/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

Velka answers in the DLC.

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Welcome to Pixal Souls

>>167912029
that looks so much cooler than smugh actually does

>>167911956
>>167912029
Is this an actual game or is it just art?

>>167911806
Honestly this is why the western fanbase is so confused by and obsessed with Velka because of that crow symbolism. In Japan crows aren't tricksters, they're more like you said with Athena owls, messengers of the gods who bring divine wisdom, and they have a really strong link to rebirth and the sun.

This is why her Crow is what brings you to Lordran in DS1 and why she's so closely linked to Gwyn and the Flame.

>>167912295
>did someone make an amazing looking 2d dark souls remake and I never heard about it?
>or did someone shit out some pixel fanart
you tell me

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>>167912029

>>167912358
Pardoning sin could be considered its own form of death and rebirth eh?

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You are now in the Souls universe. Pick your most realistic role.

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>>167912469
>the slutwear is making a comeback
Based Memeazaki.

>>167912608
Crestfallen Warrior

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See filename.

>>167912462
Well it's why I was asking
I don't have the time to be on top of everything

>>167912608
Crestfallen merchant

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>>167912608
this guy

>>167912754
oh fug

>>167912608
Oswald

>>167912754
If you eat enough eggs wacky shit happens senpai

>>167912608
>the Sorcerer outfit actually had gender differences
Holy shit, I never noticed this. The female Sorcerer actually looks kind of cute with that little bow.

>>167912839

FINALLY, SOMEONE IS AS INVESTED IN THIS AS ME

probably

It's okay that you're not, I just don't want to feel alone right now.

>>167912754
That vagrant represents all the deaths of everyone who ever played DS1-2-3. So it's a big vagrant a shiet

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>>167912751
>play the game for the first time
>have just managed to beat the gargoyles
>just rung the first Bell
>make your way down the ladder
>suddenly there's some creepy bastard in full black leather and the complexion of a dead man with outstretched arms, completely unmoving, and just staring at you.

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>>167912962
Thou art a friend. For thee, a warm welcome.
He's a very nice man, just a little lonely and confused

>>167912959

See, my current theory (if it's a vagrant) is that she 'controls' the Vagrants through both time and space for whatever reason. Maybe they're creatures that retrieve dropped souls/humanity and transport them back to her?

>>167912608
Hollow pyromancer.

>>167912754

Someone had crablegs for dinner.

>>167912751
it shows in odd ways too, Domnhall, Logan and Oswald can't be drained of any humanity with a dark hand just like Oscar or the Crestfallens. They're on the very brink of hollowing out but they have a purpose that keeps them going and keeps them happy.

>>167912608
>humanities student
Would that be intelligence, or faith?

>>167913232
Deprived.

>>167913232
>Humanities
You'd be a darkwraith.

>>167912608

Please, like everyone here isn't going to be a Cleric who is saving their virginity for God.

>>167913284
Fair enough.

>>167912608

Knight or Wanderer.

>>167912834
>its too bright in here
>my souls hurt
>this guy keeps coming down and kicking me into the lake
>I wish I was back in New Londo

>>167913125

You will never ever see Vagrants mentioned in any way, shape or form beyond the first game. They were a mechanic that had no lore.

Sirris isn't showing up on the bridge and I haven't had her visit for the Darkmoon gesture. But I haven't done anything with the Fingers. What happened?

>>167913445
And they were a mechanic most of the playerbase doesn't even know exists, be glad they recycled the cooler parts of the visual design and that's that.

>>167913445

While that's entirely possible, you can't deny that they look astonishingly similar. It's possible that they're going to 'give' a lore explanation for them.

>>167913515

As much as I'd love that, it's extremely likely not going to happen.

THAT SAID, they have the same back cancer on their backs that the petrified Demons have in Smoldering Lake and Oceiros.

>>167912608
Studying chem so I'd probably go to Dragon school and try bullshit alchemy.

Then drop out like Felkin for being more interested in the dark

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>>167913326
Bro that's Sorcerer.

>>167912608

Some hybrid of Wanderer/Thief.

>>167913323
>the abyss is manus' will resonating with all humanity around it
>abyss magic involves granting a fleeting will to humanity like manus did, such as emotions, feelings, or ideas
>dark magic is the transfer of emotions/ideas to humanity
>the technical term for the transfer of emotions/ideas among humans is memes
>dark magic is memes
>humanity degrees is the study of culture and memes

Holy shit, Miyazaki was a social sciences student.

>>167913660
>Dragon school dropouts are like Felkin
So does that mean that the Abyssal areas are actually like the sticks in fly over states in the areas don't see?

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You will never make a better looking female in DS2

How come they chose precisely the Mytha's soul as the one from dark souls 2 to make into the dlc?
Earthen peak wasn't the worst location but it was one of the very most forgettable ones with a boss and its soul so not sticking out its bizarre they chose this
can we even hope that the poison dagger will have some crazy moveset or weapon art?

>>167913857
slutgear

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>>167913702

I'm onto you, Cleric.

>>167913609

See, now THAT'S the spirit. The best part of any launch/DLC is the speculation. And, the fact that the inside of the egg looks mushy and dark and is associated with humanity, and the fact that Vagrants appeared in response to a great loss of humanity, and that we're heading to the location of the furtive pygmy...there're a lot of correlations. At least, enough to merit speculation.

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>>167913445
I've never seen a Vagrant are they rare or have I just not played enough.

>>167913857
>How come they chose precisely the Mytha's soul as the one from dark souls 2 to make into the dlc?
They didn't you fucking idiot. Vaati put the description of her soul and dagger in as reference. Read the legend at the top you god damned mongoloid, it says italics bits are for reference.

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>>167913780
>dark magic is memes
I always knew Darkwraiths were a bunch of screeching NEETs freaking out since we walked into their room without knocking.

>>167913925
Extremely rare. Most people haven't seen one. I played DaS1 for 2,000 hours and only ever saw three.

>>167913925
they're practically and by that I mean in all practical situations, impossible to come across unless someone is deliberately creating them.

they appear when someone in another game loses a bloodstain with a large amount of souls or humanity in it or drops an item and causes it to despawn, the item will then spawn in someone else's world and if they don't pick that up when it despawns it'll turn into a vagrant in someone else's.

>>167913925

Rare even when people played all the time. They only appear when someone in a world loses a lot of Humanity or drops an item on the ground. They come in a passive variety and an aggressive one. Killing them gets you whatever was dropped from the death/drop.

>>167913825
>lucifer_dyke.bmp

>>167913925
You probably won't ever see one at this point. They appear when a bloodstain with enough souls/humanity (I forget) is lost. But with the state of online and the age of the community means that huge piles of souls are no longer being lost in DS1.

