/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

High Wall FC going on still, we need more signs peeps.

8 days until Nioh ruins the souls series

>tfw we will never get another covenant like the bellbros

>been farming CGS wielding skelememes in Carthus for probably an hour
>have a shitload of titanite, Carthus Rouge, and even a shackle and large titanite to show for it
>but still no Carthus Curved Greatsword

WHAT IS THE DROP RATE ON THESE FUCKING THINGS? I JUST WANT TO TRY THE WEAPON OUT GOD DAMN IT.

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shit posted right as thread ended

>friend beats ds2 solo
>chooses scholar ending instantly
>nice, do you wanna see the other ending?
>sure
>alright, you can summon me and we can just blitz through it if you want (just want this guy to make it past ds2 and onto ds3)
>sure man
>summons me and other friend
>2 attempts on nash and 3 on aldia because of forbidden sun memes
>he's now upset
>messages me like an hour later
>"i never want to coop again. i didnt wanna say it while it was going on, but yeah i did not have fun"
>that's aight it was content you already did, otherwise i wouldn't even have offered, we dont have to anymore
>"oh and fuck other friend dude"
>like 30 minutes later he logs off while im afk
>ask other friend if he rageleft because i worry this nigga just left the end of ds2 in 100% bitter resentment (inb4 WHO DIDNT)
>"nah dude i asked him why he was mad and im not gonna tell you cause i'd feel bad but it doesnt have anything to do with dark souls
>"oh, aight, not dark souls"
>"not us"
>"not dark souls or not us"
>wont finish his thought

this 1000 character blog brought to you by me

but seriously what the fuck

did he give me the runaround and is actually pissed at me or did coincidentally something happen irl that pissed him off at the same time or what the fuck is going on

*shakes /dsg/ 8ball*

post replies

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>tfw no Samus in DS3

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>>167037913
>eye light up
>in anticipation that the crow will take him to the asylum
>so he can bully more undead

>>167038241
Man, I miss whips from DaS2.

>>167038214
ur a faggot your friend is a bigger faggot

is curse-rotten greatwood supposed to be my second boss? because it's fucking raping me.

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>mfw someone tries to ask enb about souls lore theories
It's funny and really sad at the same time.

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Xth for best guy

>>167038541
which friend m8

if we're both faggots do we belong together

*shakes /dsg/ 8ball again*

>>167038568
It's completely optional

>>167038568
Tutorial Boss, Vordt, Greatwood (optional boss)

and Greatwood is easy. Its animations are slow and predictable. Just aim for its sores.

>>167038130
Watchdogs and Aldbitch was the same concept but better.

The bellbonger thing was fun but the areas for it were imo stupidly small and optional. Also I never understood why you had to ring the bell to leave.

>>167038568
You mean third boss? Yes, it's pretty easy since its attacks are telegraphed to all hell and can be rolled through. The only "hard" part is probably the mobs in the first stage, but the boss helps against them somewhat.

If you're having trouble hitting it in the second stage, bait its 180 swing and roll through it, dodge the over-the-shoulder hand smash, and hit the hand until it dies.

>>167038626
Yeah, if you don't want access to boss weapons, which is completely retarded.

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>>167038583
EMERALD HERALD IS THE OLD LADY EMERALD HERALD IS THE OLD LADY
EMERALD HERALD IS THE OLD LADY
EMERALD HERALD IS THE OLD LADY
EMERALD HERALD IS THE OLD LADY
EMERALD HERALD IS THE OLD LADY


FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA FLORA

I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WORKED ON THE G U I D E

AGS and ENB are the fucking lowest tier """pillars""" of the community humanly fucking imaginable

absolutely fuck them

>>167038626

then I am lost as fuck and have no idea where to go

>>167038737
but how do I know I'm not the autist that was lied to

u c anon

>>167038758

yet you'd probably get more action if you went to the bell tower right now than in watchdogs or aldritch

>>167038921
Did you meet a guy in cool looking armor with a big mace yet?

>>167038974

only met the unused bloodborne asset locked in the cage

>>167038214
Depends on how bad you managed to fuck up the easiest final bosses in the franchise.

How did you manage to actually die to Nashandra and Aldia when Nashandra's a fucking joke and Aldia's attacks are all telegraphed to hell and back? If he already got the Dark Lord ending solo but managed to die that many times with help to get the normal ending, then it's at least one of your guys' faults. I'd be pissed too if the friends that were supposed to help me became huge fucking loads instead.

>>167039060
You know that road down from the pyromancer dude, that leads into a small building group with a bunch of pot guys? Head over there and meet the cool guy with the giant hammer. Then head into the church.

>>167038832
>ags and enb
Please elaborate

>>167037913
how do I do the hollowing thing so I dont miss out on rings

should I just do it whenever available

>>167039542
You get the chance to get another Dark Sigil every two times you die after the last one. Do it five times before going into the area past Abyss Watchers. Then keep the Elite Knight chick alive until the snow town.

>>167038583
Is that the profaned womb guy or someone else?

rep

Can I CE the perfect fashion + gear to start a new DS3 playthrough? I don't really want to go through the early game a 10th time.

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>>167039701
I mean DS3 of course. Everyone knows DS1 is a free for all.

is there still lots of pvp on bloodborne? I only just bought it

also what's /dsg/'s opinion of Nioh

>>167038094
you're very protective anon

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what the fuck is going on in this fc

why is there an invisible nigga murdering everyone

why are people healing mid duel

>>167040091
There's a bloodborne general, try asking there.

>>167040151
>DS3 FCs
lmao

>>167040091

I think it looks great, really excited to play a souls inspired game that takes the combat formula in a unique direction. Lots of people in the general write it off as weeb trash but souls is just as weeby

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I did it!

>>167039261
>How did you manage to actually die to Nashandra and Aldia when Nashandra's a fucking joke

I rolled to dodge a laser, got stuck in the ground, died after a few seconds, hostfriend died a few moments after

on Aldia, I unironically died immediately after fire because I swung with a UGS and didnt have stamina to roll out and forgot how much damage NG+ aldia immolation does, got treeclipped like a dog

rest were just russian roulette forbidden suns offing hostfriend


other friend died basically each time but didnt really make a difference on the fights

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I've been working some shitty dark souls 3 texture overides I thought you guys may enjoy

http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/147/?

>>167040580
you did

>>167040868
I thought the override didn't work after the last patch?

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>>167041053
IDK what problem people are having but its been working fine for me?

