Author Topic: Dark Souls (Read 260760 times)

iconoclast · « **Reply #1140 on:** November 24, 2011, 02:54:48 PM »

Why can't anyone make more games like this? Then maybe modern gaming wouldn't be so shitty!

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1141 on:** November 24, 2011, 04:12:47 PM »

Yup.

Best about it was the apt name.

(Did you cut its tail? it earns you a unique drop)

naff · « **Reply #1142 on:** November 24, 2011, 04:59:15 PM »

What are "more games like this"? I'm as down for more innovative modern ARPGs as anyone else but I can't imagine making successful games like Demon's and Dark Souls is very easy. Maybe now that Froms been relatively successful more Japanese devs will pick up the genre and do something cool with it in future, I would definitely like to see more solid handheld ARPGs over the turn based crud Japan seems to still love

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1143 on:** November 24, 2011, 05:31:29 PM »

I wonder if the people who complained about the Tomb of the Giants knew about the Sunlight Maggot headgear? It's the only reason why I chose Izalith first, rather than the Catacombs. I just tried it right now, yup, pretty great, no Lanterns or Sorcery needed.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1144 on:** November 26, 2011, 05:05:15 AM »

the patch is awesome. You get shitloads of humanity now and enemies drop lots of extra souls.

Also I managed to invade someone for the FIRST TIME EVER, thanks to the patch. Woohoo gonna enjoy this run through I think

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1145 on:** November 26, 2011, 06:05:37 AM »

Goddammit. I forgot to join the Gravelord covenant before killing Nito :'(

Did I miss some good loot?

Either way, I'm finally at Kiln of the Last Flame. But I'm thinking about backtracking and killing any NPC that drops anything significant. Any tips?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1146 on:** November 26, 2011, 06:08:08 AM »

the summon sign to summon Solaire for the gargoyle fight isnt there. Yes I'm human. Grrr

edit: no matter, other dudes can summon me and get Solaire to help and net a sunlight medal. I can prob join that covenant now, too. Gonna be SUNBRO #1

so awesome that the online works for me now.

naff · « **Reply #1147 on:** November 26, 2011, 07:09:42 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on November 26, 2011, 06:08:08 AM

edit: no matter, other dudes can summon me and get Solaire to help and net a sunlight medal. I can prob join that covenant now, too. Gonna be SUNBRO #1

so awesome that the online works for me now.

AWESOME! I'ma get right back into this asap and do the sunbro thing too

iconoclast · « **Reply #1148 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:29:20 AM »

35 minute speed run:

god-tier glitch.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1149 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:46:34 AM »

victory achieved? the fuck?

speed runs in this game are great. I play like a coward, taking each corner carefully. this dude doesn't give a shit and plays with bosses.

that jump over the flaming barrel

the iron giant fight

I have no idea what's happening at around 30 minutes. how did they even figure that out

the final boss fight is incredible

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1150 on:** November 26, 2011, 01:19:01 PM »

@Icono...

Quote from: Shaka Khan on November 26, 2011, 06:05:37 AM

I'm finally at Kiln of the Last Flame. But I'm thinking about backtracking and killing any NPC that drops anything significant. Any tips?

Halp.

iconoclast · « **Reply #1151 on:** November 26, 2011, 02:27:49 PM »

There isn't a lot of stuff worth going out of your way for. The merchant in the undead burge (I think) drops the Uchigatana, and Shiva of the East (outside the forest covenant) and his ninja bodyguard drop some nice loot (sword, shield, and ninja ring). There are also a few black phantom NPC invaders who drop some unique weapons and armor (one of them has a giant hat like the one you get from the 3-3 monk in Demon's Souls), and if you plan on collecting every item, it's probably best to farm them before going into NG+ (especially the channeler's trident). Other than that, just make sure you collect all of the titanite slabs you can, since there are only 1 or 2 of them in each cycle. And get as many Fire Keeper souls as you can, so you can max out your Estus ASAP in NG+.

