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>Character Planner
https://www.mugenmonkey.com/

>DARK SOULS 3
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u8Mak1goSv4g73g16XsWV4sJelDQUatWkP2kcO6GVAA/pub

>DARK SOULS 2
http://pastebin.com/CAx8Yc8v

>DARK SOULS
http://pastebin.com/eNY3su63

>DEMON'S SOULS
http://pastebin.com/RjpF5s7a

>KING'S FIELD
http://pastebin.com/G8zw0sc3

>Community & Fanart
http://pastebin.com/vVWz9pJm

>dead:
>>162107737
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u
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Why is the Profaned Capital so shit? What is the Profaned Flame? Did they quickly write this game in flash an hour before a deadline?
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Literally nth for hoping Souls is dead for good
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>>162159006
>Why is the Profaned Capital so shit?
Time

>What is the Profaned Flame?
is

>Did they quickly write this game in flash an hour before a deadline?
convoluted
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Can someone recommend an efficient way to deal with NG+7 Deacons? I don't mind if it's a little slow, I just want consistency. I have literally every build and spell possible, so anything goes as long as it works.
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Reminder that there are people who unironically had trouble with Gundyr
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>>162159467
>parrying bosses
Gross
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>>162159389
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkYVu4guA6k

Just do this and swing wildly safe in the knowledge that you can't actually die. Bring repair powder.
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Did this guy get any replies from shill"bro"?
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>>162159583
>limit breakers
This guys is great except for the gimmick voice filter. I guess it's better than if he has a shitty voice irl but the voice is seriously annoying.

Still, the guy has great contentm
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>>162159786

Nope, FML...

I mean at least you know he read it, I'm sure he reads everything tweeted to him. He just didn't want to reply to it for obvious reasons.
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>>162160184
He's /ourguy/.
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>>162159467
>that animation
>that hitbox
>all in a completely recycled area fighting a completely recycled boss
And DaS 3 fags bitch about DaS 2.

At least the music was good
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>>162160184
He made a video w/ his real voice and the comment section was filled with people asking for him to go back to the ebin text to speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREjeBF-bQA
I like his stuff though.
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>>162160473
He uses his speaking voice every so often because he probably recognizes that the gimmick is a gimmick and should take a break every now and then.
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>>162160209
Oh well you tried. I'm sure it made him feel like shit regardless.

He goes back from his office into his house, unsure of how many days he has left with his daughter before the judge rules in the mother's favor. In quiet moments when he's alone all of this comes back to him and stings like an old would opening all over again. Maybe your post was just a single turd in the ocean of shit he's drowning in but all of it contributes.
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>tfw watching the bunch of webms from the iron flesh guy near the end of the last thread

Damn... idk famm. Part of me really wants to try that out with my low level invasion character, probably with a movement weapon art weapon like quickstep weapons or millwood battle axe or anything else I'm forgetting, maybe something with charge? I never see that shit used anymore but it looks like fun.

Problem is it's very easy to counter with lightning, I always use a knight's crossbow since it's my favorite xbow in the game and I know if I ever saw that shit I'd just pew pew the guy for a million damage.
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In an alternate universe where dark souls is not a hit, what do you think we get from From next? Let's say it only does as well as DeS and there won't be DaS 2 or 3.
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>>162160561
I like his actual voice more desu.
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>>162160590
Serious question: do you have schizophrenia?
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does additional bonus physical damage scale with weapon rating in DaS2?
I wanna try giant warrior club + ring of blades + sacred oath 60 str physical dmg build
should I infuse my weapon? Will it even deal dmg on par with other builds?
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>>162160228
>our guy

(laughing my arse off)

there's only one guy deserving of being called our guy

and that's none other than . . .

the CHAMPION OF CARTHUS

THE PROPHET OF PASSIVE PLAY

THE DON OF "DO NOTHING" DEFENSE

THE MAESTRO OF MOVEMENT

THE SCINTILLATING SUPERSTAR OF SPACING

REDDIT'S BANE

THE ONE

THE ONLY

THE IMMORTAL

SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTT

METAMAAAAAAAASSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER

JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUnd

t. scott
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>>162160473
Holy shit his normal voice is actually good. And I only went to the vid to sample his voice and ended up watching the entire thing. He's good.
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>my 27" ezio screen got stolen by a scummy delivery man

fuck my eternal life senpai
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>>162160184
no, his voice is actually amazing. he only does it for the memes.
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>>162160815
I'm not enb's sister so no, I'm not mentally ill.

>>162161062
My opinion of Scott Jund changed during the ribbit fiasco. For what it's worth he's at least very capable of causing drama in the Reddit Darksouls community. The only downside to jund is how people will accuse you of being a jundist whenever he makes a video out of a hipster weapon I'm usingvat a particular time.
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>>162160831
plz respond
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>>162160184
I like it more than listening to some dudes voice trying to sound relaxed and funny
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>>162161321
How would that even work? The company knows he was to deliver it, if he didn't then only he could have stolen it and will get busted.
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>>162161624
The company in question is allowed to leave it on my doorstep, and the log shows that he delivered it even though I was outside working on my car that whole day. I'm 100% sure no delivery car arrived at my house or my neighbours. His word against mine. TLDR I'm fucked.
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>>162161569

Hasn't he used pretty much every weapon possible at this point? I mean fuck he even made a video with the heysel pick and ritual spear. No one is safe.

No one except my LK Long Spear which just barely got passed over for the Greatlance, thank god.
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>>162161624
It was probably some dumb nigger who can't plan further than his dick and took it to the pawn shop to pay off his drug debts.
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>>162161716
Regardless you should call the cops and tell the company you're done giving them business so if the employee does anything like this again they know it's him.
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>>162161716
lmao america ladies and gentlemen
in any european country you would be reimbursed and cops would look into it
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>>162162032
Already done
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>>162161569
>I'm not enb's sister so no, I'm not mentally ill.
that would implying that being enb's sister is a necessary (not just sufficient) condition for being mentally ill
>e's at least very capable of causing drama in the Reddit Darksouls community
i didn't exactly read every post, but from discussion i got the feeling he didn't do anything against reddit. he just discussed an aspect of the game and some mod threw a tantrum
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Where do halberds (not glaives) rate on the cancer scale?
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>>162161569
I like the fiasco from the shield glitch instead. Every tryhard came out to complain about him since he made it go public
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>>162162238
Same as glaives.
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>>162162238
Same rank as spears
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r8 my low level invasion build
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>>162162238
After the recent patches, relatively low since their hyperarmor is reasonable now.
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Why is raw so bad?
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how do i high str build in das 2
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>>162162704
meant for sl1 runs
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>>162162468
Pretty good, although personally I'd take Leocerne over Halberd.
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>>162161716

>Allowing something this expensive to be delivered to your doorstep in case you aren't there, where anyone, not just deliveryman can just steal it
>Not setting a fixed date when you want it delivered
You fucked up on all levels
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>>162162798

muh HA charge and insane tracking doe
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>>162162809
I know man, I know

I did set a fixed date but no one showed up. I should have just had it delivered to my local post office. But my fucking car is broken so I took a risk. But enough of this blogging, I'm sorry.
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>>162162736
And even then it's just barely outdamages normal, sharp, refined or even fucking hollow depending on the weapon. So little AR difference it might as well not exist.

I just wish vigor/vitalitygouge build in 40-60 level range was possible.
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>nioh threads are infested by dasturds complaining about das2 being clunky and full of ganks
fucking hell
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Is DS3 vitality a waste of levels to invest in?
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>>162163057
>And even then it's just barely outdamages normal, sharp, refined or even fucking hollow
bullshit
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>>162159467
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcI0QpCfbwY
Finally i have an excuse to post this
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>>162160667
Japs fucking love AC so
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>>162163091
Well, Nioh is a game that actively encourages you to avoid fighting more than 1 person at a time because of the retarded "lose stamina when hit" mechanic.
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>>162163274
>open video
>3 hours long
Oh man this is gonna be good
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>>162163251
Let's have an example; SL1, two-handing Reinforced Club
Normal: 260
Heavy: 285
Sharp: 255
Refined: 251
Raw: 275
Hollow: 252

Amazing! I mean I'll take that extra 20, but I'm not blown away.
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>>162159467
YOU GOT STABBED IN YO CHEST
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>>162163274
Wow, I had forgotten all about DSP and his blundering through souls games.

It must be some of the most profitable shit he can do
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>>162160667
>what do you think we get from From next?
nothing, they would have disbanded. assuming you include demon's, souls literally saved from's ass.
>>162163315
bamco would have seen to that not happening ever
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>>162162468
>20 vit after chain

Looks pretty ok other than the vitality investment.
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>>162162468
Where are you planing to invade ?
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>>162162468
have a FaP ring ready for inf stamina toggling
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>>162163515
why would you use reinforced club at SL1 is the better question
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what are the pvp soul memory and ranges for dark souls 2? I'm at 1m souls on the iron keep bridge and I'm not seeing summon signs
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>>162163515
who said every weapon has to be good raw?
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>>162163931
People seem to be scattered all over the place these days but honestly seemed like when I played a month or so ago a lot of people had just said "fuck it" and let themselves hit 3.5 mil + SM
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>>162162704
>RAW ASS
>bad

>>162163131
Depends. If you know what you're doing in regards to poise, it can be useful in combination with heavy armor and you absolutely need some vit if you want to fit any of the heavier weapons into your build.
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>>162163931
Also, I'm on PC SOTFS
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>>162163515

You have to use weapons that are specifically good while raw, although in general most weapons benefit from being raw if you don't have the stats to benefit from scaling.

SL1 aside, weapons like mail breaker, astora SS, and DS axe are all insane while raw.
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>burn 25 ascetics trying to get Black Witch mask or veil in Belfry Sol
>still nothing, even at maximum item discovery

FUCKING HELL WHO GREENLIT THIS SHIT? HURR LET'S MAKE IT A 1% DROP OFF A NON-RESPAWNING PHANTOM
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Where the fuck are the webms?
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>>162164135
yes gaijin piggu, pray game more. this mean you rike game
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0-1 des
2-3 fap
4-5 das
6-7 fap ( reverse grip)
8-9 draw someone's character
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>>162164351
Sucks for you lad
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>>162164304
Right here
Follower Torch is the strongest!
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>>162164304
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>>162164351
good for you lad
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>>162164501
>That visible fear at 15 seconds in
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>>162164459
Demon's Souls is a good game though.
Would be great if it had more online activity but ehh. The single player is good enough.
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>>162164351
mediocre for you lad
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>>162164501
>fat rolling iron tarkus

i don't know what i expected
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>>162164491
>chameleon into tombstone
that's fucking radical
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>>162164501
>fatroll
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>>162163515
>reinforced club
this is DS3 we're talking about, right? Use a longsword until you get to the catacombs of carthus, then use the milk ring and a bandit's knife with carthus rouge to kill dancer and ocerius, and a caestus to kill gundyr for the priestess ring, which gives you access to raw astora straightsword and blessed weapon.

>>162163057
>vigor/vitgouge
Even if it were viable there'd be no reason to vig gouge more than anyone else. Maybe you could go up to 49 instead of 39, but from there on out each point adds like three health.

For vitgouge use MLG's or yhorms.
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>>162164865
If you're sl1 and not using raw broadsword until dga in ds3 you're doing it wrong
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You know what PvP needs? A weapon that increases the weight of whoever it hits, effectively destroying shitters who roll spam after their poke.
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>>162164992
Ideally the branding iron would do this.
Or maybe a ptromancy that could imitate the fatroll mist they do.
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>>162164992
4 GUYS DRESSED THE SAME WAY INCREASING THE WEIGHT OF AN INVADER
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>>162164972
is there that big a difference between the broad and the long? I just went with the longsword because I figured it had less scaling to lose and more reach.

>dga
demon's great axe?
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Is there not a site that allows you to use a visible model with armor sets to see how pieces work together?

My go to fashion is lower on the poise spectrum and Ive actually noticed getting my HA broken more frequently since I came back after the big patches with the dlc
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>>162159467
parry shields were a mistake
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>>162165146
Dragonslayer Axe
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>>162159467
I don't know if there's actually any function difference but it was more fun when I did this with a parrying dagger rather than a parry shield.
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>>162165165
>make a ng+ character with everything unlocked
>load up the character when you want to do testing

Or just ask here if somebody will model for you.
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>>162165121
... WHILE BODYBLOCKING HIM
COMEDY GOLD
i'd actually dig it
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>>162164001
Ah, I got a summon, it's just slow because of the time I guess.

Last time I remember the sweet spots for red sign soapstone were 400k, 1m, and 3.5m.
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>>162165278
Being able to parry bossses was a mistake
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>all those bosses immune to toxin/bleed
Why? Making it slow wasn't enough, nearly every boss is immune to it too, why is poison so fucked in ds3?
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>tfw you realize that the;
>tacked on phantom range
>low cost of rolls
>rate of healing on estus
>ability to walk while healing
>are all due to From insisting on making every Dark Souls 3 fight a high speed hotshot encounter
Isn't this is why you guys made Bloodborne though?
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>>162165286
you can't use that until you get archives access and it's really only better than ass for pure damage when you're using resin, plus most of the time you're better off with bleed on bosses than pure damage anyway
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>>162165286
>DraGonslayer Axe
full retard
>>162165475
ds2 dev ptsd probably. i remember poison knifes making plenty of bosses my bitches
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ENB's miscarriage has got to be the best thing that ever happened. Before it all went down I was having a hard time, I had depression and was contemplating suicide. However, ENB misscarrying was just the funniest thing ever, it changed my life simply from the hilarity of that scenerio. I still laugh just thinking about his crying face as he hears the news of his dead kid.
He deserves everything he got.
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>>162165470
I'm glad that at least Soul of Cinder is unparriable.
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>>162165560
Sl1 community been calling it dga forever dog
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>>162165587
whoah there sasuke
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>>162165541
They made it so the PC fanbase can experience Bloodborne without actually porting it.
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>>162164304
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>>162165745
Bloodborne was actually good though.
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>>162165587
heh.. but u know what's even funnier?
the sound of my +10 uchigatana going through ur darkwraith armor..
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>>162165671
no, my dude. it's DSA
https://boards.fireden.net/vg/search/text/raw%20dsa/
https://boards.fireden.net/vg/search/text/raw%20dga/
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Allow me to rephrase my grievances with raw infusion:

I think we can agree that a reasonable strategy for using a raw weapon is to first choose a weapon that has relatively low str/dex requirements in the first place.

At minimum stat requirements for such weapons the AR difference between other physical is at best floating in the 20-35 AR range.

The AR advantage it has going for it is further pushed into obscurity by 2-hand bonus on STR scaling weapons and Knight's Ring and Hunter's Ring effectively provide stats without increasing your level.

The numbers just seem odd game design-wise. The effect is quite minor compared to previous titles. STR and DEX scaling seems much more potent and viable for even low level characters. Scaling catches up to raw way too quickly.

I see your point that SL1 runs where you've gimped yourself of advantages brought by leveling and you're starved for every bit of resources to increase your power and here the raw infusion is much needed.
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>>162165971
What did I say
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>>162164304
why don't you use Force instead of heal aid? isn't it faster and cost less fp?
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>>162165426
I came back after a long break and scrapped all of my characters that I could have done that with unfortunately


If there is an anon out there that has nothing better to do though, Im very curious about

>nameless helm/alva helm/creightons helm
>sellsword chest
>bk guantlets
>bk leggings

or if there are any suggestions in that seam. Also wondering how well lorians chest mixes with the sunset leggings. I know /dsg/ isnt my personal fashion designer but I would appreciate it
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ey boiz

New to DaS3, how can I be totally cancerous in PvP?
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>>162164860
Iron Flesh, buddy.
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>>162166427
faith req, I suppose
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>>162166448
Sellsword chest always leaves skin exposed when using anything that isn't creighton's gauntlets. So absolutely disgusting.
Same with NK chest.
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>>162166514
t: Fortunate Son
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>>162165587
I know this is pasta but it's still hilarious.
What would be absolute gold would be him losing custody, then starting over with a loving new gf, fathering a new child........ and then another red jelly happening.

