/dsg/ - Demon's and Dark Souls General

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First for Dragons.

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What's the BACKSTORY of your character like?

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pls help
For some reason, on Dark Souls I PC version, online doesn't work for my friend, he doesn't see any ghosts, messages and most importantly, we can't co-op.

What's the reason for this and how may we fix it?

Help me /dsg/, I want to be a boring knight

>>126287151

Make him install PvP watchdog so he can see his IP pool size.

>>126286895
>friends tell me DaS II is shit compared to DaS I
>except at PVP, PVP is awesome

So, no one is active in the DX9 version? Why not make an integrated version? Fuck I'm disappointed at From.

Can you get in trouble for picking up items from other players?

>>126287538
>So, no one is active in the DX9 version?
900-1000 people playing everyday, accoding to steam.
Arena, bridge and even low-sm Luna invasions are still alive, sort of.

>>126287124
A tired and weary berserker who has ventured away from home to end the curse that causes sweet death to escape their grasp, their extreme wish to be laid to rest ironically preventing them from hollowing.

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>Bored as fuck, want to play Dark Souls but my friend for whatever reason doesn't want to lend it to me
>Start a new character in Dark Souls 2
>Decide I'm going to play a character that powerstances fast weapons
>Get two daggers and upgrade them a bit
>Swing them around a bit
>Wonder why the fuck I'm still playing this shitty game and turn it off
>Start up Demon's Souls and load my Old Monk character and have a blast shitting on kids

>>126287538
>DaS II is shit compared to DaS I
The PvE is perfectly fine, the areas are not as good but i think exploration is rewarded more than in ds1 and i liked that

>>126288178
Cool story bro.
DeS has been ded for years.

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>>126288240

What weapons do you want to see in DaS3? What weapon arts?

>>126288364
It's true that I don't really get any co-op, probably because no one stays human but I got plenty of Old Monk summons because people still play the game and they can't avoid me getting summoned unless they play offline.

>>126288343
Yeah the exploration in DaS1 is ass. The only stuff that is hidden is behind those lame illusionary walls. DeS and DaS2 were much more creative.

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>>126287353
we both installed it, now he has nodes, problem is I have 0 nodes, what's this for?

Should I just restart and restart until I have them?

https://twitter.com/DarkSoulsGame/status/679727930096783360/photo/1

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I'm having fun.

>>126288528
I got BB last week and am genuinely in awe at how cool the weapons are. Trick weapons would be cool in DaS3 but I don't know how they'd fit in thematically.

>>126288783
>Should I just restart and restart until I have them?

You need to wait. Sometimes it can take half an hour or so

Holy shit using the trident as an invader buffs NPC enemies in the area.

Why did I never realize that sooner? It changes everything

>>126288869
Isn't Legion Scimitar a boss weapon?

Trying to play Dark Souls on PC but my game crashes everytime the dragon breathes fire on the bridge, how do I fix this/progress around it

>>126288840

Whoa, that looks really nice.

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>>126288178
Fuck you, DaS2 is fun.

Still can't kill Vendrick lads. God damn unsummonable bosses.

>>126287075
More like Worst Dragons

>>126289394
how can you die from vendrick, other than boredom? hug his left leg and he never hits you

>>126289052
Do you have DSfix? That messed with a lot of cutscenes/animations ingame for me.

If you know what you're doing I guess you can skip that section with the master key.

>>126289394
I'm sorry to say this but Vendrick is really one of the bosses that you need to gitgud. He attacks slowly and his left leg is a blind spot. You just need to focus for that whole duration and not let him catch you off-guard, because he can 2-shot you.

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God I wish the author of the Dark Souls PvP Watchdog put in a backdoor for cursing and egg-heading motherfuckers.

A group of twinks just fucking newcomers dry in the Burg and Parish today. All had on the Watchdog, couldn't do shit to stop them. Fucking sucks man.

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>>126289725

*Best

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>faggot deviantFart/tumblr design
>retarded DPS race instead of a proper fight
>zero lore and absolute irrelevance to the game's plot
>worst area in the game
>worst music in the game
why do such things have to exist, anyway?

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>>126289224
Yeah, it was fun, for like the first 1,500 hours, the second 1,500 hours, not so much. Demon's Souls on he other hand is still fun for me.

>>126289982
Yep, Dark Souls PC is now a world where script-kiddies now also have complete protection from the only methods to pacify them.

Still, the PvPW shields a fair amount of actual ass players from script-kiddies, far more then it shields script-kiddies from other script-kiddies.

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>>126290118
wew lad

>>126289786
>>126289903
Yeah I'm just not very good at endurance fights. Fume Knight took me nearly a week, I panic too much.

>>126289982
The ideal environment is everyone has the thing installed, then no-one is a script-kiddie.

>>126290438
I've never bothered to install it, does it detect people editing memory and kick them from your world?

>>126290438
does dspw trace impossible weapons? like having wrong movesets or damage?

Would Flynn's ring be any good on my lightning Heide Spear build?

>>126290540
Basically it silent protects you from a bunch of shit (curse/egghead values placed in weapons, someone's leveling not lining up with their stats).