I just have to make sure I let it load before I do anything else, aka, sit there as it loads the first splash screen of dark souls 3 before alt tabbing or going to a different window.

Here are some sunny d and mountain dew icons, + a behelit

http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/145/

>>167039487
What is there to elaborate?

Deus Volt is cancer and should be banned from FC. Unfun, overpowered build.

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>>167041180
>that SunnyD texture resolution

>>167038241
>Phazon from the Prime series was like the Dark when you think about it.

>>167041180
Besides the usual fixes I think I only used ones like this in DS1

http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/92/?

cmon ornstien, you really needed to use a knife on a guy using the lance to finish him off?

>>167041443
>Deus Volt
>Volt
Only faggots misspell. Unless he's a lightning-wielding crusader.

>>167038832
People like ENB and AGS is why Vaati is considered some sort of lore master. It's the whole "if you want to seem smarter, find dumber friends" saying in action.

>>167041661
he is.

How much dex should I have on a sorcerer with sages ring for max speed?

I love when I invade and it's 1v3.

every time

>>167041746
No. People on /dsg/ having their topics discussed on reddit is why Vaati is considered a loremaster. ENB and AGS shit out garbage every ""playthrough"" and then once they realize they have absolutely no grasp on the story they start shitting out oneliners that are edgy as fuck

Reminder that AGS literally threw the world's greatest fit over Flora, and ENB is prime suspect for why DS2 lore is ggggggggaaaaarbbbbaaaaaggeeee to discuss

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How the fuck do i get through blighttown, Toxic just killed me through all my estus.

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Haven't played DSIII in a while. Two questions:
A: Have they made any patches/updates that make it easier to gain Proof of a Concord Kepts?
B: Have they made any patches/updates, or has anyone discovered any obscure methods, for obtaining Duel Bow without having to level up via Yoel?

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>>167037913

>>167042093
No, but we know CMW is better than DMB, so use that one
No

>>167042093
no, use CE
no, use CE

>>167041443
this

hes 4 shotting people with a 1h axe

>>167041443
did you try gitting gud instead of complaining about things that kill you
because you should try gitting gud instead of complaining about things that kill you

>>167041961
Hawkshaw is pretty good.

>>167042098
Okay, now put a plume on Ornstein's gear.

>>167042001
the assholes with the toxic blowguns dont respawn, so you just need to kill them once
spider shield has good block vs poison so use that to block their darts if you have it

>>167042182
what's the build?

>>167042280
Thanks my dude.

>>167041901
Don't play the literal worst game in the series then.

>>167041961
what the hell is flora and why did AGS sperg out over it?

>>167042335
60FTH yorshka's Lightning Blade on raw DSA
It's only four-shot if you also count landing a lightning stake or on a squishy caster.

>>167041961
lol the reddit lore theories are horrible at best. I just popped over there and there's a discussion on how they think Ariandel used the soul vessel to teleport away and isn't dead.

Their evidence is he speaks right after he's defeated.

>>167042335
probably like max SL with +2 & 3 rings

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>>167042478
You were right about the +2 rings.

>>167042470
are you retarded

>>167042423
it's what AGS think the literal "nameless Moon Presence" is called in Bloodborne based on one line of dialogue that also includes the word fauna

you tell me

>>167042141
>but we know CMW is better than DMB, so use that one
No idea what that means, dude. Been out of the loop for too long.

>>167042148
CE?

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So is 120 the recommended PVP SL now?

>>167042730
>now?
pretty sure it has been for a while my dude

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Would you fug my mage?

>>167040151
because they're fuckers

>>167042827
would fug
would not stay and chat

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>>167042730
>>167042823
>120
I don't understand this for DS3
If the softcap for stats is like 60 and pyros still scale off of INT+FTH, then why isn't 150-175 like in DS2 ??

>>167042827
post feet

>>167042946
w-why, anon?

REQUEST WEAPON TIER LIST DS3

>>167042980
Can't say I can figure out how to get a good shot of em outside of being OHKO'd.

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>>167043003

>>167042552
>346 sheet ar
>but hits people for 400 damage when mitigated through armor and magic resist
really makes you think

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BLACK BLADE IS THICC

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I leveled it up for the fuck of it, but do I even need to get that 16 Faith? It's going to be shit as a sidearm no matter what I do, right?

Why is Crescent Axe so good

>>167043195
That's the rose of Ariandel AR
This is my buffed DSA AR

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>>167041527
Yeah I really just ported the Ds1 texture into 3, I can't find the original file they used to create it or it would be higher quality.
>>167041595
Got ya covered, coulda sworn I downloaded this somewhere but I guess its not on any sites so I guess I made it for Ds3 myself?
http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/149

>>167042994
Lucy dont give me a boner right now damnit

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>>167043195
>>167043394
Forgot image

>>167042823
Is it the SL with the most activity or just the SL that 4channers play at?

>>167043493
It's not lucy for a change. Is my mage that androgynous?

It's been a long ass time since I played das1 and a thought just hit me

Were there ever any lore theories about blacksmith vamos? He seems so weird and out of place. Granted he's a skeleton in the catacombs but he's also intelligent and metallic what the fuck is that about

>>167043195

You really questioning shit on a miracle build?

>>167042141
>>167042591
No seriously homie, can you elaborate? Leveling Darkmoon was like the most obnoxious shit in DS3.

>>167043703
CMW: crystal magic weapon
DMB: darkmoon blade

Crystal magic weapon hits harder and int spells are better, no reason to grind for darkmoon blade

>>167043535
thanks for proving why someone with 707 ar should not be invited

>>167043915
I'm just going for completion, I don't care if the Darkmoon Blade is shit.

Thanks for the explanation, though.

>>167043929
are you complaining about a fth build?
are you fucking retarded you mongloid?

>>167043457
>http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/149
Thanks, anon!

>>167042974
Over 120 you run into builds that go into 1-2 shot territory no matter how many hit-points you have and that's anti-fun. In darks souls 3 the pvp gets better the lower your SL is no matter how much anyone wants to deny it. Been rolling SL80 since DLC1 and I'm never turning back.

>dark hand

What the fuck why is this thing so strong

>>167044084
>am i complaining about the fact that everyone this guy fights dies in 4 hits
why yes i am

okay i jerked off and went back to farming thralls and got the axe instantly

holy shit quickstep is so good for bullying hosts in invasions and generally just getting up in their faces

plus the whole ironflesh quicksteb cheese is fun

>>167044223
I'm lvl 40 just about 2 shotting people with dragonslayer great axe. What's the highest ar pure strength weapon?