His only child would grow up in Japan as a maltreated halfbreed and slowly losing memories of her gaijin father while he can't father new kids.
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>>162164135
>A NON-RESPAWNING PHANTOM
But you respawned it..
Even though it's shitty they didn't make upgrade materials super rare like certain other games.
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Anyone who has a canvas talisman on Ds1 PC?
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>>162166486
Not you, the Iron Retardus there.
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>>162166305

What are you talking about? Raw-infusion in DaS3 is the best it's ever been, no joke infusion like in the previous ones. Raw is the optimal choice on most weapons till +3, and on some to +6 or even higher (ASS, DSA). Raw is literally designed to not be effective at end-game levels, and rightfully so.

Also what is relevant for choosing a Raw weapon or not is in the first place scaling, not wielding requirements per sé.
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>>162166702
What SL bby?
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>>162166702
doesnt petrus or rhea sell it?
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>>162166540
he can't even use the catalyst itself idk
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>>162166486

so this......is the power.....of da pee cee......
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>>162166863
he still needs to be able to use the spell
>>162166891
first time you see colorblind-kun?
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>>162164304
This is where I personally draw the line. It isn't interesting PvP tech, it's just cheating.
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>>162166817
127
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>>162167047
But it's in the game and everyone can use it.
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>>162167016

I'm not really seeing anything in that webm to be honest.
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>>162167047

>current year
>he doesn't know the difference between bugs and cheats
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>>162166817
Where do you want to meet me up?
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>>162166629
yeh I know, but I was hoping it would flow enough for me not to care since Im not running hollowing on the main Im remaking

I guess I Just wont worry about it until I can snag all the sets and play with it after I finsh the ng cycle
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>>162167617
Who is this qt?
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>>162166863

You don't need to be able to use the chime, but you need to meet the miracle's requirements though.

For the record: heal aid has the lowest faith requirements (8 faith, 27 FP cost, means it can be used as a knight with base stats), caressing tears has the lowest FP cost (14 FP) but requires 12 faith. Those are your two choices if you're only goal with miracles is to use the ember heal glitch. You don't get embered btw it just heals you to full. You also need to actually have enough FP to cast the miracle for it to work. Obscuring ring and a simple-infused caestus come in handy, as does at least 1 ashen estus.

Since you don't really give a shit about the miracle you cast and are just doing it for the glitch most likely, you use bellvine because it has an innate casting speed buff and you don't have to care about the requirements. Fastest casting chime.
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How to fix Dark souls pvp:

1. Stagger if you roll more than once (or, alternatively, each successive roll costs 2-3x more stamina than the roll before it)
2. DS1 style Poise is activated during any heavy attack and while blocking with any weapon. The blocking poise value is dependent on the weight of your armor, the attacking poise is based on the weight of the weapon, and the two are added together during attacks. Weapon poise destruction, armor poise build, both cost weight (X poise per Y units of weight) for all weapons. Lighter weapons add less poise, lighter armor has less poise, etc.
3. Counter damage is based on the weapon's wind-up speed for each attack (and differs). The more ahead of time you have to predict the opponent, the higher your counter bonus.
4. Instead of staggering in place, if you are hit by a weapon, your are pushed to the edge of its hitbox. If the weapon's poise destruction exceeds your defense significantly, you are pushed even further and thrown to the ground. Yes, this means infinite combos if you're caught in a corner and have no poise, but if you get backed in a corner, have no poise, and are being combo'd by something faster than you can roll, that's your punishment. The game should be more about spacing and timing, not roll spamming.
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>>162167047

You start to feel differently
after you've played enough invasions to have run into enough ganks where you have to chase down hosts trying to constantly resummon their buttbuddies. Honestly I rarely use it myself but it's nice to have in my back pocket should the need ever arise, not like it really requires anything special or any real stat investment.
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>>162168000

5. Standardize weapon values by SL, so if a weapon is more powerful, it's also heavier, by such a level that if you lowered your STR/DEX to compensate for the weight (compared to a lighter weapon) they would do the same damage. So a weapon with no scaling but 20 points STR to equip = same AR as a weapon in the same class with scaling and 20 STR. So that means heavy weapons (like Greatswords) do more damage only because they also have higher stat invesments to reach their peak damage.
6. Standardize armor by SL investment for weight. Also, vary the Strike/Thrust/Slash damage significantly (by about 20-30%) depending on the type of armor you are wearing, and fashion it after the apperance of the armor (steel plate = good against thrust, bad against strike, chainmail = good against slash, bad against thrust, etc.). The same is true for elemental damage.
7. Clothing armor gives little defense (physical or elemental) but weighs significantly less and is used to increase certain stats.
8. Defense cannot be increased by stats but has to be increased by equipping armor. If you're naked, you have no defense, period.

there's a lot that would have to be fixed with spells, but DS3 is already on a bit of that and I'm not exactly sure what I would do with those (probably standardize them more by SL).
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>>162168000
>>162168101
Step 1: Make a separate game designed exclusively for PvP

Step 2: shut the fuck up
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>amerifatties arguing whether the dumb retard or the corrupt jew is worse

please stop
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>>162168006
Being against people being harassed by the people they paid to see perform is pretty much basic logic, I have seen that you lack this very logic by the first (You) you have given me, though.
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>>162168242
This.
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>>162168246
>hey don't forget about minorities
>h-h-h-arassment!
Is thinking too much for you?
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>>162168101
Do you actually know the calculations behind defense, cutie, or are you just saying things you think make sense?
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>>162168242

I'm actually european and just pretend to give a shit to make him mad
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>>162168482
Yea same, trump supporters get riled so easily
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How about we stop talking politics in a fucking video game thread and instead post pcpdbf's?
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>>162168521

Americans in general do
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>>162168629
You're a wicked one, aren't you ?
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Why am I always invading the same people in Crucifiction Woods? I'm level 36 with a +4, I thought the area was populated?
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>>162168629
>pcpdbf's
this is a bannable phrase now i hope youre aware
bf posts need to go to r9k
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>>162168101
9. Organize weapons into "Trees". Instead of every weapon having their own class, Upgrading equipment allows you to increase the range or damage by adding weight or stat requirements/reducing scaling on a points system, as well as pick from several movesets available. So A Claymore is a greatsword with the "claymore" applied moveset. Appearance of the weapon changes slightly as you tune it (more dex requirement = thinner, more str requirement = thicker, heaver = denser/darker metal) This is basically like how Armored Core weapon tuning works. Allow infusions to be a part of this by taking points away from certain stats and giving them elemental damage. Unique and boss weapons can remain untuned.
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>>162168743
You fell for a meme
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>>162168726

Maaaaaayybbeeeee....
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>>162168834
be specific please, anon.
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>>162168743

It's early as fuck in the states right now. It's a time of day thing. You should rotate between crux woods, farron swamp, and cathedral at that level.
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>>162168629

Souls is fucking over dude
I wouldn't mind if they skipped the DLC and started truly working on the next Totally-Not-Souls game.
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>>162168743
I had nonstop watchdog summons at I think 40-45 with +4
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>>162168946
Well It's been happening all the time for a while now, regardless of what time it is, I just decided to complain now.
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>>162168373
I know DS1 and DS2's calculations, but haven't bothered to do enough DS3 pvp to warrant looking it up

The damage formulas aren't unfair, it's the fact that From makes every weapon it's unique special snowflake with no rhyme or reason why some stats are chosen, so some weapons are just absolutely inferior in all regards to others (or they suffer heavily to compensate for some minor imporovement). Being able to pair certain movesets with certain weapons would help clean the meta out a bit, since it wouldn't revolve around only the best moveset weapons anymore.
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>>162168946
>DkS3 is americans only
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>>162168959
>I wouldn't mind if they skipped the DLC and started truly working on the next Totally-Not-Souls game.
I kinda feel the same. Just want them to finish up with Bamco and move on.
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>>162168743
You should go to Carthus or Farron.
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>>162169031

I haven't had the same experience and I invade at exactly the same level (SL36 +4), even this morning I've done around 10 invasions at the cathedral, so you should probably go there right now, but later in the day I get instant invasions all the time, usually around the time kids get home from school and when people get home from work.
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>>162168214
It would be the same game, just a game where the weapon and armor stats weren't totally fucking stupid and unbalanced
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>>162169063

Seems like it's mostly americans at least. I often check the profiles of people as I'm invading and around this time of day when it makes sense that most people are at work/school (I'm not because I'm in college and finishing up literally 1 class that was awkward to schedule in previous semester to finish my degree, and it only meets 1 day a week), and around this time of day I still get invasions but it's often people from spain or australia or finland or some shit like that.
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>>162168629
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>>162169127
Well like I said, this isn't something that happened just now, yesterday for example I tried playing at peak time and Was getting constant invasions yeah, but I always ivnaded the same 2~3 people, Watchdog invasions would also rarely work and would also invade the same 2~3 people, I think it's a connection bug, has anything of the sort been reported before?
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>>162169063
for a lot of years, the most active time to play Armored Core For Answer was early in the fuck morning because there were more Japanese players online than US players during peak US hours.
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>>162169063
its roughly 1130 am EST in the states. I would assume the majority of posters in this thread are american at the moment
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>>162169298

Are you on PC or something? PS4 is still extremely populated, I get constant invasions in almost every area in the game at any time of day. Seems ~50% of the playerbase is Japanese though.
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>>162169436

Yeah PC but like I said most of the time I don't have any problem getting invasions, especially in the afternoon/night. Even in the morning I seem to just wind up invading europeans but the connections don't even wind up being a big deal, I literally just did around like 10-15 invasions this morning, now it's 11:30AM and I'm gonna go eat lunch.

In that time at SL36 +4 I ran into one legit gank squad, it was pretty fun at cathedral a mage with 2 phantoms and then a blue warped in, they were all pretty decent at the game too as they chased me through the level. Since I was running out of resources and a blue invaded, I got a decent distance away, hit them with a couple of fire bombs, and then crystal'd out, specifically to cuck the blue. Is there a better feel? Maybe, but not many in this game.
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>>162169730
At meta SLs I keep darkmoon on even after maxing the covenant.
If the world I'm summoned to is using finger, I spam point downs at the host
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is there any point to not going to 69% equip load? It seems like even something like knights armor gives a lot of tougness early on, it doesn't take much to use either.
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>>162169373
I also don't see many signs around and they usually fail.
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>>162170089
The only other weight breakpoint that matters is under 30% roll which is a meme.
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any bfs online?
you-know-who kicked me from discord again
fix it, thanks
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Does anyone know how much AR Gundyrs halberd has when 2 handed with 66 strength and 15 dex? Want to know if its worth optimizing a build for it
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A soul imprisoned within a cell;
When, from above, a key fell;
A nameless knight tossed it through a hole;
And freed the husk of this still trapped soul."

-'Chosen'

I scribbled this down in class earlier and thought I'd share it with you all.
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I'm having trouble understanding how healing miracles work. Do they heal a fixed amount, or is it based on some scaling?
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>>162170508
518, read the OP. you would have gotten the answer far more quickly than it took to even type out a post
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>>162169924

I do nothing but invasions these days, only other thing I do in the game is PvE to get all of the shit I need for my characters at different SL's and WL's. I used to do a bunch of watchdog/aldrich invasions (on top of REO, whichever one gets me in an invasion first wins) but nowadays I prefer invading as a sunbro for co-op invasions. Makes you more likely to invade in a world that already has an invader in it.
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>>162170512

You can suck my dick if you want, anon. You seem like someone who might enjoy that sort of thing. You have to wear a dress though.
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Hey does anybody know if they've said anything about the second DLC? I loved the first one after my third run through of it, even if it was a bit short.
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MATCHMAKING CANCELED
MATCHMAKING CANCELED
MATCHMAKING CANCELED
MATCHMAKING CANCELED
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>Aldritch call at sl120
>Go looking for host
>Find a phantom and dance a little
>Hit him once, no damage, he rolls after
>Surely just some lag right
>Hit him again, nothing happens
So, what do I need to do to kill the host's boss in cases like this?
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>>162168629
>tfw I fell for the 'dried finger runs are fun' meme
>unironically being invaded by people using rouge'd washing poles w/ crest shields and no vig
Activity was pretty lackluster overall, outside Pontiff's.

>>162170856
Was that mechanic confirmed? I mostly do invasions on higher levels and every time I invade as a regular red I'm usually too late. What's the ratio of invasions where you end up in a world with another red in it?
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>>162170949
I'm not gay, I just like poetry and it's a good way to kill time when your bored.
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>>162171146
Phantom type to host
No clip into boss room
Hit with a 9999 damage hacked weapon
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>>162171267
What does no clip mean actually? It's a way to teleport me inside the bossroom? Do I need to go in to the front of it?
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>>162171023
>thinnly veiled recommendation for shitposting material
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So, anybody who has a spare canvas talisman for me on PC? My SL is 129. I can join you for jolly co-op after too!
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>>162171163
>Was that mechanic confirmed?
It was confirmed in a interview a long time ago. Get with the times you fucking faggot.
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>>162171578
Just buy one you turbojew.
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>>162171449
If I was going to shitpost I would post anime.
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>>162171023
>no option for jojobronies
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>>162171023
This shit is glorious. I should have tried it sooner.
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>>162171023
>/r9k/ over e-celebs

Color me shocked. Then again the constant requests for fight clubs by people too lazy to do anything do get pretty annoying, same with the people who start posting "new thread when?" as soon as autosaging starts like it doesn't take a while for it to work its way down the page.
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>>162171023
I remember when Oroboro tried to do this on stream all excited and shit and then couldn't land it at all.
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Any NA Demon's Souls players have a Pure Moonlight Stone or a Waifu Demon's Soul?
Willing to trade any other stones for them
SL: 72
psn: Lidrien
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>>162171023
>>162172021

Can you do this normally or do you need to turn on that option that allows manual aiming of heavy weapons in the options?
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>>162172408
You need to turn on that option or unlock opponent to 180 the first R2 hit
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Neck Souls III
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>>162171023
>/pol/tards
New form of shitposting here that is mild because it doesn't get spammed all that much here. Things like pcfcbf by one or a couple of homos do get hellspawned in every thread. E-celeb drama is second to that but grows stale when shitposters keep making dead baby jokes over and over.
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>>162172313
are you a cute girl?
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>>162172627
the poll reflects that clearly
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>>162171163

Often enough for it to be noticeable, it of course depends on the time of day and how many worlds there are where there are enough phantoms to allow for a 2nd invader (or more often when invading crux woods with a watchdog already there). It absolutely works. I even invaded with a streamer recently twice in one day doing it, for example:

idk how to do the twitch links without it being spam but on the end of the normal url put: /camobear/v/105501925?t=07h19m57s
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Evening, faggots.

Some time ago I saw a guy arguing with some other guy about who the first scholar of Lothric was, Anon A said Aldia and Anon B said Sulyvahn. When I asked B why he thought it was Sulyvahn (because my understanding is that Sulyvahn is responsible for Aldrich linking the flame and the 1st scholar is responsible for Lothric not linking the flame) he started sperging hard and wouldn't give me a proper answer, dude couldn't even drop a name or an item description or anything.

The only connection that I can find between Sulyvahn and Lothric is that there's a statue with what's clearly the (a?) profaned greatsword in Lothric castle, but that's not really definitive proof. I don't think that the first scholar was Aldia but I'm quite sure it's not Sulyvahn.