>>167911956
God, old iron king fight is so bad, i dont even dislike the design, not even the concept of the fight even if it's quite generic, it's just the molasses speed of the fight that is terrible. Specially after you just fought one of the better base game bosses that ISNT a snail fight (Smelter). On the famous words of that e-celeb.

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

>>167914007
>impossible to come across unless someone is deliberately creating them
I had a build specifically for this. 99vit, 76 poise, ring of favor, life ring, mom's mask, tranquil walk of peace, dark hand, and darkwraith rank 3. Invade somebody, TWoP+hand them for 10 humanity, then run away and jump off a cliff. Invade again without picking up my bloodstain so it bounces out, steal humanity, repeat.

Something about the idea of giving people crabs over the internet just made be feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

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>>167913927
that's what i get for never reading the legends
you don't have to be so mean tho

>>167912754
>>167914037
>>167914086
>>167914007
>the woman with the egg is velka
>the egg hatches vagrants who travel to other worlds to transfer what would otherwise be lost amounts of souls and humanity, balancing the levels of light and dark and keeping the fire healthy
>something has stopped her from doing this and this is why the fire is dying
>there's an obtuse ending involving multiple random key items (and the pendant, the most important item in dark souls) that allows you to fix this and let her return to her balancing work, and then link the fires knowing the process is viable again

>>167914156
>Something about the idea of giving people crabs over the internet just made be feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Well now I feel weird about the vagrant I saw all those years ago.

>>167914228
I'd be less annoyed if this wasn't the fifth time I'd seen it.

Which probably means the fault is vaati's for taking sloppy notes, if we're being honest.

OP pasta has a heavily trimmed version of his notes that cuts out all the bullshit.

>>167913196
Everyone else was more or less waiting around to die. Domhnall and Oswald had express purposes in their lives, Oswald to absolve and accuse sinners, and Domhnall to spread good cheer and odd trinkets. The guy managed to be happy in the Depths, essentially the local slums, at the gates of Blighttown, a place not known for its jolliness. We should all strive to be like the lunatic pardoner and the eccentric merchant

>>167914238
This is so neck twistingly retarded that it makes perfect sense for dark souls

>>167913925
I've played for thousands for hours and only ever saw one. A friend of mine said he ran into one on a low level character and died to its CHSM.

>>167914000
>tfw saw one my first playthrough in the Kiln dying to Gwyn
>didn't even know what it was
>had to google little crab
>don't even remember which variant it was

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Found this on reddit. Really makes me ponder.

>>167914238

It sounds a lot like From to give post-meaning to seemingly innocuous mechanics. It also sounds a lot like From to have planned this from the start and banked on our unquestioning acceptance of a really weird thing.

Maybe Vagrants are responsible for why Souls and Humanity disappear if you don't pick them up, and they're brought back to wherever she is for the sake of removing them from circulation? Thus, a mechanical explanation for why things go hollow the more that they die?

>>167914553
Someone already pointed this out three threads ago.

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>>167913908
I have no clue what you're talking about. Look at my sorcerer spell stick. It cast spells. I promise.

>>167912941
Nah man im hella invested in this and im glad i saw this senpai
Same here brah ;_;

>>167913925
As others have said they're just really damn rare, between around 500 hours on the 360 and 150 on PC I've only ever seen 3, 2 on 360 and 1 on PC.

>>167914706

:3 I feel super good for catchin' this, actually, it makes me feel like I'm not just some mouthbreather who isn't contributing to lorecrafting. Thanks.

don't the pilgrims kinda resemble Mergo's Wet nurse? Spoooooky

>>167912608
pyromancer
i want to study and control nature and the darkness within man

So Ludleth really is the Soulfeeder from the Skull Ring's description?

>>167914238
why does this make so much sense
it's so stupid but it makes so much sense reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>>167913609

Any chance you could provide screenshots of what you mean?

>>167912608
that one hollow that tries to push you off the edge in irthyll dungeon

>>167912608
The hollow in undead asylum who's just sitting in that waist deep pool of water

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>>167913606
I went with fire because while i do have alot of humanity, im probably gunna go into NG+ so ill probably need them and i dont trust myself to not lose them.

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>>167912754

So, this is the best I could do with this guy's >>167913609
description. Can't find a picture of the Demon's back cancer.

WE MIGHT BE ON THE VERGE OF A THING.

>>167914601

Oh.

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I thought i was through with dark places after the catacombs.

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>>167915660
it's reminiscent of parasitic fungus

>tfw successfully give some cuck's handgold phantom the succ during an invasion

heh... thanks for the HP,,, nothing bersonnell

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Daw the little humanity sprites look so cute

>>167916132
Did you find anything special in Oolacile Township using the Sunlight Maggot? Some of the hidden areas have special messages nearby. And one of the things you find helps a LOT for the next boss.

Anyone want to setup a SL60 aldritch gank squad for the SOLE purpose of getting dorkmoons some ears?

Pass: dsg
Put your signs down at the water reserve bonfire.

use meme weapons to bully invaders

>>167915998

It is. Which, implies that both Oceiros and the Vagrants are being controlled. If the chick in the trailer is in fact the third daughter, Gertrude, we have a direct relationship between Seath (who Oceiros followed/studied/whatever)/Gwynevere and Gertrude.

>>167916325
PCfriends only, sorry consolebuds

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>>167916269
Ill go back and rescour the place, just found a shortcut.

>>167916132
Oh shit sorry when I said you have one enemy left and he's weak to fire and resists lightning I thought you had finished the DLC already, the guy you're coming up against is actually the opposite.

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YES, AN OFFICER OF THE LAW HAS COME TO HELP

GOD I HOPE WE WIN

>>167915660

Find the rooms in Smoldering Lake that have the bird-demon pyromancer things embedded in the walls. They have it on their backs. The room with the Izalith tome has one.

>get invaded by a guy
>character is a low level weak miracle based one
>he drops me 10 embers
>BC's out
>adds me
>some Chinese player
>bit of a language barrier but he decides to help me through the next multiple areas
that was odd but very kind of him.

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Must show the proper respect to Artorias-san

>>167916973
I love encounters like that

Friendly reds and purples are always the most fun players

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>>167916518
Oh okay, Ive got my spear anyway, damage isnt as high as i thought but its still a strong weapon.

Also I just found one of their heads, its pretty great.

>>167916994
>proper respect
>after murdering his girlfriend who only wanted to say goodbye to him one last time

I mean, I never had the heart to kill her, even if she has the sexiest armor set in the whole game. Good thing CE isn't punished in this game, so I just created myself a copy and pretended in my headcanon that I found it on her corpse in Sif's arena.

