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Dark Souls |OT3| This thread moves faster than the Blighttown framerate
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Yea gaping is easy. I just waited until he did a move with long recovery and went in for 4 hits each time. The rest was watching the two npc summons get man handled. Also I shake my head at gaping's designer....why did they have to do that....
Okay then. I understand. Got an upgrade to my Drake Sword which is the Lightning Spear, but
My stack of Humanity ~20 is gone now, and I see that death in Dark Souls is more expected, hence the lessened consequence for dying.
After spending some time in Sen's Fortress I'm fully decided that this game has more wonder to it. Large creatures pulling gigantic chains, or huge crows protecting its eggs.
Contrary to what anyone might think, this isn't more of the same, nor is it "worse" than Demon's Souls. It really is taking a whole new direction. The similarity of the gameplay distracts from this, however.
I've noticed that one of my biggest issues with Demon's Souls combat is remedied haha. Enemies/people have invincibility frames during knockdown now, so you can't simply run behind every enemy and inflict them with bleeding before they have the chance to move again.
I just got raped by a treasure chest.
My stack of Humanity ~20 is gone now, and I see that death in Dark Souls is more expected, hence the lessened consequence for dying.
After spending some time in Sen's Fortress I'm fully decided that this game has more wonder to it. Large creatures pulling gigantic chains, or huge crows protecting its eggs.
Contrary to what anyone might think, this isn't more of the same, nor is it "worse" than Demon's Souls. It really is taking a whole new direction. The similarity of the gameplay distracts from this, however.
I've noticed that one of my biggest issues with Demon's Souls combat is remedied haha. Enemies/people have invincibility frames during knockdown now, so you can't simply run behind every enemy and inflict them with bleeding before they have the chance to move again.
Wow, that was quite a rush. I'm wandering around Blighttown in its glorious 12 FPS, and I see a shiny thing on a corpse. "Ooh," I say, and roll off the platform onto the one below, falling through the floor in the process. Some fire-breathing dogs came up to me and greeted me, resulting in a nice death. I respawned in the depths, and made my way back to Blighttown - determined to get my souls back. I proceeded very cautiously, managed to find the bonfire first, and then went backward and happened across my souls, then slowly made it back to the bonfire. I would have lost 41k souls and I wasn't going to have any of that! I feel pretty good.
This place is horrendous.
This place is horrendous.
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I back tracked to the depths and used the souls.
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Thanks for the info again. I took off all my armor and 2-handed my Drake Sword and beat him first try. I also figured out that you should hit him a few times right after he slams down, not just when he runs into the wall.knitoe said:
So.. I created a Wanderer because DEX sounded fun, but then read that DEX isn't all that great right now. So I've been just putting status into END and STR, especially STR because I wanted to use the Zweihander. Well, I can finally wield that beast but I hate it, it's way too slow. So I'm back to my Drake Sword again.
I guess my question is what are some stuff I should be looking out for to change up my EQ? I'm still wearing the Wanderer set and the Drake Sword. I like the Sword/Shield combo and because I put so much into STR, I guess i'm looking for those types of weapons.
Yeah, I went down the first ladder, saw the fat dude and quit the game for the night. I was kind of hoping that the depths was the most Valley of Defilement type area we'd get in Dark Souls. Too bad.Aeana said:This place is horrendous.
I found Blighttown to be fairly easy and quick when entering from valley of drakes entrance. Getting to ground floor and to bonfire near the boss is quite fast and there is fire keepers souls near by that entrance.
Whoever decided that infinite spawns of those pesky hornets or whatever is an idiot. Also how is it possible to have such an horrible frame rate in a area where you can't see a shit beyond immediate vicinity of the player?
Whoever decided that infinite spawns of those pesky hornets or whatever is an idiot. Also how is it possible to have such an horrible frame rate in a area where you can't see a shit beyond immediate vicinity of the player?
corrosivefrost
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toasty_T said:
buy the forest crest for 20k, then earn enough against the forest covenant to level up?
Darkkn said:
I think that's an AI issue. The game seems to keep track of enemy behavior even if out of view and when lots of them are in the area, the frame rate drops.
