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AaronB posted:To whoever asked (coyo7e I think?) about an IRC room, there are 4 people sitting in #Darksouls on synirc. There were a couple more last night. That's all I know of right now. There is one down a long hallway in one of the early parts.
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 19:12 |
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Okay, forest beaten, I'm gonna try for blighttown again. If anyone wants to help I'm SL 28 and oh god I'm so bad at this part. I have reached only as far as the first bonfire.
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 20:13 |
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der juicen posted:So is there a choice to either go through the dragon or take the shortcut to the parish? It looked like it was guarded by some huge animal. But...but I'm already in human form! If I die, I'll be sure to put down a soulsign just for you. Edit Yeah I died. I'll put down a sign at the entrance to the whole thing, and another at the bonfire...if I can make it there again. Darth Windu fucked around with this message at Oct 5, 2011 around 20:23 |
| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 20:21 |
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Sorry der juicen, PS3. I FINALLY made it to the bottom of Blighttown! Only to find out that I could not keep my friends with me. Apparently you have to dismiss your white phantom companions in order to light bonfires  That makes me very sad. They were really helpful.And I switched to Pyromancy instead of Miracles, since I couldn't find that lightning bolt miracle anyway and I didn't feel like pumping faith. God drat they have some neat spells. I found poison cloud, which seems great for pvp.
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 21:17 |
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Is there a shortcut back to the surface from Quelaag's Domain?
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 21:44 |
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MMD3 posted:E/N post ahead... Warrior is a great choice. You start with a bigger sword than the knight (compensating for something?) but lighter armor, so you can kinda roll. The warrior just looks hella cool too, in my opinion.
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 21:46 |
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der juicen posted:I'm still in beginners knight armor and an axe I picked up along the way. I guess there isn't much to find in the burg. There isn't. As long as you upgrade your armor, you aren't going to find anything really good until a bit later. I still haven't found anything better than my +1 hard leather.
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 21:54 |
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Hm, there's a big mill thing that takes me to Drake Valley, but goddamn if that place isn't hard...I just want to get back to Firelink...nevermind there was a key. duh
Darth Windu fucked around with this message at Oct 5, 2011 around 22:31 |
| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 22:23 |
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I've cleared up to Sen's Castle. Where's a good spot to grind souls?
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 22:58 |
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Aw man, how do I Relight the Firelink Shrine?
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 00:18 |
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der juicen posted:I wish someone would invade my world. Same. It is depressing trying to be evil.
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 00:39 |
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Mr. Onslaught posted:Wow, no wonder the game feels so sparsely populated. Despite selling much less, in Demon's Souls I saw way more white phantoms running around, was invaded more frequently, easier to find someone invade (I just used 4 of the invasion stone things and all of them failed, which still uses up the item btw), etc. That's because Demon's Souls was server based, so you were seeing everyone online basically. So whenever you set up a place to summon a blue phantom with your friend, you could find his sign easily. God dammit, THAT explains it. That pisses me off to no end and makes me consider returning this game. No wonder it feels deserted. The loving Demon's Souls servers are still up, for christ's sake! Why not just use those?! Why use loving P2P bullshit like every other awful game...ugh...I want to send an angry letter but i know they won't read it, and it is too late to change...son of a bitch.
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 00:56 |
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Funkmaster General posted:... Really? Really? YES! They have screwed up beyond belief on the multiplayer, which was easily the best part of Demon's Souls. I know that it is dumb to get angry about something like this but I feel as though this could have been the perfect game, absolutely the best game ever, but it is ruined by this revelation. I was already disappointed by the lack of vagrants and gravelords, telling myself that the playerbase only needed time...but I'm beginning to doubt EVERYTHING they told us about this game. I left a helm on the ground for an hour this afternoon, and nothing happened to it. Undoubtedly this is because the P2P could not find anyone. I'm very sorry I feel so strongly about this. Like I said, it could have been a perfect game, that is why I get so angry. The choice to use awful P2P has ruined a major aspect of the game for me, the multiplayer. I am very angry, I apologize to the people who will laugh at me for getting angry, but it is just how I feel and I cannot help it. I'm not sure how long I have to return this game, but I'm going to take a serious look at whether From deserves the money for this almost-masterpiece. This is a deadly flaw, in my opinion. (or Bandai-Namco, sorry, it may not be From's fault...in either case, my point still stands)
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 01:08 |
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Vanguard Warden posted:^^^ Find the blacksmith near the church. Have you even SEEN a vagrant? Has anyone? How do we know they even exist?
