Dark Souls

Digital Solitude · 17-11-2015 1:39pm

whatawaster wrote: »

Thanks for all the tips people!

I am Pyro class but don't use it much.
Laurentius has now gone from Firelink Shrine so I'm not sure if I am able to upgrade by Pyro glove or buy other pyromancies right now.

There's a woman at the back of one of the huge pillars in the Blightown Swamp can upgrade it for you

whatawaster · 17-11-2015 8:07pm

sweetie wrote: »

Havel's armour and fire resin on my claymore, pretty intense.

This exact strategy worked (on the third try)! Thank you

murphyebass · 26-11-2015 7:57am

I was going to buy Bloodborne with the gory edition launching on Friday but then Dark Souls was on steam sale last for €5. I haven't played it so decided what the hey. The dark souls 2 was on sale on ps plus for €25 so I bought that too. Hopefully by the time I'm finished with these Bloodborne will have reduced in price slightly. So some good deals out there on Dark souls folks.

Anyway my question is this. Never played a dark souls or demon souls game. I've watched videos etc so know what I'm up against which is grand but I've heard on the prepare to die edition there's mods for frame rate and resolution.

Is it generally advised putting these on or can it **** up the game with freezing or crashing or that?

strelok · 26-11-2015 8:07am

murphyebass wrote: »

I was going to buy Bloodborne with the gory edition launching on Friday but then Dark Souls was on steam sale last for €5. I haven't played it so decided what the hey. The dark souls 2 was on sale on ps plus for €25 so I bought that too. Hopefully by the time I'm finished with these Bloodborne will have reduced in price slightly. So some good deals out there on Dark souls folks.

Anyway my question is this. Never played a dark souls or demon souls game. I've watched videos etc so know what I'm up against which is grand but I've heard on the prepare to die edition there's mods for frame rate and resolution.

Is it generally advised putting these on or can it **** up the game with freezing or crashing or that?

dsfix is what you want, that's really the only one. it doesn't **** anything up, except sometimes if you sit down at a bonfire and try to get back up immediately (before the golden fog has dissipated), the menus wont appear and you'll have to restart the game. that's pretty rare though, only happened to me two or three times iirc in 300 hours

murphyebass · 26-11-2015 8:42am

strelok wrote: »

dsfix is what you want, that's really the only one. it doesn't **** anything up, except sometimes if you sit down at a bonfire and try to get back up immediately (before the golden fog has dissipated), the menus wont appear and you'll have to restart the game. that's pretty rare though, only happened to me two or three times iirc in 300 hours

That's grand I'll google it later and if I have a question I'll post it up.

I didn't want to do it if it causes problems just for the sake of a prettier game. That said the frame rate would be the part I'm more concerned for. 30fps for a game like this wouldn't be ideal.

Anyway cheers I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions to come. The game sounds brutal in its challenge. Old school master system/Megadrive levels or toughness don't fail me now lol.

Can't wait to start it tonight. Hope the dsfix doesn't take too long to install etc..

Edit... This post made the thread page come to 666 on my phone. Spooky.

strelok · 26-11-2015 9:46am

There is at least one jump you can't make if the game isn't in 30 fps and iv think there is one ladder that is bugged too. Other than that you're golden, the game is so much better at 60fps, dark souls 3 will hopefully be unlocked by a modder in a similar fashion.

murphyebass · 26-11-2015 9:54am

strelok wrote: »

There is at least one jump you can't make if the game isn't in 30 fps and iv think there is one ladder that is bugged too. Other than that you're golden, the game is so much better at 60fps, dark souls 3 will hopefully be unlocked by a modder in a similar fashion.

I'm assuming that you can go a different route around where that jump/s can't be made.

sweetie · 26-11-2015 10:10am

well Bloodborne GOTY inc DLC is currently 31.50 on the canadian psn store.

So envious of another souls virgin, I played through them all this past year. Enjoy the madness!

murphyebass wrote: »

I was going to buy Bloodborne with the gory edition launching on Friday but then Dark Souls was on steam sale last for €5. I haven't played it so decided what the hey. The dark souls 2 was on sale on ps plus for €25 so I bought that too. Hopefully by the time I'm finished with these Bloodborne will have reduced in price slightly. So some good deals out there on Dark souls folks.

Anyway my question is this. Never played a dark souls or demon souls game. I've watched videos etc so know what I'm up against which is grand but I've heard on the prepare to die edition there's mods for frame rate and resolution.

Is it generally advised putting these on or can it **** up the game with freezing or crashing or that?

murphyebass · 26-11-2015 10:17am

sweetie wrote: »

well Bloodborne inc DLC is currently 31.50 on the canadian psn store.

So envious of another souls virgin, I played through them all this past year. Enjoy the madness!

