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First for being first

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>>155690789

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xth for best girl

xth for the darkmoon bow is kinda shit.

>>155690657

https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/85310

To the anon that wanted a STR/FAI build, here's a template to work with. Adjust levels accordingly to what you want along with armor and ring layout.

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I want to create a pure strength build centered on the Cathedral Knight Greatsword because it's the best looking ultra weapon in the game. What faster STR weapon do you think can complement it? I would have gone for a mace but they suck. This is for PvP by the way, SL 120-125. I usually pack a straight sword but this time I'm unsure.

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AY YO HOL UP

I thought watchdoggos had friendly fire? I'm not doing damage to my allies.

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>>155691137
Ty homie

>>155691226
It never did, you big dummy.

>>155691210
Champ halberd

>>155691226
Watchdogs and Aldrichs don't do friendly fire to each other.

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>>155690908
I made uh, a thing.

>>155691313
>>155691340
Huh
What's the point of pevvebros invading as reds then? Faster matchmaking?

>>155691346
>didn't clean the edges
>missed a patch of background
Is this what it means to be triggered?

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>He unironically levels Dex

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>>155691425
Fixing atm senpai. I made it in a quick moment's notice.

>>155691210
Son, you'd best be also building reasonably towards quality, because CKGS is actually a pretty terrible weapon. I know from personal experience of having mained it through my first PVE run.

If you don't care about being a faggot, Dark Sword has reasonably good Str scaling, and can be obtained before facing Abyss Watchers.

>>155691137
If I want to go fashion souls, which of the stats should I gut for some vit?

>Drang Twinspear's WA isnt a stance that combines them into Twinblades at the handle
Shitd be so cash

>>155691210
Manserp hatchet

>>155691630
>https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/85310
probably the faith. If you just want to meet casting requirements, you can cast anything with 45 faith.

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>>155690789
>when you finally get summoned as a blue and the host instantly dies

>>155691503
>because CKGS is actually a pretty terrible weapon

Is that so? Terrible news. I assume it does low damage?

>>155691630
go sl125 and change starting class to knight. this will get you 16 vit.

Using a red eye orb, if you die you lose souls right? Asking for DaS and DS3. By the time I got into Souls the online was dead so I don't know much about it. In DS3 everyone just summons though.

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>>155690908
fuck i was going to post this

>>155691919
in DaS you drop a bloodstain where you casted Red Eye Orb

In DaS3 you drop a bloodstain where you died in the host's world

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>>155691425
test

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>>155692014
...

>>155691820

It has 568 AR when 2handed at 66 STR with Heavy which is far below any of the top-tier STR weapons. In comparison it gets 556 AR when 2handing at just Refined 27 STR/40 DEX and and 587 at 40/40 Refined.

>>155692014
If someone is using Tomorrow they'll be able to see the edges still. You'd have to either have to manually delete every light pixel or just say fuck it, feather the edges, and deal with it looking transparent around.

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>>155692093
>>155692158
I give up. Will continue some other day.

So is Ornstein a boy or a girl?

>>155692093
>tfw transparent previews still don't work with tomorrow

>>155692227
A guy i think
Is yuria a boy or girl?

Yuria of Londor or Karla?

So Aldrich is the whole pool/puddle on the ground of his room, right?

>>155692408
No, he's just the slug guy.

>>155691472
>mom pls take picture of me for memebook
>ok son, but please don't forget your starbucks interview at 2pm!

>>155690789
>hey guys lets make a set for the firekeeper
>alright all done
BUT SIR THERE'S NO HELMET
>how will the character see with the mask on?
SO BRILLAIN MIYAZAKI SAN

>>155692407
Karla, dark girls are top tier desu.

which game (including DeS and BB) has the best NPC voice acting?

>>155691820
Its scaling means it gets left behind by most other ultra greatswords, especially those that benefit from quality builds, and its base damage is low compared to most of its peers; anything that it does outmatch weighs roughly half of it. Even if you don't go full quality and infuse it Heavy, it'll eventually get to a point where you'll get more damage out of it as stock or through Refined infusion.

Its main gimmick is that it deals strike damage with an ultra's moveset. How much mileage you get out of that depends on the fashion that your enemy is wearing.

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>>155692407
>wanting a gold digger over loyal waifu

For Vicar, should I 140 or 170?

>>155692653
>choosing Orbeck over Yuria
absolutely disgusting.jpg

>>155692637
Micolash, prove me wrong

>>155692750
>AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHohhh
>NOW I'M WAKING UP! I'LL FORGET... E V E R Y T H I N G...

>>155692642
>Its main gimmick is that it deals strike damage with an ultra's moveset.

This meme doesn't really matter anyway since strike defense is usually equivalent to other damage types for most players, the only type that matters is Thrust due to Leo Ring counters and the Cathedral Knight can't even benefit from that as you said. FUGS purely outdamages it on a pure STR build and other UGS are better in practice due to their thrusting attacks.

>>155692118
>>155692642

I see. Thanks Anons. I don't have experience on pure strength builds, and for some reason I thought this weapon would do well with one. It's a shame, I like its looks a lot and the strike damage. I guess I will upgrade one on my quality build and use it there.

