/dsg/ - Demon's and Dark Souls General

*unsheathes greatsword*

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>>164939838
So after beating my third run in Dark Souls 3 and replaying Dark Souls 1, I'm going to play Scholar of The First Sin for the first time. I've heard it changes up some of the vanilla game, and adds all the DLC. I also remember little to nothing about about the base game. What should I be wary of and what should I look out, things that are different from 1 & 3.

>>164940080

It feels way slower, and you'll want to level Adaptability until your Agility is at LEAST 99, preferably 105. Otherwise your rolls will have fewer iframes.

It's a long game, too. So don't try and rush and don't try and burn through the levels.

>>164940080
Be prepared to get gangbanged by an army of enemies at any given moment

>>164939235
>for elemental, it's:
>Attack * (1- (.1 + Armor/1000)) = Damage
Are you sure that this is the latest formula? I remember people were saying that they removed that 10% innate elemental defense. And because of that dark longsword meta took place.
>>164940180
If you can roll properly you can beat the game at 88 agility without much trouble.

Are Dancer's Enchanted Swords viable yet?

>>164940441
Yes. Distribute split damage stats properly and even CMS is viable.

>>164940080
Don't try to pull enemies with bow/magic, they will agro in groups, you CAN pull them 1 by 1 most of the time my moving very slowly, and most encounters you can backtrack into a chokepoint.
Agility to 92/96/99/105
Equip load matters, don't try to choose the game by constantly sitting at 70% equip load and still getting your "fast" rolls, your roll distance is shorter than a DS1 medium roll and you regen stamina far slower.
Scholar really doesn't like you skipping enemies to try boss rushes, while it is doable in most cases don't think that just sprinting past everything is going to solve your issues.
The game with all the DLC is by far the biggest in the series and odds are you will miss quite a bit of it, don't try to burn through it fast.

THINK before rushing into enemies, Scholars favorite trick is placing a bunch of enemies that will agro onto you as a group if you try to just bumrush them, nearly every ambush area can either be mitigated a hell of a lot by good positioning and chokepoints, and a lot of them can be avoided alltogether

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Never played ds2 here, was crossbow-only viable for pvp?

According to Limit Breakers, the Sanctum Crossbow is extremely OP.
https://youtu.be/jNXBrGd3Nc4

>>164940080
DaS2 takes "quantity over quality" to heart

>>164940080
What emote is that?

>>164941124
Short answer: no.
Not against anyone who can press a botton to roll. And knows about it's turning gimmick.
You can try doing affinity + sanctum crossbow, if opponent doesn't know how to properly dodge affinity (which is a fairly hard thing to do) it will be viable. Or HCSM + sanctum crossbow,

>>164941254
By my sword

>>164941254
By my sword! Summon Black Hand Gotthard to get it.

>>164940080
Dex scaling is only 60% of Str scaling, but boosts poison and bleed damage. So if you want to use a dex weapon, infuse it with an element and scale with Fire/Lightning/Magic/Dark instead, OR, infuse it with bleed/poison.

Scaling adds a flat bonus rather than %, so it matters more for lower base attack weapons.

Bonfire ascetics let you advance certain areas to NG+ without having to go there, so they are exceptionally good

Enemies will stop respawning after 12-15 deaths.

Don't try to farm item drops unless you want to burn ascetics. Item drop rates get lower and lower each time you kill an enemy. If you want a drop, use a bonfire ascetic after the enemy stops respawning.

Each time you die, your max health drops. There's a ring in Heide's Tower that limits it to 25%, but without the ring it can reach 50%. Going back to human restores your health.

You can dual wield most weapons through power stance, by having 1.5x the equip requirements for both of them. This has a lot of different movesets, some of which are unique, available.

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>sl1 run
>kill Gravetendies and Not Siff
>decide to check the arena
>zero matches

Fucking casual garbage playerbase

I fucking love the Twin Princes Greatsword. The weapon arts fuck with people so much, even if it does minimal damage sometimes.

>>164939838
Could someone explain the 'Defense/ Absorption' stats? What column should I be more concerned about?

>>164941124
The only reason the crossbows were "OP" in that video was because he was quick scoping them against low level players.

>>164941587

won't even find them at SL 25

>>164941496
>Dex scaling is only 60% of Str scaling
I really want to know where this meme started.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16VTSt4YkfppS1YZuK8kYj0WS_Mo4vuNxnGHf2StmQic/edit#gid=2117584104
The best STR scaling weapons go up to 120% STR bonus, the best DEX weapons go up to 100% DEX bonus.

STR weapons tend to have higher base damage, dex weapons have higher counter damage

>>164941496
>Dex scaling is only 60% of Str scaling, but boosts poison and bleed damage. So if you want to use a dex weapon, infuse it with an element and scale with Fire/Lightning/Magic/Dark instead, OR, infuse it with bleed/poison.
That's only true for quality weapons.
>Enemies will stop respawning after 12-15 deaths.
Not if you're in CoC.
>Item drop rates get lower and lower each time you kill an enemy. If you want a drop, use a bonfire ascetic after the enemy stops respawning.
Wut? Was that a result of some test?

So ive been havin a bit of fun playing DS3 gankin in the acrchdragon place. However ive noticed two hackers since doing this. Luckily the first after almost insta killing me ran off a ledge. The second turned invis and nearly killed me but stopped and I black stoned out both were 3 man parties waiting around. This is my first dark souls on PC and my first time pvping as its the end of my NG. Are the odds of finding a hacker usually one in 10? Still lots of fun though and I even hackers wont stop me from unsheathing my katana.

>>164941746
It's the letter.

S dex = minimum 60% of your Dex bonus
S Str = minimum 100% of your Str bonus

There are only a few wepaons that have > 60% dex scaling in DS2.

Weapons that are "C/A" are actually quality. That's ~ 45%/45%

Weapons that are C/C are actually strength. That's ~ 45%/25%

The only dex weapons with higher counter damage are katanas.

It's not a meme, it's in the game, and in the spreadsheet you linked. The vast majority of dex scaling weapons cap out around 70%, with a FEW exceptions (mostly DLC) added that scale up to 100%.

>>164940080
The most important of all: Durability is an actual mechanic in DS2, weapons with low durability WILL break by just doing a single area if you don't deal enough damage per hit, carry a spare or some repair powders

>>164941910
>>164941842
>>164941746

Also, when you infuse a dex weapon, your scaling is moved by the -letter- not by the percentage.

So if you have B scaling in Dex (45%) and you infuse it to get a B scaling in Fth (65%) you just gained an extra 20% scaling for the same level investment.

But B str goes to B fth, from 65% to 65%.

The point where strength scaling weapons tend to become better uninfused (for the same level investment) is about 300-400 elemental defense.

The point where dex weapons become better uninfused is around 500 elemental defense.

>>164941910
>The only dex weapons with higher counter damage are katanas.
And rapiers.

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>>164941124
Yes, they were pretty great, but underused

It's not hard to hit people with when you know what you're doing
The sanctum repeating crossbow will very easily hit people through their rolls and chain stun them for 1000+ at close range
The sanctum crossbow will outtrade just about anything
Both crossbow L2s can be immediately used DURING roll recovery causing your spine to twist

I've never seen more people ragequit than when I used them in the arena

So I was playing in Lothric Castle and got invaded by someone called "TheZepe15" who was clearly cheating.

