/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

>it's a skeleton level
>it's a spider level
>it's a poison level

>>150964686
>it's a deep water slow walk level
STOP DOING THIS FROM

>>150964626
Didn't he? I heard he cried during one of its videos.

>your ability to survive falls from great heights is improved by your baseline defense from stats

neat. you can jump down the ladder hole in crucifixion woods at 802

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Has Ash Lake made anyone else cry? It's just so beautiful and the lore around that area is great. And then you cry again when you find Siegbro there.

>>150964843
C U T E

this is the original homoprinces

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Moar comics.

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>mfw making a Pyromancer named Arvis

Time for the plebs to burn.

>>150964831
>implying
Yeah, no. You have to leave a way out for people who just don't want to fight in PvP.
It's already enough of a pain that you can't use the bonfire when invaded, if you were stuck in the area, the invader would just have to hide behind a wall of enemy and wait for you to come get him.

>>150964843
love the amount of fan-art that's sprouted from these two bros

>>150965104

Thanks for a new desktop wallpaper.

The undead settlement is so bloodborne

In DaS2, if you light up all the torches in Things Bewixt, you get invaded.
What about the others areas? Do you get anything good by lightning up everything?

Why isn't there a dark pyromancy flame for dark pyromancies? I swear to god dark magic feels tacked on this time around.

I want to try DS3 without a shield or at using one as little as possible but I've never tried it in a souls game.

Would it be worth it going to 32 str for the greataxe if I want a faith build or should I just go with the battle axe?

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>>150965304
lacking their sister tbqh

>farming a single Flamberge thrall for their sword in undead settlement
>so far only got 2 thrall hood drops with base item discovery

please someone help me

>>150965467
The game is so linear and reuses so many assets it might as well be bloodborne

>>150965589
Depends anon, do you want to go full 60 faith for offensive miracles
Or do you just want that fancy DMB'd axe to lug around while you cast heals?

>>150964831
Honestly, if you managed to let a host run all the way there, from halfway, without killing him in a 3v1, you kinda deserved it

>>150965568
>Why isn't there a dark pyromancy flame for dark pyromancies?
i think it was in the cut-content page on the wiki

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>>150964843
HAPPY FAMILY

>>150965680
>with base item discovery
might as well kys

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>>150965218

>>150965489
You'll also get invaded in the gutter if you light all the torches IIRC.

>>150965736
If the Nameless King's is Gwyn's son, then who the fuck are André and Solaire?

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>>150965218

>>150965680
lmao, even with sages rapier/symbol of avarice/gold coins it took at least 25 tries for the flambo to drop for me

don't even bother trying it with base discovery, you'll be there for ten years

>>150965947
Does it drop anything interesting?

>>150965927
>using Diablo 2's font

>>150965680
>farming for the thrall hood
>get three flamberges first

>>150965954
Checkmate, lorefags.

Is there anything notable about the great mace? Up until now it just seems like an inferior Vordt's hammer, it has more stamina cost, less damage, no frost effect, it's heavier and requires more strength to wield.

>>150965692
I'd be ideally trying to go both. I don't mind losing 100-200 points of damage with the offensive miracles. It's just for PVE. But I'd rather not be so ineffective (it's on regular NG) with offensive miracles that I'm basically just " 90% melee and has a few buffs"

>>150966157
If you use it with blessed weapon you can do the cathedral knights explosion

>>150966136
want2trade

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>>150965218

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Oh no, I wonder what happened here.

>>150966389
Hmm, i'd say go get the Dragonslayer's axe then
You probably can get away with wielding the Greataxe but i think you might be overextending a bit on your stat spread then
Alternatively, give either or both a go and respec as desired

>>150966662
Murderer!

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>>150966662

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>>150966662
>tfw no blue orb to punish these heretics
>tfw red invasions as a darkmoon dont make you a blue invader

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>>150964607
Literally me.

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>>150966576

>>150965954
A black smith bro and a delusional faggot

>>150966662
what are you wearing

>>150966662
*BFFRRLLLRLLLRLFLFFFFFFPT*

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>>150967016
>a delusional faggot
>delusional faggot
>faggot

>>150966157

No, that is it, it'd be the worst weapon in the game if not for the Great Wooden Hammer and Great Lance.

>except for the looking glass knight, shields in Dark Souls don't exist unless you press L1
>having a shield on your back does not protect you from back attack

Shit game.

>>150967039
Pretty sure it's just the assassin starter set.

>>150967039
Assassin set with exception for the helmet, that's the thief mask.

Where is Patches in Dark Souls 2?

>>150967429
locked in a dome in the huntman's copse

>>150967429
don't hate pate

>Aural Decoy
>Eighteen (18) INT requirement
>Fifteen (15) FP cost
???

