/dsg/ - Demon's and Dark Souls General

Is there just like no activity going on for help on bosses in Ariandel or is my shit fucked?

>>163515138
These aren't peak hours, anon, and your SL may be way off. Or it might be something as dumb as you forgetting you had a password enabled.

DaS1 > DaS3 > DS > BB > shitty attempt at a DaS1 sequel with "souls" in the title

if you enjoy that piece of rotten garbage unironically please proceed to kill yourself.

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>>163515367
(you)

>>163515367
DaS1 > DeS >=BB >DaS3 > > > > > DaS2

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>>163515367
>BB not better than Demon's or DaS3

Honestly DaS3 was pretty disappointing, spent way too much time rolling around in DaS1 stuff. Didn't like it when DaS2 did it and they just turned it up to 11 in 3.

Reminder that DS2 is a good game because it has Smelter sword + curved nil sword powerstance, it has dual smelter sword powerstance and it has the iron king hammer

Did DaS 2 have a level with the atmosphere comparable to Tower of Latria?

For the sake of fairness you can imagine the level has the beta version lighting.

What's a fun cosplay? I don't know how accurate using a bow is when cosplaying Lucatiel, but I'm having fun all the same with a Black bow/hollowslayer build

>>163515775
>For the sake of fairness
DaS2 shitters are hilariously delusional. For the sake of fairness, you base impressions on what was actually released, not your made-up BS.

>>163515821
It's Christmas. Do an Outrider Knight and freeze people!

>>163515821
pure bow pvp is surprisingly fun, do a pharris cosplay, pharris can be both a male or female, it's pretty much a title that gets passed along instead of a name

>>163515878
>>163515943
I don't pvp

>>163515275
what's an appropriate sl range?

>>163515821
Be a witch

>>163516145
Already got one

>>163516070
80 is the average, but it's super active at 120 as well.

>>163515775
>Did DaS 2 have a level with the atmosphere comparable to Tower of Latria?
No.
It's all shitty, washed up levels with almost complete lack of ambience that makes real souls games so atmospheric.

>>163516070
Around level 100

>>163515821
>What's a fun cosplay?
MILLWOOD KNIGHT NIGGA
Literally the funniest and comfiest cosplay in series.

>>163516598
sup

>>163516618
Already got that too. Man I've put in over 500 hours into this game, I feel like there's nothing left to do

>out of country for a week
>open thread for first time since I got back
>people still ranting about das2
really makes you think

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>>163516070
it should be around 80 - 90, that'd be an "appropiate" SL meta both for pve and pvp, but the imposed SL for literally everything is 120 - 125.

if we had lets say a 70 - 80 level cap it would give other unused and now useless builds a chance to shine, since a quality 40/40 is effective in both pve and pvp with almost no cons at all for the player at 120 and therefore has become the norm.

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Cute.

>>163517293
Are you the same guy posting cute in every thread?

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>>163517392

There's at least one another Anon who does too.

>>163517049
No, it wouldn't. Quality would have an overwhelming advantage at level 80.

>>163517549
Are you the cute anon I gave my cookie recipe to?

>DS3
>best sorcery staff scales with faith
THANKS FROMSOFT

>>163517836

No, that's not me. I thought I had it saved, but I can't find it anywhere.

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found this old pic, thought I lost it but then I remembered I used it as an avatar on github. Is there a collection of these drawings somewhere? google reverse search didn't help

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>>163518152
>>163517836

Found it, do you mean this one?

>>163518231
>>163518152
Lol yeah that's the anon
I actually just wanted to link the other cute posting anon to my souls art folder and have him pick and choose out all the cute from it if he wanted

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>>163518229

Here you go!

>>163518669
thanks man!

>>163518669
Honestly those bosses don't deserve the effort that went into this pic.
Is there a DS3 version?

What did Anor londo look like when it was thriving?

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>>163519521
It looks like it's now except more people walking around.

>>163519521
A city full of rich nobility and distant relatives of the gods.
Paintings in anor londo castle show some of them, it seems.
Probably wasn't as cold and unwelcoming as Irithyll.

>>163515775
>implying any spiritualsequel had a level with atmosphere as thick as latria

>>163519770
Research Hall.

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>>163519521
probably like this

>>163519807
Um, what cathedral is this?

>>163520070
The duomo in Milan

>>163520070
Milan Cathedral, in the Piazza del Duomo.

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Praise the sun /dsg/

>>163520394
Is that the Nameless King's face in the lower right?

>>163520394
>tfw getting hatemail by invaders because I'm invincible while praying to this broken statue
good times mang, good times

>>163520436
I guess Dark Souls 3 confirmed this, so yes, yes it is

>>163520436
was this face on ds1's statue?
if yes, it's him
if no, it's just a ds2 fanfiction

what's your opinion on armor damage reduction being pretty much useless? should armor provide protection significantly? what would you change for it to become viable and relevant and not a fashion matter?

>>163520819
>what's your opinion on armor damage reduction being pretty much useless
25% damage reduction in pvp is far from useless. From was absolutely right in not allowing to stack super high values in pvp, it was retarded in early DS2, it would be equally retarded here. Right now the only thing DS3 heavy armor needs is better investment/return ratio from vitality. Make it at least 1.5 point per point of vitality, it will help both fast rolling light builds and heavy armored knights, right now both of those are kinda under-represented and everyone just goes with medium armor.

i took a two month break after starting ashes of ariandel and now i'm lost af

only boss i found was the gravetender, but i feel i explored quite a lot, i unlocked the shortcut around that bitch that lays on the table but that whole area seems to lead nowhere

help me dsg you are my only hope

>>163520819
well, it's pretty much only useless in DS3, armor was pretty effective in DS1/2.
they should just go back to making real heavy armor have good physical defense but shit elemental/magic defenses, and light armor having good elemental/magic defense but shit physical.

They shouldn't go overboard like in DS2, allowing to have armor combos effectively nullifying all damage for a certain element. but you know, balancing like that is pretty hard and takes a long time, so we'll never see this happen

end of blog, pls subscribe and follow

>>163520819
I agree that there should be a definite incentive to taking heavy armor and a greatshield. As it stands right now the majority of equipment in the game simply can't compete with the chosen few DEX/quality weapons and armor light enough to suit those min/maxed builds. Not that I have any idea how it SHOULD be balanced. I just think that it's the goal.

>>163520819
>what would you change for it to become viable and relevant

Make the different resistances more pronounced.
For example, plate armor would improve resistance toward slashing type of damage a great deal and cause durability damage to slashy weapons faster, but as a downside would be weak against blunt and only offer mediocre protection against piercing damage.