It'll notify you if someone is a dirty hacker and you can then decide if you want to boot them (it tells you exactly what the hacker is doing that's tripped it).

>>126290573
I'm not sure. I know it detects memory edits on weapons that don't align with default values but I don't think I've ever tried against a swapped moveset.

I'd imagine so though, I haven't had a Moonlight Greatsword on a Dagger moveset for a while.

>>126290675
Neat. To be honest I didn't run into anywhere near as many hackers on my last playthrough though, just the usual lag nonsense.

>>126290827
There aren't many, but it's just a small bit of time to make sure you don't end up cursed and egg-headed randomly in the Abyss or some shit.

How do you get fanmail on Steam? I literally spent all day invading people in the most offensive ways I could think of and nobody sent me anything. Never thought I'd say that but I actually miss the GFWL era.

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>go NG+2 because I only need chaos blade, artorias greatsword and gwyn greatsword for rare weapons achievement.
>rush through everything
>get to giant blacksmith
>make all three
>achievement doesn't pop up
>check inventory
>accidently made a second cursed artorias greatswords
>fuck this shit
>save editor
>remove the second artorias sword, add new sif soul
>for some reason my hp is 200 points higher and I have 331 endurance
>wat
>make the proper greatsword
>still no achievement
>mfw
>check inventory
>actually just missed stone greatshield
>kill one stone golem
>it drops
>achievement unlocked
Also apparantly the stat portion of the save editor sets only your base stats and doesn't look at your equipement, so it automatically fucks up your hp and endurance every time you use it because good program.

oh well, atleast I don't have to go through the fucking TOTG and lost izalith again.

Can we get some lore discussion?

Which is the canon ending of ds1?
Did Giants conquer lordran?
What did Vendrick steal?
Why would throne made out of stone link the fire?
What do you think will be CU´s main task in ds3?

>>126291190
DS1 or DS2? I've never gotten hatemail in DS2 but I get it all the tie in DS1.

I think it's much harder to play unfairly in DS2 since there is less to exploit like the stunlocking and backstab fishing in DS1, so you get less hatemail.

>>126291190
You don't, the fact you need to be friends to talk to someone means hatemail doesn't happen at all.
(not to mention the recently played with tab isn't exactly well presented, doubt most people know it even exists at all)

>>126287124
>>126287124
canon back story is that you were a gourmet wine taster while alive, thus explaining why it takes so damn long to drink estus.

>rapier backstab fishers in das1
how do you deal with this garbage

>>126289224
source for that picture, friend.

>>126291576
You close the game and play DaS2 instead.

>>126291576
You play DS2, a much more balanced, less exploitable game. No backstab fishing at all.

>>126291576
don't let them get close????

>>126291465
>mfw 116 AGI sipping

>>126291689
>>126291679
I am best in DaS2 pvp, I'm only doing townshit invasions atm because I want to get better at DaS1.

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>>126291309
Can I get some fucking anwsers?

>>126291309
Doesn't matter.
No.
Their virginities.
It doesn't, you fool.
To kill the fuckton of previous lords.

>>126291576
gold tracer r1 spam

>>126287124
that ass was fat

the end.

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>be dark souls newcomer
>spend over three hours attempting and failing to beat the taurus demon
>finally do it, but use all my estus, humanity, and firebombs in the process
>make my way over the bridge
>head down the stairs, kill the few undead soldiers
>feeling confident, after all these tries I finally did it
>suddenly
>get ambushed by the pack of rats, eventually succumb to the poison before finding a bonfire
>back to square one, have to fight demon again without any estus, humanity, or firebombs

Please help /dsg/, I feel hopeless and like I'm out of options

What could I do to prepare for the next battle?

>>126291786
You deal with it by doing it yourself because there is no way at all to counter them.

The only way to win in DS1 is to be a cunt.

Sanctuary Guardian is such a shitty boss. The whole fight is it just running away from you. For fucks sake what the fuck.

>>126291309
I thought we already discussed how the dark lord is canon, basicly every time a chosen undead links the fire nothing happens until a next chosen undead comes to kill the previous one and make his choice. This cycle infinitely goes on until one of the chosen undead chooses to become the dark lord instead of linking the fire.

>>126291576

Try Kicking.

>>126292002
>back to square one, have to fight demon again without any estus, humanity, or firebombs
Bosses don't respawn, silly.

>>126292002
he doesn't respawn, just go further but this time try to not get poisoned

>>126292002
>have to fight demon again without any estus
bosses are gone for good once you beat them m8
you get estus back at any bonfire
also look around the undead burg bonfire, there's a shortcut you can unlock below the bridge

>>126291576
You never swing and only go for backstabs.
That's all there is to DaS1 pvp.

>>126292002
Christ you went into this game TOTALLY blind didn't you?

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>>126292197
Thank christ
This brightened up my day, appreciate it anons

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How do I make SOTFS go fullscreen? My game window looks like this and I don't like it.

>>126291576
Back up against a wall and unlock.
Works every fucking time.