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If Soul of Cinder is a master pyromancer and is immune to getting parried or riposted does this mean that Jester Thomas/Magerold of Lanafir was one of the undead to completed the pilgrimage and linked the fire, therefore mixing part of himself into the Soul of Cinder as well?

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>>150966662
This happened.


Anyway, how does counter work in Souls game? You basically causes 1.5x more damage if you hit the enemy while he's in an attacking animation, right?

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>tfw beating meta meme builds with only the whip as dragonsis

>>150965680
some random gave me a flamberge +10 before we fought, you can have mine if you want it

>>150967723
>no firelink ultra greatsword from soul transposition

WHY

>Try and backstab host while chugging
>He turns 180 degrees while standing still
It's a good mechaninc to punish parry spammers,so why do chuggers have to spin around if you try and backstab them?

So, what are Dark Souls 2's objective flaws?
>maps don't make sense
>not enough boss variety, making all strikes weapons OP
>durabilities issues
>SM
>lore is totally new and ignore most of Dark Souls
>SotFS edition who doesn't change enough to be worth the money
Do I forget anything?

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What was Miyazaki implying with this?

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>>150965736
Cute Gwyn family!

>>150967764

Wouldn't even fight back, really.

>>150968076
Because it's not an UGS

>>150968174
you're about two years late buddy

>>150967668
Is it op like DSII where the enemies couldn't stop focusing on it no matter what for a few seconds?

>>150968174
>no invuln while backstabbing, opening doors etc
>useless frustrating lock on mechanic
>obnoxious enemy placement and ganking
>powerstance requirements are too much
>ADP
>too many merchants who only sell a handful of items

>>150968241
Are Gwyn and NK fucking?

>>150968443
looks like he's just jelly seeing his kids hug

>>150968174
>Lack of full orb/forcing people to either join the duel cancer or farm them with ascetics.
>Invaders unable to interact with mechanisms
>Heals working over time instead of being instant
>timed coop/invasions

I like how they let tanimura ruin not one, but two games's PvP

>>150968035
>id love it but i want to stay in the sl~70 and +6 pvp tier

>>150968285
I just want to recap things a bit, because there are many things I like with Dark Souls 2 but I want to start with the flaws.
The ascetic system is interesting, for example. Majula has a lot of stuff to find, the covenant of champions and the no death/no bonfire rewards add a lot for the best players, there are many different weapons, the envirronement are very varied, it runs fine on most computers, it allowed powerstancing, it had a secret easy mode by dumping levels in ADP, the Gutter was oppressing as fuck, and Shalquoi's voice was incredibly erotic.

>>150968270
The version from SoC's final phase would work great for an UGS when used by the player. It's big and thick and would make short work of any guy on the receiving end of it.

>>150968174

>cross deadzone
>bow freeaim removed
>fucked up poise damage calcuation in pve (compare a great club and santiers)
>no r2-r1 chains

>>150968695
It's supposed to be like Gwyn's sword which, again, was a greatsword.

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>>150968242
I should invade you some time, ashen-anon ;-)

>>150968785
>fucked up poise
Yeah, that. I forgot about the pose.

Mostly because I never understood how that worked.

>>150968661
>Heals working over time instead of being instant
That one is actually logical, I don't see anything wrong with it. Maybe they should've made it a little faster, but it made sense from a PvP perspective.

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>Astora's GS at base stats is better refined than raw
>It outdamages most UGS I face against in a fucking mage build
>weights like a feather
>people still say this weapon is fine and perfectly balanced

You know what
It is.

The problem is not the AGS, the weapon is fine, is the other UGS that are too fucking weak. Don't nerf the AGS, buff all the others.

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reminder

>>150967369
Dragonslayer armor also passively blocks and I think berenike knights, syan knights,imperious knights and the pursuer get your attack intercepted by the shield id you accidentally swing to it.

>>150968001
>but I believe DeS, DaS, and Das2 all had a pretty lengthy fog passing animation
Actually it was instant in DeS, and yeah it's dumb that they made it unpunishable again in DaS3

>summon some guy for NG++ Greatwood because I can't be bothered
>throws something on the ground for me before the fight
>paranoid about taking items so I leave it there
>we beat the boss
>throws something again
>what the hell
>it's 5 embers

That guy was a bro

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>>150967513

>>150968174
To get one of the more trivial things out of the way:

>that stupid-ass bloodshot effect in some cutscenes

This was the final blow for me that made this game feel like cartoon souls.

>>150968940
No ones talking about him you dumb nigger

>>150968889
>Mostly because I never understood how that worked.

Two handing pretty much negates poise. Multi hit weapons build up poise damage fast as fuck, and stagger enemies like BIKs knights and Ice Horses with just R1s.

>>150968889
The problem with heals meant that sometimes you'd better just stop attacking. If you finish estus but I hit you, you're actually healing part of that damage too, which is plain wrong

>>150969143
im posting it so it will stay that way

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Was this guy supposed to be Vallarfax, or did From just reuse the Twin Fangs armor so they didn't have to create the Tower Knight armor?