Anyone have anything to add on either side?
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>head to cathedral of the deep in a new run
>game crashes
>start it up again
>walk around for a few minutes
>it crashes again
so this.. is the power.. of PC..
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>>162173137
Not even miyazaki knows
It's not like the lore in das will ever not be headcanon
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>>162173137
First scholar is either someone we don't know or Kaathe, imo
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>>162172919
>profaned gs and offhand arbalest

nice. nice.
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>>162173140
Maybe that's only the power of YOUR pc?
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>>162171578
I can drop you one, but you'll need to grab my RSS
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>>162173676
How do i do that?
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I can't decide if i should make a demon fist build or a crow fist build
what do?
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>>162173596
I listened to Alex Jones before it was cool, back when he was just straight up crazy and talking about soldiers dressing like Darth Vader. I guess he's still pretty crazy, just not as much fun.
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>>162173596
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQI5F76piDo
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>>162173763
Get DSCM if you haven't already
Pick a low popularity area where your boss is alive
I drop the sign and you summon me
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>>162173829
lmao
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anybody help with aava dlc boss? my soul memory is 2608419
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Is split damage on a weapon mostly just a potentially bad thing in pvp or does that same rule apply to pve stuff as well?
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>>162173596

Honestly these days I mostly just wake up to NPR every morning and check the headlines on google news. I already did my research and know my values and morals, my stances on everything relevant to politics. I still listen to conservative talk radio occasionally like rush just to take a break from the craziness for awhile, but honestly it that sort of stuff tends to be very echo chamber-y, preaching to the choir sort of stuff. Telling me stuff I already know/believe in.

I'd rather spend my time listening to the enemy and hearing how they're trying to brainwash people with their bias and spin, though sometimes I just have to laugh at the absurdity of it all. Especially with this election they don't even TRY to hide it any more, it's super blatant bias that someone with even a cursory knowledge of politics should be able to see easily.
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>>162173893
Let's try Tomb of the Giants. (Patches is dead.)
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>>162173257
>Not even miyazaki knows

That would not surprise me one bit.

>>162173339
>Kaathe

That's been my assumption. I actually wrote a bit about that in my previous post but cut it out in order to not start shit.

I'm of the opinion that Kaathe and Aldia got together at some point and that's why Kaathe wants someone to usurp the fire instead of walking away from it like in DS1. I'm honestly surprised that I don't see people talking about that more, if Kaathe's goals were the same as they once were then I'd think he'd have Yuria pushing people towards the ending where you give the firekeeper her eyes and let the flame fade.
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>>162174082

Depends on the enemy. Different mobs/bosses have different kinds of resistances and weaknesses. Fire is usually considered really good for PvE in a lot of places, especially early in the game, because the tar babies and macaroni monsters are weak to it.
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>>162174082
Split damage is generally a negative thing unless you're fighting something that's weak to whatever element you're using or something that's strong to physical attacks.
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why is kb+m so shit with souls games? never hear anyone question/criticize it -- just seems like everyone quietly accepts they have to use a controller
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>obobobo used to have thousands of people regularly watching his stream when he played souls games
>no he's trying to be a hearthstone streamer or some shit
>gets like 100-200 viewers

Damn, this is just sad at this point. Pathetic.

How long before oro finally kills himself? I want him to live stream and scream "OOOOOOH SHOOT!" just as he pulls the trigger.
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>>162174687
>just seems like everyone quietly accepts they have to use a controller

I can't speak for anyone else but I prefer a controller for just about everything. The only thing I use kb+m for is stuff like TES and even then that's only for the older ones, I use a controller for Skyrim.
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>>162174687
Demon's was made with ps3 in mind. They kept that standard for all the others.
This isn't a fucking shooting game fag
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>>162174809
>>>/b/log
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>>162171023
So r9k shitposters are the problem, but that begs the questions... how do we fix it?
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>>162174823

This. Controller is just more fun in all honesty, has that tactile feel to it. Only thing I prefer kb&m to is FPS's. Otherwise I use my xbow 360 controller whenever I can.

Thank god we live in a time where you can use controllers on PC, I think the last set of consoles I got was xbox and PS2 and gamecube. Much better to just put that money into the best PC you can get, all OEM parts of course.
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>>162174687

Souls is a console-based series. The control-scheme was made with a controller in mind, so it's not really a surprise kb+m doesn't work.
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>>162174809
fuck off brandon
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>>162174858
but they're released on pc so the answer i've dredged from this reply is shitty porting?
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>>162175228
My name is Joel.
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>>162173893
Tomb of the Giants bonfire. If that is possible.
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Has anyone actually gone to the 'real' max level of 99 in all stats legitimately?
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>>162175326
Which of them? Also, you using dscm right?
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>>162175326
>>162174397
Nigger, I am not going out all the way to Tomb of the fucking giants
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>>162175424
DCSM, i should show up as Interitus there. Bonfire is the one at the cliff with the ladder. Right there where you can look at Izalith.
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>>162175410
probably. but even with autism-boosts, it stops being fun before the middlepoint
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>>162171023
>looking for a potential life mate (male) that actively shares your interests (souls) is bad
>is worse than anime shitposters
What the fuck?
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>>162171023
What did you use to make that webm? I keep seeing those filenames everywhere.
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>>162174534
I'm not really sure how the firekeeper's eyes play into anything.
What exactly is the point of the whole giving her eyes thing? She didn't know what would happen if you don't like the fire until you give her eyes?
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No covenant needs more than 30 of its respective item to hit max rank, right?
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>>162175664
>>looking for a potential life mate (male) that actively shares your interests (souls) is bad
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>>162175807
record video
upload to gfycat
make webm
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>>162172408
I find it easier just to unlock then spin the r2
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>>162175924
>(male)
>"""""male"""""
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>>162176139

>you will never be bullied online so much that you cut your own dick off
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>>162175081
>>162174823
>>162174687

From Software doesn't develop PC games. They have a team that ports some games from Xbox to PC. They have no incentive or desire to make keyboard and mouse controls, much less develop a game to work well with them.
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>>162175924
>all gays are like chris-chan
i'd stand behind you if they said gf (male). now you're just being retarded
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>>162175424
Thanks a bunch anon!
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>Matchmaking canceled
>Matchmaking canceled
>Matchmaking canceled
>Matchmaking canceled
>Matchmaking canceled
Is this a bad hour or am I banned?
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>>162175838
I have no clue.

Something about allowing her to see the end of fire. You have to go through Ludleth's dialogue as well as the firekeeper's and even then it's quite vague.
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>>162176352
Bans would give you some sort of explicit warning or notification
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>>162176257
You are all literally like that abomination
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>>162175927
>15 second limit
>no enabling filesize limits
dropped
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>>162176352

I'm getting that a lot more than usual as well.
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want to make a voldemort character, is it better to level as quality or dex or something and then respec at an optimal level? Or can I do sorcery/pyro from the getgo
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Is green blossom considered bad form in DS2 duels? I decided to use one and the guy immediately started chugging estus in response
>>
Which Kings Field should I start with?
Is Shadow Tower better?
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>>162176629
if you wanna go pyro and/or dark, start pyromancer. but unless you're doing some really weird build, for mage start knight. what are you thinking of for stats/spells/fashion?
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>>162176650
Why would you care ?
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>>162176650
Obeying any sort of ruleset or anything that affords some sort of benefit/fairness to your opponent is bad form
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>>162176729
>Which Kings Field should I start with?

1, just like with every other series ever.

I hope you're emulating, because speeding those games up helps immensely. IIRC there's a fan translated ROM of ST2 out there somewhere, see if you can find that.
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>try to talk about souls
>0 replies

>talk about sucking boyfriend's dick or looking for boyfriend
>200 replies

>talk about marcus or boobobo
>200 replies

>post anime image
>500 replies

fuck this general
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>>162176650
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>>162176817
Fashion I'll have to find a black appropriate robe, no helm gloves and shoeless legs, like ordained perhaps. Spells anything dark, fire, and of course tears of denial would be most fitting.
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>>162176650
Yeah, I also like the invisible rules that benefit only me.
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>>162177091
Yeah, come to r/opensouls3, friend :)
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>>162177091

That's not true, see I'll prove it.
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>>162176817
wear Karla's robe, go 40/40 INT/FTH and run black flame, dark serpent, affinity and tears

all you need
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>>162177157
>tod
good call. i was thinking robes of prayer, pyromancer's crown or nothing if you wanna be hardcore. for attacks, other than dart sorceries i can't think of much
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>>162177331
I can't even tell if this is ironic since you seem to know enough about Souls subreddits to know that the mod of r/DarkSouls3 is running that subreddit into the ground.
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>>162177475
is that hai to gensou no grimgar?
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>>162177665

Of course.

But will it get 500 replies is the question?
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>>162177512
Right, so do I want to make a pyromancer or remake an already created character?
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>>162177754
i dont really give a shit about the replies but I forgot about that show until just now

gotta go rewatch it
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>>162177613
>you seem to know enough about Souls subreddits to know that [...]
Do I really know all that?:^)
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>matchmaking cancled
why do i keep getting this message wen i try and undead match? is no one playing anymore?
I'v been evaded several times today i don't know what's up
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>>162177797
depends on build, my dude. you probably can reallocate from knight
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>>162177950
I assume so, opensouls is a reaction to that. At least, that's what I've been told. I've never had any encounters with RES but people bitch about him enough that I figure there must be something to it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=193znK-XHPM
Is nothing sacred
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>>162178114
I just tested it across two saves files and it's only on one where i'm not able to connect at all.
It doesn't have the banned message so what do?
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>>162178195
Well you do seem to know a lot about it
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Is the Fume Ultra Greatsword the best strength weapon?
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>>162178804
I assume there is a new kind of ban then. I'm also getting the canceled message
Oh well, see ya next dlc
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>>162178850
Like I said, people bitch about RES quite often.

>>162178804
>>162178986
Try your WoW circlet.
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>>162178950
Nope.
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>>162179109
Which would be the best then? Does /dsg/ have a tier chart yet?
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>>162179326
Yhorm, Millwood, Gundyr are all better str weapons
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>>162179326
>Which would be the best then
millwood battle axe
gundyr's halberd
pickaxe
yhorm's machete
follower spear
millwood greatbow

honestly at this point i only want a pure str mace
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>>162179039
isn't that character specific?
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is lvling dex being a bad thing a Reddit meme, or is it on here too.
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>>162179645
It was a reddit meme for DaS1. In DaS3 the best build is going 40 STR 40 DEX
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>>162179632
Yes. Try it on the character that can't connect and see if it works.
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>DS2 PvP
>Iron Keep
>Drakekeeper's greataxe
>100% equip load. Only fat roll, no back step.
>All points put into health and stamina
>I can swing the greataxe 5 TIMES IN A ROW and just force people to use up all their stamina rolling
>whiff whiff BAM BAM BAM DEAD
>no one is taking me seriously because I'm fat rolling and using a greataxe

I love DS2
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>>162179808
all of them can't across that save.
it's a slightly older one than i'm currently playing too.
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>>162179439
>>162179539
Thank you for the suggestions. I'll give those a whirl. I've been wanting to run a pure strength build for a while and thought FUGS was the best due to scaling. But I'll give those a shot.
Maybe a heavy pickaxe to start.
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>>162179645
>
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This is the type of hack I like.
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>>162180120
>using Earthseeker AND the Destructo Disc
the absolute madman
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>>162177101
>all that meta out and still buffing

He deserves it anyway.
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>>162165795

Got a lower score than Dark Souls 3, and having played and beaten both I still think they got it right.

sorry but your special snowflake game gets old after the 3rd playthrough, and its community blows undead horse cock.
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>>162162704
For most weapons truly is garbage, but some weapons have stupid high raw damage when compared to the same class weapons.

My raw PVP tank engine of death has a pretty high survival rate in pontiff, and I actually will say that its a pretty annoying build to fight.
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>>162179539

Follower's spear is actually really bad. It's basically just a really shitty short spear that for whatever reason also attacks as slow as a 1H pike whether you 1H or 2H it. On top of that the WA is retardedly difficult to land, is ez blocked by shields which the throw just bounces off of, and even if it lands you do roughly as much as a single R1. In short you're better off using an offhand arbalest if you want a ranged strength weapon, and that motherfucker gets AoE (explosive bolts or lightning in water) and has basically infinite ammo with no FP cost and is fast as fuck to shoot, no long obvious windup.

I mean you'd think it'd at least be like a millwood greatbow if it landed but it's not. Stay away from the spear it's just bad.
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>>162180507
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>>162179808
>>162179867
>>162178114
ok so literally in real time as i was pvping it just stopped connecting. both times i was pvping with the demon fist.
Now that i test it further i can connect to people without them. I unironically think from is dumb and bugged demon fist.
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>>162180934
Prepare to die...again
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>>162180120
>actually using light xbow

is this a meme build or something? use the knight's xbow with lightning bolts you fucking twat.
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>>162180992
Been trying to invade, but get unable to connect. Got it 8 times in a row.
I was also invaded but the invader never came. Not using demon fists.
I'm using witch locks, maybe they removed pyros
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Is there any weapon skill in DaS3 where it's actually worth getting any extra ATT for?
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>>162179864
This is basically what it's like to play as a boss.
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>>162181198
I'm sure from server must be fucked for now. At least on PC.
Gonna fap and try to play later
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>>162180507
>>162180934
>lower score
>implying 2 points matter
>implying score matters at all
It's CURRENT FUCKING YEAR, why are you taking the fucking video game reviewers seriously?
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>>162181298
No.
If you duel you should have blue estus and if you invade and someone isn't dying every two ATT bars then you're doing something wrong
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>>162178727
>every content creator that features pvp has basically done a vid for every weapon worth using and some that arent
>especially good ones
>game is patched and poise is actually somewhat important
>content creators go back and cover good weapons and how best to utilize them in the current balance

I literally see no problem with this
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>>162181554
fuck off scott
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>>162181518

Figured as much, just thought I'd ask.
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I saw a tier list that has key to the embedded as high tier;

https://img.fireden.net/vg/image/1430/94/1430949145660.jpg

What the fuck is up with that? I can't figure out why anyone would justify it. Even with max damage at 40/40 AND good counter damage it gets it's still weaker than non-counter hit claymore, which shares the same moveset, so what's the deal with the key?
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>>162165587
truth
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>>162172780
bump


no i'm not, but i can pretend to be
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>>162178727

I still don't think gundyr's is better than black knight glaive. Especially with the WA skip glitch being a thing and giving it that much more of a varied and useful move set to abuse. I mean GunHal is good but I don't think it's the best in the whole game.
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>>162182018
it does get more damage at 66 str and honestly it's charge is so good i think it does top it slightly
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>>162181761
Low stat investment means it's good for a gouge build
Low weight means it's ideal for a flynn build
Low stamina cost means it requires minimal endurance investment
And it's slightly faster than the long greatswords.

IIRC, it's the fastest greatsword with a thrust, which combines with the counter damage and everything else to make it a great weapon for twinks or specialized gouge builds.
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>>162181591
lol like clockwork

you realize that, I think, hes actually alraedy done 2-3 videos on this halberd right? little late to be assblasted
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>>162180840
>another person using spear the wrong way
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>>162183067

The R1 L2 R1 is incredibly powerful though and it has a unique moveset as far as glaives go, on top of doing incredible damage. The damage difference is barely noticable at +5 with 66/15 on gundry vs. 40/40 on BKG:

1h GunHal 66str: 484
2h GunHal 66str: 518

1h BKG 40/40: 499
2h BKG 40/40: 513

So no, it's not better it's top tier but it's mostly just a flavor choice if anything. Might as well be a WK Halberd with a WA that isn't shit because all it's really got besides the charge is R1 R1. You don't have an innate jump attack that can 360 or a 1H'd 2 hit swing over your head in a circle like the BKG does, nor do you have the WA shield skip glitch. BKG is the best glaive hands down (if we assume glaives are the over the head swinging weapons and halberds are really the spear/axe combos that poke like RHH).
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>>162182016
who dat
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>>162183713

Yeah bro I know you've posted that webm a bunch of times here before, I've seen it. Congrats on getting lucky that one time against a (fat rolling?) retard, no one gives a shit.
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>>162183713
>shiskabobs the fuckers skull

that was incredibly satisfying to watch. Thank you
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>Destroy someone using shitter tactics
>Send them a mean message
>They can't do anything or accuse you of being salty because they're the one who lost
is there anything more satisfying
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>>162183926
No need to confirm that you're a shit at the game, anon.
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>>162183973
>shishkabob

I really should atleast look shit over before sending
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>>162183864
That's the Fluted Helm, but from another angle.
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>>162184070

Do you make youtube montages too by any chance?
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>>162184296
Nah, too much of a bother given my zero editing skills.
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>>162168629
>>162168843
>>162169304

And you point down?
Soullless, the fuck is your problem?
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>>162184801
plz no ban
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>>162184801
yeh I ban him


is 35fai/35int with the witches and great swamp ring enough to make pyromancies feel decent? Think im gonna try to push away from quality/hybrid quality for a bit
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What's the most overpowered weapon/build in the first Dark Souls?
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>>162185335
I BAN HIM

I BAN HIM
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>>162185602
Pure luck build using Anri's sword.
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>>162184801
you know i never used to point down at people (more of a clapper myself) but since this meme became a thing around here i point down at literally everyone, i love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zBa1_-YOPk
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>>162185602
PVP? havelmom hornet crystal great club

PVE? anything involving BKH
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>>162185602

Zweihänder.
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>>162165541
>tfw you realize that the developer giving the player the ability to do things at a high speed is because they wanted them to be doing things at a high speed

I don't get the point of this post. I mean, if you want to complain about it, do so, but what you're saying is like saying >tfw you realize b-team implemented soul memory mechanics to keep people from invading players who are outside of their soul memory range.