>Tfw 2 Chars on NG+++
>Tfw never noticed Emerald Herald behind King's Gate
Wtf.? How did I miss her after all this time
I was wondering where everyone got her name

>>126292483
Put duct tape around the edges.

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>>126292254
Webm related.
Notice the red.

>>126292553
dude, it's at the top of her menu when you talk to her, like everyone else

>>126292483

Use something like Borderless Gaming to make the windowed mode borderless fullscreen.

>>126291309
>Which is the canon ending of ds1?

ambiguous

>Did Giants conquer lordran?

DaS2 giants? No.

>What did Vendrick steal?

The throne

>Why would throne made out of stone link the fire?

Why do you assume that the throne is connected to the fire?

>What do you think will be CU´s main task in ds3?

Considering it's been advertised that the protag is hunting and killing the cinder lords, then probably lighting the fire (again).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jrShSwjPU

new video from Joseph Anderson on Dark Souls 2
The guy always analyzes things very methodically and thus his arguments for his opinions are always well reasoned. If you haven't watched his series on Dark Souls 1, I highly recommend it.

So good idea to get a divine weapon before heading off to catacomb and nito right?

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>>126292660

That's Spades isn't it?

>mfw that's all he does these days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm5ayVHWohM

>>126292660
>All wearing Havels and Mother Mask
So was this really DaS1 meta?

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I have to say dark souls is much nicer to play now that I'm using a controller. Any tips for character building? For my first attempted play through I wanted to be a noble knight and I dumped all my stats into resistance and faith, made the game a little hard. On my new character I'm bumrushing for 27 strength then I'll swap over to getting 40 endurance. Is this a good plan?

>>126288840
I like it.

>>126292871
Well everyone says that by taking the throne you literally link the fire. What else would the throne do anyway.

>>126292660
I don't know how they'd even remove the backstab meta other than just removing backstabbing entirely

>>126293074
Havels is too heavy for flipping, so no
Quality build is better, mother's mask with Sunlight armor and Hollow legs and claymore
DkS1 PvP is really bullshit if you try anything outside of minmaxing, but once you get into the backstab/counter mindset it's fucking hilarous and fun

>>126293128

It's stated multiple times in the game that the throne can give you whatever you want. It's basically a glorified wishing well.

>>126293096
Builds only really matter for PvP, just don't put anything into resistance ever.

Put stats into INT/FTH sooner rather than later to get the spells you want quickly and pay attention your weapon's scaling. Other than that you have freedom to do whatever you want

>>126293442
ooooh
alright
Why didn´t Vendrick use it though? Aldia said he never sat on the true throne and nashandra betryed him years after he returned from war

>>126292727
Apparantly changing my monitor refresh rate to 60 makes fullscreen work normally, but I guess i'll try out borderless gaming aswell since changing refresh rate every time I want to play the game is annoying

>>126293576
plothole

>>126293051
>Fucking ringswapping
Ebin as fuck

TEST
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What is the best DaS1 weapon and why is it the Zweihander?

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Why don't you play with your prey?

>>126293003
great, actually. makes nito a cake walk

Why do rolling attacks have to be a thing, they make slow heavy weapons even more unviable

>>126294161
>why is poise worthless
ftfy

>>126294139
I want to actually fight them.

>>126294118
False
Claymore

>>126294161
No, they make stupid play unviable.
The idea is to make them think you're going to swing, and hit them on the recovery frames for the roll.

The real retarded thing is rolls with 100% invincibility, ala DWGR.

>>126294161
Rolling attack makes heavy weapons even better. Ever tried doing a 2H rolling R1 with a dragon tooth? Nobody expects it.

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suggest a shield to go with my armour, blossom is a bit... ehh

Which class should I pick in DaS2 if I just want to play all kind of builds via respecs on the same character?

>>126294534

Watcher's or Defender's.

>>126293820
no, Vendrick didn't use it because he was trying to find a way to escape the light and dark cycle. Didn't find one, so he didn't sit on the throne. You find one when you collect all the crowns of the DLC which is what Aldia is yammering on about during the second ending.

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>rolling rapier stab hits me from this distance

he was actually further, he got closer before i took the screeny. fucking phantom range

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>>126294161
lel

>>126294553

Knight is pretty balanced.

>>126294534
I personally like Blossom, but Royal Kite, Eagle, and Archdrake are pretty nice looking shields. King's is good too but its late game and decidedly more fancy.

>>126294534
rebel's greatshield. and while you're at it, get the heide greatlance

>>126294714
What happens when you refuse to sit on the throne?

>>126294429
I'm talking from the other perspective

Rolling attacks are harder to aim with the moving camera, so if I roll behind someone and want to him them with a standard R1 I have to get the timing perfect for the roll to finish, instead of just poking wildly. I don't know, maybe I'm just shit

>>126291309
doesn´t matter the only thing matter that manus died
there were always there
lordvessel, throne and all the lord souls to create golems
no
either kill/help the fire guys or become one of themselves and kill manus which was reborn since the guy from 2 collected all parts from manus which was reborn in him aldia even suggest somehow

>Locked, unlocked still have no wins with BKGA in DaS2
I desperately want to git gud with this weapon, it looks sooooooo good

>>126294118

The Zwei is just straight up OP.