>>167917230
go 27/40/40

best stat distrubtion for divine weapons too

Best class and stats for DEX/INT build? Wanna try out 60 INT spells.

bros the ds2 dlc is memeing me hard. I leveled strength/faith but miracles were useless in the dlcs. I leveled hex and they're useless in the dlcs. are strength, dex, and quality the only viable builds?

>>167913908
Patches? Is that you?

Would anyone on PS4 be up for helping me move a weapon from one character to another? I want to make this early Pyro run less boring, thinking about maybe the Witch's Locks or the Onyx Blade or something. You could totally backup your save and keep copies of your own for your trouble, if you'd like. Pass is THANKS and I'll throw my purple sign down at the undead settlement bonfire.

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>>167917275
Okay will do, also found an illusory wall, didnt even have to hit it, it just opened itself lol dunno how I missed that first time.

Is this silver pendant what you ment?

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>>167917185
That's pretty much all I did with the boss invasion bug. It was some of the most fun I've had in the souls games.

It's really great when you get a friendly one in your world. I've had some of the most jolly co-op with people like him.

>>167917465
All spell casting is useless in the DLCs. Theoretically Fume Knight is "weak" to lightning damage, but his resistances are so high that it's better to say that it's his least-resisted element. Meaning, you take a raw physical damage weapon and apply Sunlight Blade for a few extra points of damage, and not do it to a Boltstone-infused weapon.

Hexes still lay waste to everything outside of the DLCs, and I'm pretty sure that they're still good in Eleum Loyce. But you always want some reliable source of physical damage no matter your build, solely because the DLCs were built specifically not to be as easily cheesed by spells as the main game.

>>167917594
Yes. The Silver Pendant is exactly what you want for the boss.

These illusory walls respond to light sources, rather than being hit. It's one of those "this only exists in the DLC" mechanics, the Sunlight Maggot is best for this since you just have to walk near the walls.

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>>167917465
Str is best if you are staying lower leveled.

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>>167917273
She was in my spot.

>>167917465
Ur fucked son.
I ran a pure sorcerer build and lucked out with the physical enchant on the MLGS.

Waste the vessels if you're on PC, you can CE new ones.

>>167917828
Oh okay cool, back to the chasm then.

>>167917734
my strength and dex are just high enough for me to use a few different weapons. it feels like a groinkick to realize that all the points invested in attunement, intelligence, and faith are going to be worthless going into the fume knight fight. I would use dark weapon on a dark infused weapon for most every boss fight up until now, but this is the definition of hitting a wall.

>>167917981
>not just going RobFlynn Leo with the Ice Rapier or Raw Santier's

>>167917273
>hey lady I'll trade you this soul of your boyfriend for ur dress
>o-ok

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>>167918124
>Ice rapier
>being a faggot
>screaming "parry me" to anybody decent in pvp

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

FUCKING HACKERS

>>167918070
Technically, you still have buff/debuff spells like Whisper of Despair and Numbness, and Twisted Barricade for his second phase. But, yeah, you'll have to rely on good old physical damage to bring down Fume Knight.

>clerics candle can't cast miracles
fuck you from

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This place is so fuckin spoopy, its tomb of giants all over again.

>>167918589
It's a deceptively small area. It looks big, but it's a lot of flat terrain.

Also, did you find the shield? It's not very useful against the boss, but the NPC near it can be helpful.

>sirris won't spawn because I killed the abyss watchers before talking to her
guess it's time to murder the darkmoon covenant monstrosity for her chime

I'm currently embered and wandering around farron keep swamp where apparently both Heysel and Londor pale shade can invade, and I haven't killed the abyss watchers and have made Yuria hostile so the pale shade should invade.

Problem is neither of them are invading, what's the issue here?

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>>167918749
No, Ill go back, I found the boss though.

>>167918936
Nevermind, I had steam in offline mode and turning it to online caused them both to show up. Really weird that NPC invaders won't show up in that type of 'offline' mode though.

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Still nothing, im sure ive checked everywhere in this place

>>167918929
The trigger for her should be picking up the Dreamchaser's Ashes though.

>>167918936
Pale Shade invades in only a specific part of the area, same with Heysel. If you hug the right wall as you enter Farron Keep from the ladder bonfire, Pale Shade should invade. Heysel comes if you walk around the area near the back of the third bonfire.

There may be a glitch that makes them not spawn if you're playing in offline mode, but I'm pretty sure that was patched long ago.

>>167919459
It should be near the shortcut elevator that brings you back up to Oolacile Township plaza. Assuming you found it because you followed an NPC that appeared out of nowhere, there should be a cave near there.

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>>167919550
Ah i found it, praise the messages. Im gunna go take a break before i find out whats lurking in the abyss.

>>167919470
>hand that ashes in
>she still doesn't show up
>kill a boss
>she shows up??
>her sign doesn't appear on bridge
>warp around randomly and it eventually shows up on bridge
??????

>>167919809
The sign on the bridge at Irithyll only shows up after you light the Central Irithyll bonfire, and then reload the area.

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>>167919550
Oh i just remembered, is this dragon dead or do i need to fight him? im sure gough said something about the rest being up to me?

>>167919880
It was already lit.

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>>167912608
>tfw engineer

it's a good thing I also know how to work steel, since I doubt anyone would need an expert on energy.

>>167912608
Cleric

>>167920071
Not the anon you are asking but you need to fight him, and i recommend it before the abyss one, otherwise you might be underwhelmed by it.

>>167920071
Kaalameet? You still have to fight him.

>>167920071
You get to actually fight him fair and square now. That arrow in his wing stops him from just swooping in and laying waste to the entire valley, so he is actually ground-bound. He is, arguably, the toughest boss in the game, alongside the other one in the Chasm of the Abyss.

The Silver Pendant "might" help you against him too, but I managed fine without it.

>>167920158
>expert in energy
>in a world where every waking minute of every living being is consumed by a desire for the primordial flame

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Is this a bad build? Should I just go full caster?

I've never played with sorceries in DS1 or 2 and thought I might give them a try in DS3 before the DLC. What are the hard hitting spells everyone hates to play against? What are some good spells for pure caster?

>>167920403
He is one of the easiest or the hardest depending on whether you try to get his tail weapon or not.

>>167920475

Replace White Dragon Breath with a slower soul arrow or farron dart.

>>167920475

That build is alright in terms of pure stats and weapons, though I would change the Parrying Dagger to a Caestus since the dagger is worse for parrying. You also might not need the Sage's Ring+2 if you're keeping that amount of Dex since you're almost at the cast speed softcap with that alone. That amount of Vigor and Endurance you have is kinda low so if that doesn't work for you I would recommend lowering Dex to about 18 and bumping Vigor to 39 and gouging End and maybe a bit of Strength to use things like the MLGS.

