/dsg/ - Demon's and Dark Souls General

first for pc fc

>>164442154
Host is a retard

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>FC host killed both bosses for high wall
When will retards be disavowed as hosts?

>>164442150
I'm afraid I've killed them all. I wouldn't mind starting the next playthrough, though. I need to get upgraded rings anyways.

If you guys would like to wait like 15 minutes while I start NG+, let me know. I'll be happy to do it.

>DCSM stats page shows average level ,but not the average level of humans (for invaders) or the level distribution

According to DSCM, there's only a few players at SL120 ever online at once.

Is SL50 Anor Londo /painted world and SL80 Painted World the new meta?

Post weapon charts

whats the best str scaling weapon to put the blessed weapon infusion on. im working on a dumbass build that probably wont work but sounds cool to me where i just stack defenses have almost no health and as much health regen as i can get. also if you have two weapons with blessed weapon does the health regen stack?

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>>164442306

>>164442254
Can't someone else host?

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>>164442297
You need the boss of an area to be alive to have more than two phantoms
Make sure to host with a finger and unembered as well

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>>164442602
Alright well I'll go start NG+ and get to High Wall.

See you in fifteen minutes, folks

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Is there a stat in DS3 that affects ability to parry? Got cucked the fuck up by the silver knights that used to be easy mode in DaS.

>>164443029
It depends on your parry tool. Medium shields are much worse than in DaS1

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Sorry for the inconveience, but the FC is back on. High Wall, pass is dsg. This time without the summon cap. Please, forgive me.

>>164443339
Using regular crest shield.
>babby's 100% physical protection shield

Roxy, be careful with bringing bosses back to life. That can get you b&

>>164443460
I think it's already too late for this account anyways.

Is someone else hosting now?

Just played Demon's Souls after a long time. Some observations:

-No boss is good mechanically. Bosses are generally not aggressive enough to discourage healing, and they have woefully limited movesets with swings that are sometimes laughably slow (Adjudicator, Dirty Colossus). Even bosses who approach being good, like Flamelurker, generally have AI problems that make them only decent by later series standards. Penetrator is absurdly overrated, FKA a little bit overrated but manages to be a decent boss, although he's very flawed. The best bosses in it are good for atmosphere reasons, like Storm King or Astraea.

-It's the easiest Souls game, and I don't know if if difficulty was a conscious design goal like it was in DaS3.

-There is no weapon with a unique moveset in the game.

-Weapons are generally more realistic and less flashy than Dark Souls stuff (look at the war scythe, for example). DaS3 and Bloodborne feel like anime games in comparison, in many ways.

-Very dependent on atmosphere, and therefore a bit more crippled by replaying than other titles. Astraea still affected me, even if 3-1 didn't. Still, unquestionably the most atmospheric game in the franchise.

-World tendency is stupid.

-Freke's Apprentice has a great voice actor.

-I generally dislike world 5, but no section is as bad as Dark Souls 1 and 2 can get. You can also charge through almost every area pretty quickly.

-Servers are down, which depressed me

-Old King Doran was ridiculously dumb, I didn't remember his voice lines

-Fuck the blue dragon

Vehx, did you see my message on the ground, or was you fingering just a coincidence?

>>164444094
I didn't see it.

Why are there two FC hosts?

>>164444032
Oh, also,

-Most gimmicky bossfights in the series

-The most creative Souls game, visually and from a design standpoint. Many locations and enemies were truly bizarre. Adjudicator was so weird.

What are the things that can get you banned from CE anyways? Is this accurate? https://www.reddit.com/r/opensouls3/comments/5gc9cb/softban_data_and_testing/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=user&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=frontpage

>>164444360
Probably because my dumbass didn't realize that you need the boss alive for more than two red summons.

I'll stop hosting though if the other host wants to keep hosting.

>>164444444

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How many levels of strength are you on right now?
I don't know man, like 66.
You are like a little dexfag, watch this.
STR

>>164444446
Last ban wave was against any third party program.
Nothing is safe.
If you don't CE or other 3rd party program or pick items, you're 100% safe, if you use CE for anything, you may be banned(or not)

So, why does /dsg/ hate dexfags?

>>164444594
take off the prisoner's chain my dude

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Anyone surprised DS3 was among the best sellers on Steam last year?

>everything saying miracle lady is a traitor
>use unveil
>doesn't go towards her
eh

>>164444817
It's not my character

>>164444790
its an old DaS1 meme

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>>164444446
>going on reddit

>>164444446

Accurate.

>>164442384
Post other charts

>>164444643
I wish that face copy script worked for loading on different family share accounts.

>>164445091
that is the newest chart

>>164445237
Post older charts

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>>164445332

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>>164445332
no

>>164442384

>this meme chart
>these arbitrary definitions of versatality
>Friede's Great Scythe isn't even with the pic of a Friede's GS user

Gets me every time.

