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Thanks for all the replies! I'd only been really using humanity when I need it, instead of being in perpetual "human" mode all the time. But it's good to know that losing humanity is, like losing souls, only a time sink.
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chaosapiant posted:Thanks for all the replies! I'd only been really using humanity when I need it, instead of being in perpetual "human" mode all the time. But it's good to know that losing humanity is, like losing souls, only a time sink. Using a humanity doesn't turn you human, only adds a liquid humanity to your pool. You have to spend 1 liquid humanity at a bonfire to turn human.
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Jan 20, 2013 23:13
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Jan 20, 2013 23:28
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THIS ISN'T NEW LONDO, THERE ARE RULES
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I've just entered the Depths, and I want to begin thinking about how I build my Warrior character up. Last playthrough I did a Knight. This time I want to go a little lighter on defense and lighter in weight in general. I like this freedom of movement. My first question is when I should move on from the Drake Sword. I don't want become too reliant on it, but I also don't want to halve my offense. And therein lies the big question: what sword would you recommend at this point in the game for me? I'd like something with a moveset similar to the Drake Sword. I can't stand slow weaponry. I imagine I want something with a high dex bonus?NihilVerumNisiMors posted:Holy poo poo: Shut the gently caress up, Snuggly!
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Jan 20, 2013 23:46
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What you want is the Baldur Side Sword, but it's a rare drop, so for now, go with the Longsword. Then, once you're on the top of Sen's Fortress, grind until you get the BSS. Upgrade it to +15 (eventually), it will never let you down.
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Look at this sword: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNivVYeH8L4 Dragonwagon fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Jan 20, 2013 |
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Jan 20, 2013 23:49
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Revol posted:I've just entered the Depths, and I want to begin thinking about how I build my Warrior character up. Last playthrough I did a Knight. This time I want to go a little lighter on defense and lighter in weight in general. I like this freedom of movement. My first question is when I should move on from the Drake Sword. I don't want become too reliant on it, but I also don't want to halve my offense. And therein lies the big question: what sword would you recommend at this point in the game for me? I'd like something with a moveset similar to the Drake Sword. I can't stand slow weaponry. I imagine I want something with a high dex bonus? Kill the undead merchant near the "first" bonfire and you'll get the Uchigatana. This is the sword you want. Don't be so reliant on the Drake sword.
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Jan 20, 2013 23:51
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Dragonwagon posted:Look at this sword: Exactly what effect is that supposed to be?
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Seriously, the Uchi is amazing and the stupid merchant can go gently caress himself.
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Jan 20, 2013 23:57
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Genocyber posted:Exactly what effect is that supposed to be? That's cursing.
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Trap Star posted:Kill the undead merchant near the "first" bonfire and you'll get the Uchigatana. This is the sword you want. Don't be so reliant on the Drake sword. And if you don't want to kill the merchant, just join the forest covenant for a while and go buy it from Shiva in Blighttown. Uchigatana's moveset is fairly comparable to the Balder Side Sword, but it also has bleed damage, which is nice against many high hp enemies.
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TastyAvocado posted:That's cursing. Ah, I've never seen someone cursed, so I didn't know what it looked like.
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Jan 21, 2013 00:03
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The downside of the Uchi is that it's got the durability of a wet paper towel, and the guy you're about to kill to get it is the only one who sells repair powder.
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Colon V posted:The downside of the Uchi is that it's got the durability of a wet paper towel, and the guy you're about to kill to get it is the only one who sells repair powder. It has plenty of durability. So long as you have the Repairbox, you never have to worry about a weapon suddenly breaking.
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Smol posted:And if you don't want to kill the merchant, just join the forest covenant for a while and go buy it from Shiva in Blighttown. Uchigatana's moveset is fairly comparable to the Balder Side Sword, but it also has bleed damage, which is nice against many high hp enemies. I never bother with buying it since it's easy to purchase everything that merchant sells exclusively. As for the repair powder, it's not very long before you can buy the Repair Box so it's kind of a moot point unless you're wasting time farming souls in the Burg or something.
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Colon V posted:What you want is the Baldur Side Sword, but it's a rare drop, so for now, go with the Longsword. Then, once you're on the top of Sen's Fortress, grind until you get the BSS. Upgrade it to +15 (eventually), it will never let you down. I'm pretty sure I've got that, actually. Trap Star posted:Kill the undead merchant near the "first" bonfire and you'll get the Uchigatana. This is the sword you want. Don't be so reliant on the Drake sword. Yikes, I'd hate to kill a merchant.
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Revol posted:I'm pretty sure I've got that, actually. It's not a big deal. I don't have the game running to check but for like 10,000 souls you can buy everything he sells and there's no downside to killing him except that he's the only guy that sells Lloyd's Talismans, an item I've never bothered with personally. -Buy the chainmail armor set if you want -Buy some repair powder (also optional) -Buy the residence key and bottomless box -Buy any weapons you want (pretty sure every weapon he sells can be found elsewhere) -Kill Merchant, two-hand the Uchi and wreck poo poo in the Burg
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Colon V posted:The downside of the Uchi is that it's got the durability of a wet paper towel, and the guy you're about to kill to get it is the only one who sells repair powder. Elizabeth sells it, too, albeit much later in the game, and if you're really in desperate need of repairs and haven't gotten to Andre you can always make your way back to Rickert. Of course if you're reluctant to go around murdering random people in cold blood just so you can become ever-more powerful, joining the Forest Hunters and buying one off of Shiva is also an option, as others have mentioned. Opposing Farce fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Jan 21, 2013 |
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Jan 21, 2013 00:12
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Colon V posted:The downside of the Uchi is that it's got the durability of a wet paper towel, and the guy you're about to kill to get it is the only one who sells repair powder.