With light / padded armors they would provide more protection against blunt and maybe even piercing, but be weak to slash and also get torn up by that.

Armor should be able to get upgraded and "infused".

Armor infusions are either "heavy" or "mobility". The former adds protection in cost of increased weight and stamina regen penalty and the latter shaves off protection but with decreased stamina regen penalties and weight.

>>163521040
The zone past the painting girl is the progression route. Keep trying to climb the mountain.

Friendly reminder that if you spam fireballs or soulspears in other players backs while they're fighting other then you should kill yourself

HOLY SHIT
I DID IT, I ACTUALLY DID IT

I ALMOST HAD MY WEAPONS BREAK!

when encountering a new area, I always clear all enemies I encounter, activate bonfires but don't sit down so they respawn, once all enemies are cleared I retrace my steps and look for any missed treasure.

I actually had to use a repair powder when exploring smouldering lake.

>>163521190
git gud

That shit is so easy to dodge that they don't really have much choice other than to play support.

>>163520136
>>163520205
Thanks friends

>>163521326
Its easy to dodge but when you're fighting their teammate and to magic buttbuddies come spamming then how am I supposed to dodge.
Also those people don't fight anyone they just wait until their teammate almost kills someone and then finish them off.
Whats so fun about that?

>>163521190
nigger rolls cost like 0 stamina, manage your stamina so you're always ready to dodge

>>163521424
Same thing that is fun about playing support in any game.

Rather than the generic halberd 1h r1 moveset, Gundyr's Halberd should have has a r1 thrust attack. Prove me wrong

>>163521127
ohh thanks, i have no idea how i missed that big cave entrance

why did it have to be flies

>>163521835
this would make the already best halberd incredibly overpowered

>>163521929
Firstly, this isn't the only weapon I'd improve and in order to balance it out, I'd rather improve other weapons than make this one shit. Secondly, what overwhelming OP advantage does a one handed r1 thrust give?

>>163522047
gundyr's halberd is a single-stat weapon reaching the damage of quality halberds
if it had all the best halberd attacks at once as well (thrust 1hr1, overhead 2hr1) it would make the rest of the class completely irrelevant

Loo Cee Furry

>>163521127
>>163521887
is this the wrong place though

now i'm back at the chapel with the frigid bitch and now the cripple girl is sitting in the attic

>>163522250
No, it's the right place

you missed a lever in the fly room that opens the door to the final boss

>>163522115
BKGS is better damage with a better moveset and it's lighter. This change to Gundys would put it on par with BKGS

>>163522332
FUCK i saw the lever too

>>163522389
yea but for the BKGS launch combo you need to be real close, while the gundyr charge provides way more utility since you're so mobile during the charge. Both weapons are really really good, but when looking at halberds gundyr's is already toptier, no need to bump it even further from the rest

>>163522450
there's also an illusory wall in the room with flies leading outside to super sikrit area

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>>163521835
Movesets?
On halberds? Or any weapon that even fucking looks like an axe?
In Dark Souls 3?

>>163522389
>BKGS is better damage
gundyr's halberd reaches 539 AR in 2h with 66STR, it's 26AR more than BKG
>better moveset
charge of gundyr's glaive is incredibly versatile, much more useful overall than a simple combo extender of BKG that was nerfed on top of it

you also forgot to mention that it's longer than BKG

>>163522490
It's upper mid tier, with BKGS at top tier. The fact that the boss has a thrust attack and the only thing to sggest gundyrs is a bos's weapon is a WA is bullshit. At least give it a unique thrust attack.

>>163522704
>It's upper mid tier
itt: retards who never should talk about tier lists

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...


...why, tho?

>>163522703
>539 AR in 2h with 66STR, it's 26AR more than BKG
They scale differently, what do you expect? But for correct stat investment, a similar ammount has BKGS dealing more damage
>charge of gundyr's glaive is incredibly versatile, much more useful overall than a simple combo extender
I think the charge is a neat move but not enough to carry the weapon alone.

>>163522762
>itt: retards who should nevertalk about other retards who should never talk about tier lists
Fuck outta here

>>163522525
oh nice that's where you fought priscilla, thanks senpai

Just got done watching Dist do a playthrough as a giant. How does that work?

>>163522704
halberds are boring turtle weapons. to make it match gundyr's high pressure rushdown style would require giving it an entirely unique moveset.

>>163523282
>But for correct stat investment, a similar ammount has BKGS dealing more damage
it's 66/15STR/DEX versus 40/40, even at 65/15 it will deal more than BKG with the same amount of stat points needed
>not enough to carry the weapon alone
well it's a good thing that it's not the only strong point of gundyr's glaive

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>>163523405
>fought
get out

STOP CALLING A GLAIVE A GREATSWORD RETARDS

>>163523621
fought, cut off the tail and killed, yes anon

furries leave

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>>163523621
>not slaying the filthy crossbred slut

>>163522704
on the bright side, there's an unused animation for the player to do the gundyr kick, it might be added to the weapon next DLC. Just like there's an unused alternative weaponart for the farron greatsword with a stance

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>>163523797
>>163523808

>>163523525
That is kind of what I'm proposing.
>>163523526
> 66/15STR/DEX
518 AR gundyrs. BKG has 513 at 40/40. gundyrs edges out, I'll give you that
>well it's a good thing that it's not the only strong point of gundyr's glaive
It's not outstanding though. Even at 40/40, the red hilted halberd has comparable damage and has the thrust attack you think is so OP

>>163521246
That's what you get for using a katana.

>>163523957
>518 AR gundyrs
the only thing that matters is 2h damage and gundyrs especially excels at that
>red hilted halberd has comparable damage
red hilted is used completely differently and should not be compared to glaives

>>163515775
>comparable to Tower of Latria
No not even close, but that goes for all the titles in the series. The Gutter is the next best thing though. Beats Bligh Town by a longshot.

>>163523959
sellsword twinblades, but yeah, double hits means double durability loss

>>163524086
>the only thing that matters is 2h damage
518AR is 2h damage
They're all halberds bruv. The only difference is the WA and the thrust, and I'm proposing a thrust for gundyrs. It's perfectly reasonable to include them into the conversation.

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Oh my gentle jason bourne what has science done.

what's the best miracle casting tool in das3? inb4 miracles suck

DaS1 is fucking garbo.

