Econ, I don't know about you man, but I can't play Skyrim till I beat Dark Souls. I mean, I will, but it will be a half-hearetd effort till the end credits roll in Dark Souls for me.

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Magic Changes:
Pyro Glove nerfed from 270 to 230.
You can see resonance signs now.
Vow of Silence range increased.
Homing Soul Mass and other pursuit style spells nerfed.
Magic Shield and Strong Magic Shield duration lowered.
Tranquil Walk of Peace and other Slow duration reduced to ~10 secs. Effect supposedly changed from 100% encumberance to 50%.
Iron Flesh effectiveness nerfed.

Status Changes:
Initial weight increased
Humanity Item drop rate increased from 10 to 210
Medium roll recovery faster? (unclear and unconfirmed)

Equipment Changes:
Reported some weapon scaling gets improved at higher normal upgrades (+15 uchi dex scaling goes to A)
Some scaling reported as changing from A to S with higher upgrades
Normal upgrade path buffed by ~10%
Lightning path nerfed slightly (~5%)

Grant scaling changed?
Gold-hemmed nerfed, still un-upgraded
Dust skirt nerfed hard
Silver Knights, Sun, Hollow Soldier’s Shield and other medium shield stability nerfed to ~70 at max upgrades to improve Great Shield viability.
Crystal Ring Shield scaling drastically nerfed. Does around ~200 +-50
Dragon Greatsword buffed from 360 to 390.

Combat Changes:
Lock-on acquisition range increased.
Lock-on changing/switching got easier.
Ring of Fog users can now be locked on.

PVE Changes:
Damage reduced on some mobs?
HP lowered on some mobs?
Bosses drop Humanity and Homeward Bones
Ghosts and Skeletons give souls now.
Twinkling Titanite drop rate improved.
Some mobs may have added drops (Pyromancer dropping Lantern? Unconfirmed).

Online Changes:
You can see resonance signs.
Some invasion restrictions possibly changed? Darkwraith upperlimit confirmed as unchanged.
Amount of souls the Master of the game gains changed.
Cracked Eye Orbs no longer get consumed on failure. Confirmed

Other Changes:
Official Guide nerfed.
Lowered requirements for Sunbro covenenant (requirements moved from 50 to 25. 3/4 assists should do the trick)
Fixed some freeze issues
Lvl up screen displays souls needed properly now
Dragon-head glitch, snuggly, and magic shield glitches fixed.
Fixed a bug where your inputs come out 1 second later.
Fixed a bug where the second solaire event wont progress.
Fixed a bug where feeding frampt a titanite stone then going over 99 resulted in having zero.
Fixed some specific map areas where you’d get stuck or be unable to progress.
Changed some english subtitles on the overseas port.

Merchant stock updates:
Male Undead Merchant: Also sells bottomless box
Female Undead Merchant: Sells Arrows / Crossbolts
Andrei: Sells Arrows / Crossbolts
Domnhal of Xena: Sells Arrows / Crossbolts, Master Key
Giant Blacksmith (Fapsmith): Sells Arrows / Crossbolts, Small Titanite Shards, Large Tit Shards, Twinkling (8000 per, inf amount), Green Shards, Repair box, upgrade boxes
Vamos: Arrows / Crossbolts, Small Tit, Large tit, Repair box / upgrade boxes
Inglwood: Sells Transient Curses

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The full list

http://trendygamers.com/2011/11/02/dark-souls-patch-1-04-information/

Really glad for the drop increases (especially the humanity one), lowered entry to the Sun Covenant, and arrows at more merchants

Not crazy about the gold-hemmed armor nerf, I've been using that since I got it

Page 3? Non non. Anyone noticed how much faster each new character you make progresses? It's a pretty crazy jump from your 1st character to your 2nd.

Made a cleric the other day and caught up to my 1st in zip time. Just cleared Tomb of Giants and it was so much less painful this time =)

I haven't tried a new character, still working on my first. I keep meaning to actually beat the game, but I keep getting distracted by other things in the world.

Same for me bluefire. I'm still in New Londo Ruins. Should I make this area go dark? Thats part of the reason why I havent moved forward. I have read a few spoilers and I dont want to make the wrong move here, so I've just kinda been stuck.

Yeah, after my trouble with Smough and Orestein (sp) and my narrow escape from 4 Kings, I've taken to grinding as to limit my irritation...Now Im kinda in a rut...

I did start the painted world last night so hopefully I will push forward this week.

Just finished my first playthrough last night and went immediately into NG+. Wow, what a difference this game is the 2nd time through. Powered straight through to the twin gargoyles without dying. Two shot the gargoyles, then headed immediately into Darkroot. One shot Sif, Moonlight Butterly, and the Hydra. Then called it a night. +15 Greatshield and +5 Lightning Iato FTW.

Beat 4 Kings last night, only my second try. Had a much harder time getting there than with the actual fight. Once I was down there, I just equipped the Grass Crest Shield, went two handed and wailed away on them

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Had a much harder time getting there than with the actual fight.

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No kidding. Getting there is pretty rough.

Took me about 5 tries....

Alright, where is everyone?

I took out Seath the Scaless last night and Pinwheel.

About to head into the Tomb of Giants...Im using Cast Light...any advice?

I only have Tomb of Giants, Demon Ruins/Lost Izlath and the kiln left.

Will be taking a break to play Skyrim tonight though...just to quell my curiousity.