He kept changing colours from purple to white and even followed me into the bossfight where he ganked me and my 3 friends.

This is on PS4 mind you. How do I contact Fromsoft to get him banned?

>>164941910
Nigga I gave you a goddamn spreadsheet.
Zweihander, 55% STR scaling.

Go read through it pure DEX weapons tend to have good DEX scaling
>Ricards 100%
>Loyce GS 100%
>Eleum Loyce 97%
>Monscy 70%
>Blacksteel 100%
>chaos blade 80%
>Alonne swrord 95%

Dedicated dex weapons scale with DEX, they scale slightly lower than STR weapons, but STR weapons have lower counter damage, KUGS has 120% STR scaling but 1.1 counter, Blacksteel has 100% DEX scaling but 1.5 counter

The LETTERS don't mean jack shit, Alonnes starts with S scaling and like 20% DEX scaling, ends with S scaling and 95% DEX Scaling.
I linked the spreadsheet for a reason.

>>164942234
If he wasn't invincible, then he wasn't hacking, but was abusing a bug that allows players to invade boss rooms.

>>164942234
write an email.

Just kidding, suck it up nerd. Exploits exist. Maybe they'll fix it, but probably not.

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>literally every axe in the game has the exact same r2 attacks, ranging from the thrall axe to the dragonslayer greataxe
lol dark souls 3 moveset variety sure is something

I remember when I played DS2 and I gave it shit for having so many duplicate weapons with the exact same movesets, but atleast it actually had a bunch of different moves within each weapon category

>>164942269
Did you read your own spreadsheet? It literally is saying what I'm saying. Almost no dex weapons have >50% scaling, while almost every strength weapon does, and almost all the quality weapons have more strength scaling than dex.

You're using a few exceptions (mostly DLC items meant to fix the broken dex scaling) to try and ignore the general trend that almost all dex weapons cap out at 60% scaling, and most of them don't gain counter bonuses. Of the few that do, it's only 10-20% higher for a 20-30% loss in actual damage compared to a strength version of that same weapon.

The letters -do- matter because that is what determines the scaling bonus you get from infusion. Infused dex weapons gain more damage than infused strength weapons, except when the dex weapons have

Use dex weapons for the moveset, not scaling. Infuse them and scale them with Int/Fth Unless they're one of the few excamples with >80% dex scaling, but you have no way of finding that out unless you check them on the spreadsheet because the in-game letters are not equivalent.

Weapons like the claymore are always going to do more damage with strength investment rather than dex investment despite being "quality" weapons because dex is 60% scaling compared to str.

>Sinh is the literal best boss in DaS2
>literally never get summoned for him
life is pain

>>164943021
>the only boss i still get summoned for is fume fag
>they always summon the worthless npc and die to random attacks
soul memory was a mistake

>>164943021
I didn't realize you were a scalie Anon.

>>164943123
Why did you make me google this you fucking furfag

>>164943110
I recall him being pretty easy honestly. Took me two attempts to beat him, only boss in DaS2 I actually liked because for some reason he wasn't total bullshit to fight.

>>164942767
Dumb ds2 shitter
https://youtu.be/zKWVDRiczek
Ds2 axe move variety is on par with ds3.

>>164942873
100% is 60% worse than 120%
I maintain, dedicated DEX weapons scale well with DEX and are by no means "60% worse scaling" than STR weapons

>>164943176
>He doesn't know.
ruh-roh.

>>164943191
I solo'd him on ng+ after beating him with summons and feeling bad about it
he's pretty cool because he has no bullshit mechanics or camera freaking out, just nice attacks you need to learn the patterns of

Anyone hosting an fc tonight?
If not I can, my guy is 118 and I don't feel like doing anything else. If not I'll go play Doom 64 or somethin' I need to finish that still.
>>164943261
Which is what I wanted from DaS2 from the first place, no bullshit just a big ass creature to lovingly apply my weapon to and beat down, every other damn NPC bos

>>164943313
>>164943261
wew. I got cut off, every other damn boss flips the fuck out and tracks you immensely. Only boss which felt fair in my opinion and I really enjoyed it. I got hit significantly less than what I usually do, no really the omnipotent tracking, heavy damage you suffer for no reason isn't fun to deal with thanks.

>>164941124
>Never played ds2 here, was crossbow-only viable for pvp?
It was only viable back when avelyn was actually good. After they nerfed it, crossbows became basically the worst crossbows in series. Sanctum can deal a lot of damage per special shot but it's telegraphed as shit, virtually all good players will just avoid it.

>>164943194
Mate, I don't think you understood my point. That video you linked is JUST AXES.

I'm talking about axes AND greataxes.

>>164943462
ds2 doesn't even have a proper black knight greataxe moveset
ds3 has by far the largest amount of actual greataxe moves thanks to warcry r2s and bkga

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Anyone on PS4 able to help me move a few things? I will gladly give you a large batch of souls in return for your help!

Of the 6 axes in Dark Souls 1, 4 (Butcher Knife, Gargoyle Tail Axe, Golem Axe, Hand Axe) have a unique moveset

All 5 greataxes in Dark Souls 1 have a unique moveset.

Of the 7 axes in Dark Souls 2, 2 (Dragonslayer Axe and Butcher Knife) have a unique moveset

Of the 9 greataxes in Dark Souls 2, 2 (Crescent Axe, Drakekeeper Greataxe) have a unique moveset.
There are two distinct types of greataxe, double-headed axes that attack horizontally and single-headed greataxes that attack vertically.

Of the 10 axes in Dark Souls 3, not including weapon art, 2 (Butcher Knife, Winged Knight Twin Axes) have a unique moveset

Of the 7 greataxes in Dark Souls 3, not including weapon art, 1 (Black Knight Greataxe) has a unique moveset.

>>164943556
>not including weapon ar
weapon art is a part of a moveset
even more so for axes as it changes r2

>>164943535
I got a PS4 but no DS3 on it.
>>164943596
That doesn't qauntify for much man.

>>164943652

Glad to have this piece of information, anon.

>>164941842
>Not if you're in CoC.
CoC is an optional hardmode covenant that's not really relevant to the base game.

>>164943225
Dedicated dex scaling weapons scale well with dex only because that's their only stat.

But they will always scale better when infused, than with dex alone. Strength weapons can do either.

I've found all the Loyce Knights and I still can't beat the Ivory Kang after he goes into Lightsaber Mode.
Why am I so bad at this?

>>164943853
Sorry anon but you must be literally awful at this game
ivory king himself feels and fights like a normal enemy, not a boss
he has like 4 moves

>>164943652
>That doesn't qauntify for much man.
except it does
greataxes have two versions of warcry r2, one of which is unique to yhorm's machete
both versions have first and second r2
they also have falling bolt, demonic flare, sharpen and earthen wrath, if it was ds1 or 2 those would be moved to simple r2
small axes have unique warcry on millwood axe, the only quickstep outside of daggers, feast bell and chain spin

>ds1
>extremely short range means high dps potential

>ds2
>extremely short range but still decent dps potential
>has the most retarded parry window in the history of souls games
>everybody complaints about it

>ds3
>extremely short range
>second lowest AR curved sword
>useless weapon art
>smallest parry window
>doesn't work well with infusion
>1handed moveset is useless
>the only redeeming thing about it, the special backward kick, has no invinsibility frames

Besides memeweapons like the wooden hammer, is this the most dissapointing weapon in DS3?

