Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition(360,PS3,PC)v3 - Dark Magic is perfectly balanced - Games

Getting stuck at the bonfire only ever happens if you're at 60fps and going human, at least from my experience. Every other bonfire activity has always worked fine for me, I just lower the fps every time I want to go human and all is well.

So I started playing Dark Souls the other day, and just recently managed to remap my controller so that I can block since the left bumper was missing, and holy jesus, the ability to block is so much more important than I first thought it would have been. Also I guess Halberds are pretty strong, and the god damn gargoyles are a pain in the ass.

is it normal that i cant find anything better than a black knight sword that i found in undead parish? im in anal rondo so its been a while since i switched weapons

Yeah, Black knight sword is really good. It can easily carry you through the rest of the game.

So i found a titanite shield but I love rolling 2 handed, what should i do with it? Is it better to save items like gold pine resin or use it right away?

do you guys like the black knight sword or the gravelord sword better i feel like the gravelord has less direct damage but it also has a toxic effect and a better jump strike

so i just met smough and ornstein :suicide:

[QUOTE=Flip pl;39103403]so i just met smough and ornstein :suicide:[/QUOTE] i'm pretty sure that was actually my favourite bossfight overall, once you find an opening and start landing hits the fight gets way more fun trust me you have my permission to suicide when you reach bed of chaos [editline]5th January 2013[/editline] tip: kill ornstein first, powered-up smough is way easier to deal with than powered-up ornstein

[t]http://filesmelt.com/dl/DATA_2013-01-05_12-41-05-14.png[/t] Here we go again. What the fuck I made him drop on one knee, his animation pushed me over a ledge, I fell, but he died too apparantly because seconds before I died, I got the VICTORY ACHIEVED message and his souls n' stuff, and the YOU DIED message immidiately afterwards. Got it on video, too.

[QUOTE=Eonart;39103721]So I install this game on my bro's desktop because my only computer is a toaster and make a new save on it. The first thing I do after the asylum is get Astora's sword and the Dragoncrest Shield. I didn't even know about them before. Bell Gargoyles went down in less than a minute. It was my first time against them too.[/QUOTE] As someone else said, Astora's Straight Sword can be described by it's acronym. (ASS) I'm not saying don't use it at all but it probably isn't worth upgrading over a lot of the other swords.

[QUOTE=Kinglah Crab;39103338]do you guys like the black knight sword or the gravelord sword better i feel like the gravelord has less direct damage but it also has a toxic effect and a better jump strike[/QUOTE] Man-Serpent Greatsword for the scaling and awesome moveset, it looks pretty ugly though. If we went for looks I'd choose the claymore or bastard sword. Currently using the BKS though, I find that direct damage is always more reliable than elemental fuckery or poison shit. [QUOTE=Kinglah Crab;39103576]i'm pretty sure that was actually my favourite bossfight overall, once you find an opening and start landing hits the fight gets way more fun trust me you have my permission to suicide when you reach bed of chaos [editline]5th January 2013[/editline] tip: kill ornstein first, powered-up smough is way easier to deal with than powered-up ornstein[/QUOTE] Just note that if you kill Ornstein first you won't get his swagadelic armor [QUOTE=Ray551;39103827][t]http://filesmelt.com/dl/DATA_2013-01-05_12-41-05-14.png[/t] Here we go again. What the fuck I made him drop on one knee, his animation pushed me over a ledge, I fell, but he died too apparantly because seconds before I died, I got the VICTORY ACHIEVED message and his souls n' stuff, and the YOU DIED message immidiately afterwards. Got it on video, too.[/QUOTE] Yeah, he can be pushed off the arena: [media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=dbHtRggFsNA[/media]

Is there a mod that shows you keyboard and mouse buttons instead of controller ones? EDIT: Found something, [url]http://darksouls.nexusmods.com/mods/41[/url]

Does anyone in this game play coop in NG+? If so then what's the average SL for it?

It's irrelevant if you're in ng or ng+, all that matters is SL.

Get at me. [img_thumb]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595865831189717968/0C33B5AFFD0787ABC875AC03576CE6D1159E9343/[/img_thumb]

Bought this game during the Steam sale, been playing it for something like four hours now. Just got to the Taurus Demon for the first time without realizing that it was going to be there, and umm, ouch my face. Also, I really want to not play Hollow but clearly that is not a good idea for me. I use my humanity, reverse Hollowing, then it seems about four or five minutes later I've invaded and fucked up. I'm burning Humanity like nobody's business. But yeah, I'm so glad I bought this even though I totally suck so far. First time killing a skeleton has made me feel accomplished.

Have the devs ever shown images of an area with all the markings ever placed? I'd love to see how orange things get.

Hold on to that feeling of accomplishment. Eventually it goes away. :(

Why does everyone hate Bed Of Chaos? The fight was unconventional, but pretty easy. It was actually the first of the big four I defeated.

[QUOTE=KorJax_alt;39102608] silver knight +4... +5 divine longsword[/QUOTE] I have bad news for you..

[QUOTE=ArchXeno;39106183]Why does everyone hate Bed Of Chaos? The fight was unconventional, but pretty easy. It was actually the first of the big four I defeated.[/QUOTE] I think it's because of the lack of skill and the huge amount of luck required to beat it the first time you fight it. There's no way to know which parts of the floor will break away and stuff and basically every single swipe from it could throw you down deadly pits which open *just* in time to kill you.

[QUOTE=ArchXeno;39106183]Why does everyone hate Bed Of Chaos? The fight was unconventional, but pretty easy. It was actually the first of the big four I defeated.[/QUOTE] I hated it because whenever I'd go to drop down I'd always get swooped and barely miss it. Many times.

[QUOTE=Saza;39106247]I have bad news for you..[/QUOTE] You mean besides getting to the point where 22 dex will cost well over 100k souls?

[QUOTE=dogmachines;39106354]You mean besides getting to the point where 22 dex will cost well over 100k souls?[/QUOTE] It's more of a 'the silver knight straight sword has absolutely awful scaling and you should consider something else, but you've already upgraded it a lot' Same for the +5 Divine Longsword

[QUOTE=Saza;39106391]It's more of a 'the silver knight straight sword has absolutely awful scaling and you should consider something else, but you've already upgraded it a lot' Same for the +5 Divine Longsword[/QUOTE] I beat the game with the SKSS. It's hardly a shit weapon. [editline]5th January 2013[/editline] Agreed on the longsword, though.

it's not that it's a shit weapon it's that it has abysmal scaling compared to say, the uchigatana or a fair amount of other dex related weapons

Sunlight straight sword > Skss, and the SSS has terrible scaling. Find a balder sword instead.

[QUOTE=Saza;39106426]it's not that it's a shit weapon it's that it has abysmal scaling compared to say, the uchigatana or a fair amount of other dex related weapons[/QUOTE] True, but it has 262 base damage at +5. It's not bad if you don't want to put a ton of points into dex.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;39093448]Is the stray demon even worth the trouble? What? The small details are just as important and plenty of stuff is completely missing detail. Rooms will have completely flat walls that intersect with the floor at 90 degree angles. The best looking things in the game IMO is the armor and bosses.[/QUOTE] Took down Stray Demon with a Hunter's Knife +1 in like 2-3 minutes. Just keep stabbing that ass and he's dead before you know it.

Where do I use the black eye orb? I've wiped out all ghosts in that lower area and explored (from what I can tell) all of it but it's still not lighting up.