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[TheLittleBird]

After barely escaping sleeps-with-vibroblades and flying the Ebon Hawk into space right after a surprisingly not-out-of-place-feeling turret section, Ser Wesley (Yes I named my character after a Templar in DA2) decided to blow up the asteroid field behind him to cover his escape.

 

It took some getting used to, but I am now in love with this game. Nostalgia's hitting me left and right, though I wonder how I got through all this when I was little over 10 years old, what with English not being my mother language at all. I am glad I played it then though, since that seems to be reason why it's holding up so well to me, despite being so old. To clarify:

 

I can't really play old games. The systems don't really work for me, for some reason. They just don't feel right. A great example is Morrowind: as much as I love Oblivion and Skyrim, I can't seem to be able to play through Morrowind for very long before admitting I dislike it.

Luckily, that is not the case with games I played when they came out, like KOTOR 2 and Rome: Total War. Despite being 'old' games, I can still play them just fine.

[Artemis Leonhart]

That's one fancy looking suit, Bird.

 

I've never played the KotOR games, but perhaps I'll check it out after I'm done with DS and DS2.

 

Speaking of dark souls, I fought against Ornstein and Smough last night. I've managed to kill Smough two times, but beefed up Ornstein is just too much. I know killing Smough last is easier, but I really want Ornstein's armor (someone told me the one I kill last will have his armor become aquireable).

Like True Evil said, if you are in human form you can summon the true dark souls' bro to help you, and you can also summon other players, if you find their summon signs, they usually are near the bonfires or just outside the fog wall. If you are out of humanities, then keep in mind that Smough is weak to lightning damage while Ornstein resists it but he's weak to fire.
When fighting Super Ornstein, try to stay between his legs, this way most of his strikes will miss you. Also, keep your equip load as low as possible, this is a fight where poise is almost useless and you have to learn to properly dodge an attack.

[TheLittleBird]

I decided I'm going to start over with KOTOR 2, since I'm not really liking being a d*** to everyone, and would prefer playing like a real Jedi should. was just after meeting Bao-dur on this one.

 

Decision-making is a lot more engaging when you just choose whatever you think is best, I feel. And that's what reborn Ser Wesley's going to do.

[Iron Star]

Got myself a decent weapon that isn't the crystal halberd: The black knight greatsword! I've had it in my bag for a while now, but I was kinda undecided on wheter to level up my dex to 18 or not. I'm glad I did; 2-shoting those giants right before Ornstein and Smough is hilarious considering how much trouble I had with them earlier. It's kinda slow, but I'm getting used to it. Still haven't defeated the bosses yet, but I'm getting there!

[Artemis Leonhart]

That sword is quite good, and it's easily upgraded with twinkling titanites that the giant blacksmith conveniently sells. That sword will serve you well for the rest of the playthrough and then some.

[Iron Star]

Hey Antaine, if you happen to have a character that's summonable by a level 57, would you like to help me kill ornstein and smough? Since you're not online right now I'll check back 23.00 (Paris time). If you want and can help, we could try it out!

[Artemis Leonhart]

Aw, man...the only character I have on pc that has thus far obtained the Lordvessel and can teleport immediately to Anor Lond is a level 93.
Basically, you should be at least level 74 to be able to see my summon sign. All my other characters have to still do the Fortress (some even Blight Town).
I might try to do some kind of rush through Blight Town/Sen's Fortress with a character, but I don't know how much time it would take me.
I wouldn't ask you to grind and level up that high, since I don't know at what soul level you wish to stop; also, going up to level 74 would make the rest of the game a bit easier, so it might be a turn off.

[Iron Star]

That's too bad.

 

I wouldn't mind grinding to 74, but I have a feeling that'll take a long time, since currently leveling up costs about 20k souls...

I'll try getting my sword as upgraded as possible, if you feel like it we could do ornstein and smough some other time, I'll wait (if you want to of course).

[Artemis Leonhart]

That's too bad.

 

I wouldn't mind grinding to 74, but I have a feeling that'll take a long time, since currently leveling up costs about 20k souls...

I'll try getting my sword as upgraded as possible, if you feel like it we could do ornstein and smough some other time, I'll wait (if you want to of course).

I knew I should have played during the weekend and make some progress, but I got lazy.

Well, the sentinels net 3000 souls a pop, but yeah, it might get tedious grinding them over and over...

