/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

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Did someone say Oscar?

>>169662079
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>>169662276

Wait, what? Never heard this.

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/BESTLEGS/

>>169661892
Demon's, DaS1, DaS2, and BB all have plenty of unfinished content present. Demon's has an entire archstone as well.

AoA gave us arena

AotA gave us arena

AoA gave us 4 spells

AotA gave us 5 spells that were all broken except Dark Fog

AoA had 2 bosses, 1 had 3 phases and the other had an incredibly strong secondary boss as part of it

AotA had what's more comparable to a miniboss, a shitty dragon fight, and 2 good fights

AoA is short in fairness but there's some decent exploration within the presented areas.

AotA is a straight line to Artorias and a fairly linear walk through the town that at most has the side break off to go kill the mimic and get a couple of spells. Chasm of the Abyss is a straight path to Manus with one break to get a useless summon.

The only real difference is that AoA felt more rushed than AotA did, and you're wearing nostalgia goggles if you give that DLC the 10/10 on "felt fully produced" factor

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Making a Str/Pyro build and here's my guy. I'm going for a scummy, looks like he's never showered in his life and only eats slugs look. Does he fit the bill? Any suggestions on how to make him look more shamanish?

DaS2 hit detection is so weird

sometimes my R2 one shots Alonne Knights, sometimes it doesn't, like it only half connects

don't get me started on plunging attacks

>>169662543
It's a long standing argument about the existence of certain items that can only be seen through the usage of runes (Corruption:Coldblood, Impurity:Vermin), which one time resulted in a six hour masturbation contest of a role play. Just don't ask.

>>169660095
for u, fampai
https://webmshare.com/play/BORP9

fuck that sound glitch, too lazy to record again.
At least you can hear the gay clink in ds1 and 3

>>169662543
Vermin are a lie, don't listen to what they say
The blood is safe and useful, you must use it to survive the hunt

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>169662079
Reposting what I said:
>It's actually invisible centipede-like vermin present within the blood vials caused by the curse of the Orphan of Kos.
Everyone that has had their blood ministered will eventually lose control to these vermin, and the more they resist, the more horrifying a beast they become.

Lmao what am I reading.

First off, the scourge of the beast happened way before Kos's curse existed. See: Loran. Loran fell to the scourge of the beast possible before even Byrgenwerth (the guys who fucked with the fishing hamlet and caused the curse of Kos) as an institution existed.

While you got the whole "the more you resist the worse a beast you become" and that the vials cause the scourge right, it isnot because of vermin.

The old blood (the blood in the vials) is Great One blood found in the Chalices. People turn into beasts because, "when Great Ones descend the line between man and beast blurs." The great ones proximity to the old blood inside people must cause a raction in the body that makes humans turn into beasts. My theory is that the body dumba itself down to a beast-like state so that you don't die from frenzy (which is insanity cause by too much knowledge).

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12th for Yharnam was better.

>>169662687
Oh god I remember that

>>169662601
>if you give that DLC the 10/10

I never said that, in fact I would give AotA a 7/10 due to the boring and bland scenaries and how out of the overall dark souls 1 it was.

The only good fights are Arty and Manus imo, Kalameet is impressive but rather boring.

But hol the fuck up my boi, because AotA was the only corridor area in DaS1, every other area could be explored in at least 2 different ways and had interconnected shortcuts.

If I had to rate DaS3 with a grade and a phrase it would be 6/10 "A long corridor full of hypermobile enemies with really nice graphics."

>>169662601
>incredibly strong
>greatwolf
Right.
The rest I agree with, I don't get why people hype Kalameet so much, if you don't spend forty minutes trying to cut his tail it's piss easy

>>169663047
Which is why we try to keep the argument as low as we can. I saw it myself, it was a train wreck.

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This thread is now blessed by Gravelord Nito and the Pardoners of Velka.

>>169663147
>the fucking wolf

I know the wanted to perform a Siff homage but I don't recall the old gray wolf taking cocaine with muffled nightcore playing in the background.

>>169662661
You do more damage if you catch an enemie during an attack.

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>>169663207
Praise Vamos

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>>169662543
The evidence is there, but it's hard to see if you aren't looking.
To put it shortly
>Cainhurst knights see unspeakable moving things in blood
>Cainhurst knights are vaguely related to Pthumerians, superhuman masters of blood, donate these dregs to an immortal queen of corruption, and hunt down those that turn from them
>Confederates see vermin in blood
>Vermin are said to be only visible if you look for them - similar to how you can see the Amygdala perched everywhere with enough insight
>Many beast enemies in the game have signs of vermin growing out of them - Silverbeasts, pic related, Ludwig
>Old Hunter Trousers
>A widespread belief of the period was that "beast blood crept up the right leg", and this led to the double-wrapped belt.
>In all cases, beast enemies overcome with vermin have them growing out of the head / adjacent to the spine
>When a hunter goes blooddrunk, their pupils collapse and become dilated and mushy, this can be seen in the intro and in the Yharnamites - sign of parasites
etc

>>169663207
Gaylord Neato is a fag

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I have some DaS1 questions for you guys.

First is for the ones who read Japanese. Was Paladin Leeroy's name actually Paladin Leeroy in the Japanese version of the game. I'm asking this because it seems like an obvious reference to Leeroy Jenkins and I would be shocked if From knew about it. I know that the localization team for the Souls games have quite a lot of freedom when it comes to translation. Sticky White Stuff. Nevertheless, I do want to know if his name was Leeroy or something different.

Second question is for those who delve into the lore. Would anyone be willing to explain the two endings to me. I do want to know more about the age of fire and the age of dark, especially what is probable to happen after each ending.

>>169663158
It pissed me off because the argument came down to who could write the better fan fiction to support their own argument and who could argue more fervently about how their interpretation was right. That plus the cringy roleplaying and 6 hours holy shit.

>>169663338
Also
>When you join the confederates, you start finding them off of nearly all Hunters (including blood drunk ones), all of whom have had their blood ministered

>>169663234
Yeah, while having leprosy take some of his skin away
Honestly, I think it's a metaphor for you taking on a gank squad with a retarded host

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>>169663074
The post I made is in relation to the two points you made in the original post

>Unfinished content
>AoA being shit when AotA wasn't that great in all honesty and DaS2 fucking had SOTFS

In regards to the "hallway design" of 3, 1 had some hallway as fuck areas. The difference is that 1 is the only game in the series where you can go to and fro other hallways by some other connection. Undead Burg, both sections of Blighttown, etc. are linear like shit. Farron Keep, and Undead Settlement are both pretty open to exploration and open ended.

>>169663450
bruh any video game developer knows world of warcraft and the insanely popular leeroy jenkins meme. even the japs

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Daily reminder that the Chosen Undead is forever alone.

>>169663338
I don't remember Ludwig growing Vermin anywhere on his body.

>>169663450
>is this common ye olde english name a reference to a shitty WoW meme
I don't know who's baiting who anymore.

>>169663147
Kalameet is easy PRECISELY BECAUSE we all spent 40 minutes trying to cut his tail.

By the time you finally succeed, you know all his moves inside and out, and actually killing him seems like a much easier task because you can just hit him anywhere.

