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The Machine posted:So, hey, gently caress Blightown. Sen's Fortress and Anor Londo as well. At least until I've ran through them enough that I could do it blindfolded. I feel like this is how it is with Souls games. I used to hate the Depths and Blighttown, but they're pretty alright now.
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apophenium posted:Sen's Fortress and Anor Londo as well. At least until I've ran through them enough that I could do it blindfolded. I feel like this is how it is with Souls games. I used to hate the Depths and Blighttown, but they're pretty alright now. Blighttown is a loving joy compared to Lost Izalith and Tomb of Giants.
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Aug 28, 2012 05:39
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Anti-Hero posted:Goddammitt I was farming the Depths as SL35 for some large shards and I got cursed by those loving frogs for the first time and then died on the way back to my stain. I lost 35k in souls and 3 liquid humanity. gently caress! And then it took me about 15 minutes of tense farming to get the 6k needed for a curse stone. Lost like 45k Souls and 11 Humanity to the Capra Demon because I thought I should take the route with the Dragon  . I wasn't using any of it anyway, I didn't want to SL up anymore and I can't buy large titanite shards yet, all my stuff is upgraded as far as titanite shards can go. The hell are you supposed to do in that situation? I guess all that balder farming got me bloated with souls.
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Aug 28, 2012 05:42
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Yo, someone running DSfix: please post the Darkwraith armour set now that we can actually see the details. Also all the armour sets.
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Aug 28, 2012 05:43
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The Quake posted:Lost like 45k Souls and 11 Humanity to the Capra Demon because I thought I should take the route with the Dragon If you ever have excess souls and don't know what to spend them on, buy consumables. Black firebombs, Lightning/Fire resins, Grass, Moss Clumps, etc. You can never have too much of that stuff.
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Aug 28, 2012 05:45
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Pochoclo posted:- I choose a starting class that says "you can shoot fireballs" I come back and this explains a lot. Welp! That's the Souls series for you. In Demon's, you're expected to be killed by the tutorial demon. In Dark, you're supposed to run away through the doorway to the side. Don't be discouraged, now!
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Aug 28, 2012 05:48
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Even though I've played this game before I thought Chaos Servants were a PvP guild for some reason. If I join another covenant will I turn into an egghead? Will they attack me later when I teleport there if I don't absolve through Oswald?
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Aug 28, 2012 05:55
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Anybody in Anor Londo that can give a SL52 a hand with O&S? I'm in front of the boss door.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:00
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Blunt Force Trauma posted:If multiplayer is working for you, 35k souls and 3 liquid humanity is about 10 minutes of assisting at Quelaag. Not that far in Blighttown yet, but I think I'll get there tonight. And yes, the multiplayer is working for me. The Quake posted:Lost like 45k Souls and 11 Humanity to the Capra Demon because I thought I should take the route with the Dragon Yeah, I wasn't using any of my souls or humanity, either. It was just stock piling. Next time I'll just dump all my excess into consumables. I don't want to soul level much more until I'm out of Blighttown so I can still get summoned.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:16
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Fuuuuck managed to get someone summoned (along with Sunbro) then when the second boss had a sliver of health left, we all died. That was my last humanity. gently caress. 
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Aug 28, 2012 06:19
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Does (DLC spoilers) Sif not appear in the Chasm if you've killed him in the future already? I saw Alvina warping around but I hunted everywhere in the Chasm and never saw Sif. Also the boss souls are used for Guardian: nothing apart from using, Artorias: giving to Ciaran or forging the Abyss Greatsword, and Manus: making the Manus Catalyst, and that's it, right? I just have the feeling like I missed something despite defeating all the bosses and looting every area entirely (to the best of my knowledge).
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Aug 28, 2012 06:33
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Alabaster White posted:Does (DLC spoilers) Sif not appear in the Chasm if you've killed him in the future already? I saw Alvina warping around but I hunted everywhere in the Chasm and never saw Sif. You can trade the Manus soul to snuggly for a new spell too.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:36
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Thanks to Shima Honnou and Montel Williams (vvvvv that guy)! That was lauhgably easy in comparison.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:40
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Azraden posted:Fuuuuck managed to get someone summoned (along with Sunbro) then when the second boss had a sliver of health left, we all died. That was my last humanity. gently caress. I'm available to help whenever you get more humanity, got a sign up in front already even. Also submarine I am montel williams.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:41
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Is there any tangible benefit to dual wielding a weapon? I picked up two Balder Side Swords yesterday while farming up enough souls to buy the medallion from Andrei. I just finished some tests while wielding the two swords (repeatedly killing the Hallowed enemies between Firelink and the Undead Burg) and I can't really tell if it's effective or not. Honestly, I'm unsure if my character is even swinging both swords. Actually, about the only thing I am sure of is that a sword makes for a fairly poor shield against the most basic enemies in the game! 