>>126292052
Its called kiting you niggerturd

Bluebros, with SOTF on sale and being a top seller yesterday I'm curious, do new players actually join the Way of Blue covenant? Wondering if making a cockblock twink would even get any action.

>want to make a brass knight character
>the words brass and knight are censored

Fug

>>126292052

The only good DLC boss is Kalameet.

>>126294852
Speculation at this point is based on what we saw during the Dark Souls 3 network test, that by rejecting the light and dark cycle, the world starts to end and returns to what it was before, a world of grey full of only dragons and arch trees.

>>126295518
As a cock guzzling twink I can say that new players do indeed join the way of the blue, it's just hard to sometimes tell if its them not being in and not having the ring on, or a case of no blues in twink SM range

>>126292921
Good vid

>>126295556
I could understand criticism of Artorias because mechanically it is literally just learning his patterns, but Manus?

>tfw Gwyn is taking me longer to beat than O&S

I've been trying for 3 hours... I just can't beat him

>>126296027
l2 to win

or havels, fire def and strafe right

>>126296134
I try to parry, eventually he just ends up stun locking and killing me.

>>126295908
what boss isn't "literally remembering patterns" in this game (Other than sick nasty gimmick bosses)

>>126296285
are you wearing the hornet ring? three ripostes should be enough to kill him, just stay calm

>>126291309
Weird theory inbound
I think that DS3 is going to be about seizing control of the new age of fire, not linking the flame and creating it
I think a lord of cinder is somebody who has figured out how to control their soul and holds the flame within themselves, and by killing other lords of cinder your soul (and flame as a result) gets bigger and your influence and power grows until you hit some kind of critical mass and ascend to godhood
Basically this leads to a highlander "there can be only one" scenario, with all the lords of cinder/heirs of fire scrambling to kill each other

Probably retarded, but thoughts?

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how do I make anything decent with this editor?

>>126296487
Not him but 3 riposted take like half of his hp for me.

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>>126296794
Make a man and then jump in the coffin. All the female presets are unsalvagable.

>SotFS Iron keep

Wow this is fucking terrible, weapons nearly broken by the time I get to the fucking boss.

>>126296369
Well yeah but it's more glaring with Artorias don't you think? There's no variance to the AI, he doesn't move or interrupt, just attack after attack. And once you've learned all of them it's a boss you should be able to kill flawlessly.

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There's a Dark Souls fan trailer contest held by Bamco.

http://darksoulsgame.tumblr.com/post/135789445651/youve-seen-epic-dark-souls-trailers-like-this-one

Prizes are:
- 1st - $10 000
- 2nd - lifesize Red Knight Statue
- 3rd (3 winners) - Lord of Cinder statue each

Only for US residents.

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>>126297118
I don't even know how you'd make a fan trailer for a game you know nothing about but ok

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>mirrah shield
>so good looking
>yet so useless

>>126297019
Durability in general is a fucking stupid idea
It's just a chore, doesn't add any kind of depth
What they did in DS2 was even worse, especially since enemies never give up chasing you which is another irritating idea

>russians left das1 to cheat in low sm in das2
TAKE THIS SHIT BACK DASDRECKS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>126297118
What would you even do with this

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>>126297118
>lifesize Red Knight Statue

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bought dark souls on steam today, why the fuck cant i backstab. couldn't kill either of the black knights in the beginning of the game because backstabbing is fucking impossible, it took me a while to kill the metal boar too because even though all my hits were from behind i never got a fucking backstab once. when i torrented the game i could backstab just fine, so don't tell me to git gud something is fucking wrong here.

>>126297325
Burn it and inhale the ashes.

>>126297118
How do you make a fan trailer?

What am I supposed to do, splice bits of Dark Souls 1 and 2 gameplay for a Dark Souls 3 trailer?

>>126297273
Damn son watchu wearing? That shits fine as fuck.

>>126297446
stop holding your shield up

>>126297446
Don't hold your shield up.

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Would you?

>>126297446
try holding your shield up

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>>126297446
Absolutely pathetic, can't even let their shield down for a second.

>>126297245
It must be DaS1 and 2 related and one has to use the assets they provided in that link. Also, the expanded regulations forbid professional video producers or editors from entering.

>>126298003
It took me until SotFS to truly break that habit.

>all those phantoms who can guard break

>>126297978
has more in common with smough than mildred

>>126297978
Fucking hell no. She probably spells like years-old sweat.

>>126297325
Sell it for a couple grand to some collector.

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>>126297562
Alva hat and gloves
Royal swordsman body
Elite knight pants
Heidi sword, Mirrah shield

>>126295908

Manus is boring to fight, you have too many moments when you just wait for him to finish his combo.

>>126298107
Play Bloodborne, you'll quickly learn how to fight without a shield
Translates over to DS pretty well, although it can be really useful for emergencies

>>126297562
Looks like knight or elite knight leggings, alva helm, royal swordsman chest, can't make out the gloves (might be alva's again), sun sword, and of course, the mirrah shield.