>>164943949
is this the "guess the weapon" game

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>>164943949
fuck forgot pic

>>164943531
>>164943462
Greataxes are killed in DS2 if only because ultra greatswords and great hammers are so good.

The only good greataxes are the ones with the faster hammer-like moveset, such as Giant Stone Axe, and Drakekeeper's. Gyrm greataxe has a faster, GS-like moveset, so it might be viable.

Greataxes do have slightly different power stance moves though, I haven't tested them all but there might be other viable weapons because of this.

>>164943949

>What is Elenora

I still cry every time I use it.

>>164943949
>but still decent dps potential
More than decent. Monastery scimitar had that 4 hit 1hr2 combo that did 1000 damage.

>>164943556
>Of the 9 greataxes in Dark Souls 2, 2 (Crescent Axe, Drakekeeper Greataxe) have a unique moveset.

You're forgetting Gyrm Greataxe, Giant Stone Axe, and Black Knight Greataxe, which have unique movesets. BKGA is a shit moveset but it is unique, which makes DS2 overwhelming more diverse.

I think the complaints is that the "unique" movests for DS2 were mostly built using swings from other weapons, instead of having "special snowflake" animations.

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>>164943596
I kind of hate weapon arts sometimes. Some of them are definitely great but it's definitely a lazy design crutch. It's like "why give this weapon a unique moveset when you can just copy a WA typically from another weapon category and put it on this one?"

Atleast DS2 made an effort with unique r2 moves on many weapons. Even just the lazy ones that were reused movesets from other categories ended up unique because of the combinations, like red iron weaponry. In DS3 you often just have some reused weapon arts slapped onto weapons instead of having given them some unique moves.
>hey check this out it's literally just a normal greataxe but you can press l2 to increase your damage by 5 wooooaahh
>hey check this out it's literally just a normal greathammer but you can press l2 for a stupid eight-times reused spinny move woaaahhh

Especially the spin bash, spin slash, spin gash shit is so fucking stupid. Take for an example the Spiked Mace. Why does it have that weird spinny move to begin with? Why not give it unique R2 attacks that resemble what the evangelists actually do? Instead they literally just slap a copypasted spin slash move on it and call it spin BASH. Unique R2s? nah look you already have the weapon art. Don't you love SPIN SLASH on literally every weapon?


Plus, and if you're a shitter you will definitely think I'm joking, Greatweapon parries were absolutely fantastic.

>>164944128
>"unique" movests for DS2 were mostly built using swings from other weapons
Then they aren't unique.
Going from DS1 to DS2 was fucking baffling as it lacked even a simple cool unique attacks like golem's axe wind slash.

Pls recommend some fun (and not completely useless) weapons to play with.
DS 3. I'm new. Currently running around with a broadsword.

What is a combo for greataxes, also Drang Maces and Fume UGS?
I think for Fume UGS it's a standard attack jump attack, standard attack charged heavy best I got, the charged heavy buffed with resin can on shot most people for me. Learning to play with a heavy infused Exile GS, it's not too bad but you can't spam the spin to win combo or people will just dodge it, also knight's crossbow off hand is best weapon of all time.

>>164944223
>then they aren't unique

Do you care about weapon diversity, or do you care about feeling special?

Combining moves from other weapons to create a (literally) unique moveset is highly practical. It means that a large number of weapons can be viable based on which individual moves you prefer.

Making a bunch of special animations for each weapon makes them either OP, dogshit, or limits you to spamming the same one or two special moves since the rest of the moves one the weapon are shit. If a unique moveset is really good, then it makes all the 'normal' weapons in that category pointless by comparison.

DS2 has just as many unique movesets as DS1, but it also has twice as many weapons, with the rest of them being practical and useful instead of special flashy animations.

>>164944223
DS1 definitely felt like each weapon was unique in some way, and they often were.
It did have some carbon copies of "standard movesets" like the Gargoyle Halberd, Scythe, and some other halberd I think, but mostly they always had atleast one unique thing about them that made you wanna use it.

Then in DS2, they went down the "2 standard movesets for each weapon category" path, which I really disliked because it made many weapons carbon copies with different stats, but they also introduced some really unique weapons especially with the DLC, so that kind of redeemed it for me.

Meanwhile in DS3 it just feels like
>what's this curved sword do?
>oh... it's spin slash and the default moveset
>how about this one then?
>oh....
>how do these curved greatswords compare?
>oh they're literally the same with slightly different spin slash ending moves which don't matter cause it's a stunlock anyway

>>164944204
>Atleast DS2 made an effort with unique r2 moves on many weapons
it didn't
majority of ds2 moves are simply shared between classes
majority of boss weapon attacks are just generic r2s with elemental effect over them
there's what, 3 truly unique r2s in the entire vanilla ds2? 4?
it has by far the worst problem of recycled animations in all souls games
>Plus, and if you're a shitter you will definitely think I'm joking
YOU are the shitter if you think your stupid ultra weapon parries are even remotely fucking useful and that i can't see them from a mile away and just bs or bitchslap punish the fuck out of you for trying to do them

>>164944226
Red Hilted Halberd, Executionars Greatsword and Bandit Knife are imo fun but not overpowered early game weapons.

>>164944430
Do you care about weapon diversity
I do care about weapon diversity and DS2 has none of it.

>>164944432
DS3 easily has the same amount of unique moves as DS1, possibly higher. It just has larger weapon pool, unnecessary so, i'd say.

>>164943774
>But they will always scale better when infused, than with dex alone

Alright, no
I just soul vesseled myself to have 100 DEX and FAI ATK. Meaning 100% scaling = +100 AR.

Uninfused Blacksteel Katana = 100% DEX
Lightning Blacksteel = 49% DEX, 21% FAI

Ricard's Rapier = 100% DEX
Lightning Ricard's = 37% DEX, 30% FAI

Loyce Greatsword = 5% STR, 100% DEX
Lightning Loyce = +35 phys ??% consistent with other weps, 33% FAI

Why do you believe the scaling grade when it comes to element infusions?
Elemental infusions on average give you 30% element scaling with exceptions for boss weapons / weapons with base element or status.

>>164944441
>>164944223

>wanting every weapon to have special moveset that you have to build your entire character around just to be useful, instead of being able to tweak your play style around how individual useful moves are combined on each single weapon

go back to playing overwatch

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>>164944441
>YOU are the shitter if you think your stupid ultra weapon parries are even remotely fucking useful and that i can't see them from a mile away and just bs or bitchslap punish the fuck out of you for trying to do them
Congrats, you must be better at the game than 99% of people I fought in DS2. Plenty of people fell for it and I didn't feel like it was ever particularily easy to punish outside of me just fucking up and missing the parry frame window.

Besides your amazing skill in PvP, you forget that parrying isn't a PvP only tool. Just because you personally never made use of it or apparently never had someone do it to you doesn't mean it has no uses.
If I could pick and chose between the UGS parry and whatever that abomination of a weapon skill spin-stomp is I'd pick the UGS parry every day of the week

>>164944682
>wanting actually unique movesets instead of recycled, disappointing shit
yeah how dare you to want nice things

Why are there so many outright useless and/or outclassed spell tools in souls games?

>>164944670
>doing this with only 100% dex scaling weapons

You missed my point, again, and proved what I said.

