/dsg/ - Demon's and Dark Souls General

>>122107090
>>122107991
Responder por favor

>Gwyn looks better as cinder than you do alive

>>122108685
are you a skeleton?

>every fragment of Gwyn's soul that he had given to his allies before linking the fire is now reborn as a boss in DaS3
>one of the fragments was given to the Four Kings

Xth for "when is FROM going to redistribute the skinned weapons in softs?"

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gwyndolin

>>122109054
THIS

>>122109054
Thats what you get, SofTraitors, for buying your jewgrab game! Ha-ha!

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>>122108568
>Restores 15 HP per second

>>122109269
>darklurker
>in the deepest abyss
>and from his soul
>LIFEDRAIN patch
and the art 4kings were known for, passed down from kaathe, is?

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All these armors in Dark Souls 2 and they all look like shit.

>>122109589
Do not respond to the autistic samefag shitposter. Unless you are the autistic samefag shitposter, in which case well played.

>>122109803
why would i conflict my own posts?
>>122109917
you didn’t answer my question, 4faggot

Never played DS2. Did anything plot wise happen? Because DS3 seems more a sequel to 1 than a sequel to 2.

>>122110149
Things happened, it sucked, pretend it didn't happen.

>>122109708
Your face looks like shit, you shitface.

>>122110149
After the Chosen Undead defeats Manus, Manus' soul / being splinters off into fragments, full of Manus' negative emotions. These fragments formed into the shape of women, and their only instinct was to be drawn to the nearest source of power, being the Kings in the land. The four fragments wed each King and attempted to steal their power and overthrow them. All but one had succeeded, whose King was so bold and charismatic, that she actually felt an infatuation for him, and gave up her lust for power.

>>122110403
Like an avocado had sex with an older avocado.

>>122110395
how about you learn to zip it when you get btfo

>>122110346

Is this how your parents reacted to you?

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>>122110670
>gets banned for the post
>posts the exact same thing again and gets banned AGAIN

>Sen's Fortress
>Active the cage elevator from the end back to the beginning
>Something catches my eye
>Something red and black down on that balcony where there's an item corpse hanging from
>Is that an invader? I didn't see any message
>It looks kind of flat is it a frogray? What the fuck would one of those be doing there?
>OH SHIT IT'S A VAGRANT
>FUCK HOW DO I GET OVER THERE
>DO I HAVE TO DROP DOWN TO THIS PLATFORM?
>Drop down to platform with snake bitches on it
>Get lightninged in the asshole
>Vagrant is gone when I respawn
FUCK

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Anybody want to do a Dark Souls 1 co-op run?
I have to rebuild my latest character because of a stat investment fuckup.

>>122110921
Nah.

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What is the point of this shield?

>>122111269

Son, I have some news for you...

>>122111332
Okay. What is it?

>>122111307
It looks like a pig, that's all the point it needs.

>>122111163
level
platform

come on

>>122111006
im pretty sure that’s where the chunk or large shard is, a bit after the boulder mechanism
>>122111383
how do you think i get this perfect silky complexion?

Are those weapon tier lists just things to get new players to use shitter weapons in pvp? Because I've been using them and it's working

>>122111392
Things happened, it sucked, pretend it didn't happen.

>>122111693
Alright.

>>122111831
What is the point of you being alive?

>>122110149
>DS3 seems more a sequel to 1 than a sequel to 2

How could you know that if you haven't played 2?

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I'm liking this shield and sword. Can't say much for the torso and leggings.

>>122112272
>Can't say much for the torso and leggings.

They're not bad as far as typical Dark Souls tattered armor designs go.

>>122112272
Looks like a manlet

If I summon NPCs and then black crystal them can I fight the boss buffed? Do I have to send them away after entering the fog or can I do it before (if it works at all)?

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oh man, can't wait to be an asshole in das3

>>122112673
he isn't, in the demo he's hella huge. youre the only manlet here. you as in you in the game

>>122113197
Kings of manlets

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>install DSFix
>nothing's changed

>>122113502
DSfix made my game not run like shit.

>>122113573
Teach me master.
I had it installed before, and it fixed my game, but now I have massive frame dips and stuttering. I can't pvp like this, I keep running into shit.

>>122113687
All I did was Install it. Set it to my retarded native resolution, "unlocked the frame rate" and capped it at 35, and disabled the in game AA
It just werks I guess. Before I had almost constant frame dip. Now It pretty much never happens.

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>>122113945
Okay, I changed my native resolution to match my game's resolution because every other resolution is blurry and shitty. Now everything's sharp as fuck. I set the FPS limit to 35 as you said, and now everything's looking good. Thank you, anon.

>>122113062
True assholes use Acid Surge.

>>122114892
At least you fought them in the abyss which was interesting. Prowling Magus and Congreation was just in a dumb church in a dumb spider village

>>122115147
At what level do people even fight the kings usually?
I never managed to have to fight 2 kings at once, at worst i didn't check my health and ran into an AOE or grab

>>122115147
>actively responding to bait
smdh tbqh

>>122114820
then lets hope we get some fun, non-cheesy spells that are actually usable.

>>122115376
>At what level do people even fight the kings usually?
1+

>Invade Sens
>Host is with summon on the merchant's side of the broken bridge
>Wait them out until the summon tries to come at me while the host stay back and takes pot shots with arrows
>Kick summon off the bridge
>Jump at host
>Back stab him off the bridge to his death
Fuck DaS1 has been good fun the past couple days I miss when this game was alive

So if I kill Manus and save Dusk, will her summon sign come back at the Darkroot Lake?
I forgot to get Proper Bow.

>>122093438
>Dancer of the Frigid Valley
>that big armored turtle-dog knight
>Lord of Cinder
>3 bosses who are dudes in armor
What a good start, B-team.