On to your spells, if you're doing PvP none of those are really good save Crystal Magic Weapon if you're relying on buffs. First replace HCSM with regular Homing Soulmass. Regular Soulmass is the best tool in a sorcerers arsenal by far. While the Crystal version costs far more in terms of FP cost and cast speed for the slight damage boost it has, regular Soulmass has terrifically low FP cost and cast speed. This allows you to keep Soulmass up all the time and pressure opponents with it constantly by keeping your back to them and angling shots towards them that you can do consistently.

Other spells you should consider with your ATT are Great Farron Dart, Farron Hail, Farron Flashsword, Soul Greatsword and (Great) Deep Soul. Dart is a throwing knife for sorcerers that doesn't have a use limit for fight with low FP cost and damage greater than knives at 60 INT with the same speed. It's a terrific way to deal a bit of damage to your opponent consistently and also a good finisher. Farron Hail is like a shotgun version of Dart, cheap and covers a wide area relatively fast. When used well it's a good area control spell and chip damage dealer for people that roll through it. Flashsword is a free straight sword in your offhand that pairs well with most mainhand weapons. Soul Greatsword is slower but has good range and can go through walls and such depending on the area. The Deep Soul spells are slow but cheap and easily spammable to force rolls.

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>invade as an aldrich
>host is already fighting a red
>jump in and attack the host
>red immediately turns on me and fucks me from behind with the washing pole

>>167921226
Who knows, maybe some reds are retarded enough to think all blues are cops. Either that, or they were dueling and you interrupted them (do people even duel at Pontiff's anymore?).

>>167921226
>trying to gank
Instant Karma

>>167913445
same was true for resonance rings. i don't think they planned it all along, just saw what gaps they could fill to show how ebin they are in thinking ahead

>>167920475
>>167921023

To continue, the main goal of Sorcery in PvP is death through attrition. While comparatively pyro pvp is focused on landing 1-2 major hard-hitting spells, Sorcery has a comparatively wider field to work with in terms of consistent damage and the best area control/finishers in the game aside from Fire Surge. Think of it as a 'death of a thousand' cuts playstyle to force opponents to either take constant damage at a distance or get close so you can force combos with your spells and mainhand weapon. Sorcery on the other hand suffers from its main nukes having a huge FP problem. While Crystal Soul Spear does good damage when it hits, its FP cost is very high meaning the cost to benefit ratio for such a slow spell usually isn't worth it. We shall see if the new DLC Deep Soul spell is a better alternative nuke.

As an aside if you're looking for more options for a sorcery build Heysel Pick, Crystal Sage Rapier and Crystal-infused basic weapons such as the Longsword are all terrific options at only 60 INT with other base requirements. Heysel Pick is a low weight hammer allowing you to stack poise better than most weapon that also can R1>Soul Greatsword combo when at high cast speed. Crystal Sage Rapier is the longest rapier in the game with decent damage at only 60 INT. And Crystal-infused weapons such as the Longsword pair excellently with the pressure game while Soulmass is active in punishing players that advance towards you.

>>167921023
Thanks for the in depth reply. I've heard great things about MLG but wanted to change things up a bit since I'm using greatswords all the time(claymore and onyx blade).

>>167915482
should have gone with lightning then

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ded game series

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>>167920471
>#stoptheburningofhollowfuels
>tfw you end up the mastermind behind earthen peak.
>tfw when you accidentally poison your queen with natural remedies.

a-atleast I can flirt with the desert sluts and try to convince them on the greater combustion engine.

>>167921483

MLGS is a bit different from other greatswords in being a single-stat weapon that is able to get all of its damage from INT investment. This actually lends more flexibility as a result. You can go 60 INT and pair it well with your staff and spells as the 1HR1 greatsword buff makes it a great choice for punishing people that get close to you when Soulmass is up. Or you can only go 40 INT with it since you don't get much damage from 40-60 and invest in vitality to poise stack with it. MLGS is the best greatsword arguably for stacking poise due to its single-stat nature, so you if want to do something different you can min-max with it enough to get enough poise to tank through other greatswords and everything else save ultras while attacking easily.

Oh and one last thing; if you're doing PvE the only spell that matters is Great Heavy Soul Arrow. Soul Spear and CSS both come far too late in the game to be useful damage dealers and every other sorcery either takes too long or does too little damage comparatively to work against enemies. GHSA even then is just plain better compared to the Soul Spear spells as the Soul Spears cost far too much FP for the damage they do. So while Crystal Soul Spear will do more damage per cast, the amount of FP it costs will always make GHSA deal more damage overall with a full FP bar with repeated casts due to how many more you can do with it.

>>167921621
>page 1
>dlc soon to be released
nigga chill

>>167921226
>jumping in
>not waiting for the moment to end it all in one hit
Modern invaders, everyone!
I bet you complain about gank squads, seeds and other "unfair" things too

Do resin bundles have much practical purpose besides looking fly as fuck to use in motion?

>>167921858

They're faster, they last long enough to get a few hits in after the length buffs, and the damage buff they give is slightly higher than standard charcoal/gold pine resins. Considering you can have 20 of each type on you at all times that's a lot of extra damage you can add instantly for free mid-fight.

Playing DS3 tomorrow, first time touching Souls or any similar games. Closest thing I've played is probably Dragon's Dogma.

Any general tips for someone new to the series? I've watched others play it a lot but don't know many intricacies. Planning to use a beefy axe, if it helps.

>>167921975
>DS3
It's the most noob friendly gamein the souls series, so you should be fine
You have instant stamina regen and fast as fuck heals, so just hit enemies until they die

>>167922045
ohok

>>167921975
if you pick knight class try to restrain yourself from just spamming r1 and winning everything, it'll give you a bad habbit that will come back to fuck you.

>>167921975

First hint, play Dark Souls 1 or preferably Demon's Souls first if possible.

Second, if you are going right into 3 start Knight or Warrior class, preferably Knight if you want super safe mode.

If you want a beefy axe I recommend getting the DLC if you don't have it since it has a terrific pure Strength Axe you can get easily.

>>167921975
Yes, start with DaS1, and go up from there. The first game is still superb, and you're doing yourself a disservice by not playing it.

DaS2 is arguably worth it if you can get it on sale. $10 means you'll be getting your enjoyment out of it no matter what.

>>167922090
just bear in mind the biggest difference between a souls game and other action games is that the average enemy needs to be respected, and the worst thing you can do is mash a button.

take it slow, be deliberate, understand that everything can kill you very easily and you'll be ok.

>>167921826
I mean I at least opened with a plunging attack, then had the same happen to me. And no, I mean if I'm coming in to your world with the intent of jacking your souls it's only fair you should use all you can against me.