I guess I'd have to go for something like Yhorm's for a pure STR build.

>>155692849
And no NPC managed to top that.

>>155692653
>>155692748
You don't have to. Buy all of Orbeck's sorceries and he wilol die on his own. You can get his ashes in the archives.

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Reminder everyone you know will die eventually.

>>155692502
Hmm, I thought he'd be bigger of he eats all these gods. Also, that would explain how he's able to sink into the slop and reappear at different corners of the room.

>>155692637
Laurentius of the great feel

>>155692994
No, that's a spell

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why do I get told ds2 has better netcode? I never deal with stuff like this in 3. People will have their animations not play, but they'll at least show up in the right spot.

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>>155692928
Byrgenwerth...
Byrgenwerth...

Blasphemous murderers! Blood-crazed... fiends! Atonement for the wretches, by the wrath of Mother Kos!

[choking fish noises]

Mercy, for the poor, wizened child... Mercy, oh, please!

Atonement for the wretches... Lay the Curse of Blood upon them, and their children, and their children's children, for ever more. Each, wretched, birth, will plunge each, w r e t c h e d child, into a LIFETIME of... misery...

[choking fish noises]

Mercy, for the poor, wizened child! Let the pungence of Kos... cling... like a mother's devotion...

[choking fish noises

>>155693179
Because of silky smooth 60FPS

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>>155692748
Orbeck is your sorcery colleague and sworn friend as you help gather scrolls to study together along your journey. Karla will aid you even disregarding her discomfort for dark sorceries and stand by your decisions even if it means everyone is against them.

Meanwhile, Yuria will continue to question your fealty until you murder your friends to prove it. She's also suggesting you go along with necrophiliac marriage and guiding you to a path that puts herself and her people in power. She's a two-faced cunt who must be purged.

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>tfw yukas was on PS4 bullying bloodshades

>he summoned my vicar

>I didn't drop spaghetti, and we killed every single fucker that came our way until he had to stop streaming

topkek, no one expects 800AR smoughs hammer

>>155693252
I don't really think any of the issues games like 1 had were due to low framerate though (aside fomr the fact that simply not being at 60 fps is an issue in it's own right, at least nowadays)

>>155693212
I'm inclined to bury my trauma of that place after getting eaten by the trollsharks countless times

>>155693292
Orbeck is not my friend, he is an ungrateful cunt who won't stop talking down to me.

Yuria's path places her and her people in total submission to my rule.

>>155693296
gib script

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>>155693404

>>155692637
Patches' voice actor did a god tier job. Prove me wrong

>>155693398
splish...
splash...
splish...
splash...

Have you heard how curiously the Sea churns? Like a storm, but like... the rain, only gentle... like dripping water...

It bellows, from deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep inside of me...

Here it comes! Up through my insides! But gently... like little droplets...

>>155693296
>no one expects 800AR smoughs hammer
No one expects to get hit by it, you mean
That's flashy as fuck tho

I'm too autistic to wing a second playthrough without guidance.
Is there really no 100% completion checklist that includes the finicky gesture requirements?

>>155693513
>crow person
>male
DELETE
THIS

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>>155693513

>>155693519
did anyone ITT actually get fooled by Patches on their first unspoiled playthrough of DaS3?

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>>155693296
Link?

>>155693719
>DS3
He did a good job of impersonating onion if i'm honest but i killed the giant with a bow before that so i got him mad, in Demon souls i feel for his trick

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>>155693659

I've started playing yesterday. I'm at the fog gate for Vordt. I can be summoned by others but I can't summon anyone else, I keep getting summoning error. Is there something I need to set up for things to work properly?

>>155693802
do you have any Quelana?

>look away for a second and I'm dead

Sorry Ehrindale, that was stupid of me.

>want to wear cool gear when I PvP
>always has shit armor values
I just can't handle the inefficiency

>>155693802
Who is that?

>>155692928
>And no NPC managed to top that.
you fuckin wut m9?

>LOOK MASTER, I'VE DONE IT! I'VE DONE IT! I'VE POUNDED, AND GROUNDED, AND SMASHED THIS ROTTEN SIREN INTO A FLESHY, PINK PULP!

>THERE, YOU FILTHY MONSTROSITY! WHAT GOOD'S YOUR IMMORTALITY NOW?? TRY STIRRING UP TROUBLE IN THIS SORRY STATE! WITH EVERY INSIDE ON THE OUTSIDE, FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE!

>HAHAHAHAHA
>AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAH
>*roars*

>>155693719
it didn't occur to me it was patches, but there was obviously no reason for them to put a duplicate seigward in the game.

>>155693746
I got you, 3 hours in

/yukaslegion2/v/91229050
on twitch

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>>155693850

Yes, but I don't have anything that's exceptionally good.

>>155693904

An unnamed pyromancer.

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>>155693637

>>155690789
Can anyone draw my waifu?

