Dark Souls (PC/PS3/360)v2 - Prepare to Die edition.

[Liem]

[QUOTE=Wingedwizard;37420393]Stop saying this.

I'm having no trouble with a keyboard.[/QUOTE]

You haven't reached Sens Fortress yet have you?

[Samperson123]

[QUOTE=Liem;37420404]You haven't reached Sens Fortress yet have you?[/QUOTE]

I'm way past sen's, and I use a keyboard. It's a bit tricky, but not that hard really.

[JoeSibilant]

The only trouble I've had with M+KB is accidentally flicking between targets while locked on. Can get kind of annoying, and I hope there's a mouse fix for DaS soon.

On the plus side, it's made me pretty damn good at fighting without lock.

[Wingedwizard]

[QUOTE=Liem;37420404]You haven't reached Sens Fortress yet have you?[/QUOTE]

I'm at Oreos and smores, Thanks for asking.

Id be farther if it wasn't for guild wars.

[Skellyhell]

Another cheater :(
I tend to turn my hp mod on and go for a break when i encounter one, they cant progress any furter so its all good

[Murky42]

[QUOTE=HALP Cat;37419779]The problem is that I want an off hand weapon that can parry, but I also want to use Priscilla's dagger since the move set is so cool.[/QUOTE]

In that case you want the rapier.

[QUOTE=postmanX3;37419952]but this is true of all equipment in the game

it's probably possible to beat the game with starting gear. it'd take forever since you'd be doing very little damage but yeah. you get the point.[/QUOTE]

Yeah but my point was it only gives you a few frames and its not too hard to learn and that extra ring slot you get can be a huge boost.
Beating the game using only starting equipment isn't so bad if you upgrade it. Hell I did that and being soul level 1 in one playthrough as a warmup for prepare to die.

Also just a note Astora straight sword gets outclassed by +10 divine longsword so its not so good after all my bad.
Probably best if you treat it like a drake sword.

[Fire Kracker]

[QUOTE=postmanX3;37419952]but this is true of all equipment in the game

it's probably possible to beat the game with starting gear. it'd take forever since you'd be doing very little damage but yeah. you get the point.

[editline]26th August 2012[/editline]

It's (500 souls)x(your soul level). So in other words it gets a lot more expensive as you level up, yes.

[editline]26th August 2012[/editline]

though it eventually reaches the point where absolution is less expensive than leveling up, since the number of souls required to level up increases exponentially while the number of souls required for absolution is linear.[/QUOTE]
lightning hand axe

[Skellyhell]

New hobby! invading armourless with plank shield and club so people think im a deprived, then switching to a good shield and fury sword, but still naked unless they run off

[Samperson123]

So, is it possible to cut off Manus' tail?

[JoeSibilant]

Hey PC players, come visit the forest, it's nice here

[postmanX3]

[QUOTE=Murky42;37420707]Yeah but my point was it only gives you a few frames and its not too hard to learn and that extra ring slot you get can be a huge boost.
Beating the game using only starting equipment isn't so bad if you upgrade it. Hell I did that and being soul level 1 in one playthrough as a warmup for prepare to die.

Also just a note Astora straight sword gets outclassed by +10 divine longsword so its not so good after all my bad.
Probably best if you treat it like a drake sword.[/QUOTE]

well yeah of course it's not bad if you upgrade it. pretty much every weapon in the game is feasible if you're decent and have the right upgrades.

i'm just saying yeah, it's technically a crutch, but so is basically everything else. "you don't need armor if you don't get hit, ergo armor isn't necessary."

[Aman VII]

I can't even kill the fucking asylum demon.

Is anyone purely using mouse and keyboard only? whats the control setup you use?

I've been trying to use an original xbox controller but clearly I suck

[Jebus]

I pre-ordered this game on PC, and had it downloaded on Steam the day it came out.
I still have absolutely no idea what the game is like or what to do.
I'm kind of scared to open it because I have no idea what to expect.

I hear the PC port is crappy, control-wise. Is there anything I should do or know before I jump in?

[Aman VII]

Well I've rage quit the game for now since I can't even kill the tutorial boss.

Would be nicer if the game had better control options, I'd like to use my xbox controller but when I first started playing I had to spend close to 30 minutes just remapping every button cause the game felt like just pulling inputs out of a hat and assigning them to random buttons

[JoeSibilant]

[QUOTE=Aman VII;37422649]Well I've rage quit the game for now since I can't even kill the tutorial boss.

Would be nicer if the game had better control options, I'd like to use my xbox controller but when I first started playing I had to spend close to 30 minutes just remapping every button cause the game felt like just pulling inputs out of a hat and assigning them to random bottons[/QUOTE]

Are you trying to kill the Asylum Demon with the broken sword? Also, my keymapping:

LCTRL: Block/left hand action
LALT: Walk
E: Action
F: Switch item
Q: Use item
X: Parry
C: Switch 1/2 hand
LEFT: switch left hand item
RIGHT: Switch right hand item
TAB: Gesture menu
ESC: Menu

I use numpad direction for camera controls.

