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[Alcoholikaust]

May 7, 2015 Updateatch is out for PC awaiting PS4/XB1 Release
via kotaku

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Hurray! If that’s not plain enough, a Bandai Namco representative spelled it out.

“The fix will be issued for PS4, Steam and Xbox One, and will be apparent for people running the game at 60fps as the durability decrease rate is linked to the frame rate,” said the company. “We are still working on the exact release date for the patch, which will also fix additional issues not just durability, and will follow up with the date as soon as possible.”

http://info.darksouls.jp/other/sp/information_detail/2015-04-16-01.html

Great news for everyone! No time frame other than 'soon'.

Praise the sun if old.

EDIT:From Cheesemeister translate: "Fixed a bug that caused physical defense to drop greatly upon attacking dead enemies."

May mean the durability issue for hitting corpses is decreased- but have no idea what 'modification of the phenomenon that weapon durability' means- any fix is progress

Update for PC users: Fix on the way as well http://info.darksouls.jp/other/pc/information_detail/2015-04-17-01.html

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[Dawg]

Great news!

 

[Altairre]

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

I'll believe it when I see it.

*Approach with caution. Trap ahead.

LOL

Completely agree as there is a level of trust that needs to be re-established for denying anything was ever wrong. It does however speak volumes to me within a few weeks of launch they acknowledge a problem and are talking about patching it. I think it's a safe bet-but again:when.

 

[epmode]

So if it really was unintended, why was it never addressed in the original PC version? I wonder if the patch will only be for the DX11 version.

 

[Dictator93]

I always thought it was intended behavior. Odd....

 

[Kiyo]

Might actually try playing it again once this patch hits. Couldn't handle it the way it currently is, especially coming from Bloodborne where I don't think I ever repaired my weapon even once.

 

[kadotsu]

Good, now they only need an option to enable classic enemy placement.

 

[SJRB]

Good, now they only need an option to enable classic enemy placement.

Is the new setup not good?

 

[JGLS]

Uh, why are they not releasing this patch for the original versions too?

 

[Living Proof]

Durabillity patch-- I'm trying to think of a pun involving "Bill," but they're all so stupid.

 

[test_account]

I played Dark Souls 2 for about 4 hours and i never really had any problems with durability. The durability might go down faster compared to other Souls games(?), but i never felt that it really was a problem in Dark Souls 2.

 

[Notor!ousG]

Good, now they only need an option to enable classic enemy placement.

Won't happen, isn't neccesary too.

 

[Fallout-NL]

Is the new setup not good?

After having played a few zones, I think it's pretty good. Gives the game a fresh feeling.

 

[kadotsu]

Is the new setup not good?

It's good but I want to play both.

 

[III-V]

This is beyond bizarre how an known bug makes it thru into the HD remaster to then get patched out.

 

[MarkusRJR]

Well that's nice. I'll definitely pick it up once it's fixed. Such an weird issue to leave in after it was a well known issue on PC iirc?

 

[JayEH]

Nice! Will pick this up now.

 

[YianGaruga]

Did they ever fix it in the PC version of the original? Because that problem was known at 60FPS even back then

 

[Corpekata]

I played Dark Souls 2 for about 4 hours and i never really had any problems with durability. The durability might go down faster compared to other Souls games(?), but i never felt that it really was a problem in Dark Souls 2.

Depends on the weapon and enemy really. I have no problems with my current gear but I started off with an old whip that I could nearly break on a single turtle knight.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

StDurability Updates!

 

[Mogwai]

All the durability defenders, where are you?

 

[Deku Tree]

Ok I will buy DaS2 PS4 after I hear the reports about how the patch works after it comes out. I decided against buying it after reading the durability complaints.

 

[Parsnip]

I mean it was obviously a bug, or rather just bad programming practices, but at this point they should just remove the durability stat since it was already nearly pointless. Fixing it will just make durability a non-issue, so why even have it?

 

[RoboPlato]

As someone who hates weapon degredation in general, this is great news.

 

[TrouzzzerSnake]

This is beyond bizarre how an known bug makes it thru into the HD remaster to then get patched out.

Dark Souls 2 was a b-team caliber game from the get-go - it's actually wildly unsurprising and speaks volumes of the project handlers' competency level.

 

[Massa]

All the durability defenders, where are you?

Playing the game most likely.

 

[J4g3r]

I adjusted to it personally, nice they're finally addressing it though!

 

[BY2K]

So not only was that never fixed in the original PC release, but it wasn't fixed at SotFS' release?

Geez.

 

[dreamlock]

Yep, definitely not intended as was known all along. Not sure why they didn't address it in the original PC version or for this release, but glad it's finally taken care of even though I'm practically done with the game for now having finished NG++ etc.

Looking forward to my next playthrough if I ever get tired of playing GTA V PC.

 

[DeaviL]

Modder somewhere said they put the "bug" back in on purpose.
But yeah "unintended".

 

[strafer]

Guess I can finally start using my fucking Club.