>>169663684
Ludwig had a lot of shit growing on him, mostly horse...and that lamprey mouth thing.

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>>169663491
I was the Confederate. I'm so sorry. It was like driving a truck downhill, only to realize that the brakes weren't working, and needed to start swerving to hit as few as I could. The only difference is that the other guy had his foot on the floor, didn't want to let up.
Just take this, let me slip back into anonymity, and remember that it is only human to commit a sin.

>>169663450
If you consider Dark Souls 2 and 3 canon then both of Dark Souls 1's endings are the same: both will end uo with either the flame growing back again or starting to fade again.

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Is anyone playing SOTFS on PLAYSTATION right now??

>>169663714
The thing is, I didn't, and I beat his ass the first time. His flame attacks are too slow, and the beak ones heavily telegraphed and easily sidestepped
He also doesn't have too much hp and any time he charges or does a breath attack you can easily heal to full

>>169663621
Ya know, you're probably right. I just never really saw World of Warcraft as something that ventured far out of America, but that's just muh 'tism rising.
>>169663712
Not baiting. I just thought that it was interesting, as it was specified "Paladin" Leeroy when summoning and being invaded by him.
>>169663826
My only question, if that's the case, is what would the short term effects be. However, that goes pretty deep into speculation territory and I want to stay away from that even though it's Dark Souls.

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>>169663730
Yeah but that thing he was growing on his neck was eyes. He somehow grew eyes on the inside and that's why that mouth spews arcane cum. That's totally different from vermin.

>>169663774
I forgive you

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>>169664326
Thank you.

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Just finished upgrading these two beautiful things.

Surprised I was when I found out that DaS2 has 2 greataxe movesets, one for double axes and one for single edge axes, and both have horizontal and vertical strikes.

Who would've thought that DaS2 that was so criticized for having no moveset variety would trump over DaS3 with its single greataxe moveset (save BKGA) that consists entirely of overhead smashes.

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>>169663774
Surely, we all deserve mercy, yes.

>>169663338
I have never heard any of this before. Fantastic. Cool stuff.

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>>169664475
It is only human to commit a sin...
(Five minute period of unskippable laughter)

>>169664440
>Hey Donkey, do you think he is compensating for something?

>>169663323
But if we're too loud praising him, we might spoil his focus!

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>>169664663
Make that ten minutes

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>>169664835
I swear, pardoners better make it into TRC, or at least their armor set. From would really be missing out if they passed them up.

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>>169664681
It looks long big and strong but it can't reach where it actually counts

>doing return to drangleic on PC
>forever waiting for summons at Duke's dear Freja

In the meantime, got a question: If I'm a 30/30 hexer, is it worth spicing down the required int for Dark Greatsword? Or is the damage still gonna be ass? I want to use something other than dark orb at some point.

>>169665086
>using horizontal slashes in a corridor

you deserve everything bad that happens to you

What was the Ringed City boss leak again?

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>>169665086

>>169665316
I didn't realize I was two handing until it was too late

but that was really my fault, I panicked

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>>169663887
I am

if only I were a woman

I hope gavlan makes a cameo in the ringed city.
I miss gavlan.

>>169665086
Use one handed moveset. Watched thag shitskin oeeve use it, it's disgusting. No skill required to win.

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Wait a second

the spellbook says "Quelana"... and we found it by a spiderlady corpse, does this means that Quelana actually found her sister's corpse after I murdered her ass for an estus upgrade?

So I got the CE table for DaS2 and figured out how to get a sunsword in.

IF I do get it in will my account be soft banned?

What's the right way of duping in items?

souls are the leftover essence of seath's scales of immortality. he went mad trying to return them to their physical form and settled for immortalizing his own soul instead.

>>169666018
yeah she just chilled with her after realizing you probably murdered Kelloggs.

>>169665365

That 2bats end up as the Demon Prince in the not-3rd phase

Everything else is speculation

>>169665365

-crimsonbat
-snakesoul
-ruincapitolking
-matherdoragon

this leak was waaay before crimson bat was revealed, so it's very credible.

>>169665819
Nah he's gone forever.
Vengarl is the most likely to show up, followed by Jester Thomas

>beat the second DLC
>after beating both, the painter gives you a pendant
>if you go to the kiln with the pendant, the SoC bossfight starts even if you already defeated him (he basically respawns)
>as you deliver the final blow, he backs away and says
>"wait, ashen one, it's all a prank, you're being recorded"
>the arena is revealed to be greenscreen
>all the npcs, old and new, artorias and orstein, gwin and manus, are there laughing and applauding

How mad would you be with a joke ending like this?

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>>169663450

The plot elements are pretty straightforward. Linking the fire prolongs the age of fire again, like Gwyn's sacrifice did, returning light to a darkening world and keeping hope alive for the next generation; if you've played DS3/AoA, it's really the same thing the friendly Corvian is talking about when he thanks you for lighting the fire that will destroy his world (and probably him as well). We can pretty safely assume that it'll be a repeat of the era between Gwyn's linking and the Chosen Undead's. Choosing the dark lord ending is discarding that idea to grasp as much power for yourself as you can, and forge forward into a bold new era where you're not sure what will happen, leaving the age of gods behind, or perhaps becoming a god yourself.

As far as what motivates your character to do either one, that's pretty much up to you, but there's multiple aspects to both endings. Those who link the fire are choosing death for themselves for the sake of those who will follow, which is pretty noble, but you can also argue that they're just unnaturally prolonging an era of delusion; the gods of fire are not really gods, and the hope that comes from fire is a lie - darkness is the true nature of the world. Those who become dark lords seem primed to walk fearlessly into that abyssal dark and navigate it on their own, but whether they can maintain their will is something that not even they can really know, and that choice could just be leading the entire world into despair and ruin for the sake of the CU's own hubris. DS3's version of the dark ending sure doesn't seem to indicate that there's anything to darkness but total deathlike oblivion. The DS1 version seems more like the Lord of Hollows ending, though, so that's again up to you to fill in.

>>169665819
>>169666474
Ya think the madmans will actually give us a lore explanation for the transition to iron keep?

>>169666184
Alright, I'll bite. I won't even ask why the hell you think Seath had scales at one point, and instead I'll just ask how the hell he lost them.

>>169666540
I wouldn't be, it'd be amazing. Imagine after that going out to some restaurant with Navlaan, Vengarl, Gavlan and Solaire.
Maybe Siegward as well.
Glorious, mate, glorious.

FC UP?

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>>169665702
wow! cool do you want to play? my soul memory is ~800k I think.

>>169667164
With a furry? No thanks

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>>169664440

that's really because DS2's style of creating weapons was to have almost no attacks unique to a particular weapon. instead they had basically one or two sets of generic animations for each class, tons of weapons in every class with different stat spreads, and used varying combinations of the generic attacks and stats to create uniqueness. you can consider santier's spear to be the epitome of this design mindset; santier's spear was a unique weapon, but only was unique because it was a combination of generic attacks from widely different weapon classes that otherwise didn't mix.

it's pretty much the opposite of the bloodborne philosophy, where not a single attack animation is shared by more than two trick weapons, and the bulk of weapons have entirely unique movesets, but there's only 26 weapons in the game including DLC, whereas DS2 has three-four times as many.

you can prefer whichever you like, but DS2's style is doomed to feel samey because pretty quickly you'll find that every new weapon you get just uses animations that you've already used.