>>164444818
Not really. It has been advertised a lot toward normies and casuals, a lot of them bought the game thinking "I'm so le ebin hardcore xD"

>>164445384
Older

>>164442384
>>164445472
this is what fucking gets me

the ornstein guy with the scythes isn't the pic for the scythes

why

>>164445218
>tfw can't just copy save file over to new account like before they changed it

what an annoying change, same for softbanning in general

>>164442384
This chart seems... bullshit. Straight swords a C in viability and B in PvP?

how active is ds1 currently on pc?

Used to be really into the soul's games, picked up bloodborne and put hundreds of hours into it before I burned out, saw that sotfs was on sale and I've played the base ds2 but not that so I got it and found myself bored halfway through. Reinstalled ds1 and played through most of it today and had a lot of fun. Kept my level low though since I'm sure a lot of people bought it on sale and can be invaded at lower areas. Where should I be invading at around SL55 with a lightning +5 BSS?

>>164445685
>where can I trol noobs
Fuck off.

>>164445550

It's a meme chart made by a shitposter as shown by the anime girl reaction images on it.

>>164444931
What about changing the number of souls ? Without any table, just loading the process and changing the souls value. I did this 3 or 4 times and never got any warning. I stopped playing for a few weeks, when I logged back in I had the invalid data detected message. I also screwed around a bit with CE table but I always have restored the back ups I made before actually screwing around.
So what the fuck, why do I get this message ?

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>>164445669
>Straight swords
>After the greatsword patch

>>164445873
>>164444931
Meant to quote >>164444446

>>164445562
I'm pretty sure you could make CE output face data to a txt and read it later right? I'd be tempted to just make that if it meant not having to manually input all my characters' face data again.

>>164445840
Most people are around SL60-80 when they finish the game, I know I was. What's wrong with being at the minimum of that range to invade throughout mid to late game areas? It's part of the game and fun on both sides, I know I love it when I'm playing the main game and get invaded in any soulsbourne game. Only wish that people would do it more often, some areas seem completely dead invasion wise even if I'm human all the time.

>>164445685
anor londo

>>164445994
Yeah I suppose. Anor Londo is your best bet at 55 I think. Check out the connectivity mod.

Which of the greatbows is best at even dex/str

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There is literally nothing better than BKH in DS1.
The range, the speed, the damage, they just went full retard with this one.
Please prove me wrong.
You can't. I wish you could.

>>164446005
>>164446059

Thanks, I'll try invading around there tonight then. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to twink or fuck with people in the first areas of the game. Those kinds of people ruin the experience for everyone, and there's really not much fun in fucking with someone who doesn't know how to play yet. I'm keeping all gear/weapons appropriate for the places I'm invading.

>>164445909
Not that guy, but I'm glad general consensus on cancer shifted to greatswords. It's certainly the weapon class most deserving of being relegated to "brainless and unoriginal fuckwit" status.

>>164444032
People say DS2 has the worst bosses. Those people never played demon's souls.

Demon's Souls was basically just a test bed for player experience, atmosphere and graphics like Armored Core 4 was, with little attention paid toward refinement, AI, replay ability, or optimization.

>>164446569
the bosses in DeS were easy but imo I found them a lot more original / fun than DS2. maybe I'm just looking at it through rose tinted glasses though and it's time for a replay

>>164445685
Anor londo, painted world.

Run Dark Souls Connectivity Mod and Dark Souls PvP Watchdog.

Is NG+ in DSIII even worth having all of the areas locked off and having to start over and having everything being more difficult?

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>>164446231
FUCKING RETARDS PROVE ME WRONG
BKH IS LITERALLY THE BEST WEAPON EVER CONCEIVED
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
HELP ME

>>164447189
>having everything being more difficult
Barely. Also +2 rings and having fun with fingers and stuff I guess

Another nana disappeared

>>164447623
I'm pretty sure Nana is still at the FC.
Or at least was a few minutes ago.

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Best DS player.

>>164448318
I used to watch his arena videos back in Dark Souls 2 times, never checked anything newer.

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>illusory wall ahead
>rating: 1655
>there's no wall

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I'm afraid I'll have to take my leave soon. Will anyone be willing to take my place as host? The FC is lively and I don't want to be the reason it dies.

>>164447623

Nana's never coming back.

gg smug loli

>>164448686
>really close gap you cant pass through
>fatty xd

Is it appropriate to send someone an invitation to the group called "gg ez" after he invaded, chased me across the map, but eventually couldnt kill me because I went through the mist on the other side of the map?

>>164449221
Sure

>carthus milkring doesn't work with quickstep
>can't *teleprots behind u*
Thanks, q team.

>>164449418
>unlock camera
>lock back
>sidestep backwards
>*Nothin personel kid*
>backstabs him

>>164448952
This will be my last round of summons.

@164449295
>>>/deviantart/

>>164449482
>>164449418

https://youtu.be/P3bbUJ1jnWo?t=4m47s

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It was a good FC, guys. Even with my blunder in the beginning it turned out well. Thanks for coming, and I'll see you later.

>>164449691
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLAC5AJPuM

Such a good fucking song

If you don't like cheesy as fuck metal you might as well commit suicide

>>164449905
Thanks for hosting cutie!

