It's lower than ideal for me as well, which is weird because it seemed really high shortly after launch.
Nah, sounds creative!
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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It's lower than ideal for me as well, which is weird because it seemed really high shortly after launch.
Nah, sounds creative!
Cpt Conifer
Member
Sorry to interrupt with a hardware question. My system is really struggling with Blighttown:
2.9ghz Athlon II X3 435
4 gigs of DDR3 PC1600
Radeon HD4890
If I replace the Athlon with a Phenom II X4 965BE, a 3.4 ghz proc, can you tell me with certainty that Blighttown would run at 30fps, or would my graphics card still not be enough? My system drops to 15fps or less sporadically when looking over large areas or fighting some bosses, but Blighttown was absolutely terrible.
2.9ghz Athlon II X3 435
4 gigs of DDR3 PC1600
Radeon HD4890
If I replace the Athlon with a Phenom II X4 965BE, a 3.4 ghz proc, can you tell me with certainty that Blighttown would run at 30fps, or would my graphics card still not be enough? My system drops to 15fps or less sporadically when looking over large areas or fighting some bosses, but Blighttown was absolutely terrible.
Good old GFWL...
So I've got 40/41 achievements for this game... Sounds good so far... Except that the 41st is supposed to unlock when you've unlocked the 40 others. I've looked online for ways to solve this and nothing I tried worked... I wanted to send an email to the GFWL support but apparently the only way to contact them is to call them... And god do I hate to call hotlines. It's 2 am right now where I live so I'm probably going to go to bed and take care of that tomorrow...
How is it even possible to make such a shitty software?
So I've got 40/41 achievements for this game... Sounds good so far... Except that the 41st is supposed to unlock when you've unlocked the 40 others. I've looked online for ways to solve this and nothing I tried worked... I wanted to send an email to the GFWL support but apparently the only way to contact them is to call them... And god do I hate to call hotlines. It's 2 am right now where I live so I'm probably going to go to bed and take care of that tomorrow...
How is it even possible to make such a shitty software?
For some reason Dark Souls defaults to your integrated HD 3000 graphics rather than your dedicated gpu.
The latest DSdix should handle this issue.
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=169
That's really bad. Sorry about that, try calling them I guess.
Speaking of achievements, its kind of lame that they didn't add any for the DLC content especially for those that have already played through on console.
Same here. I spent 10 minutes trying to summon people at Blighttown and every single one of them failed. I've had mixed success before, but that was the first time I hit a brick wall trying to summon.
zephervack
Member
2 questions....
1. I completely ignored The Depths/Blightown and continued unto Darkroot Basin instead, I just found a pretty epic
should I come back later in the game when I have more ranged attacks, im not a sorcerer or anything, all I have are my short range fire balls, bow and my claymore +5
2. Finally played some Co op with my brother, but I couldnt seem to backstab any enemies, im usually pretty good with them, are backstabs disabled during co op or something?
1. I completely ignored The Depths/Blightown and continued unto Darkroot Basin instead, I just found a pretty epic
Butterfly but I cant even touch it, the thing is always flying,
2. Finally played some Co op with my brother, but I couldnt seem to backstab any enemies, im usually pretty good with them, are backstabs disabled during co op or something?
Mihos
Gold Member
My summons were about 50/50. Sucks to try in pull in help for a boss for 20 minutes, finally get someone in only to get invaded and have them kill your help. At least I got revenge on them and backstabbed them off a cliff
Sorry for getting you caught in the middle internet dude !
1.
If you block/dodge its attacks for a while it will come down for a rest.
2. They should work, maybe it was lag? Also, Sometimes you have to wait for certain animations to finish before you can backstab.
Hopefully you are using an Nvidia Graphics card as you can use the Helixmod and it fixes any problems that are in the game in 3d, It looks lovely, and the depth of field looks really nice in 3d.
zephervack
Member
His magic attacks kill me so fast, maybe I should equip my Blue Crest Shield instead of the Spider shield hehe.
Another question, playing co op with my brother trying to defeat this boss has depleted me of Humanity pretty fast as you need to be Human to summon people
, where can I find more Humanity so I can continue to play this game in co op, I dont want to use the save game editor.His magic attacks kill me so fast, maybe I should equip my Blue Crest Shield instead of the Spider shield hehe.
Another question, playing co op with my brother trying to defeat this boss has depleted me of Humanity pretty fast as you need to be Human to summon people
Put on light armor and just lock on to it, and right before it shoots anything just dodge the attack. It's really easy.
