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Ugh, I've been trying to enjoy some invading in Demon's Souls in anticipation of that awesome Forest Covenant, but everyone just quits immediately when I invade. Cowards! What are you doing on 4-1 if you don't want to pvp? :P
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Hm, seems as though it's my connection. I did so much fiddling around with my router trying to get stupid Space Marine to stop showing that glitched Open whatever message that I think I broke my Demon's Souls multiplayer  I hope this doesn't carry over to Dark Souls. I have my PS3 as a DMZ, UPnP is enabled, isn't that all that matters?
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Sep 28, 2011 07:46
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The starting classes look considerably fancier now, assuming that the art in the wiki is similar to what they'll be wearing in the game. I cannot decide between the Warrior, Knight, or Bandit.    I'm usually more of a knightly dude, but man that bandit looks kickass.
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Sep 29, 2011 00:06
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NoneSuch posted:I'm tempted to go for Deprived as I like the idea of starting with almost nothing, and fighting my way up, but drat that knight armour is sexy. Seriously, they somehow made fluted armor even better looking.
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Sep 29, 2011 00:21
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Smelly posted:I wish there was a way to make your character do the fat ministers laugh. I'd RP as one in a heartbeat. There might be a laughing emote.
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Sep 29, 2011 01:39
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NESguerilla posted:Has anyone seen anything like the scraping spear yet in Dark Souls? I'm doing another run of Demon's and there is really nothing worse than running in to some no skill turd ruining you in a first run and having him destroy all of your poo poo. What a stupid weapon. Seriously, I hope they took that poo poo out. That and acid cloud. I had one clown tell me that he was using strategy to beat me by destroying all my equipment and then one shotting me with that luck-based sword. Come on man, that's not strategy, that's grinding.
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Sep 29, 2011 06:55
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Read posted:If you didn't see it coming I can see how it would be a pain in the rear end but I've never had someone successfully use either Acid Cloud or the Scraping Spear on me. They're both pretty poo poo really. The spear is hard to avoid due to how fast it attacks. It doesn't do any damage, but if it hits you enough, you can't do any damage back either. And they can just switch to another weapon. The cloud I've only seen used once by a guy who would utilize the lag to backstab me and then cast it while I was on the ground. Very irritating. He sent me a message after I grumbled to him about fighting with honor that said "u mad?" so I assume he was from here.
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Sep 29, 2011 07:07
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Yeah, I love the pvp, but it seems to have devolved since last I played. I even tried to help someone out as a blue phantom last night, only to have them cooperating with a black phantom who soul sucked me to death.
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Sep 29, 2011 07:22
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Yeah, I like to send dumb messages about video game honor to people when they beat me, just to see what sort of messages I get in return. I don't bow or anything like that. That's dumb. My favorite thing is to ambush people with groups of other enemies. For some reason, the other night when I was invading people, none of them had opened up the fog door on 4-1, so I was forced to fight them normally. It was disappointing. For people who have the game, how does invading work with the new open world? Do fog doors appear like in Demon's Souls, cutting off other levels? Or can you run anywhere?
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Sep 29, 2011 18:41
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Valkrye posted:7th for us unfortunately. Looks like a scimitar in the picture, but someone else mentioned a battle axe?? I dunno, his armor is cool as hell though.
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Sep 29, 2011 18:56
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der juicen posted:I can't use my left hand. Good luck dude. These games are brutally hard with two hands, so I can't imagine playing them with one. I think your best bet is to use a two-handed weapon and pump Strength as much as you can to increase your swing speed. I used the Great Sword (the second largest sword in the game) for the entirety of a Demon's Souls run, and it works well once you get the timing down for all of your moves.
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Sep 29, 2011 19:11
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Dolphin Fetus posted:I know there's a Demon Souls topic but there's probably more people here so I'll ask too: I've beaten 1-1, 1-2 and I'm working on the first part of Tower Of Latria to get the spell npc dude. I started as royalty for the mp regen ring and so far I've just been using souls to raise magic attack..probably going for a pure magic character but is there any equipment I should be looking out for? Most of what I've found is too heavy for me or seems more physical oriented..I haven't changed any of my gear at all. I just upgraded my buckler to +1 and I have a cling ring I think. Forget the buckler, grab a heater shield at least. Shields that block less than 100% physical damage are pretty useless.