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>>150967764
>tfw using buff 40/40 dragonsis with oversized ultragreatswords

>>150969184
Ha, it's like an invisible poison bar filling up and it staggers enemies.

I thought the staggering depended from how much damage you dealed. Or that, like in Doom, it was random.

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>>150968918
>That stupid charge WA on A FUCKING UGS!
And I'm stuck with perseverance.

>>150968872

Stop making me want to play DaS3 again.

>>150969554
charge is way better than any other UGS weapon art
if opponent is in close range and holding his weapon in two hands he has virtually no way of punishing you for it and if you land it he's going to get ravaged

>>150969554
At least perseverance does something, the stomp+spin takes longer than any attack, has no range and does less damage than a R2

>>150969429
>that running knee attack
I don't remember seeing any kick at all in any Dark Souls game. Unless you use that strange ring in DaS2.
>backstabbing animation is the same with the fist

>>150969731

It's the fist weapon kick attack.

In DaS there are a few different "kicks"
>normal kicks
>knee kicks
>axe kicks, slower than normal kicks but do poise damage
>curved sword backflip, i think it has some iframes
>thrusting sword backstep

>>150968174
I'm gonna meme at you because
>objective flaws
All flaws except technical ones are subjective ones.
>durability
I don't consider it a flaw because it actually mattered in DS2.

I would consider that one severe flaw of DaS2 was that the levels couldn't keep consistent themes or smooth transitions. The levels themselves also had disappointingly little physical shortcuts and not enough verticality to them.

>>150969731
its just the kicking animation with fist weaps

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Best girl coming through

>>150969731
if you kick with a fist weapon or bare fist mainhand, you kick with the knee. afaik only he animation changes, no different properties

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>>150969343
That's clearly Alfred, the Knight of the Tower.

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>>150969554
>>150969703
>>150969705
You guys complaining look at this

look at this

and it was buffed

>dueling at pontiff
>grinding out shackles for the only balanced katana in pvp
>get summoned
>normal 1v1 vs host
>suddenly purple spirit is summoned
>take off dark fashion ring
>reveal my purple nature to madbro
>communicate that we should gang up on the host
>he actually does it

fuck i love this covenant holy shit

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>>150969581
>come on, do it~
>i'll sit on your face after our duel~

>>150970253
>silver serpent
>that gigantic host HP
>that little stats

What the fuck is going on? What SL?

>>150970328
>bone applied directly to face
nah man

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>>150969375
STOP MAKING A SCALIEFAG!

>>150970394
SL 12
This is not an invasion dedicated character, I don't do those, I just invade at random

>>150969343
>Was this guy supposed to be Vallarfax
No, you find Vallarfax's armor and shield on a corpse in Miralda's pit, he's dead

> or did From just reuse the Twin Fangs armor so they didn't have to create the Tower Knight armor?
That. The 3 black phantoms represent the 3 bosses in Boletaria, Tower Shield guy and the Penetrator Sword wielder are self explanatory, and the archer is Long Bow Oolan, aka Phalanx

>>150969703
Charge is awesome but it's way too easy to parry, even if it's a wake-up charge.

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Get fucking bullied.

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>>150970591
>give up, ashen anon!
>i'm yearning for you to take me down with your ultra greatsword, get over here~

I FUCKING HATE THIS FUCKING FRANCHISE

I FUCKING HATE THE SHITTY BALANCE

I FUCKING FHAAHTATRRE THE STUPID FUCKING DUMB ENEMIES AND YOU LE DIED YOU LE DIED YOU LE DIED LOLOLOLOL

I FUCKING HATE MY SHITTY FUCKING LIFE AND EVERY FUCKING VIDEEO GAME MAKEING ME FUCKING ANGRY ALL THE FUCKING TIME SO FUCKING WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT FUCKING AM AMAMAMAMAMAMAMAM

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>>150970867
Here's your (You)

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>>150970867
Shhhh

Everything is okay now, anon. Don't worry.

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>>150964686
>it's a level with narrow ledges and instakill pits

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Okay, I'm the guy who was stuck on Irithryll.
What should I boost? Strength? HP?

>>150970867
if you died on pvp, try not being embered. if you died on pve try gitting fucking gud

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>>150970328

Where do you usually invade?

What's a good weapon to infuse with chaos

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>>150970867
daijobu?

>>150970035
Sirris a shit

>>150971056
Try farming the knights a bit to get your Vig and End to 20. That should suffice. It looks like a small number improvement, but before 20 Vig and End give fucking huge boosts.

Are the Corvian and Pontiff Knight scythes worth grinding for?