>>122117002
I haven't been paying attention to anything DaS3, pls no ;_;

>>122117002
>turtle frost boss
>a dude
thats not a human silly billy also

>ds2 is spoiling every new release from fromsoft because they dont want to be dissapointed again

this is fucking dumb

Starting DaS NG character right meow. Only played as a Pyro for a bit years ago. Suggestions?

>>122117307
>thats not a human silly billy
Looking Glass Knight wasn't human either.

>>122115376
depends. when on a normal run, i deal with them after anor londo, as expected.

on an invasion build, as soon as i heavy a good elemental weapon and a heavy armor to be done with this shit fight

>>122117409
well he also doesn't move like a human

Is everyone replaying DaS now or what?

>>122118006
did you mean des? because people haven’t stopped playing ds1

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>record Souls for jewtube
>look at footage
>big fucking watermark

>>122118513
i too feel like ppl talking way more about it lately

The real problem with the dudes in armor (apart from how many of them there was) is that they all had the same movesets and boring designs.

Even the best of them like Alonne look really boring compared to something as distinct as Artorias and Gwyn.

The dancer boss from DS3 looked pretty interesting as far as I could tell.

>>122118682
it comes and goes. there are quite a bit of posts normally, but periodically the shitposting is so loud it overshadows anything

>>122118960
Shit posting truly should be a bannable offense

http://mmdks.com/7rl4

Got 100k souls what should I spend them on?

>>122118720
These are the warrior/knight bosses in Dark Souls 2, with some things outside of Matthewmatosis claimed three types of attacks:
1. Old Dragonslayer (dark magic drop, projectile, AoE, impale grab)
2. Giant Lord (foot stomp, horizontal slash, slashing sword at his own feet)
3. Smelter Demon (AoE, core flame, buffs, leap attack, and first Souls boss to have all of his attacks able to be executed at varying speeds - tricking up players timing).
4. Pursuer (unique impale causing curse, unique dark orb attack, projectile attack, shield bash, etc.)
5. Throne Watcher and Defender (Watcher has projectile attack + AoE + leap attack, Defender has shield bash + unique impale attack, both can cast healing miracle, both can buff mid fight, etc.)
6. Velstadt (kick attack, unique dark magic attack, unique buff, a strafing-counter attack, and a four hit combo)
7. Vendrick (unique projectile cursing attack, leap attack)
8. Dragonrider (shield bash)
9. Looking Glass Knight (three unique lightning attacks, leap attack, multiple 4-5 hit combos, shield summon, shield bash, strafing counter-attack)
10. The Lost Sinner (can parry, can backstab, unique leap attacks, 4 hit combos)
11. Ruin Sentinels (shield throw, 360 spin, several unique leap attacks)
12. Flexile Sentry (2-3 unique grab animations, 4 hit combos, spin attack, the unique scenario of having a dual torso both dual wielding different weapons)

Does the Server's R2 hit through shields like the Shotel? Its seems to do regular damage when I do so, and the end of the blade is curved, so I was just wondering.

>>122118720
The dancer does have moves specially so you don't just sit on his ass the entire time. Like when he plunges the sword into the ground and stirs its back behind him. It also looked a lot harder to stay close to him when he uses two swords.

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>>122119541
>him

>>122117381
I rolled a knight with the witch's ring /dsg/.

>>122120253
Care to post the picture you used to roll?

>>122120253
Gotta go sweettalk the Fair Lady, save Solaire and skip most part of a shitty area then.

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>>122119541
>he
>him
>his

>>122119373
vitality

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>hit host for chip hp
>their PW kills them

>>122120475
don't have one. think it was savage/pyro?
>>122120827
mmk. need to get out of this here dungeon first.

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Rolling

>>122122119
rollin'

>>122122119
>Cleric
>Whips
>Miracles
>Darkwraith or Forest Hunter
>Divine Blessing
Seem unique, what's the fastest way to get a whip?

>>122122119
>>122122515

You got a Belmont build

>>122122640
Jesus I didn't even realize it, even got the fucking holy water

>>122122740
>>122122515
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/whips

>>122122515
use backdoor entrance to blightshit, get the regular whip

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Rate my fashion

>>122123114
righteouscleric/10

Who is the best Belmont to fit the Dark Souls world/build?

>>122123097
It's gonna take a bit longer than that, no master key so I'll have to go through the elevator in the forest

>le guys in armor maymay

Demon Souls had almost 50% humanoid bosses, you dense faggots.

It was always a part of the Souls games and they are usually the best fights, due to the gameplay.

I take 20 armored dudes over 1 uninspired giant spider boss.

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>>122123243
Many of them work. You could also do Alucard if you felt like it. Longsword with Judgement set, maybe

>>122123453
I'm just asking because I've never actually played a Castlevania

>>122123243
>It's gonna take a bit longer than that, no master key so I'll have to go through the elevator in the forest
not really. unless youre a bit rusty, it shouldnt take too long to rush to andre and from there into the valley.

>>122123510
No biggie. You could just watch AVGN's vids to get a peek into the oldest ones, before Symphony of the Night, which started the 'metroidvania' game type. They're all heroic, and fight against evil, and they make sure to kill the evil. Simon's the most well known Belmont aside from Dracula himself, although he has seven or so different designs.

In keeping with Castlevania classic, your whip is shit, and you'll be using items/miracles for your real damage

>>122121392
Passed the first boss. Just got to Firelink. Don't remember anything about this game. On my way to the giant crow, I found a nest with talking eggs wtf. Do I need to find it's parents or something?

>>122124794
>On my way to the giant crow, I found a nest with talking eggs wtf. Do I need to find it's parents or something?
thats kind of hilarious.