DS3 unfortunately didn't really pick a style.

>>169667235
what?? how can you even assume that you spaztoid faggot virgin. get outta here.

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>>169666549
Thank you. I truly appreciate the descriptive answer.

So each decision falls into a moral gray zone, neither being good or evil, or at least as far as I can tell.

My question is: Would letting the flame die out cause something akin to the DLC? You know, with the abyss and stuff staining the world and degrading people down to the state of the enemies inside of the Oolacile Township.

>>169666549
This is a pretty accurate summation of how things stand at the time of DS1, yes.

Although I'd just add that the game has some ambiguity on what exactly the end of the Age of Fire entails on a very base level. On one hand, Dark itself only exists because the First Flame was there to introduce disparity to the Age of Ancients, so it stands to reason that after the First Flame, which is the cornerstone of all reality, dies, and takes with it all rules of nature, so would Dark as well. But the game is never exactly clear on that point being a confirmed fact, even though the rules it puts forward on how the Flame works would point ot that, so from a base metaphysical level the Age of Dark is just either:

>The very tail end of the First Flame's lifespan, where the power of the Dark Soul has grown to its maximum levels and the laws of reality are collapsing one after another but the Flame still has a bare minimum of energy left to sustain only the simplest of disparities, like here and there or light and dark, but no ability to actually PRODUCE light so all that remains is Dark. But said energy would be finite, and after it is completely spent even Dark would fade away and all would return to fog.
or
>It is actually what happens after the Flame irreversibly runs out, which means that very basic framework of reality introduced by it shows a degree of ontological inertia and continues to exist even after the source that sustain it is gone, so that there will never be a return to the times of endless fog, stone archtrees, and Everlasting Dragons.

Anyone around ~250k SM can help me check if I'm soft banned?

I haven't played in a while and I cheated a long time ago.

>>169667386
I'm not trying to defend DaS2, but I feel like DaS3 is even worse on that aspect.

>>169667407
>post an animu loli fursona animal wearing cp bait picture

What did you espect

>>169667480
No one can know for sure, but all we have are the facts presented in-game:

>Kaathe claims that the Age of Dark is the Age of Man. But that's not 100% true because it is actually the age of Humanity, which is what gains power as the flame wanes.
>Kaathe claims that the Dark when properly harnessed is a great power that will succeed the power of the Lord Souls
>all civilizations that have attempted to tamper or harness with the Dark one way or another have suffered horrible catastrophes, like Oolacile and New Londo
>shards of Humanity has a tendency to grow rampant and out of control, resonating with each other and causing the spread of the Abyss
>Kaathe claims that all those that fell to the Abyss did so because they were too weak to handle it properly.

That is all that comes to mind. There's no answer given, so the best you can do is take what you know and extrapolate on what you think is likely to happen based on that.

>>169667949
It's just a loli bitch in a gaping dragon costume chill out and spend less time on 4chan jesus christ.

>>169667496

Untended Graves is probably close to what the Age of Dark is like.

>>169667480
The gods want you to think yes, and are legitimately terrified of the answer being yes for justifiable reasons.

The heavily implied answer is no, though. The Abyss explicitly sprung from Manus, whose Humanity went mad and spread infinitely, uncontrolled from out of him like a cosmic "GIVE ME MY PENDANT BACK REEEEE" tumour.

An Age of Dark is hinted at being more of a world reset button where souls dwindle out to nothing and new ones stop being created, so only humans can really survive and flourish, and the only things otherwise that get through an Age of Dark are those that have amassed hugely powerful souls and then used their powers extremely sparingly, like the incognito gods and figures that reappear under different identities.

After an Age of Dark has gone on long enough, a new Age of Fire begins, since after the First Flame, the world is conceptually unable to return to a state without disparity. When it gets too dank, a blazing it spontaneously happens, and the whole cycle repeats.

>>169667770

i'm never shy to defend ds2 where it deserves some defending, and i did like that because of the sheer number of weapons you were almost certain to find one that had everything you liked and nothing you didn't (KUGS for me).

i think ds3 would feel a lot better with more and better weapon arts, and fewer str/dex stat spreads. bringing back the crushing/sharp/quality upgrades was probably a bad idea on this front, they were right to take them out of ds1 and should've kept on with that.

>>169668340
>The Abyss explicitly sprung from Manus, whose Humanity went mad and spread infinitely, uncontrolled from out of him like a cosmic "GIVE ME MY PENDANT BACK REEEEE" tumour.
While this is true, it's important to remember that there are no links whatsoever between Manus and Carthus, and yet Wolnir is also being consumed by the Abyss. Same with the Profaned Capital, whose coal is explictly told to be partially based on the power of the Abyss.

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What's your favorite build to pvp as /dsg/?

>>169668586
I thought it was pretty clear it was an inertia thing. Just because you killed Manus, it doesn't mean the Abyss suddenly disappears on its own. It's a complete ecosystem by the point you finally do him in, and it lingers even to the present where you can find pockets of it in Darkroot. DkS2 canonizes that Manus' core being broke into pieces and the Abyss split up with it, and keeps resurging as new entities are spawned from it. It's very likely to still be the same thing Manus created, because it's otherwise just about impossible to eradicate, and keeps growing and changing and being defeated every age.

>>169662661
Counter damage and sweet spots

Counter damage occurs when an attack connects during a foe's animation, and weapons do more or less damage depending on which part of the weapon hits the enemy

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>>169668883

>>169668930
I don't know if I like the sweetspot mechanic

It makes sense but it isn't like real life where you can "feel" where the weapon head is. In a third person camera and without feeling the weight and balance of the weapon in your hands it's just hard to tell

>>169668883
Str/Int

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I invaded someone n' killed them and they messaged me

"Woooo pedaso de puto"

I am actually revolted and feel sick

why do they exist

>>169668883
Which ever is most effective.

>>169669014
This has always been a shit meme.

>>169668914
Hold up. Where do you find pockets of the abyss in Darkroot?

>>169669343
It's barely a meme, it's down there with Milhouse

>>169667950
When I read that, I imagine some guy getting a bit of humanity, then some more, and it grows exponentially and he becomes Manus 2.0 in a sense. Who that would be is beyond me, but it's a thought. It seems like a situation like that would basically require constant "supervision" of humanity and keeping them separate to prevent growth.

And the whole age of fire thing is a lot more straightforward, other than that it might just be a big delusion and ruse to keep the gods from getting weaker or destroyed. Also, the CU gets to be a part of the SoC in DaS3.

>>169668340
So the cycle is either extended but weaker, or just reset after a period of time?

>When it gets too dank

I laughed harder than I should've when I read that.

>>169667496
I consider myself fairly well versed when it comes to vocabulary, but holy shit can I not understand a word I read. Please tell me if I'm close to what you mean for both greentexts.

>The very tail end...

So things start becoming muddled to the point that things like basic physics would become moot, and eventually a fog almost akin to DeS would overtake the land?

2. Things continue on, but without gods or other immortal beings? It would just be humans?

>>169669161

https://youtu.be/F9L4q-0Pi4E

That's the album from that gif. If it starts partway through, it's because I don't know how to make it start at the beginning every time, but I tried my hardest.