Name a better boss than Ludwig

>>155694489
Champion Gundyr

>>155694489
Champion gundyr

>>155694489
Maria and Gehrman

>>155694212
>02:59:24
Do PS4 users show their char name or their psn?

hey, just looking for some help trying to run DS 1 PTDE on my windows laptop.
When it was working before, half the time it was fine but half the time once it started and i clicked on it it would crash and my screen would become black outlined in white, i could still use it but everything just looked like that but i could see the dock fine.
But now it won't even open, when i try to run it my steam icon turns green for a second, waits, then turns back blue and it doesnt start up even for a second.
Has this happened to anyone else, and can someone help me?

>>155694212
>Yukas doesn't even recodnize smough's hammer

>>155694575
is there any yuri between Maria and the good Huntress?

>>155694585
Depends on what you set on [Okayer Name Display]

what non-meta weapons have never let you down in pvp, in each game?
des-istarelle
das-greataxe
ds2-silverblack spear
ds3-drang hammers
bb-boomhammer

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>>155694212

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>Priscilla covenant could have been a thing
>this would have been the animation for the offering window

the Old Hunter's Bone that you find in Yharnam is Maria's bone, right?

And cathedral is dead
Better go continue to irithyll

>>155695079
i assume so, but it does refer to a 'he' iirc

>>155694619
please help, I really don't know what to do

>>155694980
>we will never experience this with the first person mod

>>155695203
it says "they" in Japan

A bloodshade was in the goddamn 2dog room, what the hell?

>>155694707
I remember one where she kept killing and torturing femhunter. Can't find it

>>155694770
>das
Claymore
>ds2
Claym0ar
>ds3
Arbalest

>>155694212
>bloodshades are a reflection of peeve someone who just talks shit
I love twitch chat now

>>155694770
DeS- Bastard sword/Kilij
DaS- Demon Great Machete/Obsidian GS
Ds2-Partizan/Murakumo
Ds3-Murakumo/Zwei
BB- Saw Cleaver/Amygdalan arm

Sorry, I found it hard to even narrow it down to 2

>>155694770
DS1: Large Club
DS2: Dragonrider Halberd
DS3: Tailbone Spear

>>155694619
>>155695221
You're using dsfix, right? Mess around with the settings in the ini.

>>155695350
i tried disabling it by renaming dinput8 but it still didnt work

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from now on if you wanna wake me up you have to yell HEY

>>155695265
Water reserve can be accessed if the host has the wall illusion dispelled
good for pvp cause it's big and gives lightning a buff

>>155695203
Yes it's her bone
Use it to bully her

>>155694770
Gundyr's halberd is my favorite weapon.

>>155695402
>gives lightning a buff
Does the water really do that?

>>155695402
A shade ran there from us.
Felt no shame using knight's crossbow

how many times did it take for you to kill the Orphan of Kos for the first time?

>>155695427
>OHB being useful in pve
>ever

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>>155691210
anon...
the CKGS does better 40/40 than 66STR 2h

>>155695402
>gives lightning a buff
That includes hitting them when they're stepping on it with any lightning damage attack? I know lightning hits to the water causes AoE but damage buff?

>>155694545
>>155694568
I kinda wish he hit harder and didnt have the massive, glaring weaknesses of wearing metal armor. He just gets shit on by certain weapons or builds.

>>155694489
>name a better boss than Ludwig
Literally impossible however, runner ups would be
Artorias
O&S
Manus
Burnt Ivory King
Alonne
Fume Knight
Champion Gundyr
Nameless
SoC
Maria
in my opinion

>there are people that will defend limited left-handed movesets

why

>>155695517
If you're wet lightning hurts more and fire hurts less

>>155695726
Same people who defend the zero weapon variety and infinite summons with "git gud I do x all the time with y you just have to z"

>>155695335
>DeS- Bastard sword
Was it for the sheath?
>>155695384
Tried rebooting? Tried reinstalling? Tried deleting (back it up first) your savedata in mydocuments\nbgi\darksouls?

>>155694707
>>155695268
Found it

http://archiveofourown.org/series/454792

>>155695726
>there are still people who defend offhand rapiers etc

>>155695773
>there are still people who think the balance limitations that come up when you incorporate dual wielding don't ultimately just limit the number of viable weapons more

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>>155695749
>the only other place with water are crab swamp

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>guy is sleeping
>party does everything they can think of to wake him up except yelling in his face
come on guys

>>155695831
Heck yes

>>155695726
>you can re-summon a killed phantom with the invader still present
you shouldn't even be able to re-fill a dead phantom's slot until the invader is gone

>>155695951
No
>cathedral giant poop and water area
>untended graves pools
>farron keep
>irithyll sewers
>capital poison swamp

Be creative

>>155695903
thanks bud

Badshades are on Xbox, found one at sl50 or so. They are even worse than you people say

>>155696027
You can do that in the other games though.
I swear, it seems you never faced a gank before 3.

>>155694212
just finished watching

they're shit on ps4 too and a ton of parry kings

is it even possible to kill Wolnir without cutting his bracelets? As in, could you theoretically smack him for 40 minutes and eventually fully deplete his HP "manually?"

Apparently the last fight broke something, I'mma suicide and reset.

I've still got another hour of hosting in me, I think.