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Sep 29, 2011 20:10
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Vintersorg posted:We should start posting our codes from the site to earn tokens, not exactly sure how it works but this is the code I have. Yeah I have no idea what this does. But here is mine. http://goo.gl/qOeUg
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Sep 29, 2011 21:13
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Vintersorg posted:Probably never played Demon Souls before -- this is how all the 360 players are going to be. Kinda jealous. That'll be some good huntin'.
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Sep 29, 2011 22:02
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The biggest mistake in this game so far, that I can see, is that it takes forever to get an item that allows you to leave messages on the ground. I believe Samurai Sanders said he got fifteen or so hours in before he found it. That is absolutely ridiculous.
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Sep 29, 2011 23:09
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How about the Witch's Ring, does that do anything?
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Sep 30, 2011 02:32
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Smelly posted:I have no clue, but, I payed it forward. My rank keeps going up Even though I'm clicking on every link...
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Sep 30, 2011 03:54
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I went from Rank 15306 to 83...
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I watched a bit of the stream, but stopped because I would rather go in fresh. It isn't that bad. The girl and one of the guys are pretty good commentators, but the dude reading the twitters is incredibly obnoxious. I wish they would've answered my questions about equipment and the little icons under the health and stamina, but there were too many other twits twitting about. I'm so drat excited about this stupid game. Tuesday can't come soon enough. There is a lot of variety in weapons, someone said, but how about armor? I was always disappointed in Demon's Souls lack of varied armor. Also please click my link, soul-brothers! http://goo.gl/qOeUg
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Sep 30, 2011 04:24
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Samurai Sanders posted:Well, only at first, eventually you will get good enough and gain enough levels that the enemies in many areas will be much less of a threat. You will slowly move outwards from the center, making a bigger and bigger area that you are comfortable moving through, until eventually almost the whole map is like that. That was my experience with SOTN as well. SOTN didn't really have areas where I thought "Let me come back here later, these enemies are too strong." I just kept fighting through. Is that possible here? I mean, I expect to die a lot in the process, but I don't care about that. And there is always NG+ for a whole new level of challenge.
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Sep 30, 2011 04:26
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DeathSandwich posted:So I haven't actually been watching the stream, is it a group of people that have actually played the game/its predecessor before or is it a bunch of screaming newbies that have never played demon souls let alone dark souls? The former. The girl has played it the most, I think, and one of the other guys has played a bunch too. They're both very good, beating several bosses on the first try. The third person is a catch-phrase screaming, awful-bearded idiot.
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Sep 30, 2011 05:23
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Samurai Sanders posted:Was there a catch-phrase screaming, awful-bearded idiot quota that they had to fill or something? It's IGN.
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Sep 30, 2011 05:26
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GhostDog posted:What are you people doing spoiling yourself out of the whole game front to back? It isn't quite the same as playing it for yourself, but I don't quite understand the people who are staying up all night to watch the stream.
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Sep 30, 2011 07:31
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Talran posted:I imagine you'll (hopefully) be put on our server so we can properly tenderize your noobs. It's so fun! :iamafag: There won't be any cross-platform play, if that's what you're talking about.
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Sep 30, 2011 15:03
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Is it confirmed that the Masterkey is the only one you can't get through regular play?
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Sep 30, 2011 15:17
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DO IT TO IT posted:Anyone know how the warrior's starting shield compares to the knight's? I played knight in Demon's Souls but I'm liking the warrior's starting stats, etc a lot better here. If it is anything like Demon's Souls, it'll be only slightly worse. The heater shield was the shield I used most often, since it was the lightest shield that also blocked 100% of physical damage.