>>126298473
>sun sword

>>126298467
>mfw going through bb with wooden shield
lmao

>>126298531
I am a retard, I know. I realized as soon as I posted it, and I didn't notice OP already posted his shit. A-At least I was close right?

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>>126297325

Does anyone actually like the red knight armour?

>>126292921
I can agree to those points and those ratings.

>>126298723
I agree it sucks, it's weird that they're doing the same thing they did for DaS2 where the poster boy armor kinda sucks and a random, out of the way armor set looks better and fits the game more.

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>>126298723
it's not even red
looks pretty nice though, if generic as fuck

>>126298467
I've completed it. Liked the dodging system a lot but think I prefer DaS's system more, rolling into attacks to dodge them is satisfying once you get it down.

>>126292921
I'm impressed.
So few people understand that the estus system of DaS1 comes with it's own share of problems, considering you can just run past everything and save your 20 estus to cheese the 'hard' stuff that has been balanced around way fewer charges.
DaS2 was more about surviving individual encounters by timing your heals instead of avoiding damage altogether.
Also another good point was how multiple enemies changed up the fights every encounter due to desynched attacks, whereas DaS1's 1v1's could be figured out quickly and posed no challenge after a while.
That matthewsclerosis guy is a petty tool.

>>126292921
watched part one ds 1
so far he right and reasonable and also reminded me how hard the game actually was at first for me since the first time I upgraded weapons was after blighttown since I always thoughts that the shards are a rare and precious thing
will watch them tomorrow and later respond

>>126298723
I'm hoping they have a knight set designed for feminine characters, like Brass was in DaS.

>>126297275
Fuck off retard.

>>126292921

>fighting ganks is ok because you have unlimited healing

Sure.. it's that's your thing. It just adds more kiting to the game.

>>126298969
I didn't have a problem with multiple enemy placements alone in Das2, just the many times they hid them or changed up the range. Iron Keep for example, you have no idea who you're aggroing or why, there's so little consistency.

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>>126299189

>>126297118
>>126297325

>want the statue more than the money

Might actually try to enter, I have nowhere to put that statue, and not a big fan of the armor set but it might be fun to try.

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>>126298723
Don't really care about it. I do hope the Frost Knight set will be obtainable, though.

>>126297275
magerold is literally at the entrance and sells one repair powder

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That's some DaS2 shit right there in DaS1.
topkek

>>126299625

Man.. DaS3 is going to have so much good looking armour. They have to include that.

>>126299571
I just imagine having to move apartment and the removal guy's face with that in your living room.

>>126299694

Not really, she stops turning when her attack starts. That's a missing turning animation.

>>126299931
So does every spinning top enemy in das2. if not, the >strafe right meme wouldn't exist.

>>126299791
>They have to include that
and make it look good on a player

so many boss sets look shit/weird

>>126300210

The complaint when DaS2 came out was that the enemies had perfect tracking during their attacks.

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>>126299625
That one looks good, hopefully we'll get the Dancer armor, as well (adjusted to the player's body, of course).

>>126300367
And that's a huge lie.

>>126299537
Yeah that's a nice set, wonder what the name is.

>>126300367
>perfect tracking

If you literally just hold right, yeah

>>126296027
Finally got him. Now I've beatn DaS, DaS 2 and BB in time for 3.

Now I just have to wait

>>126300459

It's the Cleric / Herald of White armour.

>>126300427
>not wanting to play as a freakish anorexic giant

http://www.twitch
.tv/slow22

my favorite DaS streamer

>>126300864
Odd look for a Cleric

>>126297978
if she keeps the sack on and makes grunting noises similar to the butchers..... then maybe.

>>126301132
I was fighting him (read: being beaten by him repeatedly) in township the other day
No idea he streamed since his steam name wasn't an obnoxious twitch link

>>126298723
i kinda like it. don't see anything wrong with it really.

>>126301517
yea he's pretty good at fishing for backstabs with a SL200 character

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Can someone post the picture with the fake patch notes of dark souls with all the changes to the WHEEL sekeletons?

>>126299537
i wouldn't say that this is female exclusive armor though. brass Armour was obviously meant for females only. this is definitely more feminine than the wandering knight set, but it's still pretty ambiguous.

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Goddamn do I love the lack of an invasion timer in DaS1. Allows me to express my autism to its fullest degree.

Spent 30 minutes or so in a stalemate against the host and his phantom in the depths. Had a few clashes after around 20 minutes where we traded blows but then backed off to heal.

In the final encounter they were fucking me so I ran like a faggot and got some support from the local hollows who did the job for me.

Also I read their profiles. Diehard furries. No remorse.

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>>126301517
That's how I am with most e-celebs.

I played with MarcyMilfshake and didn't realize until I saw them in my recent players list. I also ended up on someone's video, I think it was a Bazuso one.

>>126301132
>cheating on stream

I thought twitch banned for that?

>>126301847
Its not exclusively designed for females like Desert Sorceress, but it is more feminine like Brass or Watcher.