Why do all the mace in ds2 suck? There's the regular old mace and morning star, the archdrake mace I guess, then EVERYTHING ELSE is a piece of wood or some ridiculous fantasy weapon.
Fucking hell, I'm so sick of using the mace, but every other blunt weapon is some impossibly big dragon bone or flaming chunk of iron or stupid shit like that.

>>169668883
Pure faith build has turned into my favorite. Poise tanking people and slam dunking them with Sunlight Spears is so gratifying. People underestimate the hyper armor of unfaltering prayer and when you hit something at point blank range with Sunlight Spear it does extra damage. It can and will 1 shot people. I also have Lightning Stake to catch people off guard. For my melee option, Raw Dragonslayer Axe buffed with Lightning Blade for 500+ damage per swing.

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>>169669545
Why use anything other than the Craftsman hammer?

>>169669545
I take it you aren't saying the maces suck in the sense of them being bad weapons, but that they're ugly and unfashionable. I certainly agree with that, the basic mace itself is far, far too big, with its head being bigger than that of a human. What irritates me is that there isn't a proper warhammer. There are smith's hammers which are actually fairly good, but not a warhammer. It's disgraceful.

>>169669545
That really isn't unique to DaS2. For some reason the blunt weapon category, both greathammers and regular hammers tend to have the least amount of diversity in terms of visual aesthetics leaning towards the practical looking stuff in all the Dark souls titles. Doesn't help that they're usually a pretty small weapon class in general when it comes to the number of weapons as well.

Greataxes have the same problem really, but at least the regular axe category is always full of a variety of great looking stuff.

>>169669494
>>The very tail end...
>So things start becoming muddled to the point that things like basic physics would become moot, and eventually a fog almost akin to DeS would overtake the land?
Yes, the First Flame would be running on fumes for a while, and during that period all power and civilization that is not directly based on making use of Dark would become inviable, until later on when the Flame runs out COMPLETELY and then NOTHING is viable anymore and the world returns to the base state you see at the intro of DSI.

>2. Things continue on, but without gods or other immortal beings? It would just be humans?
It would just be lifeforms based on Humanity. That definitely does not mean humans. At the best it would be hollows. At the worst, monsters and the Abyss everywhere. So the same situation as the first greentext, except this one continuing potentially forever with no clear end date in sight.

In either case, Humans as we know them wouldn't exist any longer.

I need help in Shrine of Amana

but I'm on PS4

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herd u was talkin shit like I wouldnt find out

rate

>reddit meme DS2 event
>Iron Keep is glowing
>put sign down outside Smelter so I can practice since it's been literal years since I fought him
>not a single summon in an hour, with or without the reddit meme ring
Is this real life?

>>169669756
With a bit of imagination, you could say the DK warpick is one
>we never got the ruin sentinels' sweet ass warhammer
>nor their shield
I'm certain those phantom fucks from TRC are not RS, but I want them to be just for a chance to get their shit.
By the way, weapons almost need to be oversized for similar reasons enemies do. 3rd person view would make everything look small, until you actually compared them with the player model. I first noticed it with the Lucerne, its beak being long enough to easily pierce 2 human heads
>>169670176
>crow
>ears
>big-ass axe

>>169669940
That's not very appealing. It is an interesting thought though. Since the cycle would begin anew, what would be different in the next cycle? To be frank, I think that it'd play out the same for some time, then some variable would come along and change things, making the cycle slightly different than the previous. That could explain the whole "Time is convoluted in Lordran."

Also, I meant to greentext the first part of your second point, but I forgot to.

>>169669880
Impact weapons don't look practical at all. They're all oversized nerf toys with pointless gubbinz.

>>169670242
Dunno what to tell you, I had 11 summons over the course of around an hour yesterday, right around 500k SM.

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>>169670316
?

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Should I go a week without my usual heavy drinking and high quality home cooked meals, in order to spend that money on a PS3 so I can replay Dark Souls, and finally play Demon's Souls.

>>169669623
>raw dragonslayer axe buffed with lightning blade

That thing is my biggest peeve with casting focused faith builds, because just about any other thing you could use sucks by comparison, and thats boring as fuck. It's really more the fault of faith infusions being so gimped and faith weapons being crappy or just non-existant though.

>>169669397
There's some asshole drops you can take in Darkroot that gives you the fog death and "taken by the Abyss" special message that you get from taking off the ring in the 4kids room. I think one of them is accessible from the butterfly bridge.

>>169670407
Of course. It's only a week. One week without luxury is worth an entire console and two games, possibly more depending on other exclusives you might want.

>>169670329
>Since the cycle would begin anew, what would be different in the next cycle?
While there's a hope that one day after the First Flame dies a new Flame would spring forth naturally and begin a new, young and healthy Age of Fire, we obviously have no way whatsoever of knowing how that would turn out. It almost certainly wouldn't be a complete repeat of the first one, with the same peoples repeating the same history, but there certainly would be humans again, and possibly Lord Souls, and maybe a Dark Soul, but hopefully not a pygmy to be a cunt and ruin everything for everyone by infecting all of humanity with Metaphysical AIDS just for the lulz.

>>169670406
>This nigga
Ok then, I'll try again
>crow
>earlobes
>BIG-ASS AXE
>>169670407
Absolutely

>>169670546
Are there any noteworthy exclusives? I had a PS3 in it's prime, but I don't remember anything great.

Where did the First Flame come from?
Is the Curse of Undeath something Gwyn created on his own, or was it around before and he used it for his own purposes?

>>169669494
The very tail end of an Age of Fire is a clusterfuck because the First Flame can no longer support the reality everyone knows and the world starts cocking up, leading to time splintering (phantoms), the lands converging (kiln wrecks), people becoming hollows again (darksign), the sun going out (repeated over multiple games), just all the illusions of the world we know switching off as everything goes into various stages of emergency power save and craps out.

Shit won't go back to the fog though. The Age of Ancients is done. The world is split into Fire and Dark now and can only oscillate between, never be one without the other. That much is clearly explicit. This is the reason people want to become dragons: so they can escape the bullshit cycle and ollies out as a transcendental immortal being of neither.

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>>169668883

In DS3? I really dig my Anri Sword n' board build. Stance straight sword and a weapon art shield is pretty fun, and Anri's is my favorite version. The AR isn't quite as high as a refined LKSS, and there's no double thrust for the R2, but I like having the regen and more levels to spread around elsewhere for the bulkiest armor and beefy vit.

>>169670672
Oh sure, crows in this series can have big fat asses, but now all of a sudden they can't have big fat axes? Disrespect dude

>>169670503
I do agree in the sense that it's a bit too ridiculous because you're exactly right. I could use some other things as melee options but when I do I think "Why am I doing this when I could be hitting twice as hard, faster or at the same speed for the same or less stamina cost". But I try to only cast my lightning miracles when I co-op.

With these: Both miracles rings + Lightning Clutch Ring + Rose of Ariandel weapon art
You can 2 shot the dragon in NK fight if you hit it with S.Spear point blank range. If Lorian gets revived you can IMMEDIATELY kill him to start wailing on Lothric again because you 1 shot him. It hits for 3k damage on Soul of Cinder at point blank range. Seems to do more damage in phase 2 for that fight as well. Lightning Staking Oceiros kills him wicked fast too. I actually try not to use the DS Axe considering all of this.