>>122124605
Just looking at the wiki I was gonna go with Leon because he seems to have a plethora of items to pick from only problem I'm having is choosing the correct Dark Souls attire to fit

http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Leon_Belmont

>>122124794
>>122124919
Fucking amazing

I hear from made otogi.
Has anybody here played it?

Anyone mind dropping Sif's soul for me on PC? I'm SL111 and need it to finish the Knight's Honor achievement without going NG++

>>122125042
maybe Black leather boots, Elite knight gauntlets. Not sure about chestpiece

>>122123382
And I take 1 uninspired spider bosses over 20 armored dudes. We've been over this, it's not that they're humanoid, but that they're all samey and boring. Velstadt, Pursuers, Fume Knight, Dragonslayers, Alonne, Smelter Demon all might as well be the same guy as far as I remember. They all mush together as just big guys in armor.

Compare those to the humanoid bosses in the previous games and notice how all of those have memorable characteristics that make them stand out between all the others.

>>122125194
If you're going to get the soul illegitimately, you might as well CE it in.

>>122125110
great game but not anything like souls, also very difficult

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Can I seed h-mangas and run h@h while fighting in the arena?

>>122125515
But you remember all of them. Humanoid bosses are more memorable because they're usually better in quality. Demon's Souls had amazingly creative bosses, but they were all pretty shit except for the humanoid ones

>>122125579
try and see what happens

>>122111163
If PS3, then sure

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>>122125579

Yeah.

>>122125515
>Drecksouls 2
There's your problem.
I was talking about people sperging over humanoid bosses in every game. They are simply retarded.
If DS 3 will have fights on the level of Artorias or Alant, i would gladly take 90% of boss fights being humanoids.

>>122125286
Chester's?
Silver Knight Armor?
Dingy Robe?
Black Cleric Robe?

>>122125653
>But you remember all of them.
Not really. I've been playing the game recently but they haven't left much of an impression. I had to do some googling to give you examples.

First time playing DaS on PS3, does shield + sword run good?

Also what stats should I go for? I got the Black Knight sword and it looks good, going 20str 18dex wont ruin shit for me?

>>122126263
>black knight sword
enjoy ezpz game from now on

>>122125754
>the lagstabs got worse in ds2

>>122126263
Sword + Shield is fine

Black Knight Sword can carry you through the entire game your first play through

>>122125515
Buddy go ahead and list some of the most well known of the souls series
>Garl Vinland
>False King Alli
>Old Hero
>Penetrator
>O&S
>Artorias
>Gwyn

The only really popular one that breaks the mold is Sif, the most well known and memorable bosses in the series are mostly humans, giant assholes with hitboxes for days and poor animations are rarely considered to be the best.

>>122126263
>ruin shit
you mean mess up your build? no unless you plan on rocking crystal soul spear as well. sword and board is solid. you will also want lots of end and vit

>>122125515
i think you're being unfair here

velstadt - big golden fucker with a bell hammer

pursuer - floating fucker with red eyes

fume knight - ash fucker who sets his sword on fire

dragonrider - fat red fucker with a small head

alonne - weeb fucker with a ponytail

smelter demon - fiery fucker with horns

they're all pretty distinctive

I installed gedosato but I can't select anything higher than my native resolution in the game. How does this shit work? I set what I wanted in the settings and put DS2 on the user whitelist. What else do I need to do?

>>122126643
They are literally all the same.
Uninspired and generic as fuck. You could cut all of these from the game and it wouldn't change a thing.
B-Team at its best.

>>122126505
Did you not read his post?

He said "look at the humanoid bosses from previous games, and they all have something that stands out" and it's true. In DaS2 all the humanoid bosses are fucking shit. The only ones that stand out are Lost Sinner and Ivory King and the reason they stand out more than the others is their boss room and slightly different movesets.

>>122126505
>Gaping Dragon
>Quelaaq
>Sanctuary Guardian
>Priscilla
All popular and memorable. Priscilla is a humanoid but clearly not the Dudes In Armor™ type we've been talking about.

>>122125996
Any would work alright. Chesters, maybe.

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I just fought The Rotten for the first time. Was I over-leveled for the fight or is he just a pushover? The fire pits in the arena were more dangerous than he was...

>>122126643
He's not talking about armor or aesthetics ya dingus.

>>122127126
He´s just really easy
Like Nito was

>>122127126
He has probably the easiest attacks to avoid in the game.

>>122127117
>>122126505
Just proves again that Demon an Dark are infinitely better than B Souls.
The only people who play it are twitch fags who needs it for donations from autists.

>>122127120
This is what I've got so far, I'm not sure what spells/items to use http://mmdks.com/7rl8

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>>122109103
i took this ss

>>122127008
Continuing on about his assertion that these knight/warrior bosses in Dark Souls 2 all have similar move sets including a gap closer, 2-3 hit combos, and overhead slams, let’s get some perspective. Garl Vinland for Maiden Astraea’s boss fight in Demon’s Souls basically uses one type of move over and over, overhead slams. Old Hero has a couple of two hit combos, a charging gap closer, and an overhead slam. False King Allant has 2-3 hit combos, gap closers, and a few of his attacks involve overhead swings. Same with the Penetrator. Going into Dark Souls, Artorias, Ornstein and Smough, Four Kings, Iron Golem, Gwyn, etc. have these kind of attacks as well.
These kind of attacks are common to ALL knight/warrior type bosses, plus many of the quasi humanoid bosses in all the games. The thing is, there are different kinds of 2-3 hit combos, different kinds of gap closers, and different kinds of overhead attacks, and bosses in DS2 have many of their own unique animations and moves outside of these confines Matthewmatosis places them in. DS2 bosses combos, gap closers, and overhead attacks can act and look different based on what hand or hands they are using, what kind of weapon(s) they are wielding, how they are holding those weapons (underhand, overhand, etc.), their overall body type, their style of combat, etc. Plus, why is having a gap closer, 2-3 hit combos, and an overhead slam suddenly a BAD thing, especially since all the knight/warrior bosses in previous games used them as well? Why is it suddenly a problem now?