>>163524598
not really, it just feels clunky compared to the later instalments, but is still a solid game

>>163524627
A solid game wouldn't have a completely useless trap stat that ruins you character for eternity thanks to no respec.
You're wrong.

Is the dark souls 3 game still lively on PC? I wanted to do some sort of like "forge master" cosplay thing. Is that possible? It's been awhile since I played.

>>163515113
Guys when should I be starting the DLC on dark souls 1? I've just looked up how to start it by killing the ice gollum and getting the pendant etc etc. I already have the lord vessel, is it too late for me to start the DLC? also is this the only dlc for souls 1?

>>163524275
>518AR is 2h damage
no, at 66STR it's not

>>163525192
It is according to mugen monkey, bud.

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I want vaati to fuck me up the ass while whispering dark souls lore into my ears

>>163525159
>I've just looked up how to start it

Casual/10.

You're already at the endgame by the time you can even enter the DLC so go for it whenever you want. And yes, AotA is the only DS1 DLC.

>>163525159
Any time from when you've placed the Lordvessel to before killing Gwyn is fine. It might hurt your ass a bit if you go straight there from O&S, but it won't be impossible.

What's better, Lothric knight GS or Cathedral knight GS? at 50/50 there's exactly 100 ar difference between them, but how much of that will I lose considering the lightning phys split damage?

>>163525526
cathedral is garbage if you want a good ugs go profanedor black knight

>>163525627
But wouldn't either one of those out damage profaned, if you use papers?

>>163517991
But the Sage Staff scales with int anon. And it's one of the best looking staffs.

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>>163525526

>50/50

>>163526320
Jokes on you, I'm too poor for PSN

>>163524598
I wouldn't go that far, but DaS1 have tons of flaws.

>Boulder trap rehash right off the bat
>Oscar hollowing when he does makes no sense and you can fight him while both he and you are wearing his armor
>Asylum Demon is a Vanguard Demon rehash and you fight 3 variations
>Things have to be explained away with convoluted time
>Kaathe's actions make little sense since the flame's already dying and Gwyndolin is a much greater threat to his plans than Gwyn, especially since Gwyn tries to kill anyone who enters the kiln
>END is a superstat that makes you better at everything and RES is a shit stat that's not good for anything
>Shields break the game
>Poise can break the game with little effort
>PvP devolved into crit fishing
>Infinites that have to be toggled out of
>No teleporting until after S&O, can't teleport to every fire
>Easy as fuck after your first play-through because you understand humanity and kindling and can get the rite early

Despite the improvements to the combat and muh interconnected world I enjoyed Demon's Souls way more.

>>163525780
I haven't done the specific tests on the same target to find which one does most damage, but I played a lot of arena duels and between lothric knight's, lorian's and profaned the damage is not all that different. Profaned gets 80 fire dmg buff when you use WA for 45 sec. Also charged R2 adds like 50 dmg to the attack (which stacks with the weapon art buff). It is the king of horizontal ugs, highest physical damage, lighter than most and charged attacks eat less stamina than other ultras. also best looking

>>163526631
Don't forget all those horrible dead ends before warping. Good level design my ass.

>>163526746
>also best looking
Have to disagree here, no armor set goes with it

>>163527145
>t

Everything goes well with Profaned

>>163527145

Leonhardt's Garb, Jailer Gloves, Mirrah Trousers, Pharis Hat. That looks amazing with the Profaned UGS.

>>163525371
>>163525421
>Casual/10.

Tell me you're joking. How the hell is anyone supposed to know what to do? this is my first ever run and I just realized that i'm pretty far and my ps3 disc comes with the dlc. Cheers for the advice both of you ;).

'm new to dark souls, just bought DaS1, what am I in store for?

yes, i'm a newfag

>>163527074
>Kill Quelaag
>Have to run all the way back to Sen's because gold fog and no teleports

I'd forgotten about that.

>>163527074
>>163527882
>they can't kill Quelaag without resting anywhere between her and the parish bonfire

Casuals

>>163527831
Make sure to level up your resistance. There's an area in the middle of the game where you're very likely to get poisoned, and having poison resistance helps a lot.

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>>163527831

>>163527831
A very fun game, and the first step in to a series that's pretty consistently fantastic.

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>>163528082

>first step

>>163527831
Remember to use your materials to upgrade armor before leveling up or upgrading weapons. It helps you survive a lot

>>163525526
Lothric ugs has better moveset, wa and it can be buffed with lightning resin for more damage that could be potentially better than pure physical weapons. Cathedral ugs is terrible in a already mediocre weapon class.

Item swapping estus upgrades any safe? Please help.

>>163528145
What are you suggesting? That there was a Souls game before Dark Souls? King's Field doesn't count, you know.

>>163528145
>demon's souls is part of the dark souls series

???????????????????????

>>163527145
It is totally the best looking ugs. 2nd fav Ugs desgin wise is Astoras i know it looks so plain but thats what gives its appeal

>>163528145
For most people it probably was, DeS still has fewer than half the sales of Dark Souls 1.

>>163525159
you could do the Lord Souls bosses first because the DLC is the best content of DS1 in terms of bosses.

>>163523621

CUTE

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>>163529074

>>163527831
Holy fuck you're getting rekt, don't listen to what anybody said except this guy >>163528063

>>163527831
so i just popped in the agme, I'm at the part where you can enter the light or some shit, anyways
is parrying broken in this game or am i just dumb

>>163527074
>>163527882
>>163527985
>not using a homeward bone

>>163529638
You're dumb, parrying is exceptionally easy in that game
Go into the light

>>163527882
Nothing beats going all the way down to the Tomb of Giants pisswall, because that fucker at the start said there would be a bell down below.
Reverse Blighttown and Ashlake are bad as well.

>>163529638
The game is very awkward but you will get used to it, unless you give up first. kill shit, gain souls and level up at the bonfire while you get a hang of things.

>>163528192
Help.

>>163529685
If you actually played the damn game, you would know that you only get transported back to the last bonfire you rested at, which is usually at the end of the dead end.

>>163529864
>run to quelaag by skipping blighttown
>kill her
>bone out back to Andre's because you are pro and didn't rest or waste estus and you rang the bell without sitting down at the dead end
downside is you gotta make the trip again post lordvessel

>>163529737
That's actually what I did the first time I played the game, I had to git real fuckin' gud to fight my way out of there at a low level. I had nightmares about that giant skeleton casket for weeks. I'm definitely with you on Ash Lake too, it looks cool and it's neat how you have to descend through the great hollow to reach it but it's awful in every other way.