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>>150970867

>>150971056
when people said to raise vig, they meant hp which is your vitalite

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>>150970035

>>150971283
Stop posting this shit artist

>>150971221
ZIMBABWE

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Reminder that Dark Souls 3 is a DAMN good game

(Also I think I actually figured out webms now, third time is the charm)

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>>150970831

>>150971591
This webm is proof that people with low endurance are fucking retarded.

You can't catch up to people worth a fuck and you'll always be at a disadvantage in anything that isn't dueling.

40 end or bust, fucking faggots.

>>150970607
>be around starting level in the starting area
No fucking shit you don't do any damage.

>>150968785
>bow freeaim removed
Bull fucking shit.
In fact, Dark Souls2 added freeaim to crossbows too

>>150971107
High wall, archdragon peak, your dreams

>>150971591
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pYbhOVDAkw&t=17s

3knights are kicking my butt!

>>150971813
if you arent using anything larger than a claymore you do not need 40 end

>>150971209
>Corvian
Maybe
>Pontiff
BishopBullwinkel.mp4

>>150971975
Did you even watch the Webm? Endurance doesn't apply to just attacking. He has to stop and let his fucking stamina regenerate so much he has no chance in hell of catching up to the host to poke him in the dick with katana running r1

>>150971813
>Magic builds with 40 end
>Needing 40 end for anything other than ultras
>Not having any sort of ranged weapons/spells that at least force the faggot host to zigzag or roll to avoid getting hit, slowing them down and letting you catch up to them

Fuck off

>>150972103
blossom and chloanthy ring and being under 30% equip

>>150971591
the scenery during that chase was breathtakingly beautiful to be honest with you

Cam anybody give me a winged spear?

>>150971056
>Constitution

>>150972204
Do you even play the game?

Melee running attacks consume way less stamina and have far better recovery than comp/shortbow running attacks.

>>150971863

Sorry, I mean shooting the bow without going to the first person view.

>>150971183
Vig and End to 20, okay.

>>150972204
Using any form of ranged attack whatsoever causes you to lose more ground than whatever action you force the other player to take to avoid it.

Even if you hit them and stagger them, you still lose more ground from your casting/firing animation than they lose from their stagger.

>>150972232
>wanting to stay under 30% in DS3
Also wasn't it proven already that your equip burden doesn't affect your stamina recovery (unless you're over encumbered)?

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Post your hopes for DS3 DLC.
>throwing axes as a STR only version of throwing knives
>piercing crossbow bolts that go through targets
>one or two trick weapons that fit in the DaS universe
>giant dragonbro boss

>>150971056
Why are vigor and vitality the other way around?

>>150972567
>More Angelic/Dark spells for all schools
>More split damage enchantable weapons
>More unique, at least 'useable', WA's

>>150972491
vig softcap is 27 btw, after that put points into whatever your weapon scales with

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>>150971813
>Tfw using greatshield and greathammer with 24 end

>>150972567
A merchant that can turn any set into a restored version. It'll never happen but a man can dream.

>>150972515
you run slightly faster below 30%

>>150971056
>vs estoc

>>150972874
>restored

What?

>>150972880

Is this for real

>>150972645
Because lol French translation.
>Ashen is translated as literally "deadflame"

Also
>just lost 71k souls to the Irithryll faggots
I hate this game.

Any xboners willing to help me trade a couple things to another character?

>>150973120

No, unless it was patched in recently. Only your rolls cover more distance under 30.

>>150972567
Dual weapons for every weapon class, including whips and crossbows.

>>150973069
imagine baller armor but with that thick, sexy cape and no dents

>>150972874
>ywn be able to see artorias's armor before he got corrupted by the abyss

>>150972567
>NG+ content in the form of extra enemies/harder versions of regular enemies
>Chalice Dungeon equivalents
>Elite version of the Cathedral Knight set
>A PvE focused covenant that draws people to invade you and doesn't allow you to summon phantoms but gives good rewards for defeating foes while in it.

>>150972567
The Evil Eye.

The Evil Eye.

The Evil Eye.

>>150973346
>wanting retards running with two oversized blades again

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>>150974270

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>tfw burnt out and bored of video games

what am i supposed to do with my life now

I killed all the crabs in the lava lake but nothing happened

What I'm missing

They didn't give that much souls an didn't drop anything special

how do you deal with the fact that you're so trash at pvp that no amounts of practice will make it better?

>>150972567
A covenant that acts like the Brand from Berserk : it lures occasionally strong red phantom mobs and invaders to your world to attack you and blocks co-op but but OTOH gives you good rewards for defeating invading enemies.

I think that Dark Souls in general would need more endgame goals like resources that you'd always be happy to get. That's one thing Demon's was pretty good at because pure stones were always useful.

>>150973968
you mean the ring that's already in the game?

>help sirris with creighton
>she actually needs help even though she has an estoc and six trillion buffs
>she does like 85 damage because upgrading is hard I guess
>even when creighton is low on health she slowly walks in his direction like a complete edgelord

Are you sirris right now?