>>162183763
66/15 takes a point more of investment 40/40, though it does still have more AR while twohanded.

I think the best way to look at gundy's is to try and make an efficient build that uses less stat offensive investment, like how you can use mlgs with 40 int and still get good damage. If you use gundy's halberd with 40/15, that only takes up as many stats as a 28/29 BKG and gives you around 20 more AR. Twohanded, the BKG can catch up with four more points of investment, and onehanded it can catch up with around eight. Average those and you can say gundyr's halberd saves you around six stat points; you're getting 61 stat points of damage for the price of 55. Of course, it's ultimately better to just go to 80 points of investment, and if you even add just five points of strength investment to it, the BKG will match it's twohanded AR with identical stat investment.
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Does frostbite actually reduce armor for the duration along with stamina regen?
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>>162185774
What's good about the BKH over other BK weapons?

>>162185862
Why Zwei over Claymore?
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>>162186121
>Why Zwei over Claymore?

Poise damage, wide 2H swings.
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>>162185602
depends but probably something like this
http://mmdks.com/8gbu

though sometimes its good to have extra weight to hardswap with
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>>162186121
highest poise damage, arguably best PVE moveset in the game, easy to upgrade and high damage

the BKH is decent in pvp too because of the high poise damage but you have to know how to use it
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>>162185976
>though it does still have more AR while twohanded.

It's literally only 5 AR difference man, that's completely meaningless especially at meta level.

They're effectively the same stat and damage wise, so the important thing to consider is the moveset and combos which BKG comes out on top all day. Both the 1H and 2H R2's both do unique and useful things an experienced player can take advantage of, and the R1 L2 R1 (or even the R1 L2 R2 if you can land the whole thing which you can sometimes, especially against ganks trying to rush you) which arguably does more damage than the charge (although I'd have to test it myself to see the exact numbers) all come together to make it the better glaive.

Gundyr's is still a solid #2, don't get me wrong. Gundyr's is just incredibly one-dimensional especially because you're forced to always 2H it and it's R2 sucks. The only real reason why it gets the #2 spot is the charge is just that good and it's good for strength builds but otherwise it's pretty meh when you look at everything that isn't the WA. It's basically a WK Halberd but the WA is god-tier instead of shit.
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>>162187020
Weapons are allowed to be situationally tied in terms of goodness, you know.
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>>162187020
I know, and I'm not the original anon you'd been responding to. I was pointing that out to show that even when you do clean up the comparison, not much changes. And honestly, I'd prefer the BKG's WA to Gundy's.
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how to you bkga in ds1 anyway? I fought someone who was using it and lightrolling with a giantmom getup, were they just overleveled? Best I can do at 125 is MoM with havels/bracelet/HSW
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>BKH

>DaS1: Best PvE weapon by far, solid PvP weapon

>DaS2: Solid PvE weapon despite split damage due to split damage not being a bad thing in 2's defense mechanics and mageknights being a highly supported playstyle, plus sweetspots inflating halberd-class damage output with proper spacing; solid PvP weapon if you're good at spacing or fishing for criticals due to sweetspot damage bonus applying to crits

>DaS3: Arguably the best glaive-type weapon if not tied with Gundyr's, still a very respectable spacing weapon after the glaive hyperarmor nerf, can still tank lighter weapons in heavy armor; any weapon works about equally well for PvE due to 3's combat mechanics

Most consistently strong weapon in the series?
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One of you guys have a good Quality PVE build for the first game? Think I'm gonna try the Zweihander.
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>>162186121
Zwei twohanded R2 facefucks the entire game. Claymore is just a really solid and stylish weapon, nothing particularly overpowered about it.
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>>162187535
Build literally doesn't matter in PvE if you're using zweihander, beyond the obvious 'put points in vit and end.' It makes the first half of the game stupidly fucking easy, and the second half of the game easier than it would otherwise be. I was astonished when I used it for a playthrough the first time to discover how fucking good the thing actually was and that it wasn't just a meme.
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>>162187656
I was wondering more in terms of starting class. I figure I'd be best to start off with a character with the lowest RES.
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>>162187656
Much like ethnic or national stereotypes, memes also have roots in reality.
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>>162187470

http://mmdks.com/8guw
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Is 12 poise enough to effectively use the Great Club against most weapons?
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>>162187535
>One of you guys have a good Quality PVE build for the first game?

That's like asking "do any of you guys have a good blueprint for a house that looks exactly like the one in this blueprint". Quality means you go 40/40 str/dex and dump the rest on vit/end (which hit caps at 50/40, respectively). Either pick bandit and do that or pick pyro for two attunement slots for black flame and black flame II: scholar of the first sin since pyromancy requires zero investment in 1 outside of the slots.
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>>162187127
>>162187301

Well yeah but the original point being contested was that Jund said Gundyr's Halberd was the best Halberd in the game, and I was saying it wasn't, the BKG was. Gundyr's is #2 at best. I'm sure you could even make arguments for WK Halberd being good (does insane damage on a refined build naturally with the R1 R1 and is longer than the BKG, but essentially has no WA, and is buffable) or the Glaive (basically a slightly worse BKG that doesn't have the unique moveset but has the spin2win while being buffable).
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>>162187535
>use a weapon purely for fashion
>apparently top tier

Feels good man.
I hope the second DLC has more shit related to Nito in it, he kinda got ignored over the other Lords.
We could get our Dad mask, and maybe the Crypt Blacksword.
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I want to smooch friede
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>>162187791
Is that actually advisable though? I'm considering that now that I remember how bad scaling was after 40 str (27 2h) in ds1.
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>>162187494
Longsword, not close.
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>>162187867
>40/40
The Zwei doesn't have any different moves between 1h and 2h so you might as well go 27/40 and just twohand all the time. Those 13 points would be much better spent on vit/end/att.
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>>162188190

, Crystal.
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What's the range for pre pontiff? SL55/+6? Or should I go lower?
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>>162187494
Overhead halberds were garbage in DS1 unless they were called "gargoyle halberd", and even then it was mostly suited for bs fishing.
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>>162188179

Not really, both of your ringslots are locked which is bad.
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>>162168000
>How to fix Dark souls pvp:
>1: Make my playstyle the strongest
>2: Nerf things I can't deal with

Every PvPfag ever.
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>>162187959
>Second DLC comes out
>Story barely related to the main game yet again
>No Nito
>No Angels
>No Nito
>No Deep
>No Nito
>No Profaned Flame
>No Nito
>No answered questions
>Literally who final boss
>No Nito
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>>162188000
>>162168000

Checked.
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>>162187861
I dont think so. IIRC youre going to want 25-30.

I could very well be wrong but someone will hit you with an infographic shortly hopefully
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I never installed the pvp watchdog thingy because reasons.
Can it block me from matchmaking for giving myself 80 souvenir of reprisal with CE?
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>>162188965
>No Nito

No shit, the MC of DS1 has to kill him and Aldrich seems to have eaten his corpse.
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>>162188816
75 end wolf ring chainmom it is then
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>>162189120
PVP watchdog just protects you against other cheaters, it doesn't even block anyone unless you tell it to. It won't pick up anything short of outright cheated stats or gear.
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>>162187959
What is that weapon even?
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>>162188965
>No Nito
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>>162189146
>the MC of DS1 has to kill him
Yeah and that's why Gwyn and the Witch of Izalith have no presence at all in Dark Souls 3, right?
Oh wait

>Aldrich seems to have eaten his corpse.
Epic lore dude, did you get that from Vaati?
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>>162189440
>Epic lore dude, did you get that from Vaati?
Nito's distinct black-hairy-cloak-with-skeleton-bits and the fucking GRAVELORD GREATSWORD both appear as part of Aldrich's design.
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>>162189440
>Yeah and that's why Gwyn and the Witch of Izalith have no presence at all in Dark Souls 3, right?

Yes, they're dead.

>Epic lore dude, did you get that from Vaati?

No, I got it from my own eyes when I noticed that he's largely composed of skeletons and uses the gravelord sword on a stick.
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>>162189592
>Aldrich being able to eat Nito when the game makes no mention of it despite it mentioning Pontiff specifically feeding Gwyndolin to him
>Aldrich being able to eat Nito when the Catacombs dont even exist as they once did and the Tomb of Giants not existing anymore
So I guess that means he ate Priscilla too? Since he has Lifehunt Scythe?
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>>162189780
Probably, yes.
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>>162189780
He learned Lifehunt Scythe from a dream.
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>>162189592
>>162189732
Design wise I'd say it's more likely that the furry bits are just meant to be Gwyndolin's tattered skirt and/or gross shit hanging off of Aldrich. I'm willing to concede that Gwyndolin's design might be a random callback to Nito, but you really think they'd just gloss over Aldrich eating the corpse of fucking Nito and then have no other reference to him at all? Fuck off.

>Yes, they're dead.
I know it's hard to convey sarcasm through text but Jesus Christ dude. Gwyn and the Witch of Izalith are mentioned several times in the game even though they're dead. Being dead does not mean you vanish from history. The lore of Dark Souls 3 just fucking glosses over Nito for some reason despite the rest of the Dark Souls 1 pandering.
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>trying to piece together coherent lore out of shit Miyazaki just makes up without even remembering half it's original context
hope this isn't any one of you itt
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Is it even possible to make a good looking female PC in the first game?
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>>162190427
No, only a good looking male that looks like a female.
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>>162190340
>Design wise I'd say it's more likely that the furry bits are just meant to be Gwyndolin's tattered skirt and/or gross shit hanging off of Aldrich. I'm willing to concede that Gwyndolin's design might be a random callback to Nito, but you really think they'd just gloss over Aldrich eating the corpse of fucking Nito and then have no other reference to him at all? Fuck off.
Why not? DaS3 is full of random throwaway callbacks like that.

You also neglected to mention the Gravelord Greatsword, Nito's signature weapon that he not only hands out to his followers, but that's literally fused to one of his arms; and Aldrich's theme being a fusion of Gwyndolin's and Nito's themes.
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Are there still invasions in any other souls game besides 3?

3 is my first and I plan on starting 1 soon, eventually working my way up to 2 sotfs. Invasions are my favorite part of 3 and all I've been doing for the past couple of months, so just wondering if invasions in the old games are dead or what. Also if you can still invade easily and quickly, on PC, how many hackers should I expect? Enough to not make online play worth it?
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>>162187959
What sword is that? Kinda looks like an AGS but smaller and AGS has a silver hilt.
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>>162190498
You need a mod for any multiplayer to happen in 1 due to its horrible netcode never getting patched combined with its severely reduced playerbase.

You can probably invade in SotFS yourself, but there's less invaders than eligible invasion targets so don't expect to BE invaded much.
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>>162190340
>I'm willing to concede that Gwyndolin's design might be a random callback to Nito

Gwyndolin looks nothing like Nito. Aldrich, after eating Gwyndolin and Nito, looks like Nito.
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>>162190540
Nigga that's the fucking Zweihänder.
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>>162190498
Still active
Get PvP watchdog for DaS1, probably DSCM as well.
I've had less encounters with hackers in SotFS than in DaS3 the past month or so, but I tend to invade at higher levels in DaS3 which is where most of the cheaters are so take that into consideration.

You won't be invaded as frequently as DaS3, but if you're going to be invading yourself you'll be good. Look into some generic guides to get to grips with some of the game specific mechanics, have fun.
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>>162190760
Ah. Nothing top tier about that.
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>>162190760
Oh so it's the SUAIHANDER but the weird side prongs are just hidden by the helmet? Gotcha.
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>>162190625

Could you elaborate more on the mod thing? Again I don't know shit beyond DaS3, treat me as such.

I want to invade not be invaded, if I can still get insta-invasions in DaS2 I might try it. I heard soul memory is hardcore shitty though, still don't fully grasp how it works or how to play around it.

Probably best to go with a quality build for both on my first run so I can use the most amount of weapons like in DaS3, yeah? Not really sure how the stats work compared to 3 either, is there a way to respec later in the game like rosaria in 3? Would make me feel better about playing blind in case I fuck up my stats at some point, vs. knowing that I should plan all that shit out before even starting.

Either way mainly focused on the single player experience for DaS1 and 2. I'll probably at least try invasions in each but figure I'll probably stick to 3 for multiplayer stuff.
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>>162174809
he's streaming whatever he wants because he's still rich from all those donations
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>>162191078
Soul Memory scales you to players with the similar number of TOTAL ACCUMULATED SOULS, including the ones you lose and spend.

Which means if you end up dying and losing a lot of souls permanently too many times, the game will still literally overlevel you in terms of online play matchmaking.
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>>162190497
The callbacks mostly come in the form of descriptions, or visuals that are far more explicit than "he looks like he has the same dress and sword." E.g. the Fair Lady's body. I was talking about the Gravelord sword being taped onto the scythe too when talking about design.

>and Aldrich's theme being a fusion of Gwyndolin's and Nito's themes.
Unless you're a music composer who's about to style on me about reoccuring melodies and leitmotiffs and whatever you can fuck off with this, because I've seen no evidence for it beyond 'they both have chanting in.'

>>162190672
I meant Aldrich's design, my fuck up.

But anyway, where the fuck would Aldrich find Nito's corpse, why wouldn't the game mention him eating it, and what on earth would it add to the story or lore? Perhaps they were intending for Aldrich to be linked to Nito, hence the design, but then dropped it. We know the storyline regarding Aldrich and Sulyvahn got changed, and that they originally had different plans for Aldrich's boss battle.
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>>162191060
Can't believe he pronounced it wrong despite all the autism in the world.
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>>162191458
Practically it only matters if you lost tens of millions of souls because the tiers get huuge.
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>>162191845
So people are mad they have to grind for lots of souls to get to certain online tiers?

I don't really understand either as I played 2, but never got into pvp in any of the souls games really.
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I'm starting out in DaS 3 and whenever I summon I find I immediately get invaded, never really been much of a PvP type so I find I have trouble with the basics. I find low level invaders generally will out trade me with better weapons and with things like offhand crossbows. I'm okay at out spacing them but eventually that seems to get me parried. Any tips? Good low level phantoms seem not to exist so they generally aren't much help
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>>162192056
no, people are mad that no matter what you do, unless you wear the agape ring all the time and give up a slot, you will slowly drift upwards in matchmaking whether you're leveling up or not, and 2 was also the game with weapons that were made out of balsa wood and has exorbitant repair costs.
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>>162172313
bump
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>>162192194
Fight them
This is the best way to get good
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>>162191594
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoyRcGkDnJo
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>>162192194
stop summoning your babysitter fuccbuiiiiiiii
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>>162191573
>where the fuck would Aldrich find Nito's corpse

Where you left it in DS1.
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>>162172313
>>162192335

Okay, meet my SL80 in 4-1 near the first skeleton, psn :EmoDragonZ
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>>162192056
No, people are mad because twinking was harder to do at least until they introduced the agape ring.
SM pools more people together as they play, so low level griefers get matched with dedicated metatards after a while.
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I want to make a Str/Fth build for coop support.

