IIRC Dark Souls does not use a central server, right? So you should be able to play online for as long as you own the game, correct?
Has MS ever taken any games offline?
Forgive me, but I am uncertain if that is a serious question (in which case I have no idea) or sarcasm. If the latter, then it is a good thing I play Dark Souls on PS3.
Either way, if Dark Souls does not have a central server (which I am pretty sure is accurate) then the longevity of the online game will probably outlast the player base.
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I've yet to outright lose a save due to GFWL, but I have had tremendously heinous times trying to just start/update games before, so the new is a bit disheartening. While I wasn't part of the original petition to get the game to PC (mostly due to not believing it would actually do anything), I still told myself I'd support it if A) it did come to PC and it wasnt a horrendous port.
I guess I'll wait for the initial reviews before buying.
I lost savegames from Arkham Asylum and Red Faction Guerrilla. My fault for not backing up, the thing is, I had a full backup of my documents folder, it's just that you need to backup before uninstalling Windows, otherwise the files become useless. Also, IIRC, due to GFWL Red Faction Guerrilla had an incredibly slow patching cycle due to GFWL certification.
"...Dark Souls is all about making the player suffer and suffer HORRIBLY. Can you think of a better way to transport them to a realm of perpetual suffering than by using GFWL?"
either way i am excited for the pc port because i would really like to play this game. my laptop prooobably won't be able to stomach it but odds are more in favor of me getting a decent PC in the future than getting an xbox 360
I can live with GFWL although I'd much prefer to avoid it altogether, however I'd hope anyone here would be reasonable enough not to sign that petition. They've responded to a petition to bring it to the PC and the answer is to sign a new petition because they're bringing it using a service you hate? Wow. Not to mention the whole "Steam or no sale" part of it. What does that say? Hey developers, we want you to bring your games to PC, and when you do we'll continue to pressure you to make it for Steam! Physical copies, other DRM/distribution services, or no DRM at all? Not good enough, has to be Steam.
So is there a point in this game where my health is high enough and my defense is high enough that I'm not losing giant chunks of health to enemies?
My HP is just south of 1000 and I've got about 300 physical defense, and yet the basic soldier enemies at the beginning of the same (sword and shield) will still hit me for around 275 on a regular swing if I let them.
I seriously am not seeing any evidence of any kind of damage mitigation effect whatsoever. This is a point of contention between my friend and I - he is wearing super heavy armor (>50% burden) and insists that the mobility he sacrifices is worth the mitigation he sees, but I don't see any.
mitigation is pretty negligible if you aren't min-maxing it imo, i.e. wearing the heaviest stuff you can while staying at <50% equip load (>50% is so, so slow and I would say not worth it). in the end, you just don't ever want to actually trade blows so much as poke, stunlock or parry + riposte everything you see to death.
also, I just got my lightning spear too and the thing is just silly in how it invalidates any weapons you've been building for about 10 levels until you get to the next smith with some boss souls to play with. once you're there though, you can take weapons you actually like and get the same setup going.
curious, what level is your char vagrant? it sounds like we're doing roughly the same build and are around the same area but you have ~200 health and 4 faith on me.
I find in DS, except in very rare and one-off situations (looking at you Four Kings) you should not be putting yourself in a position where damage mitigation should even matter. Dodging or blocking are the way to go. Pick one and master it, but don't try to mix both.
Vagrant, I'm only two areas ahead of you, lvl57, and I'm still getting one-shotted by certain enemies. The only way to not die is to not get hit. I'm still using the Knight Shield (+4) and it's solid defense with minimal weight, which helps a lot, but the only real way to survive is to be faster than the enemy.
...huh, I'd almost say I'd have to hop onto my level 130-140ish +5 Paladin Armored Fire Cleric just to test how hard she gets hit by those first enemies... but then, I'm on NG++ now, so it wouldn't exactly be an accurate test...
I definitely don't remember the very first skeleton guards hitting me for more than about 60 or so once I got this armor though. Strange.
So is there a point in this game where my health is high enough and my defense is high enough that I'm not losing giant chunks of health to enemies?
My HP is just south of 1000 and I've got about 300 physical defense, and yet the basic soldier enemies at the beginning of the same (sword and shield) will still hit me for around 275 on a regular swing if I let them.
