Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

TargetDestroyed 16 May 2010 18:51

Ok

Im creeping up on 1000 multiplayer sessions. Im at like 927.

Especially lately i see people getting their best weapon right away. At the cost of everything else.

I like to help in 1 - 4 at the end of a game when im changing my world tendency.
Right now my character is carrying a moon knight sword + 5, Crescent estoc + 4 (didnt get pure to drop in first play through). I wear old kings armor, with a dark silver shield +5. Ohh and just for kicks im doing a dex/magic build so i have a +3 kilij and light weapon for fun. So i have a weapon for any situation.

Im helping people with a meat cleaver tower shield no freaking armor and no health. Or a great axe with adjudicators shield on their back and they cant roll.

It just makes no sense to me.
I can take a hit from the dragon flame as a phantom and still live. Most hosts can not.
I usually destroy the whole level while the host is trying to catch up with their slow big weapon.
Then when we get to the king at the end i watch as they keep the shield on their back and get destroyed by the king. I mean big weapons are way to slow to beat him efficiently. You swing 2 times and he has recovered and is soul sucking you.

I have also figured out on bosses that my smaller 1 handed weapons usually do more damage then you big weapon. I get 3 swings in to your one. So yes your 1 swing does 600 damage. However my 3 do 650.

Does any one out there not use a large weapon, blue blood sword or and uchi??? Or am i the only person who does??

Even when i level up i focus on health and endurance. I mean if when i do a mage build the LAST stat i pump is magic. I get 30 vit 30 end, all my other stuff where i want Ie faith, int. Then i pump my damage stat.

My mage build at say level 70 ish would be

vit 30
int 24
end 30
str 18
dex (base so 12 ish)
magic 20
faith 16
luck (base so 7ish)

I just dont get it. If your planning on getting to 120 and pvp then why do you need to be using your meat cleaver at level 50? To look cool?
Why not use a weapon that helps you beat the game, soul farm, etc. If you get invaded well then maybe bust out your best weapon.

Or instead have a phantom like me to come in and beat the whole level for you only to have you die in one blow of a fire breathing dragon after we fended of 3 black phantom invasions.
Im really beginning to hate big weapons. I just see them as slow and clunky. And all i can think when im a blue is "Great well this host will be no help to me".

Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

CaptCrunchPants 16 May 2010 22:26

I love seeing the guy I am PvPing carrying a Great Axe or DBS. They are so slow, yes one hit with cursed DBS or MC sucks but its like getting hit with the first 2hd BBS you are going to be stunned for 6 hits so I would rather have to avoid the slow attack than speedy sword.

I have 8 characters and constantly making new ones with different weapons so I need to get use to using that particular weapon. So I tend to get it pretty fast. I also tend to have 3-5 weapons for different match ups.

I do think VIT is important early to avoid the accidental hit and not die so I usually lvl END and my Damage stat more when I get closer to my stopping lvl. END in PvE is just not as important

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PSN: CaptCrunchPants: SL 319 Faith Build, SL 60 Firestorm Mage, SL 120 Cursed Weapon Dex Build, SL 20 Low Blue Phantom Helper
PSN: JapanCrunchPants: SL123 Axe Mystic, SL 55 Blueblood Sword, SL— Assassin work in progress,

Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

TargetDestroyed 17 May 2010 02:15

Lol i guess i figure ill be playing online.

Its always nice to have a little more END that the guy invading you!

Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

Nintendoblivion 17 May 2010 01:49

Uchi For the win
most people have a build based on their weapon, making it priority to get it
magic, is the most flexible with weapons, seeing you need low stats, so curved swords, katanas, and catalysts make it easy to make requirements and we got the 4-1 crescent Falcion, follwed by boosting magic or int
big weapons PvP only, they should have a PvE weapon, or at least a build meant for PvP and PvE
weapon is priority, but a temp weapon is needed

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Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

TargetDestroyed 17 May 2010 02:27

Ok im not trying to say this or that weapon is bad.

Just that there is more than one weapon in the game.
If you say are using that meat cleaver you have 3 scaling stats. So you could theoretically use more than just the meat cleaver.

If your going to use a great axe your gonna need strength.
Soo you get a crushing axe +1 in 2 - 1. Why not use that at lower levels till you can build up to have the ability to use the great axe later? Even if your a faith build. You can still use the crushing axe even hit it up with turpentine at an early level. And still have a lower equipment burden.

I mean most people hit the crescent falcion +1 in 4 - 1 early in the game. So why not the axe as well?

Lol i just look at it this way. I get messages like thanks you look like you know what your doing. Or wow thanks for the help i didnt have to do anything.
But no one seems to notice i use light fast weapons and am extremely agile.

The ones that send me the messages are usually carrying that tower shied and dragon bone smasher with no armor and still cant roll.

Now yes my trade off is im at a disadvantage in PvP later. But i still get my far share of wins.
Experience and tactics will beat power any day.

Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

LordDraco3 17 May 2010 03:47

I feel that, if fesable, getting your "main weapon" ASAP minimizes the time spent not playing your build to its intended ability.

I use the DBS and Gloom armor at level 30, and I can still roll. Don't hate big weapons, hate that many players just don't realise the importance of mobility.

Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

LadyzPrince 17 May 2010 04:56

You can still roll yes but i doubt you can roll properly at SL 30, just saying ^_^

Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

LordDraco3 17 May 2010 04:59

Rolling = not falling over. Ring of Greath Strength has its uses at the proper time.

Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

bLaCkShAd0w 17 May 2010 06:01

Ummmm ? IDK about you guys but I take off armor from the get go and slowly put it back on as I level endurance, I am rolling properly at sl 7 and on. Its better to dodge a hit than rely on armor to absorb damage.

Re: Is it that important to get your best weapon so soon?

Nintendoblivion 17 May 2010 06:31

ok, i was just seeing what you guys are talking about by quickly getting a character to SL 30 (making new char anyways) and ran into a few things:
Brushwood build that could still roll, BBS with hypermode, DBS with fluted armor and could roll, meat cleaver with old king's set, Great Axe amd tower shield, and a mage with no weapon what-so-ever
So yes i think people tend to focus on their weapon first then other stats later

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