>>164449905
i did horrible, but thanks for hosting.

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and of course lucatiel dies right when sinner has 1 hit left

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>>164449905

Thanks for hosting buddy.

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>invade someone with mismatched, minmax armor in a pvp area
>both bow, begin the duel
>halfway through the fight he toggles invincibility and starts spamming gestures
>gets me down to pretty low health
>bait him to an area with a cliff and kick him off
>mfw

holy shit that felt great, I've seen this in a lot of videos but never actually killed a hacker this way. Wonder how it must feel to be so fucking shitty that you have to toggle hacks and you still end up getting killed

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Can I play Dark Souls 1 if I don't have patience?
Watched the Sw1cher let's play and I really find the world interesting. The devotion that seems required to play is scarry though. Got it from a sale couple of years ago and played like an hour (with keyboard and mouse) and didnt like it.

>>164450086
fuck off

>>164450086
Just get the black knight halberd so you can tell people you beat it even though you didn't really.

>>164450086
>with keyboard and mouse
Ayy lmao

Also give it another try and see if you can figure which way to go. You're probably going in with the wrong mindset anyways and will drop it in less than an hour again.

>>164449930
Were you in that thread on /v/ the other day? It was a pretty epic GOAT vidya music thread and I remember that ThunderForce vid getting posted.

>>164450169
Got an xbox controller now.
>mindset
Do I have to turn on my JRPG-mindset?

>>164450153
That weapon is shit. What are you on about maighty?

>>164450306
You already dropped the game once, you are more likely to drop it again after it doesn't catch your attention in the first 15 mins.

Give it a try with the controller and just try having fun. You don't need to kill every single enemy every time

>>164450271
Barely browse /v/, I wasn't in the thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE

A great song for a stupid game

>>164450426
t. pvpbab

>>164450306
just go into it like you're going into any other game, with the sole purpose of having fun. don't try to trudge through it if you're not enjoying it, I'd say if you get to ringing the first bell and you're not hooked yet just bin it and play something else

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>>164450086
gr8 b8 m8

>>164450461
>>164450591
Alright thanks.

>>164450591
This. But thanks to the memers who have to bring up Dark Souls in every single fucking thread on /v/, everyone now thinks they have some obligation to play them.

>>164450489
There's a reason it's not worth going after in speedruns and even without glitch abusing, it's neither the safest nor the fastest weapon to use

>>164449994
Just use ascetics on smelter demon to summon her there to get the quest completed.

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http://mmdks.com/8hsh
I want the full "I PUSH MY FINGERS INTO MY EYES" experience.
What else do I need?

After 200 hours in 2 I just realized Velstadt is black. Am I retarded?

>>164450591
Yup
Picked up dark souls because I heard it was super hard and it might be fun
Felt like any other game except you can't just go Willie nillie tank everything and hit people
This shit is easier than xcom 2

>>164451339
WE WUZ AEGIDES N SHIET

>>164450086
No.

It doesn't matter how bad at the game you are, you can still play it as long as you have a controller and patience.

KB+M and no patience? Go play something else.

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>tfw still no news about the DLC
this better be worth it

How hard is it to keep Great Swamp Calculus alive during ODK? Never summoned her before but I want that armor.

>>164451329
Calamity Ring

>>164451653

If you have good DPS for ODK it's easy enough so long as you don't let her attract attention.

>>164451653
Just kill the pyro mentor when you're finished buying what you need from him. Summoning a pyro for a fire boss is just dumb.

>>164451329
Dual wield the Chaos Blades

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>>164451851

Help, I'm going to push through blighttown and I want to be as prepared as possible. I have a grass crest shield, a +5 uchigatana and a +3 DKS, what should I do? Would it be worth it to go back to the belltower and work on a Baulder sword? What do I do to have the most fun on my first playthrough

>>164452640
Rusted Iron Ring

>>164452717
Got it

>18 Vit
>25 End
>25 Str
>18 Dex

What next? Anything that needs work?

>>164452838
boost RES for the swamp

>>164452640
go through valley of drakes

blighttown is a boring fucking slog and not fun at all. taking the backdoor lets you skip all of it.

>>164451798

Right now mostly running HSGS +2 @ 20/25, but I can obviously pick up BKS before I go for him and I have loadsa Twinklies. Could also 2-hand BKGS but it might fuck up my load. Assuming BK weapons do bonus damage vs demons like in 1?

Does Tranquil Walk do anything in PvE?

>>164452992

Black Knight weapons do still do bonus damage to demons. Waiting for a +3 HSGS or a +3 BKS would be ideal if you're really concerned. ODK is also weak to magic damage if you have any weapons you could buff with Pale Pine Resin.

Is there a better darkwraith feel than using the traps in sens to outmanouver an entire team of people?

>DS3
>Great Heavy Soul Arrow
>342 damage
>Soul Spear
>374

What's with this meme that A Team can make a better game?