>>155696278
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvKRtKxKYJ8

>>155696176
Oh sweet, I just made an SL 56 character. Where are they invading? Catacombs? Might put a white sign down there tomorrow.

Sorry to end on that note Ehrindale, but it's late for me and I'm pretty tired. That was a good run though. Good luck.

>>155696278
Yes

If you do, you'll find mew under the Tricked ya :^)

>>155696214
>You can do that in the other games though.
it's like you think that's a good defense

>>155696278
Ya, he takes decent damage on his hands. I had to kill him once by smacking his hands after breaking 2 bracelets because all he did was attack with that hand and I could never hit the bracelet.

Greathammers really need a speed boost, not to make it easier to hit per se, but because people can literally attack/parry attempt and roll away without being hit because roll recovery is fucking instant

They kept greathammers the same speed as they were in DaS1, but buffed every other gameplay and moveset facet

I'm wondering if a single employee at Fromsoft uses greathammers, and if they do, how do they constantly lose in pvp and not make a formal complaint about it to the balance team?

>>155696361
It was a good run, thanks for coming along.

I'm, still hosting here if any other Vicar wants to lay down a sign. We need 1 more at the moment.

>>155696389
It's like it wasn't a problem and 3 has bigger issues than it that hurt PvP

>>155696351
that's actually really cool

>>155696574
>they increase greathammer perseverance
>people can still attack into yo, realize you've used perseverance, AND roll away, before your attack lands

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>>155694707
There was a Soulsborne thread on /u/, not sure if it's still up or not but you can find it in the archive if not. Though it was generally agreed that the Hunter is for the Doll.

Maria has Adeline anyways.

>>155696574

Hammers are even worse, almost as slow while having less reach, range, less AR by far and no HA. Hammers are consistently the worst class in each of these games yet they still include them while making them useless, the only time they were even good in this series was for early DaS2 PvE.

>>155696718
I saw that thread but it degenerated (?) into about 100+ posts of loreposting and everyone forgot to keep posting lewd, so I lost interest in it

>>155696574
I'd take a change in moveset.
Even DaS1 has a bit of variety on GH rolling R1s

>>155696663
Perseverance and shields need more bumping power. The fact two handing prevents them from reflecting anything, making them far less useful than even sone enemie's shields really hurts.
Besides daggers, I guess, which could get a fast recovery, everything smaller than a GS should bump against them

>>155696574
Pfft, try using a poor mace some time.
Swings as slow as a greatsword, half the reach, less damage, no pokes at all in any moveset, rolling attacks are slow, weapon art wasted on hyper armor that it should just naturally have because of it's lack of everything else

You could give the small club class of weapons instant full hyper armor on all attacks from the very beginning, and they would only become "good" not even OP SHIT HYPU TEIR.
You'd think they'd have taken a hint from the network test where everyone avoided the mace guy and used knight ss guy

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>>155696771
Not sure which loreposting-fest you left during, but a drawfag came in later and did some cute stuff, pic related.

I played DeS, DS and BB but skipped DS2. Should I play DS3?

>>155696936
No.
Leave while you only played the good games. Pretend 2 and 3 don't exist
Don't share our curse

>>155692312
Always

>>155692659
Whatever you need to tell yourself.

So if my tired ass is reading the patch notes correctly, release is at 3AM EST? Is there any way to preload on console? Found it in the store but it only redirects to the Season Pass, or does the patch put the content in the game and buying the DLC just unlocks it? Just don't want that time to roll around and still need to be downloading shit.

>>155696352
Take a wild fucking guess.
Oh and also if you see somebody named darthraven9 send me a message.

>>155696936
yeah
DS2 warrants at least one playthrough in my opinion, but it's not really needed for DS3.

>>155696936
you can do a playthrough of ds2 as long as you got it for free

>>155696936
Certainly. It's a good game, though don't go in expecting something of Bloodborne's quality.

>>155696802
Maybe shields needs more classes so they can create a reflection hierarchy. Small shields and parry shields are the lowest class. Medium shields are where the split happens. The smaller of the bunch are regular shields, anything bigger are greatshields. Then, the greatshields we have now become ULTRA greatshields. Any weapon that is a lower tier than the shield it hits will now bounce off. Maybe 2 handing them bumps up their tier by 1. Maces and hammers have advantages against shields though, and can hit 1 tier above them without bouncing off.
Dumb idea?

>>155695459
Idk lost count but surprisingly enough when I did finally beat him
It was a flawless kill
3 parries and 2 backstabs, not a scratch on me
Max ng too
And shut up OHB looks cool

>>155696936
DaS1 > DeS >= BB > DaS3 > > > > > DaS2

I think DaS3 is still worth a play though.

>>155696718
Where's Adeline's big plip plop head

>>155697440
>Luci has shit taste as usual
BB>DaS1>DeS>DaS3=DaS2

>>155697536
She used to be a blood saint. It's not too far-fetched to propose that she and Maria knew each other before the experiments began.

who is the Jetstream Sam of the Souls series?

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>mfw I'm winning a majority of my invasions at pontiffs with a +4 great scythe at sl56 unironically
These people suck shit, I've only lost to three man ganks.

>>155697635
>DaS3=DaS2
I usually don't say this, but kill yourself. It will be better for everyone.