Any advice for stats? I plan on using Faith mainly so I was thinking ~30 Fth, 32 Str. Probably a whole bunch in Vit and End to be able to tank effectively with healing buffs going on. The other stats I'll just level as I go along and change areas where I put my summon sign.

Sounds good? I really want to try Sentinels of Blue with this character, but I'm not sure how good it is in PvP. Especially since I need practice already.
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>>162192408
is that ceastus simple infused? How long ago was this recorded?
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>>162192728
october, it's for the lorian's gs cheap as fuck WA buff
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>>162192638
>dark souls 3
>tanking

youre better off with a high stability medium/great shield and magic shield fampai
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OH BOY I SURE DO LOVE ULTRAS
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>>162192885
Yeah the Vit was also for using a great shield.

Instead of magic weapon I was thinking about having some utilitarian pyromancies, especially iron flesh, as I've seen it can be used very well with Unfaltering Prayer to facetank damage while launching miracles at point blank range.
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>>162192194

The whole selling point of dark souls in the first place is to die a lot and to git gud.

Fight them and git gud. Get mad and frustrated as you keep losing to them. Then direct that frustration into gitting gud. Why did you die? How did they beat you? Oh they parried you? Hmmm, how can you do that? Oh they have some weapon, what is that? Maybe I can get that or have some friendly anon drop it for me? Rings, what are those and which ones are good? What are these "builds" you speak of? Oh you're saying this weapon is really just a shitty version of this other weapon I should be using instead? etc etc etc.

Watch some PvP streams, especially ones you can ask the streamer questions about shit after telling him you're just starting. This is harder now since the game is kinda dying off in popularity unfortunately. Otherwise mainly lurk here and experiment with different strategies and weapons, do your research. As much as people tend to hate him, try watching all of ScottJund's videos since at least then you'll understand what the tryhard PvP'ers are up to and what to expect.

Worst case scenario if you seriously just don't want to PvP play in offline mode, you should at LEAST be able to git gud enough to beat the game all by yourself.
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>>162193173
Why not attack cancel in their face so they panic roll and run out of iframes for your timed heavy attack?
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>>162192519
Thousands of years after the fact, and in a place which might very well no longer exist and which Aldrich had no reason to visit?
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>>162193480
if youre thinking about offensive miracles youre going to be sorely dissapointed if all you are investing is 30 faith. Hell youd be sorely dissapointed with any miracle at 30 faith
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I finally built a PC good enough to DS3 after years without one, and my last Souls game I have beaten was Dark Souls. I want to make a quality build character, hopefully somewhat armored. My question is: Is it better to have 40 Vigor, 40 Str, and 15 Vit, or 27 Vig, 27 Str, and 40 Vit when considering overall defenses? I do like using heavyish weapons and armor, but that 70% encumbrance rate lets me play with that more than in DS.
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>>162191594
>>162192387

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-zweihaender.ogg
I just compared it to the wiki pronunciation and it's close enough; but I couldn't finish the video since his autism was too distracting.
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>>162193574
It is a well established fact that the First Flame makes "time itself convoluted", as well as physical areas are morphed and brought back from ancient times. How else do you explain places like Anor Londo showing up where it is at all?

Its not unreasonable to assume that at some point in time, maybe not long after the events of DaS 1, Aldritch showed up from the abyss somewhere and ate Nito, then started working his way up until eventually reaching Anor Londo and eating Gwyndolyn before settling there.
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>>162193956
Where does offensive miracles start becoming effective?

If it doesn't work out I could just use miracles as a supplement to melee, if that gives me more stat points to play around with on other things than FTH.
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>>162194068
>Aldritch showed up from the abyss somewhere
He started out as a human and a cleric. He became a blob monster by being a cannibal.

Why would you try to join a discussion about lore when you haven't even played the game?
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>>162193574
>Thousands of years after the fact

In a game where time is fucked.

>in a place which might very well no longer exist

I suppose that this is where I say that the game doesn't tell you that they don't exist anymore.

>which Aldrich had no reason to visit

Actually the WoW was very interested in Lordran's catacombs and the TotG, that's why Leeroy was there. It's entirely possible that another undead cleric brought back Nito's bones after another journey.
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>>162194003
Not really, I'm actually german and notice the accent.
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>Trying to get to the Grand Archives for a mid-level pvp build
>Dragonslayer armor, have dark weapon, do almost no damage
>Upgrade Irithyll Straight Sword a bit for frost damage
>Go into the fight again
>Suddenly have no iframes anymore

What the fuck is happening? Even when I'm clearly in the middle of my rolling animation he's hitting me and the 'vulnerable hit' sound effect plays along with the damage being higher than normal. This doesn't happen if I don't wield the ISS. Twohanding or onehanding it makes absolutely no difference, and with my default weapon I don't have this problem at all. I also had both weapons equipped during both tests, so my equip load was the same. Quitting the game entirely did nothing to fix this. Has anybody encountered this before?
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>>162194271
Now that you mention it, that dialogue totally slipped my mind.

Its just that I've started so many new games now that I skip past pretty much everything early on. It's been ages since I've heard Hawkwood's actual dialogue.

"A right and proper cleric. He ate so many that he bloated like a drowned pig."

Something like that right?
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>invade 1 guy
>no other invaders
>blue to the rescue 30 seconds in

>invade gank squad
>not a single invader after 10min
????
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>>162194068
The places in Dark Souls 3 are pulled together across space, not time. There is no time travel in Dark Souls 3. It's never a smart idea to rely on
>le time is convoluted
for lore discussion when it comes to Dark Souls, as it was just a half hearted attempt to explain multiplayer, and the only time it has been relevent to the story was Artorias of the Abyss. If time travel was so trivial, they wouldn't make a point in Dark Souls 3 of showing you how places like Anor Londo have decayed over time or talking about the events of Dark Souls 1 as being a long ago, distant memory.

>>162194282
>I suppose that this is where I say that the game doesn't tell you that they don't exist anymore.
The game doesn't explicitly say 'Sen's Fortress is no longer around' but it's almost certainly the case given how much time has passed and how fucked the landscape is.

>Actually the WoW was very interested in Lordran's catacombs and the TotG, that's why Leeroy was there. It's entirely possible that another undead cleric brought back Nito's bones after another journey.
This is actually true, but again, this would be a fucking massive event. Why on earth would they not bring it up if it were the case?
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>>162194685
>The places in Dark Souls 3 are pulled together across space, not time. There is no time travel in Dark Souls 3.
TWO Gundyrs
THREE different Firelink Shrines
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>>162194221
around 50-60 with ring of the firstborn and mournes ring with yorshkas chime for strongest spellbuff

50 faith with yorshkas chime is a nice spot for weapon buffs. Min physical with 50 faith can still get impressive ar even though it is still split damage

das3 doesnt really have the flexibility in builds like das1 or 2 did. Everything takes heavy stat investment somewhere to really be effective and often times you have to sacrifice somethign if youre planning on staying between 120-130
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>>162194504
This is also happening with every straight sword I have, such as the Broadsword or the Barbed Straight Sword. Same symptoms on all of them - dodges barely seem to work and get me those vulnerable htis that often one-shot me, it's nuts.
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>>162194796
Oh fuck I completely forgot Untended Graves, you got me there.

Still though, I don't really think going through the spooky backroom of a known insane sorcerer who might have done that shit on purpose is really comparable to saying 'oh maybe Aldrich just slipped through a time warp to eat Nito and then made it back in time for tea.' If the argument for Aldrich eating Nito is now
>On the way to Anor Londo Aldrich travelled through time to the Tomb of the Giants and then ate Nito's remains and then time travelled back to the presence
then it's relying on rather a lot that is never mentioned in the game.
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>>162194812
What if I only use miracles for healing and support, such as taking out mobs with lightning spears, healing myself and host, maybe a buff for melee support. That shouldn't require much more than the spell stat reqs, right?
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>>162192580
ok i've already killed the boss so i can't see blue signs right? i'll put mine down
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>>162193975
Anyone have their two cents to throw in?
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>>162194481
i'm not a native german speaker and i haven't used german since i got my paper. i could still tell he was doing it wrong the first time
>>162189375
proto-gotthard's probably
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>>162195021
>>162194504
Note that this isn't the leggings of thorns I'm wearing either, though I have thought of it - with my Shotel equipped this doesn't happen at all, I can roll into any of his attacks, even ones that would hit me in spite of the smaller hitbox you get during the rolling animation, such as his lightning smash.
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>>162192638
25 fth gets you great heal, which heals as much as a +10 estus flask w/ estus ring equipped for the user, and slightly less for allies being healed (at least that's what it looks like to me). iirc another 5 points on faith gets you like 60 more hp. With two attunement slots you'll have just enough to cast great heal and the 25 faith regen miracle once each before chugging a blue. If you go to 35 faith you'll be able to use weapon buffs and the top level regen miracle, which unlike the previous ones gives nearby allies steady regen as well.

>>162193480
>iron flesh
prepare to be memed by anyone with any ranged weaponry whatsoever, at best you'll be a sturdy health dispenser for the host, who has estus anyway

>>162195160
You should be a little past the stat reqs if you want to have a significant advantage over resin. For low levels you could do 35 faith for DMB + bountiful light, since bountiful light won't scale and you ought to at least be over the bare minimum 30 point stat req for DMB.
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>>162194504
Carthus bloodring could fix that. Especially if you can reliably dodge, it should help a lot with bosses that have good tracking and wide hitboxes.
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>>162195160
offesnive miracles are the weakest they have ever been in the series and are seriously less effective than r1 spam unless you heavily invest in faith

of you are determined to use faith, I would highly recommend just heals and weapon buffs and the faith for them to be truly worth using and not just a half measure that barely adds more than resins and barely heals more than estus. Also, this is just my opinion, but even in pve Tears is significantly better than body buffs
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>>162192408
>>162192728
>twohanding before a riposte
Hopefully this is from release week.
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>>162195525
And it's happening to my uchi too. Maybe it's only weapons that I can't onehand but can twohand?

...yup, apparently that is it, since I don't get it with the Broken Straight Sword either. Just one more thing left to test - maybe it's the twohanding thing combined with the thorns armor.

Yup, that appears to be it. I've done four attempts against him now with the Irithyll Straight Sword but without the Leggings of Thorns and suddenly I can reliably dodge him again. Really the strangest glitch, especially how it only happens when you're wielding a weapon you can't onehand, even if you're twohanding it.

>>162195945
Not necessary, I've beaten him like... twelve times over the course of several playthroughs? I know how to fight him and have clocked 250 hours into this game, so it's not a skill issue. There is just some fucky glitch happening apparently, though I have no clue why it might be happening even though I narrowed down the conditions to make it happen. Can anybody else confirm?
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>>162194504
so i didn't just imagine hearing the counter hit sound when someone hit me after a roll, is this a new thing/stealth patch?
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>DaS3's Murakumo is arguably the worst so far
>DaS3's Zweihander is arguably the worst so far
>can't super parry anymore either
At least the Great Club and Pickaxe is good.
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>literally forward r1 someone stagger them and they still manage to back stab you with your front facing them

?????????
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>>162197057
as long as you stay near him when hes doing the animation ur gonna get stabbed. you have to gtfo out of range fast.
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>>162196932
It appears to be the result of a glitch for me; see >>162196897, it's caused by having a thorns armor piece equipped while wielding a weapon that you don't have the strength to onehand, regardless of whether you're actually one- or twohanding it or whether or not you're even swinging. It also only happens against the Dragonslayer Armour, I didn't get this problem at all against Aldrich's melee strikes even though I also met the conditions for the glitch otherwise in that scenario. The regular enemies can also be reliably dodged while the same setup would cause the DA to just hit me mid-roll. It's really weird.
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>>162197057
you now know how fucking retarded back stabs are in dark souls.

if they even start the animation, the fucking game will vacuum you to them.

>pvping in dark souls 3

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>>162197057
u just got blow of fatal'd desu
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>Already bored of the game because there is no powerstance to do bullshit with
Screw Miyazaki that funhating fuck.
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>>162172313
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>>162197397
Oh, I had something like that happen once. I used raw ass without the faith requirement, all my attacks bounced off of vordt like I was hitting a greatshield with a spear. I later got thorns and would reel backwards every time I rolled into a frost knight I'd get pulled out of my rolling animation and be stunned in the same fashion.
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>>162197524
>dork souls 2
Shit taste tbhfamino

ds3 is where it's at. Your trash sequel is old and busted
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who /rapierparries/ here
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>>162197402
My biggest problem in DaS 3 is the game locking me into the backstab animation without affecting the enemy at all.

This has seriously fucked me over sometimes, as those precious few frames you are locked in position are crucial since you're right up close.
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>>162197397
the counter hit sound/dmg after roll happened to me in the duel arena where i didn't have any thorn piece equipped, also i had enough stats for the weapon(i was using black blade).
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>>162197780
>ds3 is where it's at.
Pffhaha
Souls is fucking dead no matter which game.
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What are poise breakpoints? The point at which you can poise through any other attack by simply refreshing your poise by attacking?
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>>162197402
backstabbing is balanced in ds3
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>>162197891
>implying i even like souls games
theyre all blantant rip off of Lords of the Fallen
no thanks
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Post em, rate em
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>>162198421
>125
shit
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>>162198421
as autistic as this might sound, go 39/37 vig/end. The 37th point on endurance gives you 4 end with favor +2, and 39 vig still gives you 1800 hp with life and favor +2/3 embered (plus the 40th point gives less than the 39th, even though the 39th is the same as the 38th).
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>>162198601
If he wasn't 125 he could just wear a hunters ring and give up cloranthy. If he just took cloranthy off and used a cosmetic ring he'd be no stronger than a 120 character.
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Who else finds Lothric Knight Sword to be the best straight sword? Good moveset, great damage for quality with refined, good length of the blade.

At SL 100 with just 35 STR and 30 DEX, it has 376 attack power before any buffing.
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>>162198714
>gives you 4 end
I mean 4 stamina

the point afterwards only gives you 2
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>>162198930
Nice exposed neck.
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>>162198714
Different anon, but your autism is helping. I was gonna make a build like this.
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>>162199015
I'm still working on the fashion. It's hard.
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>>162192194

Summons are cute. CUTE!
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>>162198930

yes it's generally considered the best if you have the stats for it. personally I love using gotthards though since it's the literal longest in the game, great to use 2H or better yet with a WA shield. you even get the skip glitch now to boot.
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>>162199082
Get a headpiece that either matches the red cape or the black armor.
Avoid exposing forearms, just use firekeeper sleeves or the sellsword gauntlet.
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>>162198714
>>162199036
I'll teach you fags how to autism properly
39 vig = 1386 hp unembered with Life 3 and FaP 2.
40 vig = 1401
Which number is more satisfying?
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>>162197057
>>162197402
dude backstabs lmao
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>>162198714
>>162199036

Also, 39 vigor gives even health, whereas going to 40 just makes it all odd. Triggers my autism.
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>>162198930
>Who else finds Lothric Knight Sword to be the best straight sword?
anyone who has good taste and isn't twinking with raw ass

If you like midshields, use it with a weaponart shield so you can L2R2 while onehanding, good for breaking into greatsword swings. Black knight is pretty good, stone parma is a good alternative for infusion, and millwood is pretty light and heals at the same rate as a +10 blessed offhand even while unupgraded.
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>>162159559

>Don't parry the boss guys, it makes the game too easy!