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>>163526631
>No teleporting until after S&O, can't teleport to every fire

This is the inherent strength of the game. It makes the shortcuts actually matter. Navigating the game world goes really fast if you know what you're doing.

>>163527882
>go via elevator to New Londo
>walk 5 m
>go via elevator to Firelink
>walk 12m
>go via elevator to Undead Parish

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwww, so hard!
Maybe you'll enjoy Casual Souls 2 and 3 more.

>>163526631
>No teleporting until after S&O, can't teleport to every fire
I actually think this is a positive, but I guess thats just me

>>163529864
I don't remember well anon, I have only one playthrough and it was years ago
But you made me remember that I tried using one, and got teleported to that bonfire in a little cave, it took me more than an hour to get out of this damn place

>>163530324
t. triggered DaSbabby

>>163529864
>kill Quelaag
>don't get a homeward bone from her, unlike almost every boss you've fought up to that point
>ring bell
>see cutscene where Sen's Fortress is opened
>receive homeward bone now
>"clearly I'm supposed to keep moving forward, this is definitely where I'm supposed to go next and not the place I just saw open up in a fucking cutscene"
Why is almost every complaint about Dark Souls 1 made by fucking retards who can't figure out anything for themselves?

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>>163530393
>DaSbabby
>says the person who enjoys the casualshit games

>>163529864

I wonder why they took this out in 2 and 3. Sometimes I want to light the bonfire, but don't want to return to it by using a Homeward Bone.

>>163530437
because people that play video games tend to be retarded, or children, or retarded children

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Im enjoying DaS2 softs so much i bought the deluxe edition for DaS3, I hated it at first but im glad i played it the second time once you get used to the skill cap its pretty fun and rewarding.

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>>163530470
>B-but other games!

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>>163530191
>run to quelaag
>pro
>not literally falling from the skies into her house
https://youtu.be/Wao65FyfHBw?t=36m27s

>it's another "red is trying to honor duel a phantom and when I come in to fight he turns around a 1v3's me" episode

Getting real fucking sick of this muh honor in invasions shit... we have an arena. We have pontiff. If this is what you want, there are places for you.

I didn't come here for a no chugging honor duel motherfucker, especially against a host where I'm at a health disadvantage from the start. I came here for a no-holds-barred backstabbing donkey punching shitfest. And yes, don't think I'm above murdering you and you specifically ignoring everyone else until you're dead, because I'm not. I'll show you just how much I think about your honor when I whip out my twink gear and rape you to death.

How do you fight poise great swords as a casual longsword r1 spammer?

>>163530324
>Navigating the game world goes really fast if you know what you're doing.
Not really, the character runs really slow and shit just adds up. At least they added a warp to andre after a long time. Upgrading shit used to be a fucking pain. Buying green blossoms is still shit.

>>163530324
Getting to some parts is a hassle. Like Vamos, or the fact the only bofire you can warp to if you want to explore ruins/izalith is daughter of chaos.

Some don't add anything to the game, like not warping to the darkroot bonfire. You just run through 4 enemies you kill in a few hits because you can't go there directly, no shortcuts or tricks involved.

There's no reason you shouldn't be allowed to warp to every bonfire you find post lordvessel

>>163530724
Wait until they wind up and strike once and dodge, straight swords are fast enough that you can straight up bullshit most greatweapons once you've got distance and timing down.

>>163530669
And I came here to make people unhappy with the game. Guess it worked on you

>>163530327
Nope
I loved that actually
Made it feel like an actual trek and home was far away, especially after the batwing demons bring you up to anor londo for the first time holy fuck

>>163530437
Good job defending your precious game that's supposed to be about exploring a perfectly designed interconnected world.

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>>163530567
>ds2

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>>163530724
>doing anything other than
>roll behind
>poke in ass
>roll away
>repeat

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>>163530324
>Navigating the game world goes really fast if you know what you're doing.
And yet by your own estimation the trek from Quelaag to the Parish takes about 20 minutes.

>>163530745
>character runs really slow
lmao just run around naked

>Upgrading shit used to be a pain
You can upgrade at the bonfire

>>163530828
I dunno, I like navigating the environments instead of the only gameplay being direct progress.

but I guess the casualfags won since das2 and 3 have bonfires everywhere so people could be babied into beating these "hard" games without having to put any effort into it

>>163531209
I didn't say anything about 20 minutes.
You can do that in 7 minutes roughly.

>>163531275
>warp to parish bonfire
>kill 4 poiseless enemies that hardly scratch me
>reach another bonfire

Explain how this adds anything to the gameplay instead of wasting time

Steam is down, can I still play online on PC?
DS2 SotFS if that matters.

>>163531275
Are you literally incapable of formulating an argument that doesn't revolve around calling people who disagree with you casual?

Bloodborne has teleporting from the start, is it casual? Is Demon's Souls casual too?

>>163531013
>>163530327
So you're a pve babby that played the game only once. Got it.
It would be different if they changed up encounters, like black phantoms or invaders after killing the boss, but it's always the same shit.
DaS1 is a boring snoozefest.

>>163531569
On newer playthroughs you can just speedrun to lordvessel

>>163531395
The game ought to tell you whether or not it can access online features at the main menu.

>>163531395
all DaS rely on steam servers to work online so I would say no

>>163531275
>lmao just run around naked
It's still the slowest movement in the series.
>You can upgrade at the bonfire
You need specific blacksmiths for +5 and +10.
Put your trip back on, Luce.

>>163530917

It's not unhappy, it's just... lame. It's a different feeling. It's like the feeling when you ordered a happy meal and they forgot your fries. It's just kind of a "meh... well that's lame" sorta feeling. I'm not experience anger or any kind of strong emotions it's just... lame. I don't know what word fits better than lame for these sorts of experiencing. Same feeling I get when a cheater shows up and is flying all around or cursing people, I'm not mad or upset it's just lame like "oh... okay... well guess you win with your cheats, congrats I guess?"

But you're probably right, thinking about it now I was probably wrongfully imposing my own rules of invasions on other people. Next time I see what looks like an honor duel between an invader and a host/phantom, I won't run in. I'll pull out my millwood greatbow and obscuring ring, because fuck you.

>>163531034
Good job still being completely retarded a third of the way into the game. If you rest at the bonfires past Quelaag, that's your own damn fault. The game makes it ridiculously obvious what you're supposed to do next after ringing the bell, and if you use the bone when it's given to you, you'll go back to the bonfire right next to the shortcut out of Blighttown that takes you to Firelink, and then Parish is just a short elevator ride from there. Dark Souls just isn't a game for braindead idiots that don't pay attention to anything.