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>>155697742
> luci telling others to kill themselves

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>>155697662

>Tfw I only played DaS2 and DaS3
Should I buy DaS1 for PC? I play with mouse and keyboard btw

>>155697912
Yes, but make sure you download the mouse+keyboard fix and dsfix

>>155697861
That's how you know it's bad.

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>>155697912
>he never fought Artorias

>>155697742
>kill yourself
Literally no arguments, DaS3 cucks cant accept their game is a pile of shit

>>155698008
Is there a dsfix for DaS3 yet? Just something to optimize it better?

exactly how much time did it take for everything in the backstory of Bloodborne to happen?
>discovering the Old Labyrinth
>building a body of research at Byrgenwerth
>the founding of the Hunters, to spelunk the Labyrinth and clean up after the unsavory byproducts of Byrgenwerth's experiments
>Willem's disillusionment with blood experimentation and his insistence on finding cords
>ascendance of Rom
>Laurence and Gehrman summoning the MP and making a pact with it behind Willem's back
>desecrating the Hamlet
>Laurence and Gehrman running away to found the Healing Church in Yharnam
>building the infrastructure and cathedrals/laboratories/etc. of the Church
>the founding of the Powder Kegs and the burning of Old Yharnam
>the execution of Cainhurst Castle and the founding of the Healing Church Hunters
>building the Astral Clocktower and experimenting with seawater
>Maria finding the Hamlet in the Nightmare and the foundation of the Hunter's Nightmare
>finding Ebrietas and the formation of the Choir
>the Church building their new, improved body of research on ascending humans via Ebrietas' blood magic + insight teachings
>the schism between the Choir and the Mensis
>the Mensis making contact with Mergo and pulling themselves into the Nightmare
>the prepping of the Mensis Ritual
I mean, this is a LOT of shit to happen. It had to have been hundreds of years, just building all of the cathedrals, and the body of research that evolved, would take multiple whole generations from birth to death. It can't have been a few decades at most, it just can't, there's too much that happened.

>>155698107
I accept that it is the worst of the Miyazaki games, but it is still worlds better than the rubbish that was DaS2. Even the DaS2 network test was better than DaS2.

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>dark souls fans constantly shitting on dark souls games

i don't understand, why do you guys even continue to play them if they are so terrible?

>>155697864
>using the rifle spear

>>155698264
Relatively everything is terrible.

>>155698264
>why do you guys even continue to play them if they are so terrible?
But I play, I have +800h in DaS2

>messing around with the greatsword in cathedral of the deep
>decide to try invade someone
>they're called Griffith
>cut them in half with the greatsword
Maximum kek

>>155698264
Because DaS2 was a mistake, but the others are pretty good.

>>155698264
>he's never been to a board on 4chan in his entire life

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so let me get this straight

offensive miracles are mediocre until you get booku high investment, which is fine

but the buffs have reduced effectiveness in PvP which is arguably the main draw of a faith build

why? is it not bad enough they can get removed by a fucking duel charm?

>>155699420
weapon buffs were never good in pvp unless you only played against people who were too stupid to wait them out

>>155699420
Self buffs like sacerd oath are trash for some reason

Lightning Blade is okay in terms of not being reduced but everything has obscene lightning resistance

Blessed Weapon is imbalanced leaning overpowered though

Teach me to parry

>>155698458
what's the best armor for cosplaying Griffith in DaS3? Silver Knight?

>>155699717
Blessed Weapon? why?

>>155699760
Its too bright. Your opponent can't see shit.

>>155699760
It scales off your weapons AR instead of spell buff and also benefits from any damage multipliers during attacks, I think, meaning you can do good damage with the buff for very little stat investment.

>>155699760
>almost no faith investment
>can be cast with base ATT
>adds 7.5% physical AR (although the amount does not scale)
>physical
>AR
>thereby making it better than magic/crystal/lightning weapon and darkmoon blade
>health regeneration side gig

>>155699760

Blessed Weapon is technically the best buff depending on the weapon. Ignoring the health regen which actually does scale off your Faith, even at base requirements it gives a 7.5% boost to your weapons pure physical AR. This isn't noticeable on lower AR weapons but on things with higher AR like says FUGS it adds a decent amount of damage and is the best buff in the game in terms of effective damage it adds compared to a resin.

The drawback though is that it is the shortest lasting buff at about 45 seconds.

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What's a good place to put my sign down to murder phantoms as a mound maker?
I'm getting kind of bored of all the Bloodshade and Popes running around Anor Londo

>>155699939
>be summoned
>as a grape

We're not playing the same game

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Is there any weapon that is actually decent with a lightning infusion?

Thanks.

>>155700493
Dragonslayer's Axe

please use seeds if you are hosting vicars!

>>155700493

Corvian Scythe, Thrall Axe, Carthus Curved Sword, usual good weapons with good base AR.

>>155700513

Actually a bad idea since you don't gain much actual Faith scaling while losing the ability to buff it with Gold Pine or Lightning Blade which is where most of the damage will come from.