And you can farm all of the Black Knight weapons in Kiln. The Great Axe is amazing if you have high strength.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1152 on:** November 26, 2011, 02:41:55 PM »

Thanks!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1153 on:** November 26, 2011, 05:52:52 PM »

omg I love the patch. Joined Sunbro covenant and co-op'ed with several dudes and helped them beat the nasty Capra Demon. Racking up tons of sunlight medals so I will be able to trade 'em in for that fuckin miracle soon.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1154 on:** November 26, 2011, 05:54:15 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on November 26, 2011, 02:27:49 PM

There isn't a lot of stuff worth going out of your way for. The merchant in the undead burge (I think) drops the Uchigatana, and Shiva of the East (outside the forest covenant) and his ninja bodyguard drop some nice loot (sword, shield, and ninja ring). There are also a few black phantom NPC invaders who drop some unique weapons and armor (one of them has a giant hat like the one you get from the 3-3 monk in Demon's Souls), and if you plan on collecting every item, it's probably best to farm them before going into NG+ (especially the channeler's trident). Other than that, just make sure you collect all of the titanite slabs you can, since there are only 1 or 2 of them in each cycle. And get as many Fire Keeper souls as you can, so you can max out your Estus ASAP in NG+.

And you can farm all of the Black Knight weapons in Kiln. The Great Axe is amazing if you have high strength.

yeah farming the Archives for the Trident was horrible in NG+. 1 hit arrow kills thanks to buffed archers

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1155 on:** November 26, 2011, 06:13:20 PM »

Haha, picked up the tident on my first run. I didn't even have to respawn anyone.

Humanity post 1.05

iconoclast · « **Reply #1156 on:** November 26, 2011, 06:54:22 PM »

I had the trident in my inventory without even realizing it, so I never had to go back and farm.

I love using it in PvP though. After you kill someone with your main weapon, switch to trident and hit R2. Troll dance

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1157 on:** November 26, 2011, 09:26:12 PM »

Quick: Light the bonfire or walk away?

Is one better than the other, or are they equally lame/good?

demi · « **Reply #1158 on:** November 26, 2011, 09:37:57 PM »

you are a pussy. make your own choice... jesus

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1159 on:** November 26, 2011, 09:40:33 PM »

I wanna know if there are different loot like Demon's, bitch!

brob · « **Reply #1160 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:02:50 PM »

if you walk away you get five more seconds of cutscene and a line of dialog. obviously the best ending.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1161 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:12:15 PM »

Considering the ending I got was completely silent and lighting fast, I bet it is.

And no loot besides Gwyn's soul right?

Either way I'm glad I have uploaded the save file to the online storage before the fight, I'll download it later and get the superior ending + trophy.

brob · « **Reply #1162 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:15:22 PM »

it might be closer than five seconds actually. maybe three. but yeah, you got your loot - no tail drop to worry over etc.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1163 on:** November 27, 2011, 05:43:45 PM »

Haha, ENJOY THE JANKINESS!

There are ways to skip a good chunk of it if you don't care about items and equipment laying there.

My only advise if you decide to go through the normal route is to equip the Spider Shield and pack some extra Blooming Purple Moss Clump to treat the Toxic status ailment.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1164 on:** November 27, 2011, 06:59:54 PM »

Blighttown wasn't as bad once I realized that it was just the blowdart fucks that poisoned you and they don't respawn. I would go on suicide runs just to kill them.

Plus there's a lot of soul item pickups there as well.

Plus the Eagle Shield! go find the Eagle Shield.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1165 on:** November 28, 2011, 12:06:19 AM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on November 27, 2011, 05:39:06 PM

Blighttown is fucking awful. How this shit passed muster is beyond me.

Japanese developed game

naff · « **Reply #1166 on:** November 28, 2011, 05:44:34 AM »

Just started my new character, played solid for a good 6 hours. Patch is great, already played with multi more than my entire first playthrough. Used the master key to go down to blighttown and get some green titanite and made a divine+5 claymore. At level 27 it's pretty OP. Going to try and stop levelling at 30 for the majority of the game and focus on equipment, seems nice and easy invading and co-oping at this level. Are their any standout light armors post patch? My fat cleric looks pretty hilarious in the Thiefs armor.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1167 on:** November 28, 2011, 05:52:34 AM »

I'm trying to decide whether to start a new character or go straight to NG+.

NG+ obviously has the benefit of the higher difficulty and keeping all my equipment, but on the other hand, my character is broken lol.