>>164453416
just because miyazaki is on it doesn't make it "A team" (aka the DE/DaS) team

from had a huge change in employees between DS and DS3, miyazaki is important but he's not the only person responsible for the success of the games

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>try to make it through AoE
>a million knights/wolves/trees/vikings kick my shit in every time
Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that I was fucking playing DS2 where quantity is better than quality.
Yes I am salty.

>>164452640
Get your weapon to +10. Blighttown will be a lot less painful when you can kill things quickly.

>>164453513

But why is Soul Spear so fucking lame compayed to Great Heavy Soul Arrow?
It uses over double the FP for like 10% more damage.
What a fucking waste of time.

>>164453619
It pierces.

Hub themes :
Nexus > DS3 Firelink > DS1 Firelink > Hunter's Dream > Majula

>>164453659

>It pierces.

I see. So, is it what you bust out if your enemy is just hiding behind a shield?

>>164453292

Can probably +3/4 BKS right off the bat. Also have +5 Claymore, Zwei, and more sitting around.

>>164444032
PLEASE
HELP ME

HRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUÙUUUUUURRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH

>>164448686
I found this really aggravating in that area in DS2 where Doors of Pharros starts.

>>164452838
Poisonbite ring, do not level up Resistance.

>>164453714
When the enemy is hiding behind an enemy

Is every boss soul worth keeping? Fuck I can't decide, my character is mainly str/dex but I might change my mind and want the magic weapons too.

>>164454296
for DS2 by the way

>>164453513
DeS being good was in large part reason to Japan Studio guys. I'm almost hoping for the next game to be an exclusive so they can use Japan Studio guys again but I want my pcuck friends to be able to play too. What a bother.

But the person responsible for tweaking the numbers in DS3 is not Miyafucki but Tanihacki.

>>164454425

DeS still spoops me in places more than any other Soulsborne. BB was at first, but you get kinda numb to it + it gets pretty zany and over the top after a while.

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just got DaS on PC, have played it on ps3 a dozen times through

anyone know what can aliviate the awful screen tearing? I've looked up a bunch of shit online. I've tried changing the fps between 59-64 (my screen refresh rate is 60 hz), turning on vsync (both in dsfix and graphics card), and going borderless windowed mode. In every instance the tearing is too much. any tips?

>>164454802
is AA off in-game?

>>164454970
yes

>>164454802
aa off ingame, vsync set to adaptive(or fast in nvidia pascal) in graffix card

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Reeeee, why isnt Lucatiel here

she survived the sinner fight

>>164453527
All games used gangfucks against the player.

>>164455071
no bueno

I know my comp can run dsfix at its base too, I run OW at 60 fps on ultra

>>164455092
she changed places in Scholar

>>164455330
where is she?

>>164455092
She's where the first pharros door and poisonbite ring is now.

>>164455635
the hallway at the bottom of the pit before Covestous Demon

>>164444434
>Adjudicator was so weird
>a naked fat guy with no head and a large weapon
WOW
SUCH DESIGN

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Does DS1 PC require any tweeking or can you just plug in controller and play?
Whenever I attempt kicking or jump attack nothing happens, just normal attacks.

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>>164455780
>>164455773
thanks

and damn i am breezing through this ng+, i just got to iron keep

i thought it would be way harder

>>164443427
It's a medium shield and those suck in DS3 for parrying.
Get a small shield or Target shield.

>>164455880
fuck off with your blogposting DaS2 babby

>>164455791
DSfix helps a lot.

Kicking and jump attacks are a bit weird, try to make sure you're standing still and the camera is facing forward.

If you do online, get Dark Souls Connectivity Mod and Dark Souls PvP Watchdog.

>>164455791
What controller you're using?

>>164456035
>talking about the game is blogging

fuck off /v/edditor

Was there ever any developer commentary on some of the more "what" decisions in dark souls 2, like how long it takes to get the emerald herald at let you level up or how they made covenants even worse?

i'm replaying it and while some of the gafes are understandable even if I don't agree, other things just make me think some very bad shit went down behind the scenes that nobody questioned them.

>>164456083
A shitty gamestop (reasons) xbox 360 controller.

>>164456218
Buy the DS2 design works.
And they had to essentially rebuild DS2 from scratch after they found out that Shibuya basically fucked it all up. Then they had to scale down what they had created because Bamco wqnted the game stuffed on PS3/xbox 360 era consoles.

>>164456091
You're not talking about the game faggot you're talking about how much of "total breeze i'm having in this ng+!! I just did X. I thought this was supposed to be hard heh.."

>>164456337
Even if you have to rebuild the game, doesn't anyone realize that having to sit through several pages of dialogue on top of having to bonfire warp around through a bunch of loading screens is way worse than either of the previous games level ups? that seems like something a 5 year old could point out

>>164456218
>like how long it takes to get the emerald herald at let you level up

?????

>>164456456
You can just skip the Meme Herald's dialogue.
I think level up waifus are a worse solution overall but muh maiden in black.