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Is there a mod out there to remove the sword sheaths? It drives me crazy that not only does it look unsightly on my character, putting your weapon away hides both the sword and sheath so it's utterly pointless as well. The two games I have going concurrently are using the Claymore and Uchigatana and both of these suffer from this problem
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I managed to beat the Bell Gargoyles my first try, without the aid of Solaire. I'm kind of surprised I pulled it off, but I played a lot of Demon's Souls so I think I've sorta got a grasp of how these games work. This game is really, really good, I don't know why I put it off for so long.
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Cardboard Box posted:I managed to beat the Bell Gargoyles my first try, without the aid of Solaire. I'm kind of surprised I pulled it off, but I played a lot of Demon's Souls so I think I've sorta got a grasp of how these games work. This game is really, really good, I don't know why I put it off for so long. Buy a couple of the items that break cursed status from the NPC nearby, you'll want some later and nobody sells them cheaper. Purging stones, couldn't remember the name. They're 3000 souls each but you'll be kicking yourself if you have to come back here to get one later.
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yeah, I made sure to buy a couple of them, especially after getting hit with a hacker's cursed weapon in the Undead Burg and having to start over last night, haha (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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If anybody between level 14-38 needs a co-op phantom anywhere up to Duke Archives, message me through GFWL (TheShineNSB) and I'll warp over. I'm in a sunbroing mood.
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I was right, I did have Balder Side Sword. It's at +5 now and my Dex is 18, currently doing 3/4 the damage Drake did. And it's probably for the best that I have a thrust attack, too.
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Revol posted:I was right, I did have Balder Side Sword. It's at +5 now and my Dex is 18, currently doing 3/4 the damage Drake did. And it's probably for the best that I have a thrust attack, too. BSS has one of the most solid movesets in the game. Love it. Edit: Not as much as I love the Great Scythe, but still.
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Cardboard Box posted:I managed to beat the Bell Gargoyles my first try, without the aid of Solaire. I'm kind of surprised I pulled it off, but I played a lot of Demon's Souls so I think I've sorta got a grasp of how these games work. This game is really, really good, I don't know why I put it off for so long. I don't need to hear this.
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Am I the only one having an issue with the 360 controller on PC and my character just randomly not being able to run and suddenly walking? Kind of annoying when running away from various things.
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Ms. Chanandler Bong posted:Am I the only one having an issue with the 360 controller on PC and my character just randomly not being able to run and suddenly walking? Kind of annoying when running away from various things. Do you have the fps unlocker enabled on dsfix?
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Speaking of scythes, imho the regular scythe has a near unbeatable combo of range, speed, damage, poise damage and weight. Love that beast.
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Ms. Chanandler Bong posted:Am I the only one having an issue with the 360 controller on PC and my character just randomly not being able to run and suddenly walking? Kind of annoying when running away from various things. I had this issue with one 360 controller but not another. Old one would have issues running if I was pointing the stick straight upwards, but just slightly to the side caused no issues. New one has no problems. No clue why Dark Souls has this issue with so many controllers.
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Revol posted:I was right, I did have Balder Side Sword. It's at +5 now and my Dex is 18, currently doing 3/4 the damage Drake did. And it's probably for the best that I have a thrust attack, too. 
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Node posted:Do you have the fps unlocker enabled on dsfix? Yes, is this the necessary side effect? Cos capping at 30fps has way improved performance and playability for me.
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If you would like to make Dark souls look pretty, run SweetFX on top of DSFix. I know people have talked about it, but I went ahead and spent several hours tweaking settings to come up with a config I like. http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/137/ You can get a GUI version of SweetFX to run on top of DSFIX here http://sweetfx.thelazy.net/ It's called SweetFX Configurator. (No more tweaking those pesky INI files!) Someone try my settings out and let me know if it looks good for you. Maybe someone can improve it. Let me know if you need any questions answered, and maybe put it in the OP.
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...I think you might be misunderstanding what an FPS unlocker does?
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I dunno why everyone insists on stripping naked for the Anor Londo archers. If you can't do it in at least a mid roll then you can't do it 
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Colon V posted:...I think you might be misunderstanding what an FPS unlocker does? He's not. The game will run better if set to 30, as without it, the framerate will sometimes be locked at 15.
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Colon V posted:...I think you might be misunderstanding what an FPS unlocker does? For whatever reason it's way more stable, without it the game grinds to a halt with a few enemies.
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DSFIX has improved Anti-aliasing and you can have your video card downsample the image from a greater resolution. In fact I am hardly using DSFix for any graphic reason at all, and am relying on SweetFX to do the leg work. The only settings I am using in DSFIX; renderWidth 2880 renderHeight 1620 dofOverrideResolution 1080 hide mouse pointer enableTextureOverride TL;DR I mostly useDSfix for downsampling and to hide the mouse pointer, I prefer SweetFX. Edit; misunderstood thought Colon V was replying to me for some reason Quaint Quail Quilt fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Jan 21, 2013 |
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