>>167044223

What's the argument against SL80? I only do 120 because that's what people say you should do. Never actually tested shit under that.

>>167044254
so like any quality weapon then?

Can someone give me the tl;dr of how covenants work in DS3? I've played DS1 and Bloodborne but I have done next to no multiplayer in any of these. In Bloodborne I just picked my covenant based on the rune I wanted equipped. In DS1 I really just never even figured out what they were about.

>>167043535
Should those stats add up to SL 122?

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>>167044137
no prob.

Here are some Demon Souls Icons for purists.
Including the best cat ring icon ever.
http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/146/?

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>>167044319
wrong

>>167043592
SL120 is Highest Quantity lowest Quality PVP

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Asshole here still playing unpatched Dark Souls. I just got to dragon butts. It's a gangrape of terrible proportions I never expected. Just make it stop.

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>>167042280
The shield, it does nothing. One dart = instant toxic still... Ive killed one so far anyway guess its a matter of headbutting the place until they are all dead...

>>167038568 here,

got to farron keep, turned off the game. no run poison swamps are bad enough when they aren't full of 1-shotting bloodborne assets.

>>167044373
Shit, you're right. I must have done something wrong. Let me fix that.

>>167044412
Nice. I need to get the texture swap up and working.

>>167044316

you have less points so you have to be a lot stingier with your builds. You will have to sacrifice certain stats to boost others. But thats what makes builds diverse and why I prefer it. For example I have a level 80 pyro build with 30/30 int/fth, and 3 spell slots but I lowered my vig to the 27 cap and I have very low stamina, but with rings and not being a trash can I make it work and its a lot of fun to try and make it work with little wiggle room.

>>167044343
they dont

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>>167044493
>Just make it stop.
Update your game.

>>167044460
>lowest Quality PVP
Git gud.

>>167044528

youre not supposed to go there yet, turn back and look for a boss fight against a mage then keep following that path until you cant any more, once youve done that come back to the swamp and its easy mode.

>>167044779
NEVER.

>>167044246
I've heard its good at lower SL's?

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>>167044373
>>167044542
Fixed it. What's odd is I made this character before I downloaded CE and haven't touched him since.

Man I haven't played in so long that I'm nervous to go online. I don't remember any of my different gear builds or my preferred weapons or any of that shit. Fuck.

>>167044820
>lowest Quality PVP

because its too easy

>people are seriously complaining about DSA at SL 120
First of all you could make an effort to duel charm him if you really wanted.

Second of all, if he really is four-hit killing you, he's probably only barely doing enough to get it. Throwing on a thunder stoneplate will probably put his damage beneath the five-hit-kill line. Not to mention having a regen miracle active and just backing off after he stunlocks you till you get your health above half. Your next line is "but if I dealt with my problems, I'd be employing a faggy strategy! Discarded!".

But most importantly, the only advantage it has over a straightsword is that it has more damage and wins trades. His weaponart is literally unuseable as he needs to keep his buff active, his R2s are worthless trash, his running R1's are fairly bad, and his standing R1s are just slightly shittier versions of straightsword R1s with less reach than straightsword R2s.

Unless his ">offensive miracles" force you into it or keep you from taking safe options, it isn't op. If he actually is using miracles to pull you into the axe, then color me impressed.

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>invader spawns in right on top of me
>I run away a bit and prostrate to show I have no interest in fighting
>he runs right past my prostrated ass
>use chameleon
>dude runs around for 8 or so mins looking for me
>finds me and tries to do a charged R2
>I roll through it and run all the way to the boss

I wonder why invaders even try fighting people with no interest in fighting them.

so is the firelink shrine in DS3 the undead asylum?

I like how the firelink cycles have been going on for so long that the last bits of humanity are literally embers now

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>>167044604
it is hella fun, I used to love modding dark souls 1 and took a break from 3 for a long time, then found out I could finally put in all these funny little mods. Did a mini-tattoo pack as a tester.
http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/144/?

>Enjoy using bows
>Spend a fuckload of resources to upgrade Dragonrider Bow
>It's worse than plain Composite
fuck

>>167045310
It's just a new area with a recycled name.

>>167040580

Gratz, fgt.

Wait till you end up in Blighttown.

That's when things go south fast.

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>>167045325
>not this

>>167045306
Is this bait ?
People who invade are here to kill you, of course they're going to fight.

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>>167045389
I can't turn my back on Yaranaika Solaire

>>167045306

Are you unironically retarded?

>>167045389
>can't make tattoos multiple colors
>will never be able to make angry sun man

So Greirat is being a whiny little faggot and not selling me shit. Is there any other place to buy standard arrows early in the game? I'm still in the Undead Settlement.

>>167045438
At around SL80, especially with his build, I'd assume most people doing so are doing it for fun and shenanigans. If you're just going to kill someone right at the start of the level, what's the point? What does it do? You don't even need souls anymore. It doesn't feel like it has a point to me unless they're trying to use the souls to actually level up or something. Or perhaps I'm pushing my reasonings for invading upon others.

>>167045473
Perhaps.

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>>167045026
>First of all you could make an effort to duel charm him if you really wanted.
sure, but lloyds and charms arent exactly permitted in an fc even if you'd manage to land one

the whole issue is that he's fighting people who are just trying to have fun with different weapons and shitting on everyone because they deal like half the damage of his minmax build

why waste effort on charms and playing ultra-passive to circumvent his miracle and ashen estus spam when you could just not summon the guy and make the entire event much more enjoyable for everyone else?

Seriously fuck Rapiers that is the gayest shit

>>167045586
What do you mean?
If he's doing 'Curl Up' you should be able to simply reload Firelink to make him stop crying.

>>167045254

Ok. What's your problem though?

>>167044820
I too enjoy seeing all of my opponents use a 433AR refined dark sword

>>167045729
Oh yeah that's what he's doing. Probably should have thought to try that myself, but thank you.

>Fully charged 2H heavy attack with a polearm doesn't stagger enemies while doing flipping attacks
Wew dark souls

>>167045356

it looks a lot like the asylum DESU, esp. with the snowy mountain peaks.

>>167042974
The int/fai softcaps for pyros aren't the same as they are for single stat caster builds.