It's a new chapter that tells the story of Artorias of the Abyss, including four bosses, new areas, and new items, and and new characters. You access it about 70% of the way through the game. (Duke's Archives)
zephervack
Member
Cool will do
As a newbie though, should I continue this path? The forest is way more inviting than the Depths but maybe im breaking the game or something going down this way so early.
His magic attacks kill me so fast, maybe I should equip my Blue Crest Shield instead of the Spider shield hehe.
Another question, playing co op with my brother trying to defeat this boss has depleted me of Humanity pretty fast as you need to be Human to summon people
Early in the game though rat enemies in the Depths have a good chance to drop humanity items.
Haunted
Member
A portal to the new content is placed in the world, it's optional content and not needed to finish the game. You can access it roughly 60% through a first playthrough.
specific instructions:
1) Kill Hydra in the lake in Darkroot Basin
2) Kill Golden Golem past the lake in Darkroot Basin
3) Kill new Crystal Golem appearing at the beginning of Duke's Archive
4) Return to where the Golden Golem was past the lake in Darkroot Basin
2) Kill Golden Golem past the lake in Darkroot Basin
3) Kill new Crystal Golem appearing at the beginning of Duke's Archive
4) Return to where the Golden Golem was past the lake in Darkroot Basin
Ha. I played through Batman:AC three friggin' times and they never game me a story based achievement in the game. Drove me up the wall. Good luck man.
Ah, interesting. Thanks.
Cool will do
As a newbie though, should I continue this path? The forest is way more inviting than the Depths but maybe im breaking the game or something going down this way so early.
Moonlight Butterfly is really easy. If you have having trouble you can always summon the NPC phantom.
The sign is hidden behind some brush under the stairs
His magic attacks kill me so fast, maybe I should equip my Blue Crest Shield instead of the Spider shield hehe.
Another question, playing co op with my brother trying to defeat this boss has depleted me of Humanity pretty fast as you need to be Human to summon people
Like equil said, dodging works best. But the crest shield doesn't hurt either.
Edit: (Had something here about humanity, but it wont work.)
For Humanity, when you get to the Depths there is a really good spot to farm rats for Humanity after the bonfire. You can also kill slimes on the same route to get Green Titanite and Large Titanite shards. I have spent a couple hours there building my humanity up and it is easy enough with a decent drop rate.His magic attacks kill me so fast, maybe I should equip my Blue Crest Shield instead of the Spider shield hehe.
Another question, playing co op with my brother trying to defeat this boss has depleted me of Humanity pretty fast as you need to be Human to summon people
In the depths there are rats that have a ~20% rate of humanity dropping with max item find. There is a bonfire smack dab in the middle of the level (that you can warp to later on) that allows you farm the rats (humanity), slimes (large and green titanite), and frogs (eye of death).Another question, playing co op with my brother trying to defeat this boss has depleted me of Humanity pretty fast as you need to be Human to summon people
rogerroger22
Member
I've had crap-luck with summons for a long time, then last night/this morning I had 3 work and 0 fail, which is a much better rate than my last attempt at co-op of about 30 attempts, 1 work (of which the guy throws down an 'I'm sorry' and goes back to his world).
I had some jolly co-op in Ano, killed 2 invaders and O&S. This game is so much more fun with some co-op.
Thanks, I'll need it.
I managed to send them an email. I found something called "gamertag inquiries" (or something along those lines) and it seemed to fit my problem quite well so I sent a mail there. Let's hope someone helpful answers my query...
zephervack
Member
How can I get max item find this early in the game, I dont have access to the rings you get later in the game.
You can't and it's really no necessary. Just clear the Depths as per normal and as you get the Humanity drops use them until you have 10 stored up. Once you unlock the shortcut you can kill 5-6 rats repeatedly until you feel you have enough. Try not to overdo it though since it's easy to get carried away and overfarm in this game.
I started a new sorcerer, but I know nothing about good gear/items for them. I'm looking for a nice 100% physical dmg shield that's fairly light. Is there any good caster armor before the gold-hemmed or should I just go for that and upgrade it? Anything else I should prioritize? I've played a few level 60+ melee characters but never ranged only.
zephervack
Member
Do I still get the drops if I already defeated the boss in this area?
Sure.
fierrotlepou
Member
Hmmm I'm level 70 and I just finished Anor Londo. I'm way too high level, right?
I've heard drop rate is a bit less if you defeat the boss of an area but people might just be unlucky.
zephervack
Member
I ask because I spent like 15 minutes killing slimes and didnt get a single Large Shard, havent been able to upgrade my Claymore past +5 in a while.
edit: then again, I wasnt human, and had 0 humanity plus area boss killed...