I seriously am not seeing any evidence of any kind of damage mitigation effect whatsoever. This is a point of contention between my friend and I - he is wearing super heavy armor (>50% burden) and insists that the mobility he sacrifices is worth the mitigation he sees, but I don't see any.
He dies a lot.
Once you get about 40 vitality, you'll see that your survivability rises tremendously. But really, you can die in a few hits if you're not careful. Just make sure you have a shield that can block at least 95% Phys damage (but really, 100% is better), and make sure you have enough endurance to take the hit to your stamina when you block. Otherwise, you're gonna have to dodge better.
Also, heavy armor is better used for Poise, which determines how easily stunned and knocked back you get from an enemy attack. Naturally, the higher, the better, but that also means more weight for you and less dodging maneuverability.
Again, Endurance raises your max equip burden to mitigate this, but also there are at least 2 rings that remedy this: Ring of Favor and protection, which also gives you a boost to health and stamina (but breaks if you de-equip it), and Havel's ring, which adds, what, 25-50 lbs for your max equip load. Roughly, wearing the RoFaP, while having an Endurance of 30 will let you wear the heaviest armor in the game with a normal roll (not the usual heavy roll).
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God this GFWL whining is so silly.
Now there's a petition to remove it from the game.
Ugh.
So is there a point in this game where my health is high enough and my defense is high enough that I'm not losing giant chunks of health to enemies?
My HP is just south of 1000 and I've got about 300 physical defense, and yet the basic soldier enemies at the beginning of the same (sword and shield) will still hit me for around 275 on a regular swing if I let them.
Is that when blocking or when not blocking? If you're not blocking, well, there you go. You should be an unmovable mountain when blocking, however, only taking serious damage from things like Havel (oh god he hurts. Better have a 100% Phys shield or he'll one-shot you even when blocking) and Really Nasty Shit.
Heavy armour gameplay is "block until opening, then strike", not "I care not for blocking, I swing sword lol".
It's just strange coming from demons souls because in that game not only is damage mitigation very evident (red eye knights barely scratch me), but shield drain is heavily mitigated too. For example the skeletons in the shrine of storms do this guard breaking, heavy overhead slash. Early to mid game that attack will drain your entire stamina meter. Right now it probably takes about 15% of my stamina (at level 400 mind you). I haven't noticed that in dark souls...or is that what stability is?
It's just strange coming from demons souls because in that game not only is damage mitigation very evident (red eye knights barely scratch me), but shield drain is heavily mitigated too. For example the skeletons in the shrine of storms do this guard breaking, heavy overhead slash. Early to mid game that attack will drain your entire stamina meter. Right now it probably takes about 15% of my stamina (at level 400 mind you). I haven't noticed that in dark souls...or is that what stability is?
That's exactly what stability is. If you pick up great shields, you'll notice blocking drain less of your stamina. I upgraded from the Knight Shield to the Eagle Shield, and now I can block anything from the lesser minotaur and capra demons despite being lax in upgrading my endurance.
Poise is your armor's ability to help you ignore a hit during your animations. Like if you have a giant hammer, and you want to make sure your swing hits somebody no matter what, you want poise.
It's just strange coming from demons souls because in that game not only is damage mitigation very evident (red eye knights barely scratch me), but shield drain is heavily mitigated too. For example the skeletons in the shrine of storms do this guard breaking, heavy overhead slash. Early to mid game that attack will drain your entire stamina meter. Right now it probably takes about 15% of my stamina (at level 400 mind you). I haven't noticed that in dark souls...or is that what stability is?
No amount of armor/hp will make you meaty after playthrough 1. All it does it take you out of the OHKO zone, and into 2-3HKO zones.
mitigation is pretty negligible if you aren't min-maxing it imo, i.e. wearing the heaviest stuff you can while staying at <50% equip load (>50% is so, so slow and I would say not worth it). in the end, you just don't ever want to actually trade blows so much as poke, stunlock or parry + riposte everything you see to death.
also, I just got my lightning spear too and the thing is just silly in how it invalidates any weapons you've been building for about 10 levels until you get to the next smith with some boss souls to play with. once you're there though, you can take weapons you actually like and get the same setup going.
curious, what level is your char vagrant? it sounds like we're doing roughly the same build and are around the same area but you have ~200 health and 4 faith on me.
Level your armor/shield up, especially the shield.