>>167044316
Basically here's the order people level shit up;

bare minimum weapon requirements before anything

then 27 vig and around as much endurance from bare minimum sl up to sl 40 or 50 ish (tanky meta)

followed by leveling most of your offense stats up for at least 27/40 quality till around sl 80 or 100 (squishy meta)

then it starts becoming worthwhile to start leveling health again, but once you hit 39 the next 10 levels aren't worth it and the levels after those 10 are literally pointless, so after people get two offense stats and that much vigor, they just start going for DMB+35fai regen since doing so give you far more health in the long term than you could obtain by leveling vig. Even if you just go for the 15 faith regen miracle, and even if you're doing it on a warrior where it costs 10 points of investment to obtain (only 5 if you priestess swap), it still can recover around three times as much as the amount of health you'd get by throwing those next ten levels on vigor for 49 vig.

Basically 120 is favored because it's where people stop leveling vigor; everything from there is offensive investment, and everything below it generally entails lowering your hp rather than your offense.

>invade someone and spawn right on top of him
>He runs away a bit and prostrates to show me he has no interest in fighting
>I run right past his prostrated ass
>he uses chameleon
>run around for 8 or so mins trying to find him
>find him and try to do a charged R2
>He rolls through it and runs all the way to the boss

I wonder why hosts wont fight people with a clear interest in fighting them.

>>167037913
I keep getting fucked up in the dark iron keep wtf

>>167045306
Depends how I'm feeling honestly. If I spawn in and someone is prostrating and curling up and shit and I can obviously tell they're just trying to reach the next bonfire or something, then most of the time I'll BC out or kill myself to give them an estus. Sometimes I'll still just bag on them though. You also have to think of it in the context of the landscape of invasion in DaS3, as an invader if you see a host refusing to engage you that means 90% of the time they're going to be trying to get back to the bonfire to summon phantoms and shit.

>>167045732
That's not the real NMS. Just report for off topic and move on.

>>167045721
>Your next line is "but if I dealt with my problems, I'd be employing a faggy strategy! Discarded!".
I hate the retardation that fightclub inbreeding produces. It's like you've shot yourself in the leg at the start of a race, then keeled over and started complaining how all the other runners are fags for running with both feet. It's your own fault.

>>167046247
Ok. Make a post in the Discord saying "I am the real NMS"

>>167046010
you are overusing the word "frankly"

>>167045721
>sure, but lloyds and charms arent exactly permitted in an fc
What the fuck are you on about. Paddrick and that one cosplayer love those things. they aren't banned because
>even if you'd manage to land one
People who bitch at duel charms in duels are dumb and so are you.

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>>167046301
>

>>167046353
Frankly, I frankly do not frankly care, my dear.

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FC is over, thank you all for coming

>>167046401
>Scimitar users who do absolutely nothing and hit you once every 5 minutes while running away
What is the counter to this

>>167045356

nig DS3 is fanservice: the game. firelink shrine probably is the asylum purely because that's where you start in DS1

>>167046531
>sifting through tons of posts to find one of the real NMS saying something a whole minute before >>167046301 asked for proof.

Faggot

>>167046614
Playing a game that gives you enjoyment instead of distress like a functioning human being

>>167037913
On my first playthrough rn and wanting to do some pvp fun. I notice there's a lot of activity in the forest and was thinking about joining but I already killed Sif and from what I'm reading the covenant can only be joined once?

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I'm on day 2 of trying to kill Blackflame Frieza, melee only solo. Phase 1 is no problem now. Kill her every time now. Phase 2 can still be a bitch. Sometimes there attacks sync up and there's nothing I can do. Anyways, whenever I finally get to Phase 3 she's so fast and ruthless I die too quickly and I can't get the feel for the battle. Things are looking grim.
Anybody here beat this bitch melee only solo? Shit feels impossible right now.

>>167046010

You should've just not joined the session then. I guess you just really don't like Black Flame. We don't have to play again.

>after you unzipped the BKS + Shotel

I don't know what that means.

>>167046836
That isn't the real NMS.

>>167046836
It's just a falseflagger looking to rile up some drama. Ignore and report.

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Is Gravelording still a thing in DS1?

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>>167046706

>>167046931
Is anything still a thing in DS1?

>>167046836
fuck you blackflame spamming shithead

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>>167046401
you sound like the kind of person who slings firebombs and throwing knives every 3 seconds

>they arent banned so it's ok :^))))))
fine with me, but you're still a faggot for using them

>>167046531
you sound like this kid

https://youtu.be/JUVOgPzXm7g?t=12

>>167047041
>Mage runs away and stands 100ft away from me and starts shooting
>People bitch when I throw shit at them

>>167047123
we aren't talking about mages anon

>>167047041
>bitch about weapon buffs refuses to counter them
Do you know how dumb you sound?

>>167046931

DS1 came out 6 years ago, the online is demon's souls tier.

>>167047027
Fun and meaningful singleplayer?

>>167046813
Same. Like literally the same problem as you.

I had a really good time at phase 2 until some edgelord did the boss invasion exploit with his "le joker" character and tried helping me. I just let myself die at that point.

>>167046813
I don't really know what to tell yon for phase 2, never had problems

backpedal on phase 3, miyazaki called it "the PvP-oriented DLC" for a reason

>>167047242
pcfag here, and I still see signs

>>167047269
>until some edgelord did the boss invasion exploit
Wait, you can boss invade people who're in the middle of the fight? I thought it only let you follow them into the fog, not invade them after they'd already passed in.

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>>167047240

>>167047385
>Spent a fuckload of time making a mage and getting all of the spells
>Either one shot people or lose, hardly any in-between with Sorcery
>Pyromancy is mindless as hell
>Just go back to my Str character
Magicks is suffering

>>167047221
>we aren't talking about mages
No. We were talking about a Lightning blade DSA. You were complaining about a faith build of all things.

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>>167047490
>707 AR and 4 shotting everyone is okay because it's a faith build! us faithbros dindu nuffin! it's dem fuckin dexlets keepin the faithbros down again!

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The helmet could be better, but I'm surprised how great Hodrick's stuff looks overall.

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>>167041583

>yfw Metroid and Dark Souls confirmed for happening in the same universe

>>167047697
>getting fourshot by 400 damage
How about you post your VIG

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>>167047787
How about you learn math.

Holy shit!

Shens Fort was really fun... I had fun the whole time. I even managed to beat the boss on first time.

Am I just enjoying being outside the he'll known as blight town, or did the game just open up a bit.

Hmm... hmmm... no longer closed :D

>>167047882
Post your VIG, Anon. 39 VIG with RoF has more than 1600 HP. Not to mention RoF+2 and Life Ring existing.

