Yeah. I was just trying to raise my DEX to whatever value is considered good enough for most of the game.
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Yeah. I was just trying to raise my DEX to whatever value is considered good enough for most of the game.
GodlyPerfection
Member
On pyro spells... they are affected by one stat. Dexterity reduces casting time for all offensive spells this includes standard sorcery as well. It is very minor and the bonus caps at 40 dex.
Felix Lighter
Member
Bows are useful for drawing out enemies one at a time if you are being overwhelmed by groups.
Papa
Banned
I bought mine from GMG and received a code that I activated in Steam. However, when I launched the game, it made me sign in to GFWL. I also apparently can't access multiplayer because I don't have an XBL gold sub. Is this for real?
Sutton Dagger
Member
Thanks for the stat advice. So I just come across the first person I can buy things off. Should I be spending my souls on things or just finding weapons/armour throughout the game? I've only got a very basic idea of what might be considered 'better'...
GodlyPerfection
Member
16 is great for most weapons. Do 20 if you want to play with the best dex gear like Katanas and 40 if you want to focus on dex damage scaling.
That's exactly what I did. Still took around 4 attempts! lol
Sorry about the confusion guys, not sure how vague I should be regarding areas and bosses.
Another pyro tip: you can still move around during the first half of the fireball(or similar spells) animation. It took me forever to realize that.
Aside from a few exceptions, almost every weapon in the game is good enough to use. Pick a weapon based on the type of attack speed you want, and the attack animations. i.e. the claymore isn't the best greatsword statistically, but it's got an awesome heavy attack with a ton of range, which is why so many people use it. It's usually better to spend souls on leveling up or upgrading your equipment. Most people will probably tell you that upgrading your equipment is more important than leveling up. Don't forget to upgrade your shield too, it really helps.
Aside from a few exceptions, almost every weapon in the game is good enough to use. Pick a weapon based on the type of attack speed you want, and the attack animations. i.e. the claymore isn't the best greatsword statistically, but it's got an awesome heavy attack with a ton of range, which is why so many people use it. It's usually better to spend souls on leveling up or upgrading your equipment. Most people will probably tell you that upgrading your equipment is more important than leveling up. Don't forget to upgrade your shield too, it really helps.
Nabs
Member
You don't need Gold on PC.
Whaaat? There is no GFWL gold subscription. If you see grey spirits in the world, and messages... you are accessing multiplayer.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
You don't need XBL Gold to play online. All you need to do is login to your account and enter the game key when it prompts you.
GodlyPerfection
Member
Use your early souls for leveling str and dex to the requirement levels for weapons you want to try and then stick enough in end and vit to make you comfy. Try out weapons before putting souls into upgrading.
temporary(?) side effect of the high res hack.
Every time I return to this game I forget that the shield must be down to use back stabs. :3
Papa
Banned
Oh, that's good news then. I must've misinterpreted the message.
I don't seem to be able to map my mouse - is this intentional?
Nabs
Member
Alright, yay, it's midnight and I can finally install this (after restarting Steam to get it to change from "Dark Souls Preorder"), and...
What the hell is this crap?!
Change servers or find out whats wrong with your setup.
iNvid02
Member
GodlyPerfection
Member
To think people are playing the post patch game where things are slightly easier. Can't really say much since I played with pre-patched awesome things.lol
toastyToast
Member
Anyone hit Blighttown yet?
Felix Lighter
Member
You can. They're just good to have when you need a few more Souls to level or buy equipment or upgrade. Just don't consume boss souls.
Oh, I know. Played a few hours of DeS.
I have. Runs at 30fps with my superclocked gtx460 and an i7 at 3.7ghz. (using the patch to run at 1080)
That's going to be weird seeing that level at 30 frames locked. My first memory of blighttown was being chased through the shantytown portion by dogs and hollows, falling through the floor like 5 times and miraculously fighting them off with no health and no estus, at about 10 fps.
I'm beginning to think that there was just some video memory problem on the consoles, which obviously isn't an issue with modern cards. I get 30fps all over Blightown on a superclocked 460. (Even at 1920x1080). Weird.
half of my 690 can manage 5760x3240 res with no problems, i want MOAARRR
I want one!
toastyToast
Member
I can live with that. Will get this in Oct, maybe
Worst drop was when coming in from The Depths entrance and cross the first shanty bridge. A goon with the torch pops up from one of the ladders. This pretty much killed the frame rate when I played it on PS3, everything else was sluggish but that was especially bad.
If anyone wants a definitive check, try that.