>>169670862
That's a common misconception, crows don't have fat asses. They are so emaciated their waist skin is close to their spine and ass skin is close to their hip bones, creating the illusion of big fat asses. And at any rate,THERE ARE LITERAL CROW WEAPONS IN THE GAME

>>169670840
what regen

also doesnt that sword scale with luck

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>>169670557
I see... Thank you, anon. I'll make sure to give it more thought.

I appreciate the laugh I got for reading the end of that post.

>>169670687
Armored Core. I'd personally go to /m/ . They sometimes have a general up for it where you can ask questions, but if not, just make a thread about it. I'd recommend either For Answer or Verdict Day to start with if you want PS3 games. Since it can also run PSX games, Master of Arena is also one to look into. There are some others, but none off the top of my head.

>>169670803
So the tail end of the Age of Fire is basically just what you play through? Now that I think about it, it seems somewhat plausible.

My apologies, but it's late, I'm tired, and I have classes. It really was a pleasure to talk to each of you.

Have a good night, mates.

why the fucking fuck do you hold the blacksmith hammer in the MIDDLE of the handle you stupid fuck god damn it

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So my best friend wants to do an Old Link cosplay in DS3. He's out tonight, so I figured I'd get some armor pieces and weapons together to help him out while he's gone. Ideas?

>>169671125

Anri's has the regen of the Blessed infusion baseline.

And yes, but you get to 390~ AR with 40 luck, whereas 40/40 Refined Longswords get up to 430~ with much more investment, so it has the benefit of not asking as much of your stats.

>6.5 mb/s
>lagging super hard
help

>>169668883
fume / Estoc and blessed Cae is my favorite.

>>169671403
Just wear the wanderer set :^)
Nameless knight fits better with the hood

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Which is better, Follower Sabre or CCS?

>>169671729
follower

>>169671702
>wanderer set
>DS3

>>169671350
Night anon. Focus on your studies.

>>169671769
Yes? What seems to be the issue?

Can someone explain me the meme that is tomohiro shibuya?

What did he do? I tried doing some researching but nothing showed up

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>>169672228
Wanderer Set isn't in Dark Souls 3.

>>169671751
why? the weapon art? it only works on turtles. you can make a nasty bleed build out of carthus

>>169672418

Speaking of which, it does say that the "wedge breaks guards" or whatever, but is it actually effective at that? Like more so than the SS stance R1 or a kick?

I'm the original guy and haven't used it at all obviously.

So I just beat 4kings and now I'm a lvl1 Darkwraith. Now I'm not sure what to do next. I'm caught between Lost Izalith farming red chunks since I've never used a chaos weapon, trying out the DLC or eschewing gear and just doing invasions.

Where are the best arenas? So far I've liked Sen's.

>>169672814
>Where are the best arenas?
Burg, Oolacile, and Ganksquad Forest

>>169672814
It is the holy duty of all SL1 Darkwraiths to harass scrubs trying to kill the gargs, first and foremost.
Now get your ass over there and WellWhatIsIt some idiot carrying a +1 weapon.

>>169662610
his facial structure is still that of a white guy, so maybe work on that

>>169673082
Everytime I go to the parish its like 3 dudes on a ng+ cycle or its super slow.

Do you recomend spawning in the chapple or on the bridge?

>>169672814

You'll be most effective at Parish, but there's lots of fun to be had at Sen's.

>>169666018
I don't understand your question. Wasn't Quelana the spiderlady firekeeper?

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>>169673637
Quelana is the lady sitting in the swamp who teaches you pyromancies, the spiderlady firekeeper is generally known as The Fair Lady.

>>169672260

please

>>169673781
Oh in that case Quelana is the one who invented pyromancies in the first place so it's not unreasonable that the other sisters would just have a tome

>>169672358
So?
>>169672814
Farm then in the kiln instead, GS black knight drops them 100%. But as sl1, pyros are your bread and butter. Also, countertwinks will probably be carrying a bk shield so lightning weapons are better imo. It's not like you won't be oneshotting the rest anyway
>>169673314
If you want people close to your level, get dscm, it will help. I prefer chapel because it's closer to the foggate and next to the gank

Asking again.

I'm playing a hexer for the first time ever in DS2, casting through a sanctum shield because I like the spellsword look. If I'm going to end up with 30/30 int/fth, would it be worth spicing down dark greatsword so I can use it, or will it do trash damage? Never messed with this shit before.

>>169674197

It's still worthwhile.

>>169674197
You don't lose damage from spicing spells, you only lose out on scaling but since you're at softcap it's not worth worrying about.

>>169674338
>>169674381
Cool. I've got some farming to do then.

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>painstakingly clear out Millwood Village, including house-to-house combat while being pelted with greatarrows
>get the greatwolf to spawn in with the small doggos, retreat to the tower to funnel them
>thin out the herd of doggos, just the greatwolf and two left
>get killed just as I'm about to damage the greatwolf down to the disappearing threshold
You know, I don't even care that much about the 28k souls I left in the tower, I'm just pissed that I have to clear that section of the village again. And the trek through the Followers and sniping the sleeping doggos on the way to keep them from swarming me.

Also, I noticed when I was getting the Millwood Greatbow that those archers and some of the doggos pop in only when you get close enough. I thought I was done with that shit back in DaS2.

>the only thing you want to break has by far the mist durability in the game
>almost twice as fucking Havel's armor
Ebin

>>169672418
>why? the weapon art? it only works on turtles
not really. I like combos and I'm good at them. its a great weapon.

>>169674710
I'm assuming this is santier's spear, since wanting to break anything else is pretty useless unless it's for fashion. Therefore, can't you just equip it and go roll around in the acid pits in shaded woods/drangleic castle/aldia's keep? Dunno if it works because it's a weapon and not armor.

>>169674851
It doesn't. Acid doesn't degrade your weapons, only armor and rings. And I'm 100% sure it's because of santier's spear.

>>169674197
>spellblade
How do you deal with the stat spread? What weapon do you use?

>be me
>buy ds2 SotFS
>excited, played ds1, ds3 and bb
>remember bad reviews about artificial difficulty and unfair gameplay
>fuck off, bunch of crybabies
>still in No man's wharf
>gangbanged by hollows and pirates everytime
>rolling and parrying are literally useless if you don't have 99 adp
>attacks are delayed af
>healing is delayed af
>hitboxes are a joke
>Bosses clutch my last hits, magically they stand with 1hp
>weapons are made out of wet cardboard

Bloody hell i never felt so angry, even when O&S dunked me i felt like i wanted to keep trying, but here i just feel annoyed, the game is just punishing, fucking hell i wasted 20 bucks in a bullying simulator.

>>169674851
Acid doesn't work.

However, spamming the attack on Shalquoir does. She's technically an attack-able target, but since she can't die you can just hit her until it breaks.

>>169675165
Sounds like you're just a bitch getting wrecked by what is probably the easiest souls game.

>>169674685
You can completely avoid the village if you're done with it iirc. Just take a hard left after the first ledge of snow falling into the wolf area. Speedrun tactics ftw.