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Aug 28, 2012 06:41
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You'd think after struggling with the Crystal Cave back on the PS3 version I'd remember to take it SLOW and NOT WALK ON ANYTHING THAT HAS A SLANT. But no, apparently old habits die hard, and my character just plain old dies.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:46
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So Blight town has become a personal limbo for me. Me and a sunbro got tossed of a ledge near the beginning. Next try discovered the wonderful skinless dog things that cooked me in my suit. Next coop try I made to the bonfire but it didn't activate which leads to my cursing as I die due to being mobbed by an army of bugs near a ladder. There's more blood stains of me in this area than any others and I'm not seeing any summon signs, saw only 2 near the snipping point for the big dudes(orcs?) which both failed to summon.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:46
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Oh man, twice now tonight I've traveled from the Blighttown shortcut to the Londo Ruins and fell into the Firelink elevator. That'll leave a fun bloodstain. Despite killing Quelaag on my second attempt and getting a black knight shield, this is not my best night.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:47
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:edit: finally beat him, with the firebomb tricking helping a ton.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:48
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Literally every time I've been summoned tonight (and it wasn't very often), the host has used the joy gesture. People are really struggling to get co-op going. Finally finished the DLC. I didn't find it quite as difficult as I was lead to believe but it was a very fun three or so hours and I'm still missing a few things. Two questions: I picked up three spells and one pyromancy - that's it for the magic you can pick up, right? Can anyone tell me the Int requirement on the Manus catalyst too? Bit of a lazy question, sorry. I'm yet to find the dragon either but I know I'm missing some sort of area in the township
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Aug 28, 2012 06:49
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SourceElement posted:Is there any tangible benefit to dual wielding a weapon? I'm pretty sure that there are some weapons that are supposed to have long parry windows and so are often used in the left hand (e.g. parrying dagger). In general I think DW builds often rely on how well you can parry. Probably rough going against magic and arrows though.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:50
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Huh, I just got a Channeler's Trident off the channeler in the Depths. Guess I can check that off the list.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:53
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Starks posted:I'm pretty sure that there are some weapons that are supposed to have long parry windows and so are often used in the left hand (e.g. parrying dagger). In general I think DW builds often rely on how well you can parry. Probably rough going against magic and arrows though. Welp! I suck at parrying, so back to the halberd/shield combo for me until something better comes along. Thanks!
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Quixotic1 posted:So Blight town has become a personal limbo for me. Me and a sunbro got tossed of a ledge near the beginning. Next try discovered the wonderful skinless dog things that cooked me in my suit. Next coop try I made to the bonfire but it didn't activate which leads to my cursing as I die due to being mobbed by an army of bugs near a ladder. There's more blood stains of me in this area than any others and I'm not seeing any summon signs, saw only 2 near the snipping point for the big dudes(orcs?) which both failed to summon. I hate those loving dogs. It's like getting mauled by a skinless beagle. They are so much smaller than their ferocity and damage output would suggest. You don't see summon signs in blight town much. I've done it before and it's fun, but most people seem to be more averse to the idea of falling than I am. loving around as a phantom is the best time to do it.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:55
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So seriously though, are you stuck on the same server for life now? I'm definitely on the same server as I was yesterday (judging from the orange messages) and it is pretty slim pickings in Anor Londo. edit: I soloed the entrance to the castle for the first time though. I ended up luring the right archer down the path I came from, so there was a pillar between us and the left archer. I should have thought of that a long time ago. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Aug 28, 2012 |
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Underwhelmed posted:
The first time I did Sen's Fortress, before even going through once, I put down a summon sign for fun. I got summoned by a guy who seemed to already know what he was doing. Of course I didn't so I ended up getting owned by second group of pendulum axes. I put down another summon sign because I felt like an idiot, the same guy ended up summoning me again. I died in the same place.
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Aug 28, 2012 06:59
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The Quake posted:Took me 3 hours of farming yesterday and an hour and a half today to finally get it to drop. I had 2 balder shields drop and about 30+ assorted balder armor pieces. That thing is rare? I've got 3 just on the way through the game...
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Aug 28, 2012 07:00
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Azraden posted:Fuuuuck managed to get someone summoned (along with Sunbro) then when the second boss had a sliver of health left, we all died. That was my last humanity. gently caress. Which one? If it's the bell gargoyles use pine resin, it wrecks their poo poo.
