Dark Souls Discussion Thread

[Humabout]

The more I play this game, the more I love it and the more I think it'd make an awesome dungeon crawl slugfest of a game.  It'd also be an awesome setting just to adventure in.

[Matt Larkin (author)]

I did get the game and start playing. I am quite enjoying it. LC was right, not as difficult as it was portrayed.

[Lmns Crn]

I want to hear a play-by-play in this thread. Impressions, questions (which we will probably not answer, because spoilers), ragequits... the works.

So, ah,

[Numinous]

I want to hear a play-by-play in this thread. Impressions, questions (which we will probably not answer, because spoilers), ragequits... the works.

So, ah,

Grad school ate my life.  Will report when I actually have a free hour to put into the game!

[Humabout]

So hit something annoying today.  I regained my humanity so I could summon a couple of NPCs for a boss fight, and some tool invaded me and killed me.  And he thought it was cute to keep invading me, so I stopped playing for the day.  Is there a way to prevent invasion so I can PvE in peace?

[SA]

Disable the internet or stay hollowed. There's no in-game way to prevent invasion if you are human.

[Lmns Crn]

One thing you can do sometimes is sprint for the fog gate. If you start the boss fight, invaders won't be able to follow you.

Also, there's a hidden timer on invading the same person, so unless something weird is going on, somebody shouldn't be able to grief you repeatedly like that.

Also also, covenants: [spoiler]There are a few covenants that will make you more likely to find members of them online. (You can join one of them quite easily from the priest by Firelink Shrine.) Because of the way connections work in Dark Souls, having more "nearby" connections from a friendly covenant means you'll have fewer nearby connections from Darkwraiths.

Probably.

It's sort of poorly understood.[/spoiler]

[Humabout]

Thank you for the info guys!  Do you know how long the timer is?  And does it reset if I hit up a firelink shrine?  I'm down with farming until I can do this thing in peace.

[Hibou]

Thank you for the info guys!  Do you know how long the timer is?  And does it reset if I hit up a firelink shrine?  I'm down with farming until I can do this thing in peace.

I'm not sure if it resets by visiting a bonfire and don't know the time, but there is an item in the game that allows you to reset it to be invaded again. It might sound weird at first, but take the invasions as an opportunity to improve yourself - sometimes they can be really hard to come by, and the first time you get one of those pvp wins you'll feel electric.

[Humabout]

See, I wouldn't have minded so much of an issue if I didn't lose the last of my humanity and am stuck trying to farm some now.  It just seems kind of irritating, since the game itself had nothing to do with me getting stuck, and I am really liking the game so far.  If I get bored farming, I might start a new character.  I can probably do things better on a new run through anyway.  I killed the undead merchant before loading up on ammo and had to circumvent one of the other bosses (trying not to spoil anything here).

[Matt Larkin (author)]

I tried a pyromancer first, but didn't love it, then started a Knight and liked it better. High Poise, high shield stability, strong armor--works for me. Odd, because I don't usually go for tank builds, but I'm liking it in this game.

[Humabout]

Really?  I'm scared to tank in this game.  I'm going the nimble route (still haven't tried complicating things with magic, miracles or pyromancy) and am loving it.  My timing still sucks, but it's improving.

[Lmns Crn]

Knights are unusual as a starting class, because unless I am mistaken they are the only class whose starting gear puts them into the "above 50% of the weight limit" range, so they move differently than other classes. Poise is great, but I could never get used to being slow.

You can "tank" quite a lot with a good shield and some stamina management timing. The real trick is learning what is possible to tank and what is too dangerous to stand in front of.

[Matt Larkin (author)]

I've found, so far, with a high stability shield, jacked up stamina, and good armor/ HP, I can tank almost anything. Some things still deal damage, but usually I can just pop the flask and be back to full before the foe has recovered from its animation. I mean, of course, it grows as your character developed. Early in the build I tried to fight Havel the Rock and his attack tore through my shield. I fought him last night, and it only took about 2/3 of the stamina bar. And yeah, as LC says, stamina management timing.

Speaking of stamina management, I also fought Sif last night. When he picked up that sword, I was going WTF?

It was actually the Knight's gear that attracted me to it.

[Hibou]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWRIO92R_pQ le omg DS2 beta video