>>169675257
>attacking catfu
Could you possibly go any more hollow?

>>169675257
Didn't think of that, thanks. I'd attack the bird's nest, but I don't want to have to pay attention to not fall off. You also gave me a bit of an idea

DaS3 NG feels a bit too easy. There should be an option to start on NG+ if you're up for the challenge.

>>169675257
>harming a cat
I know she can't die but don't be a dick to catfu.

>>169675576
Hidetaka Miyazaki only makes perfect games
please enjoy the perfect ng experience

>>169675576
Vordt didn't reach the door, 5 black flame orbs were enough.>>169675640

>>169675165
>healing is delayed af

This is a good thing. The warp speed chugging bullshit in 3 is annoying as hell.

Also No Man's Wharf is filled with a bunch of easy enemies that either get stunlocked at a slight breeze or are afraid of light.

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>>169675576
>introduce a nigger literally called "The Champion"
>you fight in his boss room at the start of the game
>perfect location for the Champion's Headstone
>perfect covenant for a first damage ring and a pus of man transformation weapon
>they don't do it

I can get the covenant items but what the fuck lol champ stone is the most brainless shit to add into the game. The fucking laziest efforts of some DS2 devs trying to staple together that game still outmatch the 0 effort of some DS3 devs.

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>>169676130
Some say they have still not decoded this post.

>>169676130
CoC makes SotFS fun for me no matter how many times I beat it. It's the perfect difficulty balance for somebody who's played through the game ~way too many times~

Keeps things challenging without going into complete bullshit territory.

>>169676130
You might have noticed that Ds3 refuses to acknowledge Ds2 in any meaningful way.

>>169676130
>introduce a nigger called Iudex that you fight at the start of the game
>his actual name is Champion Gundyr
makes me think

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>NG++
>Vordt
>Put a lightning resin on my LKGS
>A charged R2 and uncharged followup takes him from initiating phase 2 to dead

I fucking love this sword.

>>169676248
>we get a few token nods like FUGS and some armor
>my weaponfu PUGS is nowhere to be found
I am pure sodium chloride.

>>169675257
You can just smack a wall you know.

>>169675257
>>169675461

you can also just hit a wall

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>>169676220
>>169676130
>>169676248
>>169676532
>DaS2 makes the mistake of trying to relate itself to DaS1 a bunch when the relation is as far as being in the same universe
>DaS3 avoids doing this, especially since nothing was really added to the overall plot from 1 (relink the flame, 3's being the flame is dying, while 2's is "you have the curse")
>ends up referencing 1 a lot because it's much more related and "converging lands"
>DaS2 players left salty from not getting their reference
>DaS1 players left salty from not getting their reference
>Players of both games salty for getting references

>>169676220
>without going into complete bullshit territory

The original game was already complete bullshit territory in all the ways that actually matter from time to time. Inflating damage and HP doesn't make much of a difference

Or do you not remember shit like the retarded dogs in the gutter with attacks that LITERALLY hit on the same frame the animation starts?

>>169667164
I just switched to playing on PC, couldn't stand the load times on PS3 :(

sorry anon, I was also low SM so we wouldn't have been able to play together anyway.

>>169676668
Smacking walls takes too long. Spanking Slutqoir eats 1 dps (durability per spank)
>>169676713
There's a difference between returning mechanics and references. For example, ds3 darkmoons are a reference to ds1 darkmoons, while ds2 cops are a returning mechanic, albeit altered. There is no reason why they wouldn't tie gundyr's kicks to some ring when the moveset is usable by the player, just not accessible.

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>>169676956
As a mechanic I see no reason to object to the police returning; as a covenant that has no real place being there I do.

But what about
>where are the silver knight weapons
>where is the PUGS
>etc.
That mainly haunts these halls?

>>169676248
>tons of armors from ds 2
>tons of weapons from ds 2
>npcs from ds2
>locations from ds2
>dialogue from ds2
>covenants from ds2
>memezaki specifically ordered the return of slut wear for the final dlc that came from ds2

might as well call DS3 DS2.5 :^)

>>169677106
There's also giants tree corpse and their seed

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>>169677074
>where is the PUGS

>>169675165
The only thing's that have really, really bothered me playing through DS2 for the first time is how often it uses "mob of enemies that all come at once from a mile away", and then how often it uses "snipers shooting at you from a mile away with semi-homing projectiles", and then how often it combines them together. It's a bit tiresome.

>>169677209
that's a cat, not a pug

>>169677209
don't worry it's in ringed shitty

Can someone explain to me why did Tanimura save ds2?

>>169677106
There's about 81 sets in the game and as far as I can tell only 6 sets are DaS2

The most you get in "DaS2 NPCs" in terms of actual presence is Cr8 the Gr8 and Laddersmith

There's like 1 covenant from DaS2

other than that I didn't really bother to check because I know I'm right :^)

>>169676532

but PUGS was shit

>>169677891
I wasn't completely in love with the moveset, which is probably how one should choose their weaponfu.
But it's a ridiculously fuckhuge shiny sword good for smashing stuff. It's just too beautiful a weapon.

>>169677891
how dare you talk shit about my wife

>>169677209
Yes, where are de PUGS :--D

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>>169678036

1v1 me faget, BoB bridge arena sl 838

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>>169677891
Not only it was a beautiful weapon, it also had a nice one handed moveset that started with a vertical and then followed with a super fast horizontal. The second r1 used to come out so fast you could stunlock people forever, until it was patched.

>>169678320

you could get that from FUGS with a ton more AR and fun R2s

>>169675165
git gud

Which greatsword is your favorite in ds3?

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>>169678486
The bastard sword, because nearly all of them are just bastard sword reskins anyway.

>play through Ds 2
>keep getting hyped for Vendrick
>expect a kickass boss fight
>find him naked and without pants or anything else really, wandering around not even registering me

Now I know that this was intentional. Gave me quite a shock really.

But I just cant help but feel dissapointed in the decision. If the man can one shot you by vaguely swinging the sword at you, imagine him in his prime.

>>169678486
the Flamberge is the greatest sword.

>>169678390
The FUGS wasn't in the base game and when OIK dlc came out the PUGS was already patched.

Still, the PUGS is way prettier than the FUGS (which isn't much of an achievement by itself, as the FUGS looks like a giant turd), and didn't have the retarded dex req, even if that didn't matter in Dark Souls 2 because of SM.

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>>169678676
>DaS2 ultra weapons
>pretty

>>169677106
>>169677838
It's kind of hard to take equal amounts from 2 and 1 when 2 shares almost all of 1's gear in the first place.

>>169678615
He's a lot like Gwyn in the sense that the player probably wouldn't have any chance at all at defeating him in his prime.

>>169678787
A lot of the stuff 2 took from 1 is the same in name only.

>>169678486
Claymore

Just like ds1

Im still mad about the ds2 version but powerstancing cestus is pretty much my favorite way to fight in the whole souls series so it evens it out

my dick hardens every time i get the stone fist

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>>169678757

Farron memesword or Artorias flippy sword for PvE?

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>>169678486

Twin Prince's Homoerotic Love Sword.