Edit: Online is difficult at this level as well... so yeah, new character it is.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1168 on:** November 28, 2011, 06:24:29 AM »

fuck I'm co-op'ing like crazy. This is so awesome. Just helping dudes out with Capra Demon atm.

I didn't realise you could help people fight a boss, when you have already beaten the boss in your game. Great!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1169 on:** November 28, 2011, 09:49:02 PM »

game is crazy easy now. I'm sitting on 50000 souls, but dont want to use them as I'm afraid of being overleveled for co-op! Helping out lots of dudes, just need one more Sunlight Medal for the Great Lightning Spear!

naff · « **Reply #1170 on:** November 28, 2011, 10:08:48 PM »

Stuck on Smough and Ornstein again

nearly had 'em before but Smough just got me. I was hoping to get a bunch of pals to kill Smough first to get Ornsteins soul for that sweet spear but I've only managed to summon one guy at a time so far and Solaire is doing a no show.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1171 on:** November 28, 2011, 10:13:25 PM »

I found if Solaire isnt popping up, use Quit Game in the start menu, then reload. Sometimes his sign will disappear when you attempt to summon someone else (and when you put down your own sign), and it may not re-appear. Reloading sorts this out.

also, the spear has dogshit stats iirc

naff · « **Reply #1172 on:** November 28, 2011, 11:09:25 PM »

I was reading it was a decent faith weapon post patch, but with necessary base stats of 24 in both dex and str needed that's dogshit. I'm not planning on taking my str above 16 and my dex above 10 unless I decide I need a divine Zwei but the claymore seems really good. Zwei was great for big bosses but the claymore seems on par or even better for PvP and PvM since it's faster with a wide swinging moveset, def not best for a str build but the best str/faith weapon I can think of atm. Just hoping the faith scaling gets A LOT better once I get some white chunks.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1173 on:** November 28, 2011, 11:25:08 PM »

PS3 version and 360 version feel different to me. PS3 version feels a bit more responsive...am i nuts? it's like everything is happening a half second earlier and I'm dying a lot more. much, much better IQ too.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1174 on:** November 28, 2011, 11:31:59 PM »

^ FUD

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1175 on:** November 28, 2011, 11:46:22 PM »

moneyhats!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1176 on:** November 29, 2011, 12:01:08 AM »

you were supposed to say superior hardware, the game was developed for PS3 from the ground up to harness the power of The Cell, etc.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1177 on:** November 29, 2011, 01:42:07 PM »

i forgot the cell was even in there

oh yeah, there's 8 core processor in this thing...

anyway, holy shit at the soul increase. went from the undead ruins (?) bonfire (under the dragon) to undead parish and I have 5000 souls. I picked up a soul puddle where I died pre-patch, which maybe had 1000 souls in it, but I think the bump affected it too. The "free souls" you get by baiting the dragon to kill the dudes on the bridge was 300, now 500 something. also, I got through it like nothing, but I'm not sure if the game got easier or if my old skills came back.

so, does this effectively make the game much easier than Demon's Souls?

Blighttown framerate still shitty?

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1178 on:** November 29, 2011, 01:54:22 PM »

I don't know. Since the forest exploit is there, this will only encourage people to earn more souls through playing rather than grinding, as far as I'm concerned.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1179 on:** November 29, 2011, 06:08:43 PM »

also, i'm a tard, the "faster responding controls" were from my light wooden shield.

got my knight shield back and everything's back to normal.

chronovore · « **Reply #1180 on:** November 29, 2011, 06:25:41 PM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on November 29, 2011, 06:08:43 PM

also, i'm a tard, the "faster responding controls" were from my light wooden shield. got my knight shield back and everything's back to normal.

naff · « **Reply #1181 on:** November 29, 2011, 07:12:06 PM »

Quote from: Shaka Khan on November 29, 2011, 01:54:22 PM

I don't know. Since the forest exploit is there, this will only encourage people to earn more souls through playing rather than grinding, as far as I'm concerned.

