Demon's Souls

[Tyrath]

Is insanity catalyst worth getting for a moderate magic user? I heard it halves max mp, which would really suck for me..

[AoE]

I'm not a heavy magic user and I haven't really crunched any numbers so take this at face value but after converting my Silver Catalyst, the MP loss is kinda severe if you use miracles too like I do. I guess it depends on what spells you use and how much intelligence you have.

[Cephius]

Am I not aloud to kill the red 1-1 Dragon? I got it down to like 20% and it flew away. What a waste.

You can only kill it in 1-2. Stand on the top of the first tower where the archers are and snipe it as it goes by. It'll go down in 20 minutes or about 100 arrows or so, depending on how your dex/str is at the time.

[xopher]

People should be banned from the servers if they force D/C while you're killing them.

[Tyrath]

You can only kill it in 1-2. Stand on the top of the first tower where the archers are and snipe it as it goes by. It'll go down in 20 minutes or about 100 arrows or so, depending on how your dex/str is at the time.

Or use Poison Cloud if you have it and it'll die much faster :<

[Makwa]

lol, I tried invading for the first time, ended up spawning right in front of some spear-user with two phantoms. Oops. Yeah I died before I realized what happened. >.>
Tried again, some dude with heavy armor and a top hat was chasing me around with what I can only assume is the dragon bone smasher. Yeah, he got a hit on me and I was toast.
I need to do some more work on my char. XD

[Shenrien]

People should be banned from the servers if they force D/C while you're killing them.

I hate people who do this shit with any game.

[Null]

Wish I could stay awake and take advantage of 4-2 today. Wouldn't it suck if they patched the souls you get from that area? Even if I didn't plan to do it much I'd feel like I missed something.

Although I had already gotten my Compound Bow to +10, I think I am going to reset the weapon and start over. Such a waste of Stones.

[Shenrien]

Question about the game, is it open world, or does it progress in chapters like Diablo 2 sorta did.

[Celeras]

Alright so, maybe a stupid question:

I'm on NG+. I'm in 2-1 fighting shooting the stupid fire lizards off the wall with Soul Ray, does about 3/4 of their life. I get cocky and just shoot them all down at once then rush in for the mass melee kill, get caught with shield down and die instantly (I was in body form).

Now I'm in soul form, touch my bloodstain, and decide to play it safe and just shoot them down 1 by 1. Except this time, my shots do 100+ more damage and I one shot each of them. I'm using Blueblood sword/Purple Shield+10/Duran armor/Great Strength/Cling Ring, IE nothing that would make me stronger in soul form. I was already Pure white, so the mobs were as easy as they were going to get. And I never left the zone so the tendency was the same anyway.

What's the deal here, do you do more damage in soul form? Does soul prefix magic do more damage in soul form? Never noticed anything like this before, but maybe just havent been paying attention.

[xopher]

I hate people who do this shit with any game.

i sent the guy a message calling him a pussy for forcing DC and he said

"If you hadn't sneaked up behind me I would have fought you"

and I"m like, the game gave you a full screen warning that invaded. you should have kept your eyes open. besides, sneak attack is meant to be used or it wouldn't be there.

[Arnwulf]

Alright so, maybe a stupid question:

I'm on NG+. I'm in 2-1 fighting shooting the stupid fire lizards off the wall with Soul Ray, does about 3/4 of their life. I get cocky and just shoot them all down at once then rush in for the mass melee kill, get caught with shield down and die instantly (I was in body form).

Now I'm in soul form, touch my bloodstain, and decide to play it safe and just shoot them down 1 by 1. Except this time, my shots do 100+ more damage and I one shot each of them. I'm using Blueblood sword/Purple Shield+10/Duran armor/Great Strength/Cling Ring, IE nothing that would make me stronger in soul form. I was already Pure white, so the mobs were as easy as they were going to get. And I never left the zone so the tendency was the same anyway.

What's the deal here, do you do more damage in soul form? Does soul prefix magic do more damage in soul form? Never noticed anything like this before, but maybe just havent been paying attention.

You have more attack power in Soul Form.

[Geddoe]

So annoyed I ordered this last friday and was really hoping to get today (in the uk) cos got postal strikes tomorrow and friday lol so guess will get it saturday if lucky or most likely monday so badly want to play it.

[Cephius]

You have more attack power in Soul Form.

Yeah, it's kinda sad really. There's almost no advantage to staying in body form. You'd think it'd be the other way around. In soul form you:

Have enough HP to survive with the cling ring
Your steps make less sound (easier to sneak up on enemies)
Do more damage
Can't get invaded
Can do co-op

It's like... why would you ever care about being in body form? When I kill a demon I immediately suicide in the Nexus to get back to soul form. You'd think they'd give body form more advantages than just having more HP.

[Oravis]

Well in body form you can invite others to do coop with you if you need help beating a boss. And well I like being invaded but other than that yeah soul form definitely has most of the advantages.

[xopher]

I think of it this way. Only being in body form can you progress. If you're in soul form it's easier to beat bosses because of your higher attack power, but you gotta do it as a body which is more challenging to progress.

[deshende]

Learn from my mistake:
If you rescue Sage Freke, don't go running off the stairs (near the 4-x entrance) to go talk to him. I didn't know where he'd end up and I ended up jumping on his head. He didn't like it and thought I was attacking him.

Thankfully he reverted back to normal in a few seconds but I was worried I completely screwed myself.

[Sabishii]

Yeah, it's kinda sad really. There's almost no advantage to staying in body form. You'd think it'd be the other way around. In soul form you:

Have enough HP to survive with the cling ring
Your steps make less sound (easier to sneak up on enemies)
Do more damage
Can't get invaded
Can do co-op

It's like... why would you ever care about being in body form? When I kill a demon I immediately suicide in the Nexus to get back to soul form. You'd think they'd give body form more advantages than just having more HP.

I actually like body form better. I have to wear a ring of herculean strength 24/7 because of my gear, and I like wearing a ring of great strength, so I can roll around easier. (I usually carry around an upgraded purple dragon shield, 100% damage reduction and high resistance to fire is sexy). If I have to go around in soul form, I'm stuck taking off the great strength ring, and wear a cling ring (I wish there was a ring that increased equip and load burden, so I can have more choice in rings to wear), so I can't move around as easily.

Anyway, I love this game. Last game (besides FFXI) that hooked me this much was the Last Remnant (PC version) xD Just wish they would patch some glitches and stuff (like I got stonefang caverns to pure dark, died a bunch of times against the black phantom in 2-2 in NG+, gave up and went to bed to try tomorrow, logging out in the beginning of 2-2, came on in the morning and found myself in 2-1 with neutral world tendency and since I used up all my eyestones I was screwed >.<. If they released some good DLC, it'd be awesome.

[Oravis]

Just fought maneater in NG+. I have to say for some of these bosses it feels like I'm fighting them for the first time since demonbrandt pretty much destroyed everything in 3 and 5-2 for me. He was pretty tough and even knocked me off the ledge once. But I was able to kill both at the same time circling around the torch.

[BadKarma]

So I'm about to fight storm king, and I exit out of the game for a bit. Cone back and my save is corrupt, awesome.