[PS3] Demon's Souls - So the world might be mended. So the world might be mended. So the wo

I am considering playing it just to pop into Gech's world and grief the fuck out of him by slaughtering him when he ain't looking.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Ryuu

Confused as to why it's going to take till Fall 2009 though.

It's Atlus. It takes time for them to ramp up production and turn out the 21 copies they're gonna make of this.

Probably also some stupid cardboard box and a soundtrack sampler or something.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

On the flipside, if you have a magic zappy stick, the skeletons are not really much of an issue. As a rapier user though, they are rough when trying to melee. Piercing doesn't work on them, for obvious reasons. Use a large class shield like the easy to get purple flame one for blocking the black skeletons, but they can stagger you quick. Like most enemies they fall to range attacks really quickly though.

On the flipside, if you can learn to pop the blue skeletons, and their archer friends, you can avoid the black one and just move on to the point of grabbing the compound long bow in 4-1. That plus the hard arrows sold by the hyena guy you save in 2-2 makes your game considerably easier.

I managed to clear up to 1-3, and all of world 2 so far. The compound long bow makes things almost too easy at parts, though. I'm working on making it vicious level 1, and then hopefully taking that to vicious +5. I have most of the mats, just need a handful more splinter of spiderstones.

PS, 9000 is nothing. It's when you lose 45k that rage kicks in. Especially when it's some invading asshat.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

What soul level is everyone? If anyone's similar, we could see if we could find a spot to drop blue stones and meet up there, but the lack of voice chat would mean it would be easier to communicate via xbox or something similar if you've also got one of those.

Mine's 30ish.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Erm, is the fire shield being held up? The fire resist isn't passive from the shield, it only mitigates damage if you're actually blocking with it and the attack hits it.

Also, using Ephemeral stones as revives and HP boosters is missing the point of the stones, unless you're using them to look for and gather blue phantoms. And if you managed to get even one, the boss would drop quick.

If you have 12 magic, you can learn a spell, at least. Let him roll toward you, hit your shield, and then roll the fuck away, even if you have no remaining stamina and have to do it between small rests to regain some. Don't magic him unless he's in the middle of his punch animation. Use Soul Arrow or something.

I'd help but I doubt you're in the range of soul level 50, so.

How ya doing, buddy?

What do you mean, worth the use of a summon?

The stones that turn you into body form are limited, but there is no expendable that is used for finding blues. You find a blue message on the ground and activate it, summoning the guy. That is the action that's the entire point of being in body form. The counter point being that while you're in body form, some black phantom polesmoker can invade.

The blues are subject to the same level +- 10 stipulation that the blacks are, so there won't be a 1 hit.

Using the stones simply for the HP max boost is pointless, since you lose the stealth element soul form provides, making them useless outside of boss fights and/or blue phantom finding.

Of course, dying so many times in body form probably pushed the WT to solid black, eh? Even getting down there using the shortcut, and assuming you're neutral CT and wearing Cling, you're what. 70 percent normal HP range or something?

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PS. Anyone down for some item trades? I need a few mats for Dark Purple Flame Shield +5. I need 9 chunk and 1 pure Cloudstone(s). I can trade several other things, including a spare hiltless katana if you don't feel like the headache that is BP Satsuki.

Soul Level 82.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Cloudstone shards are nothing. I have 99 stored and am constantly throwing away the rest. It's the chunks I'm worried about.

You need to be at a level 72 <= L <= 92 though or we won't be able to trade.

You can only drop your blue phantom stone to be summoned by others, not to summon people. You need to be in body form to even find the blue writing in order to summon, though. You don't summon people via an item, you offer yourself TO be summoned via one.

FELIPE NO

It just instances those words in when you load into the game. Not when you sit there. Buy evacuate and cast that, then reload and proceed down again, if you use the shortcut that could take two minutes at most.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Is your character female? If so, she can wear the silver bracelet, and that stacks with the ring of avarice, which, when combined with pure black world tendancy, makes sure you get far more than just 6000 per shot.

Plus, don't forget to shoot the manta right out the door for another 1000+.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The shadowmen?

In most cases against the laser dudes, you have range and/or height advantage, so pop them with arrows or spells.

Alternatively, kill the reaper. There are 3 reapers, and each controls the room's shadowmen. If you're looking for reaper 2, he's halfway down, where you encounter the first giggling female shadow...person I guess. Watch out and make sure she doesn't backstab you for the instant kill. That *sucks*.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Just cleared this at soul level 96. Last boss is very disappointing, sorry to say.

Overall, pretty solid title. I love the stage design and how you've gotta be on your toes 24/7, and if you fuck up but once you're pretty much shit out the backside of a cannon, but I didn't like the drop percentages when grinding for weapon mats, nor the inconsistency of the bosses.

The grinding drop percentages got annoying, even with a high 35+ luck and a sword of searching, it can take you way too long to get some pieces. To the point where it stops being fun, and that's a big downer considering how fun the combat here is.

Although the bosses...some of them were ridiculously easy (anything in world 4 or 5 was an absolute joke with a bow), but some pretty much required you to be an epic cheap ass to complete with any consistency, simply because they seem designed around one solution, and if your build can't do that competently, the only option left to you is being a shitheel.

All in all though, the combat is fucking excellent and the game's super ballin'. Awesome.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I know miles and myself both had issues with the ink on the guide being shoddy, and now atlus realizes it too.

Demon's Souls

Get yourself a new one.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?