I shouldn't have to gimp myself for a boss fight to be hard. From really dropped the ball by giving III the most parriable bosses, it trivializes the game.
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>>162199301
you can't turn around and parry the bs thrust, i thought this was common knowledge

unlike in ds2 you can actually dodge away from it so you just should instead of trying for mlg 360 parries and then shitposting when the mechanics of the game don't favor your flashy approach
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>>162199301
Even dks2fags knew to roll away in a situation like that. Latency + the positioning of the host made it really obvious he'd get a backstab attempt.
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>>162192387
kek ags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Wa4bx6t-A
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>>162199298
>Wearing FAP ring and Life ring.

lol
Why even wear rings at all?
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>>162199430

You can parry it if it doesn't connect.
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>>162199298
1386
38th point unembered adds 16 hp according to mugen

39th adds 17

40th adds 15

>>162199332
>he doesn't deeply admire prime numbers
too bad 1401 is a multiple of three
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>>162199083
in the forest they're cute at every level
until you invade the 3v1
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>>162199421

It's simply as hard as you want it to be. I love that about the game, actually.

On my first playthrough, blind, I used nothing except a LK Long Spear and roll dodging, that's it. I had a ton of fun and really took my time killing all of the mobs and checking all of the nooks and crannies of every level on my own. I even beat NK on my first try because I literally simply got that good at timing rolls before attacking once or twice.

Now when I was working on my invader characters (for low and middle levels), I use a medium shield and raw ASS and bandit's knife with rouge and basically speedran everything. Because I didn't care any more about the PvE content, I did that already, I just wanted to get all of the stuff I needed and get to the point where I could do invasions.

You choose the difficulty. Don't be an entitled faggot, you should be happy you get to choose instead of having shit forced upon you. If you want to ez mode the game you can, if you want to hard mode if you can, and anything in-between. You should be happy about this, it's entirely in your control.
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>>162199785
>3v1
like it even matters at that level. At 30-40 scaled down phantoms are absolute jokes, and a properly built invader should be able to tear up four guys without using all his estus, the only issue is if the host is close enough to the bonfire that he can panic roll and spam summon
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>>162198930
>>162199015
>>162199264

I'm just going to give up and go back to the Elite Knight set.

I was just trying to put somewhat heavier armor to use in order to take advantage of this extra weight.
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>Catching fags who keep trying to roll or quickstep behind you with the ultra greatsword overhead backswing
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>>162200364
Try alva's set with cathderal knight helm

no exposed neck and it looks excellent
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>>162200070
>t's simply as hard as you want it to be. I love that about the game, actually.

That's a good thing up to a point.

As far as SL goes, it's good that people who have to repeat areas level up more and in turn have the difficulty balanced out for them.

As far as cheese options go, while I kinda like being able to basically skip parts the game, the fact that I actually enjoy not having to do them the "non-cheese" way suggests that those parts aren't too grand, which is a bad thing. I guess it's better than forcing players to play through something they don't care for, but if you've got a bunch of shit in your game that players don't care for, that's a problem. Cheese options are an alright safety net, but they're a safety net that developers shouldn't need to implement in the first place.

I mean play it all the way out; being able to say "hey, I can just skip this" is fine, but then if you can skip the next thing, and the next thing, you face the question "hey, why not just skip playing this game?" which is the exact opposite of what developers intend. From their perspective, it's ultimately not a good thing to have.
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>>162200426
>Alva chest with Cathedral Knight helm
Good taste
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>>162199785
>panic rolling around a 1H GS instead of backwards

CUTE!
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>>162200426
why won't they add a fucking gorget to Lothric armr

>>162200612
Alva's set goes with everything, like Guile's theme. RIP in piece Alva ;_;
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>>162200612
>alva set without the legs
but you need those matching knees and elbows
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>>162200680
Several helmets that look like they don't have gorgets actually do. It's just that the gorgets are attached to the helmet's chin for some reason and still leave several inches of neck exposed.

>>162200716
The slightly fluted EK leggings go quite well with Alva's cuirass, in my opinion. Plus, when I make an outfit I try to get every piece from a different set, or at the very least the chest and legs from different sets, seeing as they make up the bulk of the fashion.
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>>162200561

idk what to tell you man, like I said: it's as hard as you want it to be.

My first playthrough was an epic experience, and I mean that unironically, I loved it. After that though it's all about the PvP imo. First duels, but even those get boring after a couple hundred hours. You want a real challenge, that you're free to go all-out on to overcome, try invasions. There's no real easy mode for that and the higher SL you go the more cancerous it becomes, until it's overwhelmingly so at meta levels.
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>>162200915

And even there it's up to you how difficult you want it to be. You can choose which SL and area to invade at, you can even choose to crystal out if things get too overwhelming and impossible for you or if you run out of supplies/estus or if you're like me and just want to cuck blues. It's all up to you.

You ( >>162200561 ) sound like me when I first used console commands when playing morrowind as a kid. Made the game boring and made me hate it, like why even bother trying to level up stuff when I could just cheat it all in? Why even bother searching for epic equipment when I could just put on god mode, why bother walking everywhere when I could just fly at super fast speeds? Why even play the game at all at that point?

Then you realize that it's about the journey, not the destination. Winning the game isn't what matters as much as the experience and "fun" you're having. Do what is fun for you, only you know what that is. Hell even to the extreme where if you find literally nothing is fun for you in dark souls, play a game you find fun. Simple. I've been doing invasions for probably 300 hours now on top of my other hundreds of hours of gameplay, and continue doing them, because I personally have so much fun doing them.
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>you can animation cancel the start up of the glaive spin shit and still make the attack go through

what the actual fuck
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>>162201720
what?
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>>162172313
bump
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>>162200915
I don't disagree; I like being able to skip over stuff and make it easier on myself when I want to test stuff out. Recently I compared DSA to raw astora twinking, and I'm thankful that gundy could be cheesed in that respect. It's good as a safety net, and when it comes to repeat playthroughs, it's a safety net you're probably going to want in your game. Ont op of that, the existance of that safety net probably let you remove any bad parts of the game from your first playthrough, making it look 100% good.

But on the other hand, imagine a game where everyone enjoyed playing every little bit.

>>162201309
>cuck blues
rude

>it's about the journey, not the destination
Right, but what we're talking about is a means of skipping parts of the journey. If there was a way for me to skip all the post lordvessel stuff in 1, I'd use it (and I do, actually), but the superior alternative would be to make that part of the game actually fun enough to play. The fact that I skip over it suggests that most the effort put into it was a waste on the developers part. Though then again, lost izalith doesn't seem to have had much effort put into it anyway I guess, so I'm not using the best example.
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>>162201853
just had a guy do it to me. you can completely cancel the start up of the spins frames, he used a shield to do it.

the attack still works, you just mask the beginning of it.
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>>162200085

>the only issue is if the host is close enough to the bonfire that he can panic roll and spam summon

I know people mention this a lot, but honestly it's really not that big of a deal once you come prepared for it and get really good at roll catching (which I'd say is one of the most important mechanics to master in the game for any PvP'er). Once you get good enough at the timing you can just roll catch people like that to death, and they literally can't get away. In fact if they're panic rolling they are leading to their own demise because you'll just roll catch roll catch roll catch and then they're dead.

The only real issue are people who are good enough to not panic roll, but roll on reaction and otherwise just run around while spam summoning. Or honestly not even summoning, when I used to do SL130 aldrich invasions all the time I used to run into a lot of hosts who would use dried finger and literally just have people chase them around, expertly dodging whenever people would try to attack, every so often turning-and-burning for a bunch of damage when they saw an opportunity and then running away again. They could lead like 3 guys all chasing after him and still not get hit almost ever, some people get really good at it and enjoy doing that to troll invaders I guess.

That said, it's another reason why low-mid level invasions are best. You only run into a significant enough number of hosts who can do that at high levels, especially meta level but I'd say you really start seeing it at SL70 +8. Everyone else (and I mean even at meta level, most people are bad and panic roll), you can roll catch them to death once you master the technique with your roll catching weapon of choice. It's mostly a timing/rhythm thing.
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>>162202351
You haven't been here the last few days have you
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>>162202351
oh right yeah that bug, you worded it weird is all.
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>>162201720
Post webm faggot
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>>162202482
few weeks yeah.

how does this work?
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>>162202598
WA shield move forward with the shield up and press l2 and r2 at the same time with applicable weapons.
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Are you a real invader?
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>>162202979
Now looks at the CHARM, that i just found! Now when i say go, be ready to throw!
AH GO
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>>162202979
>Well... uh, technically, ah... na.

Have you ever killed a good guy? Like a... like a real sunfag?

>Na.

Have you ever tried a false white ring?

>Na... na.

Alright! I can see that I will have to teach you how to be invaders!
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>>162202979
>>162203186
>>162203243
Here's a little lesson in faggotry!
This is going down in PvP!

If you want to be invader number one, you've got to use a washing pole on the run!

Now follow my lead, and sneak around, be careful when you make your mound!
>Grape casts warmth
No, don't cast that!

We are number 1!
Hey!
We are number 1!
Hey!
We are number 1!

Ha ha ha!
Now look at this Lloyds, that I just found!
When I say go, be ready to throw!
>Talisman noise
Throw at HIM, not ME!
Eugh, let's try a different meta.

Now watch, and learn! here's the deal!
You slip and and slide with this Quickstep skill!
Ha ha ha ha!
>Redsun quicksteps off a cliff
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
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>>162203451
>>162203243
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>>162202061
>But on the other hand, imagine a game where everyone enjoyed playing every little bit.

Doesn't exist, man. Everyone is different. I mean ffs some of the most watched souls streamers right now are PvE fags doing speedruns only, and I can't stand that shit. Even duelfags like Jund bore me (I like his videos detailing the pros and cons of different weapons though), invasions are the only thing that really excite me and a lot of people would disagree with me on that.

What you want is a game that lets you play how you want. Some people go through the entire game with a pike-class weapon and rolling and nothing else, blind, while some people summon 2 or 3 of their friends while they sit back and let their friends essentially beat the game for them. It's your choice, the only common factor I'd say is do what you think is fun. I play the souls games blind and on my own first because that's fun to me, then I speedrun through shit to build my invasion characters because that's fun to me, then I invade and invade and invade because that's fun to me. Some people literally never even PvP and avoid that shit entirely, some people play through the single player of the game, the PvE, on every different build imaginable. Some people do speedruns and like to compete to see who can complete the game the fastest and what glitches they can find to skip stuff and do it faster, some people do SL1 runs or no death or even no hit runs, and I hate that shit but they find it fun and thrilling.

People like different things, you should be happy you have the freedom to do what you want for the most part. Imagine if there was no PvP at all, or if there was no PvE at all, and you were literally forced to do one or the other. Imagine if there were no invasions, only 1v1 honor duels, and everyone was forced to do only that.

That would suck. Do you get what I'm saying?
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>>162203451

>And those Sunlight medals?
>Mine
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>>162203570
kys sportacus
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This is Gwyndolin. Say something nice to her.
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>>162203716

>Invaders are lazy people like Robbie that just want to get their rewards and leave, but to do so, have to put in more effort than everybody else, just like the real Robbie Rotten

Pottery
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>>162159467
>be me
>start character(i think it was a thief)
>gundyr is the hardest thing ever, was already dying to him before his transformation, died many times and kill him with almost no hp
>make a knight character later
>he is easy as fuck
wtf from.
WTF
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>>162202061
>Right, but what we're talking about is a means of skipping parts of the journey. If there was a way for me to skip all the post lordvessel stuff in 1, I'd use it (and I do, actually), but the superior alternative would be to make that part of the game actually fun enough to play.

The point is you can choose to play it or you can choose to skip it, it's up to you. It means that content is essentially "optional" instead of "forced". Even in DaS3 now, you think I'm killing every single mob like I did in my first playthrough? Checking every nook and cranny of the level? No, I run past everything to the boss, stopping off at specific locations to get items I need or complete questlines I think are important.

Does that mean I didn't have a fun as fuck time when I first played and experienced all of the content? No. I enjoyed playing the game both ways. Both times I was able to choose. That's the point. This is a good thing.
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>>162203923

I killed you in Dark Souls I, but Miyazaki is such a cuck and tranny lover, he ignored my decision, and kept you alive for a few more thousand years before a blob monster ingested you
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>>162204058

Longsword carry is real. It does double the damage the wardens spear does, is faster and the difference in reach is minimal. KNIGHT MASTER RACE.
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I just beat DeS and DSI for the first time, going to start DSII soon. What's a fun build? I did strength and magic combo in DeS and all strength in DSI. Is dex fun in DSII?
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>>162202552

Not him, but you're new aren't you? Here let me help you out.
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>>162204239

I'm not sure if they fixed scaling but when I played at launch it wasn't worth leveling stats much at all, weapon upgrades add a ton more AR. Estoc/Rapier and the Mace were my favorite low level weapons, lots of stuff can be cheesed out with the shortbow as usual.
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>>162204308
You know the combo for the BKG, right?
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>>162203451

what is in the invader's hand?
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he will be streaming DS3 pvp in roughly 15-20 minutes on pc.
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>>162204426

R1 R1 or R1 L2 R1, I made and posted this webm here back when the whole discovery uproar was made. I was just focused on showing off the skip glitch in invasions as much as possible so I wasn't trying to do much else.
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>>162204536
Don't advertise here, anon.
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>>162202552
>>162204308

Here's one with the WK Halberd, also not that great but looks neat.
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>>162204536
I don't watch cucks, sorry
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I want to play as a sorcerer or and pyromancer, question is, what's the best starting class for it

Don't want to use knight reroll, I'm thinking sorcerer because I aim to use obscuring ring and soul spear
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>>162202734

You don't press them at the same time, you press R2 like a frame after you press L2 while your guard is up. It's something you have to get the timing down on but it's pretty spammable if you git gud at it. The regular combos (like BKG R1 L2 R1) are generally better though from what I've found.
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>>162172313
bump
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>>162204129
autism
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>>162205110
well i mean
sorcerer starts with two sorceries and a sorcery boosting ring, along with the best stats for sorcery
and he's called the sorcerer
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>>162205110
I'd go with sorcerer just to get the feel of the gameplay style early on, as well as already having Bellowing Dragoncrest ring is neat. Sorcerer also have the least wasted stats in terms of Intelligence.

If you rather want to focus on pyromancy then definitely go pyro. Pyro can be a good choice if you plan on using dark sorceries as well.
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>>162205253

At least the fate you got, is what you deserved.

Keep groaning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Baq1rVrwr4
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>>162205081
>cucks
How's he a cuck again?
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>>162203923
Gwyndolin is probably one of the loneliest characters in the series. He needs a hug.

Also I've had no luck finding source on that please help
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>decide to try great club on a str build
>it's good

Holy shit, the heavy attack just bitch slaps from 20 feet away, you can't even roll away from it
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>>162205657
that is so fucking hot
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>>162206249

You can roll it if you time it right, but yes it is well known for it's R2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RtVHbXKcko
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>>162204536

It's starting!!!
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PCFC NOW
LOTHRIC CASTLE
PASS: DSG
BE THERE OR BE A DUMB FUCKING CUNT
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>>162206698
>BE THERE AND BE A DUMB FUCKING CUNT

FTFY :^)
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>>162206698
Boy I sure am ready for the good old reactive fc.
Just like my favorite arena fights
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>>162204536

He's playing DaS3, someone ask him about DaS2.
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>>162206261
>A slime monster will never eat you from the waist down, leaving you a moaning, jizzing mess as it carries you around and constantly suckles on your dick and forces itself deep into your ass
Just die in my sleep already
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>>162195617
>>162196024

I forgot to say, thanks for the advice.