Post R34 on Ceaseless Discharge

>>155700693
I'll show you my ceaseless discharge!!
*whips out dick*
;)

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>tfw hirame will never make a dark souls 3 doujin

What's the best spot to invade as a red spirit and why is it catacombs of carthus?

>>155700896
>anywhere but cathedral

Feels like stalking your prey there

>>155700740
Epic maymay bro
XDD

>>155700823
It's for the best. They're good at faces, not fluffy tails

>>155700989
thanks yo ;^))!!

>>155700979
What is the best level design in DS3 and why is it Cathedral of the Deep?

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>DLC 2 returns to the Drangleic region
>Dark Souls 3 gets access to pre-nerf Santier's Spear, pre-nerf hexes, pre-nerf Ruler's Sword and pre-nerf Helix Halberd + Syan's Halberd paired weapons

>>155701210
And the game will still be shit

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Good purge tonight, despite the lag and invisible shades.

>tfw playing BB again after DaS3

>Tfw the tutorial area is more deep and complex and labyrinth like than half of DaS3 put together

>First boss is fucking Gascoine

Iudex and all the rest are total faggots compared to based Gascoine.

I think people who say BB is the best are right. I just realised I played in a single sitting from character creation all the way to the woods and I never had to actually warp anywhere, I just walked from place to place like I'm having an actual journey.

>>155701247

maybe you will feel more compelled to play the game since you'll have something in common with it

>>155701254
>le epic ganking

>>155701210

>tfw they nerfed the powerstanced Lion Greataxe/UGS combo right away in 2s lifespan despite it being comparatively worse to actual meta options while still being useful

That and the golfswing nerf will never not make me mad.

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>>155701312
Here's a full list of people who care about what you think:

>>155701275
You went all the way to the woods without leveling up or upgrading your weapon?

>>155701275
BB easily has the best starting area in terms of challenge and depth thany any other souls
Also
>first boss is gasciogne
Technically trie depending on how you go through the area, but most players probably fought cleric beast first

>>155701061
It's the only place that has a decent amount of shortcuts and feels somewhat connected and populated.

>>155701430
Gascan is the first required boss. Cleric beast is 100% optional and leads to a dead end.

>>155701293
Damn bro fukkin burrrned me dawg
And im sure your the Chad of your town bud. Go hollow

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>>155701382

rip one of the only fun mechanics in the entirety of that sea of shit.

>>155701275
Admitting that BB is the best is just part of the journey. Doesn't mean that the Souls games are bad of course.

>>155701275
>only played BB up to blood-starved beast before
Hopefully I can afford a PS4 soon so I can play the rest.

>>155701509
Not talking about required im talking about first boss your most likely to run into
Gascan
Fuck off tripfag

>>155701410
>invading in catacombs
>invaded world of bloodshade x
>oh boy
>run around for 5 seconds trying to find him
>host of embers defeated
I can only assume he fell off a cliff

>>155701589
Oh fuck son your missing out. Best Lovecraft spinoff game ever

>>155701210
I want mundane dagger back!

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>>155701674
Likely. They die by themselves very often.

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>>155701410
>the greatarrow hitting him after he died

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Mound-Makers, Law Breakers, let us fight them all. Why not?

>>155701842
Its hysterical


It reminds me of this scene from old simpsons where homer steps on a nail, it just slides into his foot like nothing and makes a smooth sound

When exactly did the Carthus curved sword become meta? I put down the game around May and just picked it back up recently.
I had it equipped on character I was using because it fit the character and looked baller as fuck. never saw it anywhere else then, but now it's fucking everywhere

>>155702508
within the first month the game was out

>>155702508

It's been meta shortly since launch because people realized how amazing it is quickly. It is the highest AR Curved Sword, with the longest reach after the Storm Curved Sword, has bleed, and has negligibly higher stamina cost to compensate for all these positives. Combined with the 2HR1 and running attacks which are some of the best attacks in the game with its reach and damage makes it a shoe-in for meta status on any level.

>>155691210
I tend to use pussyslayer axe in the offhand when I'm doing an UGS build.

>>155691210
manserpent hatchet or champ halberd

also cathedral gs would be better with 40/40 and blessed weapon

We should make our own covenant that isn't just "anti-reddit". I'm thinking something focused around low-mid level invasions because those are pretty sparse.

>>155694980
I'd prefer a Dancer covenant but I don't know how that'd work.

You get a purging stone from your victim's inventory after killing them for the covenant upgrade system? I dunno.

>>155702671
What infusion should I give the Curved Sword ?

>>155703643
refined, the answer is always refined

>>155703372
Yellowfingers, go with the golden theme

>>155703643

Refined at 27/40 or Hollow if you want to add 30 Luck to that.

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>>155696936
das3 is much better than two and on par with one

>>155703726
Sounds pretty great, yellow gear can identify members. I might come up with some level-ranges and sample gear. If this stupid bloodshade thing can work despite the edginess and general idiocy surely a more well crafted and less edgy covenant can work.

>>155703928
Nice b8 m8

>>155703693
Thank you anon

>>155703971
sorry you have shit taste

>kinda like ds3 but feel it's got so much more potential that the dlc could bring along with the base problems
>now I know the dlc likely won't fix any of those problems and will be 10 dollars worth of content in a 25 dollar package
Is it time to move on?