Isn't it weird how Dark Souls 1 came out in 2007 alongside Bioshock?

>>167922296
thanks for reminding me that I'm an old fuck

>playing Untended Graves
>suddenly realizing how comfy the Age of Dark actually is; no blinding light

Gods were a mistake

>>167921858
if you're fast enough, you can buff between the parry and the riposte

>>167922296
You fucking retard.

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>Dark souls 3 will never have chalice dungeons
>you will never dungeon delve with fellow sunbros
>you will never fight beefed up bosses for a chance at getting slabs.

what is even the point?

>>167922345
Light only agitates. We have no need for it here

>>167922113
Noted. Any other bad habits that new players tend to fall for?

>>167922118
>>167922167
Eh, not particularly interested in 1 as an entry point. From what I've seen of it, a lot of things seem confusing and convoluted. If I end up disliking it, it could put a bad taste in my mouth for the rest of the series. Appreciate the recommendation though, might go back and play it later on.

>>167922193
What's the general plan if you get overwhelmed by enemies, then? Do they often have a leash that prevents them from chasing you too far?

>>167922441
Yeah kinda kills endgame replay value for me imo.

>>167922441
>tfw Dark Souls 3 will always be hamstrung by pandering to duelfag cancer

>>167922561
>Any other bad habits that new players tend to fall for?

not lowering your shield and therefor running out of stamina.

also never fat roll in DaS3

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>>167922561

>I'm not interested in the first game in a series as the entry point

>>167922561
You might have noticed seeing footage of or someone mentioning "backstabs".

Do them.

>>167922561
>a lot of things seem confusing and convoluted

What is it in particular that seems that way? The games all have their little details that set them apart but the basic gameplay is the same through all of them. So I can only imagine anything you're concerned about is either negligible or still present in 3.

>>167922663
You say that as if it's unusual. If somebody had never played Pokemon before, I would certainly recommend the most recent game in the series.

>>167922739
Probably the world. It all chains together in an odd way, and there don't seem to be many clear indications in regards to where you should go or what you should do. Feels like the type of game where I would need to look at a guide at least once per 10 minutes.

>>167923013
>there don't seem to be many clear indications in regards to where you should go or what you should do.

maybe the souls series isn't for you

>invade a guy
>glowing brighter than the fucking sun
>can fly
>then turns invisible/teleports behind me and one hits me

Not played since launch, is this common these days?

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Who else is gonna make a build based around these babies?

>>167923054
It's hard to explain what I mean. It's like, there are places that you're able to go to but definitely shouldn't. And the only real indication of this seems to be the enemies being way too strong. So you die, but then you have to go back there and get your souls without dying again.

Basically it seems like the type of game that's very hard to play unless you're familiar with the progression layout.

>>167923405
it's a game series that's hard to get into if you're impatient and rush into things

bring a big shield and pump health/stamina

>>167923405
you can beat the entire game as SL1, that should tell you the mantra of the souls series: Git gud

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i want to huga desert sorceress

>>167923559
I'm fully aware that I CAN do it. My concern is that it won't be fun. This is why I don't want the first game to be my introduction to the series, it seems like the most difficult and the least straightforward. If I get too frustrated it could spoil my interest in the other games.

>>167912608
Former active duty military and current reservist so most likely Warrior or Mercenary of some kind. If this was in-universe DS3 I'd probably be a Farron Follower, in-universe BB, a workshop hunter with military veteran background.

>>167923158

>Make Londor Great Again
>Wall Shield

>>167922561
Enemies have aggro leashes yes, and running away from enemies can work in a pinch but if you don't know the level layout, you might get trapped and die. Always retreat to familiar ground if possible.

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Okay this dude aint no joke
>first attempt
>didnt even land a hit

>>167923719
Well if you don't want the game to be too frustrating and a punishing but rewarding experience then might as well just be another guide reading Fallen Knights using Dark Sword R1 mashing retard. Also be always sure to summon 3 phantoms whereever you go to steamroll evwrything then.

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>>167912608
>tfw a furry degenerate

TIME TO OIL UP IN ESTUS

>>167924296

Hardest fight in DS1 IMO

>>167924428
if you dont bring a greatshield sure

>>167924368
There's a difference between "I don't want the game to beat me into a bloody pulp" and "I want to steamroll the game with minimal effort"

What's the likelihood of the weapons added in DLC2 being the best in their class like most of the AoA ones are?

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>>167912694

First reply best reply.

>>167923719
I'm new to the series myself, 3 seems way more obtuse. I'm seeing people fucking talk about juggling catalysts and weird scaling spreads and bullshit hybrid builds
in 1 you pick a stat you like, find weapons and spells for it and then pump the rest of your points into endurance and vit.

>>167924710
high as fuck

>>167923405
The interconnected world stuff is only present in the first half, and quite straightforward, I doubt it'd be a barrier in itself. To go a little further in detail, when you arrive at the hub area there's a few different paths available to you but it's pretty immediately evident which is the better to take first from the difficulty of the enemies. Then once you're done with that path you can handle all the others easily enough.

Beyond it just being the first in the series I'd recommend anyone start with 1 on the gameplay alone. The combat is slower and with more importance placed on choosing when to heal and how you manage your stamina, which I'd say develops better habits than starting with 3.

>>167924710
People without the dlc will not be able to win against people using weapons from it.

This is the ultimate Dark Souls published by Bandai Namco experience after all.

>>167924296
>>167924428
>>167924492

That was the beauty of DaS1. My buddy and I played it when it released as a light and heavy respectively. We had a completely opposite experience with regard to boss difficulty. He rolled shit I got stuck on and vice versa.

>>167924779
> 3 seems way more obtuse

3 is simple though, you build 40/40 str/dex and then just pump health and stamina and win at everything.

or you go pyromancer and go 40/40 int/fai and use one of the handful of pyromancer weapons but who are we kidding you'll use the onyx blade because it's the best weapon for it's star investment you'll ever get as a pyro

everything else a shit

>>167923405
The game does an excellent job of using subtle cues to key you in to what it wants you to do, and I'm gonna give you the most important pro tip you will ever get about souls

souls don't matter, just leave your bloodstain on the ground you'll make them back in a minute or two, don't walk around with so many it's an actual progress barrier to lose them.

>>167924710

Depends, there's already quite a few 'best in their class' weapons by a decent margin so to do that moreso seems hard. I do think they will mostly all have strong niches at least, the pyro casting Curved Sword for example is guaranteed to be great unless it has some combination of low range, shit damage or shit spellbuff. The only other thing based on what we've seen so far that might be potentially OP is the greatsword that might be pure STR scaling.