>>122127304
the rotten can actually hit you

>>122127480
>Why is it suddenly a problem now?
Because people insist on starting shitstorms about how much they hate DaS2 every single thread

>>122127480
>talking about bosses
>for some reason garl vinland is brought up

Kill yourself for being retarded. Opinion discarded.

Anyone got the noob friendly Darkwraith pic?

>>122127480
bosses of das2 are uninspired copies with more combos.

>>122127117
>sanctuary guardian
Guardian Dragon
>Priscilla
Aldia
>qeualaa
Freija
>Gaping dragon (Ancient Dragon)
Probably the ONLY one that does not have a direct comparison in 2, you can't claim that one set of these is relevant and different from dudes in armor and the other one is not

>>122127753
Isn't the scorpioness a better comparison to quelaag

>>122127659
he’s not the one who first mentioned vel-i mean garl
>>122127707
google it for fucks sake

>fromsoft
>2013
>b-team department

>You know what would really cool? Twinblades and enemy waves before a boss!!! Also lets make it as generic high fantasy as possible with giants, dwarfs and pirates!!!

>But that doesn't fit a Souls game at all. This is some God of War shit and absolutely retarded.

>I KNOW :D

>GREAT!!! LET'S DO THIS :DDxDDD

>I know

>>122127925
Wouldn't be here if google spat it out m8

>>122127886
Probably but if neither of them looks like a spider he would claim that it doesn't count.
Sanctuary Guardian and Guardian Dragon was probably pushing it too much as is

>>122127648
>>122127480
Nice samefag

>>122127480
>comparing those das bosses to false king and an npc

Jesus fucking christ you are desperate.

Iron golem stands out because of his whole schtick. He has a varied moveset which involve multiple attacks with his axe, a grab, and a sonic boom/shockwave from his axe at range. What makes him interesting is his area which is really small and the way you fight him (hit his leg, then his other leg, then his arm, or you can just attack one leg the whole fight like a braindead moron).

Artorias is memorable because of the amount of lore is about him, the sad way he died, the way his character looks as he has been taken over by the abyss. He also has a lot of moves, is one of the fastest bosses, and can power himself up (if you let him).

O&S is interesting because it's a 2 person fight and when one dies they gain the powers of the other. They both have a huge variety of moves in their moveset.

Four kings have more moves than most bosses in Dark Souls 2 and even though it's one of the shittiest bosses, it's still better than "giant dude in armor with fire attacks" or "giant dude in armor that kinda hops around".

Gwyn is the only uninteresting boss you mentioned.

>>122128174
>multiple attacks with his axe, a grab, and a sonic boom/shockwave from his axe at range
You mean
>multiple combos
>a grab
>a gap closer
Wow!

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calm down the games flamewar

what you guys think of this senpaitachi

>>122128346
>can't read

>>122128120
>google darkwraith build
>second image result
wew

>>122128351
Looks straight out of B-Souls
>>>/trash/

>>122127006
well if you're going to be ultra negative I suppose that's your prerogative

>>122127147
i think they're distinctive enough gameplay wise to. on mobile so I can't be super specific but velstadt is slow while sir alonne is fast and jumpy

>>122128351
Stop spamming your shitty HUD redesigns.
They look and always will be looking absolutely atrocious.

>>122128351
literally no one here cares about your cancerous huds

>>122128413
You really can't you literally said that he is intersting because of his moves all of which follow the archetype, you might want to learn to type instead.
To add onto your retarded point.

>Artorias doesn't count because of Lore, powering up and fast moves
lets exclude Allonne, Ivory King and not apply the exact same reason

>O&S is good because one power up after the other dies
>lets exclude 2 Tigers because it does the exact same thing
>Lets exclude Darklurker because it is better in every way
>4 kings has shitloads of moves and doesnt count as a giant guy in armor because he is a giant guy in armor
Let's just ignore every non human boss of DS2 because fuck it need to make a retarded point that doesn't even mean anything

But hey why bother, you are literally so far in denial that you will actually say "Well THIS giant dude in armor doesn.t count! He is a giant dude in armor but he just doesn't count!"

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is this accurate?

>>122128174
>Gwyn is the only uninteresting boss you mentioned.
And even he doesn't look like the others in the game.

Now if he was Boss Fight #8 between Armorman and SkinnyGreatswordDude he wouldn't have much effect but when it's the very final fight of the game after 4 Great Lords (who are all very different) and sad music to remind you of the tragic lore you suddenly have a boss battle the players will remember.

>>122126452
>>122126420
So I should hit 20str 18dex and just put point in Vit and End?

>all these losers that still haven't played Bloodborne
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>122129069
>Allonne, Ivory King
Many people here like those fights but imo the character designs are horseshit.

> 2 Tigers
>literal ctrl + c ctrl + v of a previous bossfight
>even slightly comparable to O&S

>Darklurker
I'm ready to admit that he's a pretty good fight, even if I don't care for his splitting gimmick. one point for gryffindor. Too bad most of the game is still dull

>every non human boss of DS2
Oh you mean those just taken straight from DS1? You mean the fucking Rat Gangbang because yeah that was so fucking exciting. Demon of Song is my favorite of the bunch and he might as well be the Pinwheel of the game.