I am 45 and finishing it up so 70 seems a tad high but a victory is a victory either way!Hmmm I'm level 70 and I just finished Anor Londo. I'm way too high level, right?
They definitely still drop, I have been farming the area after the boss kill and have gotten several drops of the shards. The drop rate seems much lower than humanity on the rats but that is purely anecdotal on my part.
Hmmm I'm level 70 and I just finished Anor Londo. I'm way too high level, right?
nah, don't worry about it, just go at your own pace
fierrotlepou
Member
I'm mostly worried about being able to summon people for the later fights. Will this affect it?
You're still going to be able to summon people for most of the late-game content, don't worry.
I generally have great success helping people in that fight. In co-op it tends to always be a question of whether or not the hosts get themselves killed.
One of the trickier ones can actually be Quelaag. About 90% of the time I'm likely helping out someone who is facing her for the very first time, since I get her opening cutscene. In some cases it's possible that they're just replaying the game, but odds are most of those people haven't seen her before. It then becomes a question of whether or not they get away from her when she does her AOE attack. I should probably message those players beforehand, but I don't want to spoil the surprise.
She can be killed fairly quickly so it usually isn't an issue. With O&S, most people just stay the hell away from the second part of that fight, lol. That fight tends to go super quickly when the host summons two human players instead of Solaire.
And yeah, co-op is by far my favorite way to "farm" in this game. It doesn't feel like some empty grind and it's much more fun. You're helping other people progress through the game and getting humanity and massive amounts of souls from it.
It should be totally fine for the later stages.
fierrotlepou
Member
Good to hear! Time to make some progress.
rogerroger22
Member
Hmmm I'm level 70 and I just finished Anor Londo. I'm way too high level, right?
I usually seem to finish Anor in around my 60s/70s, mostly because I get a huge influx of souls from depths / blight town / ceaseless discharge and want to round-out my build to get the setup of armor / items I want. Every time I say 'I'm going to try and do a lower soul-level run', I end up still in that level range. Once I hit that point, tend to focus more on spending souls on upgrades / spells / etc.
meh, go at your own pace and what is fun for you.
Hmmm I'm level 70 and I just finished Anor Londo. I'm way too high level, right?
I'm a first time player but I finished up there at about SL45-50.
I've done everything in the game except beat the final boss and I'm heading into the new content right now at SL65.
Phonomezer
Banned
Drops from slimes are VERY common with the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring on and 10 Humanity.
27STR:
Reinforced Club+15 vs Chaos Demon's Great Machete+5 (w/ 10 humanity, natch)
Reinforced Club is better in most PVE situations. DGM has a much higher AR but much of it is fire damage. The new stone giants in the DLC only take like 150something damage from a DGM strike and over 300 from the tiny reinforced club. They can be taken out with two 2HR2 attacks from the reinforced club, or 3 or 4 much slower swings of the DGM.
It's no surprise really. But if you decided to go +15 and you're concerned about a low AR compared to a lightning/chaos path, don't be. Having more physical damage is better, then add the elemental damage on top of that if you want.
Dukes Archives, Lost Izalith and the new areas laugh at elemental damage. Physical damage is much more effective.
Reinforced Club+15 vs Chaos Demon's Great Machete+5 (w/ 10 humanity, natch)
Reinforced Club is better in most PVE situations. DGM has a much higher AR but much of it is fire damage. The new stone giants in the DLC only take like 150something damage from a DGM strike and over 300 from the tiny reinforced club. They can be taken out with two 2HR2 attacks from the reinforced club, or 3 or 4 much slower swings of the DGM.
It's no surprise really. But if you decided to go +15 and you're concerned about a low AR compared to a lightning/chaos path, don't be. Having more physical damage is better, then add the elemental damage on top of that if you want.
Dukes Archives, Lost Izalith and the new areas laugh at elemental damage. Physical damage is much more effective.
Absolutely. When I first opened the gate in the burg and pieced together how all those early areas are webbed together I said "wow"
You need patience for that fight but it's actually pretty easy at any level with any gear.
Just keep your distance and always run around it to get to the tail. After it does a running charge, it stays still for maybe 7 seconds, during which time you should swing at the tail to eventually cut it off. Once the tail is gone, the fight is much easier because it can't whip you with its tail. Continue doing the same thing, waiting for it to charge then bumrushing it and backing off before it does an attack.
Yup, same here.
I'm actually pretty stupidly stuck in the beginning of Anor Londo.
I've killed the gargoyle (and got a helm out of it ) but the bridge seems to lead nowhere and the only other route I found leads to a locked orange misty gate.
) but the bridge seems to lead nowhere and the only other route I found leads to a locked orange misty gate.