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 01:20 |
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SUPER NEAT TOY posted:Someone encountered one in this thread IIRC. There are a few setpiece invasions like Maneater Mildred and Dark Knight Kirk. It was probably one of those. Until someone can prove that vagrants exist, I will not believe in them, which is a shame because they are an interesting concept.
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 01:26 |
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Funkmaster General posted:I have seen one, or at least what I assume was one, in an early stage. It was not a phantom yet, but there was an item (blood red moss) sitting on the ground underneath the dragon bridge. It was not dropped by an enemy, and it appeared as a rotating bag. I didn't drop it (I hadn't collected any yet and in any case have no idea how to drop items), so it had to have come from someone else. It's a shame I picked it up instead of letting it continue its journey, but there was no way to tell what it was until I did, and it might have been something good, dammit. I didn't think that was even how the vagrant system worked?
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 01:39 |
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Where is the snoring noise in the pool in Firelink coming from?
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 17:29 |
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PirateNipple posted:Not sure what you're doing differently but his jumping up is to turn himself around, just get the gently caress away from him then wait for him to slam his body down and start crawling. Stay away from him until he stops, unload on one of his legs or his tail for 5-10 seconds, then get away and repeat. Apparently you can cut the tail off to get a weapon and make the fight harder, I didn't do this. Cutting his tail off makes the fight easier, not harder.
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 17:44 |
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Apparently Patches is in this game? Does anyone know where he is?
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 21:55 |
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Vargs posted:Does anyone know where I can get some good medium armor? Personally, I really like the look of the Elite Knight Gauntlets and Leggings on the Hard Leather Armor. If you upgrade all of them and get your Endurance up to 22 or so, you can roll while still having a good protection value.
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 22:25 |
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Talran posted:Graveyard, he does the same thing he always does.Tries to kill you :d Where? I've gotten all the way to the end of the Catacombs, beat Pinwheel, and ventured a bit into the Tomb of Giants, where I thought that the flares heralded his immediate presence, like they did in Demon's. Also, there was the sound of a blacksmith in a little alcove before the boss, but I couldn't figure out how to get in there. What was up with that?
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 23:47 |
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EVIR Gibson posted:I just went with a new copy shipped with Amazon Prime since all the used sellers had outrageous shipping on the game. We won't. In fact, no one will. There is almost no multiplayer this time around. (You'll still die a lot, but it will be fairly boring)
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 23:50 |
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Hm, no sign of Patches throughout the Catacombs. Is he in there, or the surface Graveyard itself? Or the Tomb of Giants? Also, is there any fast travel in this game?