>>126301963
>tfw analyzed extensively in a Praise The Sun clip of how not to parry bait

>>126301963
I'm probably on video somewhere but I'm too lazy to look and my performance isn't necessarily something I'd want to review

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>>126301737
Someone, please.

>>126301737
>>126302785
All I did was google "dark souls patch notes skeleton wheel"

>>126299537
thats a man tho

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>mfw people recognized me after that

>>126302950
Wheel, gee. I haven't considered that it was this well kown. Thanks, lad.

I still don't know what wheel skeletons actually do

Just seem to get hit by them and immediately die

>>126301963
Ive been summoned as a white by onlyafro in DaS2 vanilla, and dueled oroboro and darklordsen begore das2 was out, but i didnt know who they were at the time.
I was in one fightclub with abyss before they left.

Thats all the ecelebs i have experience with.

>>126303294
Feel the wheel.

>play BoB arena
>face fucker wearing heavy armor, dark weapon dragon's tooth, pursuers
>fast rolls

I have 3m SM, I did not know this was possible.

>>126303475
>dueled oroboro

did you beat that faggot

>>126303561
level is what matters

>>126303579
The firsy time i parryed him and let him closely admire my bkgs. I lost the next 7 though.

>>126303561
Arena can match you with anyone, hence being full to the brim with maxedfags.

>>126303561
>BoB Arena
You fell for the matchmaking meme, didn't you?

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>>126296794
>meanwhile in ds1 waifu generator

>>126301963
I've never been in an e-celeb's video mostly because I'm on a console and I haven't looked.

Can you get soft banned for using inf hp while offline? Im just about done with the fucking alonne knight spam here in iron keep.

>>126303704
You forgot thr guys who use a halberd then switch to estoc, longsword or a katana when they start to lose.

>>126303827
No, you can't. What you can do is stop being a pussy.

>>126303827
invincibility cheats won't ever get you bunned but you're a casual scrub for needing infinite hp to get past groups of regular enemies.

>>126303678
I'm lvl 136.

>>126303730
>You fell for the matchmaking meme, didn't you?
Yes.

>>126303940
Me being a shitter was never up for debate, but im pretty done getting stunlocked while trying to go through fog gates.

>>126303827
Just summon someone, there are always signs there.

>>126304054
>150k sm

There is nobody around, not even any red soap signs.

Why is Dark Souls 2 guy such a master with weapons? When he uses greatswords, he does all these fancy maneuvers and twirls. And the fact that he can just proficiently use twinblades without any real problem.

>>126304052
Why not just summon if you can't do it solo? You have many options to exhaust before you need to resort to cheating. Trust me, you'll feel terrible afterwards if you don't beat it legit.

>>126303827
you know smelter demon is optional right?

>>126304002
Level up to 145 at least, so you can get matched with 150, which is the majority in arena, and probably aren't buffstacking douchebags. If you're outside the 145~155 spectrum, you're forced to wait to get matched with these people because they get matched against themselves, then the game matches you against someone with triple your sm.

>>126303827
you're pretty shit
what level
weapon
armor
build
i went through there yesterday and the only trouble i had was with anus demon

>>126304313
Yea but getting pinned between one of those fat fucks and 7 knights is kinda rough when ive no estus from getting past the other 90 dudes.

>>126304194
I have a 150k twink if you want help.

>>126299694
If you think THAT's bad, go try to melee some drakes. The collision boxes will kill you more often than most of their attacks do

>>126304313
Wait. What?

>>126304505
Nah its fine, ima just play a different char and try this shit later after ive had some time away. If it comes down to it I guess ill just kill em till they don't spawn instead of cheating.

>>126304653
Good plan. Get a rapier to +6 and equip stone ring, it'll carry you through that area.

>>126304619
you get a helpful bonfire for killing him, but he's not required

When did emit force get so good? It seems to hit even during rolls like 90% of the time, and does a fucking huge amount of damage

Anyone want to help me get some sunlight medals in dark souls? Steam name: explosions_n_stuff right now I'm level 30 or so, waiting around spider tits. Midwest US.

The r2 parry on DaS2 Rapiers is the stupidest thing ever, was hard poke too good or something?

>>126305229
To be fair, if you arent 2handing a rapier you are doing it wrong.

at what point does the dragonslayer spear become good bc I'm at like 25 str 35 dex and it's still kinda dooky, thinking of dropping it for the chaos blade.

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Is this a decent level for dukes or should i go higher or lower in sl?
https://www.mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/475595

>play DaS2 around a friends
>10 characters of 150-200 dex shitters with curved swords, katanas and rapiers

Heavy weapons may be shit but I'll take them over r1 poke to win.

>come back to DaS
>try some low/medium level invasions
>go to the depths
>instant invasions even at this hour during christmas holidays

what the fuck I know people have told me Depths invasions were good before but goddamn this place is populated.

Just got SotFS for $10, like it should've been for DS2 owners initially. I hear I can have a special snowflake long name if I start SotFS in big picture mode on steam, but it's bannable. Are any of those facts still true?