I haven't played the original Bloodborne yet. Was too busy with Destiny and a few Wii U titles in the past 12 months or so tbh so goty will suit when I do get round to it which could be a while away now lol.

Having not played them though I really couldn't say no to dark souls 1&2 at the prices i got them at.

As for being a DS virgin yup sounds likely I'm in a lucky situation. Very late to the game but better late than never eh.

strelok · 26-11-2015 12:00pm

murphyebass wrote: »

I'm assuming that you can go a different route around where that jump/s can't be made.

No you will have to press backspace to disable the fps unlock and then reenable it after the jump.

I don't want to spoil anything but Google

return to undead asylum

after you have rung the first bell of awakening

JakeArmitage · 27-11-2015 11:36pm

Folks need some help with this, I have managed to get to the final boss Lord gywn but I just can't kill him

Most other bosses up to him have been easy enough, my character is pure meelee. I have put no souls into magic stats, I have the black knight halberd at plus 5 and havels armour set

I ****ed myself over by killing the guy that gives Iron flesh because I know look at youtube videos hes easy with this spell bu I dont think this can be gotten anywhere else.

My stats are , endurance 37, strength 35 and Vitality 35

For the most part I havent levelled up much of anything else, help please

Digital Solitude · 27-11-2015 11:46pm

I had to switch weapons and learn how to parry to fight Gwyn

Baiting his grab attack is fairly solid, you need solid dodging though, I'd say you're a heavy character.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 27-11-2015 11:51pm

JakeArmitage wrote: »

Folks need some help with this, I have managed to get to the final boss Lord gywn but I just can't kill him

Most other bosses up to him have been easy enough, my character is pure meelee. I have put no souls into magic stats, I have the black knight halberd at plus 5 and havels armour set

I ****ed myself over by killing the guy that gives Iron flesh because I know look at youtube videos hes easy with this spell bu I dont think this can be gotten anywhere else.

My stats are , endurance 37, strength 35 and Vitality 35

For the most part I havent levelled up much of anything else, help please

You're in the same position I found myself in. I ditched havels armour in the end and used a full black knight set - there will be plenty of em on the way to gwyn.I finally beat him by keeping my distance and attacking with my halberds when he went to grab me. There's a mound of rock to the left when you enter the arena that you can put between you and him to get a bit of breathing room to swig an estus flask.

I found it to be nearly the hardest fight in the game as he gives you very little room to manoeuvre. My heart was in my mouth when I finally beat him.

Good luck!

Icaras · 28-11-2015 2:12pm

JakeArmitage wrote: »

Folks need some help with this, I have managed to get to the final boss Lord gywn but I just can't kill him

Most other bosses up to him have been easy enough, my character is pure meelee. I have put no souls into magic stats, I have the black knight halberd at plus 5 and havels armour set

I ****ed myself over by killing the guy that gives Iron flesh because I know look at youtube videos hes easy with this spell bu I dont think this can be gotten anywhere else.

My stats are , endurance 37, strength 35 and Vitality 35

For the most part I havent levelled up much of anything else, help please

Use the big pillar on the left of the room. He can't hit you through it. And keep circling. If you need more help pm me

sweetie · 28-11-2015 4:54pm

Page 666 (on mobile)

Retr0gamer · 28-11-2015 6:21pm

Gwyn is easy enough once you learn to parry him. Once you get that down he should drop pretty quickly. Kind of annoying though that hes the only boss where it's really needed.

28-11-2015 6:31pm

I should really unfollow this thread. PTSD.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 28-11-2015 6:49pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I should really unfollow this thread. PTSD.

I love this thread, I feel it's like a burden of duty to stand by and help others through the misfortune.

Kirby · 28-11-2015 8:09pm

Never learned to parry or dodge Gwyn. I just blocked. If you have one of the best shields, everything he has can be blocked except the grab thingy he does.

murphyebass · 28-11-2015 10:28pm

I finally got past the first boss albeit in a sweat.

2 hours of essentially learning the controls and putting the sword in the right hand so I could plunge at him off the ledge was a big help.

I've died more times than I can count and that's just learning basic controls. :eek:

A million hours later I might have got past the next boss. :P

Digital Solitude · 29-11-2015 12:47pm

The start of the game is much harder than the end, once you've 6 or 7 hours down your hit your stride and you'll be frying, that's when the game becomes really really great.

murphyebass · 29-11-2015 1:56pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

The start of the game is much harder than the end, once you've 6 or 7 hours down your hit your stride and you'll be frying, that's when the game becomes really really great.

Thats what I was kind of hoping for alright.

Getting used to how your character moves etc isn't something these days that we often have to learn so it's frustrating but dare I say refreshingly frustrating.

It'll be interesting to see how I'm fairing in another 4-5 hours.

Now it's just getting the time to play the blooming game.

