Discoveries you only made recently.

argetlam213 wrote:Was messing around Firelink Shrine when I noticed a huge tree off in the distance. Stared at it for awhile before I realized that it was the Great Hollow. :shock:

Not to mention seeing the Centipede Demon on the wall on my way down to the Demon Ruins bonfire. Can't believe I never noticed the damn thing.

Stuff like that is pretty amazing. You can see quite far into the forest if you snipe or use binoculars on the tower with the crossbow hollow at the burg.

Hachouma wrote:That these actually exist

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Yeah, i know, shame on me for not knowing them, but i would never have thought that a hammer-spear could exist in real life

Anything but the unique and boss weapons are real life weapons I think. I love how From paid so much attention to basing these weapons off real life weapons and made sure to make them perform similarly as well.

thing is the uchi is supposed to be a twohanded heavy sword not another light spammy katana according to everything i've read, as for the lucerne, i've researched pole arms a fair amount and its design is actually common throughout a number of countries witrh minor variations and different names.

sparkly-twinkly-lizard wrote:thing is the uchi is supposed to be a twohanded heavy sword not another light spammy katana according to everything i've read.

It's a little heavy, but not really heavy. Also, look how it is in the game. No starting class can use it one handed except bandit, and the hilt has room for two hands. It's not too inacurate.

Also, its strength comes from its curved blade and how it's used, not how hard it's swung. There are some sources that claim it was used one handed by some people.

If you die on the large rotating elevator in Anor Londo, your bloodstain won't be there. Depending on where you came from (ex.: the painting guardian room), your bloodstain will be there on solid unmoving ground.

I had the pleasure of finding this out on my own, last night, after dying to the second gargoyle. After killing the gargoyle, I went to look for my bloodstain, only to find out that it wasn't on the elevator at all. Had to retrace my steps, but found it.

I was in Lost Izalith last night and when I looked up, I saw a huge tree trunk. I began to wonder if that belongs to the Great Hollow. Does anyone know for sure?

I'd think the arch tree housing the Great Hollow would be in the opposite direction. Consider the direction you go when you're heading out of the blight swamp towards Quelaag's arena. You head away from the arch tree, into the spider tunnel, through the arena, and down the spiral staircase to the area that leads to either Quelaan or the Demon Ruins. From that area of the Demon Ruins, with the lava and the Taurus Demons, you can see the top of a large dome off the cliff to the left. I think that dome is the roof of Lost Izalith. If that's the case then the arch tree would be in the other direction.

The tower knight in the Parish will follow you down to the bonfire near Andre. Nowhere is safe -_-

fujiphoenix wrote:The tower knight in the Parish will follow you down to the bonfire near Andre. Nowhere is safe -_-

i just found out that he's parry-able. i have yet to land a riposte, so i assume that's not possible.

CappuccinoJak wrote:i just found out that he's parry-able. i have yet to land a riposte, so i assume that's not possible.

Nope, you can parry him but not riposte or backstab. Esp weird since they seem to be the only enemies that work that way.

lalliman wrote:

CappuccinoJak wrote:i just found out that he's parry-able. i have yet to land a riposte, so i assume that's not possible.

Nope, you can parry him but not riposte or backstab. Esp weird since they seem to be the only enemies that work that way.

If I'm not mistaken you can't land a crit on the giant skeles either, though I don't know if they're parryable.

Can you parry minor capras?

fujiphoenix wrote:Can you parry minor capras?

I think you can. I know you can't with Taurus' though. I've tried. The most you can get is the partial damage block. At least that's the most I've been able to get.

You can partial parry ANY physical attack in the game. Even the biggest bosses.

fujiphoenix wrote:You can partial parry ANY physical attack in the game. Even the biggest bosses.

That's kinda neat. I wasn't aware of that.

PlasticandRage wrote:

fujiphoenix wrote:You can partial parry ANY physical attack in the game. Even the biggest bosses.

That's kinda neat. I wasn't aware of that.

Ya it is pretty cool, but kind of useless. If you have time to partial parry, then you should be dodging the attack anyway.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking too. I can't really think of a time that it would be more beneficial than either blocking full on or just getting out of the way.

You can also partial parry spells. It's useful if you're too close to a cliff.

i just found out that O&S's chamber has two different sized elevators. i've always gone to the smaller one, but i just noticed the other one's HUGE!

CappuccinoJak wrote:i just found out that O&S's chamber has two different sized elevators. i've always gone to the smaller one, but i just noticed the other one's HUGE!

That's the point, one's for Ornstein and one's for Smough :D
I always loved that little detail.

You can't parry a Vagrant.

CappuccinoJak wrote:i just found out that O&S's chamber has two different sized elevators. i've always gone to the smaller one, but i just noticed the other one's HUGE!

Wow. I've never noticed that either. Now that I'm thinking about it, I think I always have taken the one on the left. Not entirely sure why. I just assumed they were both the same.

PlasticandRage wrote:
Wow. I've never noticed that either. Now that I'm thinking about it, I think I always have taken the one on the left. Not entirely sure why. I just assumed they were both the same.

same here, kinda blew my mind how obvious it is now lol.

you can fight on said elevator in dark anor londo, and its critical attack proof, you can't backstab or be backstabbed while on it, ripostes don't work either.

sparkly-twinkly-lizard wrote:you can fight on said elevator in dark anor londo, and its critical attack proof, you can't backstab or be backstabbed while on it, ripostes don't work either.

This only works in dark AL?
Hmm, interesting.

sparkly-twinkly-lizard wrote:you can fight on said elevator in dark anor londo, and its critical attack proof, you can't backstab or be backstabbed while on it, ripostes don't work either.

any reason why you can't do that? i assume it's because you can't critical someone unless you're on the same level ground-wise. would it apply here somehow?