>>126304619
if you go through the middle room after closing the fire, you can go up a ladder and be ahead of the bonfire after him. but that means no souls, no smelter sword, no bonfire and no rob+1

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>>126305796
>role play invasions

>>126306308
>tfw always skipped depths

Guess ive been missing out on some dank pvp.

>>126306308
I can't find anyone. No invasions, nobody to summon me. Nothing ;_;
I just want some sunlight medals

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>>126306401
>not doing cosplay invasions

>>126306403
So you've never done the real Blighttown route?

>>126305796

You should go higher. You can get fast roll with that build and still be in range for Duke's invasions/co-op.

>killed Kirk all 3 times
>his items never show up

>>126306401
Anon pls. I'd much rather be invaded by something creative than wikibuild clone #234747282

>>126306595
Of course I did, went that way for my first couple characters until I found the short cut.

>>126306401
>not invading people as ornstein

it's top fun.

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Does using Big Picture Mode on Steam still let you have a long character name? Does that still get you banned?

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>>126306547
>>126306595
>>126306797
>/dsg/

Fig>>126305169
Fuck it, I'm moving on
;_;

>>126307186
Better off at Anor Londo anyway. Always get summoned at O&S

>>126307080

Well they haven't patched DaS2 for a while, I think it's still in. You never got banned for long names by the way.

Do you get b& from multiplayer in DAS1 for duplicating souls?

>>126305169
sl 30 is sens area

>>126307469
You can hack DaS1 until there's nothing left and not be banned.

>>126307126
Here, i have a build you might enjoy
https://www.mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/475599

>>126307469
>ds1
>b&
ayy lamo

>>126307469
You can't get banned. You might get detected by someone with watchdog if your stats and level doesnt match up, but that's about it

Is there any reason not to kill the darkmoon knightess after getting to the second bonfire in anor londo?

>>126307775
If you ever want to warp from there. So unless you are out of homeward bones, no.

Shit. Darklurker is harder than I remembered.

>>126307601
nice thanks
ill try that

>>126307958
>tfw killed it melee 3rd attempt

Longest boss fight I've ever had though, have to make sure you check both of their attacks before doing anything.

>>126306618
So 67 isnt too high? Alright, wil give it a whirl.

>>126298884
>rolling into attacks to dodge them is satisfying once you get it down.
You can do the same thing in Bloodborne

How about some light armor, lighter than plate, heavier than robes, something other than chainmail?

>>126308205
Leather armor?

Will I get softbanned if I go online after using consumable soul items to quickly make up a high SL build on a new character?

My dream in DAS1 is to stab things from far away and hurl lightning spears, anyone got a build or weapon rec?

>>126308463
Using infinite items on stacks of soul items is a-okay, just don't edit your souls directly.

>>126308519
Demon Spear

Added minigame of ever trying to land the 2H R2

>>126308336
Fuck leather armor, that shit ain't real. How about some transitional chainmail and plate, or a brigadine?

>>126308154
is there any benefit to that? dodging in bb is so quick and easy

Collecting Loyce Souls is a load of fucking shit.

>>126308797
Obviously because you can get into a position to attack while you dodge. That's pretty much the main reason to dodge into attacks or enemies.

>>126309070
but dodging also gets you behind enemies much faster than unlocking and rolling would. I've only played 10 or so hours so far but haven't seen the need to roll personally

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>mfw Gwyn at SL1 without a shield

SEND HELP

THIS IS THE HARDEST BOSS IV'E EVER FOUGHT IN A SOULS GAME, AND THAT INCLUDES MANUS AT SL1 WITH CALAMITY RING AND THE DRAKE SWORD

>>126309385
If you've gotten this far, then you're gud enough to solo him.

>>126308519
Best starting class for this?

>>126309721
Warrior, cleric, bandit, knight probably

>>126309648
he has this bullshit hyper-speed sword slash that is almost impossible to reaction parry. that shit is faster than any other boss attack in the game, and it messes my rhythm up completely.

>>126310051
He actually has a pattern to that, I've parried that attack before, but its a prediction so yeah.

>>126310051
>almost impossible to reaction parry

he's actually one of the easiest enemies to parry, no wind up or weird timing. focus on his sword and hit L2 as it arcs towards you, there's nothing more to it.

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>making edgy twink
>equipping all my shit puts me here

Perfect.

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>>126309385
Use a shield?

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I SWEAR THESE TWO FUCKING BUTT BUDDY NIGGERS ARE ON PURPOSE JUST SITTING THERE AT THE FAGGOT ASS BONFIRE WAITING FOR ME TO INVADE AND THEN SUMMONE EACHOTEHR

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THEY JUST DONT GANKSQUAD ME BUT FOUR TIMES NOW HAS THIS ANAL KID JUST WAITED AND THEN SUMMONED MAKING ME THINK I COULD WALK AWAY VICTORIOUS BUT NO HE WALKS AROUND THE BONFIRE WITH SHIELD AND I CANT DO SHIT BECAUSE COSPLAY BUILD AND NO SHIELD SO I CANT PARRY HAHAHAHAHAHA

>>126310051
I actually tried to beat him last night without a shield or parries, and succeeded, though it sucked.
What i did was run from him, so his attacks were at max range. If he does the quick swipe you have a little more time to dodge it at that range. Bait out his kicks, grabs and jump attacks and punish those.