>Elemental infusions on average give you 30% element scaling with exceptions for boss weapons / weapons with base element or status.

Most dex weapons have you sacrifice 20-40% dex scaling for that 30-60% faith scaling. The only ones that don't are the ones with insane dex scaling, aka, the few exceptions you keep touting while ignoring the vast majority of other dex weapons in the game.

All you're saying is "Dex scaling is fine because these FEW weapons work like strength weapons! The letters are just not accurate!" when the vast majority of dex weapons are still only 60% scaling for their class compared to str weapons.

>>164944740
Atleast the DS2 DLC had some cool shit.

What does the DS3 DLC have so far?
>check this out. It's literally just a normal greathammer with a normal greathammer moveset, but the weapon art? We "throwbacked" a DS1 move as a weapon art onto it hehe

>>164944692
ds2 has the lowest skill ceiling in series, that's why shitters gravitate towards it as the game with "best" pvp simply because it doesn't require any skill at all and has a duel-friendly environment, it's not surprising that there's a huge amount of garbage players who literally walk into everything you throw into them
>you forget that parrying isn't a PvP only tool
yeah show me your sick ass videos of ugs parries in pve, kek, i want to laugh

>>164944740
Are you disappointed that every gun in a shooter shoots -bullets- instead of shooting sparkles or chickens?

>>164944830
DS3 dlc has friede's greatscythe, crow weapons and valorheart all of which blow the SHIT out of any ds2 dlc weapons including bone fists.

>>164944837
>yeah show me your sick ass videos of ugs parries in pve, kek, i want to laugh
Why do you act like UGS parrying was a gimmick? Why would anyone ever feel the need to take a video of himself parrying an enemy with delayed, but pretty decent parrying frames? You realize the UGS parry was in no way bad, right?

That's why I said "shitters will think I'm joking". It's like you only ever used the dedicated shitter reaction parrying weapons to parry and as a result think everything else is useless.

>>164944894
Yeah, no. Bone fists were fucking amazing.

>>164944837
>DS2 has the lowest skill ceiling in the series

Only because DS1 pvp is entirely built around abusing network lag, and DS3 pvp is built around abusing invasion mechanics. Higher "skill ceilings" don't make for better pvp when those ceilings are just abusing broken mechanics because From focused more on PvE.

>>164944883
good shooter has weapons that behave differently and have unique firing modes
ds2 is like painkiller if painkiller had 4 firing modes shared by all guns in different combinations instead of actually unique attacks and weapon-specific combos
>>164944920
>Why do you act like UGS parrying was a gimmick
because it was you fucking retard, it has such horrible parry frames (worst in the game actually) that you either need a mentally disabled opponent for it to ever connect or some utterly predictable pve enemy

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>>164944989
I don't care about your denial. Friede's greatscythe or valorheart blows bone fists the fuck out as far as style and cool moves go.

>>164944920
>>164944837

UGS parries were useful, but stupid because for the same hours of practice doing a parry shield + soft/hard swap to a UGS was more efficient than trying to actually land a UGS parry.

Most of the time the UGS parry doesn't work because they think you're doing an attack, so they roll instead of trying to trade. It is, by design, just not a very effective pvp tactic and requires many more hours to master than other equivalent techniques.

UGS should have had special moves instead of parry animations, like Fume UGS or Curved Nil Greatsword.

In DS2, is it worth it to put a ton of points into Vitality so you can wield ultra greatswords and such and not fatroll? Or even put a ton more in to wield good armor like the drangelic set.

>>164944819
I did this test with 100% pure dex weapons because it's far easier to tell the scaling % when you only have one physical scaling.

>for that 30-60% faith scaling
Exactly what dexterity weapons get anything near 50% element scaling? Can you name some?


>All you're saying is "Dex scaling is fine because these FEW weapons work like strength weapons!
All you're saying is that low scaling high base damage weapons are better infused. Who could've thought?

Have some more examples.

29 STR, 29 DEX, 29 FAI, 100 ATK in each
Partizan - 10% STR, 65% DEX - +75 phys
Lightning Partizan - +28 phys, +30 light, 30% FAI

Dagger - 15% STR, 45% DEX, +60 phys
Lightning Dagger - +23 phys, +30 light, 30% FAI

The results are actually MORE consistent for non-100% DEX weapons.

>>164944759
because from has no imagination and sees spelltools as only a means to an end, that end being the spells. so they only really care for base magadj and scaling, rather than making each tool somewhat unique in a meaningful way. but they're progressing. ds1 had nothing other than damage. even with the dlc, the only thing that changed were the damage calculators. in ds2, catalyst length and speed came in play, but they still didnt make much difference; it was just advantages and disadvantages to be taken notice. some uniqueness is progressively added, with weapons like blue flame (and its neutered version in ds3) and ds3's parting flame

>>164944819
Why do you keep implying that weapons with 30% DEX scaling are DEX weapons?

This is the core of the issue, nobody else considers them DEX weapons, DEX scaling is worse for Quality weapons sure, but it's not worse for DEX weapons.

An axe with 50% STR scaling and 25% DEX scaling isn't a DEX weapons so it's irrelevant when considering how good DEX scaling is.

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>>164944998
>because it was you fucking retard, it has such horrible parry frames (worst in the game actually)
Are you fucking dumb? See pic related. Perfectly average parry frames.

They have long recovery and startup frames. That's because great weapon parries weren't for reaction parrying. You could consistently set up parry with them.
Another feature is that people never see it coming. You walk around with a parry tool in your offhand, people will adjust. You walk around with a big fat twohanded Zweihander, they tend to be less careful unless they know you will do it.

Honestly you can flaunt your amazing PvP skill here as much as you want, everyone who has used great weapons to parry knows it's not a joke feature. It's perfectly viable and it's not used in the same way as rapier parrying.

>>164944998
DS2 is like having 20 rifles, 20 shotguns, 20 pistols, etc.

But they range in size, firing speed, velocity, etc. and some share bullets between them and some have different firing modes.

Meanwhile you want special snowflake weapons like overwatch that have special animations and effects, resulting in most of them being just dogshit "cool" designs that have no practical use in the game.

>>164945220
>those monastery scmitar frames
not him but this is outdated as fuck anon

>>164945220
This. Ultra weapon parries are for masters of the game that can predict and bait their opponents entirely, know when they're going to attack.
It's satisfying, surprisingly easy, feels good.

Let's not forget super parries that come out something like 20% faster after an attack. Fucking loved parrying backsteppers.

>>164945319
They didn't change the frames relevant to the discussion.

>>164945330
>It's satisfying, surprisingly easy, feels good.

It's purely for emotional reward. You can accomplish the same with an offhand curved sword.

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>>164945220

>>164945435
>offhand curved sword
Nigga curved swords actually have the worst parry frames in the game.

>>164945435
>4 frames
Like fucking hell

Offhand mon scim is for reaction parries. Ultra parries are for prediction.

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>>164945449
>30 frames worse than parry tools
jesus

>>164945586
Do you not understand the concept of prediction

>>164945586
>parry tools have 30 frames of active parrying
Niggas you are talking about different things here goddamn.

The UGS faggot is saying that UGSses have average ACTIVE parry frame, while you are arguing about what has the least STARTUP animation.

>>164945435
You literally can't because people adjust their playstyle to be less predictable and less parryable if you have a parrying tool out.

It's not the same playstyle. Eat shit, you fucking retard.

