Dark Souls(Spiritual Successor of Demons Souls) - Page 29

On October 18 2011 21:30 ToT)OjKa( wrote:
I wonder about the gold-hemmed set. Not only is it AMAZING for EVERYTHING but it barely weighs anything at all.
It's hard to justify using other armour over it :[

On October 18 2011 23:23 Caryc wrote:
u cant upgrade the set afaik :/

On October 19 2011 00:23 ToT)OjKa( wrote:
How's everyone's PvP going?

Went back to play my katana. Got Uchigatana to +5 lightning and can wear the full gold-hemmed set and still have the fastest roll.
It's pretty intricate for my character. It's not about wading in and bashing out as much damage as possible anymore. I have to take into account their armour as I cannot dare try to combo people with poise because I will just eat a combo back, although I can let loose a little more vs lighter opponents.

I've also had to become very delicate with the way I attack. The Uchi has such a sick move set. Any slash can be back dashed into a running thrust attack, even the one handed R2 thrust.
That means I can whiff the R2 on purpose, dodge back the counter and then plunge in me blade.

If I see brass armour then I switch to Quelaag's, although I haven't had much experience wielding it.

I highly recommend you spend time practising your weapon. What combos you can do (does an R1 follow an R2 smoothly? Can you R2 R2? What is the backdash R1 and can you link it) and how much distance and spacing you can play around with.
I've started to get through opponents without taking much damage and am always learning how to deal with new things.

And always keep in mind the backstab. If they are lunging around a heavy weapon then backstab should be a priority. Same with magics. If you are keeping your distance and they whip out the magics, gauge how much space they need to initiate a cast. As soon as they start you can run round and rip them apart.

Also en route to get Priscilla's dagger to see how it goes. 500 bleed damage = 50% of their health taken away when it procs which is MAD. Add that A to dex and GG MUTHA FUCKAZZZZZZZ

On October 19 2011 00:38 Saishuuheiki wrote:
+5 lightning uchigatana is definately a nice thing (got one myself)

I know at least for the uchigatana, I don't think the R2 attack has a whole lotta use in pvp. Maybe it can throw off their timing, but I would use it sparingly. The big advantage of the uchi to me is it's got a very fast animation and it's a vertical swing, so it's easier to attack from the side avoiding the shield.

I do have a +5 queelags also, which I don't really use unless I get invaded (as opposed to doing the invading)


Generally speaking pvp right now is mostly all about the invisibility / fog ring to prevent targetting. After this, I'd say next most important thing is, if you're the invader, stick close to them to prevent them from healing. Alternatively, if you're defending, getting distance when possible to heal.

Personally I like getting a little distance, casting homing soul arrow, then closing and doing melee while the magic goes off. Essentially you're trying to force them to block and take some damage, or dodge where you hopefully hit them with the sword. Can't do this against fog though, so hopefully the nerf-patch for that makes them targetable so magic works

On October 19 2011 00:52 ToT)OjKa( wrote:
I'm with the Darkwraith so I've got the red eye orb. Have been invading Anor londo a lot although I could try the forest.

The main use I see for the 2 handed Uchi R2 is after a knock down, always seems to hit and I'm pretty sure you can start it asap and it will get them.
I upgraded my pyro flame because I wanted to see what poison/toxic mist was like in PvP.

I guess you can use it for zoning and if you're in an enclosed position it should hit but the damage ticks seem pretty poor.
It just looks cool when you suck up and breathe out purple fumes.

In the painted world at the moment. I use a pretty quick method, kill the 3 zombies and then just run up through the stairs and then off the ledge and then down in to the well. Those wheels are still annoying as fuck though, died twice :[[[[[[[[[

put on full havels. Dem fuckers dead

On October 19 2011 01:55 Kyhol wrote:
There's a secret in the castle. In the room with all the boxes, if you hit the fireplace a door opens and you go get an awesome set for a warrior/bandit/knight.

On October 19 2011 02:27 FireBearHero wrote:
Sorry for a newb question, but I've been reading up on the upgrade system, and I'm not quite sure I'm getting it 100%. From what I gather when you have a titanite that says raises X to +Y, that is the max it is good for, and it can take multiple titanite to reach that limit. Then when you're at the limit you can use embers to increase the limit or change the element type (with the available elements depending on what your weapon currently is and type of ember). From there you're back to using the correct titanite of the correct quality to get back to increasing it.

Is that pretty much how it works? I never played demon souls and am new to dark souls. I figure it would be a good idea to know what I'm doing with upgrades before I mess smthn up lol.

On October 13 2011 05:30 Fishball wrote:


In short, yes you can.
It's better for you to just read up, as there are a lot of stuff you can do.

http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/Upgrades

I just found this flowchart too.

On October 19 2011 02:42 FireBearHero wrote:
Ok, it all makes sense now, thanks Fishball.

On October 19 2011 02:51 Fishball wrote:


For the record, Lightning and Chaos weapons are currently the best in game. You can search for more information where players compare different upgrades together. Someone even made a 99 Dexterity character wielding a +15 Uchigatana, and a +5 Uchigatana would still beat it in damage with just only 14 Dexterity (it removes the stat bonus when weapons are upgraded to elemental). All the extra points can be invested in Endurance and Vitality.

Supposedly the system will be revamped in patch 1.04.

On October 19 2011 02:59 Back wrote:


If we saw the same post, that person did NOT try to also compare the damage with the +15 uchi enchanted with one of the weapon buffs. That's basically the only advantage of keeping with the regular upgrade path so I'm curious to know how much it helps.

On October 19 2011 03:03 Adeny wrote:
Question: What exactly does "failed to invade" mean? I'm in the darkwraith covenant trying to use the red eye orb. I've gotten a couple of invasions but 9/10 times it fails to invade. Is this network issues or simply a lack of people to invade? If so where and at what level would I be likely to get a lot of invasions going?