My Fire Cleric had the Paladin Armor set all at +5 and an Eagle Shield at +15 going into NG+. I believe when I ran down to Havel as a shortcut (I don't think I ever killed Taurus Demon in NG+ or NG++), I was able to tank his Dragon's Tooth hits with that setup, which amused me to no end.
I have a knight shield +10 and my chain shirt is at +7 right now I think. I should probably farm some titanite...I still need to pick up the ring.
So I've noticed that I'm getting humanity, but not humanity the item. Where's that coming from? Like I was playing yesterday and I looked up to find that I had 12(!) humanity stored up.
e: AUGH! I think I've fucked up everything!
My firekeeper is dead. Somehow...and also I attacked that serpent-headed NPC...frampt? He was very intimidating! I didn't want to get close. So I started shooting him from afar. After a few shots he called me a silly fool and ran away. Sad face.
I have a knight shield +10 and my chain shirt is at +7 right now I think. I should probably farm some titanite...I still need to pick up the ring.
So I've noticed that I'm getting humanity, but not humanity the item. Where's that coming from? Like I was playing yesterday and I looked up to find that I had 12(!) humanity stored up.
e: AUGH! I think I've fucked up everything!
My firekeeper is dead. Somehow...and also I attacked that serpent-headed NPC...frampt? He was very intimidating! I didn't want to get close. So I started shooting him from afar. After a few shots he called me a silly fool and ran away. Sad face.
Are you leaving a lot of messages on the ground? If they get upvoted, you receive humanity as a bonus. And that firekeeper thing is plot related, it can be remedied later in the story. As for Frampt... uh... I'm not sure if he comes back, but he's pretty baller. Maybe a reload is in order?
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I have a knight shield +10 and my chain shirt is at +7 right now I think. I should probably farm some titanite...I still need to pick up the ring.
So I've noticed that I'm getting humanity, but not humanity the item. Where's that coming from? Like I was playing yesterday and I looked up to find that I had 12(!) humanity stored up.
e: AUGH! I think I've fucked up everything!
My firekeeper is dead. Somehow...and also I attacked that serpent-headed NPC...frampt? He was very intimidating! I didn't want to get close. So I started shooting him from afar. After a few shots he called me a silly fool and ran away. Sad face.
Frampt is more of a gimmick than anything else. If he was around still, you could have "sold" some unneeded items for a few souls, though it's kind of unnecessary considering how easy it is to get them. As for the plot, he's not necessary, and rather, you can still try and join the Darkwraiths (in which case, he would have left anyway).
As for the Fire Keeper, Anastacia... you remember that golden knight, Lautrec? Yeaaaaaaah, he killed her. You gotta use that Black-Eye Orb in Anor Londo to track him down and get her soul back, then you can revive her (DON'T USE THE SOUL EVER!!!)
EDIT: Oh, and you can get humanity simply by killing a lot of undead. It's pretty easy, really.
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Sad I suppose, but certainly not unexpected. In fact I had (mistakenly) thought they had been offline for awhile now.
IIRC Dark Souls does not use a central server, right? So you should be able to play online for as long as you own the game, correct?
I just bought the bloody thing
Has MS ever taken any games offline?
oh my god DLC FOR CONSOLES PLEASE
dragon/manticore/creepy hand didn't quite do it but another gwyn-esque fight did, HYPEHYPEHYPE
Forgive me, but I am uncertain if that is a serious question (in which case I have no idea) or sarcasm. If the latter, then it is a good thing I play Dark Souls on PS3.
Either way, if Dark Souls does not have a central server (which I am pretty sure is accurate) then the longevity of the online game will probably outlast the player base.
Edit: Hopefully they DO decide to release on Steam anyways, like Red Faction Guerrilla.
I guess I'll wait for the initial reviews before buying.
Especially since I just picked up this shock spear in Sen's fort and it completely outclasses everything else I have.
I can live with GFWL although I'd much prefer to avoid it altogether, however I'd hope anyone here would be reasonable enough not to sign that petition. They've responded to a petition to bring it to the PC and the answer is to sign a new petition because they're bringing it using a service you hate? Wow. Not to mention the whole "Steam or no sale" part of it. What does that say? Hey developers, we want you to bring your games to PC, and when you do we'll continue to pressure you to make it for Steam! Physical copies, other DRM/distribution services, or no DRM at all? Not good enough, has to be Steam.