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| # ¿ Oct 6, 2011 23:56 |
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Smelly posted:Oh, and I hope they fix this MP, because apparently a lot of you guys are having issues. I've been invaded several times already as well as seeing summoning stones in a bunch of places. You've been invaded? What level are you? Are you sure they weren't just the NPC black phantoms, with names like Maneater Matilda and Dark Knight Kirk? I've been playing in human form almost constantly, and I've never been invaded, though I do get to summon infrequent white phantoms.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 00:08 |
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gibbed posted:For the people yelling foul on the Derk Souls vs Demon's Souls multiplayer system: I'm calling bullshit on this. The proof is in the pudding. There is almost no multiplayer activity in the game, and there is no opening server message...it all adds up. Put up some evidence, Gibbed.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 00:29 |
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Mr. Onslaught posted:Whether it's due to gameplay mechanics (you were always going to be alive at some points no matter what in Demon's Souls vs. unhollowing being completely optional in Dark Souls) or the fact that there is no more central server, the online element of this game is total dogshit. I agree. It is somewhat ruining the game for me.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 01:00 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:I am also getting rather frustrated with not being summoned enough. I'm talking about places where if I had a body, I would be seeing tons of summoning signs. That is to say, other people must be seeing the signs too, but not making use of them. Are people stupid or something? With P2P, not everyone can see your sign. So it is likely only showing up in one or two worlds, and those people might not be around it or might just miss it.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 01:03 |
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Volitaire posted:What's hilarious is that the one covenant that actually allows for unlimited, unrestricted invasions is extremely hard to get in your first playthrough. To join the Darkwraiths you have to beat the boss of the Abyss before you talk to Gwynevere and get the Lordvessel. That is awful. God drat they've made the worst mistakes in this game. And yes, let's write it off. This should be the strongest period of multiplayer, with everyone getting and playing the game. It still feels abandoned. I suppose we can wait for the first weekend, but it really isn't looking good.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 01:19 |
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Smelly posted:I'm sure a few weeks from now it'll be stronger. A lot of people are more than likely staying hallowed so they don't get invaded in their first run through areas. Or they'll lose interest and not play at all. Y'know, whichever.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 01:21 |
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Does anyone have any tips for the Tomb of Giants? this is the first place I really feel like I'm making zero progress in. Those giant skeletons in the dark area seem almost impossible to beat.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 02:02 |
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What color of titanite do you need for lightning weapons?
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 03:58 |
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Funkmaster General posted:Chunks. Do I need to bring my blacksmith a special ember or....?
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 04:04 |
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Funkmaster General posted:You'll have to upgrade the weapon to raw +5 first, after that I'm not entirely certain if you'll need another ember or not to move on to lightning. No, look at the chart again. Lightning starts from a +10 standard weapon.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 04:19 |
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Cake Attack posted:Unless I've misunderstood the way weapons work, I'm thought the stat bonus is innate to the weapon, and the slow swing is just how the weapon is? Strength supposedly increases your swing speed, that guy has it completely backwards.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 04:35 |
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Loofa08 posted:I've been working my way through Sen's Fortress....and...gently caress....THIS....GAME. Sen's Fortress is so much fun. It really redeemed the game for me. Reminds me of an old school D&D campaign or something.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 06:18 |
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Scoobi posted:There is Eastern armor in that forest too! The chest piece is loving righteous. Lion pauldron. I'm rocking that and elite knight gear for the rest. I look crazy cool. Where? The first part, or the part after the cat with the mushrooms?
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| # ¿ Oct 8, 2011 04:58 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:Why can't I get any help with the boss of the new londo ruins? I'm level 59, is that too low or too high? The matchmaking sucks, but your problem is that you can't see summoning signs if you have a sign out, to avoid network problems.
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| # ¿ Oct 9, 2011 05:50 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:Waaiit, are you saying that the game may be signing me out without telling me? That seems hard to believe. In Demon's if you quit multiplayer it would just throw you back to the title screen. In fact, I'll test it right now. Negatory. I meant a summoning sign. Although you can put out summoning signs as a human, if you put one out, then the game will block you from seeing other people's summoning signs.
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| # ¿ Oct 9, 2011 05:54 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:Oh, I see. Anyway this isn't just a problem here and now, it is across the whole game. What do you mean? The multiplayer in general? Yeah, it's horrible, but I've been screaming that since page 30.
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| # ¿ Oct 9, 2011 06:02 |
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| # ¿ May 21, 2013 08:01 |
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Phoix posted:I'm not holding out any hope for the multiplayer to get fixed and the framerate issues are probably not fixable at this point. It's a shame. From has a history of not messing with their games after release, which was fine with a game like Demon's Souls which was pretty much perfect, but is not so fine with this game. The only thing I really care about is the multiplayer, I have no idea what people are talking about with the slowdown in the Blight. But I seriously doubt anything will get fixed. They need to go back to the Demon's Souls method of matchmaking.
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