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Tahnit

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,965
Correct. It is super easy to manually back up your saves though. I just create a shortcut to the save directory on my desktop they just copy the file from the directory to your desktop. This is obviously not as convenient as auto backup but better than nothing...

Or just use cloud saves!
 

Deleted member 41651

User-requested account closure
Banned
Apr 3, 2018
1,981
to the people playing for the first time, try not to use the Drake sword...you'll become over-reliant on it thinking it's too good but then you'll reach a point where it sucks and you're screwed if you don't have another better weapon
This is the best starter advice, imo. It's one thing to cheese the dragon in Demon's Souls/random shit in the other games but the Drake Sword should be called "The Crutch." It's fun to kill him for shits and giggles and the temporary boost but new people might get the wrong impression of the game because of how boring and weak it eventually becomes.
 

Custódio

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,902
Brazil, Unaí/MG
Some guy invaded me, broke my equipment, cursed me, and infected me with an egg with some fire attack. I'm turning off the online mode.

I had never seem any sure cheater in more than 3 hundred hours of the Prepare to Die version.
 

hyuckwut

Member
Oct 27, 2017
806
Ok I know about the chaos witch, but I have a question. Please don't laugh.

are there spiders in this game
 

Ferrs

Avenger
Oct 26, 2017
18,829
Very small yet cool addition, second bell now rings for everyone if someone rings it, like the Parish bell.
 

Seiru

Member
Oct 25, 2017
613
Some guy invaded me, broke my equipment, cursed me, and infected me with an egg with some fire attack. I'm turning off the online mode.

I had never seem any sure cheater in more than 3 hundred hours of the Prepare to Die version.

This is fucking stupid. What sort of cheat prevention does this game have, anyways?
 

Seiru

Member
Oct 25, 2017
613
https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/8lqrmi/about_cheaters_and_requests_for_a_dsr_watchdog/

it's been 6 years since Dark Souls came out, there have been 4 games on different engines, all of them sharing the same flaws, plagued with the same amount of cheaters and script kiddies, and all of them pulling off the same destructive actions: it's time FromSoft fixed their own games without relying on the efforts of the community. Besides, the presence of their in-house "anti-tampering" solution has proven, over the years, how any third-party approach only nets innocent players softbans and troubles. Any tool I could come up with would only get you flagged.

Kind of says it all. When I first saw the reports of cheating, I immediately knew this would not be something that From ever takes care of. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I don't think I will be.
 

NoWayOut

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,075
Remastered is being dumped on with the Steam reviews, so far they are 'mixed':

https://store.steampowered.com/app/570940/DARK_SOULS_REMASTERED/

Some of those "reviews" are really ludicrous. Calling it a piece of garbage created to steal fans' money. Wow, the sense of entitlement of some gamers is off scale. All because instead of a free upgrade they only got a 50% discount.

The community forum on Steam is even worse, with people cheering for the hacker who is ruining multiplayer for everyone else. Donating money so he can re-buy the game if he gets banned. The level of immaturity and saltyness this release has brought up is unbelievably sad.
 
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Dphex

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,811
Cologne, Germany
rang the first bell .-) the fire is rekindled, i am enjoying the game, hehe... (but still, it ain´t no Demon´s Souls, the atmosphere is so much better there, Sony should really bring it back that more people experience the supremeness of this game)
 

JMY86

Member
Oct 27, 2017
7,071
United States
Some guy invaded me, broke my equipment, cursed me, and infected me with an egg with some fire attack. I'm turning off the online mode.

I had never seem any sure cheater in more than 3 hundred hours of the Prepare to Die version.

I have 1000+ hours played on PC and I have only encountered a handful of hackers/cheaters but a couple of them were pretty nasty. I was once punched by an invader which cursed me, broke every single equippable item in my inventory then teleported me to the middle of Ash Lake to fall to my death. I always keep a manual backup of my save just in case...
 