>>164945237
if you like brown cowadoody shit it doesn't mean all people do
games like quake, doom or painkiller that actually make all arsenal unique will always be way superior
actually, the fact you're comparing ds2 to casual military garbage is really cute because ds2 tried its hardest to attract the same dudebro auditory

>>164945526
>>164945449
>>164945395
>>164945330

You have to -predict- a person's actions -after- they already see you start the parry and can react.

That means in order to land a UGS parry, they have to actually see you -start- the parry and then still decide to attack after that. No one does that. If you land a UGS parry that means they have no idea that it's a parry at all, or they were trying to legitimately trade with your UGS. Whatever they are doing when you start the parry, they will finish and be able to follow up before your parry frames start.

And that's not even counting the fact that if you're using a faster weapon, you have enough time to see the start of the parry and interrupt it before the parry frames arrive.

That's why UGS parries are dogshit. It's not "predicting" it's being completely blind and hoping they don't notice that you're parrying.

>>164945649
do you understand the concept of getting your shit slapped for even trying to press l2

>>164945708
>That means in order to land a UGS parry, they have to actually see you -start- the parry and then still decide to attack after that. No one does that.
lad, human reaction time is longer than the superparry startup. Nobody sees you start up a superparry and can immediately decide to abandon their attack.
Could you stop being full of shit for one post?

>>164945668
newbie here, if I want to do a UGS parry, where's the best place in the game to practice it so I can get better? or should I just start using it against players and die a lot?

>>164945831
>human reaction time: 0.2 to 0.5 seconds
>superparry startup: 0.8 seconds

Maybe if you have abysmal ping, that might help.

>>164945884
DID YOU SAY BOSS WEAPONS?

>>164945849
Best place you can start is try to figure out which attacks of yours people will want to punish.

A very basic set-up parry you can do with ultras, especially UGS because they have the perfect length for it generally, is this
>jump attack at them while they're infront of you, but not close enough to backstab punish it
>immediately parry and face them
A LOT of the time they'll try to punish with a running attack, which on most weapons (not when fighting ultras for an example) is timed just right for you to get that parry.

>>164945914
I want to see you reaction-avoid a super parry and maybe then I'll believe it.
Actually, not only avoid on reaction, but also punish with a bitchslap as you've been spouting.

Remember /dsg/ when you're about to lose, always turn on your cheats, then point down!

>>164946209
Remember anon when you're pvping in the most cancerous brackets, always post remarks about how people are cancerous

>>164946318
>35 +4 is cancerous now

>>164946392
>souls pvp
>ever not cancerous
that's where you are wrong kiddo

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>>164945914
Ordinary UGS parry starts at 40 frames. Did you forget that this is a 60 FPS game?
Superparries are sped up by previous input. I don't know by how much, but it's reasonable to say about 0.3s.

It's not unreasonable to be able to ultra parry people.

I got baited into an ultraparry yesterday and i'm not retarded
here, case closed

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>Want to trade off Dancer torso/boots for another look
>The only other ones I like are dresses and they aren't very pretty when you roll
>None of the other armors show off your figure as well

It's kind of funny how I used to get mad at games that have too much fanservice lady armor but now that everything looks practical I feel the need to show off more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93fqlzu9pqk

>>164946808
don't the slave knight and pontiff knight boots show lots of asscheek?

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>>164946660
Na, you are retarded.

Nobody told me that Sinh could actually break my weapons

Quick Dark Souls 3 question for you guys. According to the wiki, the game stops increasing in difficulty after NG+7.
What I need to know is: Does that mean "journey 7" or "journey 8" would be the hardest?

CAN I share some other old stuff which I did some time ago
Cuz it still won't do for reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PbRwlJJMNU&t=24s

>there's a dying dragon protecting Priscilla right in front of her
>people still think she's Seath's daughter
please explain

>>164947292
journey 8 mah dude after that its capped to ng+7

who /bossinvadingastheboss/ here?

>>164947426
Excellent. Thanks for the clarification.
On journey 6 atm. Been a breeze so far.

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>>164947468
good luck

Sarcastic applause is objectively the best diss gesture. If you use it on someone you took out easily, the meaning is never lost on either party. It makes you feel like a massive invincible ass.

Point down on the other hand is like the fallen knight set of gestures. It's used by so many players, that it makes you feel lame when you use it by association. I do miss the DaS2 for one thing tbqh. It had better asshole gestures

>>164947825
Applause is used far more frequently than PD tho.

>>164947292
Generally the game's difficulty 'peaks' at NG+4, after that the difficulty starts having diminishing returns but yeah, NG+7 is "max NG" in terms of things getting harder.

>>164947087
Slave knight is too obvious about it, I'll have to farm out the pontiff knights to see about theirs

>>164948504
nice neck

>>164947974
When I lose an invasion, they always point down for some reason. I rarely ever see applause. When I see it's usually always done by me

>>164947958
It just caught on, I suppose. When you die you collapse to the ground so it follows from that I think.

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>>164948613

>>164948613
>bottom of the hood

>>164947958
because it's the closest thing to badmouthing you can do in DS3. You point down at the ground because that's where the shitter you just put down belongs.

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I'm trying to play DS1 PvP, and literally fight I get is with shit connection where hits registrer like a second after it lands, it also takes forever to find someone to fight, and I usually end up only connecting to the same two people even though I'm in Township with DSCM.

It it my internet? I know it's not the best but it should be fine for just playing video games right?

>>164948554
Try Leonhard pants.

>>164949579
What's special about them ?

>>164949665
Fit your ass quite tightly unlike the baggy and wrinkled pontiff knight pants.

Reminder to always wear the Fallen Knight set. People will immediately respect you and expect a fair and honoroble duel.

>>164949560
Its not your internet, its more likely the fact you're connecting with people 1/3 way across the world.

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>tfw bleed infused 397 AR UGS with no AR rings in das2 does more damage than the heaviest ultras in 3

>>164950507
>ivory king
this is bait

>>164950507
>screenshot from 1st of august
what

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*teleports behind you*

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>>164950946
When will you burgers learn how the rest of the world writes dates and time?

Why is Pyromancy different in 3?

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>tfw all those people that are hollow in anor londo

;-;

>>164951351
Don't you spy on me

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>>164951065
pff too slowmongrel

>>164951308
what do you mean?

>>164951308
What do you mean different? It works just like in DaS2.

>>164951558
Okay, why is pyromancy different in Dark Souls 2 and 3?
>>164951529
It scales with stats like some weird magic thing.

>>164951614
Because no stat investment pyromancies were unbalanced as hell.

>>164951658
Hmm...

>>164951614
Because pyromancy in DaS1 was retarded and allowed for stupid builds like full dex, couple of attunement slots and you have a fireball spamming machine that will wreck your face with +15 sword if needed.

>>164951761
I always thought that you had to have a +15 sword, since you only could cast so many pyromancies before becoming just a dexwanker with empty attunement slots.

So I take it pure pyromancer is viable in 3 then?

>>164951857
It is but you have to level both int and faith for optimal damage.

>>164951857
yeah sure.

>>164951951
figured as much, maybe I will give it a shot, seeing how getting it for my dexwanker is pointless.

>>164951351
i dont go human there anymore, restoring saves is a hassle

>>164952032
You can still have swords and what not in your main hand, but you have to infuse it with chaos or dark for any dps.