[slayer20]

[sp]Where exactly can I find the Dark Beads spell? The wiki says the Depths of the Abyss from some corpse, but is that where Manus is? I haven't beaten him yet, so if it's not then I'll have to run around the place just before that a bit more.[/sp]

[Aman VII]

[QUOTE=JoeSibilant;37422678]Are you trying to kill the Asylum Demon with the broken sword? Also, my keymapping:

LCTRL: Block/left hand action
LALT: Walk
E: Action
F: Switch item
Q: Use item
X: Parry
C: Switch 1/2 hand
LEFT: switch left hand item
RIGHT: Switch right hand item
TAB: Gesture menu
ESC: Menu

I use numpad direction for camera controls.[/QUOTE]

nah its the good sword.

[PotatoArmada]

[QUOTE=Aman VII;37422769]nah its the good sword.[/QUOTE]

You're doing the lunge attack when you drop on him right?

[Samperson123]

[QUOTE=slayer20;37422760][sp]Where exactly can I find the Dark Beads spell? The wiki says the Depths of the Abyss from some corpse, but is that where Manus is? I haven't beaten him yet, so if it's not then I'll have to run around the place just before that a bit more.[/sp][/QUOTE]

I think it's behind a big group of the things with weird heads, and one of the ones that shoots spells. Basically, just go left from the prison entrance.

[Mr. Khorn]

[QUOTE=PotatoArmada;37422855]You're doing the lunge attack when you drop on him right?[/QUOTE]

Even without the lunge attack, the demon is rather easy. As long as you use the better sword, it shouldn't take more than 20 hits.

[Fire Kracker]

[QUOTE=Aman VII;37422769]nah its the good sword.[/QUOTE]

roll into his attacks instead of away(because when the invincibility frame runs out you get hit anyways because you rolled back into it) and strafe to the left

[WTF Nuke]

Just got the game, and by god the control scheme is horrid without a gamepad. Is there a way to use my mouse without seeing it and it going out of screen bounds?

[postmanX3]

[QUOTE=WTF Nuke;37423420]Just got the game, and by god the control scheme is horrid without a gamepad. Is there a way to use my mouse without seeing it and it going out of screen bounds?[/QUOTE]

Download [url=http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=127]this mod[/url], press F9 in-game.

I sort of wonder if this game is going to be officially patched at all. It's been almost a week and the cursor problem is still prevalent... it's a very obvious, glaring flaw, too.

[JoeSibilant]

[QUOTE=postmanX3;37423471]Download [url=http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=127]this mod[/url], press F9 in-game.

I sort of wonder if this game is going to be officially patched at all. It's been almost a week and the cursor problem is still prevalent... it's a very obvious, glaring flaw, too.[/QUOTE]

I doubt FROM is going to do much of anything about the controls, they stated pretty much flat-out that you need a gamepad. However, I'd put my estimate for community controls fix at one-two weeks.

[WTF Nuke]

[QUOTE=postmanX3;37423471]Download [url=http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=127]this mod[/url], press F9 in-game.

I sort of wonder if this game is going to be officially patched at all. It's been almost a week and the cursor problem is still prevalent... it's a very obvious, glaring flaw, too.[/QUOTE]

Oh, didn't notice version 0.5 was out, thanks.

[postmanX3]

[QUOTE=JoeSibilant;37423494]I doubt FROM is going to do much of anything about the controls, they stated pretty much flat-out that you need a gamepad. However, I'd put my estimate for community controls fix at one-two weeks.[/QUOTE]

Eh, I don't care about fixing keyboard controls because if you're playing this with a keyboard you're doing it wrong. However, the mouse cursor not locking to the game is extremely annoying... since firstly, it's distracting, and secondly, if you click, it'll often minimize the game in favor of whatever you have running under it. (Browser, etc.)

Plus even if the keyboard controls suck they need to fix Xbox button prompts showing up in the tutorial and everywhere else for keyboard users. That's just unprofessional.

[Jebus]

Hahaha, holy shit, this is awful.

Jesus christ, there's a bunch of money I'll never get back

[Waluigi]

[QUOTE=postmanX3;37423471]Download [url=http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=127]this mod[/url], press F9 in-game.

I sort of wonder if this game is going to be officially patched at all. It's been almost a week and the cursor problem is still prevalent... it's a very obvious, glaring flaw, too.[/QUOTE]

If by almost a week, you mean almost 3 days, then yeah.

[postmanX3]

[QUOTE=Waluigi;37423604]If by almost a week, you mean almost 3 days, then yeah.[/QUOTE]

wait shit i can't count days

[editline]26th August 2012[/editline]

for some reason i thought this came out last tuesday

[editline]26th August 2012[/editline]

Still. It's a glaring issue and it's weird that there hasn't been a quick hotfix.

[oscarr]

Is there a way to make the attack animations quicker? I'm maining ultra great swords