I'd like to help you with Snorlax and Pikachu (as they are sometimes nicknamed), they are a big pain in the butt when fighting solo, but I don't want to make you wait: are you sure it's ok?
I admit I never tried to rush Blighttown (altough there's a shortcut, so that's not a big issue) and the Fortress, might take me a couple of days. If you are cool with waiting I might give it shot.

[Iron Star]

Sure thing! I'll look forward to playing online in co-op mode! So far I've never managed to summon someone successfully online, and I've only been invaded once.

 

Luckily the silver knights are easy to farm now, my sowrd is already +4 and I only need two more twinkling titanite for the 5th upgrade, which'll make the knights one-shotable.

[Artemis Leonhart]

Ok, I'll get my two hander gal out of the depths, and take the shortcut to Blight Town, let's hope I manage to rush the Fortress and half of Anor Londo...I just remembered the damn archers shooting harpoons. Ugh, I hate them so much.
Yeah, it will be my first co-op too, I usually play offline since I don't like being interrupted by invaders who usually don't know what "honorable duel" even means. I look forward to some jolly co-operation.

Eh, I told you that sword is good.   Had you mentioned you got it as a drop (it's random, it doesn't drop always, you got very lucky), I would have recommended it to you waaay earlier.
The beauty of this sword is that it's easy to upgrade and hits like a truck. Oh, it also does bonus damage against chaos demons, like the taurus and the capra demon.
I know, you're thinking: "But I already killed them, the bonus is useless now!". But the thing is, you just killed A taurus demon and A capra demon...there are more in a later area, and the bonus damage will come quite in handy.
Coincidentally, my two hander character is using exactly the same sword.

[Iron Star]

Hehe, I think I actually already met the other capra and taurus demons, they're in the area with the ceaseless discharge right?

[Artemis Leonhart]

Yes, you've been there? There are quite a few capras and taurus IIRC.

Edit: killed Queelag, i forgot how much lag there is in Blight Town, lol. On my way to Sen's, though I don't think I'll get even halfway through tonight, but I'll try nonetheless.

Modifié par Antaine87, 17 mars 2014 - 11:48 .

[Iron Star]

No need to rush! Take your time, I'll wait.

 

I killed the third black knight, the one in darkroot basin, sadly I got the shield and not the polearm. I wanted it as my secondary weapon, but oh well. I also killed Havel, so now I finally have that rinf you mentioned aswell!

[Artemis Leonhart]

No need to rush! Take your time, I'll wait.

 

I killed the third black knight, the one in darkroot basin, sadly I got the shield and not the polearm. I wanted it as my secondary weapon, but oh well. I also killed Havel, so now I finally have that rinf you mentioned aswell!

I didn't want to make you wait too long, I can always go back to loot what I left behind.

Yes, that halberd is a nightmare to get, its drop rate is quite low...the shield is good, though, when improved it has ok stability and it's great against fire damage.
Good, Havel's ring is useful for characters who equip heavy armour and weapons. It will serve you well.

[Dio Demon]

I wish I could help you I'm on PS3 we actually don't get lag in Blightown thankfully, after I finish Thief and Deus Ex: HR I'm going to start Dark Souls 2. :3 Unless inFAMOUS second son comes out then everything should get outta the way.

[Iron Star]

I wish I could help you I'm on PS3 we actually don't get lag in Blightown thankfully, after I finish Thief and Deus Ex: HR I'm going to start Dark Souls 2. :3 Unless inFAMOUS second son comes out then everything should get outta the way.

Too bad PS3 can't play with pc.

Why is everyone mentioning lag in blighttown though? I had no trouble whatsoever while I was there. in fact, I think I've had worse lag in anor londo, where my screen moves the game about 5 centimeters to the left, so that I have to exit to the game menu and fix it in options (options while in the game doesn't work for some reason).

 

I bought Deus Ex: HR when it came out but for some reason I just can't get into it. I know people say it's good and I like the setting, but the furthests I've gotten in it is finishing the terrorist attack by the pro-human group.

Although I've never played any thief games, I've heard that this new one isn't worthy of being called a successor to the series. People (those I've heard, at least) claim that dishonored was the true "spiritual successor" of the franchise. Not that I'm telling you to not play the game, just warning you that it might not be as good as you expect it to be (if you have any expectations of it that, is ).

[Dio Demon]

Too bad PS3 can't play with pc.

Why is everyone mentioning lag in blighttown though? I had no trouble whatsoever while I was there. in fact, I think I've had worse lag in anor londo, where my screen moves the game about 5 centimeters to the left, so that I have to exit to the game menu and fix it in options (options while in the game doesn't work for some reason).

