Is this one handed or two handed. Halberd class weapons count as thrust I believe, so they usually do more damage in ripostes and backstabs. What are your weapon stats, i.e. DEX, STR.
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Is this one handed or two handed. Halberd class weapons count as thrust I believe, so they usually do more damage in ripostes and backstabs. What are your weapon stats, i.e. DEX, STR.
32 strength 20 dex. But the same was true when I was at 22 strength also, despite better strength scaling on the AG.
No leveling up (I stay at SL6), only normal/divine/occult/magic upgrades allowed.
This should work as long as you don't leave the upgrade screen before quitting, because that triggers the autosave.
There's another blue slab in the DLC if you haven't gotten that yet, in a chest in Royal Wood
Physical DEF stat has separate values for strike, slash, and thrust attack. On some enemies - for example the guardians in Royal Wood and the armored boar - a weapon like a club will do more damage than a thrusting weapon like a rapier/halberd. Maybe the enemies you were attacking were weaker to thrust damage.
The best way to test this effectively is against the 1st enemies you encounter in the Undead Burg. They don't have any particular resistance, so the comparison will be more relevant.
If the 2 weapons do pure physical damage and have the same AR (~500), that's very curious if they don't do the same damage.
The BK Halberd does not have any bonus other than for ripost, backstab and counter, so i don't really see how that is possible really...
Hello Souls-GAF. A local online retailer is selling a voucher for DSTDE at a great price. But I don't know anything about it other than that it's a voucher. What are my chances that this'll activate on Steam? Is there even a form of DS
Pretty sure every PC version is steam and even the retail version can be redeemned on steam
On this topic, I found one inconsistency with the loot in the DLC that still bugs me, there is a Slab of every type in the DLC, except for a Red Slab. But, there is a well hidden and out of the way chest that contains a Red Chunk, it is my belief that this was a mistake and this should be a Red Slab. It just seems really strange to me that you can get a slab of the three other types, but you get a Red Chunk in a very out of way chest that requires a tricky jump, or light source to get to.
I'd say both, because even weapons that have zero strength scaling like katanas get a damage bonus from 2 handing. Weapons that have Strength scaling get the bonus in the Attack Rating in the stat sheet, and I'm sure it's also a flat bonus as well.
It is both.
From my experience there are 3 bonuses you gain when you attack 2H:
1- 1.5x str increase -> all weapons with str scaling will take advantage of it
2- There is a hidden damage added which applied to all weapons even for no scaling ones. I don't know if it's flat damage or not though.
3- The stunning ability of the weapon will increase significantly making guard break and stun lock much easier.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Damn good night in the Burg.
Ended up +19 with invasions every couple minutes.
Epic fights on ladders and even putting modders in their place. Why can't every night be like tonight?
Ended up +19 with invasions every couple minutes.
Epic fights on ladders and even putting modders in their place. Why can't every night be like tonight?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So what's the best place for invasion at lvl 83?
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Undead burg is always good.
Red Liquorice
Member
Yeah at about SL80 the fog comes up as soon as you walk into the Township. If you want to do anything in the bonfire menu, it'd be best to warp out!
The_Hitcher89
Member
I was wondering what was happening there. I kept reverse-hollowing so I could summon help for Kalameet, and kept getting locked in straight away
CornBurrito
Member
Bought the game, and applied the resolution patch though I think I misapplied it. I have a huge vertical black bar on the right side of my screen that has some fire symbol and the start menu. It's really weird. Also the game seems to be running at 20 FPS...
Have you turned off the in-game antialiasing setting like the readme said? Also the game will run at 30 by default unless you use the following settings in DSFix.ini:
unlockFPS 1
FPSlimit 60
CornBurrito
Member
Yeah I have. Do you happen to know what the cause of the black bar might be?
No idea. You may have more luck getting answers in the DSFix thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488240
Edit: a screenshot may help too.
This is 50% off on Steam at the moment: http://store.steampowered.com/app/211420/
Am considering a purchase, although do you think it might appear even cheaper in the steam Easter sales soon? Hmmmmmm....
Am considering a purchase, although do you think it might appear even cheaper in the steam Easter sales soon? Hmmmmmm....
Laurentius
Member
I'd be surprised if it goes cheaper anytime soon on Steam. However, it's gone on sale at Amazon quite a few times, for cheaper then Steam. (I got my copy for $15.00 off Amazon around Christmas.)
it's really worth the asking price, the game has a shit ton of content and it's mostly gold.
Try Super Orstein. He is more manageable IMO.
I'm better at fighting Super Orns anyway, just wanted to really test myself on this run, and I nearly had it! I'll get it soon.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Not sure exactly how PS3s file system works but couldn't just copy the save onto a flash drive or keep the HDD?
Misterinenja
Member
What the hell? This is some serious shit.
I booted Dark Souls through Steam and it said that there was some problem syncing my saves with SteamCloud and offered me two options: download them to my computer or upload mine to theirs.