Why aren't you boss invading, /dsg/?

>>164951065
*fat rolls behind you*

Who is the best boss (combat wise) of DeS and why is it Old King Allant ?

>>164941663
depends

defense subtracts from incoming damage, but there's a maximum percentage of the damage which can be subtracted by it; if you've got 100 lightning defense and someone adds on 95 lightning damage to their otherwise physical weapon, you won't block all 95 damage points. On the other hand, if they're using lightning blade on LKUGS, you could maybe be shaving off 100 points of damage.

absorption removes a percentage of the incoming attack

I can't remember which deduction is made first

All armor adds the same amount of defense as any other piece worn in the same place, the only thing unique is the amount of absorption added. So you just gotta make sure you're not naked at all.

>>164944046
Eh, greataxes are actually the best big weapon type in DS2, but the game calls two of them ultragreatswords. Also drakekeeper greataxe is pretty good.

>>164953547
I was talking about DeS, anon
A boss isn't fun to me from the moment it doesn't let you at least a second to heal

I've seen streamers like damnnohtml use CE without repercussions. Is it safe to spawn items and whatnot?

Whats a good minimum stability you want for your shield? Cause I see players can do quite a lot of stamina damage. Are small shields even worth using?
>>164953547
>des

>>164952273
why would you need to restore saves?

>>164953675
Only shields worth using are Greatshields and BKS

>>164953646
He already got banned once, now he plays using family sharing on steam.

>>164953809
Oh. Fair enough.

I guess there's not fast way to make new PvP-ready characters.

>>164953710
because literally every second invader there is some memetastic faglord who will go kill your gwynevere. It happened on my first playthrough and then again and I just stopped bothering

>>164953642
He does give you openings to heal though, look out for his smash in the ground.

So after playing through both DaS and the first DeS some years ago with the wiki pretty much always open on the second screen, I decided to start DS2 without looking at it even once. I die a lot, but make steady progress every day so things are nice and good. I killed the last giant, dragonrider and his dragon and the pursuer, currently banging my head against the sentinel trio and last dragonslayer.

Other than putting souls into random stats, is there anything that I really should/shouldn't do to avoid "breaking" the character and making progress pretty much impossible in the later stages of the game?

>>164953376
He's definitely the best, although Penetrator and Flamelurker are also worthy of mentioning I think. Maneaters as well.

>>164954402
nope, you can do whatever you want
das2 is abysmally linear and, unlike the first game, pointless to play blind anyway

>>164954402
Do NOT upgrade everything right away. Titanite cannot be bought or farmed unlimited, once you use what is available for sale and picked up, that's all you get until late/post game.

The only titanite you can buy is large titanite shards, but regular titanite, twinkling, chunks, and dragon bone are all limited until post-game.

So don't spend upgrades until you're ready to commit to that weapon for a while.

>>164954947
Wtf are you on, everything but slabs (and even them in ng+) can be bought in unlimited amounts
>>164954402
do not listen to that man

>>164951857
>empty attunement slots

if you miss with ~25 pyromancies (8 slots x 2-4 uses each) in a single encounter, you don't deserve to win that match anyway.

>>164954402
Don't forget to level ADP to increase your Agility, which determines your iframes. I recommend having 99 agility.
Also, when you reach Earthen Peak, try to pay attention to the messages. There's a really obscure thing that would make certain boss fight really difficult if not prevented.
I replayed the game with a friend recently and I payed attention to see if the game gives you any hint for it, but it really doesn't. Here's the thing if you wanna know: Bring a torch to the mill in the 2nd bonfire and burn it, will get rid of the poison.

>>164954547
How is DS2 more linear than DS1? You have 2 paths to go from the start and then you can open 2 more quickly after than. The paths itselfs are more lineal, as in the world is not as interconnected as in DS1, but you need to have in mind you can warp from the start and you're not forced to finish a path until the end, you can alternate between them, whic after playing several times, I think it's the best.

I fear nothing...

But those cages full of hollows... They make my nipples lactate in terror. Good thing they are stupidly easy to tell from the inert ones.
...Almost too easy.

>>164955164
I want details

>>164954450

>music of Old King Allant

So good

Penetrator is pretty easy, it's a shame we can't get his armor though, it's so beautiful. The music of Flamelurker made me like this boss, I used to hate it because >lol, AOE. Also this boss difficulty seems totally random, sometimes I die 10 times, sometimes I kill him easily.
Fuck Maneaters, I fucking hate them, especially this bossroom. It's like they never want to fight me, always flying out of my reach and spamming magic attacks.

>>164953876

Who is the best boss of DaS3, and why is it Pontiff Sulyvahn ?

>>164954402
>reading the wiki
EUUUUGGHHH

>>164950507
I love 2-shotting people with LSS and Mirrah's powerstanced R1s. Instant 1600 damage combo.

>>164955164
Oh my Jesus fuck, Just as I typed that, I opened a chest and a fuckton of the fucking cages just fell from the roof and spooked me real good.

>>164948747
what is anatomy

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>>164955581
Just lock on with right stick and throw knives at them wew so sp00ky

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>>164955289
>Who is the best boss of DaS3, and why is it Pontiff Sulyvahn ?
Sorry, but his swordsmanship instructor is better.

Another nana disappeared,
So the grandson carries a cage.
He ever has his cage.
And nana's never coming back,
So come into the cage, and become nana's shade.

>>164954402
You can respec so no, you can do whatever.

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How they managed to do such a good OST in DS3?
It has like twice much good tracks even compared to BB.

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>boss invadin
>go in, attack shit at random
>host's phantoms die
>end phase 1, chase host for 5 minutes
>just rolls and blocks and runs away with shield up the entire time
>realize host hasn't attacked the entire fight
>not even swung his SS once
>just sit down and watch
>dies in seconds, never attacking

This is the Dark Souls 3 3-phantom Way of Blue Fallen Knight Straight Sword target audience.
Jesus

>>164956059
They didn't. It only appeals to babbies that never heard a good orchestral piece. DaS3 music is a fucking mess of 10 million sounds with barely any audible melody.

>>164955046
You can only buy unlimited titanite after Old Iron King (mid-game) and you can only buy unlimited chunks after the final boss. You never get unlimited twinkling.

He's asking how to fuck up before late game. Spending all your titanite on armor before lost sinner is a great way to fuck your game up.

>>164956163
>DaS3 music is a fucking mess of 10 million sounds with barely any audible melody
That's DS2 ost.

>>164955754
They're on the same level, they're both perfect to me.

I want to catch scrub invaders on an NG+ low level build. Is that possible?

>>164956221
Noone is going to upgrade armor before weapons, and there's enough shards earlygame to upgrade a weapon and a few armor pieces anyway.
Also, old iron king is most definetely not midgame. He'd be equal to Blighttown bell if you compare the progression to first souls.

>>164956226
DaS2 at least has some variety. DaS3 ost is literally
>people seem to love that O&S theme
>let's take it and turn it up to 11

>>164956129
Something I never hear when you see things like this is that these kind of players might be children. I sure as shit came across a lot of them on the PS4.

>>164956348
>DaS2 at least has some variety
Variety of shit ost pieces.
>let's take it and turn it up to 11
Except this is absolutely wrong for vast majority of the ost.

>>164956348
Remember the sad artorias and gwyn themes? Well fuck them, let's have more Epic Music and a jolly cooperation 4-man stack beating the soul of cinder lying down crying on the floor.