What's the best thrusting weapon in Das 2?

>>122130613
>pinwheel of ds2
in what way?

>>122130868
>walk backwards
>he attacks and completely misses
>you walk up and hit his face 4 times
>walk backwards
>he attacks and completely misses
>ad naseum

You don't even need to roll he also has a very small healthpool.

>>122130613
>Many people here like those fights but imo the character designs are horseshit.
>character design
>having anything to do with movesets and lore
Keep moving those goalposts anon, first it was "too many knights in armor" then it was "too many knights in armor with slow moves and no good story" now its "too many knights with not good enough character design"

>literal ctrl + c ctrl + v of a previous bossfight
Again you take the least relevant part of it, they are both dual boss fights, in both the bosses are agressive and multiple different moves with combos and in both the other boss powers up if one dies.
But hey move goalposts some more, I'm sure there are some even more superficial things you could harp about like the choice of color or some shit.

>Oh you mean those just taken straight from DS1?
Last Giant
Chariot
Skeleton Lords
Flexile Sentry
Rotten
Covetus Demon
Smelter Demon
Darklurker
Aldia

Go ahead and find me the DS1 bosses all of them were copied pasted from, this should be some interesting mental gymnastics

>>122130452
consolefag please

>>122108096
What, forever?

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>Cloud is in Smash Bros

>>122131889
I'm sorry what?

>>122131889
Ryu got in too, and SF wasn't on the Wii or the Wii U

>>122132050
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOUQ2_u-5BM

>>122131687
i think it reappears if you kill manus. you can buy all her shit from elizabeth

>>122131340
Idort you poor motherfucker HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

>>122132050
>>122132126
Shit, I linked the wrong one.
Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc3CY31kMJ4&feature=youtu.be

>>122131287
>game literaelly copy and pastes a boss you fought 10 minutes ago
>the game also copies the same exact moveset and type of fight from a previous game
>P-p-please no bully my f-favorite game D-Ds2!

>>122132582
Keep at it anon, your constant goal post shifting and character attacks sure proved me wrong.

Now you were about to tell me which DS1 Chariot was stolen from right? Can't seem to hear you over all the shit you are so full of!

>>122132582
Three ass demons. Generic demons as bosses

>>122122119
Ill try this out.

>Get gravelorded
>Fail to kill host
>Can't invade again because he keeps spamming the eye of death and it causes the invasion to fail
>Close the game hoping it will just go away
Now i just found out my world is still fucked and i can't find the sign anywhere at all.
Am i gravelorded forever?

>>122132150
What about her armor set?

>>122131287
You're talking with multiple people, dude. My goalpost has not moved anywhere.

>Last Giant
acts like the giants in DS1
>Chariot
is literally a reskinned Boar
>Flexile Sentry
I've only even encountered this as a normal enemy, guess I missed a boss.
>Skeleton Lords
Three Pinwheels
>Rotten
Nito
>Covetus Demon
Jabba the Hut. You really want to bring up this slug when trying to defend DS2?
>Smelter Demon
Dude In Armor
>Darklurker
I already gave you this one
>Aldia
Priscilla. you said this yourself

>>122133138
>>Aldia
no wait I confused this with Nashandra.

Shows how memorable he is

>>122122119
Here we go.
Whip cleric here I come

>>122132986
the one time i found it i had already talked to her. it was on a corpse beside the manus portal. i font know if you can get it some other way

>>122133138
>acts like the giants in DS1
Does not but keep thinking that
>>122133138
>is literally a reskinned Boar
I seemed to have missed the circular boar encounter where it breaths magic
Boars are in DS2, chariot is not a boar
>Three Pinwheels
The three pinwheels that spawn an army of skeletons when they die?
Anon please you are streching this shit thinner and thinner by the comparison
>Nito
????
>smelter is dude in armor

So from a list of 9 bosses you manged to find 4 that actually had something which a very drunk grampa who knows nothing about videogames might consider similar, and 0 actual copy pastes.
Well done anon!

Still waiting on a Covetus Demon, Darklurker Aldia and Flexile sentry of Dark Souls 1, after all they are all nonhmonoid enemies so they there HAS to be a DS1 comparison, you literally said so yourself.

Ready to admit that your hyperbole keenjerk reaction was dumb and just let go? No going to keep on trying to worm your way out of sounding like a retard while making yourself even dumber?

>>122133569
Thanks mate, i'll look for it after i beat Manus

>>122133990
>Ready to admit that your hyperbole keenjerk reaction was dumb and just let go?
I've admitted that the moment I mentioned Demon of Song, my point is that there's not enough variation and the little variation there is isn't enough. No need to lose your shit over it.

MOST enemies are either boring dudes in armor with no personality or lazy rehashes of old ones. Chariot is the Boar but can do magic. Skeleton Lords float, shoot fireballs and spawn more enemies, difference being they spawn after one of Pinwheels is dead. Rotten is a big pile of dead bodies that moves slowly and hits you with a giant sword, also does dark magic. Smelter IS a dude in an armor. Covetus Demon and Aldia are slow pieces of shits you have to be an idiot to die to. Darklurker is ok.

Anyone want to help me do Ornstein and Smough, killing Smough first?

Level 42, PC.

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Not buying it but it looks good for the price with the game imo.

>>122137203
>Kill Stray Demon
>Use slab to make +15 weapon
>Get Grass Crest Shield on Darkroot Basin
>Summon Solaire
>Wait for Ornstein to do his thrust and dodge it
>Let Solaire distract him
>Hold weapon with two hands and wreck Smough's shit. His attacks arre easy to dodge if you get close, and may even stagger him.
>Solaire will probably be alive and well
>Let him tank Super Ornstein while you carefully hit him with R2 attacks. Watch out for his grab.
If you already know their attack patterns you should beat them easily this way. Even more if you have pyromancy.

someone please explain to me how invading as a member of the bellkeeper's covenant works. I thought all I had to do was put on their ring and it'd do the work and invade for me automatically. I did that and then I get invaded by two other grey spirits, wtf?

