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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Can someone explain the different types of invading players (phantom's, dark spirit's etc.)
I was in Darkroot Garden and got invaded by a dark spirit (blue). As I was on my way to recover a large amount of souls and humanity I wanted to banish him with that separation crystal, but it didn't work. (Of course I almost had him so he lured me towards an NPC fighter and I lost against them). Can someone tell me why that crystal didn't work, and what the rules are?
I was in Darkroot Garden and got invaded by a dark spirit (blue). As I was on my way to recover a large amount of souls and humanity I wanted to banish him with that separation crystal, but it didn't work. (Of course I almost had him so he lured me towards an NPC fighter and I lost against them). Can someone tell me why that crystal didn't work, and what the rules are?
Nope, he was one handing it. I'm starting to lean towards him being a hacker now.
You can only use that crystal to banish a friendly phantom or yourself when summoned by a player.
There are basically 5 types of invaders:
-Darkwraiths (red)
-Blades of the Darkmoon (blue)
-Forest Hunters (blue) -> this is most likely the one who invaded you
-Dragon covenant members (white)
-Cursed Gravelord victims (blue)
All are part of a covenant. Darkwraiths can also invade when they are not in their covenant provided they have the items (red soapstone or cracked red eye).
Castor Krieg
Banned
Which Covenant is the best one to join?
TricksterLoki
Member
Forest hunter all the way!
So I see some people say it takes 3,4 .. 100 times to kill something. But you lose all your souls. I figure its bad to lose them but if you fight stuff that much, seems like you will be guaranteed to lose them.
Do people not care after a while or what? I am paranoid of loosing my 200 or whatever I have (I just started)
Do people not care after a while or what? I am paranoid of loosing my 200 or whatever I have (I just started)
Castor Krieg
Banned
Why would you care? At the end of the day you will get better and stop dying to regular enemies. Plus you can always farm souls if you need then later on.
AlimNassor
Banned
Finally beat Ornstein and Smough...after a hundred deaths. Capra was and still is the hardest boss in the game. I hate Capra because his 2 dogs and the fact he comes rushing at you almost instantly. I always got stun locked and died, always.
After some time I stopped caring, even if I lose 30k souls and 5+ humanity.
But I also try to spend all my souls before exploring a new area, because anything can happen.
invisibleB
Neo Member
I went from crying about loosing 3000 souls to crying about loosing 15000 souls later in the game!!
So much easer to get souls later in the game, dont worry about 200...! For the first 15-20 hours of the game 3000-5000 souls is what you should be worried about.
I like Darkmoon blade because you get to PvP whenever you like, and its usually pretty active to find people.
It depends how you wanna play.
I did a dexterity build my first play through. For that, the main things I upgraded were Dexterity, Vitality, and Endurance. Also strength but just enough to carry the weapons I wanted.
Vitality is health, Endruance is stamina.
Along with this you can use Pyromancy because it doesn't scale with any stat, so any build can use it.
zephervack
Member
I recently joined this covenant but its completely broken on PC, I keep using the Blue Stone and all invasions fail
Are there areas where its easier for it to connect? Or are you talking about equipping the ring you get with the covenant?
Yeah I did and those solutions didn't work for me. But I'll try that .ini again, maybe I didn't edit it right.
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Turns out this apparently doesn't go above 60fps (without issues), so I didn't have use for 120hz anyways, switched display over to the tv and the games boots perfectly there. Looks glorious at 60fps, 1080p ultra SMAA!* Thanks Durante, time to get back into this beautiful place.
*might try going to a higher resolution later since my pc doesn't seem to be breaking a sweat.
I recently joined this covenant but its completely broken on PC, I keep using the Blue Stone and all invasions fail
Are there areas where its easier for it to connect? Or are you talking about equipping the ring you get with the covenant?
The two most active places are The Kiln, and the new DLC area, oolacile Township.
Also Anor Londo is usually pretty active.
The issue with the PC version is that you can't find PvP when you first start for some reason, so you've got to play around for a while until the game just kind of clicks and suddenly the online components will work.
Wait until you're like 15 minutes to a half hour into playing and then try to do some invasions.
I dump all my spare souls into bolts and arrows before visiting a new or dangerous area. So glad they got rid of item burden from Demon's.
PC isn't completely dead. I threw down my white sign in Depths when I went AFK during manatee farming and got summoned almost immediately. The host was also being invaded, so we did a 2v1. What's interesting is that I'm SL1, so my summoner had to be SL1 too right? Meaning the invader was also SL1. If I understand co-op math.
zephervack
Member
Whats a good level to stop leveling up if I dont want to make the online component irrelevant?
Im at level 81 right now and im starting to worry that it will get increasingly difficult to invade/get invaded/jolly co operation, etc?
Im currently at Demon's Ruins, right after beating the fire
, havent seen anything after that so dont spoil please.
Im at level 81 right now and im starting to worry that it will get increasingly difficult to invade/get invaded/jolly co operation, etc?
Im currently at Demon's Ruins, right after beating the fire
Assylum Demon
100 is the generally agreed level for PVP since the DLC came out. But you should be able to find people around your level no matter what level you are. This is only because of the new Dark Souls PVP match making system, otherwise, it was 120 before.
zephervack
Member
Cool, when should I stop putting stuff towards stats? For example im at level 34 for endurance and health and im noticing increasingly lower return for investment lol.