>>150974715
Theres some loot around the lake, just upgrade materials and a gem iirc

I dont think i understand the concept of what distinguishes giants from humans in these games. Why is vendrick giant size and gwyndolyn normal sized? Actually gwyn is pretty much normal size and just looks like a human, aside from the fact that he is not descended from the pygmy i don't see what the difference is.

>>150974797
I hit myself as hard as possible and continue playing

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So, how did Aldrich actually become a lord of cinder?
He doesn't seem like the selfless type, and i keep hearing people say he was forced into it but i don't remember anything mentioning that through either dialogue or item descriptions.

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What is your dragonsis build /dsg/?

>>150974543
Shitpost until you die bitter and alone surrounded by reminders of a life you missed out on and bottles of piss.

>>150974835
He might mean the beast that the ring mentions in some of its descriptions.
Wait a minute, a "beast" that regenerates when it kills things? What else have we seen like that...

>>150972567
I just want more areas that have some visual diversity to them.

>>150975068
I really don't get the hype behind evil eye, it's just a side thing mentioned in an item description. They could bring anything from those items,

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>literally every host is seeded
>even FCs
the hell is going on tonight?

>>150974715
It's mostly large titanite shards but there's a chaos gem where all the crabs are, a breakable wall (with the giant ballista) that hides a ring and a useful shield near the giant worm

>>150975065
None, because I'm not a degenerate

>>150974898
Human have black souls
In the original Dark Souls size did seem to be a factor since all the larger enemies like the silver knights and Ornstein weren't actually human, but Dark Souls 2 shat all over that.
Also, the silver knights/artorias/ornstein etc aren't really giants, they're some unnamed race related to the gods.

>>150975040
Eagletree said it. Maybe Gwyndolin fed him to the fire.

>>150974898
Vendrick is normal size. Visit his throne room, it's made for a normal size person.
He's a Giant in the game to make his moves easier to see.

>>150975040
Hawkwood says "they made him a Lord of Cinder", and since he was head of the Church of the Deep it can be inferred that it wasn't something he actively sought out.

>>150975040
People take the "and they made him a lord of cinder" line that hawkwood drops to mean that "they" literally overpowered aldrich and forced him to link the fire by essentially dumping his goop on the fire and letting it burn. It's a huge leap.

One of Aldrich's item descriptions, I think it's his soul, states that he saw a vision of the coming age of deep sea after meditating on the fading of the flame, which seems to imply that his motivation for becoming a LoC originally was to prevent the age that would precede fire from coming to pass, or at least delaying it.

>>150975205
Well it's described as almost destroying the city/country until it was defeated, this is a fantasy game, we want to fight end of the world tier monsters and have legends written about our actions.

>>150975065
40/40 roar buff AGS/red tearstone.

>>150975361
they're pretty much deities, part of the godrace.

>>150973254

Isn't that a huge advantage; doesn't that alone make it worth it? I take it that it almost becomes impossible for you to get roll-caught?

>>150974898
Giants are one species. They vary in size from the Pontiff's slaves to Yhorm-sized.

Gods/Lords are another species. They vary in size based on the strength of their soul, but are usually bigger than humans.

Humans are the third species. They normally come in standard human-sizes, except for Vendrick who seemed to have stolen Lord powers.

>>150975658
It says "when he ruminated" actually, which could either mean eat or mediate. Something tells me it's referring to the former.
Also the rest of the description seems to imply he is actively trying to bring about the age of the deep sea
>He knew the path would be arduous, but he had no fear. He would devour the gods himself.

>>150975487
The memory of the king debunks that though

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>>150972567

Actual angels

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>>150975996
He originally wanted to bring about the Age of the Deep Sea. Then he went like "Fug, this is a terrible idea" and wanted to do everything in his power to stop it.

>>150975814
I really don't want it to be more stuff like Artorias or NK and some actual new stuff with no time travel/alternate dimension sheniningans

>>150976350

>Velka & Friends are the God Hand

>>150975814
It's also mentioned it was defeated by a "most noble warrior" or something like that. It just screams player-character to me.

>>150976476
He still ate gwyndolin after waking up and his followers are all pretty fucked up, so i doubt he ever had a change of heart.

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>>150976350
>DLC will very likely be about the angels or at least elaborate on them
>From are going rip off Berserk even more
could be worse I guess

>>150975996
I assume you're an ESL player that had to google the word ruminate so that subtly is lost on you, but it's a pun. To ruminate is to chew something thoroughly, like a cow chewing its cud. It's not the kind of chewing a person dopes before they swallow something, but rather the absent-minded chewing where you continue to gnaw on an already well-chewed morsel because you're lost in though and forgot to swallow. That's why the phrase ruminate is used to refer to someone thinking deeply or exhaustively about some issue, it's the kind of deep thinking that causes you to forget yourself while you think. The word choice was obviously deliberate because the double meaning plays on Aldrich's nature as a gluttonous cannibal, and also as a prophetic saint

Where are the saves located? I need to dupe them just in case.