>>164955163
>>164954402
Speaking of Earthen peak, best way to do it is to just summon sunbros. It's meant to be a co-op level.

>>164956232
Not sucking japs dicks is edgy now ok

is pvp even worth attempting in this game? seems garbage

>>164956668
It's all about making other people suffer. Making it automatically the best PvP

>>164956668
no it's trash but you don't want to be the only clean guy amongst the shit-covered population

come on in, the toilet's fine

>>164956668
Boss invading is the most fun you can have in this series
Pick a boss, cosplay as it, invade, enter fog, fuck peeps up

>>164956348
>>164956442
>>164956226

>DS3 fans talking about how their soundtracks are so great

I still don't know why they didn't use their in-house band to make better music. FreQuency sells albums in Japan of From soundtracks, but weren't used for Dark Souls at all because 'atmosphere' was more important than an actual soundtrack.

Most Souls soundtracks are the same 5 minute ambient orchestral repeated for 2 hours with slight variations for each boss.

Some examples of in-game music their in-house musicians made for other games:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqrxVfZBtu4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QHZvT5EBOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Ch7cJNbMk
I would love to have seen FreQuency put together a high-energy aggressive Souls soundtrack, with each boss having actually different themes other than just "low-pitched groaning choir behind annoying strings."

>>164956442
There are like 2 songs in the whole ost that don't try to blow your eardrums. Nice, just fucking nice.

>>164944204
>file name

banan is banana in swedish, that means you are a swefag.

>>164956497
>It's meant to be a co-op level.
how so?

>>164957063
FUUUUCK, i keep forgetting the name

>>164957060
banan is banana in a lot of languages.

>>164956939
>it's that armored core autist again
start using a tripcode faggot
>that bland shit
>better than souls ost
holy shit

>>164956442
I don't like DaS 3's OST either, but 2's one is awful.
Outside Aldia and ganksquad there's no interesting theme.
Even Alonne that people like to praise a lot because the boss fight is fun is just boring chanting. It's got so stupid they try to make up stories about it having lyrics when it's just random chanting.

My fucking game keeps randomly crashing even though I have a brand new PC with 1070 and i5 processor. It just crashes seemingly at random where my screen fucking freezes, and then when I press CTR ALT DEL it just goes white screen and I have to turn off my entire PC.

What the fr*ck

>>164957218
check your ram / memory

>>164956993
>blow your eardrums
You really need to get them checked.

>>164957084
>outdated rock

FreQuency is industrial orchestral, not rock


I'm going to describe a Souls Song, tell me which one it is:

A male choir goes "Uhh uhh UUHHHH uhhh..." and then repeats for 5 minutes. There's some instrument (either a violin or harpsichord) keeping time along with them. Everything is really loud and they follow the same chord progression and beat for 20 seconds before repeating. Horns come in about 1 minute into the track for the bridge before it repeats back again. Then it repeats the WHOLE section again, this time a little louder.

>every DS track

I mean, souls music is cool but I wouldn't call it a "soundtrack". It's literally just ambiance.

>>164957060
>banan is banana in swedish, that means you are a swefag.
I'm white and straight actually, I just named it that because it seemed fitting

>>164957218
Increasing my virtual memory or some shit fixed that issue

>>164957060
>banan is banana in swedish
also in russian and fuckload of other languages

>>164957293
Thanks, doc. Enjoy your cacophony of DaS3 music.

>>164957385
My currently allocated amount is 6,000 MB higher than the recommended so that's not the issue

>>164957198
Listen to this next time you fight a boss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ykiK88vi00

>Ithryll below Anor Lando
>Read there is an Illursory Wall
>fucking cryptic shit
>Slide down
>2 fucking vordts
wasn't ready for this shit.


>>164957465
this

Does the steam Dualshock 4 support not apply to dark souls 3?

I can't seem to get it to work.

>>164939838
Thanks doc

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>>164953376
HYAAARGHH
HYUUUGHH
HRYYYAARGGHHH
HRYYYYUUUUUUUURRGGHHHHH *explosion*

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>>164958121

PLEASE

HELP ME

>>164957697
Yeah, DS1 is 1996's "EPIC" sound.

I like the music when playing but I can't listen to 30 minutes of it without wanting to kill myself from monotony. It's the most generic blandest ambient music and doesn't really change for the entire duration of the OST.

>>164958214
calm down anon
where did Manus touch you

>>164958214
*helps u*

>>164958214

EEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH
>"atmosphere"

>>164958121
>start of sens
>ricard's

>>164957084
>also they were dumped before ds1

Where did you hear this? They released music for From in 2013 and 2014

They might have been dropped for the kadokawa takeover, but definitely not before DS1.

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>>164958214

>>164958438
>HOW DARE YOU DISAGREE WITH ME YOU ARE MUSICALLY RETARDED DARK SOULS MUSIC IS THE BEST I WANT IT IN MY TAINT AUTISTIC AUTISTIC YOU'RE AN AUTISTIC RETARD AUTISTIC

So outside of PvP where you play like a huge faggot and plink people for like 200 damage whenever they try to catch you, are crossbows good for anything?

I'm comparing them to the bows I have and my dex and str are very low, just enough to wield some bows. Yet the bows consistently deal much higher damage and have much higher range than the crossbows.

what's up with that?

>>164958619
crossbows are a sidearm for strength builds

Anyone else have fonder memories of DS2 than the other games? Not saying it was better but for some reason it just sticks out in my memory more. Maybe because it was so much longer.

>>164958665
Except bows still do more damage than crossbows. The only downside is you can't onehand them, which again, isn't a real downside outside of faggy pvp tactics that don't really work anyways.

And honestly if you run a strength build and you're not using a greatbow as your ranged choice you're a fag anyways

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There was an attempt

>>164958564
>>164958275
>>164958285

EEEEUUUUUUUNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

>>164958895
they are a sidearm you retard, not everyone is a minmaxing pvp-loving faggot who loves pulling greatbows out of their ass

>>164958619
Crossbows only advantage over bows are for quickshots where you don't have enough time to pull the bow.

I find decent use for them with ultra builds as a way to either do some quick damage when players are near death, or to interrupt them as they are trying to run away or heal. It really helps with hyper defensive fucks and mages who want to spend the whole match running.

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>>164958121
HYYAUUUUUUUUUUURGH

>>164958943

Are you......are you playing on a PSP?

>>164958943
>circle to his right
>backstab
>repeat x15

I'd be okay with gwyndolins bow if the best arrows for it didn't cost 500 souls a piece.

>>164958975
Literally none of what you said just made sense. Just saying "it's a sidearm" doesn't make it a viable choice for a sidearm.

there is no reason to ever use a crossbow over a bow in pve is what I'm saying

>>164958893
I have better memories for DS1, but DS2 has the most hours

>>164959049
No? There is a PSP version?
>>164959084
I defeated him already, I'm having trouble with the gaping dragon now.

>>164959115
the point is it can be switched out easily where a bow has to be readied and twohanded.

>>164959115
If you just use it for pulling and quick shots, it is better than switching to a bow. Also fashion.
>>164959187
>gaping dragon
>circle to his right
>tailstab

>>164959049
There's this wonderful thing called "resize" you can do to images that makes them smaller.

There are literally no hard bosses in first souls except for maybe smough first O&S. Prove me wrong.