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>start farming for Black Dragon gear again today
>drop a shield and axe from consecutive kills and another axe minutes later
>drop nothing for another hour
>suddenly drop a warpick and third axe

Any good LPer on Youtube? I'm feeling like watching someone play Demon's Souls.

>>122132771
Bosses reused in Dark Souls
>Stray demon and demon firesage
>moonlight butterflies as regular enemies
>taurus and capra demons as regular enemies
>pinwheel as regular enemies
With DLC
>another sanctuary guardian fight

Bosses Reused in Dark Souls 2
>the giant in the memory
>pursuer 2 more times (1 of the times has two pursuers)
>double dragonriders
>flexile sentry used as enemies
>ruin sentinels used as enemies
>guardian dragon used as enemies
Reskinned bosses from 1
>royal rat dickings reskin of sif
>gargoyles
>old dragonslayer
Reused/Reskinned from DLC
>smelter
>covetous demon used as enemy
>lud and zallen
And just for good measure, the most lazily designed boss in all of Fromsoft games
>rat gangbang

>>122140298
>moonlight butterflies as regular enemies
Spotted the asshole you attacks non aggro enemies.

>>122140298
>the most lazily designed boss in all of Fromsoft games
>>rat gangbang
I don't know, it's kind of an interesting concept to try to spot the different enemy. Like a "where's waldo" of Dark Souls, the Rat Sif was dumb though
>Won't this boss be easy since they've fought Sif before?
>Let's throw in Toxic rats!

>>122140365
>Not farming Blue Slabs

>>122140653
The game already gives you two per playthrough

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>The running attack on Smough's hammer isn't his plowing attack

Fucking thanks Miyazaki.

>>122141102
>The riposte animation for ornsteins spear isnt his shish kebab move

>>122141029
What if you want more?

>>122141498
then you're an indecisive douche
there's no need for more than two Enchanted +5 weapons on one game cycle

>>122141615
u avin a giggle at me m8? say that to my face irl

>>122141498
Then farm the butterflies?
I'm not that guy by the way, i just never needed more than that.

>>122139747
anybody have an answer for this?

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Playing the shitty scholar patch for ps3, I have two 70s right now but I'm debating just starting over.

One's a quality build, one is faith/dex. But I'm finding myself wanting to start over and stop playing like it's just des or dks again. Any suggestions for fun builds in 2? What's the level cap people tend to settle on, and what god does /vg/ choose for their ring?

Why are people in full havels drinking estus on the iron keep bridge? where the fuck is the honor?

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>The Titanite catch pole,
>from the Tiatnite Demons,
>who are made of Demon Titanite
>upgrades with Twinkling Titanite
>Not Demon Titanite

First playthrough of DS1. Just got to Undead Parish. Cannot for the life of me find the window to riposte the black knight. The overhead swing is unblockable correct?

>>122142809
You can parry all the greatsword swings he uses up there. Just do it the precise moment the weapon comes towards you instead of his arcback.

>>122142874
every swing style? wow, this game is so fun to figure out

>>122142809
Be a cheeky cunt and run to the fire. He'll try to hit you and get fire damage each time until he dies.

>>122143034
The most satisfying ones off the black knights are hands down the sword thrusts and the axeleap. Cool as shit.

>>122143081
Normally I am a cheeser. But I want to try to break that habit.

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>>122119541

>No circlejerking at everyboss like DS2

I´m ok with this.

>>122143034
If you want to get good at parrying, a pugilist run will make a master out of you.

>>122143402
a wat?

>>122143391
is that a cup of peanuts sealed on top of a beer can

>>122143461
Fists only. No itens. Final Destination.

>>122143461
Pugilism = Fisticuffs

A playthrough with minmaxed vit, 1 chaos and 1 lightning cestus will keep you on your toes at all times. I named mine Gene, gave it the flipring and mad amounts of health, mobility and res (yes really). It was one of the most fun things I'd ever done in dark souls, and is still one of my favorite pvp saves for oolacile.

I have a question:

How are red phantom drops calculated?

is it by the number of souls the invader has on them, or is it based on SL?

DaS

>>122142501

So, about those levels and gods.

>>122143632

Yup.
Is very popular on my country.

>>122143902
fists only? I doff in your general direction, gentlesir.


sounds insane, though.

>>122144016

SL.

See: http://winner.gets-it.net/

>>122144021

PVP cap is 99, Best god is Odin

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So which NPC will end in smash?

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>>122145603
>NPC

>>122145697
Git Gud Bros

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i want to start reading berserk is it worth it?

>>122146309
If don't mind reading a story that will never have a conclusion, then by all means go for it

>>122146309
Griffith a shit, never forget this anon.

>>122146309
How much do you like boats anon?

I just finished my first play through of dark souls 2 (amazing game btw). What was up with the giant flaming guy who shot out of bonfires?

praise the sun yt channel is the cringiest shit I've watched

SFD

>>122146651
Maybe you should've paid attention to the story

>>122146651

Bed of Chaos reference.

>>122146651
pompous blob rambling about empty pseudo philosophical shit

>>122147448
Aldia did nothing wrong. Vendrick was just some beta he had to put up with.

Fuck scorpionness fuck this fucking soul mass

>>122139747
>>122142273
Being part of the covenent doesn't makes you immune to it.

>>122151451
get gud
other people beat it why can't you?

