From Software has fixed a year-old bug that had been causing weapons to degrade too quickly on PC versions of Dark Souls 2 and is preparing to release the patch in an update. The weapons fix will be accompanied by a host of other patches across all current generation platforms.
Those playing the game at 60 frames per second have been getting gameplay twice as smooth as the last gen standard on consoles, 30 fps. Oddly, the rate at which weapons degraded was twice as fast when the game's frame rate was twice as smooth.
The upcoming patch will ensure that those who play Dark Souls 2 at 60 fps or higher won't see their weapons degrade twice as fast as those who play at 30 fps.
Here's a rundown of the fixes due for release in the upcoming update:
On Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Steam (DirectX 9), Steam (DirectX 11):
○ Fixed a problem with weapon durability associated with frame rate, along with problems degradation issue that arise when attacking enemy corpses and friendlies. Fixed problems with controller button combos.
On Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Steam (DirectX 11):
○ Addresses the issue that causes the summoning sign to linger in Drangleic Castle and Throne of Want after all bosses have been defeated.
○ Corrected moment of death replays to properly display bloodstains in online play.
○ Fixed client-side hangup during the Laddersmith Gilligan in Earthen Peak scene. Fixed issue whereby the Host may not be able to load their save data after stopping the game while waiting for matching to complete in online mode.
○ Resolved a problem that sometimes prevented a host from loading saved content and leaving a game and waiting on match-making.
On Xbox One:
○ Resolved an issued that caused the game to terminate if a player paused during multiplayer. Fixed a freeze related to players switching between maps repeatedly. Resolved an issue that prevented hosts from returning to offline play after ending a multiplayer session.
On Steam (DirectX 9):
○ Corrected a problem that made it appear that the player's character was sliding forward in online play.