I will probably stop just over 30 faith, depending on what armor I end up with and how much Vit I'll need for it and a great shield. I'm not sure what weapon to aim for yet.
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I can't believe you've done this butchers knife guy.
i have to go anyway it's all good.
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>>162205657
>Those lips
>That heavy breathing
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>>162205657
I'm still curious. Just being a cannibal doesn't cause someone to bloat into a black blob of bones and organs. Does the game say anything about what actually caused this mutation? Because they do say he started out as a normal guy.
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>>162207351

If you're going for a shield you don't need a greatshield, go for black knight shield instead. It's the highest stability medium shield in the game, 69 stability at +5, still lets you use your WA, and only weighs 7.5 lbs. Compare that to Havel's Greatshield which has 80 stability at +5 but weighs 28 lbs, you're just better of using a black knight or lothric knight shield most of the time (probably BK because medium shield parrying is ass)
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>>162207047
Go and record webms as a proof or name people then
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>>162207945
I'm sure this is because when he consume the bodies he is also consuming their souls. Look at king allant, it's like his body was so full of souls that it got corrupted, i think that the same happened with aldrich.
in ds2 a guy became jabba for eating regular food, but ds2 isn't canon
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>>162207969
I was actually thinking of using this.

You see I value fashion over efficiency, and since its a coop/support based build, I don't mind not being at every optimum level for pvp. I'm not very good at it so I'd probably suck despite going full min-max autism.
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>>162208372

Consider using the Cathedral Knight GSh or Wolf Knight GSh at least. LKGSh is basically just a fatass BK shield, it goes up to 71 instead of 69 but it weighs a ton more and also has shield bash (which is shit) instead of letting you do WA's.
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>>162207047
name some names, please
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FC AT LOTHRIC CASTLE BONFIRE, YOU FUCKS
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>>162208372
>>162208583

Oh and I say this being someone who used to do a bunch of lothric knight cosplay invasions at SL130 for shits and giggles, webm related.
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>>162208583
Yeah right after I posed I looked up the Cathedral Knight GS. Probably going with that one.

Its a shame about losing my WA ability, but how is shield bash in pvp? Effective at all?
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>>162207072
>someone ask about ds2
bann
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>>162208910

He can't ban for that.
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>>162208882

I mean it's a video game, try it and and see. But generally it's garbage.

Are you using a weapon at all or just a chime for miracle casting? If you're using a shield you might consider using a thrusting sword, spear, or pike class weapon, since those are the only ones in the game that can turtlepoke (attack with their guard up). It's particularly useful for backstabs since it uses a faster attack animation than a regular R1 and so it sucks people into the backstab a lot faster than any other weapon.
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>playing caster for the first time
>kill first 4 bosses without taking damage

Did I unlock the souls games easy mode?
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>>162177091
The ironic thing about this is that /dsg/ is still better than most other generals. This board is probably the most successful containment board on 4chan.
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>>162209001
He banned some guy during Demon's Souls for that
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>>162209160

Yep. Pyro also works.
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>>162184070
Or you could use any spear that's longer and do the same thing because charge has hyper armor too.
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>>162209413

I want to get mad at you for being a dirty GS abuser, but I can't because you're also a fellow leo ring bro. I'm conflicted.
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>>162209001
you can ban for anything you want.

ever heard of excessiveprofanity? people get banned there just for saying dumb shit, no timeout, just straight up permabanned
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>>162181761
>he moved bds down
If you're lurking, why?
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>>162207945
In Dark Souls if you eat someone you also eat their soul. Presumably this fucks with normal humans in a way it doesn't affect undead or gods. And remember, it's a fantasy universe, shit can just happen for vague magical reasons or because that's the way it is. The Gaping Dragon was transformed by its own hunger.
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So, to have a bit of fun I tested which weapons can reliably one-shot people with 1200+ (40 Vig) in the Arena with the Bloodlust Glitch. Here's what I found:

Can easily one-shot people (1400+ damage)
>Spiked Mace
>Harakiri & Seppuku WA (if headshot)
>BKGS topsy-turvy combo

Regularly one-shots (1200+ damage):
>Drang Hammers
>Claws WA (if headshot)
>Quakstone Hammer WA
>Sellsword Twinblades (deals a bit less damage, but since you only need 40 Dex I tested this at SL80, at which it regularly one-shots)
>Greataxe
>Yhorm's Machete
>Black Knight Glaive
>Lucerne
>Glaive
>Gundyr's Halberd Champion's Charge (sometiems)

Stuff that doesn't do shit:
>Gargoyle Flame Spear WA
>Ultra Greatsword Stomp WA (both uppercut & smash)

Not tested: Fume's UGS, Smough's, Dragon Tooth, Greatlance R1-WA, Astora's UGS Charge, Gotthard's, BKGA, DSGA, Crow Talons WA.

Patch when?
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>>162209872

I got permbanned from obobobo's channel for asking if he could not yell so loudly every time someone donates.
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>>162209154
I'm using a chime in my offhand for now, the WA on it while having my weapon out is really neat for PvE.

I'm using the starting Herald spear, but I wanna try out the Partizan which I literally JUST realized exists when I found it on the wiki. I've never ever found it ingame before on my 30+ runthroughs of settlement.

Jesus christ.
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How active is DaS1 on PS3, if at all? Would I get any invasions outside the forest?
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>>162209524

That makes no sense but then again I'm not familiar with the stream culture.

>>162209872

Is that a stream?
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>>162210076
yeah, an aussie streamer
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>>162208372
>You see I value fashion over efficiency
Patrician playstyle
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>>162209978

What's the bloodlust glitch? I use the BKG so I'm interested.

Also it's the BK Glaive not BK Halberd. Technically speaking, Halberds are combined spear + axe (so, the pokey ones like RH Halberd), Glaives are the over-the-head polearms like the BKG, WK Halberd, Glaive, etc. WK Halberd is also not a Halberd but a Glaive.
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>>162209825
I used it before the GS buff because I like the light GS moveset animations and I'm a DaS2 cuck.
And I do love my R2s.
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>>162208372

This >>162208583
>Cathedral Knight GSh

It's enisle-approved as well.
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>>162210056
Burg and Township is decent, Forest is active, which is pretty much all I use my PS3 for, if you mean just people running through the game - Can't see it being too active, reckon PC would be better for that desu. Some anon was doing some Anor Londo invasions on PC in this thread recently iirc.
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>>162209825
flamberge has been my weaponfu since das1 and now is godly for sl40 invades- am I a dirty GS abuser?
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>>162210227

I know, I just use BKH because that's what it used to be called, even if it's wrong.

Bloodlust glitch is simply using the weapon's WA, going into your menu and right as the animation ends switch to another weapon. It's very easy to do, you have about half a second.

I have a few WebM's for those that like big numbers.
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>>162158897
>don't speak to me or my son ever again
>>
is there anything worse than low levels that summon a high leveled escort? How am I supposed to fight a lvl 120 with the best weapons and spells in the game along with 7 sips at + 10 at lvl 15?
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>>162210871
they are scaled the fuck down and you should kill them in a few hits if you built decently?
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>>162210454

Well yeah it's basically the best GSh in the game if you can't handle Havel's weight, goes up to 75 stability at +10 for 15.5 lbs. It's also a tower shield if that's important (considering the original desire to use LKGSh). WK GSh is like the bigger brother of the BK Shield, has a little more stability for a little more weight while still allowing WA's, and it looks good, but it's not a tower shield.

I did a lot of research on this a few weeks ago when I was considering loading my backup save and figuring out a respec that would make 2H'ing a greatshield at SL36 +4 work for invasions (helps with the stats requirement with the 1.5x strength, also for the memes). I kinda just dropped it but now I might look into it again lol.
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>>162210871
You realize the game automatically scales you down massively if a low level summons a high level player right?
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>>162210076
he got pissy at someone jokingly calling his daughter crossbreed priscilla and almost banned him
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>>162210871
The scaling seems fucked at twink levels, they melt to any proper twink weapon on the appropriate build.
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>>162158897
>heh
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>>162210698
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>>162211019
>someone jokingly calling his daughter crossbreed priscilla
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>>162210698

Ah so it's just a hard swap like the moveswap glitch? Alrighty then, got it.

Guess it's time to do some grape invasions tonight. It's a covenant I've literally never invaded as before, any tips, /dsg/? Or is it just "kill everything idgaf"? I know some purps can be assholes so I'd be perfectly happy to just play it like when I do invasions normally and not fuck around with any other invaders.
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Just saying
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>>162211019
>someone jokingly calling his daughter crossbreed priscilla
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>>162211050
Never tried twinking before, but what would classify as a proper twink weapon? I feel like giving it a try now.
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>>162210935
>>162211008
The only thing it scales down is their health and small bits of their flat defenses. A 120 who's scaled down to SL 20 still has about 26 vigor regardless of if they even had vigor that high when they themselves were SL 20, untouched stamina, and much higher flat defenses than humanly possible from an actual 20. They only lose damage because of the weapon's upgrade level but still keep their 40/40 scaling and ability to use any weapons.

So there's nothing stopping a 120 from onehanding yhorms and still 2-3 shotting everybody. And to add on to all of that bullshit, vitality doesn't get reduced at all either so they can wear the same heavy armors no matter what level they're brought down to.
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>>162211341
Yep, DaS2 is nearly unplayable garbage. We already know this.
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>>162211341

Is there one of R1 spam? DaS3 cuts off the recovery if you spam R1 for example.
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>>162211260

Yeah, just a hard-swap.

If you ask me: don't invade as a grape. Invaders already have a difficult enough time as is. But that's just me.
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>>162211409
Raw Astora SS
Raw DSA
Raw Flamberge
Poison setup @ the settlement/high wall SL15-20 max (Ghru Spear + Poison Resin)

Use your points to gouge vig instead of trying to hit dex/str softcaps.
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>>162211469
wrath
of
the
gods
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>>162211454
I'm just telling you as someone who mostly does low level invasions in this game that someone with the scaled down sign is nowhere near as scary as someone properly built for the level. They will do less damage than a raw weapon and have such low hp when scaled down, even if they had 1800 or 1900 in their own world, that should you build properly they will die very quickly.
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Howdy dsg
A little bird told me you have within your possession some Pure Moonlight Stones...
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>>162211808
Should I pump any points into end or am I fine with base stamina?
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>>162211536
I'll make one later if I feel like it
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>>162190340
>>162191573
>>162193574
>>162194685
>>162195109


>arguing with DaS3 lore retards

Anon, please stop. It's for your own good. Lore doesn't exist to add to or make sense of the game. Lore exists for you to make up the dumbest bullshit imaginable so a bunch of other retards who don't pay attention are impressed.
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>>162211835
When will you guys realize that Lucy purposely makes everyone hate him so that he can steer the community in his favor by posting the opposite of what he believes?
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>>162211956
I'm usin DSA and the points you get from rings is enough, you'll kill most people in a few hits
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I just got to Irithyll of the Boreal Valley and I'm having problems.

Every time I get invaded, after a few minutes, I get a message telling me that my framerate is too low for online play, which instantly disconnects the invade and any allies, and I need to restart the game.

Don't get me wrong, I love getting to be embered and yet it impossible to get killed by an invader, but I can't figure out why.

Specs attached.

I've already tried running it on the lowest settings.
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FUCK YOU TANIMUSHIT, YOU RETARDED GOOK
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>>162209001
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>>162211454
It scales down HP, stamina, FP, defense, and their overall damage. I've scaled down from 200 and basically lost 1000 HP, 40 stamina, 80 FP and my damage went from 700 to 250.
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>>162212071
I see, thanks
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>>162210871
either

A) another twink
B) a high leveled escort who's actually deliberately abusing the downscaling

Nine times out of ten, password matched phantoms are retards who have overleveled dsp-tier builds and try pelting you with sunlight spears only to be outtraded by your R1s even if they poisecast. These guys are free estus.

However, there are things that don't get downscaled, like equipload. Back in the good old days of pre-nerf AGS, you could make a character with a fuckload of vitality then lightroll with havel's and a bloodring while spamming the AGS rolling attack with minimal scaling penalties to your other stats. Groups of people like this were unbeatable.
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>>162211954
holy shit dude, no one had any last night, just dupe them, it's mad easy
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>>162212002
Besides, whatever they're talking about they can always reside to "lmao convoluted" to explain things.
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>>162211808
I haven't seen anyone else using the flamberge but can confirm that raw at sl36 it is absolutely godly
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Tis true pastaman came back from the dead dsg?
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>>162212018
really activated my almonds
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>>162212431
anon please don't be angry with me.
I just need one measly Pure Moonlight Stone

I'll stop posting for awhile
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>>162211341
DaS3 Longswords deserved to be in DaS1
And I'd rather have DaS1 Longswords in DaS3
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>Gwyndolin is probably one of the loneliest characters in the series. He needs a hug.
I know, but he had that yorksha or something at least
>Also I've had no luck finding source on that please help
i made the edit

>they wouldn't make a point in Dark Souls 3 of showing you how places like Anor Londo have decayed over time or talking about the events of Dark Souls 1 as being a long ago, distant memory.
>anor londo decayed
it's literally the same thing from dark anor londo from ds1 lmao. There is no decay in anor londo in ds3.
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>>162211341
I always disliked that gay distortion in ds2 as if your weapon were going faster than the speed of sound. That white thingy in ds3 is better, but it was fine in ds1 without any of that.

>>162212903
this shit didn't quoted for some reason, i would quote >>162194685
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>>162211409
Depends on what you want.

If you want something more like DS1 twinking where you hilariously blow people out but occasionaly get fucked over by antitwinks, use raw dragonslayer axe with lightning resin. The innate lightning damage on the axe helps your lightning damage break past the opponents flat defense (which scales upward with the damage being dealt until you exceed the maximim amount, at which point it actually becomes just flat defense), and the lightning resin is strong as fuck because it's a flat addition that's unaffected by how low your stats are. You can kill most phantoms in the highwall with one stunlock unless they're actually camping out for you, so going for larger weapons (like with lothric knight UGS) generally isn't worth it. The lightning clutch ring can be useful when put alongside a knight's crossbow with lightning bolts, and crossbows are really good at low levels since they don't need scaling, but if you've got the strength to use a dragonslayer's axe you could just use an arbalest with explosive bolts anyway.

On the other hand, if you're looking for a good weapon instead of a good meme and would prefer to have a good overall winrate instead of assorted collection of funny instakill webms, use the astora straightsword. Axe movesets are pretty garbage compared to SS and DSA's damage stops being visibly better than raw astora when the resin wears off. Even an SL6 twink (first level that can invade down one/invades all starting classes except for SL1 deprived/deprived +5 yoel levels equals sl6) can end up invading an sl26, and an sl 26 with prisoner's chain can have 27 vig, 26 end, and have two points leftover (either for 2 faith for raw ass and flame ark, or 2 str for etheral oak, alongside the priestess ring for raw ass and blessed weapon), so banking on numbers fails against antitwinks and movesets become more important.

Also, the oak shield gets maximum heal speed unupgraded, unlike blessed stuff or Anri's sword.
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>>162213070
You could turn it off in 2.
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>>162212903
>it's literally the same thing from dark anor londo from ds1 lmao. There is no decay in anor londo in ds3.

Are you actually blind or something? 90% of the city is missing and what actually remains is covered in grody-ass sludge.
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>>162211341
What exactly was the point of making DS2 so slow? Did they somehow think this added some difficulty or something?
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>>162211019
>almost

Lol what a fucking cuck.

