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Dark Souls |OT3| This thread moves faster than the Blighttown framerate
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kingschiebi
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UrbanRats said:
You should do that for DS as it is a major part of the experience to see messages left by other players, bloodstains and ghost images.
All you have to do to avoid PVP is to just no go into human form (you can still collect humanity, just don't convert to human at a bonfire). You could still enjoy co-op as you can still be summoned even in hollow form, albeit you cannot summon others then, of course.
I'm looking to build a character that can play a paladin and a ninja when I feel like it. basically I'm going to level faith and put into strength. How do you repair swords. I have the drake and used the l trigger attack, not realizing that it ate through the energy for it so quick.
prodystopian
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Augemitbutter said:
This. I just beat the game last night, but I'm hesitant to do much in NG+ (I beat the Taurus demon then quit) because I don't know where to put my points. I want to do a Dex build, but nothing seems worth it unless the patch fixes Dex scaling more. Lightning Iaito > * at this point.
charsace said:
Honestly, don't raise Strength past the requirements for whatever weapon you're aiming for. Same for Dexterity. They just don't really do anything worthwhile for you.
As for repairing, go to a Blacksmith (there's one at the entrance of New Londo that you have access to from the very start of the game; there's also the one in the Undead Parish right before Darkroot Garden). You can buy an item that allows you to repair at any bonfire so that's a great thing to invest in as well.
Felix Lighter
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Facism said:
There is a
shortcut to avoid all of them if you join the Chaos Servant Covenant and give 30 humanity. I can't see myself ever playing the game again without using that shortcut.
astroturfing
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question about the Wood Grain Ring.. how should i prepare trying to take down Shiva and his invisible bodyguard at Blighttown? i'm lvl 37 and i'm afraid they'll kill me, and then disappear because i betrayed the covenant...
i MUST have that ring!
i MUST have that ring!
Felix Lighter
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Kweh said:
Only if you're punching dudes with the pyromancy flame. It doesn't effect pyromancy spells, as far as, I know.
astroturfing said:
If you fail to kill them, request absolution, then rejoin the covenant they will come back. Expensive, but it works.
If you're afraid of fighting them, in Blighttown you can aggro one of those firebreathing bugs then walk next to the bodyguard. The bug will eventually kill him with the fire attack.
toastyToast
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Kweh said:
It should but it doesn't (the glove has S level scaling with int). Just focus on upgrading it regularly
Been having a blast playing this game but I'm having a little trouble with the coop. It rarely seems to ever work.
It's odd because Demons Souls coop works fine. I have my playstation on DMZ.
I think tonight I'm gonna try plugging the ps3 right into the modem tonight and see if that helps at all.
What is the typical wait time for leaving a white sign right in front of the capra demons entrance? I waited maybe 10-15 mins before I gave up.
It's odd because Demons Souls coop works fine. I have my playstation on DMZ.
I think tonight I'm gonna try plugging the ps3 right into the modem tonight and see if that helps at all.
What is the typical wait time for leaving a white sign right in front of the capra demons entrance? I waited maybe 10-15 mins before I gave up.
Felix Lighter said:
Awesome I got to that place a while ago and just left because of the horrible frame rate.
I then went to the Tomb of Giants.. gee what a fun zone complete darkness.
Also I am always weary of levelling up because of the -/+ 10% co-op level limit.
Confidence Man
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AlexM said:
I've found a typical wait time anywhere is probably around 20 mins, if you're lucky.
Felix Lighter said:
Actually, I don't think it scales the punch either.
Pyromancy isn't meant to scale with INT, however (if it did, it'd be stupid amounts of broken) so it's working as intended. Not entirely sure why it lists a letter scaling with it, though.
Label said:
In a fun little conundrum, Lost Izalith has the helm that makes the Tomb a lot easier; however, the easy way to access it is via Humanity dump with the Chaos Covenant and the Tomb has one of the best spots to farm Humanity (which is after the section where you'd want the helm). >>
The Tomb is pretty easy, though, once you learn it; it's short and fairly linear to a point (hell, the start of the zone is a bunch of slides until you get to the bonfire).
It depends on what you'd like to skip, but I believe you can straight up skip the Firesage Demon and Centipede Demon and just go straight to Bed of Chaos. The shortcut takes you past 100% of the lava in that main area, and it's maybe 20 seconds of running past enemies to get to the boss fight. I enjoyed those two boss fights though, so it's your choice.Abooie said:
charsace said:
Only pump up Str/Dex to reach the min requirements for a weapon. Then focus on End -> Fai -> Vit in that order. Most people who make Faith-based builds are looking to make a tank, as Faith pumps up your Magic DEF, so along with some heavy armor, you'll end up quite formidable. In that same vein, you might prefer to use heavier weapons. Some good options with not too high Str requirements are: Claymore, Halberds, Katanas, Gargoyle Tail Axe, Spears. Great Scythe particularly makes a really good Faith-weapon as it has good reach, good scaling when upgraded to Occult, and only requires 14 Str/14 Dex to wield.