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>>167924296
>second attempt
Maybe it was just because it was a first attempt

>>167924898
You don't understand
those are the same build in 1, pyromancy doesn't scale with anything you just equip the glove in your offhand on your 40/40 or 27/40 for two handing build

what you just mentioned is already an order of magnitude more complicated than 1

>>167913857
Poison is going to get buffed, mark my words.

Mark my words, the Desert sorceress set in dark souls 3 will not be lewd, I can feel it, they are gonna ruse us and put something like a fully covered sorceress garb.

>>167924998
>>167924898
Not to mention Endurane, Vigor and Vitality are only two stats in DaS, vit is HP and endurance is both stamina and equip load

>>167924898
>that spoiler

Fucking sucks man, the Flamberge has been my swordfu for a while and I liked using it on a pyro build for obvious enough reasons, but the Onyx Blade just invalidates it.

I also hate that I found out about Chaos Thrall Axe being great at launch but now it seems to be considered a weapon for shitters.

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>>167924974
I did use 12 estus though lol, that attack where he leaps into the air is a bitch, kept hitting me with it because I kept thinking its delayed like his other attacks and rolling too late instead of just getting out of there.

>m'lady

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>>167925172
Why is she making lewd noises at me?

>>167924779
That's because nobody cares about serious DaS1 PvP anymore. You weren't here when DaS1 was the newest Souls game. People were putting a shitton of effort into optimizing their builds and most of the build optimization calculators came to be because DaS1 was both popular and the mechanics were incredibly obtuse and made relevant information really hard to find/figure out.

>>167925248
manus raped her

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>>167925092
I hope so, I hate everyone who's drooling over slutwear so they can play dress up with their waifu once more. Slave knight leggings are already bad enough.

I've never actually given thrusting weapons a proper try before in any souls game. What's a good one to get acclimated to in DaS3? Primarily just for pve usage if that's relevant.

Did any of the eceleb shill garbage show what actually happens when you resolve the painter loli's arc? Or just up until the final boss of the Ringed City?

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>>167925328
Should i just leave her here? She isnt doing anything no matter how much i talk to her, Shes bringing down my buzz from killing manus.

>>167925424
They were only allowed to play up to the demon prince boss which might very well be only 25-30% of the dlc.

>>167925172
Manus is surprisingly not difficult if you aren't a mid shield turtle. Congrats though.

>>167922441
Chalice dungeons were aight. Chalic gems were complete cancer though.

>>167925402

Four-Pronged Plow.

>>167925476
Oh thank fuck. That's way less spoiler garbage than I anticipated.

>>167925462
You can leave her, but do go and talk to her again in the present.

>>167923158
Aready got a character ready. got one ready to be a slut pyro too.

>>167925462
Whatever you want m8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0B1-A1-8vQ

>>167925092
I sure hope not

>>167925339
>Seductresses aren't a thing
Fag, not enough fatguy armors for you?

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>>167925582
Okay, Im gunna go talk to the shroom i saw when i got here and then im gunna go kalamete out some pain to kalameet when i go kalameet him and kalabeat him.

Are the souls games playable with a keyboard/mouse? My controller does this annoying thing where the stick won't return to a neutral position.

>>167925339
The problem with the slave knight leggins is the horrendous diaper, I like the metal legs otherwise, it's ideal for gladiator fashion

>>167925776
Yes, but it takes a lot of customization and getting used to. Also will require mods if you want the interface buttons to actually have keyboard prompts.

>>167923405
Even if you progress the "wrong way" you can still find useful. And the first NPC you meet straight out of the tutorial will flat out tell you where you need to go just make sure to talk to people but fore the most part you can figure things out just by talking to Firelink Shrine NPCs.

But as said, if you think that's too complicated then pick up DS3, roll knight and R1 mash your way to victory so you can post so hardcore omg- memes on facebook and wear a Hot Topic Dark Souls tshirt.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-boABnb_U
>RuinedCapitalKing has a high chance to be one of the DLC bosses
>Jar-Eel has similar armour design to darksign knigts from TRC trailer, even has a cape and is called Undead King
>also has an unused crown in his set that resembles Velka pardoners

>>167925402

Lothric Spear is great

I used that on one play through and had no problems (I buffed it with Lightning or Dark depending on the enemy; Faith spells)

Dragonslayer Spear (Orn's) is quite powerful (with Leo Ring), and makes the game easy if the enemy doesn't have lightning resistance; it's an end game weapon, though. Lothric Spear can be had early on.

>>167925776
Playable, yes.
T. Played all 3 Dark Souls games with keyboard and mouse and only Bloodborne with the controller.

>>167926119

I'm hoping that the boss of the Ringed City is something other than Not-Manus.

Jar-Eel-looking would be pretty cool.

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Man, i feel like ive exhausted all there is to do in dark souls, except for no death runs and shit.

What do? REEEEEEEEEE

>>167925776
It was hard to get used to it, but now I can't play dark souls 3 with anything else than the keyboard and mouse

>>167925559
>4 pronged plow
>with a stubbed 5th prong
The fifth prong clearly stands for the Pygmy
CALL VAATI

>>167926461
take a break

>>167926461
Do no bonfire run in the das2
It was surprisingly interesting, good thing they put reward for it because i would never come with such run idea myself

>>167926931
I wonder if the nobf thing was what ruined the checkpointing of DaS2.

>>167926984
DaS3 doesn't have this shit and checkpointing is still pantsu on the head retarded

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>pot smashes on otherside of wall

This thing has amazing reach

>>167917828
They also only used it for one dlc yotal and didn't bring it back anywhere later in the series.

>>167927047
DS3 has the smallest estus pool of all souls games and also the weakest estus. For majority of players those checkpoints are really needed and boss checkpoints are just a harmless quality of life option.
Besides, even back in DS1 checkpoint structure was absolutely fucked up.

>>167926931
I was never super clear on this. Does dying count as using a bonfire? Since you respawn back at it.

>>167927047
For some levels, yeah.
But take Lothicc castle for example, it has a whole bunch of physical shortcuts and the whole level can be reasonably expected to be played starting from the Dancer bonfire because the shortcuts come back to it, same applies for a bunch of other levels too.

>>167925776
Dark souls 1 is shit with keyboard and mouse if you dont mod it

Dark souls 2 requires a hotkey fix because of retarded programmed delay on mouse buttons but beyond that it controls fine

Dark souls 3 works perfectly with k+m

>>167927218
Dying does not count as resting. Nor does using Primal bonfires.