>>163530906

I've fought your kind before friend, and you're getting parried trying to pull shit like that, guaranteed.

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Anyone want to watch Letofski with me?

>>163532054
>GS/Ultras 1h against a SS

You have already lost

>>163532191
t. letofski

>>163532054
>you're getting parried trying to pull shit like that, guaranteed.

That's a pretty shitty guarantee considering that I've never been parried while doing that. Also, since when can people cancel their own swing with a parry?

>>163532201
>>163532317

>not being able to switch between 1H and 2H on the fly with literally the press of a button

I knew /dsg/ was full of shitters but this is getting ridiculous...

>I've never been parried while doing that

You probably play against bad players, i.e. most of the player base, and either just coincidentally "forget" the times you got rekt or, more likely, you'd just never admit to getting rekt on an anonymous origami billboard because why would you?

>>163531969
>The game makes it ridiculously obvious that it's just one big hallway and completely shits itself when you try to break out of it.
It's my own fault that I got rused by dastards, that's for sure.

>>163532750
>not being able to switch between 1H and 2H on the fly with literally the press of a button

According to what?

I'll ask again, since when can people cancel their own swing with a parry?

>>163531569
>So you're a pve babby that played the game only once
>implying implications
nigga I got gud, only activated bonfires where needed and made good use of homeward bones

>>163532750
Show us a webm of you swapping in time to parry a SS r1. The animation is too long to do so.

>>163517049
I fucking -HATE- Soulsfags who refer to previous games in the series when trying to decide on a meta level.

I even remember when people were trying to choose the new meta for DaS3. Why the fuck did people settle on a homogeneous, overleveled as fuck piece of a shit SL? Wouldn't it behoove the community to choose an SL that's simultaneously high enough for PVP but low enough for PVE?

>>163533138
Seems more like you have no life.
DaS1 just wastes time with this shit, that's why they got rid of it in all the other games in the series.

>>163533879
I have never finished any souls game at meta SL, except 2 and only after all the DLCs.
The meta in all other games is much higher than most players end the game at

>>163533064

I never said anything about canceling a swing, but with proper spacing and unpredictably moving between the 1H and 2H movesets with both R1's and R2's, if some SS faggot is making it obvious he's constantly doing the same predictable counterattack over and over, it's easy to punish that with a parry just like you'd punish any other predictable attack. I mean yeah if you have some guy who's just going to stubbornly keep doing the same staggered R1 shit when it's not working then sure, but then you're playing against a bad predictable player without any versatility.

>>163533219

I'm not a webm/recordingfag, but if you have enough space you can do it. If the person is really aggressive and predictably doing the same thing trying to hit between hits over and over again I'd probably get them used to the 2H moveset and switch to 1H'ing it when they least expected it, purposefully whiff 1-2 1HR1's and then parry his counterattack when he's used to that strategy already.

2HR1 into 1H parry would probably be done when you've backpeddled enough to purposefully whiff an R1 with enough space to parry what will likely either be a running or rolling R1 attack. It's just another technique in the toolbox of ways you can bait people into predictable, parriable attacks. Main problem is you two are probably assuming perfect top level play all the time in an honor duel, which is just unrealistic.

>>163533990
Because retards can't into "choices" or "trade offs"

If you aren't at the softcap for more than 2-3 stats, they consider the build to be "weak" or "incomplete"

>>163533879
I have never finished any souls game at meta SL, except 2 and only after all the DLCs.
The meta in all other games is much higher than most players end the game at>>163533997
>Main problem is you two are probably assuming perfect top level play all the time in an honor duel, which is just unrealistic.
And you're assuming top play from the ultra user while the SS guy is very predicatable

>>163533934
Dark Souls was a niche game that wasn't designed for the lowest common denominator of casual faggot. Go back to DS2 and 3, those games were made for you.

>>163534335
>4chan copied over my past post

What the fuck

>>163534335
>the ultra user

I thought we were talking about GS's here?

>How do you fight poise great swords

He didn't say poise ultra greatswords...

>>163533997
>I never said anything about canceling a swing

Well considering that I recommended that the first person wait until his opponent starts swinging before attacking I can't imagine what the hell else you could've possibly meant. Playing defensively (i.e. in a safe manner that makes it unlikely that you'll get hit or parried) with a faster weapon isn't much fun but it's pretty much a guaranteed win and even if he doesn't take my exact approach the theory behind it is solid and carries over to pretty much everything that isn't a greatweapon.

Maybe try reading posts before you decide to cunt up the place with your misplaced condescension you stupid fuck.

>you two are probably assuming perfect top level play

Well that's a far fucking cry from "hurr durr ur no good and neither is anyone you play."

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>>163534342
>Dark Souls was a niche game that wasn't designed for the lowest common denominator of casual faggot.
>MFW Dark Souls is literally casualized Demon's Souls and marks the spot where the series went mainstream

>>163534342
Prepare to die, haha! So hardcore

>>163534335

I'm not, I'm assuming average play based on what I run into when invading every day for the past 3 or 4 months at different SL's. Dueling is incredibly boring and even there, most people are not like Jund or whoever other metalord you want to pick out.

Honestly if you want to talk about top-level play specifically in honor duels, parrying is generally considered completely ineffective because it's very easy to play around it and punish it. If you've ever watched top level japanese fight club streams you'll see most people are using a BK shield or better WA shield with high stability with a straight sword or greatsword, they aren't even bothering with parrying because you literally will never parry a high level player who actually knows what he's doing. Same reason jund only used an offhand caestus for the free HP regen because he always fought people assuming they were top-tier players even if they weren't, and knew no top-tier player would ever get parried because they don't play predictably.

>>163534342
>Dark Souls was a niche game that wasn't designed
Glad we agree.
>Go back to DS2 and 3.
3 is 1 tier trash. 2 is good just by the merit of making miyasucky fans mad.

>>163534832
>Dark Souls is literally casualized Demon's Souls
So where's Second Chance and the numerous stacks of instant-use healing items in Dark Souls, then?

>>163535210
>Second Chance

Replaced with poise and shields that you can hide behind forever.

>healing items

Humanities and double digit estus from the start.

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>openly admits to use cheat engine to kill himself when his shitty build doesn't work

>>163535210
Where's hp reduction if you die in human form in DaS1?

