i found the typical shield with extra stamina regen

you dont need anymore

and yeah, the butcher knife might actually get nerfed, got invaded and the guy got FUCKING REKT

Dizmaul

United States831 Posts

April 14 2016 15:04 GMT

#143

Speaking of Invasions I'm the asshole stopping groups of 3 from getting to boss. Had a great 2 hour session yesterday if anyone wants to check it out.

Soul level 30 at the dilapidated bridge did about 30 invasions.

https://www.twitch.tv/dizzyfunk/v/60440289

One of the best fights is at 01:10:55. Guy summons 2 friends then 2 more and a blue comes to help hah.

Winning 3v1 or 4v2 is just so fun. I deff have way better gear them most of these guys but it's almost never 1v1

Latham

9560 Posts

April 14 2016 15:29 GMT

#144

On April 14 2016 22:53 Faruko wrote:
i found the typical shield with extra stamina regen

you dont need anymore

and yeah, the butcher knife might actually get nerfed, got invaded and the guy got FUCKING REKT

Butcher Knife cannot be buffed by rasin and cannot be infused at the blacksmith to be any element. Having said that, it is an ideal early weapon for strength builds, or paladin builds (STR/FTH) with its decent attack speed, A scaling, great sword art, and OPopie 2handed heavy slams.

Also, don't hate on the + Show Spoiler [shield name] +

Grass Crest

shield. The stamina regen is invaluable since blocking eats your full bar in 2-3 swings from most enemies anyway. But by that point you should have the + Show Spoiler [the other stamina item] +

cloranthy ring

anyway.

Yrr

Germany804 Posts

April 14 2016 16:40 GMT

#145

I played for 10-12 hours and found out that walls have to be attacked to find secret doors and not "used".
I missed probably a few. :-(

dae

Canada1600 Posts

April 14 2016 19:15 GMT

#146

On April 13 2016 18:07 Enox wrote:
so, there are a lof a negative reviews on steam that say the game crashes a lot and the PC port is pretty poor. Is that true? I'm not sure if i should wait for the 1st patch to buy it or even worse, buy it for ps4 :s

First off, like every souls game, it expects you to be using a controller. It does not have nice controls/tutorials for how to use a m/kb for the game. That is where the pc port complaints come from. (If your using a controller on pc, its 100% fine).

About the crashes, I had a lot when I first started. Theres apparently something wrong about the lighting on anything lower then low, and it causes a lot of issues. Once I turned lighting down I didn't get anymore crashes.

Framerate is usually very good, having a couple frame drops in some places though - it's not perfect.

100% worth getting.

daemir

Finland8662 Posts

April 14 2016 19:31 GMT

#147

The pc porting is shoddy, I mean it doesn't take very much to at least make button prompts show up for keyboard instead of showing controller buttons if I'm not using a controller.

Still, good game and I'm no big souls fan.

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

April 14 2016 19:56 GMT

#148

Ok, someone tell me how to do massive damage with miracles. I buy faith and throw lightening at people. But how do charms factor in?

Dizmaul

United States831 Posts

April 14 2016 20:06 GMT

#149

For once I guess I'm lucky. I've had not one crash playing on max settings. The only thing I noticed is sometimes when picking up an item it drops frames for a second.

LaNague

Germany9118 Posts

April 14 2016 23:30 GMT

#150

i think this game for once is not playing well with nvidia drivers.

my old R9 290 is still at juuust under 60fps in places like the settlement, which is annoying because you cant deactivate vsync, but i would not call it a bad engine, its not like the game looks like dark souls 2.

Vaelone

Finland4400 Posts

April 15 2016 00:24 GMT

#151

Game does know how to reward you at times, I was getting really tired at the poison swamps, catacombs and other dark and tedious places and thus the sight of the area after killing + Show Spoiler +

High Lord Wolnir

was most welcome. Sight im referring to.

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

April 15 2016 05:57 GMT

#152

From deserves massive credit for the creature designs in this game. Especially with the bosses and their design/battle arenas. Just hit the mark with cool looking shit in this game.

hunts

United States2113 Posts

April 15 2016 08:27 GMT

#153

Is the game fine with mouse+keyboard or do you need a controller?

Yrr

Germany804 Posts

April 15 2016 09:03 GMT

#154

On April 15 2016 17:27 hunts wrote:
Is the game fine with mouse+keyboard or do you need a controller?

I would strongly advice you to use a controller. It is possible mith m/k but a controller is what its made for.

I use an xbox 360 controller on pc. They are pretty cheap and usefull for a good variety of games.

JoeCool

Germany2520 Posts

April 15 2016 09:25 GMT

#155

So I decided to go for a Dex-Build, never played one before. Played through DS 1 & 2 as some sort of Paladin (Str, Stam, Faith), but so far I do suck really, really hard. I know it's a lot of dodging but my damage is sooo low compared to my pyros...

Could you give me any advice on how to play as a merc? Pick up the Katana asap? Or go for the scythe?

Yrr

Germany804 Posts

April 15 2016 09:36 GMT

#156

On April 15 2016 18:25 JoeCool wrote:
So I decided to go for a Dex-Build, never played one before. Played through DS 1 & 2 as some sort of Paladin (Str, Stam, Faith), but so far I do suck really, really hard. I know it's a lot of dodging but my damage is sooo low compared to my pyros...

Could you give me any advice on how to play as a merc? Pick up the Katana asap? Or go for the scythe?

I played with the Katana for a while but it is too slow for my taste. Now I use the + Show Spoiler +

Irithyll Straight Sword

it does less damage but is faster and has a very nice moveset. Sadly it needs Twinkling though. I'm still not sure if I should spent mine yet or wait for another weapon.

daemir

Finland8662 Posts

April 15 2016 22:46 GMT

#157

I tried using the Irithyll, but it just doesn't do the damage for me compared to the Deep Battle Axe I've been using since forever.

nanaoei

3358 Posts

April 15 2016 23:21 GMT

#158

On April 15 2016 09:24 Vaelone wrote:
Game does know how to reward you at times, I was getting really tired at the poison swamps, catacombs and other dark and tedious places and thus the sight of the area after killing + Show Spoiler +

High Lord Wolnir

was most welcome. Sight im referring to.

grats man, looks great!

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

April 15 2016 23:28 GMT

#159

So i never played a dark souls title and want to start. Is it worth it to start with the first one? Usually people say the first is the best as far as i can tell, any opinions in here?