Dark Souls: Initial Thoughts
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I can definitely see where they'd be a pain in the ass if you can't lock on, but one way or the other that's not an intentional trait of the slimes, as I can lock on to them perfectly fine, either a bug or something you're overlooking.ghost whistler said:
Can't really remember now that I think about it, but possibly most of the times I've run past the slimes have been from behind, in which case I'd assume they're just facing one direction and don't drop down as quickly if you come from the other way. Perhaps I've just gotten lucky with that, never actually have had one land on me other than the very first one you see.
Can't say I've ever paid much attention to weapon erosion, found the repairs pretty trivial regardless to what I was doing, suppose it depends on the weapon.
That really just applied to individual levels, which I'd agree are both boring and meaningless. But try doing anything at level 10 or so and then again at 50+, and it'll sure as hell be easier. Still boring, but every 10 levels or so apart is a pretty significant boost on all fronts. Certainly not an interesting boost, but tough enemies become pushovers as your resistance go up along with your damage output.ghost whistler said:
Of course, equipment is rather important as well, levelling up your stuff will make more of a difference than huge amounts of levels, but at the very least, getting more stamina makes the game easier on all fronts, with all actions both offensive and defensive requiring it. The more you can take on your shield without being exhausted and knocked the fuck out, the better.
But as you were getting at, in the end it all comes down to knowing the enemies attacks and getting the timing down. If you can't manage those aspects, you're likely screwed no matter what. All higher levels really do is make the game more lenient when you make mistakes, it won't change the outcome if you keep making them.
I agree that the fight was complete and utter bullshit. After a bit of thinking I came up with a plan. Before I enter the fog, I wield my Drake Sword in 2 hands, kill the two douche-dogs using the special attack the very moment I have free movement, roll through the bastard and run my ass off to the ledge. From there, I lunge him when he's close and I firebomb his ass when he walks away.AlternatePFG said:
Though I killed him, he managed to knock me off of the ledge with just a bit of hp left before he died. I panicked and just attacked him. A single hit from the most basic, armorless enemy would have killed me at that point.
Anyone know a good soul farming routine? I can't use the Dragon because he had a sudden heart attack and died after I killed the Capra Demon. Right now I'm killing the trees in Darkroot Garden to get 20k souls for the door key.
Ooh look, an ignoramus who can't argue his way out of a paper bag!ghost whistler said:
Once again, I don't give a crap what you think of the game, but all the same I am going to respond to your poorly founded points. I don't give a crap whether you play the game, and I have never given a crap whether or not you play the game. You bought a game that you didn't think you would like. The game was upfront about offering a challenging experience. You didn't think that would appeal to you but you bought it anyway, and now you continue to burn through your leisure time doing something you don't enjoy. I think this makes you moron. But by all means, keep playing the game and bellyaching about it. In a thread full of Dark Souls players you are ironically making yourself out to be the biggest masochist, not to mention the biggest whiner.
You continuously claim that your failures are due to bad controls and design, but then provide ample evidence to the contrary. If you can't avoid the bushmen's bite attack, it is because you are hopeless, and not because the game is unfair. The attack is preceded by a distinctive animation that makes it easy to predict, and has a very short attack range so it is easy to dodge. The fact that you have failed to learn this is one example of many that your repeated deaths are due to your poor observation skills and/or reflexes. That is why you have failed where others have triumphed. Others have taken a thoughtful approach, have carefully considered the tools at their disposal, and have experimented with their tactics.
Once again you shriek "ELITIST! ALERT!" when attention is drawn to the evidence of your poor skills. If a player is getting massacred by cloaked units in a game of Starcraft, am I being elitist if I point out their failure to build units that can detect cloaks? How DARE I have a better understanding of the game's mechanics. Do you cry elitism to deflect all of your failings in life? Is your driving instructor being elitist when he flunks you?
If you had thus far been more civil, I would have responded in kind and given you helpful tips without the snark, but you have consistently attacked the character of others, and I therefore feel no inclination to be patient with you.
Please go back to this glamorous life of yours and quit trying to break down the brick wall that is Dark Souls with your nose. My friends routinely massacre me at fighting games, but I don't whine about how unbalanced the characters are, or how my teeny tiny hands put me at a disadvantage. I admit to myself that my skills are lacking, evidenced by the fact that others have succeeded where I have failed. And when the experience ceases to be fun for me, I find something better to do. I have a nice meal. I go for a jog. I wash the dishes. I have sex. But yeah, I'm obviously the one who needs to get a life.
Actually the best soul farming method I've found so far is through that door. There's a bonfire right hidden behind an illusory right beside the door which is essential to the speedy farming. Once you pass through the door into a wide open forest area you will see a hostile NPC nearby. Once he spots you he'll start firing soul arrows at you. You can dodge them fairly easily but you might still want a shield with good magic resistance. It's best to lure him towards you since there are other NPC's deeper into the forest who are much more difficult to kill, and will spot you if you wander too far in. The sorcery using NPC will net you 2000 souls per kill. Unless your stats are particularly high I suggest you kill him by luring him to the cliff, circling around him and then knocking him off. The halberd works well for this. You can repeatedly stab him with it, causing him to stagger backwards and fall to his death. After you have your souls you can run back to the bonfire to make him respawn and repeat the run. Once you get good at the run you can easily earn 2000 souls in less than a minute. With my current stats I can kill him quite easily without having to lure him off the cliff, and it takes my just shy of 40 seconds per run. Hope this helps.Xyphon said:
You have whined. Nearly all of your points boil down to either you whining that the developers geared their game towards people other than you, or that you have gotten your ass kicked in places others managed to smoothly overcome.ghost whistler said:
Indeed, the backstab is considerably more difficult to execute than it was in Demon's Souls. I'm guessing they thought it was overpowered. Congratulations, you made a legitimate criticism. Make a few more and you might dig yourself out of the pit of stupid enough for us to see your eyebrows.
I have rebutted several of your criticisms, showing why your approach is leading you to failure, and you have simply ignored them and repeated "Bad design! Those silly Japanese!" because you are incapable of debating competently. That, and deflecting with cries of elitism. And keep ignoring my argument as to why my responses are not elitist. I'm not mocking you because you suck at the game. I'm mocking you because your arguments stink and you have a shitty attitude.
He asked for a soul farming method, and he's still going to need a soul farming method when he gets the door open, so unless you have a better suggestion, quit being a smart-ass and move along.ghost whistler said:
If your need for souls is going to completely evaporate when you get that door open, feel free to ignore my advice. In the meantime, it shouldn't take you long to get the door open with the souls dropped by enemies in Darkroot. Are you killing stone soldiers on your run as well? They're actually quite easy when you know what to do, and the five of them in the area before the Moonlight Butterfly will get you an extra 1500 souls per run. Also, if you don't know, bush monsters can be killed while they're still underground when you know where they are.Xyphon said:You know, that area is the entire reason I'm trying to farm the 20k souls in the first place.QueenOliver said:
The only place for me where the framerate was a genuine hindrance was with the three Shadow the Hedgehog/Cat Monsters in Darkroot when more than one of them executed a rolling attack at once. We're talking single frames here. Killing them required a lot of caution and patience. Thank god they didn't respawn.Amondren said:
All of my other significant framerate hits have bizarrely been in places with me running through empty areas with little to nothing happening.