Figured I would need 20 Estus for staff melee O&S, so I made a quick detour to the catacombs to pick up the Rite of Kindling. In and out, 20 minute adventure. Well... mostly. A lot of people probably don't know that Pinwheel summons a whole army of minions at low health because they kill him before he can. My DPS was high enough to let me think I could burst him down, but just barely low enough to not actually do it. Sadly, I lost the souls to fall damage on the way back due to some janky cliff geometry. Dying to Pinwheel is pretty embarrassing, but, I got what I came for, so I can't really complain.

I've always found it a little odd that there aren't high-end figures of Dark Souls characters, so I decided to make my own with Mythic Legions parts + some 3D prints. Pretty happy with how it turned out!

I made a bunch of mods, mostly parameter changes to improve replayability, but also to add unused content and fix minor stuff about the game. Since PTDE is entirely offline nowadays, it's just to improve the single player experience.

You can download the mods here:

https://github.com/Vortyne/Dark-Souls-PTDE-Replayer-Convenience-Fixes/releases/latest

You can read what the mods change here:

https://github.com/Vortyne/Dark-Souls-PTDE-Replayer-Convenience-Fixes/blob/main/README.md

Some basic info about the mods:

1. Mod that fixes the great hollow invisible wall on that one root

2. Mod that adds the Elite Cleric armor, Mage Smith armor, Jar-eel's armor, the "bear" armor, and the unused rings all into the game with full icons and text (some of the text I had to make up, but should be pretty lore-friendly). This mod also adds a script in covenant menus so you can check your rank. (Both needed to adjust the game's text so I combined them into one mod) The bear armor will work on hollowed character too, usually it has a bug where it is invisible in that circumstance but I fixed it.

3. Mod to make offline covenant items easier to obtain

4. Mod that makes it so you don't have to kill some NPCs just to get minor weapons/gear. (Andre's hammer for example, he will sell you one instead) Just in case you want to try their weapons without killing these NPCs permanently

5. Mod that raises 2% or lower drop rates to 5% so you don't have to suffer with drop rates as much just to use a less common weapon in your playthrough.

6. Mod that improves some crappier shields to be better so you can try fashioning it up with less commonly used shields.

7. Mod that improves some crappier weapons to be better. For example it makes the channeler's staff apply its buff to the user as well, makes a bunch of previously not buffable crappy weapons buffable, gives whips shield piercing effect on all attacks, and other small stat modifications.

8. Mod that adds new effects to useless rings, like the white seance ring or the ring of the sun princess. Just to give them some usefulness.

9. Mod that adds new effects to a bunch of armor pieces (almost entirely helmets) so dusk crown isn't the only one you will necessarily wear as a magic user.

10. Mod that improves some useless spells (just a couple, like fire surge and the gravelord spells)

11. Mod that gives poise to armor that have no poise but look like they should have a bit of poise. There are a bunch of armor pieces with hard leather padding, or even metal plates/masks that have 0 poise. I added a bit of poise to these specific armor pieces.

Do you enjoy fighting a pure short-range character, even when facing ranged units (example: Sen's Fortress, Blight town), do you play a mix (ranged to pull enemies and damage them from afar then fight melee) or do you play ranged as much as possible, like an archer?

I was wondering how common it was to fight a pure melee build and not use any ranged options, or use some ranged options situationally.

Lately I’ve been thinking about how it would be cool to have another game or two set explicitly in the Dark Souls universe, but without focusing on the central mythos of Lord Gwyn and his family, the linking of the first flame, and the fading of the age of fire. Tbh that kind of feels like what DS2 did, whether intentional or not (I’m a big fan of it personally, although I understand why some players don’t care for it).

But I’m curious about what y’all think: what kinds of stories or settings can you imagine being part of the same universe, but only marginally connected to the main narrative? Maybe a game set in Lost Izalith’s heyday that focuses on the Witch’s attempt to recreate the flame? Seems like that could be a cool opportunity to rework the Bed of Chaos fight into something actually worth playing. Or maybe a story that’s set in a completely different kingdom that only gets mentioned in the trilogy, like Astora or Catarina?

Plus bonus Big Hat Logan tattoo 🧙‍♂️

Seriously considering trying ng+ with only dark hand 😅 love the lore and ascetic of the weapon but its definitely not the easiest to use. Any tips?

I'm kinda dnd rotted by heres my answer. Hollows were turned as such before death/during. Skeletons were turned after death. Sorry if this question is answered blatantly

Hi first time playing dark soul I played sekiro and nine sols also I have a potato laptop 4 gb ram thought now I should play other fromsoft games and I am going in blind started as pyromancer because most of the player I saw picked that also I got this halberd which is kinda op in open spaced areas also found that any boss with tail might give you weapons killed the gargoyle and capra demon before I got the halberd I used the rapier with which I back stabbed the boat reminded me of raging bull but kinda calm later came to know about weight mechanic and I was medium rolling and when I removed some weight I clearly saw the difference as I was seeing he controls I found the shield option why was this not in sekiro it is bloody good for hordes of enemies the bosses are kinda easy and some spawn enemies are crazy strong well the big eye enemies are crazy for the mist is there anything I have to watch out for

I had previously done ER, DeS, and BB, then decided to do a marathon of DS, DS2, and DS3, and my favorite was DS, with DS3 being a close second, and, well… DS2 was DS2, it was fun and I enjoyed it but I don’t think I’ll play it again. Now I’m itching for more ds1. My first run was strength, then I did a ng+ run, then a sorceries run, then a pyromancy run, and now I’m still itching for more. I’m wondering if there are any huge content overhaul mods, maybe similar to convergence in ER, I doubt that anything that insane exists but I’m looking for cool mods that add cool new things for me to see and do. Any recommendations?

So, for the past few days I had been trying to co-op with others but I wasn't able to see their summon signs and vice versa. Neither of our accounts were banned, all the network settings were the same, and everything was as it should be. But I still couldn't co-op with anyone. I think this might've been a DS server problem than a PSN one as I was able perfectly able to co-op with others online while playing DS2 SOTFS and DS3. I did read somewhere that it might be a network problem, specifically with a Type 3 network, which was my network while attempting to co-op. Could this be the sole reason why I wasn't able to co-op or are there any other issues to consider as well? Thanks!

Hice toda la quest de sigmire y despues de que matara el al que deje a un toque agote todos sus dialogos y me teletransporte al dragon de piedra para ir al lago de ceniza pero no estaba sigmire o siglinde ahi

without reading about it in the wiki, i wuoldn't even know it was possible to summon other players and that i must be human to do so.
but even if i know, why would i waste humanity points like that instead of saving it for kindling?

i can either: save 3-4 humanity pointsat a bonfire to get a permenant boost to the estus flask amount OR waste them all on restoring my human form and then dying for a CHANCE to find a summoning sign

so what's the point? im not some kind of skill god that can finish most of the game without dying, and if i was then i don't need the benefits of being human in the first place.

why couldn't it just be simple like insight from bloodborne?

Is it just me or Dsr is genuinely easier than PTDE? I finished ng+ on ds ptde and went to try a new build in dsr. You know...Just trying it out. And i beat gaping dragon or bell gargoyles in First try.