>>164959368
prove urself right

>>164959187

Post a non-resized screenshot please.

Why did they nerf Halberd 2hr2 attacks so hard in DS3?

They're not terrible but their hitbox isn't really 360 anymore and it does like 120% damage of a single normal attack when fully charges and has no knockback

>>164959368
The bosses have gotten harder and better with each instalment, but since so many people started with DaS, they have a lot of nostalgia for the bosses despite them being somewhat easy.

>>164959592
>>164959282
? I didn't resize anything.

>can't progress npc storylines if you don't summon them
>summoning npc completely trivialises most fights
Bravo From

>>164959368
still fucking surreal to me how people actually talk about what is hard and what isn't in these games. It's entirely surreal that this is even a talking point.
You don't see this for any other game. You don't see WoW people talk about which raid is the hardest, even though there are plenty of difficulty steps. You don't see this anywhere but here.

>>164959821
Do you play on a coffee machine ?

>>164959821
are you playing in 800x450 resolution you fuck
>>164959848
>WoW
what the fuck does that have to do with anything? You literally use the same rotation over and over and sometimes move out of red circles, there is no diffuculty in mmos.

>>164939838

On my first run of demon souls and I think I've done all the areas I can besides penetrator archstone because there's a dragon that makes me crispy when I try to get past. Also all the worlds seem to have 4 area's but the world with the bird mask thing only has three as far as I know?

Do I need to get past this dragon now? if so, how?

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I'm bored and I can't leave the PC for a while, anyone needs help or wanna co-op?
DS3 or DS2, either are fine.

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>want to make a paladin build in DaS3
>literally no good weapons
>give up
thx miyazaki

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>>164958564

>>164960169
>DaS1
>Cleric set, Paladin set, a few other faith sets
>no good weapons
>DaS2
>has the great mace of the insolent but no good paladin armors
>DaS3
>no nothing
why miyazaki

>>164959368
>>164959848

It's because Bandai Namco pushed the "HARDEST GAME EVAR" angle really hard when marketing it, starting this whole "it's not hard" vs "it's super hard" hipster dialogue.

>>164959960
Yes considering it heats up to 91°
>>164959967
> are you playing in 800x450
Yeah, and an extra difficulty at 4.2 FPS

>>164960448
what the fuck is wrong with you

>>164959837
It's a bit of a design oversight how co-oping completely breaks the game. Every area and mob becomes a complete pushover with another player.

>>164959837
Is it in DaS3? This shit really annoyed me in das2.

>>164960448
I used to play similarly, with a laptop that burnt my wrist whenever I was playing, maximum at 25 FPS. I got better stuff now.
I hope you find the money to buy a new PC, these are not the right conditions to play

>>164960638
Thanks senpai. I'm actually surprised I managed to get this far. Backstabbing every really works huh?

>>164959027
Yeah, I thought I had that comic but it was too small to tell from the thumbnails. Thanks for posting it.

>>164958214
EUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>164960786
Fishing for backstab is viable, I did that too, I still do on some ennemies
Black knights can be parried if you don't want to backstab only, but it's a bit harder

>>164960949
Black knights can also be killed in four hits as soon as you upgrade your weapon

>>164959848
Ideally, bosses should have mechanics tied to them, something bosses in the souls series lack.

>>164960448
>>164959960
>>164958943
>91c 4.5 fps 800x450

Confirmed, From Software has gotten DS1 to play on the Nintendo Switch

>>164961151
Also, yes
I don't like to come back later though, because I always forget

Wait, so there is literally 0 difference between blue sentinels and blades of the darkmoon?

>>164961515
1 waifu vs 0 waifus

>>164961378
Kek

Why do I feel that it is going to be that way, if DaS is released on Switch

>>164961595
But you still level up at the same waifu

>>164961515
I think Dorkmoons were supposed to invade sinners but From decided to get rid of that mechanic.

>>164961595
What are you talking about ? Horace is a potential waifu material !

Should i bother with blue eye orb in DaS1? I'm afraid i'll just invide some cheating faggot and get my stuff fucked instead of pvp.

What the devil is way of the white circlet anyway?

>>164961515
Probably because they wanted to make the blue covenant available early on, but they put the leader so late in the game.
They obviously needed to add another DS1 reference, game has not enough of them.

>>164961708
So does Sin exist in the game but it's not used?

>>164962250
Sin does no exist. Currently most covenants are broken, so good luck getting summoned as a blue or Watchdog.

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OKAY YOU NIGGERS TELL ME RIGHT THE FUCK NOW

WHO IS
THE
FURTIVE
PYGMY

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

>>164960298
You can infuse anything with lightning or blessed, or buff it. You have great sets for faith, starter cleric, archdeacons/deacon, cathedral knight, maiden set, herald set. For weapons you got mornes, wolnirs, rose of ariandel, saints bident. I really don't know what you're on about.

>>164962438
It's me

>>164962438
So easily forgotten.

>>164962639
If i unfuse the butcher's knife with magic, will it become a sorcerer weapon? Is a greatsword infused with poison a thief weapon? There are no dedicated faith weapons in das3 the way they were in das1.

do i upgrade my weapon to +10 or not

>>164962438
I forgot

>>164962438
Literally who

>>164962725
Mario

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GAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>"Hundreds of Steam accounts are reportedly banned for repeatedly abusing the 'boss invasion' glitch in Dark Souls 3. More bans are expected in the future."

I CAN'T BREATHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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>>164960169
>not going with blessed 40/40 mace like a true paladin should

>>164960298
>>164960169
Morne's Greathammer
Vordt's Greathammer
Mace
Greatmace
Wolnirs greatsword
Dragonslayer Greataxe if you're into that style
plenty of UGS that fit the bill
Plenty of straight swords that do well if you want to be a pussy paladin
Morning star
tons and tons of greatswords that work well on strength builds
Spiked mace if you want a strength weapon but you're shit at strength weapons and need a spinny faggy weapon art

Cathedral Knight set
Lothric Knight set
Archdeacon set for low weight holy man armor
Morne's Armor for scummy paladin set
for pussy paladins, the firewitch set
Sunset armor set for something more ragged looking
Winged knight set for something unique
Lorian's armor set if you're a faggot

There's tons, man

>>164963627
>maces
those are for clerics, not paladins

>>164962438
it's just some random fuck who wanted power or some shit. it could be anyone.

>>164962438
We will find out in next dlc.
Certainly not Manus though.

>>164963598
src

>>164959368
O&S isn't even a very good fight and it's awful how horribly overrated it is.

>>164963598
pls be fake

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>>164963598
rip friends this is the end

>>164963928
His ass

Literally just google the quote

>>164962438
THE FURTIVE PYGMY IS THE PLAYER CHARACTER IN DARK SOULS 1

>>164963995
Ornstein is also glitchy as fuck which is the main thing that pisses me off.

>>164962438
patches

not even joking

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>>164962438
Why was the soul of the furtive pygmy not needed to kindle the flame?

Did Seathe get it?

>>164964324
game developers forgot about it.

Stopped following just before the dlc came out. What rules the meta now?

>>164964324
He's so furtive even the devs forgot about him

>>164964493
estoc turtle

>>164964493
same old same old mostly
straight swords+thrusting swords are still batshit broken
greatswords are now cancer
magic is still worthless without heavy investment+2 rings