>>167047407
He may have invaded in before I started the fight (it didn't give me a typical invader message, or I didn't notice), but he didn't pass thru the gate until I already beat Sister Friede's first form.

Also, there were two identical health bars/names above "The Joker."

Seeing people argue about this games broken mechanics in a stupid fight club makes me so hyped for Nioh

>let's ban guns from rock paper scissors since they make the rest of the options go unused
this is a good reason to ban something from play

>let's ban rock because I think having to play scissors is gay
this is a bad reason to ban something from play

>>167047962
Nah, Sen's Funhouse is a blast. I'm glad you liked it on your first way through. I was terrified my first time until the easy (but satisfying) boss.

>>167047967
>400 damage
>kills someone in 4 shots
You can do it anon.

>>167047787
400 x 400= 1600

if he catches you twice and if you're under 1600 hp you're dead

40 vigor is around 1577 hp

assuming you have life ring+3 and rof+2 you survive one more hit


you may as well be fighting someone with pre-nerf bkga if you come into an fc where people are there to fuck around and have fun trying out different weapons

>>167048107
Yes, if someone has less than usual health they die in less hits. 39 VIG with RoF+2 is in five-shot territory.
Come on, Anon. Don't be shy. How much VIG do you have?

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If you're boss invading don't pull an elevator lever right as they trigger a boss cutscene. You get sucked into a gray abyss!

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>>167046050
because they have a clear interest in not fighting you

i invade people with a clear desire to kill me even though I just follow them around. they almost always end up dying on their own or suiciding.

>>167048107
yeah, if you don't actually exert effort into adding defense

I think it's dumb for the anon you're replying to to expect casters to have fap and life, but for no more than 5 points of stat investment and a priestess/spr swap you can get up to an additional 420 hp over the course of a minute.

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>>167048226

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>try to roll away from a dude
>he does a running r1 with a rapier and catches me
>keep trying to roll and he keeps doing it
>die
>get mad
I'm so fucked up.

>>167048364
>i'm so fucked up.jpg

>>167048364
time it instead of trying to just create distance, and whatever you do, don't ask questions

>>167048360
>SL 94
>22 END
>why is someone 26 SL above me centered around lightning damage doing so much damage?

>>167048240
how? what

are you ok

>>167048359 (Me)
Actually to be fair, a caster who's allready at 30 att would need to spend 10 more points for another slot if they weren't willing to give one up, but you can usually spare one if you're already at 30, especially when the darkmoon ring exists.

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>>167048497
why indeed

>you cant skip Old Monk cutscene
Just when I thought the Maneaters did enough to make Tower of Latria the worst area, this boss has to step in and seal the deal.

>>167048047
It'll have PvP and apparently only arena so far. I give you guys 1 or 2 months after PvP release before you're overrun with these

>>167048692
Why don't you show the entire screen anon? Hiding something?

So I'm near the end of the game and what spells do I need for a sorcerer? I mainly use Great Soul Arrow and Crystal Soul Spear as needed at the moment, and I bring Magic Shield (for the length of use) and Hidden Body (for general fuckery). Most the spells in this game seem kinda shitty. Homing Soul Mass doesn't really do too much damage, I assume it's for PVP, Crystal Hail is just what the fuck tier shitty, White Dragon Breath seems utterly pointless, the swords are neat but I never use them, same with the Magic Weapons. Magic Shield is surprisingly amazing. The others seem so horrificially situational that it's pointless. I'm missing Soul Stream, Frozen Weapon, and Snap Freeze, how do they do? Enough to slot?

>>167048740
>Latria
>worst area

Look at this memester.

Merely pretending. Why do people suck Latria's dick so much?

>>167048692
>>167048830
he isn't wearing gauntlets judging by the defense values

>>167048660
What would be considered the best place to stop as far as FP gains go, on ATT?

>>167048956

Latria's not nearly as bad as VoD. Really, learning the layout is the worst part of it.

>>167048830
>Why don't you show the entire screen anon?
the screencap is the only relevant information needed to point out how dumb you sound

>>167049000
i have pretty heavy armor in every slot

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The following statistics have been confirmed by MrIwont4get as being very similar, if not completely accurate. He is a Dark Souls content creator and pillar of the community. He has just returned home from a trip to a special Bandai Namco press conference, where select individuals were given the opportunity to play the new DLC for Dark Souls 3, The Ringed City.


Archdragon Greatshield +5
100% physical
75% magical
100% fire
14% lightning
75% dark
87 stability
39 units
60 strength to wield, C scaling.

Weapon Art (35 FP): Encases the Archdragon's head in an ancient armor, granting it nigh-indestructibility, and making its wielder impervious to harm.

The weapon has a unqiue moveset when it is held with two hands. Your light attack (LMB, R1, RB) will make a very quick bash that is significantly speedier than the same attack of other greatshields. Your Heavy Attack, ( mod LMB, R2, RT) will cause the latent power of the Archdragon to awaken, removing several durability points from the shield, but causing a great flame to belch forth from the depths of the shield, burning foes asunder. In addition, when using the weapon's jumping attack, landing will cause a small firey shockwave to eminent out in a cone, causing moderate damage to those caught in its path. Furthermore, the shield will automatically block any attacks while it is attacking, including during it's jumping attack, similarly to a previous DLC weapon, Valorheart.

Using a character with 66 strength and two-handing the shield, it reaches an astonishing 720 AR. However, much of the shield is fire damage, and as such, the actual damage will be significantly lower than its listed AR. The weapon art is astonishingly similar to the effect of the "Great Magic Shield" sorcery, however, unlike that spell, this effect does not grant Lightning absorption.

>>167049172
Because you're likely taking so much damage from some big fuck up in your build or armor/ring choices and if we don't see the big picture we won't be able to tell

>>167049172
>i have pretty heavy armor in every slot
Unfortunately, heavy armor in DaS3 is pretty worthless compared to previous games. Not only are you 26 levels below everyone else, you're not getting much use out of some of your levels.
Asking to ban someone for having a build better than one 26 levels below the meta doesn't make much sense.

>>167049006
Most people stop at 30 since that's the first attunement slot level that leaves you with over an ashen estus flask's amount of FP. It's good to have a little extra so that you've got the option to chug early or chug late (hence why 30 is favored over 24), but as far as slots go you don't get another slot till 40, so people don't go any further.