>>163534664

I mean... I'm not cunting up the place and we're pretty much in agreement actually, the main point I was making was that there isn't some easy simple solution to countering most shit and predictability is a killer. At best, trying to manuever between hits and playing passively is a tool to use but if you keep doing the same move over and over again and nothing else, a good player will punish that. Likewise a good player will notice what you're trying to do and will switch things up accordingly instead of doing the same failed strategy over and over again, and potentially switch back at some point to their old strategy depending on how the situation is unfolding, this is especially true in invasions.

The real trick would be to have that strategy but also do other shit, sometimes run at the guy and just dodge his attacks and don't even swing at him, sometimes run in like you're going to do a running attack then roll backwards, sometimes purposefully whiff attacks and try for a parry, sometimes switch to an offhand xbow and fire off a round before switching back to 2 handing or your offhand parry tool, maybe switch to your secondary mainhand weapon and then back again, etc. It's just that most players in all honesty will play very predictably at pretty much any SL, especially if they have the confidence of being part of a gank with no FF.

tl;dr I agree that's a good strategy for dealing with GS's if you're good enough to pull it off with the timing, but above all else don't play predictably or you're probably going to get punished. Make that a tool and your toolbox of all the other strategies you can use to beat people instead of "okay literally all I'm going to do is this one thing over and over". That's all I'm saying.

>>163535515
How did you think he makes so many videos? He made a post on plebbit about getting caught out by the recent ban wave, too. I don't think a single content creator has ever tried to hide the fact that they use CE.

>>163535157
Holy shit guys look. Another edgy contrarian.

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Just so I can know for future reference: is this CE shit or can you legitimately somehow use the poise HA of the Great Club to parry the 2nd R1 of a SS after getting hit with the first, instead of parrying the 3rd hit?

I mean I thought it was literally impossible to get hit with the first SS R1 and parry the 2nd, need to know if this is something I need to be careful with in the future or if it's just CE shit. Like, a greathammer swing giving your parry tool poise it looks like.

>>163536437
He poised through your first hit and parried your second

cant log into dasthird server?

>>163536561
Steam's been down all morning, but it just came back up. Restart Steam.

>>163535210
Poisehealing with almost 200 easily farmable humanities, m8.
Not to mention easily dupable blessings.

>>163536505
Literally never seen that before but looks like it'd be very effective for parry focused strategies if you know how to use it to basically R1 L2 people.

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So I am playing dark souls for the first time.

Started with dark souls 2, scholar of the first sin.

Anyway I started as a Cleric, and for gift I choose some 18 healing things.

I accidentally used 3 of them when trying to figure out the controls.

Is that a big deal? Will I get them back?

>>163536894
yes

>>163536437
>all these item bags

I don't get it

>>163536894
Yes. Soon you'll be buying 99 at a time and popping them like candy.

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>>163535695
>I'm not cunting up the place

Oh yes you absolutely are. From your very first post you've been pic related.

>the main point I was making was that there isn't some easy simple solution to countering most shit

We're not talking about countering most shit, we're talking about countering greatswords with straight swords and I offered up a strategy that's worked well for me and you pretty much just came at me with "nuh uh."

>don't play predictably or you're probably going to get punished

What a revelation, truly it's an honor to be in the same general as the one person on the planet who knows how to play video games.

>>163537052
Some hosts are weird like that, I mean just look at the guy's name and use of the giant seed. Obviously just trying to troll people. I'm on PC so not like I'm ever gonna pick any of that shit up.

>>163537052
Host dropping poop to kill time between forest invasions.

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>>163536437
>dat parry spam

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>>163537375
>press L2 twice
>spam

>>163537375
Welcome to "Welcome to the Forest" invasions. You see that a lot here. Honestly it never would have worked if I didn't even know it was possible to parry the 2nd hit if a SS if you use the 1H'd poise of a greathammer just at the right time.

>>163537613
>mashing l2 so hard that he's still parrying after a successful parry
>not spam

>>163535876
I think there's slight difference between guys who got banned for using free cams and ScottCunt that will use CE to kill himself because his one trick pony build has no answer to 1 counter.

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>>163537721
>time another parry just in case I whiffed the first one
>loser invader sends hatemail saying I was spamming
Get bent

>>163537225

Kek, okay kid. Whatever you say. You're still gonna get parried if your plan is to just try to swing after I swing every time.

fc

>>163537794
>mashing is now cleverly planned and timed

see, this is why i come to /dsg/. for the humor.

>>163537949
no

>>163537875
>You're still gonna get parried if your plan is to swing when I can no longer parry you

I should've just assumed you were an idiot from the get-go, it would've saved me some time.

>>163537975
I come here to see little bitches get mad because they got parried

>>163537794
>time another parry just in case I whiffed the first one
read as: keep hitting the button because i can't time a parry in the first place

>>163535515
WHAT A FUCKING BASTARD

>>163538091
As if, I parried a second time only to show him how pathetic he was and that I could even have swapped to another weapon.
Kids who get parried not to be shown how shit they are

>>163538072
the guy didn't sound mad but was asking a legitimate question he didn't understand. you sound pretty buttflustered tho, friend.

>>163537724
Did you read the agreement? Both aren't allowed and modifying the game in ways they didn't approve of.
Scott and those other faggots deserve punishment all the same

>>163538225
>moving goalposts
>implying that's you in the webm

>>163537949
host then

>>163538393
>implying I'm even the guy you originally replied to
>implying I'm not only trying to make the parried guy feel like a shitter for losing to a masher

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Rate my fashion, /dsg/.

>>163538935
faggot/10

>>163538792
>implying

>>163538792

OP here, idk why I'd feel like a shitter getting beaten by something I thought was literally impossible and have never seen while playing since release, but okay. Whatever gives your life the illusion of meaning on an anonymous imageboard I guess.

newfag here

why did i turn into a zombie when I died?

>>163539304
Because you're undead and dying starts the rotting process.

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>>163538935
>ass crest
>kataner

>>163539486
I actually run the Dragon Crest and Rapier, that was an old photo.

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>que up for arena
>first match
fuck you scott

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Is there a guide to farm easy (you)'s? I need to rush them.

>>163539450
how do i turn back, my character was qt

>>163539703
Posting Asanagi's gay doujin is a good beginning.

>>163539757
With whatever the humanity item is in the game you're playing, unless you're playing 3. If you're playing 3 then use a purging stone.

>>163539703
Start an argument on how DaS2 is the best Souls game.

