EPTWhat weapon do you use right now? You can start upgrading better weapons soon, but there's still quite a bit of gameplay before you reach there. If you don't have a +7/+8 or better at this point you'll notice your damage dropping off dramatically. If you have spells then it's not a big deal.
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Sandster
United States4054 Posts
What weapon do you use right now? You can start upgrading better weapons soon, but there's still quite a bit of gameplay before you reach there. If you don't have a +7/+8 or better at this point you'll notice your damage dropping off dramatically. If you have spells then it's not a big deal. | ||
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Vaelone
Finland4400 Posts
Did switch to Black Knight's Greatxe +5 for DLC/last boss. He could always upgrade normal Spear into Lightning Spear but not like the weapon is mandatory I guess. | ||
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Sandster
United States4054 Posts
Weapon Progression: -Drake Sword / normal +5 early -Lightning Spear / normal +10 / Divine +5 / Magic +5 by Sen's Fortress -Demon +5 / Twinkling +5 / Lightning +4/+5 by end of Anor Londo Then go kill the boss in the area with the ember of your upgrade choice: -Four Kings for +15 weapons -Nito for occult +5 / divine +10 -Bed of Chaos for chaos +5 / fire +10 -Seathe for enchanted +5 / magic +10 -Both Hydras and Undead Dragons for dragon scales | ||
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MiyaviTeddy
Canada697 Posts
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Yurie
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On January 19 2013 03:52 MiyaviTeddy wrote: Guys, is it worth getting the PC version? or should I get Dark Souls on console instead? Depends on your PC. If you have a decent/good PC then the PC version is better. Load times are faster, FPS are higher and if you want to you can mod the game to look better than the console version does, up until your PC no longer can make it better. If you have a bad PC then the console version is better. Considering both can be played with controller there is no real difference except game looks/performance between the versions. | ||
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Medrea
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BlitzerSC
Italy8800 Posts
On January 19 2013 03:52 MiyaviTeddy wrote: Guys, is it worth getting the PC version? or should I get Dark Souls on console instead? I just want to tell you that console versions have really BIG fps drops in some areas. If you have a good PC then go for it. I presume that you have a console so controller shouldn't be a problem for you. | ||
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MiyaviTeddy
Canada697 Posts
nvidia gtx 560 8gbs RAM I think I should be fine. Isn't there a lot of problems in the PC version though? | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On January 19 2013 04:32 MiyaviTeddy wrote: i5-2500k 3.0GHZ nvidia gtx 560 8gbs RAM I think I should be fine. Isn't there a lot of problems in the PC version though? you be plenty fine. and there arent any problems ive noticed other then gfwl sucking and graphics beeing terrible out of the box. with the graphics fix and a xbox controller im deep into my first playthrough (playing it full hd on my 42" tv mostly) and having a blast. quite similar rig too .2500k,8gb, just my gfx card is better beeing a 560ti 448cores. there are some heavy fps drops in some situations but its rare and has more to do with the game itself then graphics performance.and i doubt it runs worse then on consoles. def buy the game and id get it on pc. if you dont have a gamepad... get one! its the age of hdmi plugnplay  | ||
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
On January 19 2013 04:32 MiyaviTeddy wrote: i5-2500k 3.0GHZ nvidia gtx 560 8gbs RAM I think I should be fine. Isn't there a lot of problems in the PC version though? That's plenty good enough enough. I'm running it on a 2.7 GHz C2D, 3gb RAM, and an 8800GT. No slowdown yet in ~80 hours. There are no problems with the PC version if you use a controller. Everyone seems to swear by DSFix, which takes all of 30 seconds to install, but honestly I didn't notice much of a difference (running at 1680x1050 here). The graphics are fine out of the box if you're playing on a normal PC monitor and not a giant TV. I was excited to see that DSFix could shrink the HUD, but that feature was too buggy for me to use. | ||
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MiyaviTeddy
Canada697 Posts
And is there like a beginners guide to like dark souls (and pvp) that I should read? | ||
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
On January 19 2013 04:51 MiyaviTeddy wrote: Thanks guise :3 <3 you're the best. And is there like a beginners guide to like dark souls (and pvp) that I should read? The Dark Souls wiki (easily googled) is extremely informative, but I'd recommend playing through the game completely blind at least once. I don't know anything about PvP yet, but I'm still on my first playthrough (trying to do everything possible). Figuring things out as you go, making mistakes and getting surprised seem to be a core part of what makes this game so unique. The only thing that's really unintuitive is the upgrading system, but you can cross that bridge when you come to it; it's not relevant until a good ways into the game, and you don't want to spend your first playthrough researching and min/maxing anyway. | ||