>>155703969
Nameless set, brass set, xantheous set, dunkstein and slamough sets,

>>155704083
I'd say just make sure you've got a yellow chestplate. Sunset armor works too. I'm going to think about this a bit.

>>155704061
>Dark Souls 3
>shortest game in the series
>bonfires out the ass
>filled to the brim with shitty references
>On-disc cut content that will be sold as DLC
>no dynamic lighting system when even basic indie games have them
>rehashed areas
>rehashed NPCs
>rehashed animations
>fails to innovate
>invasions sucks
>Heavy armor sucks
>armor sets don't even fit properly
>brown and grey
>shit AI
>Armor variety is less than DS2 BASE game, despite copypasting a 3rd of the armors from previous games
>Magic needs 2-3 ring slots just to dish out melee level damage
>Magic itself does reduced damage for PvP
>awful scaling balance
>FP is the most awful casting management system introduced yet (worse than DeS mana, which had better regen options and more efficient)
>FP horribly ineffiecent with damage, ends up causing everyone to use 1 or 2 FP efficient spell like Great Heavy Soul Arrow
>Miracles awful, best and most viable one locked behind the final boss
>bland NG+
>awful covenants
>no blue eye orb
>blue sentinels and darkmoons the exact same
>left hand weapons no longer have full movesets
>dual wield weapons are gimmicks
>Straight Swords and Curved Sword are as fast as daggers
>Great Weapons are slower than previous games, and costs more stamina, while barely doing more damage
>1-2 Weapons ALWAYS the best in class, no redeeming qualitys for special weapons resulting in less weapon variety than BB
>very little moveset variation
>existence of Carthus Rouge
>WA are mostly shit or copypasted powerstance moves
>no tech
>No animation canceling
>No backstep i-frame
>rolls have too much i-frames and cost too little stamina
>bloodborne enemies catered to R1 spam from ss and cs
>hexes gone and dark magic is shit
>shittiest dragon form
>no dragon covenant
>refined/hollow completely dominates
>pyromancy is the quality of casters
>19 bosses, a good chunk being gimmicks
>linear level design, less branching options than DeS, DS2, and even BB

>the DLC actually won't save it

So, what would you guys suggest for a STR/VIT build Vicar?

>>155704276
Write it down and test it, I'm making a fai/str now and should be able to adjust this one into it

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>>155704385
Its all a travesty, if you ask me.

>>155704503
stop samefagging, jesus christ you're pathetic

>>155704412
At SL 170 pure STR isn't worth.

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>>155704523

>>155704614
>>155704523
Your next line is "Nice MSpaint skills"

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>>155701809

As fucking ridiculous as it was, it was fun to begin with before literally everyone started doing it.

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>>155701842

Great Arrows give me PTSD from when Dietrich (I think that was his name?) in FFA Fight Clubs would go full Silver Knight Archer cosplay and just pelt people with great arrows while they were fighting others.

It was amazing.

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>Best Girl
>weapons bearing her name are crap

how can I be a true blue moon

>>155704472
Well we should go for the gay-ass names if possible, just for the ease of identification. I'm thinking that it should actually be an "invade as sunlight warrior" if we really want to go yellow, then the armor sets can be freed up. That or make sure everyone is wearing an untrue dark ring, but that poses different problems. Let me think a bit.

>>155704631
You captured my only move!

dsg discord link where

>>155704740
>you will never lick the dirt off her feet
why live

>>155704815

I mean personally, I'd go for more of a Rogue-like theme of things. Just make everyone look like ragged thieves and fight with daggers, quickstepping all around them. Chasing them down with quickstep.

But on the other hand, I've wanted to use a "Fingers" name for a long time now.

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>>155705032
Why not both?

>>155691210
Heavy broadsword

>>155705261

Well, the Fingers are generally very wide. But this was specifically "Yellowfinger"-like faction, I believe was being discussed? Sort of narrows down the choices.

>>155705032
How about this?
>Yellowfingers invade in all areas from Settlement to Irithyll (not dungeon)
>All Yellowfingers use the obscuring ring and most wear some kind of yellow/gold attire, those that don't invade as gold phantoms
>Yellowfingers are advised to wear the ring of favor as well, since it's gold and it also provides some decent benefit
>Yellowfingers make sure they're on the upper end of the levels found in their areas, and always bring weapons upgraded to the maximum attainable level for their areas to ensure they don't end up invading people who are too underpowered
>If two yellowfingers invade the same person, they don't fight each other and should work together
>Yellowfingers always prioritize blues if possible
>Yellowfingers are advised to use ambush tactics and enemies to beat hosts, don't duel, you're an invader so you should be a dick
Aside from that, just have fun I guess.

finger is censored, just so you guys don't get ahead

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What's the general ruling now again, with starting class?

>Pyromancer if you start mage
>Knight if you start melee
>Warrior if you're going full strength

Or did I get it wrong?