>>167927218
Nope, dying is the only way to restore your estus, so you basically run straight line lighting every bonfire you see until great bonfire to teleport back and go another way
>>167927258
I think archives would better example
Lothric castle still has retarded bonfire after first knights room
Honestly dancer bonfire is here only for the oceiros boss fight, so moving it forward and removing second bonfire would make more sense
Bosses leaving checkpoint des/bloodborne style made many bonfires placement too retarded

What weapon should I use to maximize damage with dark blade?

>>167927218

Even lighting a bonfire doesn't count for the callenge. You can set up checkpoints this way to be used with homeward bones. Only resting at a bonfire counts.

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fix the dragonform with one or two items that can be found in the next DLC /dsg/

>Ring of dragonborn
>No longer take armor penalty for being in dragon form and even gaint a small amount of base resistance as if you where wearing light armor.

>Black dragon grea sword
>Improves damage of dragon stone abilities as you upgrade it.

>>167927458
>bosses leaving checkpoint DeS/Bloodborne style made bonfire placement retarded

Except that's the way they should've designed DS3 in the first place, giving only level start and end bonfires and teleport you into the hub instead of being able to freewarp.

Bloodborne checkpointing for DS3 would've made the game so much better.

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I think I've figured out how the whole converging lands thing works. It might have been proposed before, but I want to share it. We know the overworld is basically a cell, resting upon the canopies of the archtrees. Several of these were destroyed in the Great War and we see some restoration in Ash Lake, but maybe it wasn't enough. The world is starting to collapse in on itself and, assuming it has a positive curvature, the "radius" of the world becomes smaller. Whole regions get buried underneath while others (presumably those with somewhat healthier archtrees) manage to stay afloat for a while.

>>167927710
I would take the third option
>Archdragon Form
>counts as medium or even heavy armour
>changes your bare-handed animations
>powers up twinkling dragon stones so dragon breath now starts and ends instantly and Daimon Stand summon now works like a flashsword and has multiple attacks and combos

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How can miyazaki keep getting away with it? It's one thing to reference something but another to just blatantly c+p it with minor changes. See this example of kalameets "inspiration".
http://m.imgur.com/HxetZhx

>>167927458
I specifically chose Lothric Castle to illustrate how the level works with only tagging the Dancer bf despite the bad checkpointing. I suspect Bamco meddling as usual.

>dying to replenish Estus
Nigga, just use Lifegems.
If you want to do a no bonfire run you best be on NG+ and have a ton of repair powders,spices and lifegems of all types.

Also stock a million arrows, fire bombs and all that good shit

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>>167927943

>>167927943
>now you understand why DaS2 is all dudes in armor

>>167927987
Even ng has "fuck you" npc invasions
NG+ is far worse, so he needs to be ready to die
I personally would recommend everyone to do "no dying" run on the ng+ and no "bonfire rest" run on the ng++

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>to fight demon prince you need to fall down the giant hollowed archtree
>this mural is above the Old Demon King boss room
Holy shit.

What level do you guys find yourselves at when you beat 3? Gonna do a character for helping co-oping the dlc which seems an endgame affair.

>>167928181
>a city of gen 1 humans
>guards employ fire and dragon artifacts to protect it
Were they fighting Abyss too or something?

>>167928153
>no dying run on ng+
But if you fail it you'd have to do the entire first ng all over again unless you savescum which defeats the point

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>Ringed City shapes up to be the Old Hunters of soulsverse both thematically and in terms of quality

>>167928240
around 80 if not less.
but alot of people are already 120
I'm doing the dlc at SL499 NG+7

>>167928156

That's a good find

IIRC, Lost Izalith was below the trees; that's probably what's being shown under the roots in the mural.

>>167928258

Perhaps Darkwraiths are from those guys; the ones turned to the Abyss.

So, they have their own civil war thingy going on like the Watchers, with the Abyss taking over the city.

I really wish From allowed everyone after SL~150 to connect to anyone.
This would revitalize highlevel coop and pvp because differences between those characters are going to be minimal anyway.

>>167928504
t. overleveled idiot

>>167928473
I feel like everything that happened in New Londo is just desperate attempts of Serpents to stir shit up after true Pygmies just decided to live in their comfy city without meddling into politics of outside world. So darkwraiths are probably cheap imitation of those knights, sword of Avowal is ripped off from the symbols of Ringed City to fuel the agenda of Londor, etc.

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>>167928181
>That armour
>That greatsword stance
WE BETTER GET BOTH OF THESE

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Does anyone have the item description for the banner that mentions Gwyn from Vaatis notes? I didn't get to see it and apparently it's got pretty big lore stuff so I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me.

>>167928672
>Armor
But we already have it. They just have a better helm.

>>167928681
OP links slowpoke

Are DS3's Dragonform attacks affected by any stat scaling?

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>y 1 by 1 tho

life is pain

>>167928704
Still not the same anon. Its similar, but not the same

>low level (~30) PvP
>got pretty high Vit, mix of plate armour
>invade someone with battleaxe wearing robes
>they Warcry, actually manage to damage me
>proceed to stagger them out of every attack and just beat down their health

Poise is back babyy!

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>>167928681

>>167928707
But there's nothing about gwyns children in there.

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>>167928672
>the armour will look dorky and ill-proportioned on player characters
>the greatsword will have a generic moveset with generic stance art

>>167928808
use the dark hand on him

>>167928809
This >>167928893

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Giant Door Shield
Unusually shaped paired greatshields resembling great doors
Heirlooms of the knight who was known as the protector of the meek, yet who failed to protect anyone
Skill: shutout - get a stalwart defense, and shield bash, or strong attack for a heave that holds shields to block nearly all damage

>>167928867
Thank you anon.

...

Uh...this is huge!

So that lady is gwyns youngest daughter presumably? And gwyn was on peaceful terms with the furtive pygmy? WHAT IS GOING ON. Sasuga Miyazaki.

>>167929002
I don't see how Gwyn had much of a choice. A single Pygmy with his humanity going wild destroyed entire nation. And there's an entire generation of people like this. He had to come up with peaceful terms with them or soulsverse would be destroyed long before DS1.

>>167928893
"the armour will look dorky and ill-proportioned on player characters"
Bruh the boss armors we have now look fine, don't know why you think that another npc armor would somehow look "dorky" or "ill-proportioned". But hey, it might if they fuck it up

So what did you guys hate the most about Dark Souls 2?

If anyone prefers it to literally any other soulsborne game please explain your reasoning why

>>167929058
If what you're saying is right, then the pygmies must be slightly different to humans, otherwise wouldn't they take issue with their own kind being subjugated by the gods?