I've tried running around New Londo Ruins, luring ghosts and having them all following me and managed to bring the frame rate down to 1fps.
JimtotheHum
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Quick!! Should I be going for the Golem Axe or Lightning Battle axe?
toastyToast
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corrosivefrost said:
Is that feasible at my level (25, Drake Sword/Leather Set/Grass something shield)?
:lolsixghost said:
Hehe. Parrying isn't tough for me without it. 20 hours of practice in 4-1 in Demon's Souls got me there. A few frames extra to parry can make all the difference.
Although, if I can get them, dual wielding jagged ghost blades definitely seems like it's in the spirit of my character.
JimtotheHum
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Booshka said:
crap. I got impatient and went Golem. Now I dont even have the stats to use the damn thing.
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[The Duke's Archives]
I didn't like that at the opening were
What's the point? That felt like terrible design. Maybe there's a weapon type that can get through a little better but I like to stick with my build.
Also, the room with the
It's also kind of annoying that the breakable objects don't break when you roll into them.
Of the later areas I've visited so far, I'm starting to agree with the people who felt the late game wasn't as good as the early game. I'm still liking it, and I will beat it, but I don't have the same strong feelings towards the game that I did before. It's almost like they made these areas so that you have to rely on exploiting the absolute most powerful methods of play. Why screw over melee builds? I guess I'll just farm some more souls and level up my armor and maybe look up the cheesiest ways to get through these zones.
I didn't like that at the opening were
2 armored boars. I'm not against this in theory, but the execution felt awful. Maybe it was just because of my build, but I could not legitimately fight them. No matter where I hit them it would do ~17 dmg and I'd stagger backward. I had to do the cheesy method of running back to the point where they can't get to you so you can hit them or shoot them with arrows.
Also, the room with the
respawning trident-wielding mage dude. I'm not against him being there, but it just felt cheap. I know you can basically run past all this stuff and rush to the elevator, but again that feels like crappy design. If you actually want to battle everyone as a melee build, it's a huge pain in the ass. If I were a magic character this wouldn't have been as much of an issue.
Of the later areas I've visited so far, I'm starting to agree with the people who felt the late game wasn't as good as the early game. I'm still liking it, and I will beat it, but I don't have the same strong feelings towards the game that I did before. It's almost like they made these areas so that you have to rely on exploiting the absolute most powerful methods of play. Why screw over melee builds? I guess I'll just farm some more souls and level up my armor and maybe look up the cheesiest ways to get through these zones.
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NBtoaster said:
I accidentally killed the girl... the guy is aggro'd.. I payed the priest for absolution but it didn't do anything... i've heard that you can let him turn you into an egg head and try to talk to him after that??? is that true?? i need help as well please
Augemitbutter
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sixghost said:
i found one of those in the library yesterday. haven't tried it on, not sure if i want to use it on common enemies. maybe it's good for farming slabs?
140.85 said:
When looking at your stats page, press the select button and you can highlight over every item to get a definition.
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No.
sixghost said:
That's because you used 1 humanity to revive to human, so your drop rate decreased based on having only 5 humanity instead of 6...
Johnny2Bags
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tokkun said:
the egg head trainer is still alive!! but trys to attack me.. paying for absolution did nothing it seems i wasted 120,000 souls??/ i heard if you get turned into an egg monster and talk to him after he attacks you he will offer you a cure?? or since he is aggro'd am i fucked? anyone have a similar experience?
Grinchy
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Like a Final Fantasy game, the story is completely separate so either one would be fine. Personally, I'd start with Demon's Souls. Dark Souls is fucking awesome but my only point of reference is coming from DeS. Maybe that's why I like DkS so much.tch said:
If you want to have an easier time, start as a Royal.
Yeah, but I thought being human also raised your drop rate. I figured 5humanity + being human would be equal to hollow + 6 humanity. Turns out I was wrong.UFRA said:
Wow really? Could you take a picture of your character with it on?Augemitbutter said:
I got it for $13 off amazon, and I love it. I don't know if I would buy it for the msrp of $25 though.Vect said:
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I just opened the door in the forest and I'm getting shot by a sorcerer. Is this dude an NPC or can I kill him?
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