>>122152537
I did, she's a lot easier on a melee run because she is less inclined to use her magic attacks. Pretty hard to dodge when she uses both of them and they both attack you at the same time.

>>122152825
Oh also forgot to mention she was ng+

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If I make a hard hitting Str Build that only wears super light armor, am I being clever?

>>122152963
If you can dodge, you can do anything you want.

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I just got into Dark Souls: Prepare To Die the other day, and I'm having fun with it. My main problem is that I can't seem to get my logitech dual action controller to be mapped correctly to the game.

x360ce isn't doing the trick for me, and I'm not going to spend $60 on an xbox 360 controller when I have a perfectly good gamepad here.

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PS3 scholar of the first shit player here
Getting tired of the low population on PSN. What god does /vg/ engrave on their ring?

>>122154791
we dont

>>122154879
Fuck, guess I'll just play during the day with everyday peasants then.

Is Dark Souls 2 harder to run than the original on PC? The only reason I never bought it on steam was fear that it'd run just as shittily or worse.

>>122155254
It actually runs better.

>>122111307
For a pyromancer giant dad's child build.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n_BzwEaHBlc

>>122155446
I'll have to grab it during a steam sale then. I got 1 working at 59.97 with an absurd amount of tinkering but it still had issues in demon ruins/izalith/blighttown. Blighttown was an area that could straight up kick me off the multiplay.

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>>122115838

>fighting Super Smough
>! WEAPON AT RISK !
christ that terrified me
150 hours in DaS1 and that's the first time I've ever gotten a weapon durability warning
does Ricard's Rapier eat through durability quickly with the 6-hit R2 combo or something?

>>122155985
When you consider how many times the weapon makes impact, it's a pretty good assumption that the R2 will tear through durability.

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>>122146309
Abso-fucking-lutely.

>>122146505
They got off the boat, didn't they? That means that the boat section is going to be that much faster to read, since he doesn't have to wait for the long update schedule. At least the current updates will be a little more varied.

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I've never had a problem with the Anor Londo archers before but the fucks just took 100k souls off me

>>122156672
They're pretty fucking bullshit
If you can bait the one near the correct side into attacking with his sword while you back up he'll sometimes fall off. If he doesn't I kite him back to the walkway safe zone

just started demon's souls, anything I should know?

>>122157220
I kept taking arrows in the back from the fellow on the left

>>122146406
>>122146505
Miura is finishing the series. It's like 1-2 a month now.

>>122157556
You can climb over some small walls.

>>122157580
roll

How much is too much attunement? I have 50 Int now and I don't know if I should go beyond 20 attunement or if I should level up strength/dex so I can use blue flame sword or moonlight

>>122158014
I did and the second my i frames ended the guy on the right hit me off the edge with one, the bastard just refused to pull out his sword no matter how close I got finally got passed him just now

>>122158078
You shouldn't have too many different spells, or else it can be difficult to get the right one, but more attunement means you can slot more duplicate spells for more casts. Just get to a comfortable amount

>>122157556
If you want to be a good guy, kill Yurt after you free him
If you want to be a bad guy, kill Yurt after you free him

>>122158078
It's kind of a case of "the more the merrier". That being said, if you feel like you have all the spells you want attuned, then just stop leveling it.

>>122158296
>>122158369
I'll probably just level strength/dex then, I have the ritual +2 band so I should have enough slots

Can you really get Crystal Magic Weapon for the spiders?

i fucking hate hackers in this game. pvp watchdog doesn't do shit

>>122161719
>pvp watchdog doesn't do shit
You know you can kick hackers out of your game, right?

Has anyone else playing DaS on 360 been noticing an increase in Red Phantom Vagrants?
I've seen about 5 or so in the past hour.
And about 2 white ones today.

>>122161426
I was just confused because on CMW's page it said you can get it from spiders but on the spiders page it doesnt list it.

0-3 DaS
4-7 SotFS
8-9 Do something else

>>122166183
At least I get to play tonight.

>>122166183
Let's see.

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>SL1 Darkwraith invasions in Blighttown
>Finally find the host after about 5 minutes
>He keeps spamming BKGS 2HR2's
>I keep dodging them and chipping away at his health
>Finally he opens up for a backstab, get it and he falls off a ledge
>I get about 20,000 souls (what level would that make him?)
>He sends me about 5 messages in another language that I don't recognize

>>122166729
Doing god's work anon
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17442600/slcalc/index.html
Use that

>>122166883
That's pretty neat
Thanks

Is Sieglinde the strongest NPC is all of Dark Souls?

>>122167448
>tfw newfags don't bother reading pastebins anymore
baka desu senpai

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> tfw when Ds1 will never get backwards compatibility

>>122167801
It's a down right classic I could see it getting an HD remake in 6 years

>>122167801
Are you talking about dark souls or demon souls?

>>122162969
>Kicking hackers
>Not creatively using gravity
Ultra pleb desu

>>122168163
There is no Demon's Souls 2 anon

>>122168163
Is this kid being legit?

>>122168540
I don't know.
>>122168163
Kid, are you being legit?

>>122168459
There isn't a Tsukihime Anime either.

I was asking about the Ds1 abbreviation. Demon Souls is technically the first in the series, so I /can/ imagine some kind of logic in applying a one to that.

Normally I wouldn't, but the varied capitalization is making me reach further for as many possible explanations as possible.

>>122168540
I just got into Dark Souls a couple of days ago, so I don't know all the acronyms the thread uses. I'm in the Undead Burg farming the Hollows to practice parrying before I make another run at the Taurus Demon.

