Official Dark Souls Thread

[theENIGMATRON]

I think its Handy to know,
Its not something am willing to go and do all the time, but in them situations where you Need resources,
Its handy.

Do it too much it takes the game away

(i heard the Soul Suck Glitch still works tho...........)

[Symonator]

well the glitch involves going to ash lake and following the path to the dragon who lets u join his covenant.
Once u have the items he gives u - u can do some fast button pressing to equip it but at the same time it equips u can swop it to souls and just use any souls u collected for unlimited amount, lol.

The problem is.. to get there u have to go through sewers - blight town - great hollow which has allsorts of posion, plague and curses to reach the lake - then once there u are met with a annoying hydra that u need to kill, then crab men who chase u.

Better if 2 people could do it, 2 x power is going to be much better.

TBH dave, get yaself to the farming spot as discussed, collect a few hundered thousand souls going to take about an hour - but u can lvl up and i can help u in co-op!

I know my way around all the levels i've been on so far because i have been farming shards and souls and stuff so.I am not levelling up anymore till ya all reach my level which is 74..otherwise i'll be to far ahead for it to be feesaable to catch up.

u can get about 50,000 souls every 10 minute approx.

[theENIGMATRON]

It is an issue as we speak. A lot of people are unhappy with how they set up their servers. Each time you log into the game, it randomly ques you into a server, and there is a slim chance that you are in the same server as a friend. You may get random phantoms into your game, but slim to nil chance of picking up a friend's white soap stone. Even if you make new friends, you may never come across them again. People in the same households can't even join each others games (yes, they understand how to join a Dark Souls host's game).

http://community.us.playstation.com/thr ... 0&tstart=0

[InfiniteStates]

Seems Sy was right - it is purely 10% of the hosts level... so tonight you were about one level off Dave (not including server gayness). But this is straight from the horses mouth:

Due to several contacts we've received from users confused as to how the summoning feature works in game, we have provided this list to help.

Conditions for summoning (White Sign Soapstone):

1. The host (person who's game world will be used) must be human. The client (person joining the game) can either be human or undead.
2. The client’s level must fall within 10% (above or below) of the host’s level. Generally, this example formula should give you a good idea on whether you will be able to join: (LC x 1.1) ≥ LH ≥ (LC x 0.9), where is LC the level of the client and LH is the level of the host. For example, if the level of the host is 20, then they will only be able to summon players who are levels 18 to 22.
3. The area boss (Taurus Demon, Bell Gargoyles, Moonlight Butterfly, etc…) in the host’s world must still be alive. A client can still be summoned even if the client has already defeated their own area boss.
4. The host must not have placed down a summoning sign. Summoning signs from other players will not appear in a host’s world if the host also has placed a summoning sign down. This is to prevent a network conflict of the host joining someone else's game world while the clients are trying to join the host's game world.
5. After successfully summoning, the client will return to their world if the area boss is defeated, the client is killed or the host is killed.

!!!!!!Also, please note that there are several different servers/lobbies that are being used for Dark Souls, so you may not be able to summon a specific friend into your game even if you adhere to the steps above. We can only recommend that you follow the steps above for the best chance at being able to join a specific friends' game.!!!!!!!

Source: http://www.co-optimus.com/article/6965/ ... bacle.html

[Symonator]

Yeah thought that was going to be the case.
I am posting on the official forums too, alot of people are complaining about the co-op issues right now.

I think alot of it is to do with how the covenants work too.

Anyways, i need help on the four kings, i managed to beat down 2 of them but the other 2 are just to much, there is 4 of them which each have 25% health - need more damage.
If you don't kill them quickly they all spawn into the fight and you get overwhelmed - also after time they respawn, they don't add to the health again but respawning bosses... umm ouch.

To get to them u need to beat the wolf first to get the ring, which u equip to jump into the abyss.
Which of course i have already.

The issue is to get to the four kings, u have to go through the ruins with alot of tough mobs.
I found a shortcut which helps alot.

Anyone close to my level yet??

[theENIGMATRON]

Am 42, But i need to Go back and so some serious farming,

I need a Much better weapon and Armour, I know where to pick some up when i get home called:
Eastern Armor

That is located in the Darkroot Garden Before the sealed door on the right hand side down a path,

So that might help some more, but am still using the Drake Sword that gives me 200 Damage,
But of course its not balancing with my Stats, so i need something that works well for me to progress any further really,

The level am in, is not bad its pretty much one hit one kill,
But i need to beef meself up a little first.