>>167929002
Why wouldn't he be?
>>167929148
You can live whenever you want
One land was land of gods, another city of witches, another city of pygmies
Gwyn fucking gave humans their own cool city and their kings his soul
This alone should give you a hint that he never hated humans and Kaathe tried to bullshit you

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>>167928894
finally
<-

>>167929148
Ever played in VTMB?
Furtive Pygmy = Caine.
Pygmies = Antediluvians.
Rest of humanity are gen 12-13 with barely any real power in them, insignificant as fuck.

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>>167928894
He just helped me acquire edge, I cant do that to him. Im terrified he will swallow me again.

>>167929238
>Frampt is actually a messenger of Ringed City who fully supported Gwyn and fire linking because Pygmies have their own paradise already
>Kaathe opposes both

Is there any guide/list of which level range I should be for each area of DS3 if I want to coop with other people?
Is there even any sort of level cap for summons in this game

>>167929126
I just despise Iron Passage.
I managed to have fun through the game even through areas that were bland and uninteresting to look at [Huntsman Copse, No-Man's Wharf], but Iron Passage is a disgrace of an area. Like the flying buttress run from Dark Souls 1, except in a dull location, you have to do it three or four times in a row to reach the boss, there are additional Silver Knights blocking the path you take to reach the archers, and with absolutely no reasonable payoff after you finish it.

Other than that, all I can do is nitpick things like not liking how they changed the design of Undead and how covenant leaders are all plebs compared to those of the first game.

>>167929328
Do it, it's harmless. Gameplaywise that is. For your character. You might be scarred

Any new findings from CE fags after recent patch?

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>>167929560
Thats okay Kaathe is my buddy, this may seem like a dumb question but how do i use the skill hand? All im doing is parrying these poor hollows repeatedly.

>>167929719
>he thinks he can be cool like the enemy
>in a dark souls game
HAHAHA. 1hr2 aka strong attack

>>167929719
Nevermind I figured it out, wrong hand haha

>>167929002

Gwyn would have known about the power of the Dark Soul, so he probably figured it's best to be buddies with the Pygmies, even if they didn't do shit against the dragons.

The Pygmies seem to be content living in the Age of Fire with their Dark Souls/Humanity, until Kaathe comes along and tries to subvert them due to knowing that they'll be the leaders in the Age of Dark (compared to Gods in the Age of Fire).

That chick holding the cracked egg is most likely the daughter, yes.

>>167929148
>then the pygmies must be slightly different to humans

Humans are just the kids of the Pygmies.

The further the generations go, they seem to lose their memory of how the Dark Souls work, and their Humanity along with it (for whatever reason; whether Gods trying to subvert them or superstition and whatnot), which ends up turning them Hollow near the end of the Age of Fire.

>>167929821
This DLC seems really likely to tie majority of unexplained lore together, i'm pretty impressed.
Hopefully they will at least mention Profaned Flame and why it hates humans so much tho.

>>167929821
>until Kaathe comes along and tries to subvert them due to knowing that they'll be the leaders in the Age of Dark
Can we stop this shit?
All lord souls came from the fire
Why would it suck for the Pygmies(creatures with weaker soul because their lord soul is shared by millions) less than for the fucking gods? Being hollow sucks for everyone

>>167930098
If it has no mention of Gwynevere's fate or plans while creating an entirely new daughter for Gwyn I'll be very displeased.

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>>167930312
We already met Gwynevere in base DS3, anon.

>>167928758
Every dragonstone except for the normal torso stone. I think 30/30 int/fai is good, but I'm not sure.

Why the fuck is there so much porn of the capra demon? I don't get it

>>167929126
Linear level design that doesn't feel like a 'real environment' like DS1/DS3/BB does, short levels and bonfire checkpointing instead of physical shortcuts.

Also the sluggish and unsatisfying nature of the combat, no ragdoll physics, dull lighting in areas that could be cool if you actually had a reason to use a torch.

The combat in 2 may be more tactical, but in PvE it feels less visceral,fluid and satisfying the way DS1/DS3/BB do.

>>167930739
Furries love him

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>>167930739

DS3: I tried very hard with 2h weapon but I always end up short. I am so bad at it and even worse when it comes to PVP.

Guess I'll not be able to join the cool kids club and stick with 1h.

>>167930809
Damn, capra is shredded

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So I am currently playing through Dark Souls 3 again for the second time since release.

I made it to the church and met a guy named
'Slave Knight Gael'. The guy that is a dlc character that teleports you away.

I accidentally accepted to touch the piece of cloth and while the cut scene was playing I Alt F4'd because I didn't want to go there yet.

As I re-logg in he is completely gone. Will he come back? is he now somewhere else? Will I be able to play the dlc now on this character or am I fucked?

help

>>167931160
You're fucked. There's a bonfire nearby after you've warped.

>>167931160
Go to a bonfire and see if you can travel to the dlc area, it'll be the furthest on the right of the areas.

>>167931160
you're a fucking retard, you could teleport out just after getting into the painted world, now you're most likely fucked till other ng

>>167930425
lol no, we're not going back to the God aweful "every big bitch is Gwynevere" crap.

I'm going with the blame it on Seath route. We already know he was making freaky tentacle sluts out of Gwynevere's maidens.
If anything is going to make a Bloodborne bitch talented at birthing more monsters, it would be him.

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>kalameet
>go in with my all my hopes and dreams intact
>uber DSS
>60dmg per hit
>chips kalameets health
>die with all my hopes and dreams shattered

Might have to go infuse a GS with lightning which means i may have to go farm souls/shards

>regret

>>167931160
Ur fugged.

>>167931420
>her soul makes Gwynevere's miracle
>Leonhartd takes her to the throne room of AL
>she even sits in similar pose just with a man-grub instead of a pillow
Yeah she's totally nyt Gwynevere nigga.

>>167928156
You find that in High Lord Wolnir's bonfire room too. I always tought it was some kind of seal(put up by the abyss watchers maybe?)

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>>167929126
I really enjoy most of DaS2 but it's also one of the most tiresome of the series. Lots of content but a lot of it is pretty damn mediocre. The lack of sense in the area progression bothers me as well but it's also sort of a pedantic issue to have with the game over other stuff.

Gameplay wise it always felt like a pretty big step up from DaS1 and I've always liked the 'feel' of the game, although DaS3 is also a pretty big improvement by comparison.

I'd definitely rather play it over DaS1 at this point, but I've developed a massive hatred of DaS1 that I just can't explain and can't stand playing it anymore, might just be burnout because I've invested by far the most time into it.

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Do charged R2s in DS3 do more damage like in Bloodborne?
>that feel when Kirkhsmmer fully charged R2

>>167916325
For the record, killing AF isn't what gives blues double ears. Most of the time they don't get jack shit for it. Rather, there's some unknown property about invaders in general that AF sometimes has, which results in the blue getting double ears when they kill that invader. Reds have them more often than AF, really.