>>150976563
People will never stop clamouring for a complete, blatant and unabashed rehash of dark souls 1 "lol its time travel" dlc, will they?

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>>150976350

>>150976590
I think he saw the age of the deep as an inevitability, like the age of the dark. So instead of trying to stop it, he tried to get all the power he could to endure it. By stealing Gwyndolin's

>>150976615
at this point, ripping off berserk is all miya is good for.

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3RD FUCKING HOOD FROOM THIS SKINNY FUCK

JUST GIVE ME YOUR SWORDDSDSIFASGB

>>150976590
He wanted to devour the gods so he would be strong enough to face the Deep.

everyday i get 9/10 angry cause these worthless shits can hit me and roll out and my hit never connects when both animations LAND SYMOTANIOUSLY KILL ME GOD FUIOS DUIOPDSHGP"

>>150976925
>got killed by a random unkindled

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>>150976872
I got a total of over 20 duplicates before getting the Evangelist chest piece.
You'll be there for a while buddy.

>>150976713
%appdata%\DarkSoulsIII

>>150976818
>>150976925
But everything still points towards him actively trying to bring the age of the deep by eating the remaining gods.
Even his church is called the church of the deep and he is quite literally referred to as the saint of the deep, there's not a single piece of evidence that he's merely trying to endure it and it's more likely that he and his followers outright worship the deep.

>>150976872
>>150977029
I farmed for DMB thrice, and am only 2 proofs away from 4th
your move

Is the Lucerne any good in DaS3?

>>150976872
enemy name says no

reminder that the square-cube law would prevent humanoids from reaching the size of vendrick, let alone yhorm

there is no material strong enough to serve as bones to support the weight

>>150977159
that's different

>>150977281
I'm sure DaS universe operates by the same laws as we do

>>150976987
Yeah, but that's the player character. And just as well it's possible that canonically it's Anri who kills Aldritch or that he su

>>150977281
Fuck off nerd

>>150977361
Anri and Horace are two big failures. She can lose to a fem Yoel

>tfw completey owned by a Greatsword user
I actually tried and I thought I was at least above average in this game
...

>>150977281
*casts iron flesh on my skeleton*
huh? what's not strong enough?

>>150977281
there is also no material strong enough to serve as bones to support lmao2smelterhammer.

>>150971591
>50 second webm
>.14 MB under the limit
>Doesn't look like complete ass
Jesus fucking christ what is your encoding capture rate? Like 12000? How big are your raw video files?

>>150977281
Every law in the world would prevent humans from shooting lightning javelins from their hands and wielding swords that are over 10X their own weight with one hand. It's fantasy, real life rules don't matter.

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>Saint's Bident weights more than the Astora's Greatsword by 3.5 units
>with 40 faith, 12 str, 18 dex, the AGS does double the amount of AR the Bident does
>both have the same WA and same range

>>150975936
>Giants are one species. They vary in size from the Pontiff's slaves to Yhorm-sized.
What about the really big ones in the cathedral and the profaned capital?

>>150977665
>Le 'UGW' are bad meme
Stop please.

>>150971813
I can't fit 40 end in my caster builds because this is quality souls.

>>150977281
Square-cube law is all about proportions. Look at all the giant-sized characters, they all have disproportionately huge limbs and tiny heads and torsos.

The only real exception is Vendrick, who does just look like an ordinary human scaled up, but he's superhumanly hench and has the power of a bazillion souls.

>>150975891

>>150972567
CHAIN WHIP WITH S SCALING IN STRENGTH
Chalice dungeon equivalents with rare slabs
Powerstanced greatshields
Powerstanced Crossbows

bout it

>>150977986
They are, you can only win by making your enemi rage as you not attack first or waste his time enough to make them commit a mistake.

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>be me, myself
>it is the year 2016
>dark souls 3 DLC is still not announced yet
>Miyazaki says he doesn't want to do a souls game ever again, including a Bloodborne 2, but that he "just started" working on the DS3 DLC 2 months ago
>"""fall""" DLC

I'm thinking of downloading DS3.

What's the level design like compared to previous entries and how are the characters? Because from what I've seen the game is a classic example of bowdlerization.

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WHO /pontiff's/ HERE

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>>150977665
Like, the Greatsword UGS?

Was it this guy?