Sutton Dagger
Member
Holy shite, I just went down this winding staircase and fought this armoured knight with a giant club. He got me in one hit...wish me luck GAF, I have 2000 souls down there
Edit: lol, I forgot about this 1 guy along the way and he killed me from behind
I think I have the Dark Souls bug, I'm loving it so far.
Edit: lol, I forgot about this 1 guy along the way and he killed me from behind
I think I have the Dark Souls bug, I'm loving it so far.
Holy shite, I just went down this winding staircase and fought this armoured knight with a giant club. He got me in one hit...wish me luck GAF, I have 2000 souls down there
Hidden downside of the Master Key: Getting your hand caught in the cookie jar.
edit
I tried crossing that first wooden bridge the New Lando Ruins, (framerate killer on 360), and it was at 30fps as well.
Holy shite, I just went down this winding staircase and fought this armoured knight with a giant club. He got me in one hit...wish me luck GAF, I have 2000 souls down there
Oh yeah, you're not supposed to go down there without the master key, try the backstab with him, iit's slow as hell
Sutton Dagger
Member
I'm not sure if I should stick with this hand axe or buy a sword? How can I tell which is better?
Hey all, I came across the message saying "Disasters will stop after the slaying of The Gravelord". Don't remember this in the console version. Also there is a HUGE amount of summons signs around the early bosses, I know it just launched but it was really nice to see. About 2 hours in and up to gaping dragon, planing to go a DEX Washing pole build (I know elemental is better but I do that too often).
edit - Anyone know where you can start the new content?
Weapons are largely based around animation/fighting style. You can check the damage buy going to equip the weapon again and pressing x to see the full stat page of the weapon. Most early weapons slightly scale based on your stats and some have additional magic/elemental damage. I'd go with feel though, I found battle axes a lot of fun early on. Also I finished an entire playthrough just using Zweihander which can be found in the graveyard section right at the beginning of the game (you may die a few times trying to get it).
edit - Anyone know where you can start the new content?
Weapons are largely based around animation/fighting style. You can check the damage buy going to equip the weapon again and pressing x to see the full stat page of the weapon. Most early weapons slightly scale based on your stats and some have additional magic/elemental damage. I'd go with feel though, I found battle axes a lot of fun early on. Also I finished an entire playthrough just using Zweihander which can be found in the graveyard section right at the beginning of the game (you may die a few times trying to get it).
Palette Swap
Member
Someone pointed out in the other OT it had to do with AI path finding and that made sense to explain why Anor Londo for example looks and run so much better.
Damn, no Blighttown slide show will be weird at first.
lol yeah. FROM level designers are such assholes...
Holy shite, I just went down this winding staircase and fought this armoured knight with a giant club. He got me in one hit...wish me luck GAF, I have 2000 souls down there
He'll drop a nice ring if you can beat him.
Holy shite, I just went down this winding staircase and fought this armoured knight with a giant club. He got me in one hit...wish me luck GAF, I have 2000 souls down there
Edit: lol, I forgot about this 1 guy along the way and he killed me from behind
I think I have the Dark Souls bug, I'm loving it so far.
If you're up for a challenge, try and fight him. You can take off all your armor since he 1 hits you anyway. It's worth it if you fight through it.
Holy shite, I just went down this winding staircase and fought this armoured knight with a giant club. He got me in one hit...wish me luck GAF, I have 2000 souls down there
Edit: lol, I forgot about this 1 guy along the way and he killed me from behind
I think I have the Dark Souls bug, I'm loving it so far.
Ha I did the same thing lol
Mr_Appleby
Member
well i gots to bail now and go do "life" crap, but holy it's still as fun as ever and looking nice(r), running smooth. since i'm still SL7 i dropped a sign in undeadburg and watched the host run straight out to the merchant and kill him. not sure if intentional hah.
RockTurtle
Member
for those who have not seen it mentioned yet:
END IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STAT! IT IS NECESSARY FOR 99% OF BUILDS. IT DETERMINES STAMINA BAR! IT MAXES AT 40!
stamina determines how fast you can run, how many times you can roll, how many hits you can block with a shield, how many weapon swings you can do!
END IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STAT! IT IS NECESSARY FOR 99% OF BUILDS. IT DETERMINES STAMINA BAR! IT MAXES AT 40!
stamina determines how fast you can run, how many times you can roll, how many hits you can block with a shield, how many weapon swings you can do!
Sutton Dagger
Member
Sign into windows live in a browser and update info (password etc) it worked for me.
I didn't have the issue but in the game folder there is a Redist folder that has the GFW install, might be worth trying to install that again?
You probably have some conecction issue, GFWL is trying to conect and can't.
half of my 690 can manage 5760x3240 res with no problems, i want MOAARRR
Not that this game needs it, but did you find a way to enable SLI?