 (or so) and I don't plan on working any other stats until it is 40. But I am running into a problem. I don't really want to level up since I have killed so many things and haven't found a bonfire near my current stomping ground. I think that is why I am being so cautious. If I die now I'm pretty fucked.
After he relocated to the Firelink Shrine, I broke down and purchased the Master Key from Domhnall of Zena. So far, though, it's only gotten me through the locked door in the New Londo Ruins. Which is alright, as I was able to get the goods from in front of the Undead Dragon, and take the back way into Blighttown.
ReplyDeleteI returned to this area last night, as I'd not been able to make it to the top of the rickety elevator previously. There were still a number of toxic assassins there, but Spider Shield +5 and Blooming Purple Moss Clumps from the Darkroot Garden allowed me to advance on them, after which they go down easily.
There's a Fire Keeper Soul there (which is awesome because there's a firekeeper in Anor Londo who will upgrade my Estus Flask, as the Firelink Shrine keeper's still missing), as well as some sorcerer gear. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to go all the way to the bottom to grind souls for poisoned arrows while making a run for the Cloranthy Ring in the Great Hollow.