If you want lighter, quicker weapons -- straight swords (ie. longswords) and curved swords (ie. falchions) have good Faith scaling, and have better movesets than maces/clubs imo.
You repair weapons at blacksmiths, or at your bonfire if you bought a repairbox. Repairbox is sold by the first merchant in Undead Burg or at the blacksmith in Undead Parish.
Audioboxer
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Every time I get invaded the other person seems to get the most perfect backstab. Half the time it seems like lag as well? Grrrr.
Confidence Man
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So near the chaos covenant there's that dead end door, does that open somewhere normally or do I need rank 2 in chaos covenant?
Augemitbutter
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scy said:
same here. i don't think i'll be able to go back to it once i move on. pvp is imbalanced and i'm not sure how good summoning will work and how long the boss encounters will keep me interested.
toastyToast
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My pyro damage is absolutely absurd now with the super glove. I had great chaos fireballs hitting Seath for 900 a piece.
The whole fight lasted about a minute.
The whole fight lasted about a minute.
Confidence Man said:
Oh really? Maybe I'm just impatient. That's too bad. I was hoping the connection time would be at least as good as demons souls.
So far the only place I've even done any summoning or been summoned is the area leading to the bell gargoyles. That took about 2 mins on average. Everything else I gave up waiting on.
Okay, so I started playing the game recently and I enjoy it a lot, but there are so many places you can go to. The open world structure makes so many options possible but I prefer to do things in order. Is there a list that someone made that shows the preferred order to do things.
Also, the online portion of this game doesn't work as well as Demons Souls. There are less ghosts of wandering players walking around, less bloodstains, and I also put up a summon sign for people to summon me about 5 times already and I would give up everytime. I dont view this thread that often so I don't really know what's going on with the online. Is there a reason for this?
Also, the online portion of this game doesn't work as well as Demons Souls. There are less ghosts of wandering players walking around, less bloodstains, and I also put up a summon sign for people to summon me about 5 times already and I would give up everytime. I dont view this thread that often so I don't really know what's going on with the online. Is there a reason for this?
Confidence Man
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AlexM said:
Between the different servers and the covenants affecting how easily you connect to others it's kind of a crapshoot. I spent a couple hours outside the Iron Golem last night and got summoned four or five times if I remember.
corrosivefrost
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On NG++, in blighttown first, about to go get Quelaag.
Seems to me the strategy someone put up in here yesterday about ringing the blighttown bell first is the fastest way to get to anor londo.
Quelaag > Darkroot Basin > Darkroot Garden > Sif (need his soul for greatshield) > Gargoyles > Sen's > Anor Londo blacksmith...
Seems to me the strategy someone put up in here yesterday about ringing the blighttown bell first is the fastest way to get to anor londo.
Quelaag > Darkroot Basin > Darkroot Garden > Sif (need his soul for greatshield) > Gargoyles > Sen's > Anor Londo blacksmith...
astroturfing
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tokkun said:
goddamnit, absolution costs are ridiculous so i reaaaally don't want to fail the fight...
but thanks for that cheese tip
i might consider it. then i will fight them fair in NG+!Trevelyon said:
what?? close to a million souls from one kill? WTF. i need to get into that covenant.
toastyToast
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johntown said:
First time through.
I've been putting all the souls I've gotten into the glove for a while now. Haven't levelled up for more than 10 hours now. Glove is at ascended +1 now
^^^
The soundtrack is boss themes the whole way through. Epic as fuck
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Lol at all the people stressing over the bounding demons of Izalith.
Make a half decent bow and buy a load of cheap arrows. They don't respawn and all you need to do is clear a path to the bonfire inside the second building. Try and aggro multiple mobs in clusters so they destroy each other with their attacks.
It really doesn't take that long, and once its done its done.
Make a half decent bow and buy a load of cheap arrows. They don't respawn and all you need to do is clear a path to the bonfire inside the second building. Try and aggro multiple mobs in clusters so they destroy each other with their attacks.
It really doesn't take that long, and once its done its done.
DigitalDevil
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maomaoIYP said:
I could care less about the packaging, but I want this soundtrack
toastyToast
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Holy shit, I used now to end 3 sentences
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astroturfing said:
I grind souls and humanity while waiting for my ring to pop so I've been running around invading with 300-400k+ souls pretty typically. I fail a lot too, either due to being shitty at PvP or lag or probably just being terrible at it :/
Oh well. Free souls for everyone, yay....
Augemitbutter
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maomaoIYP said:
yea, i was going to wait until i had enough time with the game before starting listen to the OST. i might do that later.
maomaoIYP said:
mine is a CD
astroturfing
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toasty_T said:
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happens to me all the time, haha. truthfully though, i didn't even notice it reading your comment.
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