 

[Fisty]

Dammit, im almost done with my first playthrough, dual katanas. Durability isnt a major problem, it just necessitates a backup weapon and a good stock of repair powders. I think it adds a bit of "survival" gameplay, and since ive only played SOTFS, im pretty well accustomed to the additional challenge at this point

 

[explodet]

Watch, the patch will just make durability even WORSE

 

[Stone Ocean]

Lemme guess, the original version will get jack shit?

 

[Giran]

So it wasn't intentional from the start and it only gets fixed when it's console players doing the complaining. From's disregard for their PC userbase never ceases to amaze.

 

[Ferr986]

Isn't the patch just to fix the durability when hitting corpses? Not really changing the overalll durability?

 

[jacob armitage]

I'm on my first play through of the game and just reached Drangleic Castle and to be honest, the durability thing has never bothered me. I even quite like it how it is. I feel any less and it wouldn't really be a mechanic to worry about.

Sure, i've had to swtich to a secondary weapon a small handful of times and use repair powder once as i was not paying attention before entering a boss fight, but overall? its not been a bother.

 

[Cmerrill]

Isn't the patch just to fix the durability when hitting corpses? Not really changing the overalll durability?

That's what I thought. Is there a translation for that page?

 

[Zemm]

Dark Souls 2 was a b-team caliber game from the get-go - it's actually wildly unsurprising and speaks volumes of the project handlers' competency level.

Doesn't really make sense when the 'A team' (I pity da fool) have released bloodborne which also had crazy bugs even more damaging to the game than this. I think we can safely say that whilst the whole of From may be great game designers that their games lack that little bit of technical polish, which is fine, they don't have huge budgets for these games.

 

[gelf]

Isn't the patch just to fix the durability when hitting corpses? Not really changing the overalll durability?

Yeah that's what I thought too. The weapons should still break faster then the 30fps versions.

 

[Portugeezer]

Isn't the patch just to fix the durability when hitting corpses? Not really changing the overalll durability?

Even that would be great.

 

[OminoMichelin]

I'll avoid being snarky and just say that I'm glad they decided to fix this. Better late than never.

 

[HeelPower]

bb.b..but what if the patch cuts the framerate to 30 fps ?

 

[test_account]

Depends on the weapon and enemy really. I have no problems with my current gear but I started off with an old whip that I could nearly break on a single turtle knight.

It depends from the class you use. I did a mage, I only used weapons a bit during early stages of the game, than when I took a decent staff with good spells, I almost totally abandoned them (I only used the thunder sword or whatever is called, using it to finish enemies without wasting spells), but the bug is there.

I see. I mostly used a standard upgraded halberd, i didnt have much problem with that. I remember that one boss weapon

Spoiler

the Fume Knight sword

broke pretty quickly when using the two handed attacks, but i assumed that it was intentional (maybe it is on that particular weapon).

 

[Iva Demilcol]

My copy is on the way and they are going to patch that already?

That's really nice.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

All the durability defenders, where are you?

precisely- as it was never a problem for me-it was clearly a bug-hitting bodies degrades weapon faster than a wall.....really?

Some translation

When you attack the enemy, such as corpses, and modification of the phenomenon that weapon endurance value decreases significantly
At Ojo Doran Greig / craving throne, and despite the fact that defeat all the bosses that can be defeated, modification of phenomenon that summon sign from being displayed
Guard break, modification of the stick playing phenomenon that input is less likely to be successful, such as jump attack
Online multiplayer, modification of phenomenon that bloodstain of death replay does not occur some
Online multiplayer, modification of the phenomenon that the client side hangs up during the event movie playback of Watashi-ya Gilligan tower of soil
Online multiplayer, terminates the host game during matching, modify phenomena that can not be loaded from the save data when restarting the game again
In Xbox One version, when you pause the game machine body in online multiplayer, modification of phenomenon that game would kill
In Xbox One version, when you restart the game again to pause the game machine body, modification of phenomenon that offline mode
In Xbox One version, and the boundary of the area has been back and forth many times, modification of phenomenon that game hangs up
In Xbox One version, when the host during online multiplayer has expired network line, modification of phenomenon that does not normally return
After the latest update file application, each version notation in the upper right title screen will be as follows.
PlayStation 4
　Ver [1.00 ⇒ 1.02]
　Regulation [2.01 ⇒ 2.02]
Xbox One / Windows (DirectX11)
　Ver [1.01 ⇒ 1.02]
　Regulation [2.01 ⇒ 2.02]
※ There is no maintenance of game server associated with this update.

edit: Dont know if its durabillity as a whole-or just addressing the fact it degrades twice as fast when you hit enemy corpses-

 

[John Bender]

Fix/Patch the horrible hitbox.

 

[myco666]

They managed to get this bug in for the remaster? Wow. Well hopefully they get it fixed asap since weapons breaks fast even without the bug.

 

[Gbraga]

Fix/Patch the horrible hitbox.

No way that would happen.

Though, to be fair, I'm surprised they're even addressing the guard break inputs, so you never know.