30-11-2015 1:26am

The best advice I could give to a new player is to spend all your souls ASAP. I got stuck in plenty of times because I didn't level up and lost my souls repeatedly. This meant going back to the bonfire and starting the whole section over again, as long I level'd up.

murphyebass · 30-11-2015 5:29pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The best advice I could give to a new player is to spend all your souls ASAP. I got stuck in plenty of times because I didn't level up and lost my souls repeatedly. This meant going back to the bonfire and starting the whole section over again, as long I level'd up.

I'm going to look at this end of things tonight when I hope to get a good 2 hour run at it. I was kinda just fixated with killing that first boss so I felt a bit better about myself. Lol

Stone Deaf 4evr · 30-11-2015 6:09pm

murphyebass wrote: »

I'm going to look at this end of things tonight when I hope to get a good 2 hour run at it. I was kinda just fixated with killing that first boss so I felt a bit better about myself. Lol

if you can get to the bonfire in the undead burg, that'll be a good start for you, you'll be able to do farming runs on those low level lads and give yourself a but of a leg up. They're also the easiest enemies to learn how to parry, block etc. they'll still be well able to kill you mind, so don't underestimate them.

JakeArmitage · 30-11-2015 6:58pm

Still can't kill that ****er gwyn

murphyebass · 06-12-2015 9:24am

Ok so I think i did something silly last night. I hit the merchant near undeadsburg it seems (accidentily, I thought he was an enemy) he then became hostile and even with resetting bonfires he was still hostile so I killed him in frustration. (I'd had a few beers, lol)

Now I can't buy bombs so I'm finding the Taurus boss tough.

I'll get another go at it later and reckon I can do it by running up the ladder and plunging at him, wash and repeat if I can manage to get up the ladder before he hits me. I couldn't time this last night due to the aforementioned beer.

Anyway am I screwed or is it possible still?

Cheers

strelok · 06-12-2015 9:26am

murphyebass wrote: »

Ok so I think i did something silly last night. I hit the merchant near undeadsburg it seems (accidentily, I thought he was an enemy) he then became hostile and even with resetting bonfires he was still hostile so I killed him in frustration. (I'd had a few beers, lol)

Now I can't but bombs so I'm finding the Taurus boss tough.

I'll get another go at it later and reckon I can do it by running up the ladder and plunging at him, wash and repeat if I can manage to get up the ladder before he hits me. I couldn't time this last night due to the aforementioned beer.

Anyway am I screwed or is it possible still?

Cheers

you can beat the game naked, using only your fists so yeah it's possible still. the undead merchant sells a few handy things for the early game but anything he sells that's relevant for later in the game I'm pretty sure you can pick up from anothe merchant down the way

murphyebass · 06-12-2015 9:45am

strelok wrote: »

you can beat the game naked, using only your fists so yeah it's possible still. the undead merchant sells a few handy things for the early game but anything he sells that's relevant for later in the game I'm pretty sure you can pick up from anothe merchant down the way

Ok thanks for that. I was the last part I was most worried about tbh. I assumed it was possible to beat the Taurus demon without him but I read somewhere online he sold a bow that would be useful. If you can buy most other stuff later then that's grand. Cheers.

Now note to self. Don't play dark souls half cut as it is easy to mistake important merchants for enemies.

I'm 7 hours into the game and only at the 2nd boss. For €5 on steam sale I think I'm gonna get my monies worth here.

Loving it so far.

I've been levelling up strength and vitality so far.

Any stats that I shouldn't ignore? I was just thinking more health and power made sense.

strelok · 06-12-2015 9:49am

murphyebass wrote: »

Ok thanks for that. I was the last part I was most worried about tbh. I assumed it was possible to beat the Taurus demon without him but I read somewhere online he sold a bow that would be useful. If you can buy most other stuff later then that's grand. Cheers.

Now note to self. Don't play dark souls half cut as it is easy to mistake important merchants for enemies.

I'm 7 hours into the game and only at the 2nd boss. For €5 on steam sale I think I'm gonna get my monies worth here.

Loving it so far.

I've been levelling up strength and vitality so far.

Any stats that I shouldn't ignore? I was just thinking more health and power made sense.

it depends on the weapons you want to use tbh. generally the heavier slower swinging weapons benefit from strength, so you'd level strength and vitality so you can power the swing into your opponent and have enough health to handle their counter attack while you recover

faster lower damage weapons tend to be Dex weapons, so you'd level up dex and endurance so you can nip in swing swing swing and then have enough stamina left to nip out without being hit

you know how to check your weapons and equipments stat requirements yeah? the best way to do it is to settle on a weapon (or two) that you like and level up to get the best out of them. on the topic of stats to ignore, never level resistance. just don't. it's useless. waste of souls.

oh, and im sure this will make you feel better, taurus is the first boss. no one counts the asylum demon

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