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MiyaviTeddy
Canada697 Posts
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Fyrewolf
United States1533 Posts
On January 19 2013 07:17 MiyaviTeddy wrote: I heard theres like alot of hackers on the pvp side of things :o Not really more than any other online game out there. The PC version makes it easier obviously, they'll occaisonally pop up regardless of the version and be annoying, but it's not like a rampant constant problem. And even when you do encounter hackers, they're usually really bad at actually playing well, I've beaten numerous hackers just knocking them off ledges | ||
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Nos-
Canada12016 Posts
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
im pretty much through the game. just last boss remaining and the end of the expansion area. at this point just want to fight other people since its fun and it seems ng+ will take me alot of time till i have the freedom again to do what i want. the arena barely seems to work. in like 2 hours of trying to get duels running it only worked once where i fought the same guy multiple times.thought "hey lets just go for invasions/get invaded!" right outside of the arena but apart from permafoggates barely anyone actually got in and my darkmoon invasions never succeeded(despite obv alot of darkwraiths beeing in the area). same for pretty much any other area. i sometimes manage to invade someone per blue orb but its rare and seems quite random(convenant ring doesnt do anything,invaded 2 guys that were just waiting for me 2 days ago, since then in hours it did nothing). i spent like 5 hours yesterday just trying to pvp and at best got maybe 15fights in. | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
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RuskiPanda
United States2906 Posts
On January 21 2013 15:46 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: so how do i get more frequent/reliable pvp? im pretty much through the game. just last boss remaining and the end of the expansion area. at this point just want to fight other people since its fun and it seems ng+ will take me alot of time till i have the freedom again to do what i want. the arena barely seems to work. in like 2 hours of trying to get duels running it only worked once where i fought the same guy multiple times.thought "hey lets just go for invasions/get invaded!" right outside of the arena but apart from permafoggates barely anyone actually got in and my darkmoon invasions never succeeded(despite obv alot of darkwraiths beeing in the area). same for pretty much any other area. i sometimes manage to invade someone per blue orb but its rare and seems quite random(convenant ring doesnt do anything,invaded 2 guys that were just waiting for me 2 days ago, since then in hours it did nothing). i spent like 5 hours yesterday just trying to pvp and at best got maybe 15fights in. A lot of times certain areas are commonly reserved for duels of characters of a certain Soul Level so you might just be over/underleveled in the pvp spots you're looking around in. I think there's a general list of associated areas and levels in the Wiki. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11519 Posts
On January 19 2013 04:57 Iranon wrote: The Dark Souls wiki (easily googled) is extremely informative, but I'd recommend playing through the game completely blind at least once. I don't know anything about PvP yet, but I'm still on my first playthrough (trying to do everything possible). Figuring things out as you go, making mistakes and getting surprised seem to be a core part of what makes this game so unique. The only thing that's really unintuitive is the upgrading system, but you can cross that bridge when you come to it; it's not relevant until a good ways into the game, and you don't want to spend your first playthrough researching and min/maxing anyway. I'd like to know if there are any major mistakes to be made, mostly regarding the upgrading of weapons. Do i understand it correctly that the base weapons are pretty much the same, and you just upgrade those you like? Or are there some weapons that are bad/do you get better weapons to upgrade later on? So far i have upgraded my basic broadsword to +4. I just basically don't want to waste irreplaceable/rare stuff if you get better basic weapons later. | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On January 21 2013 16:00 RuskiPanda wrote: A lot of times certain areas are commonly reserved for duels of characters of a certain Soul Level so you might just be over/underleveled in the pvp spots you're looking around in. I think there's a general list of associated areas and levels in the Wiki. thought red eye invades slightly below to anything above while blue eye invades anything below and slightly above? thats atleast what i read. | ||
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