>>163539450
>rotting
das2 babby please
>>163539304
did you watch the intro cinematic? dying starts the hollowing process reverting you back to the original state of people, hollows. the pc never fully hollows because of his determination, which is basically the player himself. canonically, every time you delete a character he goes permanently hollow. in fact, there was a fan theory i was a fan of, that the item bearing corpses on the world aren't actually dead, just so hollow that they can't even react to the theft. this was confirmed or at least supported by the screaming corpses of irithyll dungeon
>>163539757
eat an effigy (ds2) or burn humanity at a bonfire(ds1). you need to eat the humanity first so that the counter top left shows at least 01, then select "revert hollowing" or whatever it is at a bonfire.
>was qt
press X to doubt.png

>>163539890
>wanting to fuck a cute femboy boypucci is gay

>>163539703
eceleb shitposting

>>163539984
Hollows in all of the games look like decomposing bodies you dumbass.

>>163540002
whatever floats your boat faggot

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Dragonsis.

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>>163539703

You just need to ask, qt.

>>163540203
only in 2. in the canon games they look like dried meat

>>163540263

I miss her.

>>163540431
>in the canon games
>implying DaS2 isn't canon
Retard

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>wake up
>no christmas das3 event

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>>163540431
>only in 2.

And 1.

And 3.

2 displays the rotting differently but that does not change the fact that hollows in all of the games look like decomposing bodies.

Dumbass.

>>163540545
Dragonsis isn't gone, _he just stopped BFposting after being cheated on.

>>163540615
95% of ds2 is irrelevant to the lore of actual dark souls games
including ds2 hollows and hollowing

>>163540431
I wish DaS2 was named differently, so it wouldn't be associated with garbage.

>>163540623
There's one tomorrow. Look at the OP.

>>163540639

Who would do that?

>>163539963
But it is

>>163540690
>dark souls
>lore
Fuck off Vaati.
Even Miyazaki said that the story is made up by the players.

>>163540891
source or you're a shitter

>>163540747
That's a fucking moronic event.
We should be doing stuff in the Painted World or Irithyll.

>>163540891
myazaki has a clear vision of entire lore in his head, he just won't share
ds2 is not made by him and ds3 has bare minimum of throwbacks to it so it clearly exists outside of his vision of lore

>>163540615
im not implying anything, im outright stating it. ds2 is not canon for the other two games and the only references to it are either retcons or straight up insults. ds2 is a different, self-contained story with its own characters and rules.
>>163540624
if you think that's composing, you're beyond retarded. that's a perfect example of a preserved body. only ds2 has decomposing hollows
>>163540891
what else is canonicality about other than lore, you shitposting dipshit?

>>163540990
>high wall, ice lake, irrithyll, anor londo
? ? ?

>>163540990
>ice lake
>irithyll
Those are two of the four locations listed

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>>163540690
>An entire Lord of Cinder
>Sulyvahn
>Kaathe's new goal and the related 3rd ending

You are trying way too hard to fit in.

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>>163540891
DS1 and DS3 lore:
>create a finished, interconnected storyline and lore
>remove parts of it so it would force a lot of speculation
DS2 lore
>create disjointed, senseless bits of lore
>throw them all together and pour an enormous amount of pretentious bullshit about "muh dark", "muh souls" and "muh kings and crowns" on them

>>163541132
>>163541134
>>163541132
Just because you're doing your shitty event in snowy locales doesn't mean shit.

The event has no logic to it. At all. Guts Vs. Bloodshades? Really? And in the snow arena just because?

It's total trash

>>163540747
I... I don't get it. Can I show up dressed like whatever I want or not?

>>163541360
>not understanding it's just a fight club
? ? ?

>>163541129
>if you think that's composing

Decomposing, Anon.

And yes, that is a decomposing body. It may be less decomposed than if it were left in a jungle or some such but it's still a decomposing body.

Clearly English isn't your first language, perhaps you ought not try to argue semantics.

>ds2 has decomposing hollows

And 1.

And 3.

Unless hollowing magically makes muscle mass disappear into the abyss or something.

>>163541360
>moving the goalposts
>being so autistic as to not be able to tell what's a joke and what's not
well, i'd tell you to fuck off but it seems that you fit right in here. so, keep it up, i guess

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>>163541019
>myazaki has a clear vision of entire lore in his head, he just won't share
You're so naive it's amusing.

>>163541360
Ice lake is in the painted world, Irithyll is Irithyll.
That's what you asked for, that's what you're getting.
The Guts Vs. Bloodshade thing was just a parody an old WWE poster. I didn't make it but I don't have any objections to it.
>>163541471
Yes. Asides from the Christmas theme and 24 hour length, it's just a FC.

>>163541146
None of lords of cinders are connected to DS2 unless you go into fanfiction-tier speculations.
Sully as well.
Kaathe as well.
Supervisor position doesn't mean jack shit as he was working in bloodborne during that period of time.

is there a TWOP like spell in DS3 or a way to hack the effect in? Was just invaded by the most suspicious person.

>>163541482
Then it's not a fucking event. It's just trash.

>>163541538
>The Guts Vs. Bloodshade thing was just a parody an old WWE poster. I didn't make it but I don't have any objections to it.
It's ruined any chance for better themes or rulesets.

>>163541638
Yeah man, I totally agree, gentleman's brawl was so much better! All my reddit friends had a lot of fun :^)

>>163541638
Dude chill the fuck out

>>163541332
>>163541019
>>163541129
>DS2 is 'not cannon'
>miyazaki has a 'clear vision of the lore'
>miyazaki made the lore

This is all stupid speculation without sources. The storytelling and lore in Dark Souls, all of them including DS2, was being used

Here are all the games that Form Software has ever made that directly referenced characters and lore from prior games:
>Dark Souls 3
>Armored Core Last Raven (Shared characters, nothing else, didn't reference events of prior games)

The other games share corporations or general themes, but never characters, never reference events of prior games, and are usually set 100+ years in the future.

Literally NO OTHER GAME THEY HAVE EVER MADE had an ongoing 'canon' lore. Dark souls 3 is the exception.

From Software was doing DS1/DeS/DS2 style lore before Miyazaki even joined the company. He didn't change anything after joining other than start re-using character names.

So no, it's not "MUH LORE, DS2 IS NOT CANON". No fucking game is 'canon'. Dark Souls 3 is the only time they've ever been desperate enough to make a direct sequel because they were told to cash in on DS1 nostalgia. Dark Souls 2 was never supposed to be a direct sequel, just like the other 30+ games they made prior to this. Miyazaki didn't change anything, he didn't invent the lore, he has no better idea of what the lore is than anyone else at that company.