If you really just want maximum FP per point, stop at 35, but it isn't worth it since it won't change how much you recover with an estus flask. The first 200 points of FP are basically five times as valuable as all the ones afterwards if you've got 5 flasks to refill them with, so even though the 35th point gives twice as much FP as the 14th, it isn't really worth hitting.

https://unkindler.github.io/caps/

>>167049198
>how do we make faith viable?
>just give turtles an upgraded havel's greatshield with an invincibility WA and make it weak to lightning
Shit is going to be cancerous for a while when this DLC finally comes out.

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>>167049198
Anyone else find it eerie how photorealistic the sky in Archdragon Peak is?

>>167049172
then beats me why mugen comes out with completely different values for your flat defenses, which are identical regardless of armor equipped so long as you have armor equipped

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>>167048546
>vordt cutscene
>fades back to me
>DEAD
>NOTHING BUT GRAY SKYBOX WITH A SUN

>>167049198
Nice try, the last time you posted this you said the lightning resistance was 14.9%.

>>167048917

For PvE Great Heavy Soul Arrow is all you need.

For PvP you have a wide variety of options. Homing Soul Mass is actually terrific for PvP. It's insanely fast cast time and low FP cost compared to the crystal version means you can keep it up practically all the time. This makes you basically unapproachable if you have your back turned to your opponent as you can lock on at anytime to try and catch them with the Soul Mass and any other things you throw out at that time.

Other good spells for PvP are Great Farron Dart, Farron Flashsword, Farron Hail, Great Deep Soul and Soul Greatsword. Great Farron Dart is basically a throwing knife for mages that does more damage and has no 40 item limit, great for chip damage and finishers. Farron Flashsword is a cost-efficient short range melee spell that pairs well with weapon catalysts like Immolation Tinder. Farron Hail is a great area control spell that you can aim during it and frequently does chip damage to people who try and roll through it. Great Deep Soul is a slow but low cost projectile that's great for forcing rolls and when paired with Soul Mass or Farron Dart casts. Soul Greatsword is a bit niche due to lack of poise while casting but it has good range and damage when it does hit. A good note, when using the Heysel Pick and landing a 2HR1 you can combo a Soul Greatsword right after hitting with it if you have Sage Ring+2 on for around 600-700 damage.

>>167049265
my build is very ordinary, it's not like im using dragon body, calamity/clutch rings

>>167049308
i know, i only wear it for the looks like everyone else who was in the FC.

>Asking to ban someone for having a build better than one 26 levels below the meta doesn't make much sense.
this wasn't just an issue for me with a low sl build, literally everyone was getting 4 shot by him. all he did was ruin everyone's fun build with his mixmax shit which is a perfectly acceptable reason to choose to not summon someone

>>167049450
guess it's wrong then because i just unequipped everything but armor and my defense values are the same

>>167049347
That's pretty helpful, and kind of disappointing. But the dropoff also wasn't as bad as I was thinking, either.

>all he did was ruin everyone's fun
Is that why you're the only person complaining?

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>>167049198
>mriwont4get
* generic rock intro*
Hello everyone, and welcome back to another session of Dark Souls 3 shitposting showcase.

This time we're listening to some faggot make up a bunch of fake information.

>>167049757
That's some neat input, and explains why I thought farron dart was so awful. Great Deep Soul is a hex though, right?

>>167049890
>i just unequipped everything but armor and my defense values are the same
that's what I said

flat defense is based off of your stats and whether or not you have armor on, but not dependent on how strong the armor is

just post a pic

>>167049757

Aren't both sword spells parryable? They're cool as shit, though. Hoping that sword that was shown in the trailer is a new Blue Flame.

>>167050076
of what

>>167049946
I mean by going up to 30, you're getting four of the levels which add 9 fp, and by not going to 35 you're only missing out on 47 points.

Also, use "gained per point" on that site, not total, the total curve seems to be shifted along the x axis by 1.

>>167050053

It is a hex technically in that it is dark damage but there isn't enough of a damage difference to justify using Izalith staff over Court Sorcerer's with it. It along with a lot of the sorcerer arsenal in PvP though aren't meant to damage your opponent but force them to roll or dodge until they eventually come into you allowing you to hit them with Soul Mass and your melee weapon of choice. A patient sorcerer is a true nightmare to fight on every level.

>>167050129

Flashsword is parryable if you hit the catalyst with your parry, Soul Greatsword isn't.

>>167037913
was dark souls 3 created with coop in mind

there are some seriously lame things to do alone

>the 2 crabs both aggro from a million miles away
>the 2 crocs

etc

>>167049951
(You)

>>167050257
The crabs drop aggro if you run onto land. They're meant to be a pain in the ass to scare you off of the water. Not every enemy encounter in the game is designed to be challenged head-on.

2croc can be aggroed and killed separately

>>167050257
>crabs
Why did these feel so unkillable my first run? From that point on they just kept giving me ripostes.

>>167050419
On release you couldn't riposte them. They added that in one of the patches.

>>167050257
2dog can be killed very quickly using a weapon with innate bleed buffed with carthus rogue. they have exceptionally weak bleed resistance.

Specifically, using the Warden's Twinblades buffed with Carthus Rogue, each Sullyvahn's beast will die in 4 swings, as the Bleed auxillary deals 18% of maximum HP, in addition to some base damage granted by the bleed proc, as well as the damage from weapon swings them self.

>>167050419
Two that you fight in Crucifixion Woods will literally stop and burrow into the ground, then reappear somewhere else in the swamp with full HP. If you didn't DPS them fast enough (meaning, if you didn't specialize enough by that point in the beginning of the game), they would keep being a pain in the ass.

>>167049198
He might not forget, but I already forgot he was still doing videos

Is there any useful information in the Official strategy guide for DaS3?

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>>167050779
it is what it is

am I missing something, or are all hex builds in ds2 also pyromancy builds (and sorcery/miracle builds, to a lesser extent) because of how you have to raise both int and faith?

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>>167050908
>peoplencomplain about him saying "it is what it is"
>says it even more often out of spite
>loses most of his fanbase
>most of his videos nowadays can't crack more than 2,000 views

>>167050957
Pyro is flexible since it's the combined total. 50/10 is equal to 30/30 or anything else, so any magic caster can use pyro effectively.

Hexing needs to keep int/fth balanced since it scales from the lower of the two, so you're stuck going 30/30. 30 int isn't enough to be an effective int build and same for fth, so hexing basically just does hexing and pyro. Hexes also cost an assload of ATT so you'll rarely have many different spells to mix & match.