 

I bought Deus Ex: HR when it came out but for some reason I just can't get into it. I know people say it's good and I like the setting, but the furthests I've gotten in it is finishing the terrorist attack by the pro-human group.

Although I've never played any thief games, I've heard that this new one isn't worthy of being called a successor to the series. People (those I've heard, at least) claim that dishonored was the true "spiritual successor" of the franchise. Not that I'm telling you to not play the game, just warning you that it might not be as good as you expect it to be (if you have any expectations of it that, is ).

As long as Deus Ex: HR is better than Invisible War I think we're good. I'd recommend picking up the original at GOG since it's DRM free. I've never played any Thief games either this is my first. So I didn't have any expectations going in, it's a good stealth game but the areas are given the illusion of large areas by cutting areas into sections to make it look larger. But it's good though.

 

Don't worry when I get the chance Brandon will solo Ornstein and Smough for you. He'll make you feel good about yourself.

[milena87]

Why is everyone mentioning lag in blighttown though?

 

On a capable enough PC everything should run fine. On the Xbox however the entire area of Blighttown runs terrible: it's a night and day difference with the surrounding areas. There are of course other parts of the game that don't run smoothly on the Xbox, but nothing is as consistently terrible as Blightown.

 

I can't wait for the PC version to finally switch to Steamworks, so that I can delve into the game again. I tried a bit now with GFWL, but I prefer to hunt for achievements on Steam

[Iron Star]

On a capable enough PC everything should run fine. On the Xbox however the entire area of Blighttown runs terrible: it's a night and day difference with the surrounding areas. There are of course other parts of the game that don't run smoothly on the Xbox, but nothing is as consistently terrible as Blightown.

 

I can't wait for the PC version to finally switch to Steamworks, so that I can delve into the game again. I tried a bit now with GFWL, but I prefer to hunt for achievements on Steam

Alright, I suppose I'm lucky that I got the pc version even though I knew nothing about all the problems consoles had. Pc for life!

GFWL is a pain, but at least there are achievements to be gained. Though I hope they'll move it to steamworks aswell.

[milena87]

Yep, even the vanilla version on PC is better than the console version.

With DSfix and possibly other mods there's just no contest, it looks like a different game. On console you can't see all the details and the great textures that FROM created, as everything looks blurry.

 

My hatred of GFWL started with GTAIV, an already bad port (and game) on its own, but thanks to GFWL it became a truly excruciating experience. However, I didn't have many problems with Fallout 3, Batman AA, or even the 12 hours of so that I played of Dark Souls on PC.

[Iron Star]

Compared to how shabby the game was converted to the pc gfwl doesn't really bother me except for the fact that their servers are horrible. It's a rare thing if I can play the game for three hours without getting disconnected.

 

The big issue is that it's absolutely unplayable with a mouse and keyboard. I got lucky, because I had an xbox 360 control lying around that I'd recieved for free whn I bought my pc a few years ago. I have no xbox 360, and I was planning on giving the control away to some friend but I never got around to it. If I had I'd probably never bothered to play the game.

 

The second issue that I have might not be something other people get, but every single time I start the game my screen moves the game a bit to the left, so that a large chunk of the right side of the screen is black, and the left part of the game is "outside" of my screen. It fixes itself if I go to options and revert it to windowed mode and then back to fullscreen mode, but only while I'm in the game menu. If it happens while I'm playing (and it does sometimes) I have to save and exit the game, go to menus and fix it there. It wouldn't be so agonizing if it wasn't for the fact that every time I want to go to the menu I have to watch all the company logos all over again. I know that from software, havoc and Bandai made this game, I GET IT.

[milena87]

The DSfix allows you to skip those logos.

 

I really dislike when you can't skip the intros/logos or even cutscenes in a game.

[Artemis Leonhart]

Eh, I probably get lag on pc because I have a laptop, albeit a quite decent one.
Also, I hope that when gfwl shuts down (thank the Maker), they'll move the servers to steamworks, or the multiplayer part of the game will become unplayable. It wouldn't affect me much personally, since I prefer the single player, but there are a lot of people who still play it for the pvp/co-op aspect, so I hope they get to keep playing.

[Rowan]

Please don't hate me but sometimes I come here looking for support with my DA withdrawal and it feels like the group turned into a private conversation about... I don't know. One could still use some cookies you know?