Then back at it.

70 hours. Soul level 79.

This game is going down next week.

I beat Bed of Chaos the other night, the last of the lord souls I needed. I have a few loose ends to sew up before I finally beat the game

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Thats exactly where I am.

I did make Anor Londo go dark and I killed the boss down there. (Gwyndolin).

75 hours in...Its been a long road.

Well, anybody else beat it?

78 Hours...and its over.

I beat it the other night. Been going on NG+ and breezing through it (already to Sen's Fortress).

Also found this for anyone interested. A bunch of guys on GameFAQs diving deeper into the story based on item descriptions and such. There are some interesting theories and other items that are easy to overlook. Kind of reminds me of Left 4 Dead, where there is a very deep story if you take the time to look into it, but it's completely optional for those who just want to play the game.

TTP so I can find this when I'm at home...

Trying to play the danged game for the first time. Fighting the first boss without a weapon does not work...

Welcome to the party 76.

If I could only play this game for the first time again...

I'm about to look at the wiki site and see what I can learn. I was fighting the first boss with my fists. Either I don't know how to arm a weapon or I did not pick up one.

If you are talking about the asylum demon (the one in the tutorial)...you run around to the gate on the left. Pick up your gear and ultimately do a plunge attack.

If you are talking about the Tarus Demon, you should have a weapon already.

Still slowly working my way through this game. I have probably 5 or 6 levels left. This game is still awesome.

I would suggest just playing through as best you can. If you get lost, or are just beating your head against the wall, then check out the wiki. Failing that, starting pretty early in the game you can call for backup.

I ran past the first boss into the other part and upstairs from his room. I've run into a dude with a sword that I can't beat. I'm still using a broken sword.

I know the game is tough. I'd still like to inflict some damage and aiming the attack is a bit awkward for me. I will keep after it when I can. There must be hidden weapons I'm not finding.

If you go down a different hallway, then you can get your actual starting equipment. You can also lock-on to enemies by pushing the right stick (on PS3 anyway).

Also, grab a shield and fall in love with the button that keeps it up.

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If you go down a different hallway, then you can get your actual starting equipment. You can also lock-on to enemies by pushing the right stick (on PS3 anyway).

Also, grab a shield and fall in love with the button that keeps it up.

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This.

and what starting class are you? Some classes are easier to start with than others.

I'm going to give this game a rest. I've made virtually no progress and I'm fighting multiple bad guys that have swords and all I have is a sword hilt. I've looked for other stuff but nothing else found.

In Borderlands, may favorite game, you start out with a firearm pretty quick.

76ag.

Slow down and say where you are...

Depending on your class you should get a sword pretty quickly...

If you are in the tutorial....you get out of the cell...move through a few hallways...See the big bad Asylum Demon...run to the door on the left of the room when you enter...Go into some other cells and pick up your equipment.

Heck, even a depraved gets a club or something.

Are you sure you have equipped it?

All I have to equip is the sword hilt. I am presently upstairs (I think) from the demon I ran past. I will go back down there and see if I can find some equipment.

I beat one guy with a sword just using the hilt but then I ran into more guys and in retreating from them fell down a stair well and killed myself. I don't usually play this type of game but I can tell it is a good one.

Thanks for the info.

Finally beat this game. 45 hours spread over 3 months. Had to use the wiki alot. I just don't have the time to play a game like this blind.

I was kinda disappointed by the last boss. When I played Demon's Souls, the False King was the bane of my existence. He smacked me around like a red-headed stepchild until I wanted to break the game. I nearly one-shotted the last boss of this game, and it only took me 3 tries total.

Every time I played this game, I just wished I was playing Demon's Souls.

Not saying Dark Souls is a bad game - it isn't. It's just that Demon's Souls was an all-time great, while Dark Souls is merely good.

And I know what I am talking about. I had 5 or 6 builds lvl > 80 and 2 or 3 of those were > 100. (On Demon's Souls.)

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I'm going to give this game a rest. I've made virtually no progress and I'm fighting multiple bad guys that have swords and all I have is a sword hilt. I've looked for other stuff but nothing else found.

In Borderlands, may favorite game, you start out with a firearm pretty quick.

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Bum-bum-bum

Another one bites the dust!

45 hours?! Thats a damn good time. My final clock was 78 but I didn't use wiki at all.

Demon's Souls better than Dark Souls?
Its your opinion and you certainly are entitled to it.

I may give the nod to Demon's Souls due to how daring it was (the ENTIRE LEVEL must be replayed...probably harder too), but Dark Souls with its level design (especially in the beginning) is probably more brilliant.

I really need to get back into this game. I gave up on it a few months ago after getting to Anor Lando.

Maybe I'll start it back up tonight...I'd love to see the end of it. I just got frustrated because I couldnt figure out what I should spend my souls on, so I was stocking up on them, then I lost them all. Lol

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Gotta spend'em!

Wiki does help in giving you some ideas of where you to invest for certain builds.

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45 hours?! Thats a damn good time. My final clock was 78 but I didn't use wiki at all.

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You'd be surprised how much time the wiki will save you. I pulled it up when I kept hitting my head against a wall. Would have taken me 10 times longer at least in the Crystal Cave and Catacombs without the wiki. Also didn't pvp much and focused my build early.

I can promise I'm not particularly good.

Confirmed today that Dark Souls will be released on PC with new areas and new bosses............using GFWL