>>126310051
>>126310406
nevermind didn't notice you were talking about a specific attack. I've always killed him before he's managed to switch things up

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>>126310431
wrong pic?

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>>126310431
>can't parry without a shield
Just invade somewhere else if you can't git gud.

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>>126291576
Use the Zwei's horizontal slash to catch them as they swing around.

Are soft bans still a thing? Do From have a gook in a cubicle checking memory values? I really, really don't want to do another playthrough just to get past SM for co-op.

>>126291576
Dead angle the scrubs with a grearsword or ugs.

>>126310641
>cheat in a buncha high tier souls
>pop em

Boom easy and no bans.

>>126310515
thanks for the tip, I'll try it out tomorrow and hope for a Christmas miracle. right now I'm too salty and tired to make any more attempts.

also, what SL were you at?

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i'm considering getting SotFS, i already beat DS2 and it was alright

should i bother upgrading? might tide me over until DS3

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Can i get banned for giving my paladin the golden greataxe in sotfs?

>>126310936
yeah man do it it's like 20-25 bucks

>>126310936
If you like co-op it's worth it

PvP wise I don't know, I still play the original since it has all my characters on and there's loads of activity

>>126310936
The upgrade is two bucks with the sale on steam. It's worth 2 bucks.

>>126310781
Yeah, but then i'd still have to do a playthrough to get gear and catch up to my buddy. I just want to take my old character and fuckle around with SM offline so I can beat up bosses with him.

>>126310983
Use the drop swapper and do it offline just to be safe, shouldn't get banned for that.

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>>126311087
Yay! Time to swag on motherfuckers!

>>126310554
No pic related because Im fucking mad

>>126311060
How big is the SM difference? Shouldn't have a problem if he is over 2m and using the name engraved ring.

>>126311052
nigga what, it's $10

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>off of work today
>maybe I'll finish that Bloodborne build
>maybe I'll start all those other Bloodborne or Dark Souls II builds I have in stocked up in my backlog
>never touch the PS4
>create even more builds in mugenmonkey
off me please

>>126311429
>tfw autistic about aesthetics
>all those 5+ hour characters I've binned because I didn't like the way they looked

>>126311235
My character is at... 5,538,664. So tier 37. But the fucking stupid thing is that it's only SL60. He hasn't even broken 1mil.

>>126311429
>this fucking gif
always gets me for some reason

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>>126311429
>>126311612
>think I have good idea for build
>spend 6-8 hours making it
>it plays like shit
>can it

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Anyone need help with the Smelter Demon on NG EU West? (I need Sunlight Medals) I'm at the 400K SM bracket

I'll also come along to any thing else I can get to if you need help!

>>126311620
>He hasn't even broken 1mil

Has he got to Drangleic yet? You could probably make a new character and catch up in one day.

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Anyone else wish we'll get a boss rush mode in DS3? I know it'll never happen but I just want to just fight bosses god damnit. Gimme something like the boss gauntlet in DMC3 where I go around and choose what boss to fight. Make it an unlockable area at the end of NG+, and either make the bosses give 30% of the normal prize souls or no souls at all.

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>>126312314
>endgame dungeons with repeatable reused buffed superbosses

I don't care about the lore implications, gimme

>>126312176
Yeah, that's looking like the only option. I was looking at CE because I wanted to keep all of my gucci ricer gear, but as far as I can tell the soft bans are pretty speedy.

I just switched from 360 to PC SOTFS. Can I just CE my old character onto this? Any chance of getting banned?

>first time doing an sl1 run
>actually doing well, didn’t even die until gargs
>always picking up my bloodstain (not that it matters in ds1 but i like to think it erases the death, especially if it was some bullshit like gaping instakilling me while completely motionless and not even touching me)
>embarking to firelink for a farewell to laurentius
>carrying 40k+, chickened it a bit man, fuck torch hollows
>upgrade my flame to 9, missing just a few for 10
>HOLLOW OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE
>the souls with the overkill just barely let me get 10
>bone back to the depths and head for blighttown
S-S-SATISFACTORY

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I haven't played DS2 since 2014, has any of the meta changed with Scholar or the DLCs? Are there still Havelyns? is the game even alive?

>>126311270
If you've bought Dark Souls 2 off of steam, you get a 33% or so discount on the upgrade. Currently the thing is down 60% as of the sale. The two discounts stack giving you a discount of about 93%.

>>126312613
Think of it this way, you can make a support build for your buddy. I played through DaS1 with a mate rolling a heal/buff Cleric.

>>126312873
SotFS is very much alive. And the meta hasn't changed much, there are just far fewer lightning faggots because all of the lightning spears got enormous charge reductions.

>>126312873
>Havelyns
You wish.

>is the game even alive?
Yes.

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>>126312973
am i being rused?