Dark Souls - Prepare to Die (PC) - Page 155

On January 12 2015 08:21 Koshi wrote:
I am having fun the pyromancer spells. Sad I only found out about this after 70 hours lol.

On January 12 2015 16:26 ViperPL wrote:
there is a chest hidden behind giant blacksmith in Anor Londo!

On January 10 2015 19:51 Latham wrote:
A small update from me:
I've been farming for the last few days, both souls and titanite slabs. Souls in the painted world and slabs from darkwraiths. Boy, do those wraiths do not want to share their slabs. I got 3 slabs in about 8 hours of farming. About 80 runs (counting with homeward bones). I'm 104 or 105 at this point, with a +15zwei, +15uchi, +5lightning halberd and various other weapons at +14. Got fully upgraded sentinel armour, crimson set (since it upgrades with twinkling which you can just buy) and +9 elite knight's full set.

I'll try to write more witty reports, but to be completely honest the game has lost it's exciting difficulty. My most difficult opponents are now ledges and jumps. Figuring out were to put the other stat points since I'm at 40VIT 40END 40DEX is now the hardest part of the game.
I've been thinking of putting aonther 5 into DEX for both damage and cast speed since I did go pyromancy and got the flame ascended and upgraded to the max. Maybe more points into END because I want fast rolls or even ninja flips in Elite Knight's, I'll do some maths on the character planner.

What level do people generally PvP at on the PC steam version? I was reading that it ranges mostly from 100 to 120? Would it hinder my experience if I went to 125 or even 135?

On January 15 2015 15:48 ViperPL wrote:
I'd say Vit is overrated unless you want to pvp or go all the way to NG7+. On my dex/fth character I'm in NG++ with only 15 Vit and fap ring and it's more than enough hp to deal with stuff. I might get some more points into it later on if the situation calls for it.

Not sure about the mouse thing. When I switched to steamworks I didn't notice any difference in mouse performance (though I don't use dsfix, but wasn't there a recent update to make it work properly?). Luckily for me I bought 360 controller recently just for Dark Souls, though I might get DA:I and I read that controller is way better for it than k&m so that's good As a recent convert to controller I'd advise you to get one, it really is a world of difference.

On January 15 2015 10:02 The_Australian wrote:


Honestly one of the best things you can invest in soul level wise is vit. Sure the scaling isn't as great (like any skill) after 40, but anything in dex/strength won't add much damage at all and 5 points in dex for cast speed is pretty negligible in my opinion. The extra health is just good. The other option is End to either stay in the same weightclass with better armor or go up one weight class, but it's something you'd have to calculate. doing this restricts any armor changes/ring choices you might want to make from then on out.

One thing to note is if you enjoy using the halberd (i sure do) it's worth removing the lightning ascension and turning it back to +15, the C/C scaling with a 40/40 quility build will do much more damage, especially in pvp, and especially with the leo ring.
As to the PvP meta, anything at soul level 95-130 will grant you a lot of traffic. I usually keep my pvp accounts to 95 to avoid brandon builds alone (even though i know the parry timings that build is fucking ridiculously hard to deal with).

I really need help with a problem. Ever since the steam re-release i'm finding that mouse support for the game is just gone. I realise a lot of you probably use a controller but I've got over 400 hours (mostly pvp) worth of muscle memory on keyboard/mouse and really don't want to switch (unless the alternative is not playing the game again). Any related topics i can find are from 2012/2013 regarding DS fix and the fact that the cursor would be visable, but nothing about mouse support being suddenly gone. Please help if you know anything about it.
Edit: further information about the mouse issue: it sometimes work's on the menu/character selection screen, just not ingame. At this point i'm wondering if its something to do with DSfix.

On January 15 2015 16:45 maartendq wrote:

I'd say VIT is important to new players who don't know the attack patterns very well yet. For experienced players it becomes less important because they have mastered the dodging, blocking and parrying mechanics a lot better already.

On January 15 2015 15:48 ViperPL wrote:
I'd say Vit is overrated unless you want to pvp or go all the way to NG7+. On my dex/fth character I'm in NG++ with only 15 Vit and fap ring and it's more than enough hp to deal with stuff. I might get some more points into it later on if the situation calls for it.

Not sure about the mouse thing. When I switched to steamworks I didn't notice any difference in mouse performance (though I don't use dsfix, but wasn't there a recent update to make it work properly?). Luckily for me I bought 360 controller recently just for Dark Souls, though I might get DA:I and I read that controller is way better for it than k&m so that's good As a recent convert to controller I'd advise you to get one, it really is a world of difference.

On January 15 2015 16:51 Nimix wrote:

The new DSFix for the steam release doesn't seem totally on point, I can't unlock FPS anymore without the game crashing, so maybe the mouse support is broken too? You can only hope they'll fix it soon

On January 16 2015 18:53 Koshi wrote:
Died twice to a boss you are not supposed to beat yesterday. I was sad.