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Aug 28, 2012 07:01
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OLIVIAS WILDE RIDER posted:Well have fun playing the game wrong because of your spergy aversion to the correct control scheme. This attitude is just annoying dude. I'd love to play this properly on a M&KB because it's my favorite way of playing games, simple as that. Since this is a PC release, the M&KB controls should be polished and playable. But drat, I'm going away for five days now and I'll miss my Dark Souls. Since I got the framerate / graphics fixed I haven't played any other game. I've skipped gym for four days now, and yesterday I even dreamed about Havel one-shotting me  This game controls you
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Aug 28, 2012 07:03
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Hate me, on my mission to pick up the rusted iron ring and clear the asylum, I got both the dark knight shield and the sword. It's great, I'm using a +9 zwei (soon +10, as soon as i find a few more large titanite) and the bk sword is just a tiny bit less powerful, it's gonna be a sight to behold once i get a hold of some upgrade materials for it. I'm probably the only person that uses a kb/m successfully, it was tough at first but I'm used to it now; just have the catacombs to finish up then i'm off to londo, sl 55 or so, kinda overleveled I think but whatevs.
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^^^^ I'm using kb/m. It took a while to learn not to move the mouse when I'm locked unless I really want to switch targets, but it's otherwise just very barely useable. It could be a lot better, but the dudes who made the game clearly give zero shits about the people that play the game.Blunt Force Trauma posted:If multiplayer is working for you, 35k souls and 3 liquid humanity is about 10 minutes of assisting at Quelaag. I'd like to try this, but I don't 100% understand what to do - go human, go to Quelaag's door, use the white chalk and hang around the area? Does it have more than one use or is this one of those pvp things where you get a taste and then have to play through another 50% of the game to do it again?
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Verviticus posted:^^^^ I'm using kb/m. It took a while to learn not to move the mouse when I'm locked unless I really want to switch targets, but it's otherwise just very barely useable. It could be a lot better, but the dudes who made the game clearly give zero shits about the people that play the game. Probably better to put your mark by the bonfire in the swamp - most people tend to summon from there. The Soapstone is infinite uses, and you can put down a mark from hollow, no need to go human to go out, only to summon in.
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Aug 28, 2012 07:07
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Samurai Sanders posted:So seriously though, are you stuck on the same server for life now? I'm definitely on the same server as I was yesterday (judging from the orange messages) and it is pretty slim pickings in Anor Londo. No. Sometimes your server changes multiple times in one play session. Resting at a bonfire sometimes switches your server. Edit: But that doesn't mean your orange messages will change. They are taken from a much broader spectrum of servers.
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Stokes posted:No. Your sometimes your server changes multiple times in one play session. Resting at a bonfire sometimes switches your server. ^^^ wait, seriously? Well, so much for my experiments. I guess that means multiple servers are dead for co-op in anor londo. edit: I had lots of success invading people's games, which means that players ARE out there, they're just all trying to solo it. Idiots. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Aug 28, 2012 |
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Aug 28, 2012 07:15
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It seems like the only way to test that would be to have another player watching for your summon sign.
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Skilleddk posted:This attitude is just annoying dude. I'd love to play this properly on a M&KB because it's my favorite way of playing games, simple as that. Since this is a PC release, the M&KB controls should be polished and playable. You are using a machine capable of having all manner of crap plugged into it, whether they are gamepads or joysticks, steering wheels, controls for a dammed train, flight rudder pedals, throttles, etc. Lots of games are designed around one of those being available, and Dark Souls happens to be one of them. From Software / Namco have not hid their intentions of a gamepad being practically required since they announced they were porting the game if I remember right. While I understand the frustration over the controls considering other games such as Arkham City have great controls for KB/M while also most likely having been devleloped with a gamepad in mind, it's just not the case for DS. The constant complaints all over the Internet concerning the controls are far more annoying than anyone just saying to get a controller.
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Hahaha I just made it all the way through Blighttown, out of the swamp up to the shortcut back to New Londo, headed back up to the bonfire only to fall down the elevator shaft because I didn't realize the elevator was at the top. 
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Samurai Sanders posted:No, I have confirmed over and over and over again that it does not. Last night I desperately tried to change my server because the one I was on was completely lifeless. I rested at multiple bonfires, returned to the title screen, quit the game entirely, disconnected manually from GFWL, and even power cycled my router. Every time, there were the same small number of orange messages staring at me. Same as tonight. What level are you and where do you need a sign dropped, I can come be your bro.
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Tetracell posted:You are using a machine capable of having all manner of crap plugged into it, whether they are gamepads or joysticks, steering wheels, controls for a dammed train, flight rudder pedals, throttles, etc. Lots of games are designed around one of those being available, and Dark Souls happens to be one of them. From Software / Namco have not hid their intentions of a gamepad being practically required since they announced they were porting the game if I remember right. While I understand the frustration over the controls considering other games such as Arkham City have great controls for KB/M while also most likely having been devleloped with a gamepad in mind, it's just not the case for DS. The constant complaints all over the Internet concerning the controls are far more annoying than anyone just saying to get a controller. Dark Souls is like a flight sim. Sure, you can do it on keyboard, but you're pretty much handicapping your own experience with the game. New challenge run idea: SL3 sorcerer, mouse and keyboard only.
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I just invaded another hacker. I kicked him off of a cliff. 
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