>>164456480
>>164456552
BEARER

SEEK

SEEK

LEST

meanwhile in demon souls, a game ds2 was obviously trying to take influence from in a lot of ways and thus went back from ds1 design, the level up woman's little speech plays OVER the level up menu, instead of before it so it doesn't waste your fucking time. it's only like 5 seconds but that shit adds up when it's something you do over and over and over like leveling up

it also works better because of how you're always being sent back to the central hub instead of ds2 having a weird hybrid of the previous two games where it's "open" but most paths are dead ends you bonfire warp away from, meaning you generally have to go through more loading times to level up than that game but that's more an issue of the game not being finished.

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>>164456634
BB is a fantastic mix of DaS style open world and DeS hub mechanics.

>>164456456
bear seek seek lest

>>164456218
>>164456337

http://peterbarnard1984.tumblr.com/post/113163062955/dark-souls-2-design-works-translation

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>>164456634
Why do people act like Maiden doesn't have lines you mash through every time you want to level up each time? Did they not play DeS?

>>164457532
Because nostalgia.

How do you guys counter the GFS?

>>164457940
Giant fucking swords?
Roll?

>>164457940

When in doubt crystal out :^)

>>164458048
Giant fucking swords will usually get you killed. It's really easy to whiff punish them.

>>164458048
>>164458117

He's talking about Gargoyle Flame Spear.

Can infused weapons be traded between accounts? DS3

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Is Dark Souls 3 a prequel to Bloodborne? Or does Demon's Souls happens between Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne and the Old one is one of the first Great Ones? It would explain magic disappearing from the world.

>check steam stats
>Dark souls: 1,653 playing 13 minutes ago, 3,953 24 hour peak
>Dark souls II: 620 playing 13 minutes ago, 1,176 24 hour peak
What the hell? Why so little players, but so many for the first one?

>>164458478
Because DS2 is a bad game.

>>164458409
Miyazaki has said that there are no actual connections between the games story wise but he wants his audience to think that there is.
Treat the links as nods and references,nothing more.

>>164458409

Miyahacki just isn't very original.

>>164458478
Because of SotFS.

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>>164458815

>inb4 Dark Souls 3 gets the Dark Souls 2 treatment
>inb4 Dark Souls III: Professor of the Primary Flaw edition

>>164453659
And its quicker

>>164458978
They'll just make a GOTY edition with all the DLC.

>>164458978
DS3 is nowhere nearly as fucked as DS2 so they have no reason to remaster it in a year after release.

>>164459408
>so they have no reason to remaster it
remaster sell big, retards buy them in droves. If they can earn some money, they will do it

Does anyone have that one image of a Manikin Mask from DaS2 obscured by fire?

>>164459408
sotfs isn't a remaster, the number of shit locked behind stone statutes alone makes it a worse game

>>164458978
DS3: We fixed it this time we swear Edition

Is estus healing instant in DaS 3?

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please can anyone help me with flamelurker? sl:74 ng+

>>164461026
Might as well be

The only things that can reliably punish sipping are NPC attacks because they react to your button inputs

How do you punish estus chuggers in DS1? I'm level 25 and I don't have lloyd's talismans.

>>164461907
literally walk around them and stab them in the back smarty

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>>164461276

>>164462190
nevermind finally got him. he is pretty tough when you can't staggercombo him anymore

I want to go back to DS2 . What's the most cookie cutter boring quality build that is ''balanced''' for pvp if I want to be able to use most of the weapons? 40/40/100+ agl ? My final goal is to powerstance the red and blue popsicle swords

>>164461960
Doesn't work, they're healing more than a backstab does and usually much too far away to actually get close enough to backstab.

I'm talking about people at level 55+ chugging estus every time they get below half health while I'm at level 25.

>>164462629
Don't put points into dex if you aren't going for poison or a pure-dex scaling weapon. There are very few weapons that are actually true quality (they need 2 letter levels higher than strength scaling to be worth investing both stats).

Agility benchmarks are 105, 100, 96, and 92. 100 or 96 is fine, 105 if you're scared of roll punishments.

You can respec your character so there's no need to really worry about where you level up at, what you should instead worry about is keeping your SM low.

You want 60 strength and 15 dex for the smelter sword power stance. Put the rest into your health, stamina, and weight cap, unless those are all at 40. Then start investing in spell slots for support spells.

>>164457532
Because she lacks charisma
like most DaS2 characters

>>164458409
>Gods means Great ones

Or you know, the actual fucking god-beings of dark souls like the royal family of Anor Londo and the other lord souls beings.


>Aldrich/eldritch

Come the fuck on.

>>164458409
>he doesn't know that Chester in AotA originates from the Bloodborne universe on a mission to bring in the Age of Deep, the canon age that leads to Bloodborne

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>>164463652

>DS1
Does uchi + sunlight blade (30 FTH/Canvas Talisman) do more damage than chaos blade?

>>164453619
If you use crown of dusk and both sorcery rings you can get 700-800 a CSS

>>164463418
Eh, DeS is the only game with good characters. Even your meme game DaS1 is shit in that regard. Like really fucking shit. FROM did not care, I did not care; you caring makes this whole thing pretty sad.