Also can the fanbois keep bringing back info here? I'm not gonna watch that cuck but if any funny things happen where people get banned or he gets cucked in some way or cries I'd like to hear about it.
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>>162213394
To be fair, compare it to 3. Making the player commit more to each action makes the gameplay less braindead, compared to just spamming rolls for invincibility.
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>>162213280
>90% of the city is missing
that's because part of it was teleported to that place or some shit, it's not on its original location
>and what actually remains is covered in grody-ass sludge.
That's 100% because of Aldrich only. A city is not on decay just because there is a dirty guy on it.
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>>162213467
>still being this mad about someone because he """"""""shilled"""""""""" DS2 when it came out
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Wait did Great Swords get buffed?
My bastard sword is dealing with this game better.
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>>162213525
Except it made the gameplay dumb because not only did they make it slower but they also changed how i-frames worked and didn't even bother to explain how in any in-game material.
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>>162213667
you step father forward and have better hyperarmor frames, they're really nice now

bastard is pretty ass compared to the others though; stomp is a shitty weaponart and the bastard has shorter reach than most GS
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>>162213394
What I think is that they wanted to make everything punishable so players would think twice before throwing random hits. Startup was also fast so it would allow said punishes.
Maybe I'm overestimating the B-Team but they did make some good decisions like elemental infusions being buffable, i-frames on backsteps and so on.
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>>162213793
it can throw people though which is rad
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>tfw you will never have ciaran ride your abyss greatsword
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>>162213698
>didn't even bother to explain how in any in-game material.
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>>162213793
Stomp is great because of what >>162213863 said.
I'd probably be using the Executioner's Sword if it could be infused and didn't have the spin slash.
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>>162213804
>What I think is that they wanted to make everything punishable so players would think twice before throwing random hits

Then why not stick to DS1 speed? For what it's worth, I thought DS1 movement speed and animation was pretty "realistic" and modeled actual movement well. One of my biggest gripes with DS2 is how unnaturally slow everything looks and honestly it's puzzling why they thought this design choice was a good idea when DS1 was fine to begin with.
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>>162213527
>that's because part of it was teleported to that place or some shit, it's not on its original location

How deep is your ass?
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>>162214112
I actually agree, it was fine in DaS1, with few adjustments it would have been perfect, but they decided to overhaul how everything moved and felt.
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>>162214289
do you have any explanation on how anor londo ended up in dark souls 3?
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>>162213863
>>162214091
Unless you're doing the thing where you block with a weaponart to skip the stomp animation, you aren't going to hit anyone with that. Even if you are skipping the stomp, it's still easy to watch out for the uppercut anyway. Stance thrust is more useful, especially now that you can fluidly combo one stance attack into the other, and you've also got things like the lothric beam which is obviously a lot more practical. I'd at least vouch for the uppercut over the spin slash though.
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>>162213070
I just forgot to turn it off before recording
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>>162211808
>>162213132

In all seriousness I'd say the most important things for twinking at low levels aside from getting at least 14 of the 15 possible estus (since you only get half, it's important because you can get 14 without having to go through DS armor and the grand archives) and 9 out of 10 bone shards, are the stat rings. Particularly for if you don't want to deal with killing all of the bosses to get into the grand archives, these would mainly be the knight's ring (+5 STR) and prisoner's chain (+5 VIG/VIT/END but you lose a bit of absorption which can generally be made up by simply min/maxing armor). They're nice too because you can get them in your first playthrough naturally, don't have to deal with begging someone to drop them for you or CE'ing them in.

I've played with everything from Profaned GS + Arbalest to LK Long Spear or Halberd at SL36 +4 which is really where you want to be for low level PvP (SL15-20 is super low level and not really worth it, they're so low you'll just destroy everything which is kinda boring and can only use raw weapons because you don't have enough stats to really do anything, and neither do your opponents). In the 30's is where proper invasion PvP starts I'd say, most people even newbies are relatively adjusted to the game by that point, and at 36 +4 you can invade everywhere from the crux woods all the way up through to the catacombs, so you have a variety of places you can invade consistently. Lots of things are viable if you get the stat rings to pad your stats. Things like Leo, Hornet, and Obscuring Ring are also all available without having to go to NG+ or beg for people to drop you rings.

The weird thing is you can usually get away with a wider variety of weapon combos and builds as long as you have the stat rings, it's when you get into higher levels that ganks become a much more serious threat and you need more OP shit to deal with them.
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>>162212572
fuck off dude, 3 (three) people last night tried to help you and didnt have them, and most of them plus plenty of people who didn't try told you to dupe
we're presenting you with a solution to the problem, and you are plainly ignoring it
you havent even stated if your refusing to do it is a moral reason or not, leading me to assume you're just being difficult for the sake of being difficult
in addition, in the time you've been asking for a stone, you could have gone to ng+ and got another one
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>>162213264
>>162214587
i had no idea, not that i'm going to play ds2 again, but on what option do you disable that?
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>>162212132
Maybe it's lighting because Irithyll steeps up the brightness. Your specs look okay but it could be your CPU lagging you down.
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>>162213565

DS3 was my first souls game so I don't even know anything about that except what people have said about it here. I just think he's a cuck because of the divorce thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aDZuCkKGkk&t=3562
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>>162214752
Motion blur
There's still a weapon trail like DS3 but it doesn't make everything smear out when you do anything
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>>162214931
>you are a cuck if you get divorced
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I just beat O&S in DaS1 and wanted to help other guys do it as well
Put my summon sign on the stairs just in front of the fog and alt+tabbed out, assuming the game would give some indicator that I was being summoned anyway
It didn't, and when I noticed that my DSCM status changed to co-op, I went back to the game
The O&S cutscene was playing and once it finished, I was lying with half health outside of the fog door, getting hammered by the Royal Sentinels
How do I prevent that from happening next time?
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>>162214112
the worst is, das2 wasn't even supposed to be that slow
I've played a demo at a video games festival and it wasn't shockingly slow like the release
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>>162215603
1. Play in borderless fullscreen window
2. Set taskbar to transparent
3. Position camera so you can see your sign through the taskbar
ez
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>>162215957
If it's borderless window, will I also hear a sound?
Also, I'm mainly just wondering how it's possible for the boss cutscene to be playing while I'm getting demolished outside the fog without any indication of that happening
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>>162216095
you got hit before he went in, and your beating resumed when the cutscene finished
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>>162216095
I don't know of any way to make game sounds play when you're tabbed out
The sign disappearing and fading to black is obvious as fuck though
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>>162216223
Oh no, I mean a sound while it's borderless window. Basically, is there a distinct sound you hear when you get summoned?
>>162216179
Yeah I just got summoned now, turns out I need to manually enter the fog myself as well
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>>162216095

Use PvP watchdog and it will play a sound.
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>>162214684
>stat rings
The chain is easily the most important thing, even more than raw ass, but the other rings aren't always too big of a deal since most of the twink weapons require minimal investment to meet the requirements anyway. Going off the two main twink weapons, you're either probably either Raw DSA warrior with 2 str and hunter's ring or a Raw ASS deprived with two faith or the priestess ring for blessed weapon. The only attack I'd really want to completment the straightsword moveset in invasions is a HA sweep for when crowds pressure me (which is why I sometimes invade with barbed SS and spiked mace).

>NG+ rings
If anyone's wondering, the life ring is actually pretty trash pre-27 vig, and even at 27 vig you're equally well off using a +5 ring then shuffling the 5 points it saves you over to vigor. Favor is pretty okay though.

>SL15-20 is super low level and not really worth it, they're so low you'll just destroy everything
that's what twinking is my man

though I invade in the swamp with my SL 26 settlement character: https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/124801

>>162209413
webm related
I love how you can visibly see me stop to record it
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I dont give a fuck about it.

honestly, I dont give a fuck about PvP in terms of "viability" or "ability to 'compete'" and I actually think that this frame is fundamentally flawed for several reasons.

It's the simple fact that the game can be beaten with any weapon but in PvP most weapons are shit. This dissonance highlights the contradictory nature between the intended mechanics of DS and the de facto competitive game culture that it became.

Dark Souls is first and foremost a single player RPG. Some people tend to ignore this when talking about PvP viability as they erroneously conflate "viability" with "damage output" or "ease of use." this strictly "weak vs. strong" characterization of weaponry and armor is a very twisted perception of dark souls and the functions of RPG's at large.

As I said before, DS is a game where players can "play roles." It offers a tremendous amount of customization for players to create actual characters with personality and back story as just about any combination of weaponry and armor can be used to beat the game. compare this to PvP. where if you try to utilize a unique or creative build in such a setting, you will almost certainly be punished.

this is because PvP has been hijacked by competitive gaming culture that pervades games like Halo. Instead of learning and sharing, players established a precedent of gloating and priority of victory. Elements vital to the appeal of the actual game like creativity and aesthetics are notably absent in PvP in lieu of what can only be described as "power builds."

One last note: I have a gargoyle build that Im working on right now. it includes the gargoyle set with some hollow soldier armor. I summoned a phantom for o and s and we decimated them. got a message after that said verbatim "u are amazingly weak_how did u get this far"

case and fucking point.
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Wat.

I just fought Vordt and everything was normal except Vordt himself made no sound at all.

I could hear his mace thumping on the ground, and the music, and my own sound effects just fine, but Vordt was just eerily silent throughout the fight.
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>>162216734
Saved
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Cute!
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>>162214686
anon woah please please no anger
You can only dupe something if you have 1 of it.
Like i said i'll stop posting, and i appreciate the help of the people that offered.
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>>162216734
Translations:

>blah blah blah, *insert excuses to be a shit player here*
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>>162216897
He just wasn't feeling it today

>>162216734
>Make nothing but themed/roleplaying/lore friendly builds for both PvE and PvP
>99% of the time co-oping with or fighting against people who just don't appreciate it
heck
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Can you access the DLC at any point in the game? I started NG+ on my dude a month after release then lost interest halfway through Undead Settlement
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>>162217082
>replying to a 4 year old past
luci...
i know you are a dick chopper psycho but please
don't give em yous
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>>162217253
the entrance is in cathedral of the deep
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literally everything wrong with das3 pvp came straight from dark shit 2
prove me wrong
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>>162217082

just read around 70 pages of your posts before going to bed. Conclusion: you clearly think you are some sort of an intellectual and your level of education and IQ is above all us mortals. I straightforwardly recommend you to shave your stache, drink less booze, stop participating in this stupid ass e-drama with other e-celebs and concentrate on the essential, which is playing Dark Souls. People like you should use their intelligence on making good videos, or doing things that matter, and not talking shit on the internet. You have around 3575 posts in this board, which I read about 400 latest and a few of the first. You are a pretty cool guy, but for fuck's sake you are picking up fights all the fucking time. Go outside and get beaten up a couple of times, so you get that shit out of your head. Nothing pisses me off more than arrogant I young know-it-alls, who think they are the shit. Take that dick out of your mouth and behave.
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>>162217352
too much stamina definitely wasn't from ds2, and I'm saying this as someone who considers 2 the worst game
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>>162217442
>just read around 70 pages of your posts before going to bed
what the fuck
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>>162217457
Too much stamina isn't a problem. BB proved that.

>>162217442
You assume I don't know it all or couldn't kick your arse.

>>162217581
He enjoys reading well written literature.
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>>162216734
I know this is some old ass pasta, but I actually agree
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>invade someone and their buttbuddy
>they use estus to heal the phantom
why is this allowed
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>>162214684
>don't have to deal with begging someone to drop them for you or CE'ing them in.
Don't you get banned if you use CE to get your equipment?
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>>162217828
Fuck off idiot DS1 is flawless
>>
I'm not even sure why I bother playing this game anymore. The majority of the people I lose to aren't even winning base off of skill, but just blind parries and exploitations of gameplay mechanics. I had one person I fought consistently press L2 during the entire fight looking to get a parry while I hit him with claymore combos. He finally got one after about fifty fucking attempts and low and behold 2/3 of my health was now gone. I then decided to go for a 1HR2 to try to finish off the small amount of health he had left, but he apparently had a little more than I thought and just poised through my hit and BSed me. The entire fight the only two "hits" he got in on me was a lucky parry and a poise BS, and he proper bows at the end like he won by some kind of skill. I'm starting to see more and more each and every day why Ippiki does what he does.
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oh boy is it pastatime?
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>>162217352
>prove me wrong
I can't because that's what I've been saying for 5 fucking months
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what's a good thing to drop for noobs in ds3 as a twink? I used to drop balder side swords as a ds1 twink sometimes, especially if I saw someone with a starting class like wanderer that's got only 10 str.
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>>162217956
Embers desu
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>>162217698
i'm getting them nam flashbacks here
where's the steam chat for icying the cake
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>>162217457
the roll cost is the problem
meanwhile lolnopoise+phantom range/purposefully busted hurtboxes for small weapons came from das2, non instant backstabs making parry cunts hell to fight against too
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>invaded host of embers Kill Dei Juice
funny, and agreed, but should I report him to Xbox just because he is a ganking trashcan that still dies?
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Why do I see some people using Llewellyn Shield now instead of the caestus?
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>>162218168
>the roll cost is the problem
things like CCS would become way better than they already are if we doubled rollcost though. If I roll away from someone's R1 point blank, they can walk up and R1 me again, and the only response I'll have time for is another roll (starting from slightly farther away, hence why this doesn't work forever). If I lost more stamina than 2h carthus man, staggered R1's would become ridiculus. Rollcost would need to be modified alongside a lot of other things to not have dire consequences if increased. I feel like the safer way to change things would be to make endurance cap at 30 and have ultras consume a bit less stamina.
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>>162218603
it's a different parry, it's not "instead" the caestus is ugly garbage anyway and small shields are less risky and more fashionable
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>literally everyone spams R1 with great swords and avoid parties because they're always ganking
Fuck sake this low level meta is gay
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Is a heavy armor + heavy weapon build viable in DS3? For PVE that is. Only PVP I do is ignore invaders and just enter the boss arena.

If that's a no go, how about a faith cleric-ish build?

Also whats the new shitter meta weapon now? Still the dark sword?
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Being able to summon more than one phantom was a mistake
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>>162219043
Literally anything is viable in PVE are you retarded
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>>162218265
yes
>>162218603
hipster choice, also they want something to block with
but they don't know that blocking with anything other than the 2 best shield and greatshields has been declared haram by fromsoft since das2
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>>162218832

idk famalam, I'm SL36 +4 and I'm having fun with it. Not everyone can git as gud as me I guess.
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>>162219186
No need to be autistic about it, anon.
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Why is the Great axe moveset so boring?
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>>162219729
Why is the [whatever weapon class] moveset so boring?
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>>162219729
because 1H and 2H are the same shit, just overhead swings
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>>162219729
Because DaS3.
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"lets give the katana running attack heatseeking properties"
"great idea tanimura san!
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Every single fucking invasion I've gone and done has always had 2+ phantoms with the host and I get ganked, it's friggin' retarded. greirat is missing in my world too it seems as I sent him on the second trip but he never returned and I don't know what's that about so no rope firebombs for me.
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>>162221270
he dies on the second trip if seigward isn't there, but you can find his ashes and give them to the handmaid and she'll sell his stuff from that trip
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>>162221627
I went and looked where his corpse appears but I didn't find anything. Again not sure what gives he's just totally vanished. I was in an invasion in the Grand Archives and it was just another fucking gank
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>>162219729
The rage weapon art seems neat.
It isn't actually useful is it?
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literally dark shit 2.5, take a straight sword/curved sword and mash R1
I'm out, hope tanimura dies a painful death, everything he touches turns to shit, at least the PvE was decent
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>>162221197

How about:
>"lets give halberd R1's the ability to turn on a dime and hit people behind them"
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>>162222087
You don't know how to actually play the game and sound like a crybaby throwing a temper tantrum. Good riddance.
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>>162222383
I know exactly how to play the game, that's why my win rate skyrockets when I use meta™ weapons and plunges when I dare to use suboptimal weapon categories
exactly like dark souls 2
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>>162217683
>>162217082

Sometimes I think you're kinda alright, luci.
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>>162222679

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

Stop getting mad at good weapons, there are good weapons in literally every weapon class. You can beat ganks if you git gud. You're just bad, uninstall already and stop posting any time, tired of you shitting up the thread recently.
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>>162223282
I don't give a fuck about that noname who appeared with the worst souls
don't ever answer to one of my posts again
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Is there any way to transfer character presets to a familyshare account? Or do I just have to get all the sliders
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>>162223490
>being this buttdevastated

Cry more, kiddo.
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>>162223673

He's right though. Got no respect for these post-DaS1 PvP'rs.
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>>162222014
No. Too short and charge up is slow
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Fresh from the oven

>>162223961
>>162223961
>>162223961
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