>>122168719
Pro tip
If someone puts a number on the end they're referring to Dark Souls as Demon's has no sequels meaning there is no need for a numbering system and if they're not assholes they'll use the "DaS" and "DeS" abbreviations

>>122167801
I know that feeling anon
I downloaded ds2 from the 360 marketplace ages ago and I never liked Sotfs (played it on pc for a short time)
> tfw neither ds1 or vanilla ds2 will ever get backward compatibility

How do I git gud at parrying in PvP? I can parry with no issues in PvE, but the timing is always off in PvP. Luckily it's not usually fatal, but fucking up a parry in PvP is still embarrassing.

>>122169903
It just comes naturally after trying over and over again. You need to be able to read the opponent's movements.

Usually it's harder in PVP than in PVE because of the lag.

holy shit i just realized why ds2 is so bad
it's because there are 4 kings
vendrick, iron king, ivory king, and sunken king
man fromsoft really shot themselves in the foot with the dlcs

>>122169903
Ds1 or 2?

>>122170042
>Usually it's harder in PVP than in PVE because of the lag
That's one of my main problems, I think
I'll try timing it to compensate for lag and get hit

>>122170331
Ds1

>>122169903
Well nice job asking a question and not responding faglord

Could someone help me out with Knight Artorias in Dark Souls on the 360?
>sl12
message me on xbox live:
>beausjo2

>>122170272
Missing the Giant King and probably a few others I can't care to go through and find out for you.

>>122170583
>ds1
Yeah just predict what they're gonna do. Like a roll attack or a set up. Or if youre feelin risky and youre low and they pull out a katana you could try parrying that. I did that today because he was predictable as fuck. Theres another one where you can see them go for the backstab and if theyre not too laggy you can follow them around and parry them. Look up "playing around with backstab parries" or something like that by spadessfcrpg.

>>122170595
Fuck off

>>122170583
>Ds1
Here's a good guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKwaL9v5wqg&feature=youtu.be
Seriously read the fucking pastebin in the OP

>>122170851
>>122170583
Correction: its actually sfcspadesrpg

>>122170595
???

>>122170851
>>122170903
Thanks friends

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>>122170814
nah m8

>>122171032
Sure thing, seriously read the pastebin in the OP there's some real useful info from before this place went to shit, and set up parries are the easiest, if you read that someone is gonna go for multiple attacks while your blocking it's pretty easy to catch them and parry.

>>122171032
Another protip(s): how 2 parry

>do a somewhat slow attack that is usually punished easily but you have time to recover
>turn to your opponent and parry
Works a ton also, if someone kicks and you block it/parry it, they WILL follow up with an r1, so parry immediately after because you'll be able to land that riposte.

>>122169903

PvP parrying is very different, I think that's clear. Because of the latency you have to predict and set up parries. The advice you already got is good. This is one of the more interesting PvP parrying techniques IMO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdvySTSyCT0

I'd classify it one of the most advanced ones but it's something to look into.

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>>122173691
That's filthy I like it

>tfw you back stab someone by back stepping through them
I've never felt more ashamed but it was awesome at the same time

>>122174692
Thanks for autistically bumping the thread while everyone is asleep

>>122174809
its your fault for responding to him. just wait for the ban sweep.

>>122167801
I would love if it was downloadable from PSN store, instead of being physical only.
I fear the day when my disc mechanic gives up the ghost.

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Hey /dsg/,
I rerolled into a pyromancer because pyromancies are the funnest spells in the game. I have 30/30 Int/Fth and 50 Att, and then I dropped a couple points into ADP to bump me to 100 Agility. The rest of my points went into meeting the Chaos Rapier requirements and then into boosting my HP.

For PvE, what are my go-to weapons and spells? I wish I could get a million casts of Great Fireball because it seems really good really often. Should I infuse the Chaos Rapier or leave it? What do I do against Fire-resistant enemies? Fire rings I'm using Flynns+Leo, Clear Bluestone, and Cloranthy+2.

I'm mostly using the chaos rapier because it was the first thing that popped into my head. I guess I can use pretty much anything, but it seems directed at pyromancers so I grabbed it and specced for it. It also works with Old Leo Ring.

>>122179328
I don't get this meme. If you have the fury blade it takes 20s per king when 2 handed. I've only ever tried a chaos balder side sword and that didn't do enough for me at a high speed so I ended up switching.

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What's your favorite souls game?

>>122181442
What is the point of this continuous shitposting? Doesn't it get tiring?

>>122140240
vageta311 has a pretty good run of Demon's Souls on his youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCX41cRtKE

He also has a level 4 challenge run on the same channel if that's your thing.

Having some trouble with Maneater. Can someone help me? SL 37

>>122182283
That's DeS right? Which region?

>>122182283
sure i can help, eu?

>>122182214
It's a little bit different than most LPs though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLItPEpkK7A

>>122140240
>>122182831
Quoted wrong person.

>>122182501
>>122182807

Yes, DeS. North America. I'm standing on the Fool's Idol Archstone, just waiting for a blue sign.

>>122183202
http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/versions
which?

>>122183337
Digital release from the NA PSN.

>>122183480
no help from me then. im using eu, you really should be doing it alone desu.

>>122142719
>using your own flesh to upgrade your weapon
shiggy

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>>122185219
>not using your own flesh to upgrade your weapon
ishygdds

>>122185417
scales of other dragons=flesh

I'm still waiting for a 2 legged titanite demon. Life is unfair.

>>122186738
hmm?

>>122186738
they already have two legs

>>122187132
I'm quite sure their left leg is chopped off.

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>>122187354
...it's still a leg

>>122180973
1>des>2>haven't played bb imo desu

Just bought demon souls. Proud to git gud soon.

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>>122126428
lel

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>>122190981
Lel

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>>122191857
p2p action games suffer from bad connections and lagswitching, more at 11.