That holy thrust WA makes me ecstatic, and also saves me from the trouble of ever building a character for the MLGS.

>>169678615
Ds2 is all about disappointing you. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes not.

>>169678869
>interjecting into a conversation I wasn't part of to say that DaS2 weapons are completely and utterly ugly things is shifting goalposts

>>169678676
>as the FUGS looks like a giant turd
Sad but true. Good weapon but it's so damn fugly, which kind of makes FUGS a fitting name.

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>>169678929
You're wrong anyway, the PUGS may be the prettiest unrealistic UGS in the whole series.

>>169678917
I hate how you bastards just spam that WA when low on hp

>>169679006
That's a big sword

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>>169678757
Maybe we played different games because from what I remember DaS2 ultras were fucking gorgeous.

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>>169679042
>Implying I ever wait to spam the WA

>>169679006
It's just so fucking pretty.

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>>169679006
Nothing rendered in DaS2's engine is pretty. Characters hold weapons like retarded clods. The design for the PUGS is generic and uninspired. Even if it were smaller and more proportionate it would still look like shit.

>>169679165
>le DS2 is objectively bad in every single aspect simply because it's DS2 maymay

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they weren't kidding how easy it is to parry with the buckler
>>169679085
UUUU

>>169662601
What was BB's unfinished content?

>>169679165
>Implying DaS2 isn't the best fashionsouls game of the series

>>169670803
i never really understood the point of dragons in this game but now that you mention
> The world is split into Fire and Dark now and can only oscillate between, never be one without the other. That much is clearly explicit. This is the reason people want to become dragons: so they can escape the bullshit cycle and ollies out as a transcendental immortal being of neither.

entertain this idea for a second and it's all speculation really so don't expect anything brilliant. If the dragons are the immortals who exist in age of fire or absence of it, then this means that dragons are literally always there. Maybe they are the ones who are around when shit does hit the fan and (since they are innately capable of fire themselves) can literally recreate fire in some way shape or form, potentially ensuring that there is an age of fire at not only some point in time, but EVERY POINT IN TIME.

This kind of also explains why so many different ancient cities revered dragons, and some even protected them.

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Rate. Why are Havel's gloves so damn shiny?

You ever get that feeling in souls that your character is complete well before the game's actually over, then you don't want to play him anymore? Frustrating.

>>169679229
>I have to use greentext because that's my only line of defense for 2 looking crap, the design of my sword looking like crap, the way I hold it being crap, and the proportions being shit

>>169679253
Level 3 Rune

>>169679165
Most people disagree with you, and most people think the PUGS is one of the prettiest swords in the game, that's why they want it back, specially when we got the shield.

You're entitled to your shitty opinions, but don't think you can speak for everyone. Go hate DaS2 for the sake of it on your corner and stop spewing shit in the thread.

>>169679283
>tons of terrible looking sets
>they all look like plastic against a world that looks like a pre alpha demo of an MMO

>>169679318
5/10 for Havel's Gloves, those leggings, and that shield

>>169679368
The shield was such a FUCK YOU. For how pandering DS3 is to nostalgia, did From not realize how popular PUGS is?
I'm hoping against hope it's in the last DLC.

PUGS would be good IF you could also get Pursuer's armor set. And if wearing the whole thing made you float.

>>169679484
I like the roll of weapons Pursuer carries on his back, despite never using any of them. Of course he has PUGS so why would he use anything else.

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>>169679368
>saying a design is shitty and oversized is "hating DaS2 for the sake of it"
>saying DaS2 looks ugly, which is one of the more commonly held opinions and not just "shitty opinions" is hating DaS2 for the sake of it
>literally "Don't talk about the game that's being discussed!!!"

>>169679468
Was it? I never saw it much back when 2 was hot. Greatsword was everywhere, though.

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Replaying DaS3 to get an impression of it without the launch hype/anithype.
My first character was the obligatory no-summon-knight.
What's a good build for something different that isn't magic shittery?
BLT was the most fun I had with Bloodborne if that helps.

>>169679484

would've been a neat feature actually, like how the sanctum leggings give you the spook effect they could have the pursuer legs make you immune to floor-based damage. would've been really nice for getting those chests at the end of lava patches.

Who or what the fuck is Farron?

>>169679628

the place that the legion is from.

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>>169679628
He's the host of Rate Night with Jimmy Farron

>>169679576
>obligatory
>no summon

I fucking wish.

Try a gimmicky-ass luck build, or being a dual wielding faglord.

>>169679576
my second character for DaS2 and 3 was a pugilist type guy with quality build

>>169679576

What weapon(s) did you use for that run?

>>169679484
If the PUGS is put in the new shitty DLC it would probably
- be fixed as in, not completely broken and chipped like in DaS2. All weapons imported from DaS2 into DaS3 are "fixed" (see the greatsword, for example)
- have the generic horizontal greatsword moveset
- if it has dex/int/fai scaling, probably the curse poke WA. if it's a str weapon, then it'll probably have the stomp > spin moveset (like the cathedral).

>>169679484
>redoing almost all the character's animations to wear one shitty set of armour

I'm glad nobody in a game development job has you dumb fucks as a boss. If they half-assed it you'd shit on them as well.

What if the final boss of the dlc was a previous from every souls game

Who do you wish it was?

>>169679561
Greatsword honestly has a more functional moveset and it looks more badass Berserk style. Plus it's not a boss weapon so you can use normal titties to upgrade it. PUGS is aesthetically pleasing but I didn't carry it into PVP too often.

I remember first playing DS2 and getting summoned to some world where the host had PUGS and I was instantly in love so I messaged him and he told me how to acquire it.

>>169679758
just freeze the legs' animation dumbass

>>169679747
>PUGS weapon art is "Pursue" and an eagle comes to pick you up and drop you on top of the host of embers.

>>169679838
This is so stupid I kek'd.
Please do this, From.

>>169679838
If I was Miyazaki you would be hired

>>169679697
Is luck/hollow actually viable? I want to do the DLC with this character so I need it work (glass cannon is fine though)

>>169679704
I'm tempted but I promised myself I would never do that again after I SL1-dual-caestus'd DaS

>>169679732
Claymore is bae

>>169679826
You have clearly never animated a 3d model in your life if you think that works without an asston of issues in anything remotely approaching professional software.

>>169679932
>SL1-dual-caestus'd DaS
Why the fuck would you do that

Ceastus is fucking shit in DaS1

>>169680031
If we need good animations done quick, just call the B-Team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Th96wgegHw

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Huh, the concept art shows Smough built like a brick shithouse

>>169680043
>why the fuck would you do that
a question I asked myself many times over the hours I spent piggybacking off forest invasions for upgrade materials

>>169679932

Well then I'd recommend you steer for something like a straight sword; fast, spammy and flexible, it won't have the hyperarmor that you enjoyed for your Claymore run and so you'll play pretty differently.

You could actually do a luck build for that, all you have to do is get yourself to Anri, kill her and Horace and claim her sword; it scales primarily with Luck. If you want more damage after that you can also level Int to use Man-Grub Staff (warning; requires 30 Pale Tongues to get) and sorceries for buffs/nukes/whatever.

I would recommend dex weapons but they're honestly all shit for PvE and strength weapons will just be more of same for you.