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Invading, I guess it works who places the stone closest to you,
Unlike in Demon Souls, you would have to run around the whole level to find this person,
I got a message half way into the level and was told am being invaded and BANG he was there infront of me.
No chance to Heal or even get out me sword before he kicked me ass!!
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[Symonator]

yeah the always spawn pretty much right by you (behind or to the side).

Yeah dave u can upgrade your weapons to +5's - +15's u just need to get the stones.
Also in that garden if u look for mushroom men, u will see 2 big mushrooms, near them is a chest, open it for the magic ember which allows magic weapons (but since u r not a magic guy) it doesn't matter.

Also opposite the wolf fog, is a small ledge you cna pick up the "stone armour" which is one of the best armours going, but very heavy.

[Symonator]

What u might be worth doing?

Going to kill the butterfly boss in the gardens, then get the upgrade stone after it.
Then go back to where the dragon is on undead burg, go up the tower and u can 1 shot kill the dragon with an arrow (only works after beating the butterfly).

Underneath him is a claymore sword.
Think it scales with str and dex.

[chrisdfa1]

found this little map quite useful tbf
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/dark-s ... world.html

dave, how you level up so fast?

[Symonator]

kickin' ass!

[theENIGMATRON]

I didnt do anything yesterday,
I spent a Whole Day Farming, Re running through Level one and Two,
And running off to random sections and trying to build meself up a little.

Still need to do Level 3 i think it is (the sewer one)

BUt Chris chances in Co-Op are impossible at the moment, if you read the above post,
it would takes ages of signing in and out and jumping onto a server to see if your both on the same server,
if not repeat the process untill you get anywhere,

Me and Charlie attempted it a few times last night,
Signed out a few times and back and and have 0 luck!!

[Symonator]

Me and Charlie attempted it a few times last night,
Signed out a few times and back and and have 0 luck!!

yeah because you are 1 level below the 10% - so you wouldn't of been able to co-op anyway.
Then the server thing adds to it with the way it's set up.

P.s

I am going to havr to level up now to about 100, i can't stay at 74 with the bosses i am facing.
Need more life and magic damage.

Off to farm humanity from the rats now.. going to take ages lol.

[InfiniteStates]

@Dave - yea, our levels weren't in sync enough to work anyway. We can try again if you like, but when you are within 10% (the base 10 rule doesn't apply any more). Also, once we get it working it should work until we sign out (or you DC lol). I'm happy to leave it on once we are on the same server (although the kids might fuck it up).

@Sy - go for it dude. There's no point hog-tying yourself on the mythical promise of co-op. We should probably hover around the old PvP level of 120 odd anyway, as I bet that's the way it ends up...

[Symonator]

Yeah gunna have to but i really want to stay low as i can because i doubt many people are going to be at 100 for what co-op is going.

I am sitting at the blacksmith near the church, i can hear the bell ringing every 10 minutes maybe less whilst i browse the forums etc, sign of people beating the gargoyles aka the maneater v2. lol.

[theENIGMATRON]

I dont know if am going the right way...............

Charlie that level after the Sewers, The biatch of a level you said will take you AGES!!!!

I decided not to do that, untill i can increase my Endurance and get some decent armour and more strength behind me.

So i have Ran off and Killed the Butteryfly Boss,
And then come back on myself gone down the Ramp Area (The narrow paths in the dark woods or what ever its called)
You keep heading down for miles, then there is a Whole in the clif,
You light the Camp fire, Continue down that path, and you see a Switch.
You take the lift like 5,000 ft under sound, and you have some dragons to kill.

You know where am talking about, Did you do this before or After...........
Feel as there is no real structure or direction to head to, and its trial and error in these areas haha!!

Am trying down there, as i have read there is alot of hot resources for Armour and Weapons.


Also does this have any impact on the game:
You know the Blacksmith by the Castle, Well if you go to the Camp Fire, and walk across that little bridge, you have a Onion Looking man........
I accidently hit him, and he kept attacking me, So i was forced to kill him,
I got a stone and a ring off him, but is this going to have a Impact on my gameplay?


I haved a good chunck of souls last night, and topped up all me Arrows, Am just going to wack away at strengh and Endurance for the moment,
The temptation to keep adding to Vitality is too much tho


Liking my sword tho, Issuing some good Blows, 230 ish on a normal R1 hit,
and 280 or 290 on a R2 hit.
Then Two hands, with R2 issues a 400 something blow.
Problem is it takes him about 20 minutes to bloody complete the animation lol