>>150978226
>second DLC probably won't be here until 2018 at this rate

>>150978272
>caestus
>straight sword
>css
lmao

>>150978391
it's an estoc

>>150976350
>literally traced escher and hellraiser with some Tatsunoko fag thrown in for good measure

BRAVO MIURA

>tfw trying to kill that crystal lizard in brightstone cove

You know which one

>>150978194
>noclip chainsnake
>in the hands of the player, constantly hitting and rebounding off of walls, rendering it useless.

it would probably be downscaled in size, like the huuuuge battle axes that the big snakes use. Our chain axe would be piddly, and probably greathammer speed.

>>150978242
I'm not familiar with the term.
Most characters are kind boring copypastes or just too similar to the ones from the other 4 games.
Levels are of average quality, but if you want any of DaS's interconnectivity, then you'll be disappointed.

>>150978420
christ how do you even lose health with that setup

>you can only carry 5 loyd's talisman

but why

>>150978221
Waiting for mistakes is what you always do

>>150978376
Nah, he was wearing black armor. Name was something with S

>>150978719
Except I can punish far more mistakes with CCS than with an ultra weapon.

>>150978662
It's basically when the series gets stale or at least the creator perceives it that way so he tends to go for cheap thrills be it writing or art design. First two Souls games were basically low fantasy while most of the DS3 and DS2 bosses look like something from Warcraft.

>>150978851
Tell that to Guts.

>>150978376

>>150972567
>can warp to them from the start of the game
>they both connect to current areas
If they do this right replayability will shoot up. I'm thinking that they should connect to the late game coals to open up more builds early on.

>>150978851
Using CCS in itself is a mistake because you can hardly get more predictable

>>150978958
nevermind, that's not bowdlerization. I think there's another term but fuck it.

>>150978676
GFSpear has like 2.5 times the size of an estoc. I know I won't be able to beat him by spacing alone so I have to condition him into thinking that spamming R1 while I'm rolling at him is a good idea. Sometimes I got hit, I can afford that. At the last time, I actually went for a parry because I knew how much he delayed his attacks and got it by that.

>>150978272
>countering garg spear

wHAT
that IS literally IMPOsible.
Garb sper is beTS wepn in GAem
u r chEAtymans

>>150977925
Are they bigger than Yhorm and Giant Lord? I can't remember off-hand because the Cathedral one never stood up for me and I attacked the Dungeon one from the area with the invisible Jailers. If they are bigger, they'd be the new upper limit.

>>150977043
Thanks.

>>150978272
>garg spear and lothric poke sword

cancer vs cancer

>>150979073
like that fucking matters when it comes out fast as fuck and hits farther than a ugs

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>get memed on by gankers
>as they give me the down point someone called Run Gankers Run invades
>check his steam profile
>it's clearly a CE account made to fuck with gankers
God speed you magnificent motherfucker

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Anything in particular I should change with this low level cathedral cosplay invasion build?
It's for farron keep, cathedral of the deep and catacombs, so I'll probably use +4 or +5 upgrade.

>>150979530
I think thats about as good as its going to get anon
good luck, have fun

>>150979471
>>150979160
>>150979151
Wait since when was the Garg Spear considered as a meta weapon. When I used it it was just for the WA and R2 explosion. I've never seen people use it.

>>150979474
It does matter though, unless your connection is so shit that nobody can react to your attacks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6SXMWYCf5I

so...this....is...the..power...of....the..A-Team..meta......urgh..

>>150979687
nope. the weapon is too good. the player has to mess up otherwise the pressure and speed is too much

>>150979663
It's just a long spear that retards are losing their shit over because they have no experience with anything longer than 3 inches.

Before Dancer you can have

>A +7 normal titanite weapon
>A +10 twinkling titanite weapon
>A +3 titanite scale weapon

why jesus

>>150979658
I wish I could get more points in endurance as it's using an UGS, but I really can't because I need vitality to wear the heavy armour.
Can't really be helped at this level.

>>150979936
Wonder when Reapers will be considered OP.

>>150979896

All of this was hilariously bad organized

>>150980000
I could give you the +1 versions of Favor and Havel if you want

They should buff Havel's Ring to something like

20%
25%
30%

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>>150980161
when they buff Daggers :^)

>>150977281
Reminder that magic>physics, O great and powerful mental midget

>>150980187
Nah that's alright, this is a build that I'll probably fuck around for a little bit then get bored of it.
Thanks for the offer though.

>>150979971
because you use ce, fag

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>>150979971
>+7 pyromancy flame 25/25 black fire orb
>NG dancer
Easiest boss fight of my life.

>>150979896
Are you done spamming that four hours long shit in every thread?
Nobody's going to watch it.

>>150979971
You could roll up with a +12 or higher weapon to O&S if you killed ingward for his key

>>150980370
I sometimes just use dark hand and punch her to death
or a bandit knife buffed with rouge
gg ez

>>150979936
>they have no experience with anything longer than 3 inches.
Do hoh hoh hoh.

>>150980232
When will they buff broken swords?

>>150980432
You could easily have a maxed weapon in DaS1 at any point killing ONLY the stray demon.

Normal titanites from Andre
Largue from leeches
Chunks from Darkrwraiths
And the slab from the demon.

>>150980582 Oh I forgot you had to kill Capra for the ember.

Then 2 bosses. 2 bosses for a maxed weapon. If a +14 was enough, then just Capra.

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HAHA YES

The run up to the Darklurker is making me want to kill myself
This doesnt even make sense as a quest, who thought this was okay to put this into the game.

>>150980910
What a really silly hat.

>mfw I got the symbole of avarice by waking a mimic up with an undead charm
>fuck logic

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>>150980910
Congrats, anon

>>150979517
He killed me and I was solo. He's just a script kid

>>150981094
>rejoice is originally a des gesture

man it sucks being that its the only dark souls i hvent played yet

>>150981201
Hi ganker.

>finally reinstalled Dark Souls 3
>upgraded my spear from +2 to +6
>kills pretty much everything in Irithryll
>except for that one faggot at the bottom of the hidden stairs before the third bonfire

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who here is nigger knight

>>150980910
I never understood why there needs to be so much grinding in these games that you'd actually need a silly farming hat.

>mfw just noticed Dark Souls added a snapshot option to the bows
Well, this will make my life easier.

>>150979663
Since forever really. It has a ton of damage and the longest range in the game. I've been telling /dsg/ it was the new demon spear since release. It's still a spear though, so against a good player it will not be very effective, specially if you develop patterns while playing.

>>150981927
To be fair, nothing is really effective against a good player.

>>150980710
This is why DkS1 is so good. 3 is disgusting with how obvious the titanite placement is.

ARE YOU ALL READY FOR THE LOST IZALITH DLC???

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What is your preferred invasion level at?
Pre catacombs? (10-30)
Or post catacombs? (40-60)

>prepare the dancer room carefully, leave everything already on fire
>destroy all chairs
>it's time
>die for her grab right at the start

that hitbox I swear to god

>breaking someone's guard in DaS3 by attacking leaves him open to a counter attack
>kicking while his shield is up does nothing

So they patched Dark Souls 3? Did they fixed the small arrow limit?

>>150977821
1.25 GBs for a 5 minute file. I'm just using Shadowplay recordings at 1280x720

>>150971591
And people claim that one of Dark Souls 2's flaw is being able to stab the guy as he enters the fog wall...

>>150982572
It does heavier stamina damage than a regular attack, which can lead to their guard being broken.
It's just not an instant break like it was in 2.

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Alright /dsg/, tell me what's wrong with this pyro invasion-build.

I did the best I could.

>>150983164
I miss that to be honest. Another good thing from DaS2 that could've been brought into the turd. I mean the third.

The ng+ red phantom in front of the drangleic castle gate made me so angry once that I accidentally broke my keyboard in half

>>150983524
>invasion build
Found your problem right there

>>150971591
>>150983110
Not being able to stab them out of fog walls is a good thing. If they can make it there they deserve the free out. You just got out played.

>>150965489
Also aldias keep

>>150982027
It's mostly because a spear can only zone in one direction. If you couple it with a very good horizontal weapon then it's hell.

>>150983524
a little bit too high level.
Near end game people are around level 60-70 ish, if you make your character level 50 to 60 it's easier for you to invade upwards for most people in the end game areas.

What are some good gank spanking weapons?

>>150983807
caestus + hornet + raw mail breaker.
Needs almost no stat investment, you can pull it out of your ass and almost one shot people. getting a repost on someone at half health is almost a guaranteed kill every time.

>only one steampunk boss in the entire franchise

Why?

>>150983795

Really? I can invade down to SL71, do you really think that's too high for Lothric Castle/Grand Archives/Archdragon Peak?

On my first playthrough I was about SL70-80 endgame if I remember correctly.

>>150983613

>Duel fagboys

>>150983680

Damn... I guess I should just accept my losses...

Hey, what can I do next time that happens to avoid it? Running away's a pretty strong play, but from what you've said it sounds like there's a way to counter it, right?

>>150984305
When he got to that last area and went right and up the hill, I would I have gone left, and sprinted directly to the fog gate. It is a shorter path so you could have likely cut him off, especially if the other phantoms caught on and helped.

You also have to realize that sometimes they are just going to get away, period.

>>150984246
It risks you invading even more overleveled people too, and if you're do it a low level you get a broader invasion range so you get a higher chance to invade in all the areas.
At level 50 you can invade all the way up to 75, so everything from irithyll all the way to Kiln is possible.
It gives you more invasion areas options, but it's up to you of course what level you want to do it at.

>>150983807
Glaives and Halberds
>relatively fast
>long reach
>high damage
>hyperarmor
>unparriable sweep spin
>low stamina consumption
>can be used both passively and aggressively
>running attack is god tier for chasing runners and roll spammers