Pyro also costs an assload of stamina compared to other magic schools, so endurance tends to be more valuable for it than scaling damage.

>>167050957
Basically but you can also get away with using pyro on basically any build because the most damage comes from the pyroflame.

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I started playing das3 for the first time in months, saw this.
Was this always here? Is it another area I'm just forgetting or is that actually the ringed city?

>>167050957

Pyromancy is something every caster build in 2 can do as a back-up in case their main damage type doesn't work. Pyromancy on its own doesn't need much investment even needing only 20/20 to reach decent bonus scaling from its base damage.

In 3 however hex builds are exactly pyromancy builds due to their scaling being the exact same there. There isn't even enough hexes in the game to really say hex builds are distinct from pyromancy.

>>167051091
I do not know how he got all those views to begin with. He is kind of dry as fuck and was rarely objective about his subject matter

>>167049046
No, my dude
Yes, the VoD has a hard layout but the problem is that the Latria bosses have annoying technical problems that the VoD doesnt have

>>167050419
speaking of which, holy knight hodrick

>summon him after wrecking him in undead settlement
>only now he does over 700 counter damage so he hyper armors through attacks then one shots you

great fucking mechanic XD

>>167051243
>what is a showcase

reminder that you can't be objective about inherently subjective things

>>167050507
huh

>>167042098
Can't wait for the meme videos

>>167042098
is this a mod or an unused asset?

>>167051113
To add to this: the gap between 30 Int and/or Faith, and 40 in the same stat, is pretty fucking massive. Going from 1 to 30 gives you 60 points in your scaling, but going from 30 to 40 gives you 30 points. It's not just a matter of what spells you meet the requirements for (on top of how many orbs you get for soulmass-type spells), you also increase your damage output by around 25% for those ten stat points.

Hexes are still pretty godly for everything but the DLCs though.

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>>167044498
>the shield does nothing
>instant toxic

you might be retarded

>>167051146
Its probably that first pointless bonfire at the dark kiln.

Start a Blessed infusion pure Ashtus no Estus run with CE. It's kind of interesting how much more difficult the game is when you don't have enough stamina or damage to R1 stunlock even hollows down.

>>167051243
and all his videos would start off spending waaay too reading aloud the weapon's stat page instead of just putting it on the screen for the viewers

>save Siegward from the well
>he's fucking IN Irithyll, I even visited him in the room he's staying in
>send greirat to pillage
>somehow he fucking dies anyways, and siegward has disappeared
what the fuck i just want my merchant buddy alive

>>167052053
Yea I did went back, it all checks out. Nevermind.
Why does that even exist anyways? Completely forgot it was there until you said it.

http://darksouls.wikidot.com/gravelord-greatsword-dance

I just remembered this never made it into ds3 and got sad.

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>>167052491
>doing a greatshield only run of 2
>hey this is actually kind of fun for once, havels GS kicks ass
>orma and reeve powerstance shits all over everything
>throw and havel GS with red eye ring and do some coop for being being a literal tank

>man I should do one of these for 3-
>nevermind

>>167052440
Did you go to the first bonfire in the Dungeon before killing a boss after talking to Siegward? That messes it up because it causes him to change locations.

>>167052605
>>167052440

As he said, going any further than the Distant Manor will cause Siegward to move, which will result in Greirat's death.

>>167052605
I found that bonfire before i rescued sieg from the well, but didn't visit it afterwards

>>167052604
What? But greatshields are good as weapons in 3.

>>167052604
The next DLC has a version of orma and reeve. Havel's is also stronger than it's ever been.

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So just how bad to the NG+'s get?
At this rate if I want to accomplish everything with one character I'll need to at LEAST beat NG+++.

Is that going to be possible for an average/decent player at SL120?
And can you PVP/PVE with people on different playthroughs as long as your SL is close enough?

>>167052801
>>167052748
I heard about the dlc shield which made me actually start the run in the first place, but weren't greatshields just a pvp only meme build?

>>167052801
>The next DLC has a version of orma and reeve.
Not that anon but are you for real? Please tell me you're fucking serious, don't break my heart with beautiful lies, anon.

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How alive is ds1 on PC at the moment? Does watchdogs change how invading works?

>>167052927
It's not pretty, basically wooden doors.
But it's there

>>167037913
Why am I gaining 10 health per kill rn? I have equipped the antiquated set, wolf ring, steel protection ring, and butcher knife. Is it a glitch or did I acquire a perma buff somehow?

>>167053040
did you read the description of the butcher knife

>>167052917
You can attack while blocking. That's useful in PVE too, but moreso in PVP.

>>167053142
"Giant butcher knife wielded by the Undead
man-eating cook lurking in the Depths.
More a tool for subduing and preparing live
catches than an actual weapon. Those who
have faced this deadly blade have a deeper
sense of how helpless prey must feel."

Doesn't explicitly state it but thanks for the info. Man, now I REALLY love this thing

>>167052858

NG+ level doesn't matter for PvP, what matters is SL and weapon upgrade level. You can also pretty easily do NG+ and beyond with a meta level character that's fully decked out. Even at SL90 you'll shit on everything in NG+, so 30 SLs more will let you do that beyond.

What requires you to go to NG+++ though?

At max SL players have:

250 defense across the board: virtually all attacks from players are reduced by a minimum of around ~15%, give or take, depending on the specific alpha.

an average of around 30% absorption due to prevalence of havel's and smough's

140 equip load: heavy armor and full weapon slots, or ultra armor and four weapons. Medium armor and fastrolling.

10 attunement slots

between 1400 and 1600 base HP, and between 1820 and 2102 embered HP.

in full smoughs and max defense, I would receive just under 800 damage from two hits of a 900 AR blessed weapon buffed hollow greatsword

at these extraordinarily high defenses, damage under exactly 500 AR does significantly less damage due to the way defense impacts mitigation, as defense is a "threshold" of sorts, similarly to the way the damage threshold mechanic in fallout: new vegas works.

a 360 AR blessed weapon buffed great corvian dagger only deals about 85 damage per hit against the same target.

a 313 phys + 250 lightning weapon buffed great covian dagger only dealt 62 damage per hit against that same target

great deep soul using a 307 spell buff izalith staff would deal 390 damage

affinity using a 307 spell buff izalith staff would deal 870 damage

>split damage becomes exceptionally weak
>absorption becomes noticeably more powerful, with firelink instead of havel's nearly halving your effective health pool or hits-to-kill
>non-ultras become very weak, unless they have high AR when buffed with blessed weapon.
>hexes deal wonderful damage at SL802 due to the incredible scaling received from the lzalith staff's 307 spell buff
>other magic loses effectiveness; only an unembered naked player can be killed by a soul stream
>hypermode becomes very viable since it activates at a whopping 525 HP, enough to survive two hits from an ultra

>>167053237
>doesn't explicitly state it

Welcome to Dark Souls 1.