>>163515113
Just beat the big ice boss on souls 1 and now I need to go to the lava area after that boss at the end of blightown. Whats the quickest way there? please don't tell me I have to run through blight town for fucks sake.

>>163541858
DS3 is a direct sequel of DS1. DS2 is not. DS3 referencing DS1 is understandable. DS2 may as well be called differently, like king's souls.

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>>163541521
Dude, half a second in Google can tell you that's considered preserved. You also need to realise that the human body is ~70% water. If you don't understand how removing a fraction of that would reduce muscle volume, i fear I may be speaking to a wall

>>163541546
>None of lords of cinders are connected to DS2

Yhorm's story almost directly mirrors the Ivory King's and it's fairly clear that it was his ancestors who shat on Drangleic. Additionally, the Lothric brothers refusing to link the flame is likely due in some part to Aldia influencing the 1st scholar of Lothric, which was likely Sulyvahn. At that, Kaathe has clearly had his goals reoriented because he no longer wants you to walk away and let the flame die and the person he sends to help you wields a weapon from Drangleic.

The only reason not to make these connections is because you just don't want them to be there.

>Supervisor position doesn't mean jack shit

Then he wouldn't have bothered to have his name in the credits.

>>163541931
>big ice boss on souls 1
Seath?

>>163541967
>DS3 is a direct sequel of DS1

Yeah, I'm agreeing with that. But I'm saying that DS2 isn't the exception, DS3 is. DS2 follows the same pattern From has been following for 20+ years. DS3 is the FIRST direct sequel they ever made. The next closest one was Armored Core Last Raven, which re-used characters (because they were running out of money) but reconned the events of the game it was a sequel to anyway.

Do you really think that all 15 armored core games were 'direct sequels' of each other? Even within each generation they didn't follow the same storyline. Dark Souls 3 was the first attempt at a direct sequel that the company ever did.

>>163542139
Yeah, my bad. I need to get to the lava area, there's nothing else for me to do besides that and neeto I think.

>>163542140
Oh, and you know what's similar about both DS3 and Armored Core Last Raven?

The only reason they were direct sequels was because they were obvious fanservice. Armored Core Last Raven was supposed to be the last game they ever make because they couldn't afford a PS3 dev kit and were about to go bankrupt, since Agetec dropped them as a publisher and wasn't going to fund any new games, sort of like "final" fantasy.

>>163541971
>half a second in Google can tell you that's considered preserved

I know it's a preserved body you twat, the filename should've told you as much. I didn't say that you made a typo, I said that you don't know what words mean and I said as much because you don't seem to understand that a preserved body is still decomposed to some degree, which is part of why the water that you mentioned is gone.

>>163542207
Did you talk to the fair lady? If so, you can just warp to Blighttown.

>>163541931
If you didn't hit the Daughter of Chaos bonfire the first time you were down there, take the shortcut from New Londo. If you didn't open that up when you left Blighttown, buy the Master Key from the guy under the waterway that leads to Undead Burg.

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Finally finished my Black Knight build, next one is Silver Knight, will be a pain in the ass with just the greatbow.

>>163542309
No idea if I did, I play these game when I'm drinking and this one has been a nightmare desu. I can't warp to blightown on my game. God this game is tedious compared to the others.

>>163542294
decomposition is a chemical process. dehydration is a physical one. please go back to highschool

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>>163542073
>mirrors the Ivory King's
Fanfiction.
>his ancestors who shat on Drangleic
Fanfiction.
>Lothric brothers refusing to link the flame is likely due in some part to Aldia influencing the 1st scholar of Lothric
Dumbest fanfiction, also see pic related.
>clearly
Fanfiction.
>The only reason not to make these connections is because
Is because i'm not into braindead fanfiction.
>bothered
Having his name in credits is the same as having a name of any big developer who didn't actually took an important part in production, merely a selling point.

>>163541332
DS1 and DS2 and "every other game they have made" lore:
>Create a disjointed, senseless bits of lore
>throw them all together and pour an enormous amount of pretentious bullshit about "muh dark", "muh souls" and "muh kings and crowns" on them

DS3 Lore:
>let bandai convince you that people want DS1 2.0 not Dark Souls 3
>create disjointed senseless bits of lore, this time only using the bits of lore from DS1
>throw them all together and pour an enormous amount of pretentious bullshit about "muh dark", "muh souls" and "muh kings and crowns" on them

Is DS3 + Season Pass worth it for 55 bucks?

>>163542403
If you can't, that's ok. You can go through Blighttown backwards since you already went through it.

>>163539703

Post webms. People hate that here apparently.

>>163542348
ffs I think I missed that bonfire, i'll buy the master key but where do I go then?

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>>163542393
>No Silver Knight Straight Sword in DS3
>aaaaaaggggh

>>163542393
>Let's throw back a lot of stuff from DaS1 !
>Yeah !
>No Silver Knight weapons though lol

Good luck

>>163542465
>decomposition is a chemical process. dehydration is a physical one.

None of what I said contradicts that.

At this point it seems like you're just arguing that hollowing is the process of an undead becoming really thirsty.

>>163542649
Aside from looks why is everyone drooling over this weapon? I never used it over Balder so please enlighten me.

>>163542587
I don't understand what you mean? I know there are two ways in there..

>>163542140
Please look at king's field games before trying to judge about storyline and connections in souls games. Thanks.

>>163542625
>he's still buttblasted people called him out on his shit webms

How much poise do you need to tank a 2h greatsword r1?

>>163542558
no

>>163542641
Down the stairs from Firelink to New Londo Ruins. Take a right and go up the stairs, open the door, head across the small bridge and into the cave. Go down until you find a waterwheel sort of thing with platforms. Get on a platform as it goes down, then disembark before you get dropped. You'll be right near the later bonfire in Blighttown. Missing the Daughter of Chaos bonfire is understandable, as it's hidden behind an illusory wall. In Quelaag's Domain, in the room with the stone circle on the ground underneath the bell, take a swing at the walls and you'll find it.

>>163542768
Through Valley of the Drakes instead of the Depths

>>163542810
King's field weren't direct sequels either. KF2 (the actual KF2, not the first localized KF) took place in an entirely different location... sort of like... oh man DARK SOULS 2!

Dark souls 3 is the only direct sequel they have made.

>>163542759
The R2s are fucking sweet. Higher poise damage than other straight swords, and just damn good attacks. It's also the only twinkling titanite weapon in the game that's buffable without exploits, to my knowledge.