>mix maxing with armor and weapons and builds instead of just looking good and having fun.

Why is everyone that plays online such a faggot

>>164465680
All of the games essentially have the same characters, lol.

>>164465753
Because I derive my fun from denying you from yours

>>164465753
Cause they gotta win, that's what it's all about.

>>164465140
Yes, by a large amount. Chaos Blade is only 50 damage more, sunlight blade will add ~150 damage to whatever it's applied to.

>>164465849
ill never understand the motive and desire behind this

>>164465849
>>164465874
Also where are my (You)'s at!?

>>164466126
The best you can do is git gudder than them.

If you meet a meta shitter pull out a back-up weapon that counters their bullshit, kill them and then mock them for being dumb shitters.

>>164465753
I have a min-max glass cannon witchfu that out of my 6 characters is easily the weakest, but i have had the most fun playing with that character. Intentionally gimping myself for the sake of role-playing and co-oping with other people with these limits is a fun way to play.

>>164466260
>If you meet a meta shitter pull out a back-up weapon that counters their bullshit, kill them and then mock them for being dumb shitters.
The irony from this post.

>>164465680
>Thinking From makes the characters good

Demon's Souls had voice work and translations done by Sega. That's why the characters are good. Bandai namco is awful at localization.

>>164466737
How so?

>>164466920
That's exactly what a meta shitter would do.
I'm not questioning you'd spite them doing that, though.

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has anyone made any cool model replacement shit with DSMODT yet? Like huge anime titties or some shit?

I can't find anything on Nexus mods

>tfw you realize DS1 aged like milk and despite all the memes SotFS is still better than it.

>>164467123
I'm assuming he just wants to cosplay or try a fun build, but there's not much room for fun once you spot a dipshit with a Blootlusted CCS
That's what I meant.

>>164467169
you tried

>>164467530
you didn't

I used all 6 Smelter Wedges and now I'm fucked since I can't beat Fume.

Is there any way to get more?

>>164467852
yes

>>164467852
You can beat fume with one of the fires active.

I want to go from NG to NG+7 in DS1.
What stats/equipment am I looking for?

>>164467852
There are a ton of smelter wedges throughout the whole level.

There's 11 in total. One can't be obtained until after fume knight, so as long as you leave one idol alive you will have enough wedges to kill all of the ash idols.

>>164467169
desu DaS2 was better than DaS1 ever since the DLC

>come back to DS3 after months of being away
>still dunking people in PvP with the Drang Twinspear
Why do people sleep on this weapon

>>164468217
The DaS2 DLC wasn't nearly as good as you make it out to be. It was just better than the Vanilla game. The only DLC that I felt was legitimately good was the sunken king, because of the excellent level design.

>>164468360
because it's trash

>>164468413
Lmao

>>164468413
t. dark sword user

>>164468217
DS2 improves over DS1 in every measurable metric. It fails at all the emotional ones.

>Explore more
>Get the extra 4 wedges
>Kill the idols
>Go to Fume the second try
>Hyped because he's apparently the best and hardest (but fair) boss in the game
>His attacks are literally the most telegraphed shit in the game
>Without healing he goes down in one try
literally what was supposed to be so hard
the big guys with the maces and blue smelter were harder

>>164468494
>>164468590
>weapon that doesn't even reach 400 AR like ever
>one dimensional moveset
wew lads

>>164468713
>AR is important
>a dual weapon having a one-dimensional moveset
Laffin

Is there a DSG discord?

>>164468609
>It fails at all the emotional ones.
You mean the unmeasurable ones?

>>164468676
>15 minutes after "his" last post has already found 4 more wedges
>shitting on Fume Knight saying is not hard
>All this when the tripfag is active
Hmm... I wonder...

>>164469058
Yes.
Pay attention to the starter pastas.

>>164468676
Yeah, I never got the hype for fume knight, at least when it came to difficulty.

Fighting Sir Alonne without a shield was pretty tough though

2 is the best game in the series.

Is there some forest hunter covenant etiquette when it's 2v1 against someone?

I just had two fights where I got summoned (as a SL30 character) against two different people at SL120+ with someone else on my side already summoned.

In both cases, the other forest hunter did nothing, either just chasing me and punching at me or taunting while the player fought.

Both players pointed down after killing me.

Is there some unspoken rule I'm missing? Are you supposed to black crystal out if there's already a blue phantom there, or is there some reason why these blue phantoms aren't fighting the host?

>that crushing feeling of failure when you fuck up on killing tutorial vanguard

>>164469330

2v1's are fine in the forest. Most of the time the forest invaders are lower level than the host so they need help. If you see a forest hunter just standing doing nothing he's a fake forest hunter.

>>164468915
Good paired weapons have more to them than just poke on every move that can be easily parried. They also shit out more damage than twinspears ever will, but you can believe whatever you want, because in the end you're just a shitter beating other shitters.