GaimeGuy

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
5,092
I have 1000+ hours played on PC and I have only encountered a handful of hackers/cheaters but a couple of them were pretty nasty. I was once punched by an invader which cursed me, broke every single equippable item in my inventory then teleported me to the middle of Ash Lake to fall to my death. I always keep a manual backup of my save just in case...
O.o
 

Omegasquash

Member
Oct 31, 2017
6,201
It was always my understanding that the drake sword is really a fairly bad idea for newcomers at least. Its power comparative to the early game lets you get away with a lot of bad gameplay habits that you'll end up regretting later in the game, not to mention other weapons you could have been getting good at using will outrun it with enough upgrading.

I used Drake to help learn gameplay, since I sucked terribly. Eventually gave up and decided to use a Black Knight sword. Night and day, man.
 

Noema

Member
Jan 17, 2018
4,909
Mexico CIty
66 Endurance and 48 Vitality.

250

10 Dex (don't tell anyone)
 

99humanity

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,996
The new lighting (I think) is making the pyromancer pants (Heavy boots) look weird. Looks like it's zelda cel shaded or something
 

RedMercury

Blue Venus
Member
Dec 24, 2017
17,677
I really want to buy this but I'm worried about cheaters messing up my game, is there a guide to making manual save backups? Will you still be softbanned even if you use that? Does the Steam version have the day one patch already?
 

Custódio

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,902
Brazil, Unaí/MG
I really want to buy this but I'm worried about cheaters messing up my game, is there a guide to making manual save backups? Will you still be softbanned even if you use that? Does the Steam version have the day one patch already?

To backup you just need to copy the file in documents\nbgi\DARK SOULS REMASTERED to anywhere. It's hard to know about day one patches on Steam because it downloads everything in one go instead of downloading the base games and the patches later on.
 

.exe

Member
Oct 25, 2017
22,266
Beat the Taurus on my third attempt and at SL4. Big difference from my first time through! I recall grinding for enough strength to wield the Zweihander. The combat feels a lot stiffer than DS2/3, definitely took a moment to get used to.
 

Blackflag

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
1,968
Wish I knew what month at least the Switch version is coming out...since I don't I guess I'll buy both.
 

gosublime

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,434
The bell was ringing not stop last night was amazing never heard it like that before

Don't know why, but this has got me super excited for the PS4 version (it's the one I'm getting) - can't wait to play this with a large player base. I played it late and never really got much from the multiplayer.
 

RedMercury

Blue Venus
Member
Dec 24, 2017
17,677
To backup you just need to copy the file in documents\nbgi\DARK SOULS REMASTERED to anywhere. It's hard to know about day one patches on Steam because it downloads everything in one go instead of downloading the base games and the patches later on.
So you just do that, what, every 30 minutes or so so you don't lose a ton of progress?
 

Inuhanyou

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
14,214
New Jersey
guys, question as i am unfamiliar with PSN purchasing before launch. i have 40 bucks on this at GS. could i just refund that, put it toward 2 20$ cards and put it from the PSN store? I dont know how taxation works in this scenario but i have a 20% off code ready to use, is that enough?
 

Doof

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,434
Kentucky
guys, question as i am unfamiliar with PSN purchasing before launch. i have 40 bucks on this at GS. could i just refund that, put it toward 2 20$ cards and put it from the PSN store? I dont know how taxation works in this scenario but i have a 20% off code ready to use, is that enough?

PSN store does do tax (at least they do in my area) so you'll need enough to cover tax. AFAIK, 20 percent off codes don't work on pre-orders, so you'll have to wait till midnight.
 

Nezacant

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,085
guys, question as i am unfamiliar with PSN purchasing before launch. i have 40 bucks on this at GS. could i just refund that, put it toward 2 20$ cards and put it from the PSN store? I dont know how taxation works in this scenario but i have a 20% off code ready to use, is that enough?
The game is $40 digital right? So yeah if you refunded the $40 you put down on the physical copy then you would have enough for the digital copy unless you somehow live somewhere where digital purchases are taxed more than that 20% off code you have.

EDIT: As stated above though, you have to wait and not pre-order.