Why is magic so fucking bad in this series?

>>389572876
But it isn't though.

>>389572898
In 3 sorcery is legit useless until 60 int

Bad? In most of them they're broken as fuck and considered easy mode.

>>389572876
Magic is broken as fuck in DS2.

>>389573018
Not him but 3 is a game balanced towards PvP babbies, aka spells doing 0 damage, the mana system is shit and it was better in DeS
>>389573156
>>389573328
Broken af until people started complaining about them about 3-4 months after DaS2 release, then they made it useless in both DLCs and PvP

>>389572876
The combat in general is bad.

>>389572876
>DaS1
Ridiculously strong, but easy to dodge.
Feels like a bit of an afterthought.
>DaS2
Well balanced all round, one of the things they actually got right.
>DaS3
Horribly inefficient in so many ways, but the catalyst weapons are fun as fuck.

>>389575368
>DS2
>Balanced
The sorcery (hexes) were op as shit mang

>>389572876
By bad I'm assuming you mean poorly thought out? Cuz its really good in 1 and 2

>>389575897
Some of the hexes maybe, sorcery is perfectly fine though.
It's very good in PVE if you know the game well enough to route it and burn ascetics for good shit, but so is a lot of other stuff.

>>389572876
It's great in Dark Souls II, extremely powerful.

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>>389572876
>Dark Souls 1 Magic
>Bad
>16 int lets you one shot 80% of the enemies in the game before they even have a chance to know you're there