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>>164442035
PvE player here, still playing through the DLC, if im get invaded by someone naked should i just give up? it seems the majority of people who have been invading me recently are using some sort of mace build, with a parrying dagger of some sort because i just get consistently parried and usually one shot by a special mace attack, should i run or alt+f4 these coons? Having someone jump into my game to give me hollow status and a corpse run every 20 mins is getting more than irritating

>>164469686
Fight them, it's the only way to git gud at PvP.

>>164468676
I don't get these posts. This is a jrpg series were you can melt everything just by grinding long enough. You create the difficulty yourself.
I played in NG+ with CoC for that reason and had a jolly gud time.

>>164468676
>>164469269

Fume Knight is tough because he punishes the usual prep-heavy style of dark souls 2. He deals multiple damage types (physical, dark, and fire) so you can't counter-build him. His attacks tend to smash through shields, so you can't turtle him. He is hyper aggressive so he doesn't let you chug estus.

But if you're of the 'you don't need defense if you just roll dodge everything' mindset he's not that hard because, yeah, he does telegraph his attacks.

He's the Havel of DS2.

>>164469426
Fake forest hunter? Like hacking?

>>164469836
He's pretty forgiving with estus too, so many attacks have a perfect sippy window after them. Particularly when he thrusts in the second phase, easy to position yourself so it stops right ahead of you while you drink away

>>164469735
Theres nothing to learn though, The only thing ive learnt is that if you spec right and play the game long enough you can invade pve worlds and one shot em because you have all the wrong stuff for pvp and they have everything right.

I'm so confused. I built myself a new PC a few days ago, and, I want to replay Dark Souls on the new PC. So, like always, I download DSFix, but, none of the configuration files are working. 60 FPS won't work, and Skip Intro isn't working either. What the fuck?

>>164469836
Oh, and he has absurd elemental defenses so you can't spell/infusion+buff cheese him.

>>164469903

Fake as in not playing like a forest hunter. Sounds like he was treating it like a red sign summon.

Alright, who the fuck is the guy with the cage on his melon outside the Rom fogwall? I summoned him to fight Rom with me and he got obliterated in the first phase, almost immidiately after the fight starts, both times i brought him with me. The Madara Twin dude atleast makes it to phase 3 most of the time.

>>16445436
Fucking late reply but keep them until you figure out your build

>>164470283
wrong tab lad

>>164450086

That fucking let's play

Can someone silence Pat and his constant nonsensical shouting?

>>164470009
Alright, I fixed it, sort of. But, I have 60 FPS unlocked, and now the game won't startup. What the fuck man?

>>164470846

Did you have antialiasing enabled in the game menu?

That fucks up your game.

>>164471001
Nope. Disabled completely.

>>164461907
>>164462679
Anyone have some actual advice for this? I can't out-DPS estus chugging and they're killing me in 2-3 hits. It's so much worse than DS2 where people didn't fight 30 feet away and items actually slowed you down when using.

>>164443427
The regular crest shield is the best shield in the game after all the patches.

>decent stability
>100% physical reduction
>80% magic reduction
>relatively light weight
>can parry
>sexy as hell

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Anyone needs any items in DaS3 PC? Got pretty much everything and I don't mind giving it away. Armors, weapons, upgraded rings, just ask.

>>164471562
RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD

I just got a good PC that can run DaS3. Should I still get it or stick to console? Is the community ded? can I get me a PC BF now?

>>164471596
RIGHT

DOWN
GOOODBYE!

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From where the fuck is my silver knight weapons

>>164471617
Unless you want to deal with cheaters constantly, get it on PS4.

>>164471617
>Game is less than a year old
>"Is the community dead?"

I swear

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>>164471617
PC is alive and will be for a long time. Can't compare to consul playerbase because sony/m$ is too afraid to release such data but that doesn't stop retards from saying muh consoles have millions of players daily. CEbabbies are rare and 60fps is always nice.

>>164471734
It's pretty dead on PS4, save for 80% of people using greatswords in the arena.

>>164471823
sweet. I'll get it when it goes on sale, since I already bought one with the season pass on PS4.

>>164471714
>shitposting in both generals

When are you going to move on with your life? I have never seen you respected anywhere, why not just go away?

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>>164471971
>tfw steam sales ended just yesterday and DS3 was for 30 burger monies

what covenants can invade downwards greatly? I want to do a soul of cinder cosplay, but I'm gonna need a shitload of attunement if I want to pull it off

>>164472529
https://mpql.net/tools/dark-souls-3/

>>164456039
Does anyone else get a weird graphical bug with DSFix + Watchdog?

Does aggroing the Ancient Dragon or stealing the egg cause all the knights in Dragon Shrine to aggro?

>>164472616
thanks babe. Looks like I'll have to cap to sl133 if I want to invade sl120 metacunts

>>164461907
>don't have lloyd's talismans
Why the fuck not? The Burg merchant sells them fairly cheaply, and money shouldn't be a concern for any invader. Dupe a boss soul if you're really strapped.