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>>169679838
Fucking please.

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>>169680104

this webm is in my smough folder let's see what it is

>>169680215
>You will never fight Biggie Smalls for the first time ever again

>>169680104
why is his armor so... form fitting?

>>169679932
I would suggest demon fist but you already said no to punching shit so how about some halberd love?

I just bought DaS3 yesterday because it was only $40, how would you the difficulty to other entries in the series?

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>>169680296
>mfw i kept getting mauled by them for a long ass time
>mfw i enjoyed every second of it because it made me a better player and it was really fucking cool and fun

>>169680104
I don't get why people assume smough is fat. The player looks just as fat with the armor on. He must be jacked to lug that wheat grinder around
>>169679838
If they put it in, the wa would be the cursestab, only it wouldn't curse and the windup would be too long to land even on wakeup.

I miss the balder side sword

I mean yeah the lothric knight sword does scratch that itch but its not the same

Wait what the fuck

According to TV Tropes, Gwynewere is the mother of the incest twins

Is this true

>>169680643
Only rolling attack is different between those two. With Balder being upward slash and Lothric having poke.

>>169680643
>TFW no sounding rod side sword to shove down your urethra

>>169680670
>TV Tropes

You shouldn't believe everything you read online.

>>169678486

Wolf Knight of course. How can I style on people without a weapon that lets me do sick flips?

>>169680670
It might be, depending on whether the description of the Divine Blessing is mistranslated or not. And although I doubt that is true, I do believe they derive from Gwyn's bloodline. Only, instead of children of Gwynevere, they're descendants of the Nameless King

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>>169680354

I don't remember the exact reasoning and references, but supposedly his armor was a punishment for his bloodlust as an executioner, and for eating his victims.

One can't help but note that while Smalls fights with grace, speed and precision, Biggie just swings his hammer around like a retard. He's not actually a warrior, he was just a guy that loved killing helpless people and eating them. He deserved mockery.

>>169680670

Could be.

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>dragonroar does affect spells
>it however only adds 1 damage

what did from mean by this? Also why do they have casters/dragons so much? It's not like the dragon roar buff would be that much better than the dusk crown and the defense penalty is way higher.

>>169681194
Probably precisely because attacking from range negates that big tradeoff for using dragon roar, which is becoming very very squishy.

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Any suggestions/improvements?

30 Vigor and End
27/40 Str/Dex
30 Faith
25 Attunement

Chloranthy/Havels/FAP/Spare (maybe lingering dragoncrest?)

Sacred Oath/Darkmoon Blade/Blessed Weapon.

>>169681260
>dragon roar buff: +10% damage for 5 seconds
>crown of dusk +12.5% damage all the time forever at no stamina cost

???

According to lore, Irithylians are crossbreeds between the gods of Anor Londo and humans


Neat

>>169681332
>darkmoon blade
>at 30 faith

just use a resin and stick to 15faith and 14attunement

>>169681332
Yes get rid of DMB in favour of pale resin because it's fucking useless at 30 faith.

Blessed weapon is fine as it's just a flat AR increase

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>>169681525
>crossbreeds

>>169681528
*16 faith
and then what you do is use sunlight straight sword to buff yourself at much lower investment and then cast second chance

dont expect to ever get buffs off outside pontiff duels tho

>>169681525
>according to lore

where is this stated?

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>>169681332
>>169681551

yeah, if you're going to add faith you can just add 15 to get tears and blessed weapon, which is a pretty solid combo of buffs; tears is a great body buff because it's a strong effect and doesn't have a duration, so you can buff it as soon as you get in, down some powerade and be good. also cut down to 18 att for just those buffs. chloranthy sucks, get a life ring instead, your spare is untrue dark ring to make blessed weapon look good. take your spare points and put them in vigor and endurance, especially vigor if this is going to be a dueling build (at 120 that's what it'll be most of the time).

In ds2, I get a lot of delay for certain effects. If I hardswap a weapon it takes quite a while to actually switch to the weapon and I can't even attack with the previous one until it actually swaps. Talking to NPCs also shows the subtitles but no dialogue is heard for a while. Similarly, the sound effect of the King's Gate opening only played a couple minutes after actually opening.

Is it even possible to make an attractive female character in Dark Souls 3?

>>169681696
Well, the character creartor. The Irithylian preset states that they have features of the old gods

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>>169681930

Sure, load up a picture of an attractive real life female on your computer and just copy the features as best you can. What gets you into uncanny valley territory is just following your libido on each individual part, making the totality into a monster.

>>169681831
Translation please?

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>>169681930
Depends what is attractive to you.

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>>169681831
>chloranthy sucks
>a +20% increase in stamina regeneration sucks

you wot m8?

>>169682187
waiting one less second to refill stamina sure is an edge

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>>169681930
only if you're a scalie
who am I kidding even as a furry the dragonform isn't nearly this attractive ingame

First time playing DS2 and my Craftsman Hammer is showing its age and I'm too stingy to waste twinkling on it.
Whats a good replacement pre-shrine?

>>169682121
ME: Andromeda-tier

>>169682187
>>169682261

it's actually .6 seconds less with the ring, if you're going from 0 to full. and that's the +2 ring.

considering how plentiful stamina is generally, it's really not worth the opportunity cost, especially over a life/sun princess slot.

>>169682045
>leveling faith beyond 15 for spells (or 16 for sss) is ineffective
>use tears of denial when you spawn/enemy spawns and replenish your fp
>chloranthy<life
>if you want fashion, use the untrue dark ring
>use the remaining ~22 points to buff your hp and endurance (or even str if you want to 1hand)

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>tfw really wanna play dark souls 3 but can't afford to spare the 27€ at the moment

What's a good place to farm for it?
Do the fedora knights at gamestop have a chance of dropping it or am I imagining it?

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>>169682437
>when your writing is so bad that people assume it was your post that needed translation, not the comic in a foreign language that you attached to it

Which bosses would be the best of bros?

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who the fuck thought it was a good idea to allow 3 phantoms? it trivializes pve and turns any invasion in a gankspank.

and I'm saying this as a sunbro, I hate when the host summons 2 other dudes. Hell I hate when they summon even 1 other dude.

>>169682610
Don't worry, must've been my 'tis or some say 'tism

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>>169682610
Actually i was talking about the comic

don't be like that anon i love you

>>169682891
Kekd

>>169682917
is that guy mindraping that pokemon?

>>169666084
Wait the OG 2 or SOTFS?
I need the table for old 2

>>169682343
Depends on what you want.

If I'm going for a hollow/luck build should I use raw stones until I get the hollow ember and only level to requirements?

>>169683223
use anri's straight sword

>>169683223
you should get anris sword asap

also raw a shit except on a few key weapons

>>169682849
Gundyr

>>169683328
>also raw a shit except on a few key weapons
even for PVE?

I wish Jester Thomas came back

What's the best SL for blue summons?

>>169683452
unless you plan on using astora straight sword or dragonslayer axe with lightning blade/resin then yes raw a shit because it will in many cases actually reduce the damage below uninfused

>>169683473

Could he even be as much of a shit with DS3 pyromancies?

>>169683474

There is no good anything for blue summons. Only tip I got is to swap your covenant off and on again every five minutes.