I was apparently stupid and clicked the first option and lost A TON of progress. I must've lost almost 5 hours of play time. Very critical stuff.
Any way to undo this shit? I'm so mad right now.
I booted Dark Souls through Steam and it said that there was some problem syncing my saves with SteamCloud and offered me two options: download them to my computer or upload mine to theirs.
I was apparently stupid and clicked the first option and lost A TON of progress. I must've lost almost 5 hours of play time. Very critical stuff.
Any way to undo this shit? I'm so mad right now.
If you're using DSfix, check if you have the save backup turned on. It could help.
Laurentius
Member
Do you have the DSFix installed? There's a backup option in the DSFix.ini that automatically backs up your saves every 30 minutes or so. Take a look at the ini and see if it was on. If it was, just open up your Dark Souls save folder and they should be in there.
EDIT: Beaten by Alo81
Misterinenja
Member
I have that on but can't find the save folder. D:
C:\Users\*YOUR USERNAME*\Documents\NBGI\DarkSouls\*YOUR GFWL NAME*
Misterinenja
Member
Ok great. There are saves from last night. Now how do I sync them with the game?
(sorry for my stupidity)
(sorry for my stupidity)
Just replace your save file with one of the backups, it's simple.
Misterinenja
Member
Oh yeah. It worked!
Thanks dudes. Spent the most of the night yesterday grinding Chunks and perfecting my build while listening to podcasts and there just wasn't enough in me to do it all again. Also lost killing Manus, Kalameet, Sif and 4 Kings.
Thanks dudes. Spent the most of the night yesterday grinding Chunks and perfecting my build while listening to podcasts and there just wasn't enough in me to do it all again. Also lost killing Manus, Kalameet, Sif and 4 Kings.
Misterinenja
Member
Now my game keeps crashing... Takes about 30 seconds and it just shuts itself.
I can't win.
/Eh tried reinstalling DSFix, enabling a different backup save. It's borked. Goddamnit the game keeps crashing. This started right as I recovered my save earlier today.
This is all I get.
I can't win.
/Eh tried reinstalling DSFix, enabling a different backup save. It's borked. Goddamnit the game keeps crashing. This started right as I recovered my save earlier today.
This is all I get.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I just beat Kalameet solo. I know it isn't much (it's my first run) but I feel like a goddamned king at the moment.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
You should, Kalameet is probably one of the hardest boss in the game, if not the hardest, to be honest.
Portugeezer
Member
Guys I think I fucked up.
I accidentally attacked the blacksmith new Darkroot (my 360 controller is a bit dodgy, especially the bumpers), one hit and he started coming after me. I saved my game, I don't want to kill him but every time I load he just wants to kill me.
I'm level 60. I have all the repair and upgrade boxes for my bonfire, I have the other blacksmith at new Londo ruins to go to just in case, is this guy still important to me?
I am playing on PC, is there any cheats to bring him back,? I know there is a cheat to get a key you need when the game glitches and doesn't drop it from a character, I think it's called Cheat Engine. WTF this game man, one mistake fucks you over.
I accidentally attacked the blacksmith new Darkroot (my 360 controller is a bit dodgy, especially the bumpers), one hit and he started coming after me. I saved my game, I don't want to kill him but every time I load he just wants to kill me.
I'm level 60. I have all the repair and upgrade boxes for my bonfire, I have the other blacksmith at new Londo ruins to go to just in case, is this guy still important to me?
I am playing on PC, is there any cheats to bring him back,? I know there is a cheat to get a key you need when the game glitches and doesn't drop it from a character, I think it's called Cheat Engine. WTF this game man, one mistake fucks you over.
You can pay a bunch of souls to the guy in the belltower to absolve your sins, which I believe resets the aggro on NPCs.
I cannot imagine playing this game with M/KB. Use a controller.
Go to the top of the Belltower right after where you killed the Gargoyles, and talk to the NPC there, he can absolve you of sin and the blacksmith will go back to normal. It costs a decent chunk of souls, but it's worth it.
Ok, sounds like a plan then. Is there an easy way to use my ps3 controller on the PC now? Don't want to mess with motionjoy
Portugeezer
Member
I will... if I need him. Do I? As I said, there is another blacksmith at new Londo ruins who can also level up my weapons it seems.
No, you need him, all of the blacksmiths have specific upgrade paths tied to them. The blacksmith in the undead parish is far and away the most important blacksmith in the game.
The New Londo blacksmith is for Intelligence based weapon upgrading, which is based off of your intelligence stat. Undead Parish blacksmith can take weapons to +10, +15, Raw +5, Divine +5/+10, Occult +5. The most important being +10 and +15. +10 is needed to go to Crystal, Lightning or forge boss soul weapons. +15 is the best upgrade path overall because it does pure physical damage and allows your weapons to scale with Strength and Dexterity.
So, definitely absolve your sin and use him as your main blacksmith.