| lestatdark said: @Carl Did you save Ostrava before or after defeating all enemies in the area? Not only those dreblings that you found next to Ostrava, but also all of the soldiers and blue eye knights? Because if you didn't, there's a high probability that Ostrava will be killed by any of those, make sure that the next time you go back to the Nexus he's there. My advice is that you invest some points in dexterity (at least to 16) in order to use the best bow in the game later on, the Lava Bow, since you'll be doing high 200's in damage with it, much more than in any arrow type magic in the game, unless your magic is insanely high (+40) and have magic boosting items. @gekkokamen The problem with your build is that in order to effectively wield soul arrow (effectively = doing some actual decent damage), he'll have to invest some points in magic and intelligence, taking away from the actual melee build that it's the Knight. Ranged attacks are always best with the Bow's at early stages, especially once you get to world 3 where most enemies are highly immune to magic, or in world 4 where trying to hit those mantas with magic is going to drain his MP pool in an instant. @EncodedNybble Glad to see another DS fan in here :D BTW, there are a lot of people in this thread that's around your level, so you'll have some good chances for people to play with you ;) Not me though, i'm 185 right now :P |
mmm, not really. You don't have to invest anything on magic to deal a decent amount of damage for soul arrow in the very early stages and it's very effective against stuff like the little bearbugs and worms of 2-2, it's also decent for archers in 4-1 and other range attackers like the minister in 2-1. It's only 1,000 souls and you can use the silver catalyst and have a little extra MP. Of course once you get to Tower of Latria you can change your tactics, but I really don't see the need for range attacks in that whole world anyway, although soul arrow can be useful against some pesky gargoyles, but melee is the best way to go. And against the mantas it can kill one in one or two shots max, but it's not like you have to kill many of them anyway...You get the longbow in 4-1, but that's not a stage any noob will be visiting and exploring anytime soon.