In any case, just play more aggressively. Keep a crossbow offhand and pop a faggot whenever they go to sip if you can't get in there for the backstab. It doesn't do enough damage to completely deny the heal, but it's better than completely undoing your work. Poison throwing knives and dung pies are good choices too. Assuming you're invading early areas with such a low-level build, few players will even have moss and will likely start panicking when poisoned. Remember that status buildup can't be blocked in PVP, so even if you run into a spider shield, just keep chucking shit.

>>164470642
Listening to him get half of what he says wrong is part of the fun.

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Post comfy Dark Souls pics.

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>>164472876
Surprisingly, no they don't give a shit. The only thing that will make them aggro is running past the drakekeepers/the phantom dragon knight. I've also seen claims that having summons will make them aggressive as well.

>>164472863
Define graphical bug.

Mine seems to make the camera slow to catch up with the player when moving forward, it feels really weird.

>>164474705
The lighting bugs out making everything extremely bright.

>>164471562
Still here? Do you have a spare set of Sunset armor?

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Are Witch's Locks a good enough weapon to use for PvP interactions? I like whips and it seems to be the best 1

>>164474968
It's decent, but you should pair it with something else.

>>164474968
I use the witchlocks on my Pyro build against parry fishing faggots and it really makes them think

>>164474782
Yup, I've put my sign at high wall bonfire pass dsg

>>164475023
Like what else? I would assume something to punish sippy sippy because you probably can't punish very hard with the whip.

What are considered the "best weapons" right now? From what i see it is straight swords, katana, greataxe, thrusting swords, halberd, all magic unviable, all miracles unviable, most pyromancies unviable

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>>164473840
>mother nowhere to be seen
>nameless betrayed the family and cut all ties
>gwyn set himself on fire to cling to his age of fire
>gwynevere whored herself out to kings and sent her children to wage war
>gwyndolin lost the last semblance of his family's royal status, dethroned and toyed by a cannibalistic fanatic

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>>164475268

can GeDoSaTo work with DS3?

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>>164475201
lol this post makes it sound like you got the game for christmas.

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>>164475405
DELET THIS

>invaded in cathedral
>greatax+caestus
>poke for 5 solid minutes
>inevitably parried
>see hornet ring windup
>altf4
thanks for wasting my time i guess

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Base Estus regen is +300 hp.
Red tearstone works below 20% hp.
Power Within drain 1% every second.
How much max hp would I need, so that when I use estus to heal before power within kills me, I'm still below 20% hp?

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What do you think goes on down there?

>>164475628
1501 :^)

>>164475628
Power within does 100% damage (1% for every second) so you're just asking "how much HP do I need so that 300 is still under 20%?

Which is just 1500 (300 / .2). Anything over 1500 and one estus flask will keep you under 20% when power within ends.

>>164475083
Shit. I didn't see your post

>>164475083
Woo
Thanks!

>>164475996
Wait, power within isn't lethal?
I'm trying to use power within and rtsr at the same time, I understand that the higher my hp is than 1500 the more leeway I have for healing.
I will use symbol of avarice to get comfortably low before I use power within so I can make the most out of it.

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>lucky rat ring
>master's ring
>offhand morion blade
>under 30% hp
>cursed weapon
>+5 Dragon Bone Smasher
>40 str
Is there a way to do more melee damage than this?
I just went to NG+ at level 70 and shit is getting pretty tough and it is difficult to pull this of due to cursed weapon drain hp but I want to use it to finish old king doran.

>>164476316
it can kill

>>164475491
:)

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>>164476152
Good one, I was just about to leave, thinking you set me up.

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Let us never forget the greatest moment in /dsg/ fight club history

http://webmshare.com/play/Za3Nd

>>164476356
If you meet the conditions, you ould use Foe's/Friend's, but I guess you want PvE

>>164469467
>he uses top tier meta weapons and thinks he's good at PvP
My sides

>>164471562
You have any spare NG++ rings?

>>164476636
Yeah man definitely, Gargoyle spear all day erryday, Scott is my guru :^)

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>>164476584
I got into NG+ by accident and nebr got the friends ring and accidentaly answered No to monumental. Also not sure how I feel about killing all the npc's for foe's ring but yeah i meant for pve as I want to finally kill Doran

>>164476769
I've got all of them, which ones do you want?

>>164476636
Using things that are, by your own admission, better than other things, by definition makes him better though.

>>164476491
Sorry.

We are going to see Gwynevere in the next DLC

>>164476957
Life 3+, favor 2+, Chloranthy 2+ and havel 2+. Thanks I just don't want to go through the NG++ grind all over again.

>>164477067
>tfw she will be human sized

>>164477102
And meet me at high wall pass is dsg? Thanks again

>>164477052
No probs man, I was browsing interwebs anyway.
>>164477102
Give me 5 minutes and i'll put my sign at high wall, pass dsg

>>164477067
I swear to fuck miyazacki no more fucking artorias fan wanking shit hes got so many handjobs from the devs at this point he's got blisters on his dick.

I just want some shit on the fucking serpents

>tfw taurus demon is still the boss that gives me the most trouble