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Sep 30, 2011 16:10
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Yeah, I tried to get Gamestop to sell early even though they had a huge poster that said 10/4/11 on it. Didn't work. I'd think you would need to go to a mom and pop type store to get it early, rather than a specialist place like the 'Stop. I just preordered it instead. Prolly will turn in Demon's Souls and Deus Ex to help with the cost, since I won't need the former and the latter was a huge disappointment.
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Sep 30, 2011 19:54
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This is going to be a long fuckin' weekend.
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Sep 30, 2011 21:48
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The.GreyWolf posted:I think 9 is a great score, even for IGN. Cause, you know, you can't spell ignorance without IGN. The 'Stop, at least, is doing one. Should be country-wide, since a buttload of other games (that no true gamer should care about) also come out on that day.
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Sep 30, 2011 23:01
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Sheep-Goats posted:What? Covenant members can hunt down oathbreakers within their covenant, like the Darkmoon guys can hunt down anyone?? Is this what you are saying. Because that is awesome. Edit: This is a good fukken video Darth Windu fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Oct 1, 2011 |
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Oct 1, 2011 00:29
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The Wise Teen posted:I'm pretty amazed by the sheer number of invaders in that video. When you kill one does it just drop in another one in that area? I think the video had the boring parts edited out.
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Oct 1, 2011 01:04
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Gay Rumsfeld posted:What's the deal with magic in this game? I notice there is no mana. Limited casts of each spell - refilled at bonfires.
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Oct 1, 2011 01:35
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Nelson Mandingo posted:One thing that hasn't been mentioned so far is that spells in general seem to get more bang for the buck. Resonance is only for miracles, I believe.
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Oct 1, 2011 01:46
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IconicIronic posted:I never made it very far in Demon's Souls, but it's definitely the best challenge-to-fun ratio I've come across. So, with the hope that Dark Souls won't have a god-awful level like Valley of Defilement, I will gladly throw myself back in. Another gamer falls prey to the Valley of Mistaken Perceptions
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Oct 1, 2011 03:45
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Samurai Sanders posted:Well, right now I am in an area that is like 5-1, but I haven't seen any place like 5-2 yet (with muck all over the floor), if that is what you are worried about. Ha, 5-1 was easily much, MUCH worse than 5-2. Don't get me wrong, I loved the concept of both levels, especially that they specifically put enemies that shove you in them, but I died way more often in 5-1. I was much more intimidated by 5-2, psychologically. But 5-1 is much more difficult.
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Oct 1, 2011 04:01
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IconicIronic posted:Perhaps. Although, it remains one of the few levels where dodging will roll you off a platform where you instantly die, or won't really work. In that sense, it can be applauded for stopping your dependance on a certain ability. Doesn't stop the level from sucking though. Ah, thought you were complaining about the swamp! Yeah, 5-1 is a son of a bitch, though I still enjoyed the heck out of that level. It just takes a while to figure out the layout, and not fall off.
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Oct 1, 2011 04:37
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fivetwo posted:Though it may have been mentioned beforehand: does the Japanese online community interact with the N/A online community? Or are they separate servers? Yup, they're all on the same server this time.
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Oct 1, 2011 18:32
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Nechronic posted:Oh god, does this mean PSN players are gonna get ganked hard on Tuesday? I assume 360 gets almost no play over in Japan. Not me. I've been training with Demon's Souls!
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Oct 1, 2011 18:44
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Revitalized posted:So I take it that come Tuesday, this entire thread is just all going to be spoilers. (not that it isn't to some degree already) By that time you should be too busy playing the game to read the thread. Unless you live in some socialist country, I guess.
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Oct 1, 2011 19:45
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Samurai Sanders posted:Fewer hit points and lower curse resistance, that's all I know for sure. But you have to be living to do certain things like upgrade bonfires, and some NPCs won't talk to you if you have a hamburger face. How big is the hitpoint drop? Not as bad as Demon's Souls, eh?
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NESguerilla posted:How does one "break" a covenant? does that just mean you switched covenants or are there certain rules you have to play by in the game? The latter. The forest covenant can't kill creatures in the deepest part of the forest, others require you not attack certain NPCs, or invade players, etc
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