Definitely. It's a better game now, and I still find it a lot harder than DeSo. My cleric at level 47 has been getting annihilated, I just got the lordvessel and headed straight into ToG, took me ages and all it lead me to was the orange door blocking me going into Nitos lair, forgot I had to put down the lordvessel to get access. I'm keen to do Kaathes stuff, but I don't think I'm ready to take on 4 kings again

naff · « **Reply #1182 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:49:37 AM »

Anybody else know much about miracle synergies? I only just figured out that those circles you see when running about boost your miracles and I just joined the Princess's Guard and got that ring which boosts 'miracle synergy'. So when I go into those rings it puts circles around certain miracles I have attuned but with the ring equipped the circle doesn't go away and it seems it gives the miracle a permanent boost. No information on the wikis atm

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1183 on:** November 30, 2011, 10:17:55 AM »

finally got to Darkroot Garden/Basin where I left off.

"hum dee dum this game isn't hard at all, not sure where there's so much bitching--"

*enters huge open area with 10 golems and 10 grass fuckers*

*runs through it, barely surviving*

*runs right into a boss room and gets one shotted*

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1184 on:** November 30, 2011, 11:43:43 AM »

those forest knights can be cheesed by running back through the corridor you came in. they're too big and get caught up on the geometry. super easy.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1185 on:** November 30, 2011, 02:46:25 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 30, 2011, 11:43:43 AM

those forest knights can be cheesed by running back through the corridor you came in. they're too big and get caught up on the geometry. super easy.

not when my weapon of choice is a +5 hand axe (aka no range or damage.) Don't ask why, i just love the thing. it looks so cool on my pyro. and my 8 shots with the pyro are unfortunately only able to kill 1 and half of the knights. I just got to the part after a bunch of hours last night, I'll figure out the area tonight.

chronovore · « **Reply #1186 on:** November 30, 2011, 06:18:44 PM »

I had the same reaction to Darkroot Garden. "Hey, yeah, no problemo. These ferns aren't too bad. Oh. Oh no. Ohhhhhhh shit!"

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1187 on:** November 30, 2011, 07:38:22 PM »

I used to cheese those giants using Iron Flesh + 2-handing the Drake like a boss. Too bad they decided to nerf the former.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1188 on:** November 30, 2011, 08:56:41 PM »

put on that elite knight armor and now that spot is no problem, was still rocking the pyro initial equip armor before.

also, rocked the capra demon on the first try. I guess all the complaints about him were from people who ran in too early. I saved the pyro guy and bought all of his spells. Guess I gotta get some more attunement slots before taking on that butterfly and the hydra.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1189 on:** December 01, 2011, 07:31:01 AM »

chronovore · « **Reply #1190 on:** December 01, 2011, 09:15:57 AM »

Superb.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1191 on:** December 04, 2011, 08:39:23 AM »

got my 1000/1000, time to uh, play something else. I did really enjoy starting a new Faith build, participating in a lot of multiplayer and collecting all the miracles.

TBH I'll probably play this again at some point, its such a good game, and I'm keen to rock a heavy weapon STR/END build too.

GOTY 2011 for sure, with Saints Row at 2nd place

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1192 on:** December 04, 2011, 08:49:08 AM »

chronovore · « **Reply #1193 on:** December 04, 2011, 09:39:02 AM »

Congrats, Sceneman! Wow, I can't believe you wrung the game out for the full 1000, and will even play it again in the future. That's love. Or something like it.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1194 on:** December 18, 2011, 02:41:58 PM »

decided to jump back into the game randomly today

and i defeated Sen's Fortress!

got some better armor in the process and leveled up a bunch. the Iron Golem wasn't really hard, i beat him on my second try. finding the bonfire right before and the shortcut as well definitely made it less stressful.

and thus i reached Anor Londo, and the cycle of pain begins again.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1195 on:** December 20, 2011, 03:07:56 PM »

Just going to start. Any beginner tips?

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1196 on:** December 20, 2011, 03:17:13 PM »

Hemorrhoid cream.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1197 on:** December 20, 2011, 03:19:45 PM »

already applied

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1198 on:** December 20, 2011, 03:38:30 PM »

O shit that big dude just fucked my ass.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1199 on:** December 20, 2011, 03:43:54 PM »

that first boss in the asylum is tough as fuck. just gotta keep trying though, you'll eventually kill him

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