I guess I still have time to pump Dex and get a nice Dex weapon, hate that my Zwehainder Lightning doesnt benefit from any stats
Don't know if this has been posted yet but is there a mod/hack/patch or something that makes it so that you can play the game with someone specific? Like, probably you wouldn't be able to play online on the servers, but sort of like a connection between two users that have the game patched so that they can play together?
zephervack
Member
Dont think so, that would require emulating
Or running the entire server software for the game ;(
Would be awesome tho.
Closest would be the coop spectator that lets u coordinate with a friend http://darksouls.nexusmods.com/mods/110
Took a long hiatus from this game and recently picked my character back up... Tonight I beat
Such a great feeling.
Onto the Prepare to Die content!
Smough and Ornstein, and man that was tough! Still not sure if they were harder than the Maneaters though, at least here you had multiple columns and light
Such a great feeling.
Onto the Prepare to Die content!
Whoa I was like level 45 when I did those parts. I think you might be leveling up kinda quick? Maybe I'm wrong.
I'd sayTook a long hiatus from this game and recently picked my character back up... Tonight I beatSmough and Ornstein, and man that was tough! Still not sure if they were harder than the Maneaters though, at least here you had multiple columns and light
Such a great feeling.
Onto the Prepare to Die content!
Maneaters
Bell Gargoyles
Smough & Ornstein
Maneaters
Smough & Ornstein
In terms of style, absolutely.
Smough & Ornstein
Maneaters
As a melee character, fighting
Smough & Ornstein
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
So for anyone playing now, how often do you guys come across summons or get summoned? I'm doing the DLC stuff and although I can see a few summon markers I almost always fail to summon them. A connection issue, I'm assuming?
zephervack
Member
Well I think I have been following the "normal" (if there is such a thing) progression of the game, and other than the DLC I think I have beat everything else in the game, so its the only place left for me to go.
Place looks so scary, I just assumed it was one of the last levels to beat.
Almost never
, the netcode in the PC version is completely fudged, the only way I can play Co Op is by coordinating with my brother over skype and even then it takes a good 20 minutes for our signs to appear.A month ago we would get invaded fairly often while playing co op but now it almost never happens
I just recently acquired Demon Souls for PS3 and the online module is very much alive, I get summoned in less than 2 minutes after dropping my sign pretty much anywhere.
Also all my invasion items, red orb, blue orb, rings etc never seem to be able to connect
Sometimes I do get the occasional Bonfire that doesnt work (which means im getting invaded) but it never goes through
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
I spend 99% of my time hollowed. When I am human, I do see a lot of markers, but never try to summon people so I can't speak to connections.
I'm on a SL1 run so summons are pretty much out of the question, but I can say that I see way less ghosts and bloodstains than in Demon's Souls. Probably the thing I'm most looking forward to in Dark Souls II is that they're moving from p2p back to having a central server, so we'll see a lot more phantoms.
PS3 version: I constantly see many SS in the DLC area, New Londo, Anor Londo... and get summoned in less than 3 minutes.
The DLC area is very popular for invasions as well.
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
After many months, I'm finally finished. I'm glad the final boss was an actual boss too.
Man the gargoyles are tough. Do I need to summon to get past it? The knight before the dragon at the bridge gave me something to summon him and I also rescued the gold knight in the cell, dunno if he gave me something. Just need something to distract the second one for a bit so I can kill the first. Or should I summon another player? I only have 2 humanity so I'd have one shot at it. I've never been human before.
Also thanks Durante for the resolution fix!
Also thanks Durante for the resolution fix!
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
You can definitely solo them, but the knight works in a pinch if you want to go human. If anything, get a feel for them before going human and summon so you don't waste your humanity.
Jake Tower
Banned
If you are human when you climb up the church, you will be able to see two summon signs, one right in front of the fog gate, the other one level down across from the ladder on the ledge. If you are human, you can summon both characters for the boss fight if you want to. You can only summon where a summon sign is on the ground, either from NPCs or other online players.Man the gargoyles are tough. Do I need to summon to get past it? The knight before the dragon at the bridge gave me something to summon him and I also rescued the gold knight in the cell, dunno if he gave me something. Just need something to distract the second one for a bit so I can kill the first. Or should I summon another player? I only have 2 humanity so I'd have one shot at it. I've never been human before.
Also thanks Durante for the resolution fix!
Why doesn't this game work with my 360 wired controller?
Is this a known issue? Is there something I need to do.
The game only recognizes one controller, so you need to unplug any others.
Does that mean my mouse/keyboard? lol
haha, no. I just mean game controllers/joysticks.
I don't have anything else plugged in.
Are you trying the controller at the main menu? Because only the d-pad changes menu selections, and maybe you're trying the analog stick only.
The wired 360 controller is pretty much the standard for this game, so there shouldn't be any problem.
The only other thing I can think of is to type "game controllers" in the start menu and click on "Set up USB game controllers" and see if anything else is listed. There might be some software pretending to be a controller.
I have arcade sticks and a wiimote, but they're not plugged in at the same time. I've tried every button, but nothing works.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Did you ever install 360 controller driver for Windows? Because the controller definitely works with Dark Souls.