>>167053402
tl;dr soul level 802 would literally be the best meta in any dark souls

ultras can kill players much more easily and in a reasonable amount of hits over fast-attacking weapons due to damage threshold effect of defense. ~6 hits to kill versus an average of 10

izalith staff is op for hexes at 99 INT 99 FAI

>>167038832
>It was my own manifestation that led you here
>time is ovulating
Why do you dismiss it?

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Am I /fa/?

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>>167053332
>What requires you to go to NG+++ though?
Personal autistic and arbitrary obsessiveness I cannot explain.
tl;dr = I want to do all endings and collect everything on one character, but also want to do the endings in a particular order, and the ending I wanted to do in NG+ I already fucked up, so I'm gonna save it for NG++, then do the last one on NG+++.

As long as I can make it through NG+++ without getting 1-2 shot by everything and can still PVP in NG++++ I'll be happy.

>>167053934
you'll have to respec to a build with higher vitality if you don't want to die in only a few hits.

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What sword should I use for a For Honor Warden build?

Are there any straight swords with a shoulder bash?

>>167054080
>>>/fhg/

>>167054038
40's the soft cap, right? Is that good enough or would I need even more?

>>167054080

Probably Bastard Sword. As for shoulder bash, no, I doubt it.

>>167054080

Based on the look of that probably a Bastard Sword or Dark Sword since Stomp's the closest thing to a shoulder bash.

>>167054161
40 should be enough. Use Havel's and ROSP. You should be able to fit a longsword and a medium shield.

>>167053852
Eh, the scarf kinda clashes with the helmet, try something that isn't brown.

first time player

7h exactly just opened the cell of Lautrec

how badly am I doing

hello >>167053852

ignore this anon >>167054332, he doesnt know anything about colors in fashion. it's a very good /fa/. i approve.

>>167054141
I didn't even know there was a general. I thought everyone on /v/ and /vg/ hated it.

>>167054209
I remember Dark Sword used to make scrubs cry so unless it got nerfed I might go with that unless the Bastard Sword is significantly larger. Thanks.

>>167054496

Dark Sword isn't complained about as much anymore because it got a whole 9 AR nerf so go with it. Bastard Sword is an alright greatsword however.

>>167054407
>7h
>parish
I've seen worse
I expect better

>>167054253
Cool, thanks for the tips. This is gonna be a long ride.

>>167054407
How many times have you died, Jesus christ

>>167054565
To be fair, you can do a lot without going to fight the belfy gargoyles. That doesn't imply he was only in the parish.

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>You abandoned us long ago, what right do you have?
What did he mean by this?

Do any of the "good" sidequest endings contradict each-other or can I make everyone happy in one playthrough?

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>>167052927
here's the """""rumored"""" stats. take these with an enormous grain of salt.

>95% physical
>80% magical
>50% fire
>75% lightning
>75% dark
>75 stability, but equates to 90 when actually dual-wielded
>22 str, 18 dex req, A and C scalings respectively
>weapon art is a dual shield bash
>its primary attack is an extremely slow version of the paired caestus moveset

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Hope the new DLC is cute and everyone enjoys it!

>>167055298
Anything about the fan pyro?

>>167055416
There will be no information at all until Feburary 8 when the NDA ends. All information about things like stats you see here are false information started by the False Mriwont4get Anon.

Can it cause any issues with my save if I back it up and use Rosaria to make some changes to my character to check something, then roll back so I didn't waste the chance?

>>167054407
>>167054876
Many many many many times I also skipped a shortcut with dropping the ladder down because I thought I was just going to fall down and have to walk all the way back.

>>167054906
I was only there


I somehow managed to kill the gargoyles on my first attempt but as I came down the ladder after ringing the bell a guy was there and I thought his arms were outstretched because of graphics bug and thought to attack him first to have a higher chance of winning the fight but now that he is dead he probably wasn't someone there to fight

was he important

>>167055576
Jesus christ you're retarded. Yeah he was pretty important.

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>find a mimic
>"finally, i can farm for the symbol of avarice!"
>go buy 20 fucking noestus talismans
>gather up all my gold coins
>equip crystal rapier
>get the Symbol LITERALLY on the FIRST attempt
...ok

>>167055576
he's the guy in charge of making NPCs stop being mad at you if you attack them
so, uh, don't attack any more NPCs, because even if you don't kill them you won't ever be able to make up with them

>>167055097
never played demon's but from what i've seen i can imagine 2 things
>you as in all of you, the others
>he sees in you some other demon (whose soul you have absorbed by then) who used to be allied with them

>>167055416
I'm the original leakposter.

I don't have any tangible proof that the stats I've given about the two greatshields are 100% accurate, as my source is reluctant to violate his NDA directly by providing me hard proof. You'll simply have to take my word, and by extension, his word. I apologize profusely if the weapons come out and the stats have changed heavily, or turn out to be inaccurate.

At best, you'll have an idea of their power during an early stage, and can see where fromsoft decided how best to balance them.

I can tell you, from talking with Sanadsk, that the Pyro fan is EXTREMELY likely to be the EVOLUTION of the second of the three CUT-CONTENT pyromancy flames showcased in his Cut-content Ashes of Ariandel video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfj4BcET3I0. "Flicking pyromancy flame"

I've also been told that Sanadsk's guesses with the two arenas are nearly spot-on, and that we will be able to see one of these arenas come with the DLC, and two more arenas released later on in the year, with the first coming out alongside the launch of the Fire Fades edition, and the last arena coming out alongside a major balance patch before christmas.

Can I get the Lord of Hollows ending without killing any NPCs?

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>>167055861
>never played demon's
>in /dsg/

>>167055872
this is a really clever copout but it sounds so sincere it might even be real

record a conversation with MrIwont4get about anything and prove that you really do know him and i'll be convinced desu

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>>167056376
never played ds3 either

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>>167056376
fuck you

I didn't have a ps3 when it came out, I bought des when it went on sale but I still don't have a ps3 so fuck you and fuck me for being a broke ass motherfucker