My HP is just south of 1000 and I've got about 300 physical defense, and yet the basic soldier enemies at the beginning of the same (sword and shield) will still hit me for around 275 on a regular swing if I let them.
I seriously am not seeing any evidence of any kind of damage mitigation effect whatsoever. This is a point of contention between my friend and I - he is wearing super heavy armor (>50% burden) and insists that the mobility he sacrifices is worth the mitigation he sees, but I don't see any.
He dies a lot.
also, I just got my lightning spear too and the thing is just silly in how it invalidates any weapons you've been building for about 10 levels until you get to the next smith with some boss souls to play with. once you're there though, you can take weapons you actually like and get the same setup going.
curious, what level is your char vagrant? it sounds like we're doing roughly the same build and are around the same area but you have ~200 health and 4 faith on me.
I definitely don't remember the very first skeleton guards hitting me for more than about 60 or so once I got this armor though. Strange.
Once you get about 40 vitality, you'll see that your survivability rises tremendously. But really, you can die in a few hits if you're not careful. Just make sure you have a shield that can block at least 95% Phys damage (but really, 100% is better), and make sure you have enough endurance to take the hit to your stamina when you block. Otherwise, you're gonna have to dodge better.
Also, heavy armor is better used for Poise, which determines how easily stunned and knocked back you get from an enemy attack. Naturally, the higher, the better, but that also means more weight for you and less dodging maneuverability.
Again, Endurance raises your max equip burden to mitigate this, but also there are at least 2 rings that remedy this: Ring of Favor and protection, which also gives you a boost to health and stamina (but breaks if you de-equip it), and Havel's ring, which adds, what, 25-50 lbs for your max equip load. Roughly, wearing the RoFaP, while having an Endurance of 30 will let you wear the heaviest armor in the game with a normal roll (not the usual heavy roll).
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Now there's a petition to remove it from the game.
Ugh.
Yeah, normally I'd go fuck GFWL...but we're bloody lucky to get a PC port of this gem. We should be thankful and just goddamn roll with it.
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Heavy armour gameplay is "block until opening, then strike", not "I care not for blocking, I swing sword lol".
That's exactly what stability is. If you pick up great shields, you'll notice blocking drain less of your stamina. I upgraded from the Knight Shield to the Eagle Shield, and now I can block anything from the lesser minotaur and capra demons despite being lax in upgrading my endurance.
Poise is your armor's ability to help you ignore a hit during your animations. Like if you have a giant hammer, and you want to make sure your swing hits somebody no matter what, you want poise.
No amount of armor/hp will make you meaty after playthrough 1. All it does it take you out of the OHKO zone, and into 2-3HKO zones.
Is it worth raising my resistance at all?
I'm around 75, now.
My Fire Cleric had the Paladin Armor set all at +5 and an Eagle Shield at +15 going into NG+. I believe when I ran down to Havel as a shortcut (I don't think I ever killed Taurus Demon in NG+ or NG++), I was able to tank his Dragon's Tooth hits with that setup, which amused me to no end.
Also, fuck Four Kings on NG+.
So I've noticed that I'm getting humanity, but not humanity the item. Where's that coming from? Like I was playing yesterday and I looked up to find that I had 12(!) humanity stored up.
e: AUGH! I think I've fucked up everything!
My firekeeper is dead. Somehow...and also I attacked that serpent-headed NPC...frampt? He was very intimidating! I didn't want to get close. So I started shooting him from afar. After a few shots he called me a silly fool and ran away. Sad face.
Are you leaving a lot of messages on the ground? If they get upvoted, you receive humanity as a bonus. And that firekeeper thing is plot related, it can be remedied later in the story. As for Frampt... uh... I'm not sure if he comes back, but he's pretty baller. Maybe a reload is in order?
Get out.
Frampt is more of a gimmick than anything else. If he was around still, you could have "sold" some unneeded items for a few souls, though it's kind of unnecessary considering how easy it is to get them. As for the plot, he's not necessary, and rather, you can still try and join the Darkwraiths (in which case, he would have left anyway).
As for the Fire Keeper, Anastacia... you remember that golden knight, Lautrec? Yeaaaaaaah, he killed her. You gotta use that Black-Eye Orb in Anor Londo to track him down and get her soul back, then you can revive her (DON'T USE THE SOUL EVER!!!)
EDIT: Oh, and you can get humanity simply by killing a lot of undead. It's pretty easy, really.
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