>>155705452
I will kill those fucking jap niggers I swear to christ

>>155705452
>they censored words they used in-game
Seriously, what were they thinking? Even simple words like knight are censored

>>155705489
warrior if you are quality
if you are going mage and you start with anything but sorcerer you are retarded

>>155705429

>tfw if you manage to invade someone with another Finger
>one of the two whips out a bow with poison arrows
>one fights the host/blue/phantoms
>one pelts with arrows all the time

I see this could be fun.

>>155705573
Yeah but this guy >>155705452 is right, yellowfinger is censored. The theme isn't really that important though, but we need a non-censored name.

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Does anyone know how to make your eyes glow red like champion gundyr's

When you guys want to try a new build do you just blow a respec or start a file from scratch?

>>155705489
Warrior for melee
Pyro for pyro

Nothing else is worth it

>>155705558

Pyromancer gets far more bang out of their buck with starting stats than Sorcerer.

>>155699740
Rolling attacks are pretty easy to see coming. Just don't try to parry a normal attack as someone who sees it coming can run around and backstab you.

>>155705452
Is it because it has nig in it?

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>>155704919

>>155705764
No it's because you can finger people sexuallly

>>155705764
No, it's because "finger" is ""sexual"" according to gooks who don't speak english. That's like saying けつ is sexual because it can be used to describe sex acts. They're fucking retarded.

>>155705809
>>155705853
Then why is knight censored?

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So, I make this build with the Lothric Sword buffed with CMW in mind as my vicar build. I am considering switching gears to to the cleric's candlestick and the darkmoon bow solely. I feel like I could integrate my spells better this way and have more hp and non-melee offensive options as well as cooler spell-melee shit.

Should I do this or stick with the quality lothric sword?

R Weapon 1 is Cleric's Candlestick
R Weapon 2 is Darkmoon bow
R Weapon 3 is Refined Lothric Sword

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>>155698118
I don't know how you can optimize THIS

>>155705925
It's not all of knight that's censored, It's just nig. All of finger is censored. Also finger doesn't contain the string "nig".

>>155701382
>insta-gib 4000 damage L1 L1
fuck off

How do I make webms and what should my obs settings be

>>155705573
How about "stalker"? Like, say, "Stalker <playername>"

Then we just change the theme to
>Stalkers always use the obscuring ring
>Stalkers always wear face-covering armor
>Stalkers are encouraged to use cloth armor to stay light

Man why do so many people run away and summon/chug estus during fights now? This shit is so fucking annoying

>>155706525
>now
I was invading since day 3, they always did it. It's especially bad at low levels.

>>155706585
You're right, I guess I'm just thinking of DaS. I'm leveling up a new character for the DLC and everyone I invade is either running around with 3 people, summons or uses their 10 estus. I don't get it.

>>155706714
Use enemies. The invasion matchmaking pretty much ensures you'll only get co-op parties full of scrubs.

>invaded and can't go deeper into Dungeon because of my Greirat
>pop a seed
>wait
>see numbers sometimes
>wait
>darkmoon arrives
>we wait
>invader dies
thanks for reading my livejournal

>>155706079
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/WebM
4chan doesn't support VP9 and you'll have to use the -an option too.

>DS3
>Can be summoned by others for Coop
>can't summon anyone myself
I don't know what's wrong.

I don't know if this is related but I can't seem to drop messages either, the "Finish" button after choosing text is greyed out.

>>155707174
>summoning people
You'll be better of gitting gud.

>>155707213
I just want to have fun.

>>155707560
>cheaters
>when so many of the memeshits are ACTUAL hackers
holy kek

>>155707560
Where can I get into this discord so I can laugh at them?

>>155707560
nice trace loser

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>>155707560
we posting discord now

Holy fuck doing Dancer early breaks PvE.

>Red-eyed Lothric Knights drop Large Shards

>Thralls in the garden drop Chunks, there's 3-4 casually lying around too

Simply by doing a moderately difficult fight early, you can technically get a +9 weapon before Abyss Watchers or Crystal Sage.

10/10, FromSoft, 10/10.

>>155708181
in lothric castle there are like 20 chunks you can get

>>155708181
>moderately difficult
That fight can easily be prohibitively difficult depending on your level. I've done it at 15 and 20 and I can tell you that it sure as shit isn't easy when one bad hitbox can murder you.

at what point in the game is AoA meant to be accessed at? after you've beaten soul?

i know it doesn't matter all that much, but i want to prep a character to plat as close to intended as possible

>>155708272
I posted as I just found out for myself, having beaten Dancer 20 minutes ago at SL25. It's annoying, sure, but when you've gotten the attack pattern down and you know which attacks to simply back off from it's not that bad.

>>155708336
Assuming you mean Artorias of the Abyss, really after you get the Lordvessel. If you solo'd O&S you shouldn't have too much trouble with the DLC.

>>155708181
Is the invincible NPC glitch still a thing?
I was thinking about making a new guy for the dlc.

>>155708387
Well I'm on a "toaster" (not really but this game is optimized like shit) and the combination of 20-25FPS, the grab hitbox, and the dual blade slam/spin makes it hell.

>>155708387
>Assuming you mean Artorias of the Abyss
I almost made that mistake too. He means the DaS3 DLC.

>>155708423
no