Lancezh

Never heard of this till today. Has no presscoverage so far but all reviews are very good so far... and i usually agree with James allen

http://www.outofeight.info/2011/11/real-warfare-2-northern-crusades-review.html

(7 out of eight Points)

Did i live under a rock ?

Gameplayvid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgV8mnMyqUg

Looks very promising...

I made this thread about pvp, alot experience i gathered was as a darkmoon blade:

http://www.giantbomb.com/dark-souls/61-32697/pvp-tips-from-people-that-failed/35-522610/#18

Maybe it helps you a little.

@CaptainCody said:

@McShank said:

Also, some small shit. Every weapon in the game is viable and useful if you upgrade it and play it right. Upgrading equipment is almost always preferred over your character. Try something heavy or try parrying. It's so satisfying to beat the silver and black knights in one hit.

You have no idea, I got Arkham City and Rage as well, I love my library with a passion. Will do, though.

I kind of see your point very well, going back to your OP post...

First of all i have like 300 hours in this game. Never played Demon Souls and i play it on Xbox 360, and i'm no fanboy of anything whatsoever. Also that elitist bullshit fanboyism from others is offtopic. If the man doesnt like the game, what is YOUR problem with that ?

And i do think that this game is one of the best i have ever played.

The funny thing is, that a friend of mine started with me at the same day. He found the Drake Sword (since the idiot read on the forums) i didnt. I was relying on an Axe i found and spear to vary my playstyle. I then saw how my friend plays with that uber weapon called the Drake Sword. And i remember exactly what i thought that day:

"holy balls, this is WAY overpowered. This is ridicoulos, one hit everything ? Pff..."

It takes out ALOT of challenge and makes the game the same time frustrating, because since you onehit everything straight down to blighttown where the sword starts to wither you dont have to consider the most fun aspects about the game:

- Strategy in Melee against even the weak ones

- Your damage vs your ability to take damage goes WAY out of balance, since the DrakeSword is an excellnet offensive weapon but you have no life to back that up if you just carelessly try to run through, thus leading you furthermore to dully fight your way kind of 1 hitting but still dull through the levels. The whole experience is very dull and not rewarding, even if you die and beat a passage afterwards since weaponhandling doesnt matter! The moveset of the dragon sword is... well... yawn.

- You flat out miss out other weapons and their movesets, thus not "learning" them. The Learning curve in terms of Gameskills behind the Pad is so crazy i notice it everytime i switch through my weapons i prefer to fight with.

- You lack the Enjoyment of Upgrading. Upgrading makes your Weapons gradually stronger plus you "grow" with a weapon. At the start you suck balls with pretty much everything but as you start to learn a weapon you get better at it, and you maybe upgrade it little by little, making you even more competent in it. There is a big satisfaction burried in that deep since for me this is the biggest achievment in this game i got. Not the bosses... not the levels, the different weapons. You can make any weapon (except for broken hilts :P ) into good viable weapons if you upgrade them and learn to play them really and they MATTER.

After 300 hours i beat the game like 5-6 times, i am in NG++ with my main character and PvP with the othes, still i can say that this game turned out so different than what i expected. This game teaches you patience and rewards you great for it. But its not necessarly difficult, it is VERY tactical and strategical. If that would have been taken away from me right from the start i'd think i may have turned out on what you described. However, there is no reason why you should punish yourself further, just play something else...

I'm a person who reads alot about their games, and everytime i see "uh you got to have this weapon and this rign adn this" my list of items that i'm certainly not getting is getting longer and longer and longer. I still till this day never bothered with a fog ring, tranquil walk, lightning weapons etc. since i want to be a specialist in something people dont expect. And i'm quite successful judging from my PvP experience.

And i absolutely fucking love this game.

Well the Acrobatics stuff is done by a Forest Covenant ring... can't remember the name.

You're right about end / vit no need to push that further. However if you have points over i suggest you go and look for some miracles you can cast that might help you in PvP: http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/Miracles. Magic Barrier / Magic Weapon etc. are quite useful and not really dependent on a high stat.

I'd refrain from using to much sorc now as you should be dedicated to it and have at least 30ish 40ish to wreak havoc with it alone but seeing you have some decent pyromany you should be fine anyway.

You have 2 options in my opinion, go look for a good scaling Strength Weapon you like, get it to +15 and combine it with the Magic Weapon sorcery and wreak havoc with it by pushing Strenght to 50. (opens up Havels Shield etc.)

Or split up to a Faithbuild and lvl it to 30ish or something so you can use the sunlight blade miracle, it's very strong an enchantable weapon.

Attunement doesnt hurt either so you're versatile.

As for a build i suggest you use the Pyro Hand as a second right hand

And a Talisman on your Left if you go Faith.

@The_Laughing_Man: lvl 51 seems to be good in Anor Londo, probably already to high for Sen's Fortress. Till lvl 60 you should find plenty of actiont here. But instead of waiting to be invaded (you have to be human for that) join the Darkmoon Covenant or Darkwraiths and invade the crap out of people in Anor Londo. If that doesnt get you some pvp you might have connectivity problems (UpnP not activated in Router, wrong NAT type etc.)

Well and i have 12 faith on all my chars, so no help there either =)

@TekZero said:

Have you had any experience with the Darkmoon Blade miracle? Do you know what type of damage bonus is applied and how much it is? Also, does it scale with faith?

I unfortunately dont mate i never turned anything in to be honest at the darkmoon covenant. Maybe i should catch up on that =)

Useless Post is useless again. You're offtopic again.

@Pieman51 said:

@CornBREDX

It's not that he's being aggressive. Nor am I. He's questioning me about Endurance. I only got ONE thing about endurance wrong, so he said I was "flat out wrong". A simple "Not entirely correct" would've sufficed.

I think he's talking about you about being aggressive not me. About the rest, it seems to be useless to argue with you so might as well leave it be.

@Pieman51 said:

@Lancezh:

1. Again, Endurance increases stamina. Intelligence has nothing to do with it. Please refer to a dictionary or some form of help.

2. Only immature brats who want nothing but attention will use the term "troll". I'm not trolling.

3. My tips are helpful nontheless. I can say this same shit in a post related to hamburgers. Sure it's awkward, but If you don't like advice, then you might as well be solo'ing the entire fucking game.

4. Proper Grammar? Ok, I never brought this subject up. You're acting like an insensical grammar nazi and now you're just using things I said to make comebacks. I got news for you, I don't get offended by little brats that use my insults against me. Really, try harder.

I hope you reviewed the obvious parts. Intelligence controls magic. Endurance controls equip-load and stamina. I'm giving out helpful information, regardless of the topic. I'm not a fucking grammar nazi. I don't copycat and use others insults against one another.

1. NOW you got it right, first it was wrong. Thats the point. Try to be right next time the first time if you act like you're something better.

2. You used the term "trolling" there. You are insulting again.

3. No they're not. Show some respect and read what the OP wrote.

4. You dont get the point again. I refered to you saying that you said "i THINK" and not stating it is a fact. Again, that might be true but dont expect anyone to read your stuff if you start with "SIGH", and end with "Was that good enough ? Good"

No Intelligence does not control magic, it influences stat scaling of Catalysts that are used for sorceries and not even that for all of them. Sometimes it also scales for Miracles if you use the proper tool. There you go, your info was off again. And i never said you're a fucking grammar nazi, you're just not helpful. And yes you do insult as pointed out twice now. What goes around